OMG RIO I AM SO EXCITED!

I just looked through every picture in that Siblings album. They look so happy to have each other.

I just looked through every picture in that Siblings album. They look so happy to have each other.

Yep. He just wrote about her for his latest school paper.

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My Little Sister
By Emmett Smay 9/16/09 p.2/3

I was in the fifth grade coming back from recess when I saw my mom coming towards me.
I asked, “Mom, what are you doing here?”
She said,” Jacqueline went into labor this morning and you have a little sister.” I was less than thrilled. In fact, my first response was “are you taking me out of school?” My mom looked a little shocked and said maybe. I didn’t want to see my sister but I did want to get out of school. The other reason I wanted to go with my mom into San Francisco was that my birthday was three days prior so I wanted to get my new iPod.

When we got to my house in S.F., my dad greeted us in. He asked how I felt about having a little sister and I said that I wasn’t very excited about it. My dad knew that I didn’t want a little sibling already but he still looked a little down about it. We all stayed at home for a while and then we left for the hospital. All I could think about was how cool my new iPod was.

When we got up to the hospital room my step-mom was asleep on the hospital bed and in a little crib next to the bed was a small, adorable, and sleepy little baby girl. On the white board above her was a sign that said Welcome to the World Matilda Azalea Smay. The minute that I saw her I warmed up to her. About ten minutes later she woke up and I asked my dad if I could hold her and he said yes. He very carefully picked up the little bundle and told me to support the head most of all. He handed me Matilda and she looked up at me with her giant brown eyes and I knew how important she was to me right then.

My dad and I took a walk around the hospital with Matilda and we watched her squirm and flail like new infants do. I looked at her and thought about the fact that she doesn’t even know that she has fingers or hands yet. I couldn’t wait to take her home. I barely knew her but I loved her so much already. She was so cute and tiny with the pudgiest cheeks ever. I asked my dad if we could take her home and he said that she had to stay at the hospital for a couple of days so that they could make sure that she was healthy. The night before we took her home the hospital gave us an awesome dinner. I remember that I had a very delicious steak. While we all ate we watched Matilda sleep in her hospital crib all snuggly and warm. She was very small. She was also a month early. Her due date was on Halloween but she was born on September 26, 2006. Which was three days after my tenth birthday.

The day that we got to bring her home she still didn’t know what was going on. I realized that she didn’t do too much. She was still only four days old so what can you expect of her. That night she fell asleep on my chest. Then when she woke up I passed her to my dad and she slept on my dad and Jacqueline for the rest of her first night at her first home other than the hospital.

As a small baby I wanted to do everything with her. In every baseball championship team photo I was holding her up so that she was in the shot. When she started walking even just a little bit I would run with her around the bases after every game. My little sister is very shy around my friends and I think that it might just be that she’s uncomfortable being around a lot of people.

She is currently two years old but her birthday is ten days away and after that she’ll be three years old. In that time she has learned how to walk, talk, and put whole paragraphs together (by speaking of course she can’t actually spell anything yet, but she can identify a lot of letters pretty consistently).

She is still the cute little girl that she was the day that she was born but now she’s even cuter, if that’s possible at all. Which it is!

Aw, man! Tell Emmett he made me cry.

JEBUS, Hec. Are you trying to kill me?!?!? Kill me with Teh Emmett Awesome!?!?

I laughed (true), I cried (kinda true, teared up), it was better than Cats (also, cats.)

Count me in the teary contingent. What an amazing young man he is.

He handed me Matilda and she looked up at me with her giant brown eyes and I knew how important she was to me right then.

::sniff::

I barely knew her but I loved her so much already.

Awwwww.

I realized that she didn’t do too much. She was still only four days old so what can you expect of her.

Very worldly wise, that boy.

put whole paragraphs together (by speaking of course she can’t actually spell anything yet, but she can identify a lot of letters pretty consistently).

::snerk::

She is still the cute little girl that she was the day that she was born but now she’s even cuter, if that’s possible at all. Which it is!

::sniff::

Hec, you should re-post that in Bitches and/or Natter so that everyone can cry see how awesome Emmett is.

That is tear inducing awesomeness right there.

Yesterday Matilda was sad that she hadn't seen Emmett for a couple days (he was in the middle of a five day stretch with his mom). So she told JZ and she called EM and they arranged a drop-in. And they were very happy to see each other.

Mind, he's 13 and gets exasperated with her. He does not want to watch her shows on Nickelodeon. And they'll be cuddling and she'll bump her eye and be wildly accusatory ("Emmett hurt me!"). But really they enjoy each other tremendously. When he's here they spend a lot of time running up and down the hallway chasing each other and laughing madly. And he rides in the back seat when she's in the car and he'll lean over when he's tired, and she'll fall asleep playing with his hair.

And there are some times when she's upset that she doesn't turn to me or JZ for comfort, but wants Emmett instead. Which is pretty unusual for a three y.o.

On days when he's here, we almost always go over to Kezar Stadium and play a game. I throw a nerf football, and Emmett gets it, and Matilda chases him. And when she tags him he falls down all tackled. Then he rolls away as fast as he can and she runs and jumps on him. Then he throws the nerfball up in the air and she retrieves it and runs back to me with him in hot pursuit. And amazingly he always just barely misses her diving for her as she lands in my arms screeching and giggling madly.

Pretty much pure bliss for a three year old.

So effing sweet. Teary now.

Oh man, David. I love Emmett even more right now if that were possible. Which it is!