The Perfect family Ch.7
(7 months since last chapter/Esme's POV)
Emmett has grown so much in the last six months. He was now 9 months old and already started to crawl around and babble with us when we talk to him. He is able to hold himself up with the help of the furniture and bounce.
' It was finally christmas time once again. Carlisle and I were overjoyed to have another person to buy gifts for this year. The only down side was emmett was learning how to pull cords and pull down decorations and such.
Im snapped from my musing as i hear glass shattering. I quickly set down the mixing spoon and rush into the living room. Emmett is by the tree and a smashed ornament is in front of him. I quickly pick him up and look him over for injuries.
"Emmie that's naughty" I say and i move him to his play pen. He starts to whimper not liking his playpen any more.
"No emmett. You can stay in there till daddy gets home" i say as i glance at the clock on the wall.
Carlisle would be home with in the next half hour. I turn on the baby monitor and a baby program on the tv before moving back to the kitchen to finish dinner. Emmett starts to cry and fuss louder and i try to ignore him as best as i can.
His cries get louder and louder and i sigh and walk back into the front room. Emmett is standing up using the side of the playpen.
"Emmett you're fine" i coo to him as i sit next to his playpen.
he hobbles over using the playpen side ands reaches for me. I sigh and pick him up. He had been like this all day. If he wasn't getting into trouble he was crying to be held which wasn't like him.
"Whats wrong buddy?" i ask as i wipe drool from his cheek with my dish towel on my shoulder.
He lays his head on my shoulder. I rub his back as he sucks on his thumb and more drool comes.
"Honey i'm home" carlisle calls and emmett starts to whimper at the noise.
"Shh you're ok" I coo and stand up to go to carlisle.
"What's wrong with little man?" He asks immediately upon seeing him.
" I don't know carlisle. He always wants to be held and he's drooling a lot and any loud noise he whimpers at." I say and carlisle nods and places his hand against his forehead.
"Well the has no fever" Carlisle says and takes him from my arms. He whimpers and reaches for me. "Shh buddy its daddy" I coo softly.
"I'm going to take him upstairs and examine him quickly" Carlisle says and i nod. Carlisle walks up the stairs and to his office. I walk back to the kitchen to finish dinner. A few minutes later carlisle walks downstairs with em in his arms.
"He's teething love" Carlisle says and i nod.
Carlisle goes to the freezer and pulls a teething ring out and hands it to em.
"Is it ok for him to teeth this late?" i ask.
"Esme its perfectly fine everyone is a unique individual. Yes most babies teeth around 6 months but Emmett teething now is perfectly healthy." he says and i nod.
"I'm going to go give him some baby Tylenol and then place his in the playpen" carlisle says and I nod.
While he does that i make our plates and get dinner ready. After dinner and after emmett is in bed carlisle and I begin to wrap presents.
(Christmas day)
Today was emmett's first christmas. I was out of bed at 5:30 and in the kitchen making breakfast and prepping dinner at 7 when carlisle woke up.
"How long have you been awake?" He asks as he pours some coffee.
"One and a half hours" I say and carlisle just shakes his head. A few seconds after the baby monitor picks up on emmett's whimpers.
I rush upstairs to emmett's room.
"Merry christmas baby" i coo as i pick him up to take him to the diaper table. I change his diaper before putting him in his christmas pj's and taking him downstairs.
"Emmett look santa came" i say excitedly and carlisle chuckles.
I set em on the floor and he crawls towards the tree. I quickly get the camera setup to record. Carlisle sets his coffee down and crawls over to em and picks him up as well as one of his gifts. Em squeals when the sees the stuffed monkey.
I make my way next to them and for the rest of the morning we take turns opening gifts with emmett and opening gifts from one shutting the camera off carlisle and i make our way to the kitchen. As i pull breakfast out of the oven, Carlisle places Emmett in his high chair. I plate breakfast and carlisle sits at the table.
I grab some oatmeal for emmett and place next my plate so i could feed him.
After breakfast carlisle takes em to get them ready for church while i start the dishwasher before starting to get ready myself. I meet carlisle downstairs where he was strapping our son into his car seat.
Once that was done we headed out to the car and speed off to church.
When we got to church we sat in our normal pew and carlisle talked to co workers while i rocked em.
"Esme would you like a family picture by the christmas tree?" Cam Gernady asks as she comes to sit next to me.
"That would be great" i say and i nudge carlisle.
"Cam offered to take a family picture for us" i say and the nods and stands up and we walk over to the christmas tree.
Carlisle stands on my left and i shift emmett so the is between carlisle and I.
"Say merry christmas" cam says as she holds up her camera.
"Merry christmas" we says and she takes the picture.
"I'll email it to you" she says and i nod.
"Thank you" i say as we make our way back to our pew for the start of the service.
After the service we head home and enjoy ourselves as a family.
Right before i lay em down for bed our picture comes through on email and goss i couldn't wait to print it and put in a frame with the caption "our first christmas as a family"