::The Second Day::
Ages: Everyone is just about 2 months older than in ::The First Day::
I stare at the boiling water, with my hands resting on my gently swollen stomach. I turn to Leo. "We have to tell them soon, or else they will figure it out by themselves."
"Okay, we can tell them tonight, after dinner. Which is?" He asks, peering at the stove.
"Rice Krispies Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, and Corn on the Cob." I sigh. I had officially given up on making fancy meals, except for special occasions. Which, I was dealing with that fact by having more special occasions that necessary. I loved my family, but I also missed cooking.
"How do we tell them?" I ask. No matter how many times I had done it, I always get nervous about how the girls will react to a new sibling.
"Same way we have done the past times."
"But…" I say, planning to explain myself.
"But nothing." Leo says, kissing me. "It will be fine, I promise."
I rest my head on his shoulder, until I hear the water boiling over. "Oops." I quickly turn off the heat.
"Girls! Dinner!" Leo calls. Melinda and Tessa come running down the stairs, and Anna toddles in from the living room.
We sit down and serve ourselves. "Girls, after dinner, stay down here. Mommy and I have something we need to tell you."
Melinda looks at us, questioningly, as if trying to figure it out before we told her.
"So, what did you do in school today?" Leo asked Melinda.
"We added! One plus one is two, two plus two is three," Melinda rattles off her sums.
"What's three plus five?" I quiz her.
She lifts up her hands and counts on her fingers. "Eight!" She declares proudly.
The rest of the dinner went much like that, the girls jabbering about their day, while Leo and I listened.
Once dinner was finished, Melinda and Tessa helped clean up what they could- they were anxious to hear the news.
Once everything was clean, we all headed into the living room. "So, what's the news?" Melinda asks, obviously the most impatient.
"Well..." I start. Leo squeezes my hand for confidence. "Well, you are going to have a new brother or sister. I am going to have another baby."
"See it now!" Anna shouts.
We all laugh. "Sweetie, you can't see it now." I say, picking her up. But you can feel them." I tell her, lifting up my shirt so the bump showed, and placing her hand on it.
Melinda and Tessa both rush up to feel the baby also. "When will it be born?" Melinda asks.
"In about six months. Near the end of your school year." I reply.
"See it now!" Anna demands again.
"Sissy or brodder?" Tessa asks.
"We don't know yet. We won't know until it's born." Leo answered that question.
"It sissy." Tessa decided, walking away with that being figured out, at least in her mind.
That night, while putting the girls to bed, Melinda asked me a question. "Mommy, will you still love me?"
I sit down on her bed. "Melly, I will always love you. Why would you think it would change?"
"Well, after the baby is born, there will be four of us, and only one of you. And you might just, forget about me."
"Melinda Wyatt. Never in a million years could I forget about you, or stop loving you. You are my little angel, you know that. Even if I have a million kids, you will always be my first born, and always be important to me."
"Promise?"
"Super-duper- extra special promise!"
"Love you mommy" she says, giving my a kiss.
"Love you to, sweetie." I say, climbing out. "Always."
Ages: Everyone is just about 2 months older than in ::The First Day::
I stare at the boiling water, with my hands resting on my gently swollen stomach. I turn to Leo. "We have to tell them soon, or else they will figure it out by themselves."
"Okay, we can tell them tonight, after dinner. Which is?" He asks, peering at the stove.
"Rice Krispies Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, and Corn on the Cob." I sigh. I had officially given up on making fancy meals, except for special occasions. Which, I was dealing with that fact by having more special occasions that necessary. I loved my family, but I also missed cooking.
"How do we tell them?" I ask. No matter how many times I had done it, I always get nervous about how the girls will react to a new sibling.
"Same way we have done the past times."
"But…" I say, planning to explain myself.
"But nothing." Leo says, kissing me. "It will be fine, I promise."
I rest my head on his shoulder, until I hear the water boiling over. "Oops." I quickly turn off the heat.
"Girls! Dinner!" Leo calls. Melinda and Tessa come running down the stairs, and Anna toddles in from the living room.
We sit down and serve ourselves. "Girls, after dinner, stay down here. Mommy and I have something we need to tell you."
Melinda looks at us, questioningly, as if trying to figure it out before we told her.
"So, what did you do in school today?" Leo asked Melinda.
"We added! One plus one is two, two plus two is three," Melinda rattles off her sums.
"What's three plus five?" I quiz her.
She lifts up her hands and counts on her fingers. "Eight!" She declares proudly.
The rest of the dinner went much like that, the girls jabbering about their day, while Leo and I listened.
Once dinner was finished, Melinda and Tessa helped clean up what they could- they were anxious to hear the news.
Once everything was clean, we all headed into the living room. "So, what's the news?" Melinda asks, obviously the most impatient.
"Well..." I start. Leo squeezes my hand for confidence. "Well, you are going to have a new brother or sister. I am going to have another baby."
"See it now!" Anna shouts.
We all laugh. "Sweetie, you can't see it now." I say, picking her up. But you can feel them." I tell her, lifting up my shirt so the bump showed, and placing her hand on it.
Melinda and Tessa both rush up to feel the baby also. "When will it be born?" Melinda asks.
"In about six months. Near the end of your school year." I reply.
"See it now!" Anna demands again.
"Sissy or brodder?" Tessa asks.
"We don't know yet. We won't know until it's born." Leo answered that question.
"It sissy." Tessa decided, walking away with that being figured out, at least in her mind.
That night, while putting the girls to bed, Melinda asked me a question. "Mommy, will you still love me?"
I sit down on her bed. "Melly, I will always love you. Why would you think it would change?"
"Well, after the baby is born, there will be four of us, and only one of you. And you might just, forget about me."
"Melinda Wyatt. Never in a million years could I forget about you, or stop loving you. You are my little angel, you know that. Even if I have a million kids, you will always be my first born, and always be important to me."
"Promise?"
"Super-duper- extra special promise!"
"Love you mommy" she says, giving my a kiss.
"Love you to, sweetie." I say, climbing out. "Always."
