Jay had been up for three hours before James had woken up. Olivia has left for work super early to work a wedding and was hoping to be home by late afternoon. Jay contently sat out back in the yard having a cup of coffee, enjoying the silence and the sound of nature. The idea of bringing James up to the cabin popped into his head and he made a mental note to ask Olivia if she was cool with the three of them going up there next weekend. James would love it up there. Now that it was warmer, there was so many outdoorsy things they could do together.
The sound of James calling for his parents crackled through the baby monitor and Jay headed inside. He pulled some ingredients out of the fridge to make breakfast and then headed up to his sons room.
"Good morning buddy." Jay said, walking into the room.
James' face lit up with a smile.
"Hi daddy!"
Jay lifted him out of his crib, which seemed to be too small and made another mental note to talk to Olivia about getting him a big boy bed. Jay placed James on his hip and James snuggles into his fathers embrace.
"Let's go make some Sunday breakfast."
Getting to the kitchen, James looked around before looking up at Jay.
"Mommy too?"
"Mommy's at work today."
"It's Sunday."
"I know, hopefully she won't be home too late. But for now it's just me and you."
Jay and James made pancakes and eggs and they James had a meltdown and refused to eat the pancakes because they didn't taste like Olivia's. After a 40 minute battle over pancakes, Jay ended up making waffles, which again did not taste like Olivia's and James had another fit. Another 30 minutes of screaming and Jay trying to soothe his son, James eventually agreed to eat the waffles. But then Jay cut the waffles in pieces not strips... cue tantrum number three. Jay took a breath and replaced the pieces of waffles with strip of waffles and a small cup of syrup for James to dip them into. 2 seconds... 2 seconds was all it took for James to throw the syrup al over the kitchen while Jay had his back turned. Jay was convinced today would be one that would test him.
After another tantrum about taking a bath, jay ended up in the shower with James. James wanted to wash jay's hair which ended up with James getting shampoo in Jay's eyes. Frustrated, Jay quickly soaped down and rinsed James and got out of the shower. Getting dressed was another hassle and at that point Jay didn't care and let James run around in his underwear and an iron man mask.
By the time Olivia got home around 6:30 Jay was on his last frazzled nerve. Olivia walked in to James running around the house screaming, in his underwear followed by Jay, in only his underwear as well, chasing James around, begging him to come sit down for dinner. Seeing his mother, James stopped in his tracks and smiled up at her.
"Hi mommy."
"Hi baby, where are your clothes?"
Before James could answer Jay came running around the corner, and was caught off guard at the sight of Olivia and slipped and fell hard on his ass.
"Mother fucker." He swore.
"Language!" James said, faking to be appalled.
Olivia chuckled and put James down.
"Go put pants on, now James."
James ran off and Olivia walked over to jay, offering a hand to help him up.
"Coming home to see you in nothing but boxers is a delicious sight Mr. Halstead, if only our son wasn't awake," she said, biting her lip.
"Trust me, the day would be much easier if he were asleep." Jay muttered.
"Tough day?" She asked, pecking his lips.
Jay locked his arms around her.
"Beyond tough."
"Well Daddy Day Care, you're off the clock. Mommy's home now."
James came running back, with pants on, screeching and crashed into Olivia's legs.
"James, that's enough. Settle down, before you go to bed without dinner."
An hour and a half later, James was settled in his crib and Jay and Olivia were both sitting out back on the swinging loveseat, each with a drink.
"Still want more kids." Olivia joked.
"I do actually, James will be a bit older and he'll want to help out."
Olivia let out a content sigh and snuggled into Jay's side.
"If that's what you believe babe."
Jay kissed the top of her head.
"So, two things I wanna run by you." He said.
"Okay, what's up?"
"I think it's time we put James into a bed. He's outgrown the crib and I was thinking next weekend we can take a mini family vacation up to the cabin."
"I think a weekend away sounds lovely and do we have to get him a bed? I don't want my baby growing up so fast." She laughed at the last comment.
"He'll be climbing out of the crib in no time."
"Crib or bed, he'll be getting up to come into our room."
"Then we'll just have to keep the door locked."
"We will not Jay."
"I don't want our son walking in on use having sex Livi."
"He's not even gonna know any better."
"He better not. If he starts asking questions, that's on you."
Olivia sat up and straddled his lap.
"What do you say to going up to bed early?"
"That's a fuck yes."
Jay lifted her up and ran up to their bedroom.
