Kates Blog

So I couldn’t really think of anything exciting today, other than me rhyming with every word said all day, so I decided to write about

my little brother, Dylan. We are basically 10 years apart, then the title of this blog.

It all began when I was 9, and Allie was 10 or 11. We begged our parents for a baby for days and days, weeks and weeks. Finally the day came when we all went to the city, went out to lunch, and mom and dad told us of the pregnancy. Allie and I were stoked, of course! I mean, who woulnd’t be?

We started calling things, like who would feed the baby? Who would get to sit next to the baby

in the car? Who would get to hold it first? Who would push the stroller? And the list went on and on. For the several months we awaited for the darn thing to arrive, we re-did the extra bedroom, picked

out names, and so much  more. Mom and Allie wanted a girl, dad didn’t really

care, I mean, he’d be forced to deal with a crying kid at

3am whether it had a penis or not. I, on the other hand, wanted a boy. And boom, the day we

found out the sex of the baby, I was right on, and being the youngest child, I got what I wanted. April 8th was the day Dylan Michael Cashman popped out of my mom. Stacey, my aunt, drove

Allie and I to the San Francisco hospital the next day to see mom, dad, and Dylan. Allie got to hold him first, but I got to give mom the Congratulations card Allie and I had prepared for her.

As Dylan grew up, he became a pain in the ass. Neither Allie or I wanted to sit next to him in the car, we didn’t want to feed him, we didn’t like how he cried and we were sick of Baby Einstein. He was nothing like our barbie dolls. We came around though…for the most part.

His first word was “ball” , and he began to walk. Eventually he was potty trained and fun to watch.

Now, Dylan is 7 and is in second grade. He talks to much, loves Legos as much as I did, lives off Top Ramen and cracks lame jokes. He doesn’t look anything like me or Allie, though. He’s blonde, blue-eyed, and still has baby teeth.

He is gonna be a computer nerd, I know it. He’s always online. He’s even got a Facebook and a MySpace…

Loser. (:

Gotta love him <3