My neice - Lindsay

MY NEW NEICE

Once I was in Jesus', my brother's, house and he told me, "You are going to have a new niece!" Happiness flowed throughout my body. In my mind, I saw all pink because I wanted the baby to be a little girl. I couldn't wait to tell my friends at school. My family was so excited because we were going to have a new member in our family. I thought, "GREAT!" I wanted to jump; I felt so good.

When my sister-in-law, Maria Guadalupe, went to the doctor, they did an ultra sound on her stomach. When my brother Jesus showed me the picture from the ultra sound, I felt like I was the happiest person the universe. I saw the picture of my niece; it was black and white. The baby looked like a bowl of love. I could see her head, legs, arms, and her body. Once a week - at least - I asked my brother,” How many more months? I want my niece now!" I wondered what she would look like. Mexicans always say, "With whom does she looks like?" That means, "Does the baby look like her mom or dad?" I was secretly hoping that she would look a little like me.

When I heard my brother saying, "I am going to have a baby-shower," I got even more excited because I knew would be born soon, not too many months away. My nephew's godmother had prepared the baby shower. It looked good because it was all decorated with baby pictures, pink colors, and there was a chair where Maria Guadalupe sat. Next to her there was a table; on the table, there were baby bottles with pink balloons. I really enjoyed the games, especially when two women had to dress two other women in baby clothes. They made the clothes out of paper. When they made the diaper, it was the funniest moment of the entire shower. I was so happy that day. Another game was a thinking game. We had to grab clothes pins off a line. Every time we grabbed a clothes pin, we had to name something the baby would need. If we dropped a clothes pin, our turn was over. We all started to laugh when Maria, my brother's coworker, said, "A baby needs her mama!" Another game included a baby bottle pin. Everyone wore a pin that was clipped on our clothes, and if someone saw me crossing my feet, they could take away my baby bottle pin! When my cousin got my pin, I smiled and gave it to her. The baby shower made me so happy because, all the babies that I see make me feel so happy. When I think about my nieces and my nephews, my smile stretches across my face.


Lindsay was born September 22, 2009. I remember because it was picture day at JHMS.

When I first carried her, I felt so happy. She was so, so small, as small as a kitty. She looked so cute, and she was also so hairy. I felt scared to hold because she was so small. I thought that I was going to drop her. After a while, I got comfortable and didn't want to give her to anyone else. She has long eye lashes like her brother Kevin, and when Kevin was born, my family said that he looked like my sister, my sister's mane is Dulce. Whenever I carried her and kissed her my nephew, her brother got mad at me. He was hitting me, even now he doesn't want me to carry here, especially because, I tell him that I'm going to take her. That day my nephew went to sleep to my house because; his parents were in the Hospital.

I NEVER thought that, 7 pounds 4 oz would bring me so much love, in my life. I want my family to know how much I love her, especially when she was born. I am still the happiest aunt in Jackson Hole. I also thought that my heart was going to explode; it was also bumping hard. I have no words to explain the love that I feel for her. My love for her is as big as the universe. The universe might seem spooky, dark, and dangerous, but really the universe is smooth, warm, soft, and so, so light. Not heavy, small. Lindsay taught me this.

By ~ Adalid