Chapter 7 Celebration

She now realized, the bad cramp in her stomach was her going into labor. Her breathing now became more rapid and heavier. "Dad!"

"What sweetie?"

"Dad, the babies are coming!"

Robby Ray widened his eyes, not knowing what to do. He felt it was a week ago he was doing this with his wife. "Jackson!"

Jackson came running down the steps to see what was happening. "Yeah?"

"Miley's in labor."

"Oh! Well call an ambulance!" He yelled, running over to Miley to soothe her. "Breathe Miley, breathe."

"Owe!" Miley cringed, clenching her stomach. "I need to pack my things!"

"Alright once the ambulance comes, I'll do it for you." Jackson reassured, trying his best to calm her down.

"Please call Travis." She begged, continuing to hold her stomach.

"Ok, ok." Sirens finally filled the air, taking Miley into the truck.


"Lets have a look." Emma said, staring at Miley, who was lying on her bed in pain. "Well you are ten centimeters dilated, which means we're going to start pushing and delivering these babies! We're going to try natural birth, but if it's not working, we're going to have to do the C-Section."

"Wait! We can't! Where's Travis?"

"Right here!" He said out of breath, coming in the room with Lilly. Lilly went next to Robby Ray and Travis by Miley's side holding her hand. Two nurses each held a leg up and Emma waited in front of Miley, waiting to catch the babies. "On the count of three. Ready? One…two…three…push!"

Miley pushed as hard as she could, lifting her head up against her chest an squeezing Travis's and her Father's hand. Not making a sound she continued to push. "Just like that. You're doing great."

"Ok breathe." Emma guided through. "And push!"

"Come on Miley. Come on!"

"We have a head!" Emma screamed, informing everyone.

About a minute later and a baby cry filled the air. Emma held the baby girl up for everyone to see, before handing it to a nurse to take to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. "We still have one more. Push!"

Miley's face was now as red as a tomato. Sweat surrounded her face and she was exhausted. She didn't stop, but she couldn't wait for the baby to come out. It wasn't long before Emma yelled we have another head. Shortly after that baby two was out. Emma held her up, before giving her to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. "You did it! You're a Mother!"

"You did great baby!" Travis leaned into Miley and gave her a peck.

"Wait! We didn't pick out our five names!" Miley tried her best to yell, still exhausted.

"Well we said we like Meredith, Isabella, and Emma."

"And we also said we liked Jenah and Linda Kate." Added Miley.

"And all we have to do is wait to see our little girls to see which two names we want."

Twenty minutes passed and there was no nurse giving them news. Everyone inside and outside of the room was waiting anxiously and impatiently. A nurse finally came in with two beautiful baby girls. "They were having some problems breathing, but now they're perfect."

"Thank you so much."

"Here is baby number one. She weighs eight pounds and fifteen ounces and is twenty-one inches long. She handed her to Miley, who now had tears of joys in her eyes. "And this is baby two. She weighs seven pounds and fourteen ounces and is also twenty inches long. She handed him to Travis, who studied her deeply.

"They're big for twins." Miley chuckled. "They're so adorable though."

"I think this one should be Isabella." Travis smiled, staring into the little girl's blue eyes and stroking her light blonde hair.

"I think this one should be Meredith." Meredith had light brownish reddish hair and blue eyes as well. "Now what about middle names?"

"How about, Meredith Danielle and Isabella Rose?"

"I like that. Godparents?"

"Well, I think Jackson and Sadie for Meredith and Lilly and Oliver for Isabella." Travis suggested, switching babies with Miley.

"Ok lets let everyone in."

The door opened and Oliver, Jackson, Sadie, Grandma, Aunt Dolly, Tina, Tyler, and Roxy all came inside. An "Awe" escaped from their lips, when they saw, Isabella peacefully sleeping in Travis's arms and Meredith sleeping in Miley's arms. Everyone handed Miley gifts and handed Isabella and Meredith around, while Miley opened her gifts.

The first gift she opened was from her Father. She pulled out this basket, wrapped in a clear plastic. This set includes two baby's first handprint kit, four pairs of baby booties, four baby teething keys, two baby soaps, two 4-piece washcloth set, baby Q-Tips, two 5" x 7" frame, four cotton t-shirts, baby lotion, and six receiving blankets. Miley then pulled out from the same bag, a yellow tote bag, which included, two burp cloths, two roll neck baby sweaters (0-12 months), two terry cloth bathrobes with gingham trim, and two satin-trimmed blankets. All these items had either an I or an M. "How did you get these letters?"

"I knew you were going to name the babies, Meredith and Isabella." Robby Ray chuckled.

"You know me too well. Thank you though." Miley smiled. She put the gifts back in the bag and pulled over another one. This one was from Roxy. Jude pulled out, another gift basket. This one included, two baby door pillows, two baby beanie frogs, 2 cotton t-shirts, two 5" x 7" baby picture frames, two keepsake boxes for baby's first tooth and haircut, a few plush frogs, two rattle rings, two Johnson & Johnson baby soap, six wash cloths and two baby blankets. "Thanks." Miley put the gift back and the bag and pulled the next gift forward.

This one was from both Lilly and Oliver. In this set was, a calendar with stickers to record the milestones of that precious first 12 months, two newborn hats, two burp cloths, two washcloths with finger puppet accessory, two pink onesies, two pink shirts, two pairs of pants, and two pairs of non-skid booties. "Thanks." Miley put it back and grabbed the one from Aunt Dolly.

This set included, booties, two growth charts, two giraffe rattles, two caps, mitts and bib sets, two giraffe activity wraps that squeak, rattles and crinkles, with mirror to occupy babies in the stroller or car seat, and two deluxe fleece blanket with crocheted edges. This set came in a white wicker basket. "Thank you. I'll never run out of baskets." Miley joked. She then pulled the bag from her grandmother.

She first pulled out two little sheep stuffed animals. They were as soft as a kitten and made calming sounds. She put that to the side, before pulling out a flower and butterfly crib mobile. The mobile matches the room theme, as well. She then pulled out two blankets with teddy bears randomly placed. On one blanket it read Meredith in left-hand corner and on the other it read Isabella. "Are you guys physic?"

"We just knew." Grandma laughed. "Here this is from me too."

Miley took the giant present, wrapped in baby paper, from her grandmother. Slowly unwrapped it revealing yet another gift set. This set included, teethers, receiving blankets, hooded terry towel, terry washcloths, Johnson's baby powder, Johnson's baby bar soap, Johnson's baby lotion, pacifiers, bottles, terry bear toy, safety scissors, and rattles.

She had also unwrapped, a wipe warmer. "Oh wow I didn't even think of this."

"Well I remember with my kids and you two too, didn't like when the wipes were cold and this keeps them warm."

"Thanks Grandma."

"Here this is from both of us." Tina said, handing Miley a large bag, while pointing to herself and Tyler.

Miley pulled out, two pink denim baby hats each filled with two girly shirts and a girly onesie. The two shirts were rolled up and tied in a pink bow and a white bow. And this was finished, wrapped in a cellophane plastic. "Oh how cute!" Miley squealed.

"We just saw it in the gift shop and had to buy it." Tyler explained. "There's more in there."

She then pulled out, a 'Silly Circus', toy cart, with moving wheels. In it was a "Silly Circus" ceramic picture frame, two baby bath soaps, two, two-sided baby bibs, two rattles, two plush baby lions, two, two-piece washcloth set, two Johnson & Johnson baby wash and lotions, two t-shirts, and two receiving blankets. "Thanks again."

"Here's my gift!" Jackson said with joy. "It's from Sadie too." He handed his sister a giant bag filled with stuff inside. She first pulled out a cute little ice cream set. This set had three different pajama 'flavors': Lime, (green), chocolate, (brown) and strawberry, (pink). Each pajama had "Sweet Dreamzzz" on it. Each pajama had a matching cap. The nightcap is white, with PJ-matching trim, decorated with multi-hued sprinkles and topped with a red cherry. Each pajama, with its matching cap came inside a matching ice cream box, coordinated with its 'flavor'.

"This is so cute!" Miley wrinkled her nose. She looked up to see where her babies were. Of course they was sleeping happily one in Lilly's arms and the other now in Jackson's.

Miley put it back in the bag and pulled out from the same bag, a bath time set. Every bath time item you could think of was in this baby bathtub. The baby bathtub is easy to drain and reusable. In the bathtub were, cotton gowns, onesies, booties, two-ply blankets, hat, T-shirts, hooded towels, bib and burp pad sets, four Johnson & Johnson baby care products, two giant rubber ducky toys, two plush bears, four diapers, a brush and comb set, bottles, pacifiers and a teething set. "Thank you Jackson and Sadie."

"Here, I got you something too." Travis handed her, yet another giant bag.

"Travis you're the Daddy, you don't have to get anything." Miley said.

"Just open it!" Travis insisted. She pulled out a white designer diaper bag, with many compartments. Inside the bag were, diapers, a box of wipes, diaper rash creams, burp cloths, extra sets of clothes for baby, an extra shirt for Miley, baby sunscreen, baby's bottles, toys, bibs, pacifiers, teething rings, blankets, mini first aid kit, baby hats, hand sanitizer, pens, a wallet, a changing pad, a few large plastic bags for dirty diapers or clothes, an index card with important numbers, and reusable water bottle for mom. He also bought her new designer sunglasses and a new camera and put them in the diaper bag.

"That was creative." Miley smiled. "Thank you."

"No problem." Travis smiled. "I think we're going to make great parents."

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