Chapter 11

As the weeks passed, Stephanie was placed on bed rest as to not go into premature labor. Matt tried his best to get things done around the house so that everything was ready for the birth of the babies. Stephanie was just worried that she would either have to have a c-section or that the babies would be really small when they were born.

That summer was extremely hot and Matt had to go out and buy extra fans to keep Stephanie and Brendon cool. As their due date approached, Stephanie's doctor made home visits so that she wouldn't have to travel in the heat.

Stephanie was about 34 weeks along when she started having some minor contraction like pain. Her doctor confirmed that she was starting to dilate and that there was a possibility that the babies could come early. Stephanie and Matt made all the arrangements for Jeff and Beth to watch Brendon when they go in to have the babies.

"Matt!" Stephanie yelled from their master bedroom.

"What's wrong?" Matt asked as he ran into the room.

"I think my water just broke." Stephanie answered.

"Ok. Let me call Jeff and Beth and we'll go to the hospital." Matt responded.

Once Jeff and Beth arrived at the house with Skye in tow, Matt took Stephanie to the hospital. Once they were settled into a room, Stephanie was examined and sure enough, her water had broke and she was in active labor. The doctor determined that she was already 6 centimeters dilated.

"You are going to have these babies tonight. So Dad, don't go to far." The doctor stated.

Soon the room was filled with nurses and baby beds as well as incubators just in case. Once Stephanie hit 10 centimeters she was moved into position and started to push with Matt's help. The nurses helped by counting as Matt encouraged Stephanie.

"Steph, you can do this. A few more pushes and the first baby will be here." Matt told her as she nodded.

"Push, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,stop." the nurse stated. "One more big push and the baby will be here."

"I'm tired." Stephanie stated.

"Don't quit on us now. You have three babies to deliver." the doctor responded.

"Push, 2,3,4,5,6, stop." the nurse stated.

"It's a girl." The doctor stated as she passed the baby off to one of the nurses so she could deliver the second baby.

Stephanie pushed for another 5 minutes and finally baby number 2 arrived.

"It's a girl." The doctor stated. "One more to go."

"You are doing great honey. Just a few more pushes and our son will be here." Matt stated.

"Let's do this." Stephanie responded as she started to push again.

"It's a boy!" The doctor stated a few minutes later.

Once Stephanie was cleaned up and moved into recovery, the babies were brought in. The nurse placed two babies in Stephanie's arms and one in Matt's arms. Once the nurse left the room it was time to give the babies names.

"The first baby girl is Jade Morgan, the second girl is Kimberly Rose and our little guy is Tyler Moore." Stephanie stated.

"Perfect just like their mommy." Matt responded.

"I love you, Matt." Stephanie stated.

"I love you too." Matt responded as they shared a kiss.

Matt managed to take pictures of the babies and sent them to Jeff and Gilbert with their names and birth info. Jade weighed 5lbs 5ozs and was 19 inches long, Kimberly weighed 5lbs 4ozs and was 19 inches long, and Tyler weighed 5lbs 6ozs and was 20 inches long.

Stephanie and the babies were released a few days later. Gilbert had moved into the house temporarily to help out with the babies. Brendon took very well to his new brother and sisters. Stephanie and Matt couldn't have been happier with their family, but there was just one more thing they needed to do before their family was complete.