Diary Entry

(August 22, 2015)

Dear Diary,

      Today, my little cousin was born. I was so excited when my grandma called and said Nicole was at the hospital and she would be having the baby soon. I was anxious to know the gender of the baby, ever since I found out about my cousin I wanted to know the gender but Nicole wanted it to be a surprise so I had to wait. I always thought my cousin was going to be a girl, but I was the only one who thought so. Everyone else said the baby was going to be a boy because my grandma had 3 boys and 1 girl, and Nicole has like 2 or 3 brothers and no sisters so girls are kind of outnumbered in the family. I was hoping for a girl because on my moms side I was outnumbered with Nick and my cousin Sean being boys.
      Anyway, last night Uncle Bill called me and said the baby would probably be born overnight or in the morning, so I made him promise to call as soon as the baby was born. I got off the phone with him and went to bed. I awoke from a strange dream, I don't really remember a lot about it except for seeing a little girl turned away from me. She looked about 3 or 4, it was hard to tell because I couldn't see her face. She had long light brown hair. I checked my clock, it was a little after 3 a.m. Suddenly I sat straight up, the baby! Was it born yet? I quickly grabbed my phone and yanked it off the charger. Instagram notifications and text messages from last night popped up but no calls or texts from my grandma or uncle Bill. Disappointed I placed my phone back on the table next to my bed and rolled over. I was just about to close my eyes when I heard a shrill ringing sound. My heart raced, was it uncle Bill? I sat up and listened, I heard my mom talking softly, then I heard her say "Let me get her" and I knew it was Uncle Bill. My mom quietly came into my room and handed me the phone. "Do you want to know the gender of the baby?" he asked. "YES!" I exclaimed. "Okay, it's a..." he paused and then continued. "GIRL!!!" "I KNEW IT!" I shouted. "What's her name?" "We aren't sure yet, but we are leaning towards Raine. I'm going to let you get back to sleep but later you guys can come over and see her." This morning they decided on a name "Raine Elizabeth Dempsey".
        I can't wait to see her and watch her grow up.