It was a big change when I turned into a big sister. I felt like I was growing up. I was an only child my whole life. I thought to myself, “ This is going to be a big difference for me and my family for the rest of my life.”
    

When I found out that my mom was going to have a baby I was like “Wow, that’s an awesome surprise. How cool!” Plus I had been wishing for a sibling since I was five years old.
 

I was thinking to myself “ Maybe becoming a big sister is scarier and harder than I had thought”. I was also thinking, “ I’m so going to mess up or drop him.” I thought “why I am thinking like this?” It is going to be a couple of months before the baby is born. I was so scared because, what if I need my mom for something? She might not have time for me anymore. For example, we might not get to just hang out, play the Wii or the Wii U, and get snuggle with me, or watch a movie or help me out with homework. Just my mom and I the way it had always been in the past.
    

I was so nervous that I was going to be forgotten ,that my mom and her boyfriend Ron were going to think that I wasn’t here. So I thought,” I have to get over it! They will always love you even after the baby comes home.” So it was a long summer to wait for my brother to arrive and I kept asking “ Is he here yet?”  Even though I was so not ready to become a big sister for the first time.
      

On the last day of June, we all had to start  getting  ready for the baby to come home. There was tons of work to do. I helped shop for clothes ,which all had to be washed and folded. I also helped pick out books and toys. There was crazy of painting and cleaning to do. Picking out the baby’s name was the hardest of all. We were all excited, even the three dogs, myself ,my mom and her boyfriend Ron.
     

A couple days before the baby was born I had to pack to go to my grandparents’ house, they live in Cadillac, for a big sleepover. We had pizza, Cheese Puffs, and we watch a movie called, “ The Watcher of the Woods”. The next morning mom and Ron had to get up at 3:00 in the morning. I didn't expect  we had to get up at 5 a.m in the morning to see my mom before the surgery. After the nurse told us he was born, my grandma and I went to find my mom so I could hold my brother for the first time. She was not in her room yet. We found Ron and he showed me where mom was. I got to see my mom and my little brother for the first time. And I finally get to hold him too! As I was holding him, he looked right into my eyes and when he looked at me he smiled. I was so excited I would not put him down whatever.
    

I gave my new brother ,”Joel Max-Rees Davis”, some idioms that I made all by myself. My grandma helped a little bit, but I did most of the work. We made a dinosaur quilt. I also made a poster to welcome Joel to the world. Joel got me some idioms too, bracelet and a stuffed animal.
   

Now I am learning to take care of babies. I have learned how to change diapers. I give Joel bottles and baths. I get him dressed for bed and sometimes rock him to sleep. I'm starting to babysit him for short times. There is big responsibility to take care to babies. I am also learning to share my mom with my little brother.
    

Becoming a big sister is helping me prepare for adulthood. I found out that becoming  a big sister is not so hard after all. I was an only child all my life, but in a flash it was over.  Now that my little brother Joel  is here my mom and her boyfriend Ron are more silly and crazy than ever. All my life wanted a sibling. Now that he is in my life,  life for me is changing but for the better.