A/N: Finally, another chapter! Happy early Christmas Y'all! Hehe, sorry, it's been really cold here, and I'm in winter mode! Enjoy, and as usual, I own no one famous! Darn it!
Ashley's POV:
My God, there's two days until Christmas! I still have to go shopping, Syd is bugging to make cookies, and clean the house, wrap the few presents I already bought, oh man, that's a lot of stuff to do in two short days! I guess I'll take Josh and Winsor with me shopping, and John and Sydney can attempt to clean. Yea, that should work!
"John, come here for a minute!" I yelled upstairs to John. He had been smarter than me, and had gone shopping two days ago. John ran downstairs, and stopped right in front of me.
"Whatcha need Ash?" John asked.
"I'm going to go shopping, I'll take Josh and Winsor with me, can you and Syd attempt to clean up a little? It will make things a lot easier for me."
"No problem! I'm just about done wrapping Christmas presents, and Syd is done. You should've listened to me and done you shopping sooner!"
"Yea, I know. I should've. Well, I'm gonna go grab the twins, and get the hell out of here!"
"Ok, have fun at the store, and be careful, people are mean this time of year!" John warned me as he gave me a quick kiss. I ran to the twins' room, put their coats on, and then grabbed them and grabbed my purse and coat and ran out the door to the Escalade. I got the twins in the car seat, and then finally put me coat on. I jumped in the car, and we were off to the store!
Once we got to the store and had to park a mile away, I put Josh and Winsor in the cart, and began roaming the aisles. I decided to shop for Syd first. I made my way to the toy section. I fought my way through a few women, and grabbed one of the last 'Bratz' dolls. One lady actually had the nerve to try and grab it from my cart, but I grabbed her hand, and gave her the, 'just try it' look! Gosh, Christmas shopping is dangerous stuff! I picked up a few more things for Syd. I grabbed some clothes, more toys, normal presents for the twins. Now, what to get for John. Hmm, what do you give the man who practically has everything he wants? I wandered around the store, and then gave up and got to in checkout line. That took another hour, and I finally left the store, four hours later! I got the twins back in the car, and then drove home, extremely tired. When I got home, John grabbed everything I bought, and took it to our bedroom, and wrapped it quickly. I was too tired to cook, so I ordered a pizza. I finally looked at the clock around seven, when the pizza got here. I gave the delivery guy the money, and then left the pizza on the table. John and Syd practically devoured it, Josh and Winsor both split a piece, that I cut up and fed them, and I ate a half of a piece. Wasn't really hungry today, thanks to the wonders of pregnancy! I knew that I'd probably pig out tomorrow, so it was ok. I went into the living room, and curled up on the couch with a big blanket, and tried to take a catnap. John was nice, and put Josh and Winsor in their room for the night, and then him and Sydney got out the play station 2 and started playing games. I gave up on the sleeping, and watched them play some racing game. After an hour, I decided that it was time for Syd to go to bed, it was 9:30.
"Syd, time for bed. Go on, get upstairs!" I said, as I sat up.
"Aw, so I have to?" Syd whined.
"Yup! Hurry up, Santa Claus doesn't like little girls who whine at their parents!" John told Syd. She got a mortified look on her face, and bolted up the stairs. I laughed, and then got up and went to tuck her in. When I got up there, Syd was just crawling into bed.
"Good night baby!" I said as I sat down next to her.
"Night mommy!" Syd mumbled as her eyelids began fluttering. I'm amazed at how fast she can fall asleep. I gave her a kiss on the forehead, and flipped the lights off when I left the room. I wasn't sure what Sydney thought of the baby. She didn't seem too upset, but wasn't too thrilled either. Oh well, I guess it's ok as long as she doesn't' hate it everything will be fine! I went up to our room, and found John wrapping the presents I had bought today.
"It's a good thing I didn't buy your gift today!" I said as I flopped down on the bed.
"Yea, it is!" John replied as he continued wrapping.
"Baby, what do you want for Christmas? I have no idea what to get you."
"Hmm, I don't know! I got everything that I want. You, the kids, this next baby, dogs, yup, I don't need much more!" John said, as he put all the presents away.
"That didn't help me at all!" I said as I got up and changed into a sweatshirt and pajama pants and crawled back into bed.
"Sorry, get me whatever you want! Like I said, I can't get much happier!" John answered as he quickly changed. I just stared at the ceiling, trying to thing of a present for John. He turned off the lights, and got into bed, and I cuddled up next to him and closed me eyes. I must've fallen asleep right away, because when I opened my eyes, it was 10:00. John was still lying next to me, but was dressed, so he must've gotten up with the twins.
"Morning sleeping beauty!" John said as he gave me a kiss.
"God, I was out wasn't I?" I asked, rubbing my eyes as I got up.
"Yea, I'd say you fell asleep in one minute!"
"Maybe that's where Syd gets it from!" I looked next to me, and saw Syd lying next to me, asleep. "How long has she been here?" I asked as I lay back down.
"Oh, I woke up this morning and she was here. Just let her stay there. Josh and Winsor got me up around 6 a.m." John said as he pulled a blanket around all of us.
"I'm sorry, I didn't even hear them! I'm not feeling too great today. I think I'm just going to lie around most of the day." I said, as I rolled over to face John.
"No problem here. Oh, Jackie called. Their plane will be in tonight, round 7. Stacy also called, she'll be over later, so you her, and Jackie can 'girl talk.' You have wacky friends Ash!" John said, smiling.
"Well, we've known that about Stacy for a while now. Jackie on the other hand, that's a different story!"
"Mommy, can we go play in the snow?" a groggy Sydney asked me.
"In a little bit baby! Mommy isn't feeling too good right now. We have to bake cookies later too! Why don't you go check on Josh and Winsor? I'll be down in a few minutes. Go get your snow suit on too!" I said, sitting up.
"Ok mommy! I'll wait for you downstairs!" Sydney replied as she jumped out of bed. I sighed, and then sat there for a minute.
"I thought you didn't feel good Ash?" John asked me.
"I don't, but I'll get over it. Besides, I like playing in the snow! You and the twins are joining us too mister!"
"No problem! I'm feeling the urge for a snowball fight!" John said as he got up and started getting dressed. I shook my head, and got dressed too! Five minutes later, I was outside, playing in the snow with Sydney. John came out with the twins ten minutes later, and put them on a sled so they could watch. I went over and sat by them, and made sure that they were warm enough. John and Sydney then got the brilliant idea of starting a snowball fight! I sat and watched, and then jumped up when a snowball hit me. I turned around, and saw John standing behind me with a guilty grin on his face!
"Ok Cena, you are going to get it!" I yelled as I began to run after him. "Syd, go sit by you brother and sister, and watch mommy beat the heck out of daddy!"
Sydney sat down, and watched us, laughing! I chased after John, and was having a hard time catching him. I turned to look back at Sydney, and the turned back around and saw John right in front of me.
"Gotcha!" He said, holding a snowball in his hand.
"Actually, I got you!" I yelled as I threw two snowballs at him, that I had been hiding in my hands! I hit him right in the face, and then turned around and started running towards the house.
"Ash, I'm going to get you back for that!" I heard John yell. That only made me run faster, but not fast enough. I soon felt John's strong arms lifting me up, and throwing me over his shoulder. I managed to wiggle off his shoulder, and fell right on my butt in the snow.
"Ouch, my butt! Damn you John!" I said, as I looked up at him.
"You asked for it! You're the one who had to get out of my grip!" John said, laughing his ass off. I finally got fed up, and then kicked in his knee, and laughed as he fell face first into the snow!
"Hey, that wasn't nice Ashley!" John said, wiping the snow off his face.
"Like hell it wasn't! Sorry, you ok?" I asked, noticing that he had bit his lip.
"Yea, I think my tooth just pierced my lip though!" John said as he sat up.
"Aw, I'm sorry! Want me to kiss it make it better?" I teased John.
He didn't respond, but suddenly had me lying down with my back in the snow, passionately kissing me. I heard Sydney laughing, and then saw her run over and greet someone. I didn't pay much attention though, until we were rudely interrupted when a bunch of snow got dumped on us!
"What the hell?" John shouted as he quickly got off me.
"Yea, what gives?" I asked, wiping off my mouth.
"God, this is how you two have three and a half kids! I swear, do you too ever stop?" Stacy asked us, as she held Jason.
"Yea Ash. You two can't keep your hands off each other for more than ten minutes can you?" Randy asked. I noticed that he had Josh and Winsor in his arms. Sydney and Leah were busy playing in the yard.
"Nope, we can't! What brings you guys over?"
"Well, we saw you guys outside, and it looked like fun! Let's go inside!" Stacy replied, as she walked towards the house. Randy followed her, and then John got up and pulled me up with him. We both looked at each other, and walked behind them.
Once we got in the house, I realized how cold I was. I ran upstairs, and put on a hoodie and sweatpants and came back down, and found Stacy making hot chocolate.
"John and Randy are outside with Leah and Syd. Jason, Josh, and Winsor are sleeping in the living room. I laid them down on the floor, with a few blankets. Here, you look cold!" Stacy cheerily said as she handed me a cup of hot chocolate.
"Thanks, so how's life Stacy?" I asked her as I sat down across from her.
"Great! Jason loves Leah, and she is doing well. Randy crazy about her! To think, he didn't want to adopt a kid! So how ya feeling?"
"Eh, not too bad, but not too good. I've just been tired. God, another nine months of torture!" I said, laughing.
"Yea, well that's what you get when you're at it like rabbits!" Stacy said, as she rolled her eyes at me.
"Oh please, you and Randy are 10 times worse! I'm surprised you're not pregnant again."
"No, I'm not! Thank God, that wasn't fun! So, we have to go pick up Jackie and Charlie at seven, and then Randy and I are getting his parents, and mine. Man, it's gonna be a busy night!" Stacy said, taking a sip out of her drink.
"Yup. You are going to have a full house Stacy!"
"Yea, it'll be ok. It's only for a few days! Hey, lets go watch a chick flick! We haven't done that in a while!" Stacy said, jumping up and heading to the living room. I just laughed and followed behind her. We plopped down on the couch, and decided to watch, "Legally Blonde." I just love that movie! John, Randy, and the kids came back inside, and sat down by us. We sat there watching the movie, and then we had to get to the airport to pick up everyone. Thank God Christmas only comes once a year!"
A/N: I promise, next chapter will be more fun! I'm dealing with writers block right now! Peace y'all