Sunday, January 2nd
Brian stood behind Justin who sat in a wheelchair as they visited their children in the NICU. It was just a little after ten in the morning and it was the first time since the couple have seen their little girls since they had been born. They had decided to wait until after Justin had woken up and eaten breakfast and were going to head up themselves but because their family was going to start showing up to officially meet the sextuplets as well soon after, they thought it would just be better to wait.
So ten minutes before ten Jennifer, Tucker, Molly, Debbie, and Carl showed up in Justin's hospital room. Jennifer, Debbie, and Molly all hugged and kissed the boys on the cheeks while Tucker and Carl gave handshakes. Brian helped Justin into the wheelchair provided by a nurse and together they all headed up to the NICU to see the girls.
The grandmothers and aunt gushed over the babies, ecstatic for their names. Jenn cried over Ava Louise, who was named after her mother Ava and ex-mother-in-law Louise. She and Debbie also cried over Marie Jane, named after both of them with their middle names; Jennifer Marie and Deborah Jane. Molly cried when the boys asked her to be the Godmother of Ava and Daisy.
"Are you serious!" The twenty year old squealed, jumping up and down as she suddenly hugged Brian tightly, and then turned to Justin and bent down to gently hug him as well.
"We wouldn't ask if we weren't, Mollusk." Justin smiled at his sister, watching his mother and Debbie silently cry and beam from over Molly's shoulder.
Molly rolled her eyes as she pulled away. "God I hate that nickname."
"I know." Justin just kept smiling.
An hour later found Brian and Justin returned to the NICU; this time with Michael, Ben, Hunter, Ted, Blake, and Emmett. The boys asked Michael, Ted, and Emmett to be the Godfathers to their daughters; Michael with Emily & Marie; Ted with Leah & Hannah; and Emmett with Ava and Daisy.
Brian looked at Ben, Hunter, and Blake. "Sorry you three are out. We were only going to have one girl for each set of Godparents but we ran out of Godmothers."
Justin shook his head and laughed.
Hunter shrugged. "I don't think I want to be responsible for a kid if something happened to either of you anyway."
"Ben and I will still be part of this, just not in an official capacity as our husbands are two of the Godfathers." Blake added.
Justin nodded. "That's true."
Following the second group was Cynthia with her husband Jason; Melanie and Lindsay with Gus and Jenny, they had opted to leave two year old Abe at home with a sitter as he wouldn't really understand what was going on to begin with, as did Ted and Blake do with their two year old son Matthew. The boys asked Cynthia to be the Godmother of Leah and Hannah.
Cynthia smiled and tried to keep the tears from falling. "I would love too!"
"Are you and Jason ready for your own?" Brian smirked as Cynthia rubbed at her own growing belly.
It had just been three weeks ago when Cynthia had come into Brian's office at Kinnetik to have her boss sign a few papers and go over a few things and in the middle of it all she had announced her pregnancy. At first Brian had thought she was messing with him until she tossed an ultrasound onto his desk. He congratulated her and then sent her back to work.
"We just ordered the furniture for the nursery and Jason's younger brother is coming in from Ohio for a visit and to help get everything together." Cynthia nodded.
"If you need Brian's help I don't mind handing him over for a day." Justin said, then squeaked as Brian pinched his arm
Cynthia laughed. "I'd rather wait to ask for his help once this one is born. I'm going to need maternity leave."
"Well rake up the hours now while I'm on paternity." Brian ran his hand through Justin's hair, scraping his nails over his scalp.
"Oh she plans on it even if I don't think she should." Jason rolled his eyes at his wife.
Cynthia glared at her husband and just ignored him as she continued to gush over the babies with Justin. Jenny following them. Melanie and Lindsay stood closer to Brian and Gus.
"So, Sonny Boy." Brian draped his arm over his son's shoulders. Even at just ten years old Gus was already tall for his age. "Ready to have six more sisters following you around?"
Gus snorted and rolled his eyes. Brian thought he was getting a little took good at both, a little to much like himself. "No. I'm happy for more siblings. It's cool having a lot of siblings. Jimmy from school has six older siblings and four younger."
"Ah. Still got you beat." Brian chuckled.
Gus nodded. "It's okay though. I think seven sisters and a brother are enough for me."
Six year old Jenny on the other hand was ecstatic to have six new little cousins, and even more happy they were all girls. She loved her brothers, and even her cousin Matthew, but she had been begging her moms for a little sister since Abe had been born, and now she had six girl cousins to spoil and have fun with - once they were older of course.
The only person unable to officially meet her nieces was Daphne as she was currently living in New York and attending medical school. Brian had sent her photos and video of the girls while they had been visiting the NICU. Justin had also talked to her over the phone during her lunch break and asked her to be the Godmother of Emily and Marie.
Her squealed response over speaker phone was, "Duh!"
It was well after three in the afternoon when Brian and Justin found themselves back in Justin's hospital room and alone once again. After the rest of the family had met the girls Brian and Justin had spent some time with their babies and talking about things they still needed to get done. Justin had done what he could in the nurseries with help from Molly and Emmett; then Brian, Ted, Michael, Ben, and Jason had put together the cribs, dressers, rocking chairs, and everything else they had ordered.
"Now that everyone knows there names," Justin yawned. "We need their names put up in the nurseries."
Brian rolled his eyes. "I already asked Mikey to help with that tomorrow. It'll be done before you come home on Tuesday."
"Good." Justin yawned again.
"Go to sleep you idiot." Brian huffed but smiled as his blond tucked himself into his bed. "Sleep while you can."
"I love you." Justin mumbled as he settled and closed his eyes.
"You too."
