Chapter 10
October
Everyone was at the table except Chris. After another harsh night with one month old Preston, Prue held him half asleep, and Andy was asleep. Shortly after Chris orbed in holding fully grown Belle in his arms, well barely holding her anyways.
"Morning birthday boy" Leo told Chris as he put down Belle.
"P.J., how many times do I have to tell you? Keep your dog out of my room" Chris snapped at his cousin.
"Oh come on Chris, she just wanted to say happy birthday" P.J. said throwing her bread crust to Belle to eat.
"P.J., don't feed the dog table food, it will teach her to beg" Piper reminded her for the 17th time.
"Right, sorry auntie Piper" P.J. apologized.
Chris' party began at noon. Kennedy, Dakota, Carter and Zac came. Followed by: Billie who brought along three month old Ginny, Victor, Darryl and Sheila along with Darryl Junior. The commotion of the party beginning woke up Preston, who had been napping in the playpen.
"How's Chris doing" Victor asked.
"Good, he's been having less temper tantrums. He's been working on controlling his anger" Leo informed.
"He's very social and friendly, much better a sharing now" Piper revealed.
"Billie, how's the first three months been" Sheila asked.
"Tiring, she never lets Austin and I sleep. During the day she's usually good though" Billie replied.
"Preston can be a nightmare. Not only during the night, any sudden noise startles him" Andy informed.
"Not a great trait to have when living in a house with 9 other kids" Prue stated.
Things got pretty hectic during the party. Ginny and Preston were both finding reasons to be upset and cry. Payton and Parker were being pains the butt, which was unusual for them. Not in the mortal sense though, they kept using their powers, causing Piper to freeze the room constantly.
By two, Payton and Parker were put in their rooms. Not just for a nap, but also to avoid them using their powers in-front of the mortals. By supper they were awake and Paige brought them down to the kitchen the mortal way.
For supper pizza was served, since it was faster and easier than a home cooked meal. After supper the cake was served. After that Chris opened his presents.
A couple of days later it was time for Preston's wiccaning. Prue and Andy went to the attic and summoned Grams. Grams arrived and only moments later the other's entered the attic. They all got into position.
Prue was holding Preston and Andy was beside them holding Payton. Beside Andy was Piper and Leo was beside her. Wyatt, Chris and Melinda stood in-front of their parents. Beside Leo was Phoebe and Coop was beside her. Their kids: P.J. and Parker stood in-front of them. Then beside Coop was Paige with Henry beside her. Tamora, Kat and little Henry stood in front of their parents. Grams then began the wiccaning by summoning the other spirits.
"I call forth from space and time, Matriarchs of the Halliwell Line, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Friends, Our family spirit without end. To gather now, in this sacred place, and help us bring this child to grace."
When the spirits arrived Grams faced Prue and held out her arms. Prue walked forward and handed Preston over to Grams. Grams then faced the spirits once again.
"The next generation has been born into our family, our legacy. We pledge to be with this child. This beautiful boy always. Apart but never separate. Free but never alone. He is one of us and because of that we will bless him with all of the goodness that we are. Welcome to the family Preston Morris Halliwell" Grams stated.
"Blessed be" Grams said.
"Blessed be" the spirts said.
"Blessed be" the living adults said.
"Blessed be" the children said.
Then the spirits vanished away and Grams handed Preston back to Prue. After Grams vanished back to the spirit whelm. The next thing on the to do list was buy the Halloween costumes. So the family all went to the costume shop.
Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige were too tired to look for costumes, so they just went with their witch costumes from a few years back. Andy and Leo decided to go as angels. Coop decided to go as cupid, and Henry decided to go with just his every day work uniform.
Wyatt fell in love with a cowboy costume, yep he was still into cowboys. Chris picked a fire fighter costume. Melinda picked out a ballerina costume, P.J. picked out a puppy costume that sort of looked like Belle. Tamora and cat picked out matching princess costumes.
Little Henry wanted to be just like his daddy, so he picked out a cop costume. Parker also wanted to be just like daddy, so she picked out a cupid costume. Andy and Prue picked out a ladybug costume for Payton, and a grass hopper costume for Preston.
The kids spent the whole afternoon playing in their costumes. They had to take them off for supper and bath time though. However at bedtime the adults had trouble getting the kids to take off their costumes and get into their pajamas. After the struggle the adults won and got all 10 kids into their pajamas and hung the costumes in the closet.
On Halloween they family started trick or treating around six, right after supper. They hit three blocks then called it quits. They then arrived at Darryl and Sheila's house for their Halloween party, which they did every year. When they got there they joined the other guests along with Darryl and Sheila in the living room. They then started dancing and of course the spotlight was on Melinda who was very talented in dancing, especially for a five year old.
Preston and Payton starting getting cranky at ten because they were tired. So the family said by to Darryl and Sheila then headed home. It was one of those nights where they had no trouble getting the children into the pajamas and in bed. Belle of course curled up on P.J.'s bed with her.