It had indeed been a long night. Luke and Lorelai woke up many times that night. By lunch time, both parents and babies were sound asleep. It was going to take a while to get new to their new routine. But after a few weeks, it became just a little easier. Especially Luke, who had successfully learned how to change a diaper now. They had a lot of help as well. People in the town, Rory, and Lorelai's parents.
Lorelai and Luke were in the nursery changing the twins into their outfits. Will was being good, but Lauren was a little fussy.
"Come on Laurie. If you be still, I can get this pretty little pink outfit on you a lot faster." Lorelai said to the baby.
Luke was standing beside her, Will in his arms, watching in amusement.
"Need help?" he asked, laughing slightly.
"I'm ok. What's so funny?" she asked slightly confused and annoyed.
"It just seems like our daughter has inherited your stubborness." he said.
"Ha, ha." she sais sarcastically.
"I'm just kidding." he said and kissed her forehead.
Lorelai finally got the baby girl to cooperate with her and got her dressed. They carried them into the living room and sat them in the baby swings. The twins had grown a lot in the last four weeks. They were also starting to show the many ways in which they were different from one another.
Lauren liked to nap during the day and was fussy in the mornings and nights. She was loud and liked to here herself baby talk. She seemed to be a very outgoing baby who was curious about everything. Will was the opposite of his sister. He liked to sleep at night. He was also quiet and shy. He was also scared easily.
"Do you feel up to going to Friday Night Dinner tonight? I know you're tired." Luke asked.
"I am tired. But, my parents are going to want to see the twins. We can go, let's just not stay too long." she told him, leaning back into his arms and watching the twins.
"Ok." he said, wrapping his arms around her.
Lorelai started to nod off after a little while. Luke new how tired she had been lately. He was tired too, but she was the one taking care of the twins during the day while he worked. He decided he would let her sleep for a while and take care of the twins. He gently got off the couch, trying not to wake her. He made sure she was comfortable and put a blanket over her.
Lauren had also fallen asleep, but Will was still up. He seemed to be getting tired of being in the swing and started to cry a little and Luke went to pick him up before he woke Lauren and Lorelai.
"Hey buddy. What's wrong?" he said and gently rocked the infant in his arms.
Luke fell in love with the twins the minute he had seen them. He never thought that he could love kids so much. I guess it's different when they're your own. He was very protective of them. Lorelai noticed this change in Luke and thought it was sweet. She hadn't expected him to be so protective of them. He was protective in a good way though.
Will stopped crying almost immediately. He liked being rocked and Lauren liked being sung to by Lorelai. That's how they had always calmed them down as soon as they realised it. The tiny baby boy looked up at Luke with his great blue eyes. Luke smiled at him. What happened next Luke would never forget. Will blinked at him and then smiled right back. It was a tiny little moment, but it felt like the world when Will smiled for the first time. And Luke got to see it.
Luke held the baby up and gently shook from side to side as he kept smiling and laughed. He kissed his head and cradled him.
"Looks like you're a fast learner Will."
The baby kepts smiling and Luke new Lorelai would kill him if she missed this. He walked over to her and gently shook her awake.
"Hmm?" she said groggily and sat up.
Luke held Will out to her and she took him and then broke into a wide grin.
"Oh my God! His first smile! How long has he been doing this?" she asked as she kissed Will's hands and clapped them together.
"About a minute." Luke said and sat next to her.
"Quick! Get the camera! I'll be damned if I don't get this on camera." she said.
Luke got up and got the camera. Lorelai took it from him and made sure the flash was off so it didn't scare Will and then took a picture of the grinning baby.
"What did you do to make him smile?" she asked.
"He was about to cry so I picked him up and rocked him. I smiled down at him and then he just looked at me a minute and smiled right back." Luke told her.
"Ok, I'm the first to see and make Lauren smile." she said.
"Deal." he said and kissed her. "Go back to sleep, I've got things under control. I just thought you'd kill me if I let you miss this."
"Ok, thanks babe." she said and lay back down on the couch.
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That night, Rory, Lorelai, Luke, the twins, Richard and Emliy were all sitting in the living room.
"I brought something to show everyone." Lorelai told them and dug in her purse for the pictures they had taken. "These are pictures of the twins first. Their first day in the world, their first bath, and such. Also, Will's first smile, which we got on camera today."
Lorelai handed the pictures over and Richard, Emily, and Rory gathered around looking at them.
"Oh would you look at that!" Emily said. "His first smile."
"These are really good pictures mom and dad." Rory said.
"Looks like these two are going to be fast learners." Richard commented.
"Seems so." Luke said and looked down at Lauren.
She still hadn't learnt to smile, but it was only a matter of time. She was a curious baby and always tried to do what her parents did. She tried to laugh one day, but it was only a half laugh.
"Can I hold her?" Emily asked Luke.
"Sure." he said and handed his daughter over.
Richard took Will from Lorelai and they watched the interaction between grandparents and grandkids. Richard and Emily seemed to adore them both.
"Lorelai, you'll be starting work soon isn't that right?" Emily asked.
"In two weeks, yeah." she told her.
"Where are the babies going to stay?" she asked.
"Well, we haven't really discussed that mom." she asked.
"Well, in that case, I have a proposal to make. How about everyday I pick the twins up and I'll watch them?" Emily asked.
"Why, that sounds like a lovely idea." Richard remarked.
"You don't have to do that mom." Lorelai told her.
"Why not? I want to." she said.
"Are you sure? I mean that's a lot of work."
"Of course I'm sure. This will allow me to see my grandchildren five days a week instead of just one. And I'm sure I can handle them."
"Is that ok with you Luke?" Lorelai asked, turning towards him.
"It sounds a lot better than putting them in daycare." he said.
"Ok, mom, thanks. This is really grateful of you." she said and smiled.
"You're welcome Lorelai."
"Lovely! Now how about we eat?" Richard said.
"Great, I'm starving." Rory said and followed her grandpa into the kitchen.
Everyone followed them and Emily and Richard placed the twins in their swings beside the table. Lorelai and Luke had gotten so much stuff from the town that they gave some to Emily and Richard to have for when ever they came.
Dinner went by well and Luke, Lorelai, and the twins were all in the car headed home.
"That was a really nice offer of your mom." Luke said.
"Yeah it was. Makes me feel better too knowing that someone I know is taking care of my kids instead of some stranger."
"Yeah, me too." he said and squeezed her hand.
They got home and changed the twins into their pajamas and put them to bed. Lauren was a little reluctant so Lorelai sung her favorite song, Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Luke loved listening to Lorelai sing to her. The first time she heard her sing he couldn't believe what a great voice she had. He stood in the doorway and watched as she rocked Lauren in the rocking chair and sang her to sleep. Lorelai got up and placed the sleeping infant in her crib and made sure the night light was plugged in and walked out of the room.
"Oh, I didn't know you were still down here." she told Luke.
Luke smiled at her and put his arm around her waist and walked upstairs with her.
"You have a great voice." he said, kissing her softly.
Lorelai blushed. She was shy when it came to her singing.
"Thanks." she said.
The two of them changed into their pajamas and got into bed. They were so tired and it didn't take long before they fell asleep.
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Hey guys. I hope you liked it. It's kinda hard to write about them when they're only infants. I'm looking forward to writing about them when they start crawling and all. Then I won't be so brain dead. lol Thank's for the comments! I loved them!