It's Alison's birthday! We invited my mom and dad to the party that we're having in the back yard. I have a small baby bump now. I heard that in a second pregnancy you get bigger faster, so I'm not too surprised. There hasn't been too much time since we told my family, so I'm kind of nervous, but I'm trying to focus on Alison, she's one year old today! We are all very excited!
When mom and dad got there I went over to them and gave them both hugs. "So how are you guys? Has my news sunk in yet?" I asked them wondering if it was alright to talk about my unborn baby in front of them.
They put their arms around me. "Yes it has. We didn't act like we should have when you told us. I think we owe you an apology… So we are truly sorry. We are very excited for you. We're excited on be grandparents again. You just took us by surprise." they both told me truly looking sorry.
"Apology accepted. Not I'm sorry just to run off, but I have to use the rest room!" I said running inside, another round of morning sickness hitting me. I am really getting tired of throwing up all of the time. It'll pass in time though. When I was pregnant with Joshua I didn't have morning sickness very much after my third month. Spencer on the other hand has been throwing up non stop, she is honestly miserable, but she knows how to put a happy face on and have a good time.
Walking out I saw Hanna and Lucas holding Alison together. He has really taken a liking to her, and it is very cute. He looked down at his soon-to-be daughter and gave her a kiss as Hanna put a nice big piece of chocolate cake in front of her, to which Alison ate head first. By the time she was finished she was literally covered in chocolate. From the top of her head to the bottom of her feet. There was many pictures of that.
By the end of the day we were all exhausted, but we made time after the kids were in bed to all gather up in the kitchen. Lucas is still here, he is most of the time, so no one is surprised. "I can't believe that it's been a year since I had Alison! I feels just like a few weeks ago! And she's getting to the point where she is close to walking! My baby is growing up so fast!" Hanna gushed.
Laughing, "I know. And the day before that we got Ali back! Two Alison's in two days!" I commented thinking back to the day Alison was born:
"She's so beautiful." was all she said. Now she wasn't crying because she was in pain, she was crying because she was so happy. She looked at me, "Do you want to hold her?" she asked me with a smile.
Taking a seat next to her I smiled, "I would love to." I said taking little baby Alison into my arms. There was flashes everywhere from Spencer, Emily, and Alison taking two million pictures, mainly to keep themselves occupied.
The person came in to put the name on the birth certificate, Hanna smiled, "Her name is Alison Aria Marin." she informed the person.
Tears started to well up in my eyes. "Are you sure?" I asked her referring to my name is going to be Alison's middle name.
Hanna smiled at me, "Yes, you have been there for me though everything, and you're my best friend." she informed me looking at her baby in her arms.
It doesn't seem like it's been that long since I was pregnant with Joshua and I got to hold Hanna's baby for the first time. Although when the kids keep us up all night that feels like forever ago.
Spencer shifted in her seat, "So much has happened since then! And oddly enough there has been more good than bad. I never thought I'd hear myself say those words!" she said yawning.
Emily looked up from her phone that she has had her face buried in for the whole conversation. "I know right! Two years ago we were having to deal with so much crap, I'm glad that it's over!" she stated. We all agreed.
Heading to bed I started thinking about Joshua's birthday. It isn't for another week, but birthday's are on my mind. It's going to be superman themed. Joshua is a super baby, so that's where we thought of the theme.
It's Joshua's birthday time! I'm am all over the house getting everything ready. Since Alison's party was outside Joshua's is going to be inside. The living room and kitchen is covered in superman, well, everything. Posters, cups, plates, banners, you name it we probably have it. Mom and I got a little excited while shopping yesterday.
After getting everything ready I went to go get Joshua ready. He got a smile on his face when he saw me. "Hi baby! Happy first birthday! Are you excited?" I asked him picking him up out of his play-pin and putting him in the ground. I also got him a superman costume. So I got down on the ground and put it on him. The legs were, as expected, way too long, so I tied the extra material into knots.
Finally everything is ready… With the acceptation of myself. Hanna walked up to me and laughed, "Well, you done a great job of decorating. Now go get dressed people should be showing up any time now!" she ordered taking Joshua from me.
Ezra is out picking up his cake. We bought his, but my mom made a cake that everyone else could eat on. So that's good. Joshua has eaten cake before and loves it so I'm not concerned with him not eating. He is kind of a finicky eater, but I'm working on getting him out of that habit.
After I got ready Ezra was home and we waited for everyone to get here. While we were waiting we played with Joshua. Going with the theme Hanna dressed Alison in a wonder woman costume, and she is very cute in it. From the pictures looking back the kids are most likely going to think that this was Halloween!
Once everyone was there we opened presents, ate cake, took pictures, and just had plain old fun. Once I got a chance I took a seat. Lucas is sitting next to me. "So are you looking forward to all of this? Kids? Birthdays? The whole ten yards?" I asked him. That might scare him a little, but he needs to be sure that he's ready for this life.
He shrugged. "Yeah, I love Alison and everyone here. I think that I going to enjoy it here. I'm actually just ready for the wedding to be here." he informed me.
Laughing I rubbed my belly, "Yeah, couldn't the two of you had it like three months ago? I'm going to a huge maid of honor!" I stated looking down at my big belly.
He laughed too, "You'll look fine. Everyone will be looking at Alison anyway." he stated.
"Alison? Wouldn't that be you and Hanna?" I asked hitting his shoulder.
"Naw, Alison is too cute, Hanna and I aren't going to be able to get any attention at our own wedding." he stated in a teasing way.
After I rested for a while I got up and took my son from Ali. She smiled, "You know you should have dressed up too. It'd be cute. You could have been cat woman." she smiled.
I laughed at her, "Yeah I big pregnant cat woman." I said rolling my eyes taking Joshua to his high chair so we could put his cake in front of him. Ezra assisted me in getting Joshua in, with my belly in the way it's kind of hard.
We watched him cover himself in cake. I found this too cute. So as we watched Ezra and I took a seat. He took my hand, "How are you doing?" he asked me.
"I'm good, starting to get pretty tired. I think the kids are too." I informed him, leaning against him, but all I could think about was the day that Joshua was born.
Then we heard it, the beautiful and wonderful noise of a new born baby. My baby. My vision was blurred but from what I could see of him, our little boy is perfect, he might not have from the knee down, but he is still beautiful in my eyes. I saw bright flashes from all of the pictures being taken. "You did great." Ezra whispered in my ear before I totally fell asleep.
When I woke up I was in a different room and everyone was in there waiting for me. Ezra is sitting in a chair right next to me holding our baby. He looks like a perfect daddy. I tried to sit up but the cut on my belly prevented me from moving very well. I looked around then back to my baby. "How is he?" I asked trying to get a better look at him.
"You're awake!" Ezra said standing up with Joshua in his arms. "He's just fine and he's perfect. Do you want to hold him?" he asked me repositioning Joshua in his arms.
"You must be kidding. Yes I want to hold my son!" I said ignoring the pain shooting across my stomach. He handed me Joshua, and showed me how to hold him since he didn't have as much legs as most babies.
Flashes from multiple cameras went off. He has my eyes and Ezra's nose. He doesn't much hair, but the little he does have is jet black, almost like Harry Potter. I laughed in spite of myself.
Once the party was over both of the kids needed baths. So Ezra offered to give the two of them baths. I went strait to bed and went to sleep. It was a very good party, but I've been up and going since five this morning. Three hours earlier than I'm used to getting up.
