"Peter!"

"What?" he questions going to the bottom of the stairs, she bites her lip

"Help me down" she whines, he sighs and goes up the stairs to help her down "I don't like it because I can't see my feet"

"Whatever baby" he lets out a yawn as they get to the bottom of the stairs

"Tired darlin'?" she questions hooking her arms around his neck, he nods "Shame was hoping we could go out shopping for the rest of the stuff today for the birth, you know go to that camping shop for the inflatable mattress"

"How about we nap then go in the afternoon?" he questions letting out another yawn, she nods eagerly "Alright then get comfy on that sofa and then we can have a lazy morning"

"Ok!" she beams walking over to the sofa and lying on it, Peter grabs all of her snacks from the dedicated snacks container as Carla's cravings had now become an insane amount that they no longer fit in the drawer...

They snuggled on the sofa for what seemed like ages, Peter had slept the entire time and so did Carla even though she did get the full quota of sleep the night before. Eventually she woke up and went to squat down on the gym ball and bounced gently on it to relieve the pressure in her back of course she was rudely interrupted by her daughter causing her to groan and put the TV on. Peter eventually woke and smiled at Carla before getting up and bending down in front of her taking her hands as she bounced gently, she groaned quietly when Peter put his hand on her tummy and felt the baby kick him, he chuckled knowing she had probably got on the ball to relieve her daughter's movements and position.

"My joints ache so much, I was thinking about going swimming" she sighs, Peter smiles and nods slowly "I also have an appointment later to get my nails done"

"Seriously?" he questions, she nods slowly "Here"

"What is it?" she questions with a frown looking at the plate of food

"An omelette" he rolls his eyes, she nods getting up and heading to the table, she sits down on it and begins to eat "Feeding you up baby"

"Hmm she's grateful" she smirks, Simon comes down the stairs "Hey Si"

"What is that?"

"An omelette; do you want one?" Peter questions, Simon shrugs then nods sitting down at the table "Feeding my family, who knew eh?"

"We're immensely grateful" Carla hums leaning back in her chair and placing a hand on her bump "Ew why do you do this little lady?"

"What? Oh...ew..." Simon pulls a face looking at the protruding lump on Carla's bump, he pushes it down but the baby just continues to push against her mother's skin

"Ow, you're hurting me" Carla pokes her tummy but the baby doesn't stop instead she just flips causing Carla to wince "Ugh!"

"What now?" Simon drones, Carla sighs

"She's changed position, usually I don't feel her change that violently but that was horrible, really messed with my insides" she grimaces before groaning "Oi! Stop that!"

"Ew what the hell..." Simon trails off poking Carla's tummy causing her to scratch her skin "Is that her head"

"She's doing crazy contortion. Peter come and calm your child down" she mutters as Peter places two plates on the table, he sits beside her and places a hand over the lump that was on her bump "Ow you're really hurting me"

"Oh love," he says seeing the tears line her eyes, he hugs her and gets up to grab the bump support he picked up in town last week for her "Here"

"Thanks" she says allowing him to wrap it around the top of her bump "You two finish up then we can head off can't we baby?"

"Where are you going?" Simon asks eating his omelette, Carla glances at Peter and shrugs

"We're going to pick up some of the stuff for the birth and we're going to this camping store because we need an inflatable mattress"

"Why?"

"Because I don't know whether I want to push your sister out in the pool or on a bed or if I want to squat and push her out, it's trial and error really. Finding out what's best for me"

"Can I come?"

"Um" Carla falters finding it odd as to why he would want to come

"I have nothing better to do"

"You can come if you want Si but be warned Carla's so indecisive" Peter grins, Carla whacks him on the arm "Talking about being indecisive you should go and get ready love"

"Hmm yeah" she nods standing up and stretching her back "I'll be back down soon then we can head off"

Carla ,Peter and Simon headed to the camping shop and luckily they knew what they were looking for so they were in and out in no time with the inflatable mattress. They put it in the car then headed off into town to allow Carla to get her nails done so Simon and Peter entertained themselves whilst she did that, they then met up and went to this desert place as Carla was craving something sweet and chewing Peter's ear off at the same time so Peter relented and they ate to please his wife as she was droning down his ear the entire time causing Simon to find it really entertaining. They then decided to pick up some clothes for the baby, just some necessities such as plain coloured baby grows and sleepsuits.

"This is cute" Simon says as Carla narrows her eyes and takes the outfit into her hands and examines the stitching "Is she usually this picky?"

"Yep," Peter nods as Carla hums and places it in the basket "Anything else loves?"

"I don't know I kind of want something thats a keepsake you know" she trails off before coming across a bump cast "Oh...this!"

"What is it?" he questions looking at it and humming "It could be something fun to do"

"Yeah I'll get a couple of packets as it doesn't look like there's enough," she says with a grin placing two packets into the basket "Knowing her she'll probably feel like she's imprisoned"

"Anything else?"

"Hmm" she hums slightly going over to the breast pumps "I might get a manual one in case I like breastfeeding her"

"Good idea" Peter nods watching her place one in the basket "We might need a steriliser"

"Hmm maybe" she hums walking over to the sterilisers "Let's just manually sterilise, for now. We can always go out and buy one the next day or something or order it in with click and collect"

"Are we done now?" Simon groans, Carla hums and nods "Finally we can head home"

"You should be grateful she's pregnant Si otherwise she would have dragged us around the entirety of the Trafford Centre"

"I'd hate to think" he grimaces as Carla pays, she passes them both the bags "Um?"

"I'm pregnant you can carry them" she points out, Peter laughs slightly at Simon's expression as they begin to walk to the car...

As soon as they got in Carla immediately went upstairs and had a bath, she was tired and exhausted after traipsing around the shops. They had spent a quarter of an hour putting all the baby grows in the wash and all of the outfits so they could start putting them in the baby's room and luckily they had a tumble dryer so Peter worked on drying them all after they were washed. Carla was bouncing on her gym ball in the baby's room as she folded all the clothes for the baby, she put them all in the changing table all lined up so they were easy to grab, she then tried to grab the box of nappies that were on top of the wardrobe but Peter rolled his eyes at her.

"Let me," he says, she shakes her head determined to grab the nappies "Carla you'll fall"

"Ugh, I just feel so useless!"

"Carla you're not useless, you're carrying a baby" he reminds her, she sighs and opens the box with the scissors that were on the floor, she then lines them up in the holder that was on top of the changing table and then puts the rest of them in one of the drawers "Seems real doesn't it?"

"Very real" she confirms breathing out, she leaves the room and grabs a bag "I think we should prepare a hospital bag just in case we end up going, something we can grab in case there's an emergency"

"Good idea" he nods watching her leave again and return with a small washbag

"I'll put a couple of toothbrushes in here, travel ones, some shampoos, some facewash and facial wipes," she says putting it all in there, she places it in the holdall "We'll need a couple of outfits"

"These two?" Peter questions holding up a couple of baby grows and some long-sleeved sleepsuits in plain colours

"Yeah thats good as we have duplicates" she confirms allowing him to place them in the bag "Um...I need you to pick out another outfit for you just in case, something comfy maybe like joggers?"

"Yeah thats fine" he says leaving the room and returning with what he wanted to wear, he places it in the bag "What about you? You'll need all your post-birth stuff like those maternity pads"

"Ugh, there's so much to remember...another reason why I want to be at home" she drones leaving the room and grabbing all that she needed "Here"

"Nipple cream" he suggests passing her one of the tubes as she bought two "Coconut oil for the baby in case she scratches herself"

"This is so stressful" she sighs putting it all in the washbag "Anything else?"

"Muslin cloths," he says pulling out a few from the changing table, she folds them and puts them in the bag "We might need to use the case, love"

"Yeah thats true" she sighs in annoyance getting up and grabbing the case from their wardrobe, she rolls it in and places it flat on the floor and unpacks the bag and places everything in the suitcase "Nursing bras, tank tops, that black kimono I ordered in case its cold in the hospital"

"I'll get them all," he says leaving the room and returning with all she wanted "I also got that pack of underwear for you"

"Thanks," she says placing it all in the case "Slippers or sliders?"

"Maybe your sliders because they're more grippy" he says, she nods grabbing the spare pair she ordered and putting them in the bag "Anything else for the baby?"

"Hats," she says as Peter passes her a couple "Maybe a dummy?"

"Here" he smiles putting it in the plastic container it came with, she puts it in the washbag "Nappies?"

"I have one of those little packs," she says as Peter nods grabbing the small packet from the drawer and putting them in the case "Ok I think thats it for the baby, wipes maybe I want the water ones because of sensitive skin"

"These ones?"

"Yep" she takes them off him and places them in the bag "I can't even remember what we've put in now"

"I think thats it isnt it?"

"Yeah I guess so" she shrugs looking down at the bag, she breathes out and he puts his arm around her shoulder

"Are you ok?"

"Seeing it all out like this...it makes it so real"

"Thats because it is" he chuckles, she nods slowly biting her lip "Let's close this up and I'll leave it in the lobby so it's ready to grab"

"Yeah" she nods closing the case and doing it up, "It'll also be useful because I reckon after I have her it'll be pretty painful to get me up the stairs so there will be stuff in there that we can use"

"You see either way it was a good idea" he smiles, she grins and passes the case to Peter "Right I think everything's looking good"

"Oh god, Peter! We're so stupid!"

"Huh?"

"Moses basket!" she gasps, he sighs dramatically as the tears fill her eyes "I want her to sleep in with us especially if I'm feeding her...baby monitor as well, oh Peter!"

"Carla calm down" he hushes her knowing she was working herself up over the whole thing, she stresses and bites her lip "Look go and order them now ok?"

"Yeah ok?" she says slowly grabbing the iPad from the other room "This one? It's not a Moses basket but it's like a bassinet"

"Yeah looks good" he nods kissing her on the head "We also need to get a car seat"

"Ugh yeah" she sighs rubbing her head "I want to do that in person though, we also need to get some bits for the car as well"

"We'll also need a new car baby" he responds, she groans in annoyance and nods slowly "Well at least when she gets bigger because she's not going to fit in it, we'll just about get away with a baby seat but..."

"Yeah I know" she shrugs "We'll think about it. What about this baby monitor, it can monitor the temperature of the room, I also want one of those heart rate monitors, its called a sleep sock or something and it connects to my phone"

"Yeah thats fine, you can have that if it puts your mind at rest when she's sleeping. We'll also need a pram"

"Oh thats true" she sighs biting her lip and making a list on her phone "We'll go out again next weekend and get it all, I also want a fancy pram as well"

"Yeah thats fine I completely understand, what about one like Bertie's was?"

"Yeah that was perfect but I would want more settings I think" she nods with a small smile "We'll go and check some of them out"

"So we need to get the pram and the car seats you've ordered the monitor and bassinet?"

"Yeah I have" she confirms with a giggle "It'll be ok, sorry for panicking"

"I understand" he smiles at her, she grins up at him and hugs him "Soon we'll be holding her baby, just under two months to go"

"Thank god for that, don't get me wrong I love carrying her and all that but I'm itching to meet her"

"And so am I, we're at the last hurdle now and I'm sure when she's here she'll come out kicking and screaming and wanting to have her mummy hold her"

"Yeah you're right, it'll be ok, I just know it"