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Chapter 38: Home for Halloween
"Ready to go home?" Finn asked Rachel.
Rachel smiled up at her husband and looked at her two day old daughter in her arms. "I'm ready."
"I can't wait to bring her home," Finn said.
"Me either," Rachel added. "I hope Allie's okay when we get home."
"Once she saw Caylie, she was fine," Finn reminded Rachel.
"I know," Rachel sighed. "But this is our first time bringing her home."
Finn kissed Rachel. "She'll be fine. Kurt texted me to say that she's really excited for Caylie to get home." Since they thought things might be too crazy at the hospital, Finn and Rachel had asked Kurt, Blaine, Santana, Brittany and Bryan to wait for them with Allie at the house.
"Let's get going," Finn said as he took his wife's hand.
Since Rachel had gone into labor in Connecticut, they spent their first night in the hospital there. Puck, Kurt, Blaine and Santana had met Caylie that afternoon, and then Quinn came with Daniel and Bailey in the evening. The next morning, they were transferred to their regular hospital in New York so their regular doctors could check in on them. While they were there, Allie, Shelby and Beth had visited again, as had Kurt, Blaine and Santana, this time bringing Brittany and Bryan with them. Hiram, LeRoy, Burt and Carole were also planning on coming to visit them in New York soon.
Finally, Finn, Rachel and Caylie arrived at the apartment building. Rachel looked down at her daughter. "We're home, Caylie."
"It's so nice to finally be bringing her home," Finn said as he led Rachel in the apartment building door. They got on the elevator and went to their floor. Finn unlocked their apartment door. "Welcome home, Caylie."
"You're here!" Allie said, jumping up from the couch and running over to her parents and sister.
"We are," Rachel said.
"Can I show Caylie her room?" Allie asked.
"You can, but let me hold her while we walk around," Rachel said.
"I can hold her when we sit down though, right?" Allie asked.
"Of course you can," Finn said.
"She's been waiting for you guys to get home," Brittany told Finn and Rachel.
"Soon you'll be having babies, too," Rachel said.
"I wish the twins would be born already!" Brittany said. "I'm so jealous of you and Quinn."
"Don't worry, it won't be long," Santana told her wife.
Coda came into the living room. Allie knelt down to pet their dog. "Caylie, this is our beagle, Coda," Allie said. "He's very nice. He's good to cuddle with and pet. When you're older, you can take him for walks. That's really fun."
Finn and Rachel smiled at each other. Allie then walked over to the rabbit's cage, so Rachel followed with Caylie. "And this is our bunny, Nibbles," Allie continued. "I like petting her, too. And she's fun to watch. Now let's go to your room."
Rachel followed Allie to Caylie's room. They'd decided to paint it mint green. Allie pointed at the crib. "That's where you'll sleep." She pointed at the chair. "That's where we'll sit with you, maybe read to you." She pointed at the changing table. "And that's where Mommy and Daddy will change your dirty, smelly diapers."
"And Allie," Rachel teased. She couldn't help it.
Allie made a face. "Not Allie."
"Of course not, honey," Rachel said. "I was teasing."
"Good," Allie said. "I don't want to change her diapers."
"We won't make you," Finn said. "Let's show her mommy and daddy's room."
"And my room!" Allie said.
"Of course!" Finn said.
After they finished showing Caylie the bedrooms, Finn, Rachel and Allie took the baby back to the living room. "May I hold my goddaughter?" Blaine asked.
"Of course you can," Rachel said, putting Caylie in Blaine's arms.
"Doesn't she look like Allie did when she was a baby?" Kurt asked.
"That's what we've noticed," Rachel said.
Bryan began feeling Caylie's feet. "Yes, in a few weeks, you'll have two of these, Bryan," Santana said to her son.
"Whose apartment are they staying at first?" Rachel asked.
"Well, we got the boys to agree to us, since Brittany's carrying them," Santana said. "But they'll eventually be on schedule with Bryan."
"You'll be a big brother soon!" Allie said to her cousin. "Like I'm a big sister!"
"So you like being a big sister so far, Allie?" Brittany asked.
Allie smiled. "Yes!" Finn and Rachel both sighed with relief.
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The first few days that Caylie had come home, it felt like people were always in and out of the apartment. Kurt, Blaine, Brittany, Santana and Bryan were at the apartment all the time. Burt, Carole, Hiram and LeRoy had come in from Ohio for a few days to visit and were at the apartment pretty much the whole time they were there. Ryder and Marley had come over a few times, and so had Jake and Harmony. Some of Finn and Rachel's friends from college and work also come to visit. Finn and Rachel had posted photos of Caylie on Facebook so their Glee friends who lived in other parts of the country could see what she looked like, since they likely wouldn't meet her until Mike and Tina's wedding this spring.
Today, Finn, Rachel, Allie and Caylie were in the living room with Shelby and Beth when they heard the doorbell ring. Allie went to answer it. "Hello?" she said into the buzzer.
"Allie, it's us," Puck's voice said.
"Uncle Puck!" Allie said. "Are Aunt Quinn and Daniel and Bailey with you?"
"They sure are," Puck said.
"My mommy and daddy are here?" Beth said excitedly.
"Sounds like it," Rachel said.
Beth handed Caylie back to Rachel and went to the door to wait with Allie. When Puck, Quinn, Daniel and Bailey arrived, Beth immediately ran up to hug Puck. "I missed you!"
"I missed you too, Monkey Face," Puck said.
Quinn looked over at Finn and Rachel. "How's Caylie?"
"She's great," Rachel said. "How's Bailey?"
"She's also great," Quinn said. "We brought something for Caylie."
"I bet she'll like that," Rachel said. She noticed that Allie looked jealous. A lot of people had been bringing presents for Caylie over the past few days. Family members and close friends had also brought things for Allie, but still, Allie hadn't gotten as many things as Caylie had. Quinn handed the giftwrapped box to Daniel, who brought it over to Rachel. Rachel smiled. "Thank you Daniel."
"Welcome," Daniel said.
"We have something for Allie, too," Quinn said as she exchanged a look with Finn and Rachel. Rachel had a feeling Allie would like this.
"For me?" Allie asked.
"Yes, for you," Puck said. He opened a bag he had and got out a big pumpkin.
"It's the pumpkin that we were going to get when the stork came!" Allie said excitedly.
"Yes," Puck said. "Your parents told us how disappointed you were and asked if we could pick up a big pumpkin there for you."
"Thank you Uncle Puck! Thank you Aunt Quinn!" Allie said. Then she turned to Finn. "Daddy, could you get the pumpkin carver?"
"I will," Finn said. "What would you like it to look like this year?"
"Scary!" Allie said.
"I can do that," Finn said.
"Daddy, what's Caylie going to be for Halloween this year?" Allie asked.
Finn smiled. "I think she's a little young to dress up for Halloween, Allie. Especially because it's only two days away."
"She should!" Allie said.
"She will be one week old on Halloween," Rachel said. "Maybe we can find something for her."
"We should!" Allie said. "I'll help."
"She's really changed how she feels about being a big sister," Puck whispered to Finn.
"We knew she would eventually," Finn whispered back.
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"I want to see Caylie's Halloween costume!" Allie said. It was Halloween, and Allie was dressed in her costume, ready to wait for her friends from school to arrive. Two of the other girls' moms were taking the group trick or treating, so Finn and Rachel could alternate between passing out candy and being with Caylie.
The last few days had been a reminder to Finn and Rachel of what it was like to have a new baby. Luckily, the school gave Finn a month off to take care of Caylie, and Rachel currently had put her Broadway career on hiatus until Caylie was older. Caylie kept them both up a lot during the night, so they were both sleeping during the day when Caylie was sleeping. Allie didn't wake up as much when Caylie was up in the middle of the night, and during the day, she had been helpful when she wasn't at school. She especially liked reading to Caylie, holding her and helping giving her bottles.
Rachel came out of Caylie's room with her baby daughter. "Here she is!"
Allie smiled and looked at her baby sister. Caylie was in a black onesie, and was wearing a hat with cat ears on it. "She's a cat!"
"Yes she is!" Rachel said.
The family heard the doorbell ring. Allie's friends had arrived. Finn and Rachel took photos of the girls, then sent them off on their way with the other girls' parents.
"Next year we can take them," Finn said. "Caylie will be older."
"They were well behaved when we took them last year," Rachel added. Before they had a chance to say anything else, they heard the doorbell ring and went up to answer it. There was a group of kids there. "Trick or treat!"
"What a cute baby cat!" one of the kids said.
Rachel smiled as she gave the kids some candy. She couldn't wait until her girls were old enough to trick or treat together.
x
Towards the end of the evening, Finn and Rachel had put Caylie to bed, and Allie arrived back from trick or treating. Her pumpkin was full to the brim, and she'd also filled up a plastic bag with candy. "How many houses did you guys go to?" Rachel asked.
"A lot," Allie said.
"I can see," Finn said. "Allie, please don't eat all that candy in one night."
"But I want to!" Allie said. "It all looks so good."
"It does, but you don't want it all to be gone right away, do you?" Finn asked.
"I guess you're right," Allie said. They heard another knock at the door.
"I wonder who that is?" Finn said. "Trick or treating was supposed to end an hour ago."
"My friends and I were out a little longer!" Allie pointed out.
"That's true," Rachel said. She went to the door, where Kurt and Blaine were standing with Bryan, who was dressed as Batman.
"Bryan, are you here for more candy?" Rachel asked.
"I bet he'd like more, but we're actually wondering if you can watch him," Blaine said.
"Are you saying - " Rachel began.
"Brittany's water broke," Kurt said. "She and Santana are at the hospital. Can you watch him?"
"Of course we can," Rachel said.
"Just let him sleep tonight," Blaine said. "He can come to the hospital in the morning."
"Okay," Rachel said. She came back to Finn and Allie with Bryan.
"Is Aunt Brittany having the babies?" Allie asked.
"She is!" Rachel said.
"Let's go wait!" Allie said.
"Allie, it's late, you'd better get to bed," Finn said. "Plus, you have school tomorrow."
"But I want to meet the babies!" Allie protested.
"You can meet them after school tomorrow," Rachel said.
Allie pouted. "I was hoping to meet them right away."
"We'll think about if you can skip school tomorrow to meet them," Rachel said.
"Thank you Mommy!" Allie said.
x
The next morning, the phone rang, and Finn had a feeling he knew who it was. "Hello?"
"Finn, I have three kids now!" Finn heard his brother say.
"That's so exciting!" Finn said. "Can we come meet them?"
"I was hoping you'd say that!" Kurt said. "Their big brother needs to meet them."
"I'll go wake everyone up!" Finn said. They'd decided to let Allie go to school after lunch today so she could meet her little cousins.
"She had the babies?" Rachel asked as she came in holding Caylie.
"She did!" Finn said.
"We'd better get to the hospital!" Rachel said. "Let's go wake up Allie and Bryan."
They went to wake up Bryan first. He was sleeping in the port-a-crib in Caylie's room. "Bryan, you have two baby sisters now!" Rachel said to her nephew.
Bryan smiled at Rachel. "I think he's excited," Finn said.
"I would be too!" Rachel said.
"Aunt Brittany had the babies?!" Allie said from the doorway of Caylie's room.
"Yes she did," Rachel said. "And we decided you don't have to go to school until after lunch today so you can meet them."
"Yay!" Allie said.
Finn, Rachel, Allie, Caylie and Bryan went to the car and got in, driving to the hospital so they could meet the twins. When they arrived, the nurse directed them to the room.
Finn knocked on the door. "Can we come in?"
"Of course!" Blaine said, taking his son out of Finn's arms. He carried Bryan over to the bed where Santana was holding one of the girls and Brittany was holding the other. "Bryan, this is Julia, and this is Emily. They're your little sisters."
Allie came over and looked at the babies. Finn and Rachel looked over her shoulder. The babies had light brown hair and blue eyes. "They are so beautiful," Finn said.
"Aren't they?" Santana said.
"I just realized something," Rachel thought out loud. "Brittany, you're the only one of the three of us who ended up having her babies at home. Bailey was born in Ohio, and Caylie was born in Connecticut."
"That's so funny when you think about it!" Brittany said.
"May I hold one of my cousins?" Allie asked.
"Of course you can!" Blaine said. "You're so good at holding Caylie."
Kurt handed one of the girls to Allie. "Is this Julia or Emily?" Allie asked.
"This is Julia," Kurt said.
"Hi Julia," Allie said. "I'm Allie, your big cousin."
"Allie's going to be a great babysitter when she's old enough," Brittany said.
"She's already asking if she can babysit Caylie," Finn said.
"And before you ask, you can when you're older," Rachel said.
"I guess I can wait," Allie sighed.
"It's just so exciting that we all have our babies now," Santana said.
"It is," Rachel said. "And once again, the babies were perfect."
Chapter 39 preview: Allie has problems with someone at school. Thanksgiving comes, and the Hudsons go to the Macy's parade, and are visited by some out of town family members.