Chapter 20: One Whole Year
Today is the day...the day my baby girl is one year old. We're having a party for her, just mainly family and friends. But I don't want her to be one...she's walking, running, she can says like 5 or 6 words, she can hold her bottle now, she's starting to drink from a cup...I hate this, she cant be growing up this fast!
"Spence, everyone's getting here" Toby came in. I was in our room with Meyson just watching her play.
"We're not going. She's not allowed to grow up and not need me!"
"Spencer, she will always need you. Just for different things now"
"But still..."
"She still needs you to make her bottle, and pour her cheerios"
"Soon enough she's going to be able to do that!"
"I'm trying to help here!"
"Well you're doing a bad job!"
He slapped his head.
"What is going on in here?" Aria came up.
"He's saying the wrong things!"
"She's having a nervous breakdown!"
Aria looked at us with a raised eyebrow.
"ok...so i'm going to take a guess here, Spencer your breaking down because Meyson is turning one and she's growing up, and Toby you got yelled at because you did just say that she still needs you but instead you said she needs you but you listed the things she needs her for" Aria said.
"How does she know that?" Toby asked me without aus looking away from her.
"I don't know...she's little but she's smart..."
"All though she may be little, she is fierce!" she quoted Shakespeare.
"Now come on, people are downstairs waiting for the princess" she said coming to pick up Meyson.
I trudged down to the party.
"Yay she's here!" Hanna clapped.
We went through the party and I started to feel better and enjoy myself. Then I heard my phone ring.
'hey it's me, I have a present for Meyson, it's in your room. Give her a kiss from me -Alli' it said.
I kissed Meyson on her head and I looked around. I knew she was watching.
"Cake time!" My dad brought the cake out. My dad had taken the entire weekend off, and told them not to call his phone unless dire emergency, and in that case they had to call his assistant first. He said it was his granddaughters birthday, and there was no way they were taking him away from this.
"Look Mey, it's cake!" I said. She looked up at me so confused.
Before I knew it Hanna and Emily came up and smashed her face in it!
"Oh my god!" I said laughing. All of us were waiting for Meyson to scream. But she just licked the icing and then started to dig into her cake like no tomorrow.
Then all of us looked at them.
"What!? You can't be clean with your first birthday cake! She had to get down and dirty with it!" Hanna said. All of us laughed and took a picture with the cake monster.
Meyson had gotten a whole bunch of clothes and stuffed animals.
"Next year I am totally getting her a car" Hanna said. I rolled my eyes.
Later on that night Toby and I were getting ready for bed, I haven't opened the present from Alli yet.
"What's that?" he asked when he saw the bag.
"It's a present from Alli..." I said.
"Let me do it" he said seriously. I handed it to him and I held Meyson.
He pulled out a card and read it.
"Dear Meyson, today is your day, your always a princess but today is a day just for you and your beauty. Love always Aunt Alli" he read.
"Wow" I said.
"It's a necklace..." he said holding it up. It was heart and engraved on it said "But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose"
"Its the quote we both loved together..." I said.
"Well...now Meyson will wear it" he said.
"What's with all the dead guys quotes today?" he said. I rolled my eyes.
"Come on lets go to sleep." I said putting Meyson in her crib.