June 11th, 2005
Week 32
John rubbed Jing-Mei's back. It was getting close to the end. Jakob would be here in eight weeks. John and Jing-Mei were so excited to see him. They were excited to see a normal sized baby. The triplets were so small when they were born. It'd be a nice change of pace.
"We need to finish the nursery sometime soon." Jing-Mei said.
"It is done, Sweetheart. I just need to put the rocking chair in there." John smiled. Jing-Mei smiled and looked at him.
"It's done?' She grinned brightly; "Can I go see it?"
"Sure. If you want to." He said. Jing-Mei nodded. John helped Jing-Mei to her feet. She groaned slightly. She had to remember she only had eight weeks left. She couldn't loose her sanity just yet. John helped her to the nursery and he opened the door.
"Oh…My god." She grinned brightly as she clapped her hands. "It's absolutely wonderful!"
There were trains every where. The bedspread ad little locomotives on it and there were stuffed engines on the shelf. A real train set was on the wall near the ceiling and with a flip of a single switch, the train was running.
"Do you like it?" John asked.
"I love it, John! It's perfect." She said walking over to the crib. "I can't wait for Jake to be here." He smiled softly.
"Same here." John said. John went out ito the hallway and grabbed the cherry oak rocking chair for her. He brought it in the nursery. "Here come sit down." Jing-Mei smiled thankfully.
"How do you think the triplets will be when he comes?" She asked. John smiled softly.
"Well, I think Josephine and J.T. will be wonderful with him, but Joss I think she might be a little more hard on him." John said, "She might be a little terror." Jing-Mei chuckled softly.
"Yeah, I think she might be, but this is great, John." She said. "Our family will be complete." John nodded as he kissed her head.
"It's an amazing feeling isn't it?" He asked.
"Amazing, but yet sad." She said, "This is over so quickly."
"But now we get to raise them and kick them out of the house and become grandparents ourselves." John said. Jing-Mei groaned.
"I can't think about being a grandparent yet, John." She said, "Let me focus on giving birth first." John smiled softly.
"All right. You got it, Deb." He said, "I should go check on the kids. Can you get back to the room all right yourself?"
"I'm not going to break." She hauled herself up and looked at John, "Thank you for finishing the nursery. It's perfect."
"It was my pleasure." He said. Jing-Mei waddled to her bedroom. She was so happy the nursery was done and looking so beautiful. It set her mind at ease.
June 25th, 2005
Week 34
Jing-Mei turned in her bed. A baby kicking her lungs was disrupting her nap. Jing-Mei slowly opened her eyes when she heard some giggled come from down stairs. She slowly sat up.
"John?" She slid out of bed. The triplets were at her mother's house so she knew it wasn't them. She ran her hand through her hair as she eased herself down the stairs, "John?"
"Shhh. She's coming." Someone whispered. Jing-Mei walked into the living room and everyone yelled surprise. Everyone from work was there. The room was decorated in blue and white decorations. Jing-Mei's eyes widened.
"Oh my god!" She gasped. "What is this for?"
"A baby shower slash party." Abby smiled. Jing-Mei looked at John.
"Surprise." He said slipping his arm around her waist.
"You're going to get it." Jing-Mei said. He helped her over to a chair. "This is so wonderful, Guys."
"You don't have a baby everyday." Susan smiled, "Plus we brought cake." Jing-Mei grinned brightly at the mere mention of food. Pratt chuckled softly.
"Chocolate with vanilla frosting." He said.
"My favourite." She said glancing over at the presents. "Are all of those mine?" John nodded.
"Do you want to open them? You can if you want." He said.
"Will there be a stripper here?" Jing-Mei asked with a giggle.
"I hope not." Kerry mumbled glancing at Sandy with a smile.
"No stripper, but presents." Susan said as she picked one up, "This one is from me. I hope you like it. It's impossible to shop for a Carter. They have utterly everything." Jing-Mei chuckled.
"You've got that right." She rested the package on her belly and opened it up. She lifted up a blue jumper and started laughing. She showed it to everyone. Embroider on it was a saying. "I'm a Carter that's why. That's perfect Susan. Thank you."
"Glad you like it." Susan said.
"This is from Sandy and I." Kerry handed her a bag. Jing-Mei smiled at Sandy and pulled out a cashmere baby blanket.
"Oh it's beautiful." Jing-Mei grinned. "Thank you so much."
"No problem." Sandy said. Greg handed Jing-Mei a card.
"It's from Gallant and myself." He said.
"We figured something for the Mom would be a nice change of pace from all the baby gifts." Michael said. Jing-Mei opened the card and found a pass to a day spa. Jing-Mei groaned loudly.
"OH this is perfect, Guys." She said, grinning, "Thank you." Greg and Michael grinned triumphal. Jing-Mei continued to open all her presents. She was spoiled. Jakob was spoiled. It was perfect. "Can we eat cake now? Jake is starving." John chuckled.
"Jake or you?" He asked. Jing-Mei smiled.
"Both maybe." She said. Everyone chuckled at her. John put the cake in front of Jing-Mei. It was in the shape of a blue rocking horse. Jing-Mei absolutely loved it. And why should she? It was cake and it had a lot of frosting on it.
"Are you having fun?" John whispered to Jing-Mei. She nodded with a slight yawn.
"Yes, but I'm getting very tired." She said. "It feels like we've been at this for a long time." John nodded to his wife.
"Well, we have." He said, "I'll get you upstairs and everyone out if you want." Jing-Mei nodded with a tired smile.
"Thank you." John helped Jing-Mei upstairs to her bed. She got so tired so easily lately. She felt bad for leaving her own baby shower, but she had to sleep. Jing-Mei was so happy as she dozed off and she had every right to be. Moments like these reminded how many friends she really had.
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