Chapter 10
"Mr. Locksley," a nurse says walking up to me. "Can you come with me?" I nod my head and follow her to the back. "The last door on the right." She says pointing down the hall. I run to the door. I open it and I am greeted to the most beautiful sight. I immediately put my hand on my chest and started to breathe again.
"Daddy's here." Regina says happily. Her eyes were so watery and she had one princess in each arm. A smile finally broke out on my face. I ran up to her and kissed her.
"I thought I lost you." I whisper against her lips. I kiss her again and pulled away. I keep my forehead against hers and look down. "They're beautiful." I say smiling. "Just like their mommy." She smiles and a tear fell from her eye. I quickly wipe it off. "How is mommy?"
"I'm okay." She says smiling. "It got better when I got to hold both of them. I'm a little tired, but all part of being the mommy of newborns." She says looking between the two of them. "Wanna hold one?" She asks smiling.
"Of course." I say smiling. I take the princess in her left arm. "Who might you be?" I ask smiling. I was finally holding one of my little girls. She was moving her arms and making the cutest noises.
"You would be holding Princess Kennedy." Regina says smiling at me. "Born at 4:32 a.m., a little over an hour after her sister, Kinsley, who was born at 3:28 a.m. Kennedy is going to be our little troublemaker." She says chuckling. "She was the reason mommy passed out during labor. I don't know all the details, but I did get to cut the cord, which was cool and weird." She chuckles and looks down at Kinsley. She kisses her nose and smiles. "Kinsley is going to be our little sweetheart because she has been so good. They told me ever since they stopped her crying after she was born, she hasn't cried since. She also has not cried for me yet, but I know it is coming because she has been grabbing at my chest. My pretty girl must be hungry. Yes, you are hungry aren't you?" Regina says talking to her. That is when a small smile broke out on Kinsley's face. It was beautiful and looked so much like Regina's. "Oh you have such a pretty smile, yes you do." She says in a baby voice. "Let's feed you. So, you can still be happy baby." I was in awe. She was a natural. I was staring and I didn't care. It was the most beautiful sight. She started feeding Kinsley, who had no problem latching on to her breast and immediately start eating. "Robin." She says. I look up and she is staring at me. "You okay?"
"Never better." I say smiling. She scoots over and I sit next to her on the bed. "I love you so much."
"I love you too." She says smiling. She leans her head on my shoulder and we watch as Kinsley eats and Kennedy begins to fall asleep.
"You ready for this new adventure?" I ask smiling.
"As long as your here, I'm ready." She says smiling.
"Me too." I say smiling. "How much do they weigh?"
"Ummm I think Kinsley is the smallest. She is about 5 pounds 4 ounces. Kennedy is 5 pounds 9 ounces." She says.
"Any problems?" I ask.
"Nope, healthy as can be." She says proudly.
"Perfect." I say smiling. "And you?"
"They said I'm good. I think they said something about the pain being too much and I passed out. It was only for about 5 minutes because I had another contraction rip through me and it jolted me awake. I had plenty of stitches though." She says shrugging. "But all that matters is they are okay and healthy."
"I was worried." I say kissing her head.
"I'm sorry." She says looking up at me. "I definitely wanted you to be there to see both off the births not just one."
"It's okay. I'm glad I got to see one, but I wanted them to take care of you. You were my main concern." I say softly. "I didn't want to lose the baby, but we could have made another baby. I can't make another you. I don't know what I would have done if I lost you."
"Well, we don't have to think about that." She says. "But I am going to ask you to get the diaper bag for me."
"I can do that." I say smiling.
"You can put her down, while she is asleep. I'm going to ask you to change this one's diaper for me because I have to pee and I may be few minutes. I'm sure it will be painful." She says laughing nervously.
"Take your time, LoveBug. I got this." I say proudly. "Here is a towel. Oops I think she's finished." I say handing her the towel.
"Thank you." She says taking it. She cleans Kinsley's face then cleans herself up. "Okay, daddy, here is the towel. You can burp and change her. So I can get out of this hospital gown and into my clothes and there are onesies in the bag to put them in after you change them. Now, I really need to pee."
"Let me get the nurse to help you get up." He says pressing the call button.
"How are we?" The nurse asks coming in.
"Good, I just need to go to the bathroom and I would love to put comfortable clothes on." Regina says.
"Absolutely. Let me help you because you will be a little sore." The nurse says walking around to the other side of the bed. The nurse grabs her arm and steadies her as Regina stands up.
"Yeah, definitely sore." Regina says gritting her teeth.
"Yeah, you will be sore for a few days but it should gradually ware off." The nurse says.
I look at the bed and there was a little blood on the sheet. "Is she bleeding?" I ask concerned.
The nurse looks back at the bed. "That's normal. I can check to make sure all the stitches are still good, but a little bleeding is normal. I will also get you some ice, it'll numb it and it'll be easier to relax and maybe get some rest."
"That would be great. Thank you so much." Regina says smiling. While they were in the bathroom, I had burped and changed little Kinsley. I put her in a cute little pink onesie and put some socks on her very small feet. Regina came out of the bathroom and I was talking with Kinsley.
"Look how cute." Regina says coming out of the bathroom.
"Look, there's mommy." I say smiling. "Everything good?"
"Yep, just sore. Which is too be expected." She says.
"Did we try feeding them?" The nurse asks.
"Kinsley has been fed and changed. Kennedy fell asleep before we got the chance." Regina says chuckling.
"Well, I recommend getting some rest." The nurse says chuckling.
"Good idea." Regina says smiling. "I'm exhausted."
"Someone came in a changed the sheets too. So, go ahead and get some rest. I'll watch them." I say smiling.
"Okay, just buzz us if you need anything." The nurse says closing the door.
Regina scoots onto the bed. "Come sit with me." She says smiling.
"I'm coming." I say smiling. I get next to her and I put my arm around her. She lays her head on my chest and she reaches for Kinsley's hand. Kinsley grabs her finger and doesn't let go. Regina smiles and looks up at me.
"Kinsley has your blue eyes." She says smiling.
"So does Kennedy. The only thing they got from me." I say chuckling. "We have mini Regina's." She just shakes her head chuckling. "I love you."
"I love you too." She says smiling. She leans up a little and kisses me. As we were kissing, Kinsley let out a squeal. We both pulled away chuckling. "Can I hold her, please?"
"Of course." I say handing her over.
"I can't believe I'm a mom again." She says putting Kinsley's head on her shoulder.
"Oh my god. I haven't taken a picture yet." I say getting up to get my phone.
"Ooh while you have your phone, can you call my dad. The car seats are still at the house. He can go pick them up for us so you don't have to leave." She says.
"I will call him, but I think you should get some sleep. You have forever to hold them. Sleep while you can." I say.
"Fine." She says sighing.
"Do you still hate me?" I ask laughing.
"What?" She asks laughing.
"While you were in labor, you were yelling about how much you hate me." I say laughing.
She busted out laughing. "I'm sorry sweetheart. I didn't mean that."
"I know you didn't. I had to try not to bust out laughing when you said it. I love you very very much and I love you for giving me two precious little girls." I say smile.
"I love you very very much too." She says yawning.
"Give her here." I say holding out my arms.
"Okay." She says sighing. She kisses her nose then hands Kinsley to me. She gets comfortable and reaches her hand into Kennedy's bed and grabs her tiny hand. She falls asleep within minutes.
-
"Good morning, mommy." I say as I see Regina opening her eyes.
"Good morning." She says sleepily. "Kinsley still isn't asleep?" She asks.
"No, Kinsley has traded places with Kennedy. I have Kennedy who has been waiting to eat because she is hungry." I say smiling. "Kinsley has been sleeping soundly for about 35 minutes."
"Well, that's good." She says sitting up. "Give me my baby girl, so I can fill her belly." She says holding out her arms. I place Kennedy in her arms and I sit down in the chair. She starts breast feeding her and I just watch. Neither of the girls had a problem with breast feeding. It was amazing to me.
"How does that feel?" I ask curiously.
"Breast feeding?" She asks.
"Yeah." I say smiling.
She chuckles a little. "It feels weird and strange, but completely natural and wonderful." She says smiling.
"It's an incredible thing." I say smiling.
"Yes, it is. I remember when I was little, I used to freak out every time I saw someone breast feeding. I thought it was so gross. Now I just think back on that and I laugh because it is such a beautiful thing to be able to nourish your child this way." She says smiling down at Kennedy.
"I completely agree. They are going to be such momma's girls." I say smiling. "They love you so much already."
She looked up at me and smiled. I have never seen her smile so bright and warm. She has been glowing since the beginning of her pregnancy. Now that she has had the twins, she has never stopped smiling. I live to see that woman smile. Watching her with our girls made me realize that I would never need anything else in my entire life. She was all I needed. Our family made me feel complete.
"Robin." She says snapping her fingers in my face.
"Yeah, babe." I says smiling up at her.
"Do you mind taking her? I have to use the bathroom again." She says.
"I got her." I say standing up. I kiss her lips and take Kennedy from her. I put her head on my shoulder and began to try and burp her. I pat her back and she burped almost immediately. "I see you are going to be my little fatty, huh? Yes you are." I grabbed the diaper bag and sat on the bed. I laid her flat and changed her diaper. I pick her up and lay her next to Kinsley. She was moving her arms and legs so much. Regina came out of the bathroom about 15 minutes later.
"Sorry, sweetheart, I really wanted to take a shower." She says walking to the crib. "Look, how precious my babies are." She says tickling Kennedy's belly. Kennedy wasn't sleeping, but she was very calm now.
I grab her hand and I pull her back to me. "Come see." I say smiling. She smiles and comes sits on my lap. She sits sideways and wraps her arm around my shoulders. "Hey." I say pushing my nose against her cheek.
"Hey." She says smiling.
"I'm so proud of you." I say softly. I put my hand on her cheek and rubbed my thumb across her lip. "You are so amazing." She smiles and kisses my lips softly.
"I love you." She says smiling.
"I love you, too, beautiful." I say smiling. "Do you have any idea how much happier I have been since you have come in my life? There are no words. Every time I see you smile, I am always reminded of how thankful I am that you walked into my life. I have enjoyed every day of this adventure with you. I know I proposed to you eight months ago, but when I watched you give birth to our girls I fell harder for you. I didn't think it was possible, but it is. Every day I fall harder for you. I want to continue to fall harder for you every day, to catch you before you fall, to make you smile when there are tears in your eyes, to watch our kids grow up, and to be there for you every step of the way by your side for the rest of our lives. I love you so much, LoveBug. When I saw this on the counter yesterday," I say pulling her ring out if my pocket. "I was just going to give it back to you. Then I thought what if I proposed to you again. I have never been so in love with someone. Well, except those two little girls, but that's totally different." She chuckles and put her hand on my cheek. "You and our family is the only thing I will ever need in life. My life will be complete after I marry you. So, Regina Marie Mills, will you marry me, again?" She smiles and chuckles.
"Yes." She chokes out. She wraps her other arm around my neck and hugs me so tight. "I love you." She says smiling. She kisses me so sweetly. She holds out her left hand. I slip the ring on her finger and smile at her.
"You know, I didn't get to make a speech last time." I say chuckling.
"No, you did not." She says smiling.
"I'm glad I got to make one, but I didn't plan on it being in a hospital room." I say smiling. "I thought I would do it at the first place I kissed you."
"The riverwalk." She says smiling.
"The riverwalk." I say smiling. "I had it all planned out, too."
"What did you have planned?" She asks curiously.
"Well, I was going to tell your dad my whole plan. I wanted everyone to be there watching. I wanted your friends, Henry, Roland, and of course your dad. I wanted them nearby videoing it and taking pictures. I wanted to document the whole thing. I wanted you to be able to remember the moment. Which is why I had your dad video what I just did." I say pointing to the door.
"Hey, baby girl." Henry says.
"Daddy?" She says whipping her head around. Daddy." She says getting up and hugging him. "I missed you so much."
"I missed you too. Your man called me this morning to tell me you were in labor, and then while you were sleeping he called and told me his plan. I just knew I couldn't tell him no." He says walking up to me.
I stand up and hold out my hand. "Henry, it's good to see you." He grabs my hand and shakes it.
"Robin, it's great to see you, too." He says smiling. "Now where are my granddaughters?" He asks smiling. I move over from in front of them. "They are beautiful."
"Just like your daughter." I say smiling at Regina. She comes up to me and I pull her into my arms and just hold her.
"He is a keeper." Henry says smiling. We both smile at each other like idiots. "Which one is Kinsley and which one is Kennedy?" He asks.
"Kinsley is the one on the right. Kennedy is on the left." I say smiling.
"Finally some girls." Henry says chuckling.
"You had me." Regina says chuckling.
"I know and I loved every minute of watching you grow up." He says smiling. "I just wish your mother would have been around to see it. If your mom was still here maybe your sister would be too." He says softly. "But enough sadness, we have two beautiful little girls here. I have their carriers in the car too."
"Thank you daddy." Regina says kissing his cheek. "Do you mind watching them for few minutes; I wanna go for a walk."
"Yes, my baby girl. You go ahead." He says just looking at the babies.
Regina grabs my hand and we walk out of the room. She leads the way into the waiting room; it was still early so no one was really there. She pulls us into a secluded corner and she immediately grabs both of my hands. "Regina, what's wrong?" I ask concerned.
"I'm sorry." She blurts out. Her head falls against my chest and she wraps her arms around my back.
"Hey, what are you apologizing for? You haven't done anything." I say trying to lift her head. She gripped on to me so tight that I couldn't pull her away. I was so confused. "You know I love you, right?" I ask rubbing up and down her back. She nods and sniffles. "So, are you going to tell me why you are crying? Cause I can always tickle you."
"No." She says pulling away and grabbing my hands.
I smile and intertwine our fingers. "Well, I'm ready to listen." I say smiling. She nods and goes to wipe her face, but I grab her hands and I wipe her cheeks for her. She chuckles and I kiss her forehead.
"I never told you I had a sister and I panicked when my dad brought it up because I didn't tell you, first. I should have told you. I'm sorry." She says sadly.
"I'm not mad if that's what you are worried about. When he mentioned it, I just figured she wasn't in your life." I say rubbing her back again.
"She isn't." She says. "I really don't know anything about her. The only thing I know is that her name is Zelena and she picked up and left after my mother died. I was young when it happened so I don't remember either of them really."
"How much older is she?" I ask. I knew she had to be older if she just picked up and left.
"I think she was about 16 years older than me." She says looking at me. "So, you aren't mad?"
"No and now I see why you and your dad are so close." I say smiling.
"He was all I had growing up. We have relatives, but my dad and I bounced around a lot. His job constantly moved us around, but we were in New Orleans by the time I turned 18, and I chose to go to their culinary school. I went to high school in New Orleans for about 2 and half years. That is where I met Henry's father, Daniel." She said.
"We don't have to talk about him." I say stopping her.
"No, it's okay. I'm over that part of my life. It happened and I have Henry and that's all that matters." She says.
"I'm still proud of you." I say smiling. She smiles and continues.
"My dad was really supportive. He was so angry when he found out that Daniel left for college. He sat there every night with me in my room while I cried myself to sleep. I had always loved the idea of culinary school and he was there for me. He babysat for me every day. I can't thank my dad enough for everything he has done for me."
"He is a pretty amazing man." I say smiling.
"He really is." She says happily. "Roland finally gets to meet him too."
"Yes, he does. Thank you for talking to me." I say kissing her forehead.
"Thank you for listening. You are an amazing person." She says smiling.
"That's all because of you." I say tapping her nose.
"Why me?" She asks chuckling.
"Because you made me a better person." I say smiling.
"I love you." She says smiling.
"I love you too, LoveBug." I kiss her lips softly. "How are you feeling? Still hurts?"
"Only when I have to pee." She says chuckling. "I have to find out when I have to get the stitches taken out."
"Well, let's head back to the room and we can find out." I said grabbing her hand.
We walk back to the room and we heard crying. Regina ran in so fast. She was already protective over them and it was the most amazing sight.
"Dad, what are you doing to my daughters?" She asks.
"Well, one of them woke up and started screaming. So, I picked her up, but then the other one started screaming. I only have two hands." He says trying to calm down Kinsley.
"Hi, baby girl." Regina says picking Kennedy up. "Don't cry. Mommy doesn't like to see you sad." She leans down and kisses her forehead. Her screams became small whimpers instantly. "That's my girl. My still very sleepy girl." She sits down in the chair and places Kennedy's head on her chest. She starts rocking her back to sleep and rubbing her back gently. She had her fast asleep within 10 minutes.
"So natural already." I say smiling. She smiles and kisses Kennedy's head.
"Do you mind going ask when we can take them home." She asks. "I can't wait to have them at home."
"Yeah, I will go ask now." I say heading to the nurses' station. I asked questions and made sure everything was good to go for when we could leave. I headed back into the room and Regina now had both of our girls in her arms. "You need some help?" I ask smiling.
"No, I'm good." She says smiling. "I love holding both of them."
"Well, we are good to go home tomorrow morning." I say smiling. "Your stitches can also be removed in about 2 weeks."
"Perfect. Sounds good." She says smiling.
-
Today we were taking the girls home. Henry and Roland haven't seen them yet, and they cannot wait for us to get home. I was packing what was left of Regina's stuff while she signed the discharge papers. The girls were already in their car seats fast asleep.
"Alright, babe, are you ready to go?" I ask smiling.
"Yes. We just have to give these to the nurse and we can take them home." She says smiling.
The nurse came into the room and then signed the papers. They had to wheel Regina down in a wheel chair (which she kindly protested,) but it's hospital policy. They waited outside the door with her while I went get the car. I drove around to the door and she was already out of the wheelchair and ready to go. We secured both seats in the car and we got in the car to head home.
We pulled into the driveway and Roland and Henry were both waiting in the front window. Regina chuckled at their excitement.
"We should probably go warn them before they run out here screaming and wake them up." She says smiling.
"I will go take care of it. You start getting one of them out and I will come back to help." I say turning the car off. I head inside and Henry and Roland both attack me with a million questions at one time. "Boys, calm down. You are going to get to see them, but they are sleeping right now so you have to be quiet."
"I want to hold my sisters." Roland whines.
"You will get to hold them, but we just have to be quiet. Okay?" I say smiling.
"Okay." He says smiling.
"You boys go wait on the sofa and your mom and I will bring them to you." I say smiling.
"Yes!" They both scream. They run into the living room and I walk back outside.
"Hey, babe, you okay?" I ask smiling.
"Yep, I just got Kinsley out and I started to unbuckle Kennedy for you to grab her." She says smiling.
"Okay, I will get her then I will come back to get your bags and the diaper bag." I say closing the door of the car.
We walk inside and the boys are waiting on the sofa. We both smile at each other. "Look who is home." Regina says walking into the living room.
"Mom, can I hold her." Henry asks smiling.
"Yeah, honey. Just come sit down on the sofa." She says smiling. He rushes to the sofa and sits on the end next to the armrest. "Okay, make sure you support her head." Regina says placing her in his arms.
"Which one is she?" He asks.
"This is Kinsley." She says smiling. Kinsley starts moving a little and her eyes slowly open.
"Hi, Kinsley, I'm your big brother." He says softly.
"Daddy, daddy, daddy, please let me hold her." Roland begs.
"Alright, let's get you a pillow." I say smiling. Regina grabs a pillow and puts it under his arm. "You have to support her head okay. She is very small and you have to be careful."
"I know, daddy. I won't hurt her. She is my sister." Roland says smiling.
I look at Regina who has the biggest smile on her face. "Mom, she is smiling." Henry says.
"She already loves her big brother." Regina says kneeling next to Henry. "Talk to her. She loves being talked to." Regina says smiling.
"What do I say to her?" He asks chuckling.
"Anything." Regina says smiling. "Huh, Kinsley, you will smile for anything." Regina says in a baby voice. "Mommy loves you princess. Yes, she does." Regina says kissing her cheek really fast. Kinsley smiles and starts kicking. "There is my pretty girl. Yes, you are very pretty."
"What about Kennedy, mommy Gina." Roland says.
"Kennedy is sleeping Roland. We have to let her sleep." I say smiling. "We will have so much time to make her smile I promise." I say kissing his head.
"Roland, how about when Kennedy wakes up you feed her." Regina says smiling.
"Really?" He asks excitedly.
"Absolutely. I will go get a bottle ready for her." Regina says standing. "Henry where is grandpa?"
"He got home about 5 minutes before you guys. He is upstairs napping in my bed." Henry says playing with Kinsley's hand. "Emma left when he got here."
"I'm surprised she didn't want to stay." Regina says chuckling.
"She said that she wanted to give you guy's time to settle in. She is going to call sometime tomorrow." He says.
"Alright, well I am going to get a bottle ready for Kennedy." Regina says standing. "I am going pump keep them out of the twins room for about 20 minutes." She whispers in my ear.
"We will be down here." I say smiling. She smiles and heads upstairs. I sit down in the chair and watch the boys with the twins. I was just relaxing until someone starts crying.
"Daddy!" Roland yells. "Did I hurt her? I told mommy I wouldn't hurt her and she's crying." He says starting to cry.
"Hey, buddy. It's okay." I say walking over to him. "She is just hungry. All she wants is to be fed. Let's go see if mommy has her bottle ready." I say taking Kennedy from his arms. "Henry can you carry Kinsley up the stairs?"
"Yeah, I can take her." He says standing up. We all head upstairs and I knock on the door. "Regina, Kennedy is ready to eat." I say smiling.
"Well, I just finished with her bottle. Where is Roland?" She asks.
"I'm right here." Roland says walking into the room.
"Well, come sit down." Regina says smiling. "She seems to be a little hungry."
"She is." Roland says sitting down in the rocker. I place Kennedy back in his arms and Regina holds the bottle up to Kennedy's mouth. She immediately starts eating.
"Here, Roland, just hold it like this and she will do the rest." Regina says smiling.
"Okay." He says smiling and taking the bottle.
"Mom, I think Kinsley needs a diaper change." Henry says making a face.
"Yeah, it definitely smells like it." Regina says smiling. We look down at Kinsley and she smiles. "Yeah this little cutie pie definitely needs a change. Hand her over."
Henry hands Kinsley to Regina and Regina takes her to the changing table.
"We already need our first change of clothes." Regina says chuckling. Robin can you get a onesie out of the drawer.
"Yeah babe." I walk to her dresser and pull out a pink onesie. "Here you go. I'll go wash that out before we put it in the dirty clothes." She changes her and puts her in the pink one I pulled out for her. Of course I pulled out the one that says 'Daddy's Princess.' I couldn't help myself. I hear Regina chuckle when she picks her up. She rests her head on her shoulder and starts walking her back and forth.
"Mom, dad, let me know if you all need some help. I am going to go play video games." Henry says heading to his room.
"I want to play too." Roland says.
"Not right now. Kennedy is not finished eating. You have to wait." I say coming kneel next to him.
"Okay. Daddy can you take a picture of us?" Roland asks.
"Yeah, I can take your picture." I say smiling. I pull out my phone and took a picture of both of them. "Alright, picture is done and she is finished." I say taking the bottle. Kennedy starts crying as soon as I take the bottle away from her.
"Daddy you made her mad." Roland says laughing.
"I am going to make her stop crying." I say taking her from him. "Go play." I say chuckling. I grab a towel and put it over my shoulder. I place her head on my shoulder and start patting her back. "Come on mommy, let's go sit in our bed." I say grabbing her hand.
She chuckles and we walk into our room. She sits on the bed and I sit on the other side of her. I scoot closer to her and wrap my arm around her. "I can't believe we are holding them." Regina says smiling.
"I know just a few days ago I was talking to them through your belly." I say chuckling. "Now they are squirming and wiggling in our arms."
"They are so cute." She says smiling.
"They look so much like their mother." I say smiling.
"They look like you too." She says chuckling.
"I guess." I say chuckling. "Hopefully they will sleep for a few hours so you can rest, tonight."
"I highly doubt they will. They will probably wake up every hour." She says sighing.
"Well, I will let you rest. You are not doing this on your own. I can handle them." I say proudly.
"I know, but just like you want to let me rest, I want to let you rest too. I don't want to make you do all the work." She says smiling.
"Then I guess we will be waking up together." I say kissing her forehead.
"Fine by me. We may have to keep each other awake." She says chuckling.
"You might be right, babe." I say laughing. "If we get them both to sleep now, we may be able to take a nap."
"All we can do is hope." She says smiling.
Kinsley and Kennedy are now 2 days old. They are very good babies and smile constantly. Today we are giving them their first bath. May not be big deal for some people, but Regina and I couldn't be more excited to see how they react to water.
"Alright daddy, your girls are ready for their first bath." Regina says walking the girls into the bathroom.
"Dinner?" I ask curiously.
"They were both fed about an hour ago, burped, and I changed two dirty diapers." She says smiling.
"I love super mom." I say kissing her lips, then kissing both Kinsley and Kennedy's forehead. "Alright so I put their holders in the tub. Hopefully, they will stay in it."
"They should." Regina says handing Kinsley to me. Her dad bought us these chairs that they sit in while we bathe them. Hopefully, they work. I had already filled the tub with warm water. I place Kinsley in the seat and she just sits quietly. Regina placed Kennedy in her seat and she starts kicking and smiling.
"Well, we know who our wild child is going to be." I say tickling Kennedy's belly. She smiles immediately.
"You want your wild one?" Regina asks smiling.
"Sure." I say smiling. We switch sides and I grab a rag to start bathing her.
Regina puts her rag in the water and pulls it out. She squeezes the water over Kinsley's belly. Kinsley looks down confused then looks at her mommy and smiles. "Does that feel good princess? Yes, it does huh? You are going to be so relaxed after your bathe." Regina talks to her as she continues to squeeze water over her. Kinsley continued to smile and her eyes became heavy. "Don't you fall asleep on me, baby girl. Mommy hasn't even bathed you." Regina grabs the soap and soaps up the rag. She rubs it all over her chest and belly. She washed her arms and legs, then lifted her into her arms and washed her backside. Kinsley was the only one to have hair, so Regina gently rubbed her scalp with soap. That is what did it for Kinsley. See was fast asleep in moments. "Well, if Kinsley won't sleep all we need to do is put her in the tub." Regain says chuckling.
"That's good to know." I say smiling. I hadn't started bathing Kennedy because she was smiling and kicking when I poured the water on her.
Regina smiled at Kennedy and began rinsing the soap off of Kinsley. I watched her while Regina grabbed a towel for her. I helped her lift Kinsley into her arms. She wrapped her in the towel and tried to dry her off as carefully as possible. "I'm going into their room to change her and sit with her for a little while."
"Okay, I will meet you in there with doodlebug in a few minutes." I say smiling.
Regina's pov)
"Okay." I say smiling and walking out of the bathroom. I walk into their room and go to her dresser grabbing a onesie. I place her carefully on the changing table and grab a diaper. I continue to dry her off, then when she is dry, I put her diaper on. I slip her onesie on and she never budged. I lifted her back into my arms and couldn't help but smile. She was perfect. Her little hand wrapped around my finger as I sat down in the rocker. I gently kissed her forehead as she was in a deep slumber. I continued to rock her back and forth because I didn't want to put her down. I just wanted to hold her.
"She's still asleep?" Robin asks walking in.
"Yep, she is out." I say smiling.
"This one is not." He says looking down at Kennedy. "She is going to be our doodlebug that doesn't like to go to sleep."
"She just likes looking at her handsome daddy." I say smiling up at him.
He looked at me and smiled. "I would say the same thing, but."
"Kinsley is out cold." I interrupt chuckling.
"That's okay. They both know how beautiful their mommy is." He says smiling.
I smiled and watched as he tried to get Kennedy to calm down and relax.
"Emma is coming tomorrow to see them. She said she doesn't mind watching them if we wanted to get some sleep. Roland said he even wanted to help." I say smiling.
"That would be amazing." He says.
"That's what I said. I feel like I haven't slept in weeks." I say chuckling.
"The feeling is mutual." He says. "I think that is very sweet of her and I think you should tell her to come."
"I will call her after I put Kinsley down. I just want to hold her." I say smiling down at her.
"You're glowing." Robin says. I look up and see Robin smiling that big dimpled grin.
"What?" I ask smiling.
"You are glowing. You haven't stopped smiling since we got home from the hospital." He says smiling.
"Well, you can't blame me. We make beautiful babies." I say smiling.
"We do, Lovebug." He says happily.
"I'm about to rock myself to sleep." I say chuckling.
"Well, how about you put her down in her crib with a pacifier and you go lay down for a little while." He suggests.
"No, I will be fine. I just want to hold her." I say placing a pacifier in her mouth.
"You can't hold her forever you know." Robin says sitting on the footrest.
"I know." I say smiling. "But she is only two days old and I - I just want to snuggle with her." I say stuttering a little.
"Alright, but if your eyes start get too heavy again please put her down and rest. I'll even let you rest in that chair." Robin says smiling.
"Deal." I say smiling. I lean down and kiss her forehead lightly. A small smile graces her lips. "Ugh I never thought I would love someone else like I love Henry and then we create these two beautiful tiny humans."
"Tiny humans?" Robin asks chuckling.
"Sorry, I watched a lot of Grey's Anatomy while on bed rest." I say smiling.
"Clearly." He says chuckling.
"Is she asleep yet?" I ask.
"She is fighting it, but she will be in a few minutes." He says swaying back and forth.
"I think instead of sleeping I may go sit in a hot bath." I say smiling. "Would you like to join me?"
"That is a great idea." He says smiling.
"Alright I'll put her down and go run the water." I say standing up and walking to Kinsley's crib. I place her in it and grab the baby monitor. I turn both of them on and set one on the dresser. "Meet me in the bathroom and tell the boys to please stay quiet while playing their games."
"You got it babe. I will meet you in the bathroom." He says smiling.
"Hmmm I love you." I say kissing his cheek.
I head to the bathroom and take out the twins seats. I place them on a towel and began to undress. I turned on the hot water and watched it fill up. I stepped into the tub and the temperature immediately soothed me. I sit down with the water still running. Then I remembered Robin was coming in here so I turned the water off knowing when he sat down the water would rise. I waited patiently and he knocked on the door about 5 minutes later.
"Kinsley and Kennedy are both asleep and the boys are watching a movie in Henry's room." He says pulling his shirt over his head then locking the door. He finished undressing and then steps in and sits behind me. "Come see sexy." He says pulling back against his chest.
I chuckle a little. "You haven't called me sexy in the longest time." I say smiling.
"Well, you are." He says wrapping his arms around me. "This is weird."
"What's weird?" I ask looking back at him.
"Your stomach isn't round or hard anymore. Watching the woman I love carry my two children for 8 months was such a beautiful sight." He says smiling. "I kind of miss it."
"I don't." I say chuckling. "I was huge. I mean don't get me wrong, I loved having them inside me and being able to protect them, but between my back hurting and my feet, I was over being pregnant."
"Then this is a bad time to tell you that I want more kids, huh?" He says chuckling.
"Yes it is." I say chuckling. "Let's focus on our wedding first, then we can talk about more children."
"Oh deal! I sometimes forget we aren't married." He says chuckling. "I mean I always see you wearing your ring and I see you all the time and you just gave birth to our twins so I just look at you and think 'wow, my wife is amazing.'"
"Well, I mean I will eventually be your wife." I say smiling.
"Yes you will. Speaking of the wedding, what were you thinking to do for it?" He asks.
"Well, with the twins, I don't want anything too big. Maybe 50 to 75 people. Just close family and friends. Small venue, really elegant, but simple." I say smiling. "I thought about November, but that is really soon."
"How about February?" He asks. "That gives us about 7 months of planning."
"Hmmm February?" I say thinking. "I don't know, I would rather have our anniversary be in December or Janurary."
"Whatever you want, babe. As long as I get to marry you, it doesn't matter to me what day it is on." He says smiling.
"How long do you mind waiting?" I ask.
"I mean not like forever, but what were you thinking?" He asks curiously. "Wait, we talked about the wedding already. You said you wanted it in May."
"Yeah, I changed my mind. I want a winter wedding." I say smiling.
"I really want to get married in November, but next year." I say looking at him.
"That's over a year away." He says sadly.
"I know and I hate to wait that long, but the more I thought about it the more I wanted a November wedding. It would give us time with the twins, give us time to plan, give me time to lose some baby weight and fit into a super sexy dress that you could help me pick out." I say looking up at him.
"Is that what you want?" He asks.
"Yes." I say smiling sweetly.
"Well, I want you so November it is." He says smiling.
"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." I say kissing his lips. "We can send out save the dates now."
"Okay." He says chuckling.
"That means we get to take pictures and we can take family pictures too so we can hang some up in the house." I say smiling.
"I like that idea." He says smiling.
"You make me so happy, you know that right?" I ask smiling up at him.
"Now I do." He says smiling.
"Shut up, you knew that." I say laughing. "I love you."
"I love you, too." He says kissing me sweetly.