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Chapter 12
Its Our Birthday!
"Peter...Peter wake up," Ruthie said and she lightly shook her boyfriend.
"What? What's going on?" Peter said as he woke up out of his deep sleep. He sat up after he saw that it was Ruthie who woke him up. "What's the matter? How did you get in here? Are you okay?"
"Peter, calm down I'm fine. You gave me a key the other day and I'm about to tell you what's the matter. We're getting married in ten weeks, that's not a lot of time. I was lying in bed tonight and I realized how much we had to do. We have to pick out dresses for the bridesmaids, rent the tuxes, buy flowers, pick a caterer..."
Peter stopped his fiancé by putting his hands up in the air. "Ruthie calm down. We can get everything done and we will get everything done. I promise. You have to calm down so you can get some sleep, we have to work tomorrow."
"I know," Ruthie said. "We just have so much to do. I mean this is my wedding day and I don't want anything to go wrong."
"I know," Peter said and then he looked at the clock that was next to his bed. "Ruthie it's three o'clock in the morning! Have you gotten any sleep tonight?"
"A little, not really though," Ruthie said.
"How do you plan to deal with six year olds with only four hours of sleep?"
"I don't know but I'll figure it out," Ruthie said and she laid down, putting her head on Peter's chest. "I love you."
"I love you too," Peter said and he kissed the top of Ruthie's head. A couple of seconds later Peter heard Ruthie's breathing become deeper and he knew that she had fallen asleep. "I'll let her sleep for a little while and then I'll wake her up," Peter said and then he accidentally he fell asleep too.
"Peter! Peter wake up! It's a quarter to eight we have to be at school in a half an hour!" Ruthie shrieked and she violently shook Peter. Peter woke up and quickly jumped up from bed.
"Oh my gosh," Peter said. "How did I not wake to my alarm going off? I never do that."
"I don't know but how did I fall asleep here?"
"I meant to wake you up but I also fell asleep. Sorry," Peter said.
"It's alright. I have to get home!" Ruthie said and she ran out of Peter's apartment and into her car. She drove home and when she got there she took the quickest shower possible and ate. Then she pulled her hair into a ponytail so she wouldn't have to blow it dry and she poured herself a cup of coffee (in a travel mug) and ran out the door. She drove to school and when she got there she ran inside. She signed in at the office, and saw that Peter had beaten her there. This was no surprise, Peter got ready so fast it amazed Ruthie and she could have never been able to beat him here unless she had gone home, got dressed and left. She ran to her classroom and got there minutes before her students arrived.
The morning was spent teaching her class and by the time they left for lunch Ruthie was really hungry. This probably had something to do with the fact that Ruthie didn't eat breakfast and she usually did. Peter came into her class room and sat on one of the desks.
"Sorry about this morning. I didn't mean to fall asleep, it's my fault," Peter said.
"No it's not. I shouldn't have come over last night, it's my fault," Ruthie said. "I'm sorry. It won't happen again."
"No I gave you that key so that you'd come over whenever you needed me and you needed me last night. I don't mind at all," Peter said. "You can come over whenever you want, night or day. Besides you came to me to talk about our wedding and I'm glad I know what needs to be done."
"Okay," Ruthie said and she hugged her husband-to-be.
"Do you want to go out for lunch?" Peter asked.
"Of course," Ruthie said and she and Peter walked out of the elementary school hand in hand.
"Mommy, when are we moving into our new house?" Alex asked Kate.
"In three weeks, that's why we've been packing up all our stuff in the house this week," Kate explained.
"Oh," Alex said. "Can I play outside?"
"No, sorry. I need your help packing. The babies are going to be waking up in a couple of minutes and I have to feed them," Kate said.
"Okay," Alex said, gloomily.
"Now just wrap up all your stuff and put it in the box," Kate instructed, then she and Alex both started to pack up all the stuff in Alex's room. A couple of minutes later a baby started to cry and Kate left the room. She found that it was Kenny who was crying. She started to feed him and while she was in the middle Faith started to cry so she started to feed both babies at the same time. Soon all five babies were fed and sleeping again.
Kate returned to her son's room and found that he had fallen asleep on his floor. "I guess I'll go and pack up another room." She went into the kitchen and started to pack up that room instead. She was putting all the silverware in a box when Simon came in from work.
"Hey honey," Simon said and he kissed his wife. "Where's Alex?"
"He just fell asleep in his room," Kate explained. "I thought that I'd let him sleep for a little while."
"Oh," Simon said. "I'll help you pack up the kitchen." He went over to the cabinet and started to wrap up some plates and put them in a box.
"I can't believe we're moving," Kate said. "I'm so excited!"
"Me too," Simon said.
"It's our birthday! It's our birthday!" Noah and Luke both sang as they came into the house from school.
"Hi guys," Lucy said. "How are the birthday boys?"
"We're good," Noah and Luke both said. "Everybody loved our cupcakes!" Noah exclaimed.
"I'm glad," Lucy said. "Now go into the kitchen and do your homework. Your party is tonight and you have to have all your homework done before then."
"We don't have any homework mom, it's Friday, remember," Luke said.
"Oh yeah," Lucy said. "Then you can go and play until your party." Lizzy, Luke, Noah and Tommy ran off into various rooms in the house and Lucy went into the kitchen so that she could finish making the dinner that Noah and Luke had requested; pizza. While the pizza was in the oven Lucy started to put up birthday decorations throughout the living room, dining room, and kitchen.
"I'm home," Kevin yelled when he entered the house. He came into the kitchen with a bunch of green and blue balloons, Noah and Luke's favorite colors. "Hi honey."
"Hello," Lucy said and she kissed her husband. "I'll take those," she said and she grabbed the balloons from Kevin.
"I'm going to go and change out of my work clothes," Kevin stated and went upstairs and into his and Lucy's room.
When Kevin got back downstairs he found that everything was decorated with Happy Birthday signs, balloons, confetti, and streamers. He found that Lucy was in the den trying to get the kids to go upstairs and get ready.
"I'll help," Kevin said. "Everybody go upstairs and put on the clothes that your mother put on your bed! Now!" Immediately all five kids ran upstairs and Kevin followed them. "Why don't you go and take a nap? I'll get the kids ready and then I'll wake you up before everybody gets here."
"Okay," Lucy said and she went upstairs and into her bedroom, where she laid down on the bed and almost immediately fell asleep. Meanwhile Kevin was in Noah and Luke's room. He helped them both to get into the khaki pants, button down blue shirts, and green and blue sweater vests. Once they were both dressed Kevin helped them to get into shoes and socks and then they ran downstairs.
When Kevin got into Tommy and Caleb's room he found them both jumping on the bed. "Come on lets get you guys dressed so you can go back downstairs," Kevin said when he entered the room. Both boys jumped off the bed and first Kevin dressed Caleb in khaki overalls and a red long sleeved shirt.
"Yes, I'm free!" Caleb said and he ran from his bedroom.
"Your turn," Kevin said and he turned to Tommy. He dressed Tommy in khaki pants and a red and blue striped golf shirt. He followed Tommy out of the room and then went into Lizzy's room. Kevin took the pink and purple dress that Lucy had ironed and set out on their only daughter's bed and helped her get dressed in it. When he got downstairs Kevin got the cake out of the oven and set it on the counter. Then seeing that it was about a quarter to five he went upstairs to wake up Lucy.
"Luce, you have to wake up. Everyone's going to be here in about forty five minutes," Kevin said and he kissed his wife's cheek. Lucy got out of bed and started to get dressed in the clothes she had ironed earlier that day. A couple of seconds later the doorbell rang. "I'll get it," Kevin said and he ran downstairs. He opened the door and found Annie, Eric, Sam, and David outside. "Come in," Kevin said and he stepped aside so that they could all come in. A couple of minutes later Ruthie and Peter also had arrived at the house.
Once again the doorbell rang and Lucy got up from where she was sitting on the couch. "I bet that's Simon and Kate, I can't wait to see the babies." She ran to the door and found Simon and Kate each standing outside. Both of them were holding two car seat carriers each and a fifth one was on the floor next to them. "Hi guys!" Lucy greeted them. "Come on in." Alex ran in the door and Lucy took the extra carrier and led Simon and Kate into the living room.
"So what's it like being parents of quintuplets?" Ruthie asked.
"It's great," Simon said. "It's challenging at times but we love it."
"They cry a lot but it's really rewarding all the time. It's really interesting to see how different they are. They are all totally different people even thought they were all born at the same time," Kate explained.
"Yeah that's true," Simon agreed with his wife. "Hannah is the most easy going, Faith loves to be cuddled, Kenny sleeps the least and loves to see what's going on around him, Emma sleeps the most and Andrew cries the most but he is the heaviest sleeper."
"Aw that's so cute," Ruthie exclaimed. "I can't wait to have kids!" Peter looked over at her and gave her a weird look and then got up.
"I'm going to go and look for Kevin and Eric," Peter said and he quickly exited the room.
"I think that you really freaked him out by saying that," Lucy said.
"Yeah that was my plan," Ruthie said and she laughed and Annie, Kate, and Lucy all joined in.
"Is this what you women do? You do everything in your power to make us men crazy and to freak us out," Simon commented.
"Yup," Kate said.
"Great," Simon said sarcastically. "I'm going to go and join the rest of the men." Simon got up and also left the room.
A couple of minutes later Hannah started to stir in her car seat and Kate took her out. "Can I hold her?" Lucy asked.
"Sure," Kate said and she handed Hannah to Lucy. "It's almost time to feed them. Can I use your microwave? I need to heat up their bottles."
"Of course," Lucy said. "Go right ahead." Kate took five bottles out of the diaper bag and then left the room. While she was gone Kenny also started to wake up.
"I'll get him," Ruthie said. "Which one is this?"
Annie looked at the baby Ruthie was holding and said, "That is Kenny. You can tell by his strawberry blonde hair and bright blue eyes."
"He's so cute," Ruthie said. "I love all their matching outfits." All of the girls were wearing jean jumpers and the boys were wearing jean overalls. They were all wearing t-shirts; Hannah was wearing pink, Faith was wearing purple, Emma was wearing yellow, Kenny was wearing green, and Andrew was wearing blue.
"They are all so cute," Lucy said.
"Yeah they are," Annie said. A couple of minutes later Kate returned with five bottles. She handed one to Lucy and another to Ruthie who both offered to feed the babies they were holding. Annie ended up feeding Faith and Kate fed both Andrew and Emma. Soon all five babies were fed.
"Ruthie, Emma looks a lot like you," Kate said. "She has your curly brown hair."
"That's cute," Ruthie said.
About ten minutes later Lucy put dinner out on the table and everybody started to eat. Since it was too cold to eat outside Lucy set up a kids' table in the kitchen and the adults sat in the living room. Kenny happily sat in the swings while the other four babies slept peacefully in their car seat carriers.
"So Lucy how far along are you?" Ruthie asked.
"I'll be six months next week," Lucy said. "I only have three months to go."
"Those last three months always seem to go the fastest," Annie said thinking back to her pregnancies.
"That's true," Kate said.
About a half an hour later everyone gathered around the table to sing happy birthday to Noah and Luke. Lucy turned off the lights and brought in a blue cake that had eight candles, seven for how old they are and one for good luck. Lucy had written happy birthday Noah and Luke across the top and had even drawn some balloons with the icing. Everybody sang "Happy Birthday" and then Noah and Luke blew out their candles as Lucy snapped pictures.
Kevin cut the cake and everybody took a piece and then sat down to eat it. "Luce this cake is really good," Simon complemented his sister.
"Thank you. It's mom's recipe," Lucy said.
"How do you do it?" Kate exclaimed. "You have five kids and one on the way and you still have time to bake an amazing cake and put a party together. I barely have time to take a shower these days!"
"It's definitely much different when you have newborns in the house. Especially when you have five newborns in the house," Lucy said accenting the five. "If I had five newborns in the house I would have never been able to put all this together. Also Kevin helped me a lot. I wouldn't have been able to do all this without him." Lucy gave him a quick peck on the cheek and then turned back to their guests.
"Mommy!" Noah exclaimed as he ran into the living room. "Can we open our presents now? Please!"
"Please mom!" Luke joined in.
"Um...sure," Lucy said. "Let me just clean up from dessert and then you can open up your gifts." Lucy and Kevin both cleaned up from dessert and then Noah and Luke sat in two chairs that were at one end of the living room. All the kids sat in Indian style in front of them and watched intently as the boys took turns opening presents.
Soon the pile of presents that was in the corner of the living room was just wrapping paper that covered the floor. All the new toys and clothes that Noah and Luke had gotten were put in the kitchen so that everybody could sit down again.
"Dad can we play with our new toys?" Luke asked.
"You can each pick one toy to play with but that's it," Kevin said to his sons and they both ran from the room. A couple of hours later everyone left the Kinkirk home and Kevin put the kids to bed while Lucy cleaned up downstairs. Luckily all the kids passed out as soon as their heads hit the pillows and Kevin was able to go downstairs and help his wife.
When he got downstairs Kevin went into the living room where he found Lucy lying on the couch with her eyes closed. When she heard Kevin enter she opened her eyes and said, "I just wanted to close my eyes for a couple of minutes. I wasn't going to sleep or anything."
"No why don't we go upstairs to bed? We can clean all this up tomorrow. We're both really tired. We can even get the kids to help us clean up tomorrow," Kevin said.
"Great idea honey," Lucy said. Kevin helped her up and they both went upstairs and into their room. They changed into their pajamas and went to bed, falling asleep very quickly.
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