"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Kai, happy birthday to you," everyone sang as Blake bounced his two-year- old son on his knee.
"Blow em out," Blake coaxed him. Kai looked over to Tori who was smiling at him and then back to Blake. "Like this," he said imitating blowing the candles out. Kai smiled and blew as hard as his little lungs could, and with the help of his Uncle Hunter, he accomplished his goal.
Everyone cheered and Kai giggled. Today was his second birthday and everyone, and their families, had turned up for the event at Storm Chargers. The store was closed for the day and everyone was happily celebrating,
In the two years that had passed since Kai's birth, everyone had started families, or were in the process there of. Dustin and Marah had gotten married and were the proud parents of a one-year-old son, Max. Laura and Cam also had married and had a one-year-old son, Kanoi.
Shane and Kelly were married almost a year ago and were expecting their first child within the next four months. Kapri and Hunter eloped and surprised everyone when they returned from a vacation they had taken shortly after Kai turned one. They too were expecting and Kapri was due around the same time as Kelly.
Kai scrambled out of his father's embrace and over to a small stack of presents that we sitting on the floor. Max and Kanoi teetered over to them with their mother's in tow. Kapri followed her sister as Tori stayed seated at the table.
The guys all got up and began milling around as they watched their nephews play with a small plastic bike, that looked like a dirtbike. Blake looked over to Tori and smiled as she stood and walked over to him.
He met her halfway and hugged her. "How are we feeling today?" he asked as he placed a hand on her very pronounced stomach.
Tori grinned and kissed his cheek. "We're fine." They turned and watched as their son played with a few discarded toys that were strewn about. They were expecting their second child any day now.
Tori turned to where her brother in law had her son lifted high in the air and was spinning him around. "Uncle Hunter!" Kai squealed in delight. "Fly!"
Hunter laughed and placed him back on the ground. "Leave that to Uncle Shane,' Hunter said grinning. Kyle looked at him oddly, but everyone else just laughed. Kai ran over to Tori and wrapped his arms around her legs.
"Baby play yet?" he asked. Tori smiled and tussled his hair a bit. He was a miniature version of his father with his mother's eyes. Ever since he heard about the baby, he wanted it to come out and play with him.
"Not yet," she said.
Kai pouted a little but smiled when Blake picked him up and gave him a raspberry on his little tummy. He giggled uncontrollably until Blake put him down. "Silly daddy," he said.
"Silly Kai," Blake retorted. They both let out the same smile and Kyle ran off again towards his playmates. Blake turned back to Tori and kissed her cheek.
"I think you're both silly," she said.
"And I'm sure this one will be too," he said as he placed his hand on her stomach. Tori smiled and felt the baby kick hard inside of her. She rubbed her back as another kick came.
"Well, one thing's for sure- this one likes to kick." Blake rubbed her back for a moment before he felt a small tug on his shirt.
"Daddy come play," Kai said. Blake helped Tori to sit, and went off with him.
'That felt really...weird,' Tori said to herself. She was brought out of her thoughts when Kelly and Kapri came and sat with her.
"So what's this one's name going to be? Anything decided?" Kelly wondered.
Tori smiled. "Yes, actually. We decided on another Hawaiian name. It's...different."
"Well?" Kapri asked.
"Kili (Kee-li)," Tori explained. The woman all smiled and watched as their children and nephews helped Kai with his gifts.
After some time, the kids started getting sluggish, and soon Max and Kanoi were dozing in their father's arms. Kai began rubbing his eyes and Blake picked him up. Hunter helped Tori load up their van with the remaining gifts and they drove home.
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Tori settled Kai into his bed and stood up, holding her back as a cramp began to irritate her. She walked out and closed the door slowly. She leaned up against the door and closed her eyes as the cramp spread to her abdomen.
Blake walked upstairs towards his room when he saw Tori standing outside of Kai's room, obviously in pain. He went to her and placed a hand on her face. "Blondie?" he asked gently. "Is it the baby?"
Tori opened her eyes that were now filled with tears. "I don't know. It's different than it was with Kai," she said. "I feel, weak all over all of a sudden."
Blake reached out and helped her to their room. Tori slowly sat on the bed and placed her hands on her stomach. "I'm calling Hunter to watch Kai. We're going to the hospital."
Tori didn't argue and soon she was once again hooked up to monitors in a hospital room. As soon as she was settled, the doctor's assessed her and discovered that the baby was breech inside of her, and she was ready to deliver.
"Isn't there any way the baby could turn?" Tori asked when the doctor told her that she would require a C-section.
"Unfortunately, right now, unless the baby turns within the next few hours, we'll have to operate," she said. Tori sighed and sat back against the pillows with Blake sitting beside her. She let out a defeated sigh and closed her eyes.
"Hey," Blake said as he reached for her hand. "It'll be alright," he said, kissing her hand.
Tori tried to smile but felt a contraction and tried to control her breathing. The monitors began to beep and make noises, causing them both to worry. The doctor came in and looked at the monitors with a worried look.
"Tori, we need to get you into the O.R. immediately. Your baby hasn't turned and I'm afraid that its heart rate has dropped and is still dropping."
Blake clenched Tori's hand and felt his stomach fall. "How fast can you get the baby out?"
"I can have it delivered in 60 seconds if necessary. But right now, we need to get you prepped so you can have your baby." With that the doctor was gone.
Tears were now streaming down Tori's face. "Oh God," she said softly. "We can't lose the baby, Blake."
Blake leaned in and kissed her tearstained cheeks. He was very worried for her and the thought of her being operated on terrified him. "We won't."
"How can you be so sure?" she asked. Blake cupped her face with his hand.
"Because I know that I won't let any harm come to you or our child. I'll be strong for all of us. I love you." He kissed her lips once more before the nurses came in a whisked her away to the O.R.
"I love you," she said as she left the room. Blake dressed in scrubs that had been brought for him and headed up there as well, praying that his words were true...everything was going to be alright...
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"Ready?" the doctor asked Tori as she began. Tori nodded her head and felt pressure on her abdomen.
Blake sat next to her head. "I love you," he whispered into her ear as he brushed away tears that had fallen. Tori sniffled as she felt a weight being lifted from her body, followed by a faint cry that slowly grew.
"It's a girl," the doctor said. Tori and Blake both smiled then and laughed a little as the doctor handed her to Blake, who held her for Tori to see. "She's just fine, Tori."
Blake held his daughter and kissed her forehead, and then Tori's. "I love you," Tori said to Blake. He smiled and kissed her lips. She looked at her daughter and smiled. Her hair was dark, as well as her eyes.
"Kili Joann," Tori said softly. Blake smiled as well and handed his daughter to a nurse to be cleaned completely.
Nearly an hour later, Tori was sleeping in her room with Blake sitting beside her, holding Kili. He couldn't believe that after everything they had been through- the worrying, the emotions, the pain- that he had a perfectly healthy little girl.
He had called Hunter shortly after they had settled, and he was brining Kai in, in a few minutes to meet his sister. It was relatively early in the evening, and Blake knew that Kai would want to see her.
Kili moved slightly in his arms and he kissed her forehead. "Daddy?" a tiny voice said from the slightly open door. Blake looked up and saw Kai slowly walking towards him with Hunter and Kapri in tow. Kai went over to Blake and sat next to him on the large chair.
"Hey Kai," Blake said. "This is your sister, Kili." Kyle looked at the little body his father held and smiled.
"Baby girl," was all he said. He giggled a little and then looked over to Tori. "Mommy sleeping?"
"Yeah, she's tired." Kai walked over to the bed and kissed Tori's hand lightly. Tori stirred awake and smiled at her son.
"Hey Kai," she said.
"Mommy not sleeping," Kai said turning back to Hekili. Tori laughed a little and watched as her son, daughter, and husband all interacted. It made her heart melt to know that they were hers...her family.
"Blow em out," Blake coaxed him. Kai looked over to Tori who was smiling at him and then back to Blake. "Like this," he said imitating blowing the candles out. Kai smiled and blew as hard as his little lungs could, and with the help of his Uncle Hunter, he accomplished his goal.
Everyone cheered and Kai giggled. Today was his second birthday and everyone, and their families, had turned up for the event at Storm Chargers. The store was closed for the day and everyone was happily celebrating,
In the two years that had passed since Kai's birth, everyone had started families, or were in the process there of. Dustin and Marah had gotten married and were the proud parents of a one-year-old son, Max. Laura and Cam also had married and had a one-year-old son, Kanoi.
Shane and Kelly were married almost a year ago and were expecting their first child within the next four months. Kapri and Hunter eloped and surprised everyone when they returned from a vacation they had taken shortly after Kai turned one. They too were expecting and Kapri was due around the same time as Kelly.
Kai scrambled out of his father's embrace and over to a small stack of presents that we sitting on the floor. Max and Kanoi teetered over to them with their mother's in tow. Kapri followed her sister as Tori stayed seated at the table.
The guys all got up and began milling around as they watched their nephews play with a small plastic bike, that looked like a dirtbike. Blake looked over to Tori and smiled as she stood and walked over to him.
He met her halfway and hugged her. "How are we feeling today?" he asked as he placed a hand on her very pronounced stomach.
Tori grinned and kissed his cheek. "We're fine." They turned and watched as their son played with a few discarded toys that were strewn about. They were expecting their second child any day now.
Tori turned to where her brother in law had her son lifted high in the air and was spinning him around. "Uncle Hunter!" Kai squealed in delight. "Fly!"
Hunter laughed and placed him back on the ground. "Leave that to Uncle Shane,' Hunter said grinning. Kyle looked at him oddly, but everyone else just laughed. Kai ran over to Tori and wrapped his arms around her legs.
"Baby play yet?" he asked. Tori smiled and tussled his hair a bit. He was a miniature version of his father with his mother's eyes. Ever since he heard about the baby, he wanted it to come out and play with him.
"Not yet," she said.
Kai pouted a little but smiled when Blake picked him up and gave him a raspberry on his little tummy. He giggled uncontrollably until Blake put him down. "Silly daddy," he said.
"Silly Kai," Blake retorted. They both let out the same smile and Kyle ran off again towards his playmates. Blake turned back to Tori and kissed her cheek.
"I think you're both silly," she said.
"And I'm sure this one will be too," he said as he placed his hand on her stomach. Tori smiled and felt the baby kick hard inside of her. She rubbed her back as another kick came.
"Well, one thing's for sure- this one likes to kick." Blake rubbed her back for a moment before he felt a small tug on his shirt.
"Daddy come play," Kai said. Blake helped Tori to sit, and went off with him.
'That felt really...weird,' Tori said to herself. She was brought out of her thoughts when Kelly and Kapri came and sat with her.
"So what's this one's name going to be? Anything decided?" Kelly wondered.
Tori smiled. "Yes, actually. We decided on another Hawaiian name. It's...different."
"Well?" Kapri asked.
"Kili (Kee-li)," Tori explained. The woman all smiled and watched as their children and nephews helped Kai with his gifts.
After some time, the kids started getting sluggish, and soon Max and Kanoi were dozing in their father's arms. Kai began rubbing his eyes and Blake picked him up. Hunter helped Tori load up their van with the remaining gifts and they drove home.
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Tori settled Kai into his bed and stood up, holding her back as a cramp began to irritate her. She walked out and closed the door slowly. She leaned up against the door and closed her eyes as the cramp spread to her abdomen.
Blake walked upstairs towards his room when he saw Tori standing outside of Kai's room, obviously in pain. He went to her and placed a hand on her face. "Blondie?" he asked gently. "Is it the baby?"
Tori opened her eyes that were now filled with tears. "I don't know. It's different than it was with Kai," she said. "I feel, weak all over all of a sudden."
Blake reached out and helped her to their room. Tori slowly sat on the bed and placed her hands on her stomach. "I'm calling Hunter to watch Kai. We're going to the hospital."
Tori didn't argue and soon she was once again hooked up to monitors in a hospital room. As soon as she was settled, the doctor's assessed her and discovered that the baby was breech inside of her, and she was ready to deliver.
"Isn't there any way the baby could turn?" Tori asked when the doctor told her that she would require a C-section.
"Unfortunately, right now, unless the baby turns within the next few hours, we'll have to operate," she said. Tori sighed and sat back against the pillows with Blake sitting beside her. She let out a defeated sigh and closed her eyes.
"Hey," Blake said as he reached for her hand. "It'll be alright," he said, kissing her hand.
Tori tried to smile but felt a contraction and tried to control her breathing. The monitors began to beep and make noises, causing them both to worry. The doctor came in and looked at the monitors with a worried look.
"Tori, we need to get you into the O.R. immediately. Your baby hasn't turned and I'm afraid that its heart rate has dropped and is still dropping."
Blake clenched Tori's hand and felt his stomach fall. "How fast can you get the baby out?"
"I can have it delivered in 60 seconds if necessary. But right now, we need to get you prepped so you can have your baby." With that the doctor was gone.
Tears were now streaming down Tori's face. "Oh God," she said softly. "We can't lose the baby, Blake."
Blake leaned in and kissed her tearstained cheeks. He was very worried for her and the thought of her being operated on terrified him. "We won't."
"How can you be so sure?" she asked. Blake cupped her face with his hand.
"Because I know that I won't let any harm come to you or our child. I'll be strong for all of us. I love you." He kissed her lips once more before the nurses came in a whisked her away to the O.R.
"I love you," she said as she left the room. Blake dressed in scrubs that had been brought for him and headed up there as well, praying that his words were true...everything was going to be alright...
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"Ready?" the doctor asked Tori as she began. Tori nodded her head and felt pressure on her abdomen.
Blake sat next to her head. "I love you," he whispered into her ear as he brushed away tears that had fallen. Tori sniffled as she felt a weight being lifted from her body, followed by a faint cry that slowly grew.
"It's a girl," the doctor said. Tori and Blake both smiled then and laughed a little as the doctor handed her to Blake, who held her for Tori to see. "She's just fine, Tori."
Blake held his daughter and kissed her forehead, and then Tori's. "I love you," Tori said to Blake. He smiled and kissed her lips. She looked at her daughter and smiled. Her hair was dark, as well as her eyes.
"Kili Joann," Tori said softly. Blake smiled as well and handed his daughter to a nurse to be cleaned completely.
Nearly an hour later, Tori was sleeping in her room with Blake sitting beside her, holding Kili. He couldn't believe that after everything they had been through- the worrying, the emotions, the pain- that he had a perfectly healthy little girl.
He had called Hunter shortly after they had settled, and he was brining Kai in, in a few minutes to meet his sister. It was relatively early in the evening, and Blake knew that Kai would want to see her.
Kili moved slightly in his arms and he kissed her forehead. "Daddy?" a tiny voice said from the slightly open door. Blake looked up and saw Kai slowly walking towards him with Hunter and Kapri in tow. Kai went over to Blake and sat next to him on the large chair.
"Hey Kai," Blake said. "This is your sister, Kili." Kyle looked at the little body his father held and smiled.
"Baby girl," was all he said. He giggled a little and then looked over to Tori. "Mommy sleeping?"
"Yeah, she's tired." Kai walked over to the bed and kissed Tori's hand lightly. Tori stirred awake and smiled at her son.
"Hey Kai," she said.
"Mommy not sleeping," Kai said turning back to Hekili. Tori laughed a little and watched as her son, daughter, and husband all interacted. It made her heart melt to know that they were hers...her family.