"You're gonna be a big sister!"

Girls finding out they're going to be big sisters.  These are sweet.

Those are SO precious!

Pass the Kleenex, Lisa!!    Love these---thanks for sharing, Rob!  Now I'm a mess!  Ok the first girl---that is one amazing kid, to thank her mom even before she ever opened the present!  Did you notice that?  She was a mature little thing, that's for sure.

The other little girl....SHE got me with all that genuine sobbing!  My gosh, she was just overcome!  Her emotions were all over the place---excitement and disbelief, but also worry that something could happen to the baby or her mom, and that maybe it was too soon to get her hopes up.  Just amazing, the things that can be captured on video these days.  This hit home with me---these girls were about the ages when I was begging my parents to have just ONE more!  I really wanted a little sister or brother.  Never happened, and even though I have my own children, it's kind of a void for me, to be honest.  I always felt like I was 'supposed' to be a big sister.  Silly I know, but yep!

I notice that, too, about the first girl, Amy. What a thoughtful girl. I was telling Rob last night that Oliveah would be just like these girls if she was blessed with a sibling. She wants one, but so far it hasn't been possible. (It really was pretty much a miracle that Oliveah was able to be conceived.)

Amy wrote:

This hit home with me---these girls were about the ages when I was begging my parents to have just ONE more! I really wanted a little sister or brother. Never happened, and even though I have my own children, it's kind of a void for me, to be honest. I always felt like I was 'supposed' to be a big sister. Silly I know, but yep!

Not silly at all, Mimi. I completely understand...When I was that age, I was begging Mom and Dad for a sister. You know, that may be why you're so nurturing of others, and why you have a gift for being able to sense the underlying issues that people are facing. You're kind of like the "big sister" everyone needs. Even though you're only a few months older than I am, you're the big sister I never had and always wanted. I've learned so much from you....And I wouldn't trade my brothers for anything in the world - but sometimes a woman needs another woman to talk to - and you're the confidante I can always trust, and always there with an honest appraisal of a situation. So....maybe God's answer of "no" to your childhood prayers for a baby sister were because He knew that you would be needed by so many others down the road. I know that I've needed you.

Speaking of tearjerkers, these "On the Road" segments are always so emotional, it makes me wonder how anchorman Scott Pelley keeps his composure when they go back to him at the end.  But this one got to him. 

Lisa wrote:

Not silly at all, Mimi. I completely understand...When I was that age, I was begging Mom and Dad for a sister. You know, that may be why you're so nurturing of others, and why you have a gift for being able to sense the underlying issues that people are facing. You're kind of like the "big sister" everyone needs. Even though you're only a few months older than I am, you're the big sister I never had and always wanted. I've learned so much from you....And I wouldn't trade my brothers for anything in the world - but sometimes a woman needs another woman to talk to - and you're the confidante I can always trust, and always there with an honest appraisal of a situation. So....maybe God's answer of "no" to your childhood prayers for a baby sister were because He knew that you would be needed by so many others down the road. I know that I've needed you.  

Lisa!!! Oh my gosh, this is one of the most beautiful things anyone has ever said to me and I am crying right now!!  Happy tears, but gee whiz, I'm still working!!! LOL!!! Time to go refresh the makeup!  Ha!  THANK YOU, my dear friend, for saying that....it means the world to me that you feel this way, because as you know, I have you way up there on a pedestal and you have certainly become a sister to me as well.  You are such a sweetheart, Lisa.  Thank you---I am on after reading your beautiful and thoughtful words.

Rob!! Stop it!! I'm a blubbering idiot over here. Love the Santa story.

My mother was pregnant when I was 5 turning 6. While I don't remember being told about the happy event to come, I do remember that when everyone asked me what I wanted for my 6th birthday. My answer was always, "a bible and a baby sister." While I got the bible, no problem, the baby sister never arrived and instead a baby brother arrived one day ahead of my day. I was NOT happy. I didn't understand why people asked me what I wanted and not deliver. That had never happened before.
And, so , I blamed the little fella for not being a sister. I was not nice to him at all. It took a long time before he and I became friends and now I wouldn't trade him for a million sisters. He gave me a sister when he got married, that's close enough.

Aww, Marilyn. Well, the good thing is that you are friends NOW, and that you love your sister-in-law so much.

Rob, you're killing me over here. Killing me. When the ANCHOR cries you know it's bad. That was just beautiful.

That was an awesome video, Rob! I totally wasn't expecting Santa to be her dad.

I suspect this one is about to go viral... if it hasn't already.  You may have to turn it up to hear what she says. 

And here are a couple of kids finding out that they're going to be big sisters.  I love the little Homer Simpson scream when she sees the sonogram picture. 

I love how excited the sisters are that they're going to have a new baby in the family.