You were so ready. "I thought about it, and when I was four, I was already the oldest of four children, and my mother even had another child to come, so what I think she, understandably, really meant was that she was so ready, she was so ready.
Estabas lista. "Ahora que lo pienso, cuando tenía cuatro años ya era la mayor de cuatro niños, y mi madre estaba embarazada de otro, así que creo que lo que quería decir, no sin razón, es que ella estaba lista, ella estaba lista.