Waking up in the morning on a Saturday seeing the dreaded weather isn't fun. All my life I've seen nothing but rain and hardly any sunshine. My sisters have seen New York an their sunshine I was too little to remember actually I was just an infant with my older twin brother. The only time I see sun is when I'm in California or Florida. When I'm Zola's age I'm leaving my family behind and going to a different location. I predict by that time everyone would be out of the house by then which means no more hand me downs from my sisters no drama of boyfriends or girlfriends. Personally I see myself being alone. I am growing up with too many people I mean come on I have 8 other siblings and I don't even get daddy time anymore. Ever since my sister who I call Maribeth was born daddy hasn't had the time for me. I was his princess for 8 years until Maribeth was born. Elizabeth is cute and all but I actually like Maribeth as her name just so that I don't confuse her with my aunt Elizabeth Liz for short. I myself go by Mia or Christine so I don't get confused with my aunt who I love dearly.

To be honest I hate that my parents couldn't come up with a different name for me because it's confusing for family reunions which I have to attend later today. Oh joy Billy bob is going to be there my least favorite cousin of all time. Annabelle Bailey's girlfriend is going to be there too. I find it creepy that he is dating my uncle's niece. But Annabelle really isn't our cousin either but I still think it's creepy. "Mia are you almost ready?" Asked my mom. "Uh ya I'll be down in a minute." I told her. "Hurry up were already late we were supposed to be there 15 minutes ago." She told me. I quickly grabbed my favorite doll and ran down stairs. I wasn't really excited to go but I'm apart of the family and need to be there for my family. "Oh look it's the nine year old BABY." Said cousin Louann. "Hey that's not nice take it back or else Bailey will punch you in the face." I said. "Oh please he's just a wimp just like you are baby." She continued. "Louann Marie that is not nice to say to your cousins" my dad said. "I don't care besides you're not my boss uncle Derek your w jerk and I hope you shut your mouth before my mother pushes you." Said my mean cousin who made Bailey and I cry. "Louann Marie you are in big trouble young lady we've talked about this you don't treat Uncle Derek like garbage and the same goes for your cousins "said auntie Kat. My cousins are mean and terrible the only

Ones that aren't are Olivia, Leila, Megan, baby Phil and my other cousin I can't remember his name for the life of me but uncle Owens children are nice and well behaved just like my siblings and I. I love my family but sometimes they can be a handful. Being the second to youngest daughter life can be fun but it could also be complicated because I never get to do some of the things that my older siblings get to do because of my knee and some of the things that my older siblings like to do is roller skate and I have yet to try it after my accident. It's bad enough I can't do a sport this year because of my injury. When I got home I couldn't stop itching my head. "Mia are you okay because you have been scratching your head since we came home." Asked Lexie and Hannah. "I'm fine I think it's just dry skin. When I told mom and dad they began to panic because Finley had head lice and aunt Nancy didn't tell anyone about it. I know that if I have head lice I'm going to be sick because the last time I had it all of us children were checked and the only two others that had the last time I had it was Lexie and Hannah. We share everything so that doesn't surprise me. Mom and dad checked every one of our heads and we were all clean no lice the reason I was scratching is because I have a lot of dead skin on my scalp.

This morning when I woke up it was a sunny morning and not raining and I wanted to go outside to play but I found out that mom had a surprise party planned for Dad for his birthday and we were to meet him at Chucky Cheese because it was actually a dual party as it was Dad and My twin cousins birthday party. It seems like every 6 weeks we are going to parties or something like that because we have such a big family. When mamma turns 52 next week I think that I can get my siblings to give mom and dad out for a night as they deserve it. At least now I don't have to worry about getting new siblings because mom took care of the situation because she already had 9 children and is now ready for grandchildren. I can't believe that I could already be an aunt but I don't think Zola knows it yet. I know that she hasn't been home much since she got engaged and I think that she could be expecting because she has gained some weight in the past 4 months. I wouldn't matter to me because I would be happy no matter what even if she's not having a baby.

During dinner Zola and Freddy had an announcement for the family. I was both excited and scared of what the news was because I wasn't sure how my life was going to turn out. "Mom, Dad, Bailey, Lexie, Ellis, Hannah, Luke, and Amelia we are expecting a baby and we are excited about it." Zola and Freddy announced. "Zola that's wonderful I can't wait to meet this little guy or gal." said mom and dad. I was shocked that they weren't mad. I was excited I couldn't wait to be auntie as I love babies. I actually thought it was cool because Tyler and Maribeth will be a year older than the baby but they will still have someone to play with. "So Zola do you have any names you like for the baby." I asked. "Well Freddy and I like the name Mike James for a boy and Sally Ann for a girl." Zola said. I like the names she has for the baby I just hope she doesn't have twins because twins are trouble and we can cause drama and other things but I am supper excited for her and Freddy I can't wait for Mach 17th now even though it is Saint Patrick's day and I have to eat corn beef and cabbage gross stuff but I can just think of eating something else when I'm eating it or I can do what I did last year which was hide some junk food under my bed and I shared with my sisters because none of us can stand it. Lexie and Ellis think it's the worse food ever that Mom and dad can cook. Zola says it's better than some of the food that mom had to make for her when she was little Bailey was too little to even remember that food according to Zola.

A/N: so here is chapter 16 Wow I cant believe that it is chapter 16 already. I hope you liked this chapter. also Zola's baby wasn't going to be apart of the story until later on but because she is going to be 20 when the baby came I thought it would be the right time to introduce a grand child for Meredith and Derek at least she is engaged to be married to the baby's father. Also Elizabeth might be called Maribeth for now on because I thought the name was cute and I really think she would go by that instead of being Elizabeth Marissa so technically she would be going by her middle and first name. I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing this for you guys.