So here is the next chapter! Thanks to everyone who has been reading, reviewing, following, and favoriting! You guys rock! Here is the next chapter!
When Allie Claire was twenty months old, they decided to spend a weekend at a beach house with their friends. Most of the babies were old enough to make the trip feasible so they loaded up and headed to a large beach house with room enough for everyone.
They had quite a large group going that included Aubrey, Matt, and their little boy Nolan who was ten months old, Chloe, Evan, and five-month-old Bella, Emily, Benji, and their adopted eight-month-old Ryder, and Stacie, her husband Jordan, and their twin nine month olds Preston and Lucas.
Fat Amy and Bumper had eloped and were on a two-month honeymoon so they weren't going to be able to make it.
The drive was about two hours and they had decided to get up early to get going because they were only going for four days.
Allie Claire had been up at five am, over an hour earlier than Beca and Jesse planned to get up because she knew they were leaving that day for vacation.
"Allie Claire," Beca grumbled as she went into the little girl's room, picking her up, "It's way too early."
"Beach time," Allie Claire said, eyes wide.
"Not until later," Beca said, putting the little girl on the changing table and changing her diaper, "You should still be sleeping."
"Beach," Allie Claire said brightly and Beca knew there would be no more sleeping in the Swanson house.
"Go get Daddy," Beca said, putting the toddler down as she sighed.
"Why is she up?" Jesse asked as Beca came back into the master bedroom where Allie Claire was bouncing on the bed.
"Who knows," Beca said grumpily, sitting back down on the bed, "But I can tell you that I am going to sleep in the car."
"Alright," Jesse said, sitting up as their daughter kept jumping on the bed, "Allie Claire, calm down."
They stayed in bed for a while, but Allie Claire was wide-awake, meaning both Jesse and Beca were also awake.
By six when they needed to get up, Beca was already done with how hyperactive their little girl was. She hadn't seen her this hyped up since Amy took her for an evening and brought her back after she took her to the candy store and a cupcake shop. Allie Claire had literally run around the house for over two hours before she crashed and ended up with a very sick tummy the next day.
Jesse made some cinnamon rolls for breakfast because they had time.
By eight, they were all packed up and at Chloe's house where they were all meeting before they left. They went into Chloe and Evan's house where Allie Claire proceeded to run around the furniture.
"Hey there little miss," Evan said as he came down the stairs with their bags.
"Allison Claire Swanson," Beca scolded, "You need to calm down. Sorry guys. She's been up since 5 and will not calm down."
"She's just excited," Chloe said, smiling as she watched the little girl slow down just a bit.
By the time Stacie, Emily, and Aubrey got there with their families, Allie Claire was outside running around because she was too crazy. They were on the road by nine and arrived by eleven thirty.
Allie Claire somehow stayed awake the entire trip even though Beca slept almost the whole way there.
When they arrived, they unpacked their cars and had lunch before putting the kids down for their afternoon naps. However, Allie Claire was not having it with her nap and just jumped up and down on the bed.
"She's not going to nap Bec," Jesse said, coming out of the bedroom carrying their daughter.
"She's gonna be a mess later," Beca said, shaking her head as Allie Claire grabbed her bucket and shovel and pretended to build a sand castle.
"Beach Mommy," Allie Claire said, smiling at Beca.
"She's really excited about this beach thing huh?" Aubrey said, smiling at the younger girl.
"She has been nuts all day," Beca said with a sigh.
The adults chatted for a while until the rest of the kids woke up from their naps. They then dressed them all in swimsuits and headed to the beach.
Allie Claire was the only one who was really big enough to run around on the beach and she did a lot of it. Chloe just lounged with Bella under one of the umbrellas. Nolan tried to keep up with Allie Claire, but it was kinds hard for him to crawl in the sand. Matt helped his son out and even took him into the water. The twins loved the sand, but tried to eat it which meant Stacie and Jordan spent most of her time trying to keep the sand out of their mouths.
Allie Claire loved the beach and spent the whole time running around or playing in the water with Beca and Jesse. They stayed on the beach for a few hours before heading back to the house. They decided to go out for dinner at a little place on the beach so after everyone was dressed and ready to go.
When they were out at dinner, Allie Claire finally started to come off of her insane high but was still pretty wired. By the time they got home, she was still awake, but had stopped running around. The rest of the kids went down around eight, but Allie Claire did not want to sleep.
Beca decided to avoid the fight, hoping she would conk out on the couch, but she didn't.
"Hey Allie Claire," Chloe said, noticing she looked very sleepy, "Want to go to bed?"
"No," Allie Claire said shaking her little head.
"You sure?" Aubrey asked, looking at the little girl.
"No bed," Allie Claire said adamantly.
The little girl woke up again after that and started laughing and running around again.
"I might just lock her up in our room," Beca said, sighing.
After twenty minutes, Allie Claire was still acting like a nut and Beca finally scooped her up.
"I can take her Becs," Jesse said, getting up.
"It's alright," Beca said, "I've got her."
Beca carried the little girl down the hall and into their bedroom, putting her on the bed next to her.
"No bed," Allie Claire said, tears welling up in her eyes, "No bed."
"Yes," Beca said, lying down with her daughter.
Allie Claire started crying in bed next to Beca, showing off the lungs that clearly were the product of two singers. She cried as Beca held her for about ten minutes until she finally fell asleep.
Beca slipped out of the room, shutting the door quietly.
"What was all that about?" Emily asked as Beca came out of the room.
"She was overtired," Beca said with a sigh.
"And she's just like her mommy when she gets that way," Jesse said, kissing Beca's temple as his wife scoffed though everyone knew it was true.
So there it was! Hope you liked it! Sorry the updates are less consistent! It's midterm week and everything had been getting crazy. I'm also busy with crew most weekends so it's hard to get updates up. Hopefully I'll get another one up this weekend or sometime next week. Thanks for reading!