Story: Baby Torres-Sloan-Robbins
Author: LittleVampire
Rated: K (may change)
Summery: Arizona & Calliope Robbins and Mark Sloan finally get to bring home three month old baby Sofia. Will they be ready to be parents or will they find that Tri-Parenting is harder than they discussed? R&R
A/N: I own nothing of Grey's Anatomy. Only the fictional writing of this story that is based by the television show created by Shonda Rhimes. Thank you! :D
Chapter One – Bringing Home Baby
The cool air of summer slipped through the fingers of those who were out and about. After the harsh weather of winter and spring, everyone welcomed the cool summer night's breeze that swept through Seattle with open arms. It was a big night for Arizona and Calliope Robbins and Mark Sloan. They would finally be able to bring home Sofia Carmen Torres-Sloan-Robbins. A big name for a little girl.
"Watch the door!" Arizona cursed at Mark as he bumped into the door frame with the car seat that held the three month old Sofia. She slept pretty soundly and seemed like nothing was going to wake the infant.
"Hush up, Robbins. I got this. You think I'd let a door bother my daughter?" Mark snipped. Arizona rolled her eyes, pulling the pink butterfly clad diaper bag on her shoulder.
"Well if you would watch where you were going, Mark I wouldn't complain." Arizona barked as she held open the door for Mark and Callie to walk through.
"Will you two just shut up? She's fine. Mark watch where you are going. Arizona, don't judge Mark's intuition." Callie growled at the two bickering parents. Arizona and Mark rolled their eyes at Callie and each other.
"Is she fussing? I think she's fussing! Why is she fussing?" Arizona asked worriedly as she noticed the baby was moving around in her car seat.
"Relax, Arizona. She is just moving a little." Callie couldn't help but smile at Arizona's concern for the new born. After all, Arizona was the one who saved baby Sofia's life.
"Where do you want the car seat?" Mark asked, standing in the middle of the apartment of the two wives. Arizona sat the diaper bag down on the sofa while Callie put her purse and Arizona's purse down on the bar.
"Um..." Callie thought looking around. "Coffee table." Callie simply ordered. Mark nodded and sat the car seat gently down on the coffee table. Arizona watched, wincing as Mark sat the car seat down. She was worried that anything was going to happen to the little girl.
"So like we agreed right? You guys get her during the week and every other weekend and I get her during the week if you two are working and every other weekend that you don't have her?" Mark asked, pulling his jacket off his shoulders.
"Yep. Just like we agreed and Meredith said if we need a babysitter we could borrow her as so did Owen, Teddy and Lexi." Arizona informed Mark.
"Great. Do you two need anything? Want me to stick around at all?" Mark asked. He kind of wanted to stay just to spend time with Sofia but he wasn't going to intrude on the couple's life.
"We'll take it from here." Callie said with a smile. She leaned in and hugged Mark. "Thank you for the help. If you want you can have her this weekend. I have a feeling we'll need it." Callie joked.
"Well I'm the dad. That's what I'm here for!" Mark smiled. Arizona smiled a little and watched as Mark walked toward the door. "Try and get some rest ladies." Arizona and Callie nodded as Mark walked out, shutting the door quietly behind him. This time both Arizona and Callie winced a little hoping he would shut the door quietly.
"Well, my beautiful wife," Arizona started as she walked over to Callie and hugging her waist. "What should we do?" Arizona asked.
"Why don't we put Sofia in her crib and try and get some rest. It's been a long day." Callie responded. Arizona smiled. It had been a long day. They were hoping and praying that they would finally be able to bring Sofia home and after talking from the other doctors and nurses and trying to find out information, they were able to take the infant home.
"Sounds like a plan. Why don't you go get into your pajamas, get the bed ready and the crib and I'll bring her in." Arizona suggested.
"Thank you, Mrs. Robbins." Callie smiled, kissing her wife on the lips gently.
"You're welcome, Mrs. Robbins." Arizona said back, returning the kiss greatly.
Arizona let Callie go and watched as she walked into the bedroom. It was a two bedroom apartment and they were going to be using the second room for Sofia but for now, it was more convenient to have the crib in their room. It made sense. If they were going to be getting up and down through out the night then it would be the best choice. Thankfully both had off for maternity leave so they didn't have to worry yet about when they would and would not have to get up and get to work and such. Three weeks for Callie and Two for Arizona.
Walking over to the light gray, pink and pink flowered car seat that held the dark haired infant. Arizona pulled the receiving blanket that was pink and yellow flowered on one side and pink, yellow and white colored striped on the other, off Sofia. Arizona picked up the still tiny baby and held her in her arms. Sofia started to fuss and move around a little but Arizona quickly stood and adjusted.
"Shh." Arizona chided while bobbing the baby a little in her arms to keep her from crying. Sofia settled in her mother's arms quickly and her tiny hand gripped Arizona's shirt. It made Arizona smile. She grabbed the diaper bag with her free arm and walked into the bedroom where Callie was still in her regular clothes; A dark maroon shirt, jeans and a pair of black boots.
"Is she okay?" Callie asked quietly. Arizona simply nodded.
Arizona sat the diaper bag down on the bed and walked over to the crib.
"Shit. I forgot her blanket in the living room. Could you grab it for me?" Arizona asked Callie. Callie walked into the other room and within seconds appeared with the blanket. "Thank you." Arizona smiled.
"You're welcome, babe." Callie kissed Arizona's cheek as she started to change into her pajama pants and tank top.
Arizona laid Sofia in the crib and removed her outfit. She quickly checked to see if she had a wet or soiled diaper. She noticed it looked a little damp, she changed the diaper and put Sofia in a white onesy. She wrapped her in her blanket and laid her down in the crib.
"Is she still sleeping?" Callie asked, appearing over Arizona's shoulder and looking down at her daughter.
"Yeah. Hopefully she won't cause us too much trouble tonight. She should sleep for a while since she ate before we left the hospital." Arizona informed. She turned and kissed Callie's lips quickly before moving to change into her own pajama shorts and a t-shirt.
"So take turns? Who goes first?" Callie asked, climbing into bed and sitting the diaper bag down on the floor next to her side of the bed.
"Well you had her, I think it's only fair that I take the first wake up call." Arizona was joking earlier with Mark about the baby getting up in the middle of the night will be like annoying wake up calls.
"If you want. I mean I don't mind doing the first one." Callie offered.
"It's fine! You need all the rest you can get anyway." Arizona said while climbing into bed. She laid down after turning her light off. Callie did the same and the only light that could be seen was a little night light by the crib so they could see around the crib without turning the lights on.
"If you insist." Callie smiled.
"I do." Arizona chirped. She laid down on her side facing away from Callie while Callie laid down and wrapped her arms around Arizona's waist from behind.
"I love you, Arizona." Callie softly spoke in Arizona's ear.
"I love you too, Calliope." Arizona smiled. Callie gave Arizona a small peck on the nape of her neck as the two of them closed their eyes and drifted off to sleep.
-Grey's Anatomy-
Cries and wails of Sofia could be heard through Callie and Arizona's bedroom. They were sharp and distinct. Sofia's cries were a little more raspy and not as loud as most infants. Not as annoying either. Both women were thankful for the baby but still hated the cries.
"My turn." Arizona croaked as she threw the covers back off her body. She got up without even opening her eyes and walked over to the crib." Shh." Arizona said softly, picking up the crying Sofia. This was the third time tonight the infant had woken up and cried.
Arizona rubbed her eyes with her free hand and looked at the clock. "3:35 AM" is what it read. She yawned and walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. It felt like she had gotten no sleep. She thought because she was used to going on very little sleep that the whole sleeping issue wouldn't be that big of a deal but the problem was she was going to sleep and waking up and repeating the cycle instead of just staying up for a long period of time.
Arizona quickly made a bottle for Sofia. Callie had wanted to use her own breast milk and a pump but her milk ducts were damaged in the car accident and would take time to heal. The doctors said that later on if she had another child down the road, she may be able to produce breast milk but for now it was impossible. So organic soy formula it was. The expensive stuff.
Once the bottle was made, Arizona pushed the nipple of the bottle gently into Sofia's mouth who had stopped wailing when Arizona picked her up from her crib. She walked into the bed room and sat down on her side of the bed. Yawning, she used her shoulder to try and cover her mouth because her hands were full. A baby in one hand and a bottle in the other.
"You want me to take over?" A husky voice came from next to Arizona which was a very tired and half-awake half-asleep Callie.
"No," Arizona said through another yawn. "I got it under control." Arizona leaned her head back against the headboard of the bed and close her eyes. She could hear the suckling noises from Sofia drinking at the bottle eagerly. It almost lulled her to sleep but when the noises stopped her eyes flew open. It was time to burp.
Arizona sat the bottle down on her side table and threw the yellow burp rag over her shoulder and hoisted her daughter onto it. She began to pat and rub Sofia's back to get her to burp. The loud burps that came from the tiny infant's throat made Arizona almost giggle. Once she thought the baby couldn't burp any more, she laid her back down in her arms and started to feed Sofia again from the bottle.
All in all it took about twenty minutes to feed Sofia. She had to make sure the tiny human finished the whole bottle. The doctors said the baby had to get bigger to get stronger and the baby kept falling asleep so Arizona would have to move around a lot to get Sofia to stay awake and eat.
Once the bottle was completely done, Arizona just held Sofia in her arms, sitting in bed still with her legs in Indian style. Arizona learned quickly it didn't take long before the baby would poop and pee and begin to cry again. It wasn't long she felt like she was drifting off to sleep. But the cries of the baby started to ring out again. It had only been 15 minutes since the baby finished her bottle.
"Okay okay." Arizona said softly, opening her side table draw and producing the wipes and the diaper for Sofia. She quickly change the growing infant and tossed the diaper in the trash can on the other side of the table. Arizona looked at the crib from where she was sitting and thought about what looked like such a long walk from the bed to the crib. She was so tired it looked like it would be the walk of her life.
"Screw it." Arizona muttered. She knew Callie probably wouldn't be too happy but Arizona just laid down, snuggled her backside into Callie's frontside and laid baby Sofia down in front of her. She made sure to lay the baby so that she was on her side. It was safest that way. She wrapped an arm gently around the infant's body so that she could not roll and it helped that she had wrapped her in her blanket too. Before she knew it she had fallen asleep.
-Grey's Anatomy-
When Calliope Robbins woke at 6 AM it wasn't from a child's cries or any kind of movement or commotion around the room. It was just by habit. She looked over and didn't see Sofia in her in her crib. She turned her head back to her wife before she noticed that the baby was sleeping soundly in her mother's arms. This made a wide smile spread across Callie's lips.
Arizona looked so peaceful and so natural. Her hair was tucked behind her ear. One arm was stretched out beneath the baby, holding Sofia close while the other protectively lay over where the child's legs would be. Sofia had her hands curled up under her chin and her head facing toward the wall next to the bed. Arizona's light snores could be heard as Callie looked over the two. She could also hear Sofia's heavy breathing.
Callie couldn't believe it. She was married with a baby. Only after being with Arizona for almost two years. Was it fast? Hell yes it was. Was it rational? Hell no it wasn't rational? Was it worth it? Hell yes. The sight of her wife and child touched her heart. Arizona was so afraid of babies and was so nervous about being a mom but from the looks of it, it was coming naturally just fine.
TBC... What do you guys think? Love to hear opinions!