Personal Narrative Story My Nephew - 1173 Words

My Nephew. M Robbins I remember waking up to a commotion in the living room around 3 am. My parents were talking excitedly, and overly loud for that early in the morning. I was confused as to why they were awake, considering it was a work night for my mother, and she usually took advantage of getting as much sleep as possible. Quietly I arose from my bed, and made my way over towards my bedroom door, and pressed my ear against the door. I strained my ears as much as I could trying to pick out anything I possibly could. I wasn t able to continue my eaves dropping for very long,†¦show more content†¦It s debatable that my brother who was about to become an uncle, David ,was more excited than my brother who was about to become a father, Ryan. You could see the nervousness on my eldest brother Ryan s face, it was impossible to mask. Much to my disappointment the baby hadn t been born yet, and my sister-in-law, was still in the beginning stages of labor, and it could be hours, or even days before she gave birth. We stayed at the hospital all day in hopes that the baby might be born. We mostly wandered around because my sister-in-law understandably wanted to be left alone, for the majority of the day. We went to the gift shop, and the cafeteria, but mostly just aimlessly walked around, awaiting news. News never came, and soon enough we were forced out of the hospital, because visiting hours were over. The drive home dragged for a drawn out amount of time, as we were all dismayed that we had not met our new family member. It was late when we eventually arrived home, and we all went to sleep. My dad received a call from my brother early the next morning, announcing that the baby had been born. As a result of this, the following morning, we made the same commute as yesterday. 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