Chapter 12-Adjusting to Our New Life
Levy's POV.
Life was hectic, Lilly was adjusting to not being the only one getting our attention and she was having a bit of a hard time, she didn't like sharing us that much but it could be a lot worst. Jewel was still in the Nicu but Jet had been able to go home, I was keeping him with me at the hospital in the room they provided me for until Jewel was able to go home. Every night Gajeel went home to be with Lilly and in the morning before he went to work he would come see me and then after work he went and got Lilly from Wendy and brought her to see me before going to bed. It was not ideal but that's what our life was like the first two weeks after the twins were born, and then it was go home day for Jewel. This was the day we had been waiting for for two weeks and I was so excited, I was getting Jewel in her going home outfit which was a bit big on her when they came in with the discharge papers. I filled them out and then waited for Gajeel to text me that he had the car ready and that Jet was already buckled in ready to go, so I picked up my tiny baby girl and walked to the elevator to go outside. I buckled her in and got in beside her and we drove home, she slept the entire way just like Jet did, and when we got home and took her out she barely woke up.
I knew that the first week or so was going to be hard on my own so I asked Wendy if she could come to the house and be here with me as extra hands while I adjusted to having three children. I didn't want to admit that I couldn't handle it right away but I knew that this was best for me and my kids. The first day with all three at home was crazy, Lilly wanted all of my attention but Jet and Jewel needed me as well and so I had to have a few talks with her about that and most of them ended up with her crying but I couldn't give in. "Lilly come talk to Momma, Jet and Jewel are your brother and sister, and they are Momma's babies too so Momma has to take care of them too. They need my attention just like you do, so you have to share Momma with them." I told her while shushing a screaming Jet, he was cranky and I couldn't figure out why, Wendy had Jewel who was fussy but not like Jet was right then. I sent Lilly to go play and started trying to feed Jet.
The days that went by slowly got better, Gajeel was a big help with everything except the diapers, he hated that, but he still helped with it. He was so good with the twins it was amazing, he was absolutely wrapped around Jewel's finger and he absolutely loved Jet. Lilly was still stuck to his side though, even when he was taking care of one of the twins she was right at his side, she still struggled with sharing him though. It was getting better, she was slowly realizing that two babies that had mommy and daddy's attention won't going away. Lilly slowly started to want to help with them, she would sit on Gajeel's lap and hold one of them, she now wanted to kiss them goodnight. I was so happy that she was beginning to accept them, that made things so much easier and I was able to take care of them on my own after about two weeks. Lucy sometimes came over to sit with me and Layla was starting to crawl around, so she and Lilly sort of played together, Lucy loved helping with the twins because she said it reminded her of when Layla was their size.
One day I invited Juvia over to come see the twins because I thought maybe it would be nice to have her over for a while. She was in tears holding Jewel and I wasn't sure why and then I remembered she was still getting over losing her baby. When I asked her if she was okay and apologized for not thinking about it she fussed at me and told me she wasn't sad she was actually happy to get to help with a baby since she wouldn't get to with hers. I asked her if she wanted to come over more often to spend time with them and she was so happy, she hastily agreed and hugged me. One day when she was over I asked if they were going to try for a baby again just being curious, what shocked me was when she smiled a small smile. "Well we both went to the doctor and had some test done and they told us it was unlikely for us to successfully have a child, so we are going to start the process to adopt, but we are still going to try to have one of our own." She said with a small smile while playing with Jet. "Juvia that's so awesome, when are you going to tell everyone?" I asked. She said she wasn't sure and then put a sleepy looking Jet in his crib and walking over to close the door to Lilly's room since she was sleeping.
Life was just starting to get normal with the three kids and I was so happy. I was married to Gajeel and we had three beautiful kids and now it was on to the next adventure for us!