4 MONTHS LATER
"Wake up mommy's beauty" Gabriella whispered in her daughter's ear as she was squirming to wake up in her crib.
Gracelyn eyes began to flutter open as she heard her mother's sweet voice.
"Hey baby, happy birthday!" Gabriella exclaimed as her daughter looked at her and smiled flashing six teeth.
"Are you ready for your party?" She lifted her baby from her crib and thrown her onto her right hip. "I can't believe it's been a while year since I gave birth to you" Gabriella couldn't help but to reminisce on the day she became a mother.
"Ready to see daddy? He's downstairs decorating for your big day" Gabriella said. Gracelyn clapped her little hands together as if she knew exactly what her mom was saying.
Gabriella walked out of Gracelyn's room, down the hall and down the stairs where she saw her muscular fiancé hanging up a Minnie Mouse first birthday banner that read 'happy 1st birthday Gracie' the whole house was pretty much full of Minnie Mouse everywhere. Minnie balloons that nearly covered the ceiling as well as a six foot minnie balloon presents everywhere (just from Troy and Gabriella) but they were expecting more of course. Minnie Mouse napkins and plates, a table Full of food and a table full of sweets, candy, Minnie cake pops, cupcakes and brownies, Minnie Mouse designed dipped marshmallows, and Minnie rice crispy treats, and the huge Minnie three tier cake with an edible huge Minnie ears with a bow on the top tier, white polka dots on the second pink bow on the top layer.
"Hey ladies" Troy greeted them blowing up a few balloons and releasing them to the ceiling and walking up to his baby and fiancé "Hey little girl, happy birthday!"
Gracelyn smiled and read out for her dad to hold her. Troy grabbed her and gave her a soft kiss to her chubby cheek. "You came into our lives exactly one year ago"
"Yes! And knew nothing about a baby at sixteen" Gabriella laughed "And Oh my God, Troy you're doing a great job down here" Gabriella smiled at her all pink and white Minnie Mouse themed living room and kitchen.
Troy put their now twelve month old on her feet to wander around. "Gracie please don't touch a thing" he told her as she ran off as fast as her little chubby legs will allow her.
Troy walked closer to Gabriella and put his hands on her hips and pulled her to his pelvis.
"What do you want Troy?" Gabriella said jokingly while looking into his crystal blue eyes.
"Our baby is a toddler now" he stated jokingly "let's make another one"
"I know your ass is crazy" she laughed removing his hands off of her hips and taking a step back.
"Okay you need time? How's tomorrow sound?" He asked slapping her ass hard.
"Ow!!" She screamed "damn asshole"
"You'll love me later" she said cockily. "I picked up her birthday shoes this morning too"
"You're awesome" Gabriella clapped "I'm gonna get her dressed in a little bit"
"Anything for the best girls in my life" he smiled.
"Well we appreciate you" Gabriella said stepping closer again,wrapping her arms around his neck and stood on her tip toes to plant a kiss on his lips and trailing a little down his neck.
"Gabriella get the hell off of me if you ain't trying to be giving up no ass in the next ten minutes" he told her laughing.
"Oh okay then nevermind" she concurred and backed away "where is that little one? Gotta catch up to her before she get into something" Gabriella ran off to find her toddler about to put her little hands in the toilet.
"Freeze birthday girl" Gabriella startled her as she came all the way into the bathroom "I knew you had to be doing something you had no business doing"
She scooped up the toddler and closed the toilet lid. Gracelyn began to whine because she wanted to get down.
"Oh you'll be fine, come on" Gabriella told her as she wakes out of the bathroom and back into the living room
And sat on the couch and of course Gracelyn instantly went for Gabriella's left breast while whining still.
"Where was she?" Troy laughed.
"About to dig her hands in the toilet and tries to give me issues when I took her away" Gabriella claimed then turned to the baby who was trying to get under Gabriella's shirt. "Gracie, you're going to nurse for a little bit your party starts in one hour"
"I can't believe She's not weaned yet" Troy told her filling a few more balloons with helium.
"You know she runs my life" Gabriella sighed and put Gracelyn in her lap and removed her left breast and let Gracelyn do the rest at accessing it to her own mouth as Gabriella shook her head.
Troy laughed.
"Troy this is isn't funny" Gabriella told him flicking him off.
"Actually it is" he said continuing his chuckle.
1 HOUR LATER
The party has started the music was on, the games were being played babies and kids were all over the place, Gracelyn's cousins from Troy and Gabriella's side of the family, some of the alumni from East high that had children of their own. Everyone was having a good time with a bunch of laugher, it was like a family reunion.
"Here's the birthday girl" Gabriella introduced her baby in a game show tone of voice to all the party's guests.
The room was full of awes as they saw Gracelyn in her pink and white fluffy Minnie Mouse tutu with a Minnie and a "1" on the front of her white shirt with two pigtails holding her shoulder length curls with matching Minnie converse sneakers.
"Hey baby!" Kelsi swooned as she picked up baby Gracelyn. "You are absolutely adorable!"
Then Kelsi and Gabriella shared a hug on the spot and caught up for a little while with a bit of conversation
Gracelyn was getting passed around from arm to arm as she did the day she was born.
The house was full of guests, some inside lots outside where there were more games, food and face painting with a bounce house.
Troy walked in the house where Gabriella, Kelsi and Sharpay was having a convo with Gracelyn on Sharpay's lap playing peek a boo.
"Hey baby, bring Gracie outside I have a surprise for her out there" Troy said walking up the girls.
"Okay, this day was full of surprises I might as well" Gabriella smiled and stood up with her friends right behind her carrying Gracelyn.
As Troy led the semi large group outside and told them to stay put as he walked to the side of their house and reappeared holding the reins of a white pony with pink mane and a unicorn horn strapped on its head.
The whole backyard was full of applause, oohs and ahhs
"Troy you really outdone yourself for your babygirl" Gabriella smiled taking her daughter from Sharpay's extended arms.
"Nothing is too good for my baby" Troy told her now taking Gracelyn from Gabriella and pecking her on the lips and kissing his daughter on the cheek "we got the pony for five hours so all the little kiddos can ride"
"You're the best man I swear" Gabriella blushed.
"Enough to gimme some ass tonight right?"he flirtatiously said with wink.
"Just gross" Taylor laughed shaking her head.
"Get out of my face" Gabriella laughed mushing his temple with her pointer finger.
"Alright princess, you're ready?" Troy asked his daughter while walking her over to the pony "her name is buttercup"
Gabriella wasn't too far behind him to pet the pony before they loaded the birthday girl on the saddle with Gabriella right beside her supporting her while Troy grabbed the reins and slowly walked the pony around the backyard.
Gracelyn's party was a huge success between decorations, family, friends, presents, food and cake, they've taken a lot of pictures of this special family moment of their daughter's first birthday.
After everyone went home after helping Troy and Gabriella clean up their big house full of party supplies and gotten their hugs and kisses, Troy and Gabriella was now putting their now one year old daughter to bed. She had fallen asleep on Troy's shoulder some time prior to getting put down in her crib.
"She really worn herself out today" Gabriella said softly coming into Gracelyn's room and walking over to her crib where Troy already stood admiring his daughter.
"Yes she have" he replied "I'm glad everything worked out perfectly from start to finish"
"Yeah..she really have the nest daddy in the whole world"Gabriella complimented him wrapping her arm around his waist and laying her head on his shoulder.
"I learned from the best mommy in the world" he said kissing her forehead
Gracelyn began to squirm in her crib at the sound of both her parents voices.
"You're so in love with her. I love it" Gabriella smiled looking him in his eyes.
"Yep, Ever since the day she was born" he said "her beauty still amazes me and the fact that we made it one whole year as teen parents as of today"
"I'd say we're doing a damn good job" Gabriella smiled.
"Hell yeah!" Troy said a little louder than his normal voice. "Well we have enough pictures of this day we can look back on later"
"Yeah" she said in a very dry tone.
"What's wrong,Gab?" He asked turning not face her.
Gabriella just put her hands on the railing of the crib and looked at her sleeping daughter and shook her head.
"It's just..."she started "I can't believe I'm eighteen raising a little girl that just came into our lives exactly one year ago, she's changed our lives forever Troy, every step we make we have to think about her now"
"I know. I think about that all the time. But like you said, we're doing a damn good job" he smiled "there's gonna be ups, downs, happy and sad moments but it's nothing we can't handle"
"You're right"
"Now come on..let's go practice for the next" he joked turning to leave the leave the room.
"Shitting me" Gabriella said sternly "Gabriella Montez is not having another baby"
"No, but Gabriella Bolton will" be smiled.
"I'm sleeping on the couch" she laughed as he chased her to the living room where they eventually had a love making session in front of the fireplace.