Ashley sat in Christian's nursery rocking him, he had a fever and was really whiny.
"Come on baby you need to go to sleep" she said.
"No" Christian cried.
"Don't you want to be all better when daddy gets home?" she asked.
Christian just wiped his face on her shirt. Ashley sighed she had tired everything she could think of to get him to sleep. She rocked him,sang to him,gave him medicine. She even tried to call John so Christian could hear his voice.
"Wait a minute I'm an idiot I know how the baby can hear John's voice" she said to herself.
She put Christian in his crib so that she could go downstairs and grab what she was looking for. She felt like screaming because the living room was a mess but she found the cd and brought it to the nursery.
"Baby your mom is a genius" she said.
She turned the cd player on Christian's dresser on and put John's You Can't See Me cd in it. She turned to number 4 which was Right Now, it also was the only song that she allowed the children to listen to for the simple fact that John doesn't have the cleanest mouth when he raps. She put Right Now on repeat and left the room. Now on to her next challenge cleaning the living room with a very grumpy two year old watching tv.
"Talon what is the rule about playing with your toys?" she asked the little boy.
Talon was in his "Terrible Twos" and let's just say it was wearing on John and Ashley's nerves.
"I'm still pwayin mama" he said.
"Well daddy is going to be home tonight and I want him to walk into a clean living room so hope about you help me clean" She suggested.
"I don't wanna" he whined.
"I don't remember asking now get moving" she said.
"Me no like you" Talon yelled as he walked out of the living room.
Ashley felt like Talon had ripped out her heart and stepped on it. There was no way her first little baby boy said that to her, because that is just as bad as telling her he hates her. She went to go find him.
"Talon Michael Cena get in that room and clean it or you'll be punished to your room all day today" she ordered.
He glared at her. She felt so stupid for arguing with a 2 year old but it needed to be done.
"Now" she said.
He looked at her for a few more seconds before retreating to the living room to clean it. It was done in about 20 minutes because she helped him.
"Ok now it's time for a nap" she said.
"No, me no like naps" he said.
"Please Talon your brother is sick and I haven't gotten more than 2 hours of sleep in 3 days so will you do this for me" she pleaded.
She knew he couldn't really comprehend what she was saying but it was worth a shot. He nodded so she helped him upstairs and tucked him in.
"Have a good nap" she said as she kissed him. She then checked on Christian, he too was sound asleep. It was 12 and Gracie would be home from school in about two hours. She walked into her bedroom and called John.
John saw on his caller id that it was from home.
"Hey honey" he said.
He could tell she was upset by the tone of her voice.
"Shel is everything ok?" he asked.
"No, Talon told me that he didn't like me today so that basically means he hates me I am the worst mother in the world" she cried.
John took a breath that he realized he had been holding. He was so worried that something terrible happened.
"I'm sure he doesn't mean it he's 2 I think we still have some time before we have to worry about him hating us" he said.
"So I'm not a bad parent?" Ashley asked.
"No sweetie you are the vest mother in the world and our kids are lucky to have you, I have to go now but I'll see you tonight" he said.
Ashley laid back on the bed enjoying the quiet of the house. It wasn't something she heard too often anymore. Maybe John was right Talon couldn't possibly hate her, he was just saying that. It killed her to think something like that could come out of her sweet little boy's mouth. Ashley prayed for the end of this phase Talon was going through but then she sighed when she realized it wasn't long before she'd be dealing with Christian doing the same thing.
"John you'd better get here soon or I'm going to go insane dealing with all these children" she said talking to the air.