Chapter 11: Celebrations.

Christian PoV

Finally yesterday we told the family about the baby, now that everyone knows everything will change.

Last night Mia couldn't stop screaming that she was going to be an aunt and that she has to go shopping for his nephew because she thinks it's a boy, my mom and Carla said that it will be a boy too, they said something about how Ana looks like and for the way of the develop of Ana's belly, I guess is something that mothers know.

This morning Mia call Ana and start screaming through the phone that they should go shopping today, Ana explain to Mia that we didn't buy anything to the baby yet, so after we buy a few thing she will love to buy things for the baby, we are seeing new items for the new house, we haven't been there for a while but Elliot says that it won't take long until its completely finish, we will be visiting the house on Sunday afternoon, with Ana's parents, we have to decide which color we want for the baby's room so we can tell Elliot and he can have his team painting the room because I don't want Ana doing it because I read it could be harmful for her and the baby. The rest of the decoration can be made by us but not the painting part.

I think that we will pick a neutral color unless we wait until we know the sex of the baby in the next appointment maybe we will know but as it's not sure. Dr. Greene told us that in the 5 month scan we will know if we are having a boy or girl so maybe the best thing to do is to pick a neutral color.

Last week I have a meeting in the center of the town and when I was returning to the office with Taylor we pass next to a baby shop, I saw a beautiful baby outfit that I couldn't resist so I have to buy it, I haven't given it to Ana yet, I was waiting that we could tell the family the news so then I could give her the this little outfit that I bought.

Talking about presents, on Monday it's my dad's birthday and I don't know what I'm going to give him for his birthday so this afternoon Ana and I are going to go shopping, Ana told her mom that she could join us but she said that she prefers to stay at the apartment to be with Ray so he doesn't stay alone. I think is really good that even if they hadn't been together for a long time that they get on well specially for Ana, I know she loves Ray as if he was her blood father and she loves her mom too, even if sometimes she put her husband's first. I think that for every child is important that their parents have a good relationship whether they are together or not.

I have worked in some contracts almost all morning now I look at the clock and see that it is 11:30 so I go out of my office and start looking for Ana to see what we are going to have for lunch.

"Ana?" I yell once I'm out of the office.

I didn't get an answer so I go to the library; nothing, bedroom; nothing, kitchen; nothing, the last place that I check is the TV room, there she is with her mom watching Titanic with a bowl of strawberry cover in chocolate and another bowl with cream.

I walk around the couch and sit next to Ana she doesn't notice that I'm here yet; I sit next to her and kiss her cheek and that it when she notices that I'm there.

"When do you come?" she asks without taking her eyes of the TV.

"Two minutes ago, I was looking you, I call you and you didn't answer so I had to check every room until I come here and find you" I say to her as I grab a strawberry from the bowl.

The film is almost finishing, the ship is starting to sink I can see that Carla is about to start crying and I know that Ana will be doing the same any time.

"I didn't hear you I'm so concentrated on the movie" she says grabbing a strawberry and put in the bowl with cream. "Why were you calling me?"

"Because it's almost midday and I wanted to know what you want to do" I put my arm around her back and she put her head in my shoulder.

"Oh I didn't know that the time passes so fast, I think that my mom and I are going to do some chicken and salad, we will start cooking when the movie finish"

"Good, then I'm going to the gym, if you need anything just call me, I will go with Taylor but Sawyer, Ryan and Reynolds are in the security room, and Gail is in her room too so if you need anything just call me or one of them."

"Okay" she says more interested in the movie.

"I love you" I say to her as I kiss her head.

"Hmmm" she answers me, obviously not paying attention at what I'm saying.

When I come back to the apartment an hour later, I can smell the food, I go to the kitchen and there they are Carla and my beautiful wife cooking and listening music, I make my way towards her and I now that she can see me through the corner of her eyes because she smiles. Once I'm next to her I kiss her hair

"Hi, the smell of the food is great" I say to her.

"Yes, the food yes, but you not, you are sweaty and smelly" she smiles continuing with the vegetables.

"I know I'm going to take a shower" I give her one last kiss and then go to our bathroom to have a shower.

When I finish, lunch is not ready yet so I go to the TV room where Ray is watching something. I ask him how is he dealing with the healing of his injuries, he says that he is a lot better, he doesn't have any cast left and is almost able to walk normally, but he is doing physiotherapy for his ankle, so his able to walk around the apartment without problem. I'm so grateful that he is better, I know that this makes Ana be more relax, as she doesn't have to worry about her dads health but she stills worries.

A couple of days ago Ana and I were talking and we both agreed that now that Ana is pregnant we want Ray to be close to the baby and not far away from Ana and the baby, besides I don't think that it's good for him to be living alone in another city, I know that Ana doesn't see Ray as her step-father, she sees him as her only father, the same I fell with my parents, Grace and Carrick, so we were thinking that maybe we could convince him to move to Seattle so he can be near his grandchild and the rest of the family, I know it would be hard to convince him because he is really stubborn as well as his beautiful daughter, but there is no need for him to leave alone, he can perfectly live with us in the new house or we can buy him a house for him near whatever he wants we will make that happen, that is another task to add to the list of talks that we have to have before the baby arrives.

Lunch was delicious; Ana is a great cooker she enjoys cooking so it is easier to her to cook because she is willing to do it, if she didn't enjoy it she wouldn't have to do it we could easily have someone to cook for us during the weekends when Gail isn't working, but more than once she has told me to give Gail and Jason to the night off so she can cook, which I usually don't approve but as always Ana makes me do the most unbelievable things, she has some powerful magic over me that makes me do anything for her.

I'm absolutely enchant with her, I had never loved someone the way I do, I never thought that I could love someone the way I love her, but that was because I thought that I didn't have a heart which Ana show me that I do have. Ana has made a lot of things for me, she makes me be a better man, the man she deserves, the future father that our child diverse, the son that my parents deserve and the brother that my siblings deserve.

Ana PoV

I'm so tired, Christian and I have a long afternoon, after lunch we went shopping some presents for Carrick because on Monday is his birthday, we spend a lot of time shopping, Christian couldn't decide what he wants to buy his dad, he says that Andrea is the one who always buy presents, I told him that he couldn't continue doing that and that from now on we will buy all the presents, for birthdays and then for Christmas.

None of us could decide what we wanted to buy to Carrick, he has almost everything, so finally when we were able to decide, and we opt for buy to him a watch and a new fishing kit. When we were buying the watch I saw a pair of beautiful earrings which have a beautiful pink oval diamond surrounded by little white diamonds, Christian saw me watching them and insist on buying them, I'm glad he buy me those and nothing too exuberant.

between our shopping trip Christian and I went to have an afternoon snack, we went to a little coffee shop and spent some time together chatting and drinking our coffees I never was such a big fan of coffee but apparently being pregnant makes me want to drink coffee, at the beginning of the pregnancy I couldn't stand the smell of the coffee but now it seems as the baby accepted and wants some coffee too so I had a Latte which is the one that Hannah makes for me at the office. When we finish shopping we buy pizza and ice cream and then went to the apartment, we spent the night watching some movies with my mom and dad, in the middle of the second movie I was beginning to fall asleep so Christian and I decide to go to bed, but my mom and dad stay to finish watching the movie.

Now here I'm in the bed waiting for husband to join me, when he comes to bed, he settle himself behind me wrapping his arms around me with his hand resting on my little baby bump, and his legs intertwine with mine.

My baby bump is very small it's like if a had eat a lot and now I'm swollen, my mom told me that you can see the baby bump because I'm too skinny and my belly was flat but it isn't anymore, she told me that when I was in her belly she start showing at almost 4 and a half month and that I was a small baby, apparently mine is not going to be a small baby taking into account our last visit to Dr. Greene. But anyway you can see that it is a pregnant belly.

Now that I'm with my husband I can sleep really peacefully.

Monday Carrick's birthday.

Today I had to leave work earlier so I could come home and take a shower before going to my In-laws house to have a birthday dinner, I already finish my shower and now I'm applying some body lotion, which my mom and I buy yesterday, we went shopping and she recommend me some lotions for my body so my belly won't end with stretch mark because of the pregnancy, these one is the same that she used when she was pregnant and it result so she told me I had to used it to prevent them and the best is to start using it early.

As my clothes still fit me I will be wearing my grey skirt, with a white blouse and white shoes, the watch Christian gave me on our honeymoon, the pair of delicate earrings which Christian bought me yesterday, my bracelet, some naturals waves and no makeup. There is no need to go too classy because it is a family dinner, with only close family.

I'm in only my underwear, when the door of the bedroom flies open.

"Baby, are you… ready?" Christian asks pausing when he sees what I'm wearing.

"Almost" I say to him reaching for my shoes. Instantly he comes towards me wrapping his arms around me.

"Your skin is so soft and it smells amazing what is it?" he ask rubbing his hand up and down my back.

"It's a new lotion, to prevent stretch marks and it smells like coconut" I tell him looking up to him.

"It smells divine!" he says kissing my neck.

As my mom and dad are coming with us Christian and I are in the SUV with Sawyer, while my mom and dad are in the other one with Reynolds and Ryan. I convinced Christian to give Taylor and Mrs. Jones the night off, Christian wasn't too happy about this but I tell him that once in a while he should give them time to be together.

When we arrive at Bellevue the rest of the family is already here, so we are the last one on arrive. When we are finally inside we notice that Lance and Janine Grace and Carrick's' friends, the ones I met at the mask ball a couple of months ago. Graces' parents are also here.

Everyone meet us very excited to see us even if we saw them on Friday. Grace asks me how I have been, how I start this second part of the pregnancy and how is work doing.

"Ana sweetie how lovely to see you again. How are you three doing?" Carrick tells me as he hugs me.

"Hi, Carrick happy birthday, the three of us are perfectly fine" I say to him returning his hug.

Once we finish with greeting Grace and Carrick we make our way to the living room where Elliot, Kate, Mia, Ethan, the Kavanagh, the grandparents and Lance and Janine. After we say our Hellos, everyone start asking about the baby and telling us their congratulations.

Today is only a family dinner and on Saturday there will be a party with friends and work colleagues, full of doctors, lawyers and the wealthy people of Seattle. I'm sure the party will be amazing as the fundraiser of "Coping Together" and our wedding, Grace and Mia are great organizing parties.

As Christian and I don't want the people outside our close family to know about the baby I will have to look for a dress that isn't too tight and don't show my little baby bump, we don't want a stranger telling the press that we are expecting a baby and then deal with them following us all over Seattle to get a picture of us. They already know that we are going to move to a house and they are trying to get information about it, which stress Christian last week when the newspaper put an article about us and the new house.

"Are we still going to have lunch on Wednesday?" Kate asks me coming to sit next to me on the couch.

"Yes, have arranged to take the afternoon off of work so I will be all yours after lunch" I say to her.

"Perfect, because Elliot and I talk about some possible dates for our wedding. After lunch we can go shopping for Saturday's party, I don't know what I'm going to wear yet"

"Yes I don't know either, I need a dress that is looser than the ones I already have"

"Why? The dresses that I have seen were really good I'm sure they still fit. By the way you look gorgeous today with your little belly"

"Yes, they still fit but its obvious that I'm not fat and that I'm pregnant and as we don't want to the press to know I don't want to be showing my belly everywhere, for example at work nobody know yet I tried to hide it the most I can, until we may public that we are expecting a baby" I tell her.

Soon we are told that dinner is ready. Gretchen is a really good cooker and the food was delicious. The cake and dessert were made by Mia.

Soon after eating the cake we leave because tomorrow everyone has to work.

I'm so sorry for the delay! I said I was going to updated on Saturday, and today is Wednesday, but I was busy with friends day on Saturday and my boyfriends birthday yesterday and in addition this last two weeks I have been soooo lazy!

I was planning on make this chapter longer but my friends call me and told me that tonight we have girls night and we are going to have dinner together and I don't want to leave you waiting for another day so when I come back home after dinner I will start writing the next chapter which will include; the lunch with Kate and Mia, Mia's birthday, the new sonogram, the visit to the house and maybe a surprise visit from Jose.

I hope that this new chapter will be finish by Saturday.

I know this one is not one of my best chapter but is all I can do for now, I will try to make the next one better, I don't have time to check this one so sorry for the spelling mistakes.

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