Chapter 6 or 7...I forgot which lol or maybe its 5.....: YUCKY!!!

Note: Thank you everyone for the Reviews!! Oh and by the way I owe Shelby (Eviefan) for this one. She's the one who told me to write about Alex and first trying baby food!!!


At six months old, it was time Alex started eating other foods besides his mum's milk. Evelyn was still going breast fed him in the mornings when he first woke up, in the evening, and while she rocked him for bed, but he needed to get used to other foods. Today would be the big day Rick and Evelyn would give him his new treat, sweet potatoes, and they both hoped he liked them. Around 10 o'clock Rick walked into Evy's office at the museum to see how everything worked out.


When Rick walked in Alex was sitting in his play pen that he and Jonthan had set up for him when he was smaller playing with his blocks. Evelyn, as usual, was busy with paper work and didn't notice Rick walk in until she felt his strong arms around her neck. Evelyn sighed and relaxed as Rick worked the tension out of her shoulders.


"Hey sweetheart," Rick said as he gently kissed her cheek. Evelyn's response was to sigh again and Rick knew something was wrong. "What't wrong?" Rick asked before gently kissing her lips.


It always amazed Evelyn how he always knew what was wrong, and she knew she wouldn't be able to hid anything from him. "Oh it's just the Bembrige Scholars are always keeping me busy and the curator doesn't want me to bring Alex with me anymore and I don't want to get a baby-sitter for him," Evelyn sighed again, letting her husband's touch sooth her as it always did. The main reason she didn't want a baby-sitter was because she and Jonathan had a Nanny and she always remembered how sad it made her when she was left alone with her.


Rick knew she was hiding something from him, but put that aside when he felt Alex's little hand beating against his leg from inside his play pen. Rick bent over and easily lifted Alex into his arms. It was a warm day so Evelyn had dressed him in a light shirt and little short overals.


"So pal you ready to try out your new food?" Rick asked his son. His response was for Alex to start to get fussy, a sign that he was hungry.


Evelyn got up out of her seat and let Rick sit down while she got a small jar of sweet potatoes out of Alex's sachel. She opened it and sat that on her desk and put a bib on Alex then handed daddy a spoon.


Rick got a small Alex sized amount on the spoon and headed it towards Alex's mouth, but Alex wouldn't open it. Rick tried the air plane trick but that didn't work either. He tried again for about five minutes and then let Evelyn take over. For her he ate it. Evelyn gave Alex a few more bites then let Rick try again. This time Alex took a bite then turned in Rick's arms. Rick smiled and kissed his soft baby head. At that moment Alex decided he'd had enough of that yucky stuff and spit it up all over Rick.


For a moment Rick was so shocked he didn't know how to react. Then he heard Evelyn's muffled laughs and looked up as Evelyn had a cloth whiping first Alex's face then cleaned him off as much as she could. Then Rick realized she wasn't the only one laughing, Alex had thought it was amusing too! Rick joined in on a few chuckles for a moment then looked up at Evy.


"For now on YOU can feed YOUR son Evelyn O'Connell!" To that Evelyn chuckled a bit more.


"Oh Jonathan can." Evy said then laughed again. Little Alex didn't know what this was all about and felt that he was being made fun of and decided he didn't like it. He burst into tears and when Rick tried to calm him down he pushed Rick away being mummy's little boy.


Once Evelyn calmed Alex down, they gave up on giving him baby food and decided to try some bananas for dinner and just for them she breast fed him. Alex perked up seeing he was going to get what he wanted and heading strait for her breast.


Once Alex was done, Rick looked at his watch and knew he should get going he he had a meeting where he would appraise some artifacts found. Rick walked over to his son giving him a kiss first, then kissed Evelyn and lingered there for a while before pulling back. "I love you," he said then kissed Alex's little head again then left.

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After meeting a lady to appraise the artifacts, Rick left for home knowing that Evelyn would be back from the museum for lunch and he planned on spending the rest of his day with his son, knowing Evelyn needed her time alone.

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As Rick arrived at the house all was quiet and he found Evelyn laying on the couch with Alex asleep on his soft baby blanket on the floor.


Rick gently sat down on the couch and kissed her forehead first then her lips. As he parted from her lips, Evelyn stirred and smiled as she looked up at the man she loved then pulled his head down for another kiss.


When they parted, both were panting and they decided it best the eat before they got carried away.


As they sat at the table Rick voiced what he had been thinking all day. "You know I could keep Alex for the rest of the day while you get what you need to do at the museum done."


Evelyn knew how much Rick loved spending time with Alex, but she also wondered about a few things. "Rick, what if he needs to be fed? You know he doesn't like a bottle. And after this morning with baby food..." Rick cut her off.


"Evy I could take him to the park and when he is hungry I could bring him by the museum when he's hungry. You know you need some time to concentrate." Rick tried to convince his wife then he heard her sigh in defeat.


"Okay. Well, how would you like to spend the rest of the day with your daddy?" Evy asked her son. In response, Alex stirred a little then sighed remaining asleep.


"Well, I should be going." Evy said then walked over to her husband giving him a kiss then Alex one. "Be good for your daddy." Evelyn said then left.


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Not far after Evelyn left, Alex decided to wake up. Since it was such a nice day out, Rick took Alex to the park.


There, Rick laid out a soft blanket and set Alex and a few of his toys down letting him play with them while the other children around them played. Rick was pulleed out of his thoughts as Alex tapped his leg and held out a block in his small baby hand. Rick smiled then took it from him.


Rick built a tower of blocks for his son and let him knock them down until he started to get restless, and when Rick held him he cried which was a sign he was tired and wanted his mummy. After gathering up their things, Rick and Alex left for the museum for Alex's mid-day snack.


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At the museum, however, things had been less than great. After the curator had seen her without Alex, he decided to take advantage of her and load her down with extra work, comming in and out of her office making sure she get all the work done. Now Evelyn sat at her desk, exhausted, as if she had been working all day, no break. Someone knocked on her door, and she expected it to be the curator, but smiled as Rick came in with a very unhappy Alex. He wasn't crying, but as soon as he saw him mum he began struggling in his father's arms.


Once Evelyn took him and began to sit down, Alex began to get impacient. He started beating against her with his little fists as she unbuttoned her blouse, and when she was ready for him to nurse, he didn't hesitate once. At this Rick chuckled.


"You know I can see why he would like it there," Rick said then moved out of the way just in time when Evelyn threw one of her shoes at him and he was rewarded with her 'behave' look on her face.


Rick walked the few steps between he and her desk to give her a kiss, but Alex didn't like that idea. As Rick inched closer to her face, Alex raised his little hand and swiped him across the nose.


"If I were him I would want you to myself too," Rick chuckled at the look on Evelyn's face then he decided he better shut up if he wanted to sleep in the same house as her tonight.


Soon Alex was done and Evelyn knew she needed to get back to work, but wasn't ready to just yet.


"Hey why don't you just come strait hom?" Rick asked.


"I would love to but the curator has been loading me down all day and I couldn't possibly," Evelyn explained.


"Please," Rick begged and gave her that puppy dog look that she couldn't possibly exist.


"Okay let me just go tell the curator but I'm warning you he's not going to be happy."


"I don't care. I'm not here to make him happy," Rick said, then helped her gather up her things, to go back to their manor to spend the rest of the day as a family.




Ok I know its been a long time since I have posted, but I have some special 'thank yous.'

A special thank you goes to Shelby for telling me to write this! Thank you ssoo much you don't know how much I appreciate this.

And to Whitney: HUGS thanx for being there for me!!

and to Lindsay, Dylan Shelby, MBooker, Buffelyn, Gina, Horus and everyone else that reviewed, thank you so much!!

Seletha