Tonight we had a first in our house.....
When I put the kids to bed tonight they kept sneaking in each other's rooms upstairs and I overheard Riley tell Samuel how "unfair" (one of her new favorite words...along with the word BOOORING) it was that they had to go to bed early while Mommy and Daddy get to stay up late.
Ya'll are going to think I am totally insane when you read this but here goes...
When we were trying to decide if we were going to have another baby after Riley there were three main things I remember as being deciding factors for me other than the shear desire to have another miracle to love.....the very best decisions we ever made....to have a baby....and to have another one!!!!
1.) Every child needs an ali....someone to commiserate with...someone they can always count on throughout their life maybe even after their parents are gone....I remember my brothers and I having "meetings" when our parents were acting "dumb", "uncool" and "didn't get it"...Riley and Sam displayed that comrodory on their 4 and 2 year old level tonight....it was very cool to me.
2.) The more kids you have the more likely one of them will have you at least one grandchild to spoil and more likely one will stick around and take care of you when you are old...whether that be take care of you themselves or pick out a great nursing home for you and visit your grave from time to time.
3.) Riley needed a sibling to "ground" her...she was the first baby on Jamey's side of the family since his younger sister who is now 31...and she was the first girl born on my side since I arrived 30 years ago..Spoiled Rotten does not even come close to describing how she would be if she didn't have a sibling to force her to share the spotlight and realize that the world does not revolve around her. She would not have been an ideal only child...AT ALL!
Well...it is 12:30 am...better get to sleep....or try.....
Hahaha - I remember many, many nights of sneaking into my brother's room and him sneaking into mine. We talked, laughed, and made up jokes. One night I was telling him about a girl who vomited in class that day, and I said, "It sounded like this... bleeeaaahhhhhh....." and both my parents heard it and came running. Boy, were we in trouble!
ReplyDeleteYeah, some onlies really like it that way, but I think siblings are awesome. :-)