November 19th, 2004
Week 26
It was amazing to see Victoria's nursery walls slowly come to life under the hands of Adam. One wall he had painted a huge mountain with a knight on top of it fighting a dragon. It looked like something from Lord of The Rings. One the opposite wall, He had painted a gorgeous castle with peasants dancing around. On the wall where the door was, Adam was in the process of painting a princess picking flowers. It was gorgeous.
"Do you want some lemonade?" Alex asked her brother as he walked into the kitchen to wash his hands.
"That sounds good. What do you have to eat?" Adam said turning the water on.
"I'm making Lilah some pasta. Do you want some too?" She asked.
"Will you cut it for me?" Adam smirked as he sat at the table in front of his niece.
"They're tiny so I don't need to cut." She said. Adam winked and looked at Lilah.
"Oh Miss Winter, your birthday is in five days." He said, "What are we going to do?" Lilah giggled reaching for his nose.
"Dum dum." She giggled.
"Yes, Uncle Adam is a dumb dumb." Alex giggled as she grabbed a couple of bowls.
"I think she's trying to say Adam." He said, "Say Uncle Adam."
"Dum dum." Lilah bounced in her eye chair.
"See? I told you." Adam beamed with pride, "I'm uncle Dum dum."
"You can say that again." Alex said putting a plate of pasta in front of her brother. "Eat."
"Yes, Ma'am." He said, "So, what are you doing for Lilah's birthday?" Alex shrugged her shoulders.
"We're thinking just a huge family get together." She said, "Lilah won't even know what's going on."
"Sure she will." Adam smiled. "You need to take tons of pictures."
"We will. Don't worry." Alex said, "I'm just so exhausted lately. I can't imagine running a birthday party."
"Well, you know Derek and I will help out all that we can." Adam said as he ate the pasta. He watched Lilah pick up the pieces with her finger and shove them into her mouth. He chuckled under his breath, "How often do you think Gay people are allowed to adopt?" Alex shrugged.
"Depends on the situation I suppose." She said. "I think it'd be a little harder than straight people, but sort of the same you know?"
"No." Adam chuckled, "What do you mean?"
"Straight couples nearly always get the baby if they're in the running with a single straight person." Alex explained, "I think a gay couple would be more likely to get the baby than a single gay person."
"So, us single queers are the low man on the totem pole." Adam said staring at his sister. Alex frowned.
"Now I wouldn't say that." She said, "Why all these questions?"
"Because I want to be a dad." Adam said, "I get to paint Victoria's room and plan Lilah's birthday. It's wonderful, but I want to do that for my own children." Alex sat down next to her brother.
"Then have a child, Adam." Alex said, "You can get a surrogate."
"Will you do it?" Adam asked. Alex was taken aback for a moment.
"Adam, I have a dangerous job. It's dangerous for me to be pregnant with my own children." She said.
"So, you'd rather fight fires than let me have a child?" Adam frowned deeply.
"I didn't say that." Alex said taking his hand. "I'm still pregnant with Vicki. It's going to take awhile for my body to get ready to have another baby. I've been pregnant three times in the past year. I need to wait."
"I'm not asking you to do it the day after Vicki is born." Adam said, "I mean like in two years." Alex smiled tenderly at him.
"I'll need to discuss this with Derek." She said, "But thank you for considering me." Alex leaned over and wrapped her arms around her brother. She felt so honored that he wanted her to do this. Frankly, if she wasn't pregnant, she'd be running to the doctors now. She couldn't wait for Adam to experience the joys of parenthood.
December 3rd, 2004
Week 28
Lilah was one. It made Alex cry. She couldn't believe her baby girl was one. Soon Victoria would be one before she knew it.
"Come here, Baby." Derek stepped off the porch. Lilah looked up from a pile of snow and squealed when she saw her dad.
"Go get him." Alex said. Lilah pulled herself up and waddled to Derek. She was having troubles walking while in a snow suit.
"Good girl." Derek smiled when she threw herself against his legs. She hugged him tightly. It made Derek's heart soar whenever she hugged him like that. "Do you like the snow?"
"No." Lilah said.
"Do you like daddy?" Derek asked.
"No." Lilah said with a smile. Alex chuckled gently.
"Her word of the day I think." She told him. Derek scooped Lilah up and walked over to the snow pile. Alex put the sled on top and Derek put Lilah on It. Derek got behind her.
"Watch her face." He said.
"Wait." Alex waddled down the slope of their yard and pulled her camera out. "Go, D."
"Ready, Li?" Derek asked. Lilah squealed and bounced. He pushed himself off of the slope.
"Ahh!" Lilah yelled as they slid down the slope quickly.
"Fun huh?" Derek asked her as they slid past Alex. He put his foot out and stopped the sled. Lilah kicked her legs.
"Mo! Mo!" She yelled.
"We'll go again in a second." Derek got up. He took the rope and began to pull Lilah.
"I wish I could go sledding." Alex said, "I think I got some great pictures."
"Well, Lilah is a great subject." Derek said running fast. The sled went fast behind him. Alex smiled. It was nice to see Derek's legs not giving him any trouble any more. Sure he had bad days sometimes, but today wasn't one of them.
"Momma!" Lilah extended her arms.
"Get on the sled." Derek said, "I'll pull you girls around."
"Oh lord." Alex chuckled. She slowly lowered herself onto the red sled. She crossed her legs with a groan. If she wasn't this pregnant, she'd be rolled around in the snow with Lilah, but she was so tired and uncomfortable. Lilah scooted against him.
"There you go." Derek said, "Are you ladies ready?"
"Go!!" Lilah squealed. Alex wrapped her arms around her daughter.
"Go, Daddy!" Alex cheered.
"I have some extra weight on here. It's hard." Derek said.
"Shut up." Alex chuckled. Lilah bounced with joy.
"Let's go, Princesses." Derek began to pull the sled. Yeah, it was a tad harder, but hey they were going to have fun.
"Let's go get milk at the corner market." Alex said, "I need to get some." Derek chuckled pulling the sled onto the snowy side walk.
"This is crazy." He said.
"Didn't your mom ever pull you guys on the sled to the supermarket when you were little?" Alex asked.
"My mom had too many kids." Derek chuckled. "Your mom had the right number."
"We're about to have the right number too." She told him.
"You've got that right." Derek said, "I wonder who Vicki is going to look more like. Me or you?"
"Well, Lilah is a good mix so I suspect Victoria will too." She said. Derek shrugged his shoulders.
"I just hope she doesn't have my nose." He said.
"I hope you're right." Alex giggled. This was so fun. It brought back a lot of fun memories of her and Adam when they were little. She couldn't wait to pull both Lilah and Victoria on the sled and hearing them both laugh with joy. Soon….
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