Adeline slept for at least the rest of the day without even a stir, and amazingly so did her daughter. Antauri had brought his granddaughter out for the rest of the team to see and they loved her. She fell asleep in her hospital bassinet when her grandfather put her back down into it; he simply looked at his granddaughters face and then to his daughters. He was so proud of her, she had brought another being into the world, and that was a miracle in itself. However, that didn't keep him from wondering from whom or what had put his daughter into her position; what did it want from her, from them? He heard a moan and turned to see his daughter waking up; he rushed over to her as she opened her eyes, "How are you feeling?"
She looked at her father and smiled, "I feel ok; how's my baby?"
"She's fine; she's been sleeping since you have." Antauri answered smiling and stroking Adeline's hair.
"I want to see her" she said trying to get up
Gibson had walked back in, "Wait, you are in no shape to stand up. I will raise your bed." He walked over and sat her up then walked to her side as Antauri handed her, her baby girl.
Adeline held her daughter once more, but she seemed bigger than before; she didn't say anything however she just continued to look at her daughter until her uncle decided to ask the question he had been so keen to get an answer to, "Have you decided what you want to name her?"
Adeline looked at her Uncle Gibson and simply said, "Donatella, it means beautiful gift." She smiled at her Uncles face as he entered it onto the computer creating her daughters birth certificate.
Gibson finished up and turned around, "would you like to go to your room; I'm sure you would prefer it more than here." he just looked at her
"I don't care, that's fine." she still held her daughter as they rolled her out of the lab. Before they got there her father spoke out to her
"Otto and Chiro set you up a little surprise"
"Really? What is it?" she asked curiously
Apparently her Uncle Gibson also knew because he said, "You'll see" he smiled at Adeline's face.
They opened her door and saw that Otto and Chiro had cleaned up her room, put in a crib, a rocking chair and a dresser which was full of clothes. "Oh….this is great…" she had the biggest smile on her face; she was extremely happy. She had worried what her baby would wear and where she would sleep but Otto and Chiro obviously thought about it first, "Tell them that I'm extremely grateful."
Donatella was asleep in her arms so she gave her to Gibson to place in the crib while her father helped her into her bed. She lay there as her father looked at her with love in his eyes and Gibson walked back over to her, "Now, I want you to rest as much as possible, and call if you need help." he pointed to the call box beside her bed and gave her a smile
"Alright…" she smiled back and they turned, walked away and left. She sat there with a smile on her face and a tear in her eye. She finally had her baby and she was healthy and all she could have ever hoped for. For quite some time she sat there looking toward the crib, but did as her uncle said and got some rest
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For the rest of the day Adeline took care of her baby and Nova took care of hers with Sprx's loving help. They did everything from clothing them to breastfeeding; they loved their children with all their hearts.
The rest of the team occasionally got to help; Adeline showed Chiro how to change a diaper, feed a baby, and play with them since he was a little nervous as how gentle to be with a baby. Otto loved all three of the babies and spent as much time as he could with them; Nova showed him the tricks on how to deal with babies the same way Adeline did for Chiro. Antauri and Gibson were already aware of how to care for children because of the books or articles they had read; Gibson however took it too literally. He would think of it as an equation and do it exactly the way he planned it. Adeline and Nova found this extremely funny because when the baby's didn't do exactly as he planned it he got frustrated and tried planning a different way. Antauri was quite good with all the babies but he tried spending more time with his granddaughter more than his niece and nephew.
That very night the monkey team went to bed leaving Adeline, Nova and Sprx to sleep and deal with the children if they awoke during the night. However they didn't; all three of children slept all night and so did the parents without a thought. The next morning they awoke to find the reason why……
