Friday may 28th
Jamie and Eddie were so ready to get out of the hospital and relax in their own home. They wheeled Eddie out to the car and Jamie carried Scarlett in the car seat next to her.
The nurse made sure they knew how the car seat went in the base and how tight the straps should be. While this may be their second kid it's their first baby. So everything was a little backwards but it was nothing they couldn't figure out.
They got in the car and drove home. Eddie was still a little sore but getting around well for someone who just had a baby.
When they got home pop was there with Emmalyn waiting for them. She spend the past 3 days with him at Frank and his house. He brought her every day to visit at the hospital though. They were excited to get into normal life.
Emmalyn was super antsy to hold Scarlett again. She was sitting on the floor looking at her in the car seat as she was sleeping, she wanted to get her out.
"Okay Em just be patient daddy will get her out, come sit down with me and you can hold her." Eddie said slowly sitting on the couch. Emmalyn ran over and sat next to Eddie. Jamie was so gentle when getting the baby out of the car seat. He walked her over and gently put her into Emmalyn's arms.
"Do you love her?!" Eddie asked playing with Emmalyn's hair as she was smiling so big.
"Ya." She replied smiling at Jamie.
"I wanna eat something before she needs to eat." Eddie said looking at Jamie.
"Well what would you like?" Jamie asked her, he would make whatever she wanted.
"I kinda want like bacon and pancakes." She told him smiling. He said
"You got it." And kissed her as he got up to make her what she wanted.
"Mommy she's heavy." Emmalyn said.
"Okay are you done holding her? Can I hold her?" Eddie asked.
"Yes I want to play with my house." She said as Eddie took Scarlett from her.
"Don't worry I'll come see you in a little." Emmalyn said to Scarlett and ran off to her room.
"Haha hey Em...why don't you play out here with it?" Eddie suggested. Emmalyn was all for that idea. Eddie sat there staring at this perfect little baby she could call hers. It still was so surreal.
A few minutes later Jamie brought her a plate of pancakes with bacon on the side and a glass of water. She was being so spoiled.
"Ugh this looks so good, you're the best." She told him and put Scarlett in the bouncy seat they had near the couch on the floor.
They sat in the living room and watched tv as Eddie devoured the delicious food. Emmalyn played nicely and Scarlett just slept away in the boucy seat.
About an hour later it was 11:30 and Scarlett started to fuss. It was the first time she was crying since they've been home and on their own. Emmalyn ran over to her and started shooshing her.
"I think she's probably hungry it's ok Em." Eddie said and got up to get her. Jamie was a little concerned with Eddie moving around too much but he didn't want to make her feel useless because she was such an independent women. He sat back and observed how well she was doing.
Eddie sat down on the couch and was preparing to breast feed but Emmalyn was standing there concerned at the crying baby.
"She's hungry Em, are you hungry? Maybe daddy can make you lunch and then we need to take a nap remember?" Eddie told her eyeballing Jamie to take her away so she didn't have to answer questions about breast feeding right now. Jamie got up and told Emmalyn to come sit down.
"No! I don't want to go to bed." She spazzed at him narrowing her eyebrows in anger. Eddie tucked her lips under her teeth trying not to laugh and looked at Jamie.
"Em we have to eat lunch first then yes we're gonna take a nap." Jamie told her nicely and took her by the hand to the table. He put her in the chair facing away from Eddie.
Eddie looked back down at her fussy baby and pulled out her right boob. She latched on no problem just like at the hospital. Jamie was such a guy and kept eyeing her up which made her blush.
"Stoppp." She mouthed at him laughing. He smirked and listened to her.
10 minutes had gone by.
"Alright Em ready for nap?" Jamie asked her clearing her plate. She pushed her sippy cup across the table and onto the floor. Eddies eyes widened as she still was breast feeding.
"And that's why you need a nap." Jamie said very calmly. He didn't want to stress out Eddie or the baby. He took a breath.
"Please pick that up." Jamie told her nicely pointing to the cup.
"No!" She yelled which made Jamie take a step back and look at her as he was not impressed. He looked over to Eddie who wasn't paying attention. She was cuddled up with Scarlett burping her now.
"1...2...!" Jamie started to count. She got off her chair and stomped her little feet to pick the cup up.
"Thank you. Now we have to be quiet because Scarlett is going to take a nap too okay?" Jamie told her. Which made her not as angry. It's almost like she didn't want to be the only one taking a nap.
"Go give mommy and Scarlett a kiss goodnight" Jamie told her. She did just that.
"Sleep good Em I love you." Eddie said after she kissed her cheek. She ran off to her room and Jamie followed.
Eddie got up and walked with Scarlett to her room and laid her on the changing table. Jamie came in and watched her change the dirty diaper.
"I think I should put her in the bassinet to sleep." Eddie told him. Jamie nodded his head agreeing. They took her to their room and Eddie swaddled her up and laid her in the bassinet. She was almost already asleep. Jamie watched and rubbed Eddies back.
"You wanna take a nap too? You never know what the night will bring." Jamie told her. She couldn't agree more. She laid down on the bed and Jamie joined her. The whole apartment was silent fast asleep.
About an hour went by and Scarlett woke up crying. Jamie got up right away and scooped her up. Eddie sat up in bed as the crying woke her up also. She watched Jamie dance around shooshing her.
"Heyyy shhh, what's wrong..." he said quietly to Scarlett. Eddies heart was so full. She was still crying her little heart out though. Eddie held her arms out to take her from Jamie.
He handed her to Eddie and she pulled out her left boob and moved her nipple around the babies mouth so she'd latch. Then she did and she started suckling.
"Wow I never thought seeing that would turn me on that much." Jamie joked and sat next to them watching.
"Ha shut up Reagan." She said smiling. Jamie laid his head on her bicep and watched.
When she was done she handed her to Jamie and she wanted to get a shower. She shut the bathroom door and got undressed. She stood there looking at her body. Her boobs full and saggy, her stomach skin stretched out and still looking pregnant. She couldn't believe what she looked like. It scared her and made her upset. She didn't feel pretty or hot like she did just a few days ago.
Jamie was sitting on the bed holding Scarlett trying to burp her. He noticed the shower still wasn't running and got worried.
So he got up holding the baby still and walked to the door, he put his ear up to it and didn't hear anything.
"Eddie? You okay?" He called out through the door. She reached for the handle and opened it. She stood there crying almost naked she only was in granny panties as she was still recovering and bleeding.
"What's wrong?" He asked putting his free hand on her arm.
"Look at me." She cried hopelessly. Jamie cocked his head concerned. He turned and laid Scarlett in the bassinet and went back to Eddie and pulled her right into him. He just hugged her so tight and she cried hugging him back.
"Janko. You. Are. Beautiful." He told her and kissed her head as he had his arms wrapped around her neck. She cried into his chest.
"Honey. Please." He told her
"I wanna shower and feel clean and pretty." She said hopelessly.
"You are always pretty Eddie. Look at me." He told her and she looked up at him.
"You birthed a human. Your body proves how amazing you are and beautiful okay?" He reassured her and it helped her collect herself. She resumed what she was doing and Jamie left her alone. He went and looked at Scarlett laying in the bassinet wide awake. He picked her up to take her out to the living room with him.
Eddie took a 20 minute shower cause it just felt so great. By the time she got dressed and out to join Jamie in the living room where she witnessed Emmalyn jumping on the couch watching tv, while Jamie was standing near the door trying to soothe Scarlett as she was crying.
"Emmalyn absolutely not!" Eddie said pointing her finger at her with her mom eyes. She sat right down. Eddie turned and walked torward Jamie with the screaming baby.
"I don't know what-" he started to say as Eddie opened her arms to take her.
"She's probably hungry again" Eddie said.
"But she just ate didn't she?" Jamie questioned.
"Yeah but she's so little and she doesn't eat a lot all at once." Eddie explained. Jamie felt dumb as Eddie took her into their bedroom to nurse privately.
"Emmalyn do we jump on the couch?" Jamie questioned as she had got up to do it again while no one was paying attention.
"Yes." She said and kept jumping and Jamie gave her a look.
"Time-out lets go." Jamie told her which automatically made her start yelling. Jamie did not want to deal with this right now, he grabbed her and took her to the timeout chair. Eddie came out holding Scarlett nursing to see what the issue was. She just watched Jamie discipline Emmalyn. She was being a brat. Jamie walked away from her and set the timer they had for these exact moments. He caught Eddie standing there watching and let out a deep breath.
"Relax." She mouthed to him and walked back to their room to finish nursing.
30 minutes later, Eddie put Scarlett in the swing that was in the living room. Emmalyn had been back to normal and was coloring at the table.
"What are you drawing sweetie?" Eddie asked sitting down with her.
"A puppy." She said as she scribbled and drew shapes that must make sense to her.
"Oh wow good job." Eddie told her. Jamie had came out of the bathroom and massaged Eddies shoulders as she sat coloring in one of Emmalyn's coloring books.
"What's that Em?" Jamie asked her about the mess of colors on the paper.
"That's a puppy and that's his poopy butt!" She giggled like any 4 year old would.
"Hey, that's not appropriate." Jamie called her out.
"That's potty talk missy, do you need to go talk to the potty?" Eddie asked her. She giggled and said no.
"Okay then draw something else." Eddie told her. Eddie got up and told Jamie she needed to pump because her boobs were hurting and full. She went to their room leaving Jamie with both kids.
Jamie got out a frozen casserole they had gotten as a gift for these days. He uncovered it and let it on the counter to thaw awhile. When he turned around he noticed Emmalyn standing at the swing Scarlett was in looking at her.
"Hey you baby. Wake up. It is not time to sleep" she told her. Jamie couldn't help but laugh and walk over to her.
"Em hey come here. Listen." Jamie said quietly sitting down on the couch pulling Emmalyn to him. He tilted his head down to look at her.
"Scarlett is too little to know it's not bedtime. She needs a lot of naps yet cause she's so little. When she gets older like you she'll nap like you. But for right now she's going to sleep a lot okay? And we have to be quiet so she can sleep alright?" Jamie explained to her.
"But daddy I want to play with her." She said.
"Oh but she's too little to play with your big girl toys okay? When she's older you'll be able to play with her." He told her. She was in deep thought and then went off to play by herself.
Later that night Jamie got Emmalyn to bed early as she was being a stubborn bratty little girl further into the day. Everyone was exhausted. He went back to his bedroom ready to crash. The lights were off already and Eddie was passed out in bed with Scarlett laying with her nursing. He quietly laid down next to her, kissed them both goodnight and fell asleep.