Eight weeks later
Teo jumped onto the bed and woke me up abruptly. I groaned and rubbed my eyes.
"Teo don't jump on mommy." Mark warned. Teo sighed.
"Sorry mommy, I forgot about the babies." Teo said staring down at his hands. I smiled and ruffled his hair.
"It's okay mi hijo." I told him. He smiled.
"How are babies?" He asked. I smiled and rubbed my stomach.
"They're good. Would you like to say good morning?" I asked. Teo nodded and put his face close to my baby bump.
"Hola babies." He said grinning. Mark smiled.
"Come on squirt, I'm guessing you want some breakfast?" Mark asked scooping Teo up and tickling his stomach. Teo shrieked with joy. I smiled. Today we had an appointment with Addison to find out the sexes and we had decided to let Teo go with us. I climbed out of bed and went to go get a shower. The hot water felt amazing on my sore aching back. I was only sixteen weeks but already my back hurt constantly. After soaking for a good ten minutes, I dried my hair. I was pulling my scrub parents on when I felt the babies move. It felt a bit like one of them had the hiccups. I grinned and pulled my scrub top on. I walked into the kitchen and found Teo chomping away on pancakes. Mark smiled when he saw me and wrapped me in a hug. I smiled and kissed him on the lips.
"They moved." I whispered. He smiled.
"That's awesome, hey Cal." He whispered in my ear. I laughed.
"What?" I whispered.
"Your breasts are huge." He whispered. I smiled and slapped his arm playfully.
"Mark!" I gasped. Mark grinned and wiggled his eyebrows. I laughed.
"You are such a teenager sometimes." I giggled. He smiled.
"You're amazing Callie, you know that right?" He asked. I smiled.
"I try." I smirked and flipped my hair over my shoulder.
"Look mommy!" Teo boasted. I looked over at him, he had finished his pancakes.
"Good job hijo." I told him and picked up his plate. Mark took it from me and started washing it. Teo hopped down from his chair.
"Can I go play?" Teo asked. I shook my head.
"Not right not hijo. Why don't you watch some cartoons? We have to leave soon." I told him. He nodded and went into the living room. Mark placed Teo's dish in the dishwasher and then wrapped his arms around me from behind. He rubbed his hands over my bump.
"I hope we get girls." Mark told me. I glanced at him funny.
"Really?" I asked. He nodded.
"Teo's amazing, but I want a little you." He told me. I smiled and kissed him. I glanced at the clock.
"We need to go." I sighed. Mark nodded and pulled away. Teo was sitting on the couch watching Scooby Do when we walked into the room. He smiled.
"Ready to go see babies?" Teo asked. I nodded. He hopped down off the couch and ran to put his shoes on. When we got to the hospital Addison was waiting for us in the lobby. She smiled and knelt down next to Teo.
"How's it going Teo?" She asked.
"Good. I want to see babies." He told Addison matter-of-factly. She smiled and held out her hand for him.
"Let's go then." She told him. He smiled and took Addison's hand. I laid down on the exam table and lifted my shirt up. Addison squirted the gel onto my abdomen and moved the wand around until she got a good view of the twins.
"Babies?" Teo asked when she pointed out the two fetuses to him. She nodded.
"Yes, there's baby A, and baby B." She told him pointing to each one. "Do you want to know the sexes?" Addison asked us. Mark and I nodded.
"We do." I told her. Addison nodded.
"Well it looks like Baby A is a little girl, and Baby B is a little boy." Addison told us. Teo smiled.
"I'll have baby brother to play with." He said excitedly. Addison smiled.
"Come on Teo, mommy has to have some tests done now, how about we go get some ice cream?" Mark suggested. Teo nodded and took Mark's hand. They walked out of the room together. Addison handed me a paper towel and cleaned the gel off my abdomen.
"Now for the un fun part." Addison said. I laughed. She pulled out a syringe and took my blood. My blood tests came back normal so I went to go find Teo and Mark. I found them in the cafeteria enjoying an ice cream come. Teo smiled up at me. He had a ring of chocolate around his mouth. I giggled.
"How did everything go?" Mark asked. I smiled.
"Everything's perfectly normal and they are right on track as far as growth and development." I told him. Mark smiled.
"That's good. What time is Teo's appointment?" He asked. I checked my watch.
"In an hour." I told him.
"Let's go now." He decided. I nodded.
"Okay Teo, your turn." I told him. Teo shook his head.
"No. No. I don't like the doctor." He complained. I smiled and whipped the chocolate off his mouth with a paper towel.
"I know you don't hijo, but you only have to go once a year." I reminded him. He sighed.
"Okay momma." He agreed reluctantly and took my hand. We walked to the car together. Mark had to go to work while I took Teo to the doctor. Dr. Walker called Teo back after a good twenty minutes in the waiting room.
"Hey Teo, how are we feeling today?" He asked. Teo shrugged.
"Okay." He decided. Dr. Walker smiled.
"That's good. I need you to step on this scale and we're going to see how much you weigh okay?" He said. Teo nodded and slowly stepped on to the scale. Everything was going okay until Dr. Walker asked Teo to do the eye activity. Teo had started to look sickly, and Dr. Walker noticed. "What's wrong bud?" He asked and told Teo to sit down on the table.
"I just feel funny. My head hurts and I'm tired." Teo complained.
"Why don't you lay down while I talk to momma in the hallway okay?" Dr. Walker told him. Teo nodded and laid down. I followed Dr. Walker outside.
"What do you think is wrong?" I asked.
"Well, I noticed Teo's weight isn't what it should be." Dr. Walker told me. "I figured it was nothing because he's short for his age, but now I have a hunch. Has he been eating okay?" Dr. Walker asked.
"Yeah, he's always eating it seems." I told him. He nodded.
"I'd like your permission to run a blood test." He said. I nodded.
"Anything you need to do." I told him. He nodded and went back into Teo's room. Teo was almost asleep but he sat up when he heard the door close behind us. Dr. Walker pulled a kit out of the cupboard. Teo's eyes widened with fear when he saw the needle.
"No. No needles." Teo said backing in to a corner. I sat down next to him on the table and he curled up into my chest.
"Hey Teo, listen buddy, I know you don't like needles, but this is so we can figure out why you feel yucky. Okay?" I said. Teo nodded slowly.
"Okay." He said and slowly held out his arm for Dr. Walker but he didn't move his head from my chest. Dr. Walker slowly pushed the needle in. Teo started crying quietly.
"Hey. Shh. It's almost over." I told him. Dr. Walker smiled and removed the needle. He put a cotton ball over the incision and put a Scooby Do band aid over it.
"All done." He told Teo. Teo removed his head from my chest and looked over the band aid. "I'll be right back." Dr. Walker said and left the room with Teo's blood sample. I was afraid that Dr. Walker thought Teo had diabetes.
"You were very brave." I told him and kissed his forehead. Teo smiled.
"It wasn't so bad." He said sticking out his chest with pride. I smiled and ruffled his hair.
"You're so silly." I told him. Teo smiled. We talked about Scooby Do until Dr. Walker came back into the room.
"Can I talk to mommy outside for a minute?" He asked Teo. Teo nodded. I stood up and followed him into the hallway. "Teo has type one diabetes." Dr. Walker informed me. My heart dropped.
"Oh no." I murmured.
"We need to admit him to Children's for awhile so we can monitor it and see what the best course of action is." He told me. I sighed. I couldn't imagine Teo laying in a hospital bed with an IV in his arm. I nodded.
"Okay." I agreed.
"I've called ahead. Just go up to the desk and they've got a room set up for him." He told me. I nodded and we went back into the room.
"Hey Teo, I'm sorry buddy but we need you to go to the hospital for a little while so we can make you feel better okay?" Dr. Walker told him. Teo glanced at me with fear in his eyes and nodded.
"Okay." He said shakily. He hopped off the table and I offered my hand for him to take.