After watching Ben and the others leave I then went and quickly made myself a cup of tea; before setting it down on a small table next to one of the comfortable lodge chairs near the window. I couldn't help but laugh as I watched my family having a snow ball fight; I froze in panic when I couldn't see Isabelle but quickly sighed as she ran from behind a tree and threw a snow ball at her grandfather. I then watched as Adam ran at her before he picked her up and spun her around. I then watched as Edward asked Ben to pick him up and Ben mirrored his father's actions and spun him around as well. I was getting lost in watching my family; however, I was abruptly pulled out of this when I heard my phone out and saw that Evie was ringing me. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at this; I was actually surprised that she hadn't rang me before now!
"Hi E" I stated after I answered the phone.
"Hi M" she replied.
"So how are you?" I asked. "Making best use of your last Christmas as a couple I hope" I smiled.
"Of course" she chuckled.
"So what have you been up to?" I asked as I took a sip of my drink.
"Oh just lazing around, watching Christmas films-" she stated. "We also just finished our lunch" he added.
"Cool" I stated as I set my drink back down. "We had ours earlier" I added.
"Ok" I heard her reply. "Where are the others? It sounds really quiet where you are" she enquired.
"After lunch the children wanted to go and play with the snow-" I began as I looked back over to them. "So Adam, Belle and Ben took them out, I'm currently watching them from the window" I advised.
"Oh" she muttered. "Is everything ok?" she quickly asked.
"Everything is fine E" I answered. "I just feel a little bit dizzy that's all, nothing that you need to worry about" I continued.
"Maybe have a nap later on?" she suggested.
"I might do" I nodded. "However I had a nap straight away when I got here" I explained and then I suddenly realised that she probably wanted me to text or ring her to say that we got here safely. "That's why I didn't text or ring you earlier, sorry E" I added hoping that she wasn't about to make a thing of this.
"That's fine M" she answered, and I couldn't tell if she was being completely sincere or not. "You are away with your family; I get that" she added.
"Thanks E" I stated. "And just think-" I added hoping to change the conversation. "In the first week of January we find out the gender" I reminded her. "That's pretty exciting" I grinned.
"I know!" she exclaimed. "In all honesty I don't mind as long as they both ae healthy" she continued as I watched as Isabelle threw a snowball at Ben. "But as soon as I know I can start buying things more gender specific you know" she stated eagerly.
"Yeah" I muttered and we both fell into silence for a few moments.
"You know when you went to your twenty weeks scan with Edward and Isabelle?" she finally asked, breaking the silence.
"Yes" I nodded as I started to think about my twenty weeks scan for both Edward and Isabelle. For Edward me and Ben didn't know what to expect; we just wanted the baby to be healthy. As soon as we found out that we were having a son I teased Ben that maybe I was putting another little Ben into the world – which I proved to be right as Edward was very similar to his father.
When me and Ben went for my twenty weeks scan for Isabelle again we didn't mind that much as long as they were healthy. But we both did note that it would be nice to have a boy and a girl; when we found out that we were having a girl Ben then teased saying that we were putting another version of me into the world.
"Did you and Ben have an idea of what you wanted or did you not mind?" she questioned.
"Well we talked about it-" I began. "At length" I added. "And we both didn't mind as long as the baby was healthy" I explained. "But we both stated that we wanted a boy that looked like Ben and a girl that looked like me" I continued. "Well-" I started again. "I wanted a son that looked like Ben" I confirmed. "And Ben wanted a daughter who looked like me" I finished as I smiled at my beautiful son and daughter scream and they tried to run from their grandparents as Ben laughed at them.
"And you both got what you wanted" she noted.
"Yeah" I nodded.
"Mal?" she began.
"Yes" I answered.
"You know after the twins?" she replied.
"Yeah" I repeated.
"Do you think you and Ben will have any more?" she enquired.
"I don't know" I admitted. "We haven't really talked about it; but probably" I continued. "Why?" I asked in confusion.
"No reason" she dismissed. "You and Ben are really good with Edward and Isabelle" she added happily.
"Thanks E" I smiled. "You and Doug will be just the same with these two" I advised as I slowly stroked my bump.
"I hope so" she stressed and I watched as Ben waved at me to tell me that they would be coming back in in a few minutes.
"Oh" I muttered.
"What?" Evie asked; and I heard concern start to show in her voice.
"Sorry E I have to go" I apologised. "They are coming back in; and I promised them that I would make them hot chocolate" I explained.
"Oh" she muttered. "Well don't overdo it" she urged.
"I won't E" I advised. "Trust me I've got this" I smiled. "Speak to you soon" I offered as I watched as my family started to make their way back to the lodge from the other edge of the garden.
"Speak to you later" I heard her say before I hung up the phone. I then slid my phone into my pocket before I slowly stood up; I then picked up my cup and slowly made my way to the kitchen. As I started to make our hot chocolates with cream and marshmallows I started to think about the conversation that I had just had with Evie; I loved how excited she was to find out the gender of her twins. I couldn't wait to have my scan to find out whether she was going to be the very proud mother to sons or daughters. Either way Doug and Evie were going to have their hands full but I knew that they were to be brilliant parents - as they deserved to be.