Anxiously awaiting the arrival of my new niece

Today my sister is being induced to delivery her second baby.  She's at the hospital right now as I'm typing.

The funny thing about my middle sister is she is very confident and drives things how she wants and needs.  So yesterday, I called her twice to tell her good luck and texted her once this morning to say we loved her.  Not surprisingly, she didn't respond to any of them.  I know she didn't want to be bothered.  And I'm sure it doesn't help when your older sister keeps asking if you are nervous...ugh, sometimes I just can't help myself.

I used to get offended when she never called me back, but now I have come to realize and trust this is just her personality.  I have to believe that she liked the calls, the texts, and the support.  I know she knows I'm thinking about her, praying for her and the baby's health, and am super excited that she will be a mom for the second time.

She's a really good mom, it seems to come very natural to her.  I have yet to see her 'sweat' with anything with my one year old niece.  I hope this time balancing two kids comes just as easy to her (or from an outside perspective, seems like she finds it all easy).

Oh the wait! If only I could get an update on what is happening.  It's a fun anxiousness where I am so excited to hear when she is born, how my sister is doing, and what my new niece is named!

I hope I remember today just as much as I recall all the other baby's births in my life.  It's so fun to have the phone tree going, the tight-chested anticipation all day, and the eagerness to get the phone call it's all done!

Today I'm wearing my green 'Celebrating O'Donnell' tee shirt, sitting at my kitchen table on a gorgeous sunny day, next to a vase of peonies from my garden that smell glorious, which are tucked inside a nice bouquet of flowers I got from this same sister on Mother's Day, all displayed in a beautiful Tiffany vase we received for our wedding from my uncle.  I'm working against a deadline at work, trying to get things done, waiting for a phone call from the specialist dentist for the 'next steps'.  I wonder what I'll remember next year as her one year birthday arrives...I'm sure I'll remember how I was excited, waiting all day, that it was a gorgeous sunny day, & probably got all choked up and teary eyed as I always do when I get that call that she's here.