Canada looked up from his cook book when the loud piercing wails sounded out and he sighed out as he close the book with a thump then turned on his heel walking across the kitchen out into the hall then into the living room where his daughter was laying in her bouncer red faced and shrieking. The girl was screaming so hard that she coughed delicately before continuing with her wailing sobs and her big blue eyes opened when Canada came close and for a one month old she jerked her arms outwards as if reaching for him. Canada reached down unbuckling her straps then pulling Poppy into his arms where he lightly bounced and rocked the baby in his arms as she wailed fiercely but the redness to her face concerned him more than anything. He squatted down laying Poppy out on the floor then reached over for the diaper bag pulling a diaper and package of wipes out then sat down before her with her tiny body between his legs. Ever since her birth, Poppy had never been afraid to voice her displeasure and had never been afraid when it came to being louder than her twin brother who was a very quite baby so far what with his sister seeming to be vocal for the both of them. Canada buttoned the crotch of her onesie and flipped the fabric up out of the way and tugged at the straps of the diaper pulling the wet diaper off of her which immediately seemed to soothe the child for her wailing sobs dissolved into hiccups as her watery blue eyes stared at her mother in awe now. Canada smiled then as he lifted her bottom up and used a few wipes to get her nice and clean then got her diaper on her bottom all while she looed at him with surprise in those blue eyes of hers making Canada giggle quietly.
"Ahh our daughter 'as quite the lungs doesn't she?" Canada looked over his shoulder at France with a smile on his lips then turned back to his daughter snapping the buttons back into place then clinging to his feet, bending down and picking the little girl up into his arms. France then walked closer to Canada, standing inches from him as he reached out touching one of Poppy's red hot cheeks and sighed softly. "My sweet girl, there's no need to kick up such a fuss about a wet diaper you know." The baby whined turning her face from France into her mother's chest making Canada laugh delightedly. "Fine, fine! You're going to be one dramatic girl when you get big aren't you?"
"You know it." Canada replied fondly as he looked down at his daughter who stared up at him with shimmering eyes and he stroked her two toned blonde tufts of hair making her gurgle quietly waving a hand upwards and her long lashes fluttered as she blinked. She was so beautiful that sometimes Canada truly couldn't believe she was his. She was so beautiful, so lovely that often times he found himself gawking open mouthed at the little daughter that he'd carried for nine months. The same went for Henri. The twins were so lovely that often times they resembled dolls with how lovely they were with their pale skin, rosey lips and pink cheeks that Canada was often surprised that he managed to produce such beautiful children. He kissed those tufts of hair happily making the baby whine lightly when Canada turned to France smiling softly. "I was thinking about our wedding. I think that, to be fair to btoh us and others, we should go over the guest list and then we should have the wedding during the summertime. It's easier for everyone that way and it ensures that Austynn will be here for the wedding."
"That does seem quite fair. After all you want Amerique as your best man right? And Angleterre has agreed to be mine some'ow but I'm not questioning it too much! Plus, the twins will be much bigger by that point and we can have little Jolene as our flower girl!" THe two of them had discussed over and over the how's and why's of their wedding, even looping in the opinion of others when they dared to ask which was rare but still the opinions they received allowed them to compile the perfect wedding. Jolene would walk dwon the isle as the flower girl, a job that the girl was anticipating with each passing day, and then there was the next idea that they both shared for they wanted nothing more than for the twins to be apart of the wedding ceremony. So, in order to incorporate the twins, they would have a wagon for the twins to Sit up in and Canada would push them down the isle during the march. "Plus in summer time we can 'ave the wedding outdoors! You wanted the wedding in a meadow area didn't you?"
Canada felt his cheeks flush but he smiled widely as he nodded happily. Canada and France had gone venue hunting together a few wees before the twins were due and they had found a venue area with a perfect stone alter and a grassing expanse of land that would work perfectly for chairs and an isle. It was absolutely magical and exactly what Canada had been looking for when it came to his wedding for he didn't want the union to be in a church like the other Nations had chosen to do. He wanted a beautiful venue that felt magical and special to him and France, something they could remember for centuries from now and still be touched by that magical quality that this venue seemed to spill. "Oui! I loved that venue more than the others and I'm glad we agreed upon it, I really am! Austynn will look so cute as a ring bearer!"
"Of course 'e will! 'e got 'is looks from you after all!" France leaned in kissing Canada's cheek softly and lingering before pecking his lips briefly for Poppy voiced her displeasure at being overcrowded and both parents stepped away from one another with laughs bubblig past their lips. "You know, Amerique is 'oping for another little girl after seeing our Poppy." He smiled widely as he used his finger to stroke her now pink cheek and large blue eyes lifted towards him only for a smile to form on the baby's lips briefly as her little hand reached up grabbing the finger and promptly sticking it into her mouth. "I think when it comes to beauty our little Poppy might give Jolene a run for her money. After all, Poppy does take after you with her features no doubt and she'll look ever so sweet with that two toned blonde hair you both 's so beautiful now that I know that she'll be a stunning little thing."
"She'll be a stunner. Just like Jolene! And Henri is obviously going to take after his brother and be the handsomest little man that we've ever seen!" Canada's affectionate gaze flicked to the other twin who was watching them while chewing on his fingers lazily and France laughed with delight at the sight as he rushed over unbuckling then lifting the violet eyed twin into his arms. He peppered kisses over the boy's face which earned him a quiet giggle from the boy in his arms and France smiled brightly down at the boy who reached up clumsily to tap his father's cheek happily. "Thank you, Francis, for making these cuties with me. I really am happy we managed to have twins even if this one is like a little siren." Poppy looked up at her mother with wide blue eyes as if surprised to be called out in such a manner.
"Of course she is like a siren! Our little girl is very opinionated already and she 'as to let Maman and Papa know about it!" France replied rather jubilantly when he then waled bac over to Canada as the twins eyed one another curiously and France tightened his arms around Henri making him squeak lightly and Canada smiled down at the twins. France tilted his head forward which Canada copied allowing their foreheads to clunk together as they gazed down at the twins adoringly in silence for a few moments before France pulled back with a wide smile on his lips. "But you are welcome for creating these beauties for the pleasure was all mine! Now, 'ow about we put them in their bouncers and play a nice TV show for them while we get dinner done? Would you want some assistance any'ow?"
"Of course I would! But rather than leave the twins alone let's get those baby backpacks." Canada blushed at the use of the term he'd used only in his head but France smiled widely as he rushed from the room with Henri in his arms to grab them from the closet. It had been one of the first things that he and France spent money on once they found out they were having twins and when the Frenchman returned with them dangling from his fingers he laughed lightly as he put Poppy down in her bouncer in order to help France get clips into places before sliding Henri down in the front. His little head poked from the top adorably as it rested against his father's chest and France in turn helped clip the same thing onto Canada who slipped Poppy inside as her wide eyes seemed to grow wider at her clos proximity to her mother and Canada laughed as he poked her nose lightly. "Alright, now let's make some dinner!"
"After you, mon cheri!" France swept his arms in a rather dramatic manner towards the doorway making Canada giggle as he waled forward with a hand on the baby carrier and it made him giggle once again for he'd once waled with his hand on his large belly. There hadn't been one moment when there wasn't a hand on his large belly whether it had been his, France's or Austynn's but he somewhat missed the sensations of the twins kicking at him late in the night. Though he loved his lovely twins in his arms, he just missed the sensations of the twins beating at him from the inside out but as he kissed those tufts of two toned blonde hair Canada knew he wouldn't trade them for the world. He smiled as he waled through the doorway with France close behind him and he couldn't help but feel lie one of the most luckiest people in the world with his beautiful elder son, a sweet and caring fiancee and two beautiful twins. He really did have it all.
Life went on it's little ways and with life came the realities of missing Austynn. When France had flown out with the boy by his side he knew that Austynn wished his mother figure to be there but due to the twins being too young to travel it had been up to France to bring Austynn to the World Academy. Of course when he had brought him it had been a water wors occasion as France had never imagined he'd live to see the day where he not only had a son he adored but had that son attend the very same school that he himself had attended for the longest time. When he had walked Austynn to his room he had been delighted to find that he was sharing a room with Cristiano but there hadn't been much joy when it came time for France to leave and it had once again been met with tears. The sight of his son in his uniform had been heartwarming and touching but it had also been sad at the same time for the boy was growing up and France felt like he were stumbling paces behind trying to catch up with his son's development. There was one thing he hadn't accounted for when Austynn left and that was just how QUIET it could be without the boy running around upstairs or even downstairs chattering with his mother while he baked and even pestering France in his study while he did paperwork. Austynn had been a force to reckon with although quieter in his behaviors than his cousin Liam there was just a hole missing in his chest that had gone with their son to the World Academy while both parents were left to grieve over his absence.
Poor Canada hardly had time to feel that absence due to the twins taking up much of his time but that night at dinner the two Nations had laughed and even shed a few tears of Austynn with promises to video call him the next morning to see how he was adapting. Of course it had only been a few weeks since he left so there was a chance it was all still very new to him but the thought of him surrounded by other National children made the parents curious as to just who he was meeting. After a few glasses of wine, a bottle for the twins each, everyone had retired for the night to their beds to drop off into a soundless sleep that was shared by all. At least until a piercing shrie erupted in the night making France jerk from his peaceful dream only to groan at the numbers glowing at him from the alarm clock and it was the echoed groan next to him that inspired him to push out of the bed with the blankets clinging to his legs and he kicked them away with a mumble to the Canadian and stumbled out of the bedroom to the room next door where the screaming originated from. He flicked the light on to find one baby screaming their tiny lungs out and the other baby whimpering softly to themself and France yawned then sighed as he walked over to the light pink bassinet where Poppy was. She had tears running down her temples, her cheeks a fierce red from the intensity of her crying and her little hands were curled into fists against her chest as she wailed as powerfully as she possibly could before opening those big blue eyes of hers to gaze up at her father. She cried out flailing her legs fiercely against the bassinets mattress and he reached in scooping the one month old to his chest then turned towards the changing table with the now whimpering girl in his arms.
He unzipped her pajama onesie and pulled her legs out then pulled on the straps of her diaper with a soft ripping sound and the diaper fell open as the girl whimpered while wriggling her legs causing France to tap her nose sleepily. "My, my what a screamer I have. Although I cannot blame you for screaming because I too would scream if I were trapped in a diaper with my own poop. Can't be too comfortable." He reached underneath into the side pouch pulling wipes out and be threw the soiled diaper in the little trashcan then began to clean up his daughter's bottom while humming softly to soothe the whimpering girl and he smiled when her toes wriggled in his grip as he finished cleaning her bottom. He threw the last wipe away then reached for a fresh diaper and laid her bottom down on it and folded it upwards covering her up and grabbing the velcro straps he got them in place then tickled her tummy making her wriggle. "There we are! All done! Now it's time for you to go back to sleep so Papa and Maman can have some more sleep!"
The baby girl blinked those wide eyes at him, long lashes fluttering softly, and he grabbed a pacifier from the changing table popping it into Poppy's mouth which she automatically suckled wildly as France carried her back to her bassinet. Her eyelashes were drooping already as she continued suckling wildly at her pacifier but France smiled as he left her to her own devices and turned to his son who was beginning to cry out insistently. He reached into the blue bassinet tugging the boy out into his arms and the violet eyed baby stared up at his father with large tears resting on his blonde lashes which tugged quite viciously at France's heart as he walked bac to the changing table. At least this twin was a mere wetting and was quite easy to change the soggy diaper rather quickly and had the boy suckling on his own pacifier in mere minutes. When he laid Henri down into his bassinet he felt his heart tug in his chest once more as his son stared up at him with those big violet eyes of his and the movement of the pacifier as he sucked at it just added to his rather adorable charms in that moment. He kissed his chubby cheek making the baby whine but after a glance to see Poppy was indeed sleeping he placed a very light kiss on her forehead then crept from the bedroom and shut the light off behind him and shut the door quietly before making his way down the hall to Canada who was shuffling around in the bedroom. Low lamplight spilled into the hallway throuhg the crack in the doorway and France opened the door stepping into the bedroom to find Canada now sitting on the edge of the bed with a yawn on his lips as his glasses flashed in with the lamp light.
"Was it Poppy?" Canada asked tiredly which got him a nod from France and Canada bobbed his head with a large yawn on his lips as he let himself flopp backwards with a loud groan as he stretched his arms above his head and his legs fiercely with a third yawn spilling past his lips. He then slumped against the bed and France walked around the bed to flop down on his stomach with his head closer to Canada's shoulder as the two parents laid there for a moment or two before Canada gathered his words together and forced his lips to move. He turned his head finding France's blue eyes and he smiled softly. "Imagine if Austynn was still here. I think even our kind and considerate son would be going absolutely nuts with how loud Poppy is. I never thought I'd get such a loud daughter in my life but I love her. She's so vocal and has been since her birth. I worry that Henri might feel left out because of how vocal his sister is so we're going to need to give him some extra attention while they're growing up. Not so special though that it feels lie favoritism to the kids."
"Of course not! We wouldn't want them thinking that just because 'enri is a quiet boy that 'e gets extra attention." France replied with a yawn on his lips this time as they rolled towards one another as they curled up on the bed, knees drawing up close to stomachs as the two adults sighed softly. "Poppy is going to be just as demanding and loud as Jolene is. It's a surprise that she's ours and not Amerique's." He paused then smirked widely as he looked at his fiancee. "Did you know that your brother is 'oping for another little girl? Oui, I looked the same way you are looking at me! Your brother is expecting many things with this new baby and 'e is 'oping that the baby will look lie Angleterre and 'e is 'oping it will be another girl." He then sighed reaching up to stroke Canada's cheek softly then feeling lashes tickle his thumb. "Someone 'as to tell that boy that 'e is expecting far too much from a child that's not even 'ere yet."
"I'll tell him next time we talk." Canada murmured softly as he rolled onto his side facing France and opening his eyes lazily to find those amazing, breathtaking blue eyes were leveled on his face as the humb continued stroking his was affection in those eyes and the man was smiling softly at the Canadian Nation making Canada lean forward towards his lips feeling his own parting slightly with a quiet breath of anticipation. France, reading his intentions, leaned in pressing his lips against Canada's and there was such tenderness, such sweetness to the kiss that Canada felt his toes curl against the sheets as he leaned in eagerly searching for more to the kiss. It was an eagerness that made his heart sprint against his chest as France moved into a better position that allowed him to kiss the Canadian deeply and firmly making his heart sprint against his chest in anticipation.
Then Poppy wailed. THe parents broke apart with a sigh but Canada smiled softly as he pushed at France's shoulder making him laugh lightly as the baby continued wailing. "Fine, fine. I will go see what is wrong with our loud girl." France got out with a playful note to his voice as he tapped his finger against his nose in an equally playful movement which caused the Canadian's nose to wrinkle up rather adorably. "You truly are the cuter brother out of you and Amerique. Such a beautiful man you turned out to be that it is little surprise our children are so lovely." He sighed wistfully then while Canada rolled his eyes playfully but rolled on the bed popping up on his hands and knees crawling underneath the blanket while France smiled lovingly at his fiancee. He truly did love his small family and come summer time they'd be husbands. France just coudln't wait for summer.