AUSTIN:
The next morning, I kneeled over Ally, waiting for her to wake up. She was sleeping and she looked adorable while she was sleeping. Coincidentally, she opened her gorgeous brown eyes. I whispered,
"Good morning, gorgeous,"
She whispered,
"Hey, my amazing husband,"
And we immediately started kissing. We eventually heard some cooing coming from near my wife's bed. We smiled at each other because we knew it was our baby girl. I walked over to the small basket where she was asleep and rubbed my hands together. I gasped and whispered,
"Good morning, punkin,"
I put one hand under her bottom and the other under her head. I cradled her in my arms, and she made spit bubbles at me, while holding my finger with her tiny fingers. I heard a door swing open, it was my parents, who were all smiles. They immediately hugged my wife and then they turned to me, hugging me. My mom immediately asked,
"May I hold her?"
I said,
"Sure."
She was just looking at my dad.
"I remember when Austin was born. She even looks like Austin when he was born."
My dad told her,
"I definitely can see it."
My mom handed her to my dad and he whispered,
"Hi, baby girl. Yeah, it's your grandpa. You're so beautiful."
She came over to my wife and put her arm around me.
"Austin, what makes me so happy that you're a father is that you're a doctor. If Emma gets sick or hurt, you'll know how to take care of her."
I said,
"Well, hopefully she doesn't get sick anytime soon. But that's a very good point, Mom."
She kissed my cheek and in walked my mother-in-law, Penny. My in-laws, Lester and Penny, were split up, but they were still very good friends. I had known Penny for about nine years now- I even knew her before I knew my wife. She was a professor in nature studies at where I went to college, and I remember I gave her a first aid kit big enough to aid an injured army, and gave her class a lecture on how to deal with bug and snake bites and the risks of them. She was an old friend of mine because when I first gave her class a lecture, she described me as "wise beyond my years."
In fact that was actually how many people described me. Math and science were my best friends in school, and it explained why I graduated early from high school. I tightly hugged my mother-in-law, and she kissed my cheek. She also kissed and hugged Ally, and I heard her say,
"Congratulations to you and Austin."
My dad handed her our daughter. My mother-in-law was crying tears of joy.
"You're such a beautiful baby, Emma. I'm your grandma. I'm your mommy's mommy."
My father-in-law, Lester, came striding in. He hugged me and then my wife, and then he tapped Penny on the shoulder.
"Penny, can I hold our granddaughter?"
Penny smiled at him.
"OK, OK."
She handed our blonde baby girl to him, and he was crying tears of joy looking at the new baby.
"Hi, sweetie. You're so beautiful, just like your Mommy when she was born."
Emma was just making spit bubbles at him. Later after our parents had gone home, in walked Dez and Carrie. I immediately handed her to Dez and she just looked at him with her big eyes. Dez whispered,
"She's so beautiful. She looks like her dad."
I smiled.
"Oh stop!"
Carrie asked him,
"Can I hold her?"
Dez handed his girlfriend our little miracle.
"She looks so much like you, Austin."
I said,
"So I'm told."
Then in walked Trish and Jace. They both hugged Ally and then me.
Carrie handed Jace the baby and he looked at her with love. Jace looked at Austin and told him,
"Congrats, bud."
Austin asked him,
"Aww, thanks. Are you and Trish thinking of having children of your own?"
Jace told him,
"We might be. Do you want to hold her, my little churro?"
Trish smiled at him.
"Sure."
Jace handed Emma to Trish, and Trish immediately started cooing at Emma.
"Aww, hi, baby. Oh you're so beautiful."
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
I hope you guys liked that chapter! First day of spring is tomorrow, and I'm excited because my spring break officially starts a week from Saturday :). Everyone needs a break from school, right?