Chapter 46
"Of course you should tell him Sis. I will go and take care of Collette, why don't you give him a call now?"
"I will. Give our best to Collette."
"Sure thing," he told her.
Liiani could hear the emotion in her dad's voice after she told him about the babies. "Oh baby girl, what a great day for wonderful news! Just a little while ago Collette woke up."
"I know Pops, Vince just called. It's great news. Please tell them that we are both so happy for them. Now I should call the rest of my brothers. Should I tell them about Collette since Vince is busy taking her to see the baby?"
"That's a good idea, baby girl. I'll tell Vince you are going to do this."
She got mixed reactions from Sam and Susan when she called them. Both laughter and tears greeted her news. By the time she got off the phone Liiani realized just how tired she was. Asking AJ to make the other two calls Liiani was about to take a nap when the nurse came in with two rolling bassinettes.
"These two little beauties will be wanting to eat soon. If you need any help please just call the nurses' station."
At that moment the baby in the tiny pink hat woke with a whimper. Before she could draw a breath to really start to cry AJ was on his feet to lift his daughter into his arms and pass her over to her mother.
"AJ, she's SO beautiful!"
"Almost as beautiful as her mother," he replied.
Liiani grinned up at AJ as Becky began to nurse. As she fed the baby AJ called her other two brothers to let them know the double news events of the day and last but not least, he called PO Coates so she could let the staff know about the twins births.
The next day Liiani and the twins were allowed to go home. Even though they were under five pounds, both babies were deemed healthy enough to go home.
When they arrived at the house Harriett and Bud Roberts were on the front porch to greet them. She had made dinner for them as well as bringing over a large box of baby clothes from their twins that they had grown out of.
"Harriett, thank you SO much! These are wonderful!"
"You're welcome and I promise to send more as long as I can hold these adorable babies."
Before she had finished the request AJ had lifted Robert out of his carrier and handed him to Harriett.
The new parents entered the house to find another surprise waiting for them.
"POPS!" Liiani exclaimed seeing her father and Adel standing in the middle of the living room. She rushed into his arms for a hug and then did the same to Adel.
"Vince really didn't need us anymore now that Collette was awake so we just had to come and see our newest grand babies," Gerald told her.
"We're glad you're here," AJ assured them.
Adel reached out and took baby Rebecca from AJ's hands and quickly removed her from her carrier so she could hold the tiny baby. Harriett saw the look on Gerald's face and passed Robert over to him so he could cuddle his grandson. Bud and Harriett didn't want to intrude on family time too long so reminded them that dinner was in the oven and that they would stop by in a couple of days to visit with the babies again and took their leave.
In Hawaii Mac and Trevor were gearing up for a birthday party for the quads. They were turning seven and had invited their entire first grade class to the big outdoor birthday party. The first they could remember having since they had been orphaned at three and no one had wanted to adopt four boys at the same time until Mac had come along and seen their dear sweet identical faces.
In Little Creek, Collette had been sent home from the hospital but baby Harley was still in the NIC U. She was not released until she reached the five pound mark when she was three and a half months old.
To be continued…..