A/N- Again I'm so amazed with all the positive feedback! So I shall reward you with this chapter :) y'all deserve it, seriously! So I know there's a user that likes the slower build, I'm really trying not to rush too much, but I'm sure all y'all are getting excited for the baby to arrive! I also have plans for this story so moving it faster a little bit will be necessary, only because I don't wanna drag it out to meet the baby in like chapter 30 lol hope that explained where i'm at for this. Thank you for the comment! Also, the name of baby Halstead is to be revealed this chapter ;) Only because you all seem so eager :)
*1 month later*
"Jay!" Erin screams, upon que he runs into the nursery.
"What? What's wrong? Are you okay?" Jay asks frantically.
"Where the hell did you put the baby monitors! I just set them on the changing table yesterday!" Erin scoffs as she rummages through a plastic bag, they had gone shopping at babies 'r' us to pick up a baby monitor and a few other necessities just the other day.
"Erin, I set it up already, look" Jay pointed to the window sil next to the crib where the baby monitor was all set up.
"Aww thanks Jay, such a doll" Erin kisses him and hugs him, her belly creating some space between them.
"Jay I think I have an idea, for a name"
"Oh? Tell me" Erin smiles before sighing and saying:
"Emi" Erin says nervously, hoping Jay would like it.
"Is it short for something or?"
"Emilyn, it's short for Emilyn" Erin says.
"I love it, I've got an idea for a middle name, try not to freak out if you hate it" Jay nervously looks at Erin.
"Spit it out, I wanna hear!"
"Kinsley, I don't know I just liked it when I saw it. If you don't like it that's fine, It's just an idea" Jay says quickly.
"Emilyn Kinsley Halstead... I think I like it, what do you think?" Erin says quietly at first but says it louder towards the end.
"I love it" Jay kisses her again, Erin's hands rest on each side of his face and deepens the kiss.
"I love you Jay, and I can never thank you enough for giving me the biggest blessing in my entire life. I mean it when I say I love you, I love you Jay Halstead." Erin smiles, Jay smiled even wider and hugs her tightly, he feels a little movement on his stomach coming from Erin's stomach.
"Emi kicked" Erin says happily, her hands immediately pressing Jay's hands to her belly, hers rest over his.
"Erin"
"Hm?" Erin looks up at Jay when he says her name.
"I love you, more than you'll ever know" Jay kisses her passionately, their foreheads rest against each other.
"I can't wait to meet her Jay" Erin says, a small tear falling from her hazel eyes.
"I bet i'm more excited than you" Jay teases.
"Oh yeah? I'm excited to not have to carry around a baby in my stomach and instead get to carry a baby in my arms, I bet I'm more excited. Try me Halstead" Jay laughs and walks over to the dresser, they had only one drawer full from the clothes given to them by Burgess. He smiles to himself, tomorrow would be when they turn the entire intelligence unit into a location for a baby shower, every Uni, Sargeant, detective and families of the cops would be there. Jay had a feeling by the time tomorrow was over there would be more baby stuff than they could house in their apartment, although they do have a good sized closet.
"Don't forget about signing those papers tomorrow, I'd hate for there to be a mistake with your whole deal with taking time off" Jay reminds Erin, trying not to be obvious.
"For the millionth time Jay, I know, I'll be there. Jeez." Erin heads into the kitchen leaving Jay to himself in the nursery. He spots the letters on the dresser and picks out the proper letters to spell out 'Emilyn.'
"Erin can I put the letters up? Or do you need to approve first?" Jay yells out to Erin.
"Surprise me!" Erin yells back.
"I'm gonna take a nap, wake me up if anyone calls my cell, it's charging on the counter!" Erin adds.
"Alright, I might head to the store though." Jay replies. He doesn't hear a response so he heads into the bedroom, Erin was already out cold on the bed, laying on her back with her hand on her belly.
"Sleep tight Erin." Jay pulls a fleech blanket over her and heads back into the nursery.
Jay sticks the purple and blue letters on the wall near Emi's crib, he thinks of an idea, and he immediately grabs the keys and heads out to Ace Hardware.
"Hi I need to speak to someone about personalized wall lettering?" Jay asks an employee.
"Okay I can help you with that, follow me" Jay nods and follows the older woman. She shows him to a computer and printer hooked up to it, apparently you created your sticker on the computer and print it out.
Jay creates the sticker, prints it out then pays for it up front. He then makes his way home and sneaks into the apartment, Erin is still sound asleep in the bedroom. Jay heads into the nursery and takes the sticker out, he removes the white back off so that the sticky side was uncovered, he carefully places it on the wall and smoothes it out.
"First we had each other, Then we had you, Now we have everything" Is what the sticker read. The letters were a fancy cursive and curly tails on some of the letters, the letters were black on a clear background, it made it look like just the black lettering was on the wall, not clear part. Jay smiled, it looked great and now all he wanted was for Erin to see it.
A/N- So there you have it! Emi (em-ee) is her name! It was a hard decision but I like the name alot and wanted to use it! and as for Kinsley, I wanted something unique and not girly, thus her middle name being Kinsley lol. And I don't know if they have such things as sticker printers in a hardware store but it's a fanfiction so use your imagination ;) As requested, I put more Linstead. Please leave feedback! Also, I'm super excited to write the baby shower! Baby Emi will arrive either 2 or 3 more chapters, haven't decided :) Again, Comments give me inspiration! please comment lovelies!