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June 11th, 2023 9:30am (Gabi's POV)
Summer vacation had started just over a week ago. All the kids had successfully completed their grade. Mack would be moving onto 3rd, Aidan 2nd, Belle 1st, and Josh kindergarten. Needless to say, they were all happy summer had started and school was a second thought away. Since school was now out, our attention was turned towards the big arrival that would happen later on this month.
"MOMMA!" I heard Aidan yell from downstairs as I sat on the bed. I was still on bed rest and the only times I could get up was if I had to shower, go to the bathroom, or go to an appointment.
"Aidan you have to come up here to talk to me." I called to him as I heard him stomp up the stairs.
"Belle's being mean to me." Aidan complained as I shot him a look.
"Aidan you're almost 8 years old. Why don't you act like it?" I asked him as I sighed.
"She's taunting me." Aidan repeated as I looked at him.
"Why can't the Bolton children get along with each other?" I asked as Mack, Belle, and Josh showed up in the doorway.
"We love to argue too much." Mack told me with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Well can you cool it please? My due date is in a couple of days and I don't want to go into labor just yet." I told them as Mack looked at me.
"But mom I want the babies to come." Mack said as I looked at her amused face.
"Me too momma!" Josh and Belle quickly agreed as I laughed at them.
"Sorry I have no control over when they come." I told them as pouts appeared on their faces.
"Who's got control over when the babies come?" Josh asked me as my eyes flew up to meet his. I giggled a little before answering his question.
"The babies get to decided when they come." I told him as I felt something wet on the bed sheets.
"Aidan will you go get me the phone?" I asked him as he nodded his head and ran down the stairs.
"Here you go mom." Aidan told me as he handed the phone to me.
I dialed the familiar number to the restaurant and placed the phone to my ear.
"Wildcat Bar. How can I help you?" Jason asked answering the phone.
"Hey Jason its Gabi. Is Troy around?" I asked him as I hear him hand the phone to Troy.
"What's up babe?" Troy asked answering the phone.
"You might want to come home." I told him with a smile dancing on my lips.
"You're in labor aren't you?" Troy asked me with I could guess a grin as wide as ever.
"My water just broke. But you need to come home." I told him as he laughed.
"Did you call mom yet?" Troy asked as I looked over at the kids.
"Not yet; she's next on the list. Hurry home." I encouraged as we hung up the phones.
"What's happening mom?" Mack asked me as I got a grin on my face.
"The babies want to make their grand appearance." I told them as the four kids cheered.
I dialed Amanda's number and listened to it ring before someone picked up.
"Hey Amanda its Gabi. Do you mind coming over here to watch the kids?" I asked her.
"Sure I'll be over in a minute. Are you in labor?" Amanda asked me as I laughed.
"The starts of it. Troy's on his way home now." I told her as she promised me she would be here in a few minutes.
"Gabi? Kids? Where are you guys?" Troy asked coming in the front door.
"We're up here dad! Mom's going to have the babies." Aidan said standing out in the hallway.
"I know buddy. Why don't you go wait downstairs for grandma?" Troy suggested before coming into the room.
Troy came over to the bed, leaned down and gave me a kiss before pulling back.
"Ready to welcome babies number 5 and 6 into the world?" Troy asked me as I grinned.
"If you're by my side then yes I will be." I told him as he walked over to the closet and grabbed my bag.
"You ready to go downstairs and wait for mom?" Troy asked as I pushed myself off the bed.
"Yeah but before I come back home, I want the sheet changed and washed." I told him as he nodded his head.
"Sure I'll tell mom to do it." Troy told me as I reached over and hit his shoulder.
"You're going to do it. Now let's go." I told him as we walked carefully down the stairs.
Amanda was standing among the four eager children. I shook my head as I descended the stairs.
"Are you sure it's not a problem to watch them?" I asked Amanda as she looked up.
"It's no problem at all. You just concentrate on delivering two new grandbabies." Amanda told me.
"I will. All right you guys, listen to grandma. She'll bring you guys up later after I have the babies." I told them.
"We will mom." Mack told me as she gave me a hug and a kiss.
The rest of the kids kissed me before Troy led me out of the house. Amanda stood at the door and promised to call my mom and Brian. Troy helped me into the car just as a contraction hit. Troy held out his hand as I gripped it.
Troy drove to the hospital as I dealt with the contractions. Before Troy pulled into the hospital, the contractions were coming ever 7 minutes.
"Come on babe. Let's get you inside." Troy said as he came over to my side of the car.
He helped me out and into the hospital. Amy was standing there with a grin on her face.
"So today is the day you're going to deliver again, huh?" Amy asked me as I sat down in wheelchair.
"Oh yeah. So you're working today I see." I said as she shook her head.
"Yeah I'm the slave on duty. Here you go Troy. You know the drill." Amy said handing him a chart with papers attached to it.
"I'm going to push her upstairs and get her settled; come up to the 11th floor and they'll tell you where to go, Troy." Amy said as she walked over to my wheelchair.
We made small talk as we got onto the elevator. She sensed my nervousness and tried to talk it away. It didn't work but at least she tried. I smiled as she helped me over to a bed.
"Are you comfortable, Gabi?" Amy asked me as I nodded my head, too concentrated on the contractions to talk.
"How far along am I?" I asked Amy after she checked me over.
"You're at a 6 right now. It's too late to give you an epidural." Amy said as my face fell.
"Damn I was hoping to have drugs." I told her as she smiled at me.
"You'll do fine without them. Troy, on the other hand, might not." Amy said as I laughed.
"Amy you got her to laugh. I'm proud of you!" Troy said walking into my room.
"I'm not going to have an epidural." I said as Troy looked at me.
"You'll do fine without one. You're a strong woman and I love you." Troy told me as I smiled a little.
"All right I'm going to leave you two alone. I'll be back every half hour to check on you two." Amy said leaving the room.
"You know we really didn't finalize names for these two." Troy said pulling a chair up to the side of the bed.
"I know but I want to wait until we hold them to decide." I told him as he held out his hand for me to take.
"What's wrong Gabi?" Troy asked me as he looked my face over.
"I'm scared. I mean pushing one baby out is hard but two? How am I going to do it?" I asked him as he pressed his lips to my forehead.
"You're going to be fine. I'll be by your side the entire time. A heard of wild cows couldn't drag me away." Troy told me as a smile crept onto my face.
"Wild cows? Is that the best you can come up with?" I asked before the door to my room opened.
"So I heard we're having a baby party today?" Dr. Potter asked coming over to my bed.
"Yes we are. We're excited. How am I doing so far?" I asked her as she looked at the fetal monitor's printout.
"Both babies' heart rates are great. Amy just told me you're dilated to 6 but I'm going to check you over again. I think this might be a fast delivery for you." Dr. Potter told me.
"That will be good." I said as she checked me over again.
"Hey Gabi you're at a 9. I'm going to get the delivery room all ready. You're almost ready to deliver." Dr. Potter told me.
"But my water broke about an hour ago." I said as she smiled at me.
"You were probably in labor since last night but didn't even know it. It happens all the time. You have two antsy babies who are ready to make their entrance into the world. I'll be back in a little bit." Dr. Potter told me.
"Ok I'll be here. Hey Troy?" I asked him as Dr. Potter left my room and Troy looked at me.
"Yes Gabi what can I do for you?" Troy asked me as I continued to hold his hand.
"You wanna go call the house and tell your mom to bring the kids up here? Then call my mom and our friends and tell them?" I asked him as he nodded.
"I'll call mom and she'll call everyone else. How does that sound?" Troy suggested as I nodded.
"That sounds good. Hurry back." I told him as he blew me a kiss before closing the door quietly.
I tried closing my eyes but every time that happened, a contraction hit. I balled my fists up and tried to get through the pain but that wasn't working. I sighed when Troy came back into the room.
"How are you feeling?" Troy asked me as he offered his hand again.
"Like I should have an epidural. I want to go home Troy." I whined as he looked at me.
"I'm afraid that's impossible darlin'. You've got to deliver our babies." Troy told me.
"I want to go home." I tried again as Troy pressed his lips to mine.
"Sorry chica it's not going to happen. The two babies you've been carrying around for 9 months need you to bring them into the world." Troy said as we both heard the door opened.
"Are you two ready to go to delivery?" Amy asked with a grin on her face.
"As ready as I'll ever be." I told her as she unhooked all the machines and unlocked the brakes on the bed.
"Troy you need to go get scrubbed up then you can meet us in delivery." Amy instructed as Troy nodded.
Amy pushed me down to one of the delivery rooms. I smiled when I realized something.
"What are you smiling about?" Troy asked me as he came over in the yellow scrubs.
"Yellow still isn't your color. And this is the same delivery room I delivered Mack and Aidan." I told him as he nodded.
"It sure is. Now you get to deliver these two here." Troy said as Dr. Potter came into the room.
"Are you two ready to bring these two into the world?" Dr. Potter asked as I smiled.
"I think so." I told her as she sat down by my feet. "Ok Gabi this is going to go fast. Now when you feel a contraction, I want you to start pushing. Troy you're going to count down from 10 for Gabi. After Troy counts to 1 stop and when there's another contraction, we're going to do it all over again. All right?" Dr. Potter asked as I felt a contraction.
I took a breath before I started to push. I put my whole body into that one push. Dr. Potter smiled at me as I leaned back into the bed.
"That was good Gabi. Here's another one." Dr. Potter told me as I took a breath and started to push again.
This continued for another hour until Dr. Potter looked at me with a grin.
"All right, Gabi the first babies' head is crowning. I want to relax a little while I guide the shoulders out." Dr. Potter told me as I grinned.
"All right I need one more push and we'll bring the fifth Bolton baby into the world." Dr. Potter told me as I pushed with all my might. I heard a baby's cry as I tears came to my eyes.
"It's a boy you two. Now let's bring your daughter into the world." Dr. Potter told me handing our son to a nurse.
"Would you like to cut the cord, daddy?" The nurse asked looking at Troy. I nodded my head at him as he cut the cord.
"All right Gabi there's another contraction. Let's bring your daughter into the world now." Dr. Potter told me as I began to push. Troy held out his hand as I took it in mine. I squeezed as I felt the contraction hit.
"All right Gabi relax a little while I guide her shoulders through. Now push a little and you'll have your third daughter." Dr. Potter told me as I grinned at Troy a little.
Finally I heard our daughter's cries fill the room. Troy leaned over and placed a couple of kissed on my forehead and finally my lips.
"Troy would you like to do the honors again?" Dr. Potter asked as I nodded my head to Troy.
I was too tired to do anything but lay there. Troy came over and kissed my sweaty forehead.
"They are both precious, Gabi. They look healthy and each of them has 10 fingers and toes. I'm so proud of you." Troy said as I smiled tiredly.
I closed my eyes for a minutes until I heard nearing footsteps. I opened my eyes to see Amy standing there with two babies.
"Here they are you two. We'll let you hold them for a minute before the Pediatrician has to look at them." Amy told me.
She handed both babies to Troy as I inspected them. I reached up and touched both babies.
"They've got your eyes, Troy." I told them as both babies opened their eyes.
"I think our boy has your eyes and our daughter has mine." Troy told me.
"We'll decide this later. Give them back to Amy before you go tell our friends and family." I told him.
"Amy they're yours until you bring them back." Troy said as he pressed his lips to our daughter's forehead and then our son's.
"Gabi we're going to get you cleaned up before you go see your friends and family." Another nurse, Patricia told us.
"Ok. Troy you want to go tell everyone. Then meet me back at the room and we'll spend some time with the babies before four anxious siblings meet their new family members." I told him as he nodded.
"I will. I love you, Gabi and I'm so proud of you." Troy told me as he pressed his lips to mine before he left the room.
The nurses finished cleaning me up before taking me back to my room. Amy smiled as she brought both babies back to me.
"Dr. Pratt said there is nothing wrong with either baby. He deems them perfect bill of health." Amy told me as she handed me my daughter and son.
"What were their stats Amy?" I asked her as she took out a piece of paper.
"Your daughter weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 19 inches long. She was born at 12:34 pm. And your son was 8 pounds 2 ounces and was 21 inches long. He was born at 12:29 pm." Amy told me.
"Thank you Amy." I told her as Troy snuck into the room. He took a seat on the bed before I handed our daughter to him.
"What are you thinking about?" I asked him as he took his eyes off of our daughter.
"I'm thinking about how much we're blessed." Troy told me as I nodded my head.
"Agree. So what names are we going to use?" I asked him as he looked at me.
"How about the first two on our list?" Troy asked as I nodded my head.
"Sure that will work. You want to go get the kids and our parents. Our friends can wait and you can tell them I said that." I told him as he handed our son back to me.
"I will casually mention it." Troy said with a grin as he headed back out to the waiting room.
I pressed my forehead to each of the babies' foreheads and just looked them over.
Our daughter had a heedful of dark brown hair while our son had a heedful of dirty blonde hair. Both babies were smacking their lips as I giggled at them.
I looked up as I heard the door swing open. Mack and Belle were shy coming into the room as Aidan and Josh just walked right in. Mom, Brian, Amanda, and Jack brought up the rear as the kids walked over to the bed.
"You guys can come in." I said as Mack and Belle both nodded their heads.
I motioned Troy to put all four kids on the bed. I smiled at Mack and Belle as they looked over their new siblings with peaked interested.
"Hi momma. Are you ok?" Josh asked me as he snuggled against my side.
"I am more than ok now that you four are here. I'm happy that I have all 6 of my kids surrounding me." I told him as I kissed his cheek.
"Are these our new siblings?" Mack asked with excitement creeping up in her voice.
"Yes these are you new brother and sister." I told them as I looked at each kid's reaction.
"I like them mom." Belle told me as I nodded my head.
"What are their names?" Aidan asked as I looked up and saw Troy grinning.
"Dad do you think we should tell them?" I asked Troy as each of the kids turned their attention to Troy.
"I think we should quit stalling this and let the kids know their new siblings." Troy told me before picking up our daughter and holding her gently.
"What did you name them?" Amanda asked speaking up for the grandparents.
"Troy and I had little more difficult picking names out for these two but we finally found names that we each liked." I started as Troy nodded.
"Your sister and granddaughter's name is Lillian Tess." Troy started out as I picked up.
"And your brother and grandson's name is Jackson Ross." I said as I looked to Jack for his reaction.
"Gabi, Troy you didn't have to use my name." Jack said as I grinned.
"We wanted to honor our parents in our children's name." I told them.
"What do you mean mom?" Mack asked me as I smiled at her.
"Jackson is your grandpa Jack's name; Ross is grandpa Brian's middle name; Lillian is grandma Maria's middle name; and Tess is grandma Amanda's middle name. We wanted names that honored the people that help us all the time." I said as the grandmas got tears in their eyes. The grandpas just had big grins on their faces.
"So do you guys like the names?" Troy asked the grandparents and the siblings.
"I like them but I have one question." Mom asked Troy and I as we both grinned.
"What's that?" I asked as mom bobbed her head up and down.
"Are you going to shorten their names?" Mom asked as Troy and I looked at each other.
"Lillian is going to be called Lily and Jackson, well we can't call him Jack because we all ready have one." I said as Troy looked at me.
"What about J.J.?" Aidan asked as I looked at Aidan.
"I like it. What about you Gabi?" Troy asked me as I smiled.
"I like it. So we have Lily and J.J." I said looking at the two infants lying on the bed.
"Hey mom?" Mack asked me as I leaned over to her as she shared a secret with me.
"I don't care; if you guys want to do it then go ahead." I said as Mack made a motion to her siblings.
The kids smiled as I looked over at Troy and then the grandparents.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear J.J. and Lily, happy birthday to you." All four of the kids sang as I got tears in my eyes.
"You guys got mom to cry." Brian said coming closer to the bed.
"We're sorry mom." Josh said as I kissed each of them on their cheeks.
"I'm not sad. I'm just glad you four are happy about your new siblings. I'm going to need some help from you guys over the next couple of months; can you do that for me?" I asked looking at Mack, Aidan, Belle, and Josh.
"Yes momma?" Mack said as the other three quickly agreed.
"Good. Now do you guys want to take turns holding them?" I asked as Mack, Aidan, Belle, and Josh all quickly agreed.
The grandparents were armed with the digital cameras as Mack and Belle took turns holding the babies. Aidan played with Lily as Mack held her and Josh played with J.J. as Belle held him. I smiled over at Troy who was in a conversation with Jack.
I watched the kids interact among themselves and then the newest members to our family. Troy came and sat on the corner of the bed as I smiled over at him.
"Counting your blessings?" Troy asked as I nodded and placed my head on his shoulder.
"You have no idea. I'm glad all the kids are getting along with each other. I just hope there are no jealousy issues." I said as Troy looked at me.
"You're asking for a miracle you know that right?" Troy asked as I nodded.
"I know I am. But I can hope can't I?" I asked him as Jack came over to us.
"I just wanted to tell you guys' thank you." Jack said motioning to J.J.
"We were talking about baby names and Troy threw Jackson out. You've been a huge influence in mine and Troy's lives. We just wanted to say thank you for everything you've done. You were one of the first people to believe in us as a couple." I said as Jack smiled.
"You two are such a great couple together and I'm glad I've gotten to know you as a person and after all these years, my daughter-in-law." Jack told me.
"Well you not a bad father-in-law." I said as I gave him a hug.
"Ok you four how about we let the grandparents hold Lily and J.J." I suggested as the kids all grinned.
"Oh I forgot to ask what their stats Gabi were?" Amanda asked as I racked my brain.
"Lily weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 19 inches long. She was born at 12:34 pm. And J.J. was 8 pounds 2 ounces and was 21 inches long. He was born at 12:29 pm." I said as both grandmothers' nodded their heads.
I sat there and watched each set of grandparents coo over their news grandbabies. I then pulled my attention to the conversation that Aidan, Josh, and Troy were having.
"Dad is the babies going to keep us up all night?" Aidan asked as I giggled.
"The babies are going to sleep in mom and dad's room for the first couple of weeks before we put them in their room. You guys won't hear them cry." Troy said as Josh nodded.
"That's good; I don't want to be woken up at 2 in the morning." Josh said as I laughed.
Mack and Belle were quietly talking among themselves. I grinned as Mack smiled at me.
"What are you two plotting about over here?" I asked them as they both giggled.
"We're talking about Lily and J.J., momma." Belle told me.
"Well what about them are you talking about?" I asked the two girls.
"How small they are and how cute they are." Mack told me.
"You both were that small at one point in time." I said as the girls' eyes went wide.
"No way!" Belle told me as I giggled at her.
"Yes way. You were a little bit smaller than Lily. You weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces. Mack weighted 7 pounds 6 ounces." I said as the girls eyes got bigger.
"What are we talking about over here?" Troy asked as him and the two boys got our attention.
"About how the girls were once the size of Lily and J.J." I said as Aidan and Josh's eyes went wide.
"I was that small too?" Josh asked as Troy and I both nodded our heads.
"Yeah. Mack, you weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces; Aidan, you weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces; Belle, you weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces; Josh you weighed 9 pounds 4 1/2 ounces; Lily weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces; and J.J. weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces." I said as the mothers' shook their head at me.
"How can you memorize all their birth weights?" Amanda asked as I smiled.
"I don't know; I guess I've said it so many times at the doctors that it's second nature." I said as they all laughed.
"Do you realize that our smallest and biggest baby you didn't even have to deliver?" Troy asked me as I smiled.
"I didn't realize it until I just said all their birth weights." I told him with a smile.
I yawned as the grandparents picked up on it quickly.
"Ok you four it's time to go. Your mom is tired." Jack said as he picked Aidan and Belle up from the bed.
"We'll come see you guys later, all right?" mom asked as I nodded my head.
"We'll be here. I think she's getting out tomorrow afternoon sometime." Troy said as the parents nodded.
The kids gave me kisses before being pulled out of the room by the grandparents. I smiled as I looked over Lily and J.J. again.
"The smile hasn't left your face since we've been in this room." Troy told me.
"I'm happy. Our family is now complete." I told him as he laughed.
"Or so we think." Troy said as I looked at him.
"The only way our family is expanding is if we get more pets. I'm putting the foot down about kids." I told him.
"Gabi we're only 34 years old. We could have one more kid before its all said and done." Troy told me.
"We'll see in a couple of years when our four oldest are in high school. Then you and I can talk." I told him.
"I'll settle for that. Do you want me to bring in the friends or let you rest a little?" Troy asked me as I lay back on the bed.
"You might as well bring them in. They're probably getting antsy sitting out there." I told him.
He left the room and soon returned with Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Jason, Ryan, Brooke, Sharpay, and Zeke. All of them had smiles on their faces.
"So you guys are parents again for the 5 and 6th times. How does it feel?" Chad asked as Troy and I both grinned.
"Like it did with the other four. We're happy and so are the kids." Troy said as I nodded.
"So what are their names and stats?" Sharpay asked as I rolled my eyes.
"Wow you guys get more anxious every time we have kids." I said as the group laughed.
"We want to know the cute names you guys picked out for these two." Taylor said as I rolled my eyes.
"I never knew we had cute names." Troy said as the girls all laughed.
"Of course you do. You have Mackenzie Miah, Aidan Xavier, Anabelle Jacqueline, and Joshua Scott. We want to see what new cute names we can talk about." Brooke said as Troy looked at me.
"You want to tell them?" Troy asked as I handed him J.J.
"You can tell them our son's while I'll say our daughter's." I told him as Troy opened his mouth.
"Our son's name is Jackson Ross Bolton." Troy said as the girls all awed.
"And our daughter's name is Lillian Tess Bolton." I said as the girls awed again.
"Those are two cute names. How did you come up with them?" Kelsi asked us.
"We were just talking one night and Troy mentioned something his dad had done. So I suggested we name our son Jackson and he liked it. Ross is Brian's middle name. Lillian is my mom's middle name and Tess is Amanda's." I said as the gang nodded their heads.
"So you're honoring the parents with these babies?" Chad asked as Troy and I smiled.
"Exactly. And the kids are thrilled with the names." I said as Ryan pointed something out.
"Are you going to call them Jackson and Lillian or are you going to shorten their names?" Ryan asked.
"Their names are going to be Lily and J.J. Aidan came up with J.J.'s." I said as the group nodded their heads.
The rest of the morning Troy and I bonded with Lily and J.J. The kids came back for dinner, bring their favorite, McDonalds. Troy, the kids, and I all spent time just the 8 of us getting use to having a little bigger family.
I hope you guys like that chapter! It was 17 pages long!
The new Bolton babies are here! Aren't you guys happy? You have no idea how good that feels to have that chapter written! Feedback please and then I'll get the new chapter up!