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October 31st, 2014 10:00 am
I smiled as I picked Mack up from her place in her swing. She smiled and giggled as I carried her to the kitchen. I placed Mack in her high chair and popped open a jar of baby food. Mack slapped her hands on the tray as I stirred up the food.
"Who's making all that racket?" Troy asked which sent Mack into a whole new set of giggles.
"Mack won't stop giggling. She's got the giggles today." I told him as he kissed Mack's head which sent her into another fit of giggles.
"See what I'm talking about." I told him as he looked at me and laughed. He sat next to me on one of the barstools that sat under the counter.
"Are we doing the whole trick or treat thing tonight?" Troy asked me as I shot him a look.
"Troy she's 5 months and she's not going to eat the candy. So no we are not doing the whole trick or treat thing." I told him as he sat down beside me.
"Come on she would be adorable all dressed up." Troy told me as I grinned at him.
"Ok but where am I going to find a costume for her?" I asked Troy as he grinned at me.
"That's all taken care of. I picked up a costume on my way home last night." Troy told me as he walked to the front closet and got something.
"She's going to be adorable as a pumpkin." I told Troy as he showed me the costume.
"She's going to be the cutest kid ever." Troy told me as I rolled my eyes at him.
"Well we have to go over to your parents and my mom's tonight to show off the cutest pumpkin in the patch." I told him as he smiled.
"We'll go early so she can get to bed on time." Troy told me as I finished feeding her.
"Will you go give her a bath while I finish cleaning up the kitchen?" I asked him as he unstrapped Mack from her high chair.
"Yeah, come up Mack and let's go get a bath done." Troy told her as he picked Mack up and walked upstairs. I heard him singing to her as I heard her giggle in response.
I finished cleaning up the kitchen then went upstairs and watched Troy giving Mack a bath. She slapped the water which splashed water all over Troy. Mack giggled as she looked at her wet father. I giggled in response as Troy gave me a look.
"Do you wish to carry on while I sit here soaking wet?" Troy asked me as I shook my head.
"No you're doing fine. You need to finish up though, because she needs a nap before the festivities start." I told him as he nodded his head.
"We're almost done, mommy. You go sit downstairs and I'll get her dressed and put down." Troy told me.
"I'll be downstairs. We need to talk." I told him as he gave me a look and I shook my head.
"Is everything all right?" Troy asked me as I gave him a look and then looked at Mack. She giggled at the look I gave her.
"Nothing is wrong. Everything is great actually." I told him as he nodded at me.
"All right. I'll be down in a little while." Troy told me as I turned and walked downstairs.
I walked downstairs and grabbed my book that was sitting on the table. I saw down on the couch and started to read. My mind kept wandering from my book to something that I was worried about how Troy would react. I heard Troy come downstairs and sit next to me.
"Hey Gabi. What did you need to tell me?" Troy asked me as I gave him a look and took his hand.
"Remember the other day when I went to doctor when I wasn't feeling well? Well they told me some news that I wasn't expecting." I told him as he squeezed my hand.
"What did you find out? You said that the doctor gave you a prescription." Troy asked me.
"The doctor gave me a prescription and she also told me that I'm 8 weeks pregnant." I told him as he gave me a look.
"You're pregnant? That's amazing. I'm so happy." Troy told me as I smiled.
"You're excited about this? Mack is only 5 months old. Can we handle this? When this baby comes, Mack will be turning a year old." I asked him as he gave me a look.
"With you and I together, we can handle anything. We've always said that we want a house full of kids, didn't we?" Troy asked me as I grinned.
"Yeah we did say that. I'm glad you're happy. I was worried on how you would react." I told him as he smiled.
"I'm excited about bring another child into the world and I'm glad you're pregnant." Troy told me as I smiled.
"Good. Now the other million dollar questions: Do you want to tell the parents or no?" I asked him as he gave me a look.
"I kind of want to keep a secret it for now but we'll tell them before you start to show." Troy told me as I smiled.
"That sounds good. Now Mack should be done until 2 or so." I told him as he grinned.
"Come on, let's go take a nap and then we'll get Mack up and dressed for tonight." Troy told me as he helped me off the couch.
6:00 pm
I rang the doorbell as I looked at Troy and Mack. Mack was dressed in her pumpkin outfit and was giggling about something Troy had done to her. I heard Amanda open the door and usher us in.
"Oh my goodness look at her." Amanda told us as we walked in and stood in the entry way.
"Troy had the brilliant idea that we dress up Mack for Halloween and take her Trick or Treating." I told her as Jack came out from the living room.
"Look at her. She's adorable you guys." Jack told us as he took Mack from Troy's arms.
"So what are you guys up to tonight?" Troy asked his parents as they smiled.
"Just handing out candy to little kids and trying to figure out what the hot costumes this year are." Jack told us as we smiled.
"That is what we're going to do too and get this little one to bed on time so she's not cranky." I told them as we all nodded.
We stayed at Troy's parents until 6:30 then went on to my mom's. The same thing happened there. My mom told us how adorable Mack was in her costume and how much she's growing up.
We came home and put her to bed and then went to bed ourselves because we both had work early the next morning.
November 18th, 2014
It has been a little over 2 weeks since I told Troy the news. It was just starting to sink in that we would be parents a second time around.
I smiled as I answered the phone and looked at Amy. She gave me a look which I returned.
"Ok, Mr. Bender and I will transfer you to Maternity. Hold on." I told him as I punched in the number to transfer him.
"What did Mr. Bender want this time?" Amy asked me as I wrote something on a chart.
"He wanted Maternity for something. I have no idea what." I told her as she looked at me.
"There's something different about you but I can't put my finger on it." Amy told me as I gave her a look.
"You're not going to figure it out, Amy." I told him as she looked at me and laughed.
"Oh I'm think I can but I don't know." Amy told me as I shook my head at her.
"Don't over think it. I'm going to deny everything you ask me." I told Amy as she smiled.
I walked down and made my rounds around to all my patients. I felt a little off but didn't think anything about it. I felt a little dizzy but just shook it off as I continued to check the patients out.
9:00 pm
I slowly opened my eyes and looked around the room. I quickly realized that I was in a hospital room in a hospital gown. I felt someone gripping my hand tightly. I looked to the left and saw Troy sitting in the chair with his head on the bed. I reached over and started smoothing out his hair. He lifted his head and looked at me.
"Gabi you're awake. How do you feel?" Troy asked me as I looked at him.
"I feel fine. What happened?" I asked him as he looked out the door a minutes before looking at me.
"You fainted while checking patients out. Amy called me all in a panic at 6 and I came over after I dropped Mack off at my parents." Troy told me as I looked at him.
"Is everything all right?" I asked him as his eyes went wide while I looked at the turned off TV.
"The doctor hasn't been in yet so I have no idea." Troy told me as the door opened and in walked Dr. Potter.
"I see the patient has woken up. How do you feel, Gabi?" Dr. Potter asked me as I looked at her.
"I feel fine. How's the baby?" I asked her as she gave me a look and pulled up a chair.
"That was the first thing we looked at when you were admitted to the hospital. I'm sorry but we weren't able to find a heartbeat. You miscarried." Dr. Potter told me as tears came to my eyes.
"Was it something that I didn't do or what?" I asked her as Troy held my hand.
"You didn't do anything wrong. There might have been something wrong with the fetus or something might have happened. There was nothing you could have done." Dr. Potter told me as I looked at her.
"Now what does Gabi have to do?" Troy asked Dr. Potter as he squeezed my hand.
"I'm giving her the next 2 days off. You guys go home and relax just the three of you." Dr. Potter told us.
"When can we start trying again for another baby?" Troy asked Dr. Potter as she smiled at us.
"I would say start trying around January or February. Just to be on the safe side." Dr. Potter told us as we both nodded.
"When can Gabi go home?" Troy asked Dr. Potter as I tuned the two of them out.
I tuned them out and thought about how excited I was about this baby. I couldn't wait to expand our family. I was so mad at myself for loosing the baby. I was pulled out of my beating myself up by Troy squeezing my hand.
"You ready to go home?" Troy asked me as I shook my head and squeezed his hand.
"Yeah I'm ready. Get me out of here." I told him as he handed me a bag.
"Go change and we'll go." Troy told me as I carefully got out of the bed and walked into the bathroom and changed.
I walked out and saw Troy standing there. He grabbed my hand and led me out to the car. The car ride home was a quiet one. We walked into the quiet house and Troy led me upstairs to our bedroom.
"We need to talk. I do not blame you, Gabi. We will have a big family soon but this wasn't our time." Troy told me as tears came to my eyes.
"I'm trying not to blame myself but I can't help it." I told Troy as he hugged me closer to him.
"You can't blame yourself. I don't blame you. Just think of it this way that something was wrong with our baby and God didn't think the baby would be healthy enough for us." Troy told me as I full blown started to cry.
He held me and rubbed my back. We just sat there until I pulled my head up from his shoulder.
"Where's Mack at?" I asked him as he rubbed my back and I started to wipe my eyes.
"She's at my parents. I told them to keep her overnight because I didn't know how you would feel." Troy told me as I smiled.
"Thank you for doing that. Can we go get her in the morning?" I asked him as he looked at me.
"Of course we can. Now I just want you to go take a bath and then crawl into bed." Troy told me as he kissed my forehead.
"Do our parents know about the baby?" I asked him with fear in my voice.
"I told my parents but I haven't told your mom. You can if you want." Troy told me as I smiled.
"I think we need to tell my mom but I don't know if I want to tell any of our friends." I told him.
"That sounds good. Now go take a bath and I will meet you in bed in about 30 minutes." Troy told me as I leaned over and gave him a kiss.
I took a bath and then crawled into bed. I sighed as Troy started to play with my hair. I fell asleep shortly there after.
Troy's POV
I sit here watching my wife of 4 years and sigh in response. She was so excited when she told me we were expecting again and now this. She looks so heart broken and all she wanted was to give Mack a little sibling.
I start to play with her hair as I hear her breathing. I smiled in the fact that we are fortunate to have a daughter who we are both attentive to and she keeps us on our feet. But are we selfish in the fact that we want to give our daughter a sibling to play with? I just hope and pray that we'll be able to Mack that sibling.
'God, if you're listening, please watch over Gabi the next few months. She's going through a rough time and I just pray that you bless our family with a house full of children. We both know that you won't give us anything that we can't handle. In your name I pray. Amen.'
I sat there on the bed with Gabi propped up against me and just watched her sleep. I continued to pray, hoping Gabi would be all right.
I fell asleep with hopes and dreams that we would have a house full of kids by the time we were both in our 40s. I chuckled in the fact that I was thinking that far ahead.
It had to be done you guys! Ducks the tomatoes! It will get better for our favorite family! I'm going to start incorporating the rest of the gang into the story! As always, feedback and reviews are appreciated!