Phoenix watched in amusement as Elijah crawled toward the couch butt naked. He came out the bathroom where Olivia was giving him a bath.
"Oh my god." Phoenix heard Olivia from the bathroom. She instantly came out panicked.
Phoenix pointed to the Elijah in the hallway who had a huge grin on his face. "Lose something?"
Olivia let out a deep breath seeing she didn't lose Elijah. "He went under my legs. I didn't even see him." She grabbed a towel from the bathroom.
"You look like you want to trap him with a towel" Phoenix teased with a smile.
Olivia smiled and kneeled down behind their son. She put the towel over his whole body. Elijah stopped crawling. He kept quiet for a second and then burst into laughter. Olivia laughed and uncovered his head. She picked him up and put the towel around his body.
"Elijah" Phoenix held out his arms. "Come here naked boy."
Olivia smirked and carried him over to Phoenix. "Get him dressed please. I have to clean up the bathroom. The boy loves to splash that water."
Phoenix smirked and kissed their son on the head. "Of course I'm going to get him dressed. It's not polite to flash mommy is it?" He said in a baby voice.
Olivia leaned down and gave Phoenix a kiss on the cheek. "Can you go check on the girls please?"
"Sure." He returned the kiss on the lips. He got up with Elijah in his arms and went to the Ella's room where he knew they were playing video games. He opened the door spotted them still playing the game. "Ladies time for bed."
"Daddy were almost close to beating the dragon." Ella whined as both kept clicking their control.
"I know but it's getting late. The dragon will be there tomorrow again." He sat down on the floor by them. He was more amused by Elijah then the video game he liked to play with the twins all the time. He sat Elijah on his chest with the towel wrapped around him. Elijah grinned and waved his arms around watching the colorful dragon on the TV.
Phoenix chuckled a little and just watched the blue-eyed boy.
Evelyn got up and sat on Phoenix's stomach. "Why is he so happy?" She questioned and watched her baby brother next to her sitting on her father's chest.
Phoenix smiled at the question. "He's a baby honey. All babies are happy."
Elijah grabbed one of Evelyn's pigtails and just examined it.
"Daddy he wants to pull my hair." Evelyn whined.
"No he doesn't. Just don't move." Phoenix told her and gently pulled the pigtail out of his small fist. "There you go Mr. Hairstylist. Enough." Phoenix sat up and placed Elijah on his shoulder. "You two going to sleep or you're going to make daddy come in here again?"
"We're going to make you come in here again." Ella answered with a smile.
"And your mother wonders where you get the attitude from." Phoenix shook his head. "Spitting image of her." He gave Evelyn a kiss on the head. "I'm coming back in ten minutes. If you are not at least dressed in your pajama's by then, no video games tomorrow."
The girls let out groans. Phoenix kissed both on the cheek. "Goodnight Elijah" Ella waved at him.
Elijah just grinned at her and rested his head on Phoenix's shoulder. "That was a goodnight in baby talk." Phoenix teased with a smile.
"Goodnight Elijah." Evelyn got up and kissed him since she was closer then her sister.
"Aww that was cute." Phoenix pouted. "Still won't buy you time for video games though."
Evelyn smiled innocently and gave Phoenix a kiss on the cheek. "I love you daddy."
Phoenix smirked since he always fell for these things. "You have until ten you understand me? That's twenty minutes. Not a second more." He told them and left the room. The girls hi-fived and began playing their game again.
Phoenix went to their bedroom to get Elijah dressed. He placed him on their bed and gave him a toy to play while he found his pajamas.
Olivia came into the room and spotted Elijah playing with his toy. "Hey handsome boy, what you doing over there?" She sat down by him and gave him a kiss.
"Looking for clothes." Phoenix answered from the dresser.
"I was talking to my other handsome boy." Olivia smiled a little.
"Oh." Phoenix shrugged and got Elijah's pajamas out. "You want to get him dressed?"
"I thought I told you. What took you so long?"
"I was with the twins." He answered and found diapers. He threw them at Olivia.
Olivia took the diapers and got Elijah to lie down on the bed so she can put them on him. Elijah just kept memorized in his toy that folded into different objects.
Olivia smiled a little at her son and put the diapers on him. He hardly cried and basically laughed at anything anyone did. He didn't raise a fuss and most of the time startled Olivia and Phoenix when he burst into laughter about random things.
"Did you put them to sleep?" Olivia questioned.
"I'm giving them until ten" he admitted.
"Oh you didn't fall for the cute, innocent I love you daddy kiss on the cheek thing did you?" Olivia smirked a little.
"Yes." He answered. "They are becoming more like you as they grow older and it scares me."
"I don't do that" She shook her head. "You plea me for things."
"Oh yea?" He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist gently. "Baby Phoenix c'mon. Do this for me and I will make it up to you. You know how you like it when I make things up to you." He gave her a soft kiss on the neck and walked away.
"I do not do that!" Olivia defended.
"Yes you do." Phoenix nodded and sat down on the computer table. "You have a seducing way that you do it. You bribe me with sex. You defiantly know how to leave me on the edge wanting more."
Olivia nodded and walked over to him. She stood in between his legs. She softly brushed her lips against his. "Olivia sweetie, you know how you love it when I cook. I will make you breakfast after we have amazing passionate sex tonight. Breakfast in bed if you want." She bit the bottom of her lip like Phoenix always did and walked away.
Phoenix grinned proudly and flexed his bicep. "You just made my ego grow. I'm rather proud of the way I seduce you."
Olivia shook her head. Elijah suddenly laughed at his toy. Both looked over at him and laughed also.
Olivia got the pajamas and started to put them on Elijah. "Babe can you get his toy for a second so I can put his shirt on?"
Phoenix came over and got his phone out knowing Elijah got distracted by shiny things. He laid down by him opened the phone so the blue light shined. Elijah just stared at it. Phoenix took the toy from his hands as Olivia picked him up to put the shirt on him.
"Look buddy." Phoenix moved the phone a little and started to press buttons to make noise. Elijah grinned and started to move his hands from excitement.
Olivia finally got the shirt on him. "There you go. Jump all you want now." She tucked it into his pants even it was going to get untucked because he was excited over everything.
"He is like an energizer bunny isn't he?" Phoenix laughed a little and shook his head.
Elijah jumped on the bed and fell onto it before Olivia or Phoenix could grab him.
"Oh my god." Olivia looked shocked. "Is he ok?"
Phoenix's mouth dropped seeing Elijah hit his head on the toy he was playing with earlier. "Oh man. I don't know. He isn't crying yet." Neither of the girls were hyper like him so this was something new for the married couple.
Elijah's smile went away and he looked confused. He turned on his stomach and spotted the toy. He took it and crawled toward Phoenix. He handed it to him and crawled over to Olivia. Olivia picked him up and examined his head to make sure he was ok. "No bumps. It's not red."
"Liv I think he wants to jump again." Phoenix warned her spotting Elijah eye the bed with excitement in his big blue eyes.
"Oh no, baby please don't" Olivia shook her head. Elijah laughed and held out his arms like Superman. He started to kick his small feet. "Ok, ok. I'll let you fall." She tossed him onto the bed.
Elijah shrieked of excitement and quickly crawled back to Olivia. This got Phoenix to laugh hysterically. "I think you found what you are good at." He teased as Olivia kept throwing Elijah on the bed.
"Yeah. Thanks." Olivia nodded and gave him a kiss. "Please go get the girls to sleep."
"I'm on it." He got up and kissed her and then Elijah. "Toss him further so he gets tired of crawling." He recommended before leaving the room.
Olivia nodded and smiled at her son's huge smile. "C'mon you little energizer bunny." She tossed him again. Elijah laughed and crawled to the pillows. He looked at Olivia and hit the pillow with his hand. "Smart aren't you?" Olivia got the pillows and put them in the middle of the bed. She picked him up again and tossed him into the pillows.
She kept repeating it. She let him fall again. Elijah hugged one of the pillows and started to suck his thumb going to sleep because he was tired.
Olivia smiled and shook her head. It would take them hours to put him to sleep. All he needed to do was become tired and he basically put himself to sleep.
Phoenix came back into the room with the remote controls in his hand. "Ok they-" He quickly lowered his voice spotting Elijah sleeping. "How did you do that?"
Olivia smiled proudly. "He got tired of jumping so he just went to sleep. I think his genes are very hyper. Also I think he is very smart."
Phoenix nodded and put the remote controls on his nightstand. "The girls went to bed but I'm keeping these over night so they don't get up in the middle of the night and play the game." He whispered as he gently picked up Elijah and got his pacifier. He gently switched his thumb with the pacifier and put him in his crib.
Olivia closed the door and both started to get changed for bed.
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Phoenix and Olivia woke up in the middle of the night hearing Elijah crying. Phoenix tossed the blanket to his side. "I got it." He informed his wife and went to check on their son. "What are you crying over huh?" He picked him up and rocked him. He kissed his forehead and it was hot.
Phoenix placed him on the bed next to Olivia.
Olivia softly woke up and turned to look at him. "What's wrong?"
"I think he is too hot." Phoenix answered and turned on the Air Conditioning.
Olivia gently kissed Elijah on the head. "He feels hot. Maybe he has a fever."
"He is sweating liv. He should be cold when he has a fever." Phoenix came back to bed and wiped the sweat from Elijah's small hair. "Let's cool him off and if he is still crying we can call a doctor."
Olivia nodded and took off Elijah's pajamas and left him in his diapers. "What time is it?"
Phoenix rubbed his eyes and looked at his phone. "Five forty."
Olivia let out a deep breath. "We have to be up in twenty minutes."
Elijah stopped crying and looked at the blue light on the phone. He reached for it. "Phone?" Phoenix asked and let him take his phone.
Elijah examined it and put the phone in his mouth. "Oh no honey." Olivia took the phone from his hands. "No eating phones yet."
Elijah laughed staring up at his parents and pointed to the balcony. Olivia and Phoenix both looked and spotted the sunrise. Elijah let out a loud laugh and gripped Olivia's shirt.
"I think he wants to go outside." Phoenix nodded.
Olivia picked him up and held him. She got off the bed and opened the balcony so Elijah could see the sun rise. "Like that? Cool isn't it?" She gave him a kiss on the cheek as he stared with amusement in his big blue eyes.
Phoenix came out behind her and gave her a kiss. "I'm going to get ready for work while you watch him."
Olivia nodded knowing they always got ready at different times so one of them could always watch the kids.
Phoenix kissed Elijah and went inside to start getting dressed.
Olivia sat down on a chair and held her son in her lap. She smiled at his little diapers since they had Cars on them.
Elijah started looking around as Olivia rocked him on her knee. He let out a giggle realizing it was his mother moving her leg.
Olivia grinned and gave him a kiss on the head. Phoenix came out onto the balcony with his dress shirt on but he had briefs under. Olivia gave him a weird look. "I'm not going to ask."
"I can't find my pants." He explained. "Where are they?"
Olivia got up and placed Elijah on her shoulder. "I thought they were in the bathroom after you took a shower."
"I checked. Not there." He answered. "C'mon I feel weird being in briefs in front of my son. I don't feel manly."
Olivia smirked and gave him Elijah as she started looking for her husband's pants.
Phoenix held him and stood there waiting.
Olivia bit her lip realizing what happened with them. The twins asked if they could throw them out the window like a parachute and she agreed without even hearing their question. "Can't you wear jeans?"
"No. I have to escort Angela to a field trip. I need to look nice. I don't like wearing dress shirts with jeans. I look like a retard."
Olivia opened the closet and picked out a polo shirt for him. She found his nice faded jeans and put it all on the bed. "Wear this. It's casual and you look nice in it."
"I need my holster. I can't have a gun visible to all the kids." He explained. Elijah bit his collar to his dress shirt and giggled. Phoenix pulled it away.
"Fine." Olivia took the green polo and switched it with a dark blue vintage t-shirt. She grabbed his black blazer and put it on the bed. "There you go."
Phoenix looked at the clothing picked out for him and nodded. "If you say so."
"Yes. Now get dressed so I can get dressed after." She took Elijah from him and went to the kitchen to start the breakfast. One of them always started it and the other finished it.
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Max slept and then got woken up by a slap on his stomach. "Oh god! What?!" He jumped up.
"My water broke" Casey answered in shock.
Max fell out of bed from being in shock and panic at the same time. "Um...um…I…what do I do?"
"Get me to a hospital." Casey answered.
Max quickly jumped to his feet and ran out the room to get his keys. He ran back in. "Ok."
"Put your pants on Max!" Casey yelled at him.
"Right!" He found the closest jeans to him and pulled them on. They were too small. "These are yours!" He quickly took them off and found his own. He pulled them on but tripped over them and fell. "I'm ok." He got up and zipped them up.
He ran over to her and helped her out of bed. "Just calm down." She told him.
"Do I have to carry you?" He questioned quickly. "I will if I have to."
"No. Just get some of my clothes." She answered and got her shoes.
Max pulled on one of his t-shirts and got a bunch of her clothes. He took her hand and helped her out the apartment.
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Max sat by Casey at the hospital looking very freaked out. The nurses came in. "It's time."
"Already?" Max asked and quickly got up. "I thought you had to like wait for something."
"The baby is already two weeks early." A nurse answered and rolled Casey out of the room.
Two nurses came by Max and started to put on scrubs on him. Max just looked around confusingly. "Put these on." The nurse handed him gloves.
"I'm not delivering the baby myself am I?" Max asked and put the gloves on.
The nurse started to lead him out of the room and into the delivery room. "It's for hygiene matters."
Max nodded and went to the room. He heard Casey scream. "Oh god I can't go in there!" He quickly backed away. "What the hell are they doing to her?"
"First time father?" A nurse asked.
"You think?" Max gulped. "She's going to hate me for getting her pregnant if she's going to be in this much pain."
"She will hate you if you're not there for your child's birth." The nurse told him and led him into the room.
Max looked shocked seeing a doctor in between Casey's leg. He leaned down toward the nurse. "Is he legally able to be there?" He whispered. The nurse nodded and patted him on the back.
Max went over to Casey and took her hand. "How you doing?"
Casey held his hand and rested her head back. "It hurts."
"I'm sorry." He whispered. "Squeeze my hand if it hurts."
"Casey time to start pushing." The doctor informed her.
Casey gripped her husband's hand as she started pushing.
Max let out a whimper. "Baby I didn't know you were this strong."
"Well you become strong when you are pushing a human out of you!" She yelled and screamed again.
Max looked very scared now and looked over at the nurse that talked to him earlier. "Is it normal for her to scream this much?"
"Max I'm going to kill you!" Casey yelled and gripped his hand even more.
The nurse nodded. "They all say that."
Max nodded and placed a kiss on Casey's forehead. "Breath honey."
Casey gripped his t-shirt and pushed again. Suddenly a baby cry filled the room. Max and Casey both looked over.
"Want to cut the cord dad?" The doctor held up the baby boy.
Max stood in his place from shock. The nurse gently pushed him to the doctor. Max didn't even blink as he stared at his son. The doctor held up the scissors.
Max slowly took them. "Where? Does it hurt her or him?"
"No. Right here" The doctor explained.
Max cut the cord slowly. The nurse took the baby to clean him up. Max slowly went over to Casey. "Are you ok? Are you mad at me?" He whispered.
She smiled a little. "No. Of course I'm not mad. Why would I be mad?"
"You were in pain and I didn't know what to do. I'm a horrible father already." He whispered as he gave her a kiss.
Casey gave him a kiss. "You were just fine. You held my hand and were here for your son's birth. That's all I needed." She whispered.
The nurse brought the baby over. She handed him over to Casey. "He's perfect. Congratulations."
"Thank you." Casey whispered as she held him in her arms.
Max sat down by her and looked at their son. "Looks like you."
Casey smiled a little. "He is sleeping. How do you know?"
"I heard that's what you are supposed to say." He smiled. "So we agreed on the name?"
"Yeah. Zachary right?"
"Yeah. Your dad's name for the middle name."
"Are you sure you don't want your dad's name in there also?"
Max nodded. "No it's fine."
The nurse came over. "You guys have a name?"
"Yeah" Max nodded. "Zachary Raymond Novak."
"Edwards." Casey quickly cut in. "The last name is Edwards. Actually make his whole name Zachary Raymond Maximus Edwards."
The nurse smiled and nodded. She walked away.
Max looked over at her. "Seriously?"
She nodded. "You are the father. I want your name in there."
Max grinned. "Thanks."
"No, thank you for him." Casey grinned. "Want to hold him?"
"Oh no." Max quickly shook his head. "I don't want to hurt him. You hold him."
"Max get over here and hold your son." Casey ordered.
Max slowly took him in his arms. "Hi Zach." He whispered with a smile.
Casey smiled a little looking at her husband and son.