Both my sisters have become Mothers in the last year or so. My older sister gave birth to a beautiful and charismatic baby girl 14 months ago. Sophia is full of life and so much like my sister it leaves me speechless. More recently my younger sister became a Mother to a bloodhound puppy. I have had the pleasure of watching my sisters 'babies' on separate occasions over the course of the last year.... this is a document of those experiences.
The first time I watched Sophia at my sisters house I was a little nervous. I knew Sophia well because I spent days with her at daycare, but as my sister points out often daycare is a controlled enviorment. Here at Sandy's house their were candles and glass and so many things that Sophia could get hurt on. It would only be a little time before she was due for bed but nonetheless I did not let her from my sight.... By the third or fourth time I was at Sandy's watching her little one I had become more relaxed. I let her walk and crawl and move around her house without much trepidation Heck what was the worse that could happen? Well so far - nothing. Sophia always behaves for me, goes to bed without any trouble and smiles every time she sees me enter the doors of her home.... but it is me that caused the drama of an evening at the Ferrara house...
Sandy and her husband arrived home at approximately 9:40pm right in the middle of American Idol. I was laying across their bed watching very intently as each finalist sang what could be their last song. Sandy joined me on the bed and I started catching her up on the 40 minutes she had missed. Soon Michael enters the room and also joins us on the bed. Well this is where things got interesting... Without any hesitation, the bed seemed to fall right out from under us. It did not crash to the floor as it did not break in all four corners... Instead it broke in only two places and after a loud clacking sound we all seemed to slide across the bed and towards the floor as if the earth just fell off it's axis. I was silent as I gasped for air. I thought my head, gut and stretched cheeks were going to explode. I was laughing so hard their was literally no sound coming from me. Sophia began crying from the other room and Sandy picked her up soothing her by saying "I am sorry you have obese family". My laughing began all over again....
Fast forward about 4 months to last Sunday. Tera's puppy Ollie was spending the day at our love shack in Shirley. The first few hours went off without a hitch. Ollie and Wilson hung out in the yard. Wilson sniffed the air and Ollie ran around occasionally tripping over his ears. Things got a bit more interesting when it began to rain and we retreaded to inside the house. Ollie and Wilson moved around my floor like a ball of chaos. They were running into one another and stealing toys from each other but they were both happy.
I did not feel to nervous with Ollie because it was not that long ago Wilson himself was a puppy and I do not recall that being to hard. I did change my mind about this during dinner when I looked over and saw Ollie chewing on something. It was orange and hanging out of the corner of his mouth. I went over pryed at his jaw and pulled out 5 or 6 pieces of a post it which did have Ollie's seat belt instructions on them.... oh well so much for that I think. I return to my dinner and only a few minutes later we are prying at his jaw again and this time pulling out a dime- where did that come from i think? I decided at this moment I can not take my eyes off of little Ollie and I follow him as he searches the floor for his next delinquent behavior. He hangs out by Wilson's airtight food bin for a while and then finally settles with me on the couch for what I was hoping would be a long nap. 20 minutes later Ollie wakes and at an attempt to get to Wilson as quick as possible throws himself off the couch an on top of Wilson - here we go again I think to myself smiling....
Watching my sisters become Mothers has been amazing. Being part of that journey with them has been one of the best experiences of my life. I will continue to live and grow with my sisters on this journey and look forward to many more stories to report!
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