Mommy, wake up! Daddy said I’m going to be a big sister!" My daughter said excitedly as she jumped up and down on the bed, her little feet thumping rhythmically against the mattress like a drumbeat of pure joy.
"Fiona, keep it down—I still want to sleep!" I groaned, pulling the covers over my head for a moment longer, savoring the last bits of dream-filled rest.
"No, Mommy! Daddy said you have my younger sibling in your stomach right now. I want to meet him—or her! Can I feel it kick yet?" Fiona's voice bubbled with uncontainable excitement.
I slowly opened my eyes and met Fiona's piercing gaze—those bright, inquisitive eyes that always seemed to see right through me. "Good lord! Fiona, why are you staring at me like that?" I asked, and she burst into a fit of giggles, her laughter fill
