I think family all close together like that sounds fantastic for Aimee and her little brother or sister on arrival, and she will be used to new babies when her one arrives so I am sure she will be great and very excited whether there are some aspects about growing up she finds challenging or not. She sounds like she has such a positive and confident disposition.
If she didn't exert herself and do the occasional sit down protest I think everyone would get worried!
Older siblings can be just as great, it all depends on family and how they feel about their role I suspect. I have one brother 6 years older than me who I idolised when I was a child. Aparently he insisted on having all his friends round for a party to celebrate the day I was brought home - I can feel my mother's pain at that even now!
She did it too! There are many in my older brother's wife's family with very wide age gaps and they are also close to each other, simply in different ways.
Older siblings can be just as great, it all depends on family and how they feel about their role I suspect. I have one brother 6 years older than me who I idolised when I was a child. Aparently he insisted on having all his friends round for a party to celebrate the day I was brought home - I can feel my mother's pain at that even now!