Hey everyone, thanks so much for all of the support you have been giving to this story. I promise it will get a lot more interesting soon, and fluffy of course. I want your guys' opinion on the names I have picked out, if you could PM me which name you like the best for a boy and a girl I'll take those into account. The boy's names are Liam and Carter and the girl's names are Stella and Lilly. Thanks again and please enjoy!
Getting through the first trimester has been quite a relief to Rachel, her morning sickness has stopped so everything is much more pleasant. She and Finn could finally start getting things ready for the baby. Even though Finn and Rachel won't find out what they're having for another six weeks, they decided that they could buy the crib and just get the bedding after the appointment. Rachel and Finn have decided that if it's a boy they'll do the nursery in zoo animals and if it's a girl they will do it in butterflies. All of this is creating a lot excitement for the soon-to-be parents.
"So Rach, would you like to go shopping for a crib tomorrow when I get off work?" Finn asks Rachel one night between unwanted silences at dinner.
"I would love to!" Rachel says grinning
"Good, I thought you would like my idea."
"It's exciting, getting things ready for the baby. Isn't it?"
"Yeah, it's pretty exciting."
"Am I huge yet?"
"No, you are hardly even showing at all, and even if you were showing quite a bit I wouldn't tell you because that would make me a horrible husband, insulting you like that. No husband should ever point out the things their wife hates about her body. That's rude,"
"You're very considerate, you know that?
"I know, you tell me that quite often."
"That's only because it's true."
"You are very sweet, that alone is going to make you a very good mother."
"You think so?"
"No. I know so."
"Aww, thank you so much for saying that, you just made my entire evening."
"Anytime."
A while after dinner, Rachel's sitting on the couch, rubbing her barely swollen belly, a sad look on her face. Finn knows what this is about so he does his best to comfort her.
"Rachel, why do you always rub your stomach and frown like that, you've got to understand that you look absolutely beautiful pregnant." Finn says taking Rachel's small hand in his own
"No I don't." Rachel argues crying
"Yes you do Rachel. Do I ever lie to you?"
"No, you don't."
"Then you have to believe me when I tell you how beautiful you are."
Rachel wipes her eye. "Okay, I'll try to."
"Good, now smile."
"'Fine."
"Come on Babe, cheer up, you were perfectly happy at dinner."
"I know but, mood swings."
"You hate getting them, don't you?"
"Yes, so much."
"It'll be worth it when the baby is finally born."
"At least all of the stuff I hate about being pregnant, means that I'm finally going to have a baby."
"Hey, look at that, you have finally caught on to my optimism."
Rachel smiles. "Yeah, I guess I have."
Rachel just wants the afternoon to pass by quickly so Finn will get home from work and they can go crib shopping. To pass the time Rachel finds herself talking to her baby.
"Hello Sweetheart, it's Mommy, I love you so much already, and so does your daddy, he loves you just as much as I do. We really hope you are a healthy baby, we've wanted a baby for so long. So needless to say, we can't wait for you to finally be here. I know you know that I worry that I won't be a very good mother to you, but I promise that when you finally join our family, your father and I will take very good care of you, and make sure you are a very happy baby. We love you so much. You are going to be so loved by us as your mommy and daddy. I promise you that, okay? And your father and I we will never break our promise of that to you, ever." Rachel says staring down at her belly, smiling.
"That was sweet." Finn says sneaking up behind Rachel.
"Oh my god. Finn, you weren't supposed to hear all of that." Rachel says blushing and then covering her cheeks.
"Well I did, and I must say, it was very cute."
"All of it was true, I meant every single word."
Finn smiles. "I know you did."
"Can we please go crib shopping now?"
"I thought that you were never going to ask."
"I like this one." Finn says to Rachel, pointing to a white crib.
"Finn we can't get a white crib, that is too girly and we don't know what we are having yet." Rachel demands
"You've really thought this over, haven't you?"
"Of course I have, I do have a lot of time on my hands you know?"
Finn smiles. "Yes, I know."
"Oh! What about this one?"
"I like that wood color it's nice and light, didn't you tell me that you didn't want a dark wood color Rach?"
"Yeah, I did, this one is absolutely perfect."
"I agree, we should get this one."
"This is going to be the perfect start to getting our baby's room ready."
"I love your excitement about all of this, Rachel. It's pretty adorable."
Rachel giggles. "I'm just really, really excited."
"I know."
They take the crib they've picked out to the checkout and get ready to pay."
The cashier smiles at Rachel. "Oh you're glowing! How far along are you?" She says.
"Oh, thank you. I'm fourteen weeks actually." Rachel replies grinning
"Oh, I bet you're getting very anxious then. Do you know what you're having yet?"
"No, we find out in six weeks, we're hoping for a boy though."
"Well, I must say, you are very smart to start getting things ready this early."
After returning home from crib shopping Rachel immediately plops herself down onto the couch.
"You must be exhausted ." Finn teases
"Oh, I am very, very tired actually." Rachel replies.
"Aww, you poor thing."
"Finn, don't you dare mock pity on me."
"I'm not, I'm just saying it must suck being so exhausted all the time."
"Yeah, being pregnant, it's pretty exhausting."
"You make it look easy if you ask me."
"I do?"
Finn smiles. "Yeah , you really do, you are amazing."
"Well, I may make it look pretty easy, but trust me, it isn't."
"I know, but at least it will be worth it."
"That's true Finn, very true."
"So when are you thinking about going back to doing shows?"
"I don't know, probably about a month or so after the baby's born."
"I think that's a good idea, and if you want, I can take care of finding a baby sitter for you?"
"Crap, I'm not going to want to leave our baby with a sitter all day."
"I'm sure Kurt would do it if you asked him to. He's pretty good with kids and his kids are in school and you're rehearsals usually get over by four so that would work out just fine."
"Oh my goodness, that is actually quite a brilliant idea."
"See, I've got it all covered, there is really nothing for you to worry about."
"You are the best."
"I try to be."
In the morning, Rachel wakes up craving peanut butter. She craves it all the time, and it drives her insane. She was never a big peanut butter person, not even when she was a little kid, and now it's as if it's the only thing she eats.
"Sweetie, are you going to make me feed you this much peanut butter when you are here and you can actually eat real food, huh? Are you?" Rachel says rubbing her stomach.
"Peanut butter, huh Rach? That's an interesting craving to have." Finn teases.
"Shut up Finn! That is so not funny." Rachel says rolling her eyes
"It is too, it's very funny."
"Oh, is it now?"
"Yeah, it is."
"Geez Finn, you can be so gosh darn childish a times, you know that."
"Yes, I do know that. That just means that I am going to be the fun parent out of the two of us."
"Oh really? What makes you think that?"
"I don't know, you've just been so uptight and serious lately."
"Yeah, mood swings."
"Oh, those gloriously wonderful things that you just love to death.
"I so appreciate your sarcasm going on there.. not."
"Come on Rachel, you know you love my hilarious sarcasm."
"Oh I do, just not when it happens to be about me being pregnant and moody."
"I see, but you've got to let me tease you sometimes, Baby, your life would be so incomplete without my teasing."
"You better hope that our child is not too sensitive, cause then, they're not going to like your teasing all that well.""
"Aww man, that would totally suck."
"I know, you wouldn't have a clue what to do with yourself."
"I know that it will love your singing though, you are going to be the baby's favorite lullaby singer, that's for sure."
"Hey now, just because I'm the Broadway star in this family doesn't mean that our baby won't like when you sing him or her a lullaby."
"But you've always been so much better than me at the slow songs ."
"Who's selling himself short now?"
"Me, I'm sorry, maybe our kid will like our voices equally the same.."
"So, you getting any more excited mow, Daddy?"
"I sure am, what about you, Mommy?"
"Oh, I am getting very excited about the baby. I don't think you could even fathom how excited I am."
"I think I can fathom it, Rach."
"Oh I don't think you can, not even just a little."
"Are you sure about that?"
"I am so sure.
" I have no doubt in my mind at all about how good of a mommy you are going to be."
"You really think I'm going to be that good of a mother, huh?"
"I am absolutely positive that you will be that good of a mother."
"You are going to be a really good father too, I know you will be."
"We are going to be kick ass parents, we so are."
"Yeah, we will be."
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