It Happened

**warning non traditional birth story**

 

 

 

It happened, I was present for another small persons entry into the world.

Mind you I was not in the room when she took her first breath, I was there when my SIL was laboring, at home screaming and breathing.

Let me back up

My brother asked if I could keep the kiddos company while my SIL "laid down" for a little bit.

I was suspect, but through mental telepathy (wonder twin powers, even though we are not twins)

I understood something was up.

When I arrived she was breathing with some serious effort...and said something felt weird...

and she was gonna laydown.

I hung out with the nephew and niece and watched a computer game

on how to apply makeup (e gads)

and some Mario brothers cartoon...

then I could hear my SIL breathing in the other room,

well three rooms away.

My niece was called in and asked to perform "busy work tasks"

and I followed her and helped where adult help was needed.

My SIL quickly went from breathing to panting, to screaming...and my niece was tasked to call her dad to " get home now!".

 

I was tasked with getting the kiddos to the hospital and the dogs to daycare (two large labs).

The labor party left and so the adventure began.

 

The nephew wanted a grilled cheese sandwich, the niece was running all over the place getting bags ready for sitting and waiting and asking to help with everything!

I was trying to get the nephew to pee before we left and he was in full blown protest!

I was burning the sandwich and the fighting with the nephew

as the dogs sat and watched the swirling all around them.

 

I finally gave up on the bathroom, and told my nephew "fine don't go". Then I asked him what was really going on? I sat quietly with him and explained that today is a big day and that it is totally OK to feel scared or sad about becoming a big brother. It is a really big deal, and important role! He said OK and then I turned and said lets go take the dogs to daycare, and get to the hospital to wait for your new little brother or sister.

The burnt sandwich was removed from the pan,

and cut into pieces and placed into a spiderman bowl for the car.

I started to gather the dogs, one had a leash and the others was MIA so we used a slipknot style loop for that one. My car was across the street, so I set the kiddos up at the front door, which they then migrated to the lawn and took the beasts across the street to my little car...I have a corrolla...

and the dogs are 75+lb each...

I got half way across the street with them when they both started to protest...

one slipped out of his collar leaving me holding the leash,

the other pulled back and ran up the street!

 

My niece got the wild one and sat on her until I could get her and I called the old one over and heaved him into the backseat.

I retrieved the other from my superhero niece and got her into the backseat too.

Then drove the car to meet the kiddos who were waiting on the lawn.

Car seat didn't fit into the backseat as the old dog had turned into a block of cement and needed to be physically pushed to allow me to buckle the belts....

Superhero niece had the old dogs butt and protesting nephew had the chin.

The other dog was in the front seat after much convincing. It was a car full of panting, screeching laughter; and off to dog care we went...

When we turned into the driveway, the dogs figured out where we were they were jumping all over the car....

getting them out of the car was no problem, but keeping them slightly under control was a big effort...I was dragged into the dog care ( a resort for dogs, swimming pool, play yard, 24hr attendants...super posh dog care) the kiddos were distracted by some great danes and after the two dogs were checked in we headed quickly back to the car to go to the hospital.

I had just buckled up the kiddos and my nephew looked and me, gave me a kiss and thanked me : "Thanks Auntie for my burnt grilled cheese, it is yummy (heart melts)"

 Then the cell phone rings :

Hello?

She is here (my brother crying on the phone)

What!? already!

Yep, bye

The kiddos and I were all together,

I was there for both of their births

and we were together for the birth of their sister!

 

It was wild and fast and crazy and I was so sososososo thankful that I was able to be a part of the day.

I didn't cry, I laughed...I felt so present and happy.

I was with who I wanted to be with, being a full real Auntie and it made me so very deeply happy.

We all left a voicemail for The Barren, as we headed to hospital

laughing at how funny Aunties car looked with two dogs and two kids and Auntie.