The Sibling Book
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#524 Sibling Book especially for Kelsey Shaye
Whiting at the age of 2 With Love From, Mommy & Daddy Once
there was a little girl
named Kelsey, age 2. She lived in Keller, Texas.
One day, something very exciting happened at Kelsey's
home. A brand new baby boy came to stay. 4 "This is our new baby," everyone said to Kelsey. "His name is Jordan." Kelsey could
hardly believe it. "Wow!" Kelsey said right out loud. "I'm Jordan's big sister! I
wonder what this is going to be like." 7 From
that day on, Kelsey began to find out what it
was like to have a new baby brother in her family.
What Kelsey first noticed was that
everyone seemed very happy. Kelsey also noticed that everyone seemed very busy,
too. 8 There
was always a flurry of activity around Jordan. Friends and relatives and neighbors were
dropping in all the time. Everyone
wanted to come for a visit. And
everyone wanted to see the new baby. 11 Jordan
was very nice to look at! But he wasn't able to talk or walk or play. He wasn't
even able to sit up by himself. There were
only two things he could do! He could
sleep, and he could cry. Little Jordan
was pretty good at sleeping, and he was very
good at crying. 12 Jordan
took a lot of looking after. He had to be washed in warm, soapy water: warm, but not too warm; soapy, but not too
soapy. He
had to be dried with a soft, fluffy towel:
soft, but not too soft; fluffy, but not too fluffy. He had to be
dressed in special clothes and fed special food. And everyone had to be very quiet, so that little Jordan could get to sleep. 15 It
wasn't just friends and relatives and neighbors who wanted to see Jordan. There were doctors and nurses, too. They wanted to have a look at him just like
everyone else. They even had special
gadgets for listening to his heart, his lungs, and all the other
things inside him. 16 Kelsey
wondered if Jordan sometimes just wanted to be
left alone. Everyone was always making
such a fuss over him! Actually, Kelsey sometimes wished
that everyone would leave Jordan alone. "Maybe they should make a fuss about me
for a while," Kelsey thought. 19 Sometimes
Jordan was taken for a walk. He was
wrapped in a special little blanket, and there
was a special little buggy for him to ride
in. And wherever
they went, it was baby Jordan that the people
wanted to see. "Oh, what rosy
little cheeks!" they would say.
"And, what pretty little eyes, and darling little fingers!" "People sure do like babies," Kelsey thought to herself." 20 Baby
Jordan was given all sorts of special presents,
just because he was a baby: beautiful flowers to brighten up the house,
big fluffy teddy bears to watch him as he slept, and all kinds of toys! There were
toys to shake, toys to stack and toys to roll.
Kelsey's toys were mostly old ones that she had played with for years. 23 It
seemed that no one had much time for Kelsey. "Let's go to the park and play," Kelsey said. "We're sorry, Kelsey. We're
busy with the baby." "Will you read me a book?" Kelsey asked. "Maybe later, since the baby needs
me just now." "Could we play a game together?" Kelsey
questioned. "That's a good idea, but the baby is
a little fussy." 24 One
morning as she was waking up, Kelsey had an idea.
"When I was a baby," she
thought to herself, "everyone made a fuss
over me." Kelsey
thought that maybe she should become a baby
again. "If I were a baby," she said to herself,
"Jordan wouldn't be the only one they would
fuss about!" 27 Kelsey
thought about doing what baby Jordan did. She thought
about lying on her back, and crying the way Jordan did.
"Would I get lots of hugs and kisses if I acted like
that?" Kelsey
wondered... "I don't think so," she
said to herself. "And I think that I would feel pretty silly." 28 At
play time, Kelsey wondered about sitting in the
middle of the floor and making funny little noises the way babies sometimes
do. But it was just too embarrassing for
Kelsey!
After all, she was Jordan's big sister! Instead, she
picked out a few books and a few toys from the toy box. They weren't brand new,
but they were her favorites, and she had lots of fun with them. 31 "Being
a baby is fine for Jordan," Kelsey said to herself. "But I'm happy being a big sister! And
when baby Jordan gets a little older, we'll have
lots of fun playing together. And I think he's
going to like having me for a big sister!" 32 "There's a time to be a baby, and there's a time to be big. And every time can be happy in its own way," Kelsey thought.
"I'm glad that this is Jordan's time to be a baby. And I'm glad that he has come to
live with us and we will grow up together!" 35 Hope you enjoy this gift. Mommy & Daddy
This
book was created
April 4, 2002
Kelsey Whiting