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.