January Tenth
"We are home." Mary smiled, as she wheeled the Quintuplet stroller into the living room. Joey followed with a triple stroller, carrying the boys and one girl, while Mary had all the other girls. "Okay, it's not long before the start to scream, because it is time for them to eat. We'll both feed two babies at a time, and then burp them, and put them back in the carriage until we're done. So we'll start with the ones who drink regular milk; Emma, Anthony, Linda Kate, and Tommy. Then we'll move on to the ones who need the lactose and tolerant formula; Izzie, and Miley. And then at the same time we'll feed Samantha and Sophia who need the hydrolyzed formula."
"How do you remember this?"
"I have to." Mary shrugged her shoulder, heading towards the kitchen. "You stay in here and watch them, I'll go make all the bottle. We don't want them to see the bottles, because then they're going to scream."
"Okay." Joey watched his wife leave to the kitchen, smiling at the eight children peacefully sleeping. He continued to attentively gaze at them, wondering how he created eight beautiful children. He still could not believe this was happening. He continued the stare, deeply into thought, and before he knew it, Mary was back, with eight bottles squeezed in her arms.
"Okay, all their bottles have their names on them so we feed them the right formula. So we're starting with the regular formulas; Emma, Anthony, Linda Kate, and Tommy. Are you okay with feeding two babies at once?"
"Yeah. I'll take the boys." He slipped the boys out of their carriage, cuddling them in his arms. They both stared at the bottles in their Mother's hand, beginning to whine. "Shh Mommy's getting it."
"Okay, here you go." She handed him the bottles, and her quickly slid the nipple into their mouths. Mary pulled Emma and Linda Kate out of their seats, instantly giving them their bottles to stop them from whining.
An hour had passed and they finally finished feeding and burping the babies. Now Mary had been holding Izzie, while Joey was holding Samantha and Sophia. The doorbell rang, startling Mary. She jumped up, making her way to the door. She smiled as she saw Tami and Dustin in the doorway, with a gift bag. "Hey guys, come on in."
"We didn't wake them up, right?"
"No. We just finished feeding them." Mary led the way to the couch, where she handed Dustin Izzie, and gave Tommy to Tami. "It took an hour."
"Oh my gosh. Why don't you get help?"
Mary shook her head, lifting Emma out of the carriage. "I don't want help. But I mean we might eventually have to, but if we don't have to I don't want it."
"They are just too cute!" Tami cooed at the little girl in her arms, just as the doorbell rang again.
"I wonder who that is." Mary made her way to the door once again, being greeted by Evie and Rod (Joey's parents). "Hey guys. Come on in."
"Hello. How are you guys doing?"
"Great." She smiled, handing Emma to her grandmother and Anthony to his Grandfather.
"Oh my gosh. They are so adorable. I don't know how you're taking care of eight of them."
"Well we've only been home for two hours and for the eighteen days we were in the hospital, we had nurses helping us." She pulled Miley out of the carriage, before returning to the door, which had just rung. And soon Brit and Bree were each holding a baby. Miley was in Brit's hand and Sophia in Bree's, while Joey was still holding Samantha and Mary picked up Linda Kate.
"Here's a gift. We still have all your other gifts, but we didn't want to bring them over today, because we didn't want your first day home to be chaotic. We just wanted to stop by for a little while." Tami smiled, handing her friend a small gift bag.
"Thanks. I'll have a day where we'll invite family and friends over. We just need to get used to things at home first. But feel free to stop by anytime."
"That's a good idea. We can have a barbecue and we should invite a lot of people from the wedding. Well the ones we like." Joey laughed, bringing his attention back to the beginning to whine baby. "I think we have a dirty diaper."
"Oh my gosh, did you buy everything we need and did you make the nursery?" Mary suddenly freaked out, remembering she had been on bed rest and wasn't able to do the things she needed.
"Mary calm down. We did what we needed. You ordered the furniture and Tami and I bought everything else. The boys are in one room with Emma and Izzie, and the other girls are in the other room."
"So I guess those giant rooms came in handy?" Mary laughed, standing up and handing Linda Kate to her Father and taking Samantha. "Should I just change her here?"
"Do you want me to do it?"
Mary shook her head, slowly sitting down on the floor and pulling a blanket out of the diaper bag beside her. "I got it."
"Be careful. You're pelvis isn't going to heal if you keep running around."
"I have Octuplets. I have to run around." She gently slipped the stretchy off of her daughter, before sliding off the dirty diaper. "Oo we have poopy in the diaper."
"Where are your crutches?"
Mary shrugged her shoulders, wiping Samantha's behind. "I don't know."
"Well the doctor told you to stay on them even if you can walk, otherwise it won't heal."
"Yeah Mary you should really stay on them. When I fractured my ankle they gave me crutches and after a week I didn't want to use them. So I stopped and I ended up breaking it and had to use them for three months, when if I just stayed on them for another two weeks I would have been done."
"Okay, okay. I'll use them, but how am I suppose to hold babies with crutches?"
"You'll manage." Joey raised his eyebrows, watching his wife slowly stand up. "Where are you going?"
"To get my crutches."
"Stay there." He jumped up and dashed over to the crutches leaning against the wall. He handed her one, before handing her the other one. She sighed, before finding a way to walk while holding Samantha.
"See, you found a way. We're parents of Octuplets. We'll find a way for everything."
Thanks for reading. Sorry for the extreme delay. Yes, I've been back, but I've been so busy I haven't had time to update. But I got one out to you now, so please stick with me. Review!