Chapter 5- 2021

Well, that was the middle name Daniel out of the window. Connor and Abby went and had a little boy called Christopher Daniel Temple. He was a grumpy little baby, after all the happy little cherubs we'd had, we found him an especially funny little chap.
He was born in the May, and Abby had screamed blue murder in the hospital room, or so that's what Connor told us.
She wasn't happy about being woken up in the dead of night again.
All of Abby's four children had been born at sometime between 2-3 in the morning. It made me laugh to think that, my two boys had been born in the middle of the day, our Lydia had never been very patient.
I wondered idly weather I would ever have another child, I had always silently hoped so.
I mentioned this to Nick, on the night of little Chrissies birth.
"Nick, I want another baby!" I announced.
My little William wasn't so little any more, he was four, and my little Stephen was 7, and my baby girl was nearly 9 years old!
"You do?" He asked, though he didn't sound surprised.
"Yeah, my babies are growing up too quickly!"
As I spoke, Lydia came running in.
"Mum, can I sleep over at Auntie Abby's tomorrow?" She pleaded, holding both of my hands in hers and bouncing up and down on the spot, "Please!"
"Um…sure, if Auntie Abby says it's OK, would you like mummy and daddy to phone her?"
"Yes!"
"Yes what?" Nick said, raising his eyebrows at his daughter.
"Yes please, mum!" She corrected and then she threw her arms around my neck.
"OK, go play!" I said, and I turned back to Nick as she left.
"Sweetheart, I would love another child, it may actually surprise you to know that I love being a father!"
"Yes, I know, and you will always be a father its not the father and mother part I'm worried about losing, its our babies!"
I indicated the door Lydia had just gone through.
"She's going to be going to high school in barely three years! She's going to be getting boyfriends!" Nicks eyebrows raised as if to say 'not if I've got anything to do with it'.
I laughed, and went to sit on his lap.
"Sweetheart?"
"I would love to have another child with you!" Nick said, and he kissed me.
I beamed at him, none of the other children had been 'planned' per se, but I wondered weather that actually made a difference.
I decided I didn't care.
There was one thing I did care about though, I wanted another little girl.

Chapter 6- 2023

In the August of that year, my little Annabelle Sarah Cutter was born.
Another blonde.
She was a blonde haired blue eyes little angel and she had the most beautiful, round baby face in the world.
I looked at her with tears in my eyes as I considered my life ahead of me, it was official, my life was completely perfect, as far as I was concerned.
I sat in my bed at 4 o'clock, when Nick brought in my family.
Lydia was dressed in a denim mini skirt, with black boots and a black top, I smiled, she had my fashion sense, but she was a little young for mini skirts.
The boys were both wearing Liverpool football kits, and William was sucking his thumb, in Nicks arms, but Stephen walked right up to the bed and sat down next to me.
"Hello!" He spoke to the baby, and he reached towards her.
"Carefully, sweetie!" I said, quietly.
He stroked his fingers across his sisters head, as I remembered doing to his elder sister when she was first born.
He smiled at me and I looked back into his dark eyes.
He was going to be an excellent big brother, to both William and Annabelle.
I looked at Nick, and he smiled at me gently. My eyes filled with tears, I had absolutely no Idea why!
My life was perfect, and now it had really started…!

And thats that, I'm afraid, just the red carpet for my next one... :) Look Out for Generation X xxx

Stephanie xxxxxx