HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BROTHER!

My baby brother turns 16 today! Here is how I will forever remember him:
Not as the big, ogre he has turned into (click here). Given there is a 10-year (gulp!) difference between us, I have the most memories of my baby brother John out of all of my siblings. I can recall having a babysitter while my parents were at one of my gazillion relatives weddings, and here comes my mom bustling in all worried looking, grabbing a bag, running out the door, then running back in because the woman forgot to put earrings in her ears - and she ALWAYS had earrings in when she birthed! :) I remember him oh-so-little, his Power Ranger phase (hence the ninja outfit above), him manipulating me with his oh-so-cuteness for some candy, and my favorite story...his inability to wipe his own ass during his potty training phase. I love my little brother. It is weird to see all my siblings grow up 1) b/c it means I must be really old and 2) they are becoming their own person with their own values, goals, and relationships, but my baby brother turning older seems to always hit me a little harder because he is the baby (I cannot even imagine what my mom is going through since the child actually came from her womb and not mine!)

Happy Birthday, John! XOXO ~ Your "big" sis