I am so sorry for the lack of updating :|
Lowering herself onto the sofa, Miley let out a sigh of relief as she felt the weight took from her feet.
Twins – she couldn't quite get her head around that. It was something neither her or Joe had expected, it didn't run in either family, she'd checked. Except the back ache, she had become pretty excited at the idea of the twins.
"Mommy!" Miley caught her youngest daughter as she leaped onto her lap, hugging her mother tightly.
"Aly, be careful, how many times do I need to tell you to watch Mommy's tummy?" Joe asked following his youngest in and sitting himself next to Miley.
"She's fine Joe" Miley smiled before turning back to Aly, "I thought you and Briony were playing Barbies?"
"She's asleep" Aly shrugged. "I'm bored Mommy, do you think Lexie can come over?"
"If Daddy rings and Aunt Demi says it fine I don't see why not" Miley smiled running her hand through her daughter's hair gently.
Aly turned to look at her father, a patient expression on her face.
"Daddy's asleep" Joe smiled, his eyes closed.
"DADDY!" She let out a giggle, leaning over to shake him. "Now!"
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"I can't believe you don't want to know the sex of the babies" Demi laughed, shaking her head. She was eager to know and they weren't even her children.
"What do you want to have?" Nick piped in.
"A girl and a boy" Joe smiled, rubbing his hand lightly over Mileys bump.
"I don't mind either way, Briony wants baby brothers though"
Demi laughed a little. "They been kicking recently?"
Miley groaned. "Like all the time, especially when I'm just dropping off to sleep"
"Mummy, I'm hungry" Briony yawned running her eyes as she sat next to her mother, curling into her side.
"Well what do you want?"
"McDonalds" Briony smiled, head peering up at both of her parents.
"Actually, that sounds like a good idea" Miley grinned turning to Joe, "Please?"
Turning to Nick, Joe let out a huge smile. "Yeah, please Nicky!"
Snorting, Nick shook his head. "I'll come with, but you're not making me go"
"Fine" Joe sighed standing up. Pressing a kiss to Mileys lips, he picked up a still tired Briony, throwing her over his shoulder.
"DADDY, let me down!" She squealed, her small hands tapping his back.
"Nuh-uh princess, you're coming to considering you're the one who thought of the idea"
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"12 days"
Miley smiled as Joe climbed into bed next to her, pulling the duvet up over their legs. Running a hand across her stomach, he smiled leaning down to kiss her. "I love you"
"I love you too"
"12 years we've been together in three weeks"
"I know" She smiled happily. "12 of the best years of my life"
"Mine too" He mumbled, kissing her once more.
"I was thinking of names the other day" She smiled, shifting a little to get comfortable, head against Joe's shoulder. He rubbed her arm lightly, signalling for her to carry on. "Well, I was thinking for boys, Hayden Luke and Cameron Joseph?"
Joe couldn't help but grin. "I like the both of them. What about girls?"
"Isabella Grace or Kaylee Jade"
"I like the both of them too" Joe smiled, pressing a kiss to Miley's forehead.
"Do you not have any names?"
Joe shook his head. "I really like the ones you chose and anyway, I got to chose Lyss and Bri's names"
"Okay, so in case we have a boy and a girl, choose the two names you like the best"
Joe lay in silence for a while, before turning to look at Miley. "I like Cameron Joseph and I like Isabella Grace"
"Then we're sorted" Miley grinned turning her head to kiss Joe lightly. "I'm really hungry"
"Miles, it's like 12:30am" Joe laughed a little, before sighing as he noticed the glare. "Okay, what do you want?"
"Pizza sounds good"
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"Briony can you go and help your sister please?" Miley called to her eldest as she continued cleaning mess the girls had made in the kitchen.
"But Mommy..."
"Briony, please! She just needs some help with the tap it will take you all of what a minute?" She heard a groan from upstairs before light stomps of feet made their way towards the bathroom. Rolling her eyes, Miley placed the cooking stuff into the dishwasher, before beginning to clean up the flour rested on the work surfaces and floor.
"MOMMY SHES THROWING WATER AT ME!"
Letting out a frustrated sigh, Miley dropped her cloth heading towards the stairs around the same time Joe walked through the door, shopping bags in hand.
"Mi, why can I see you right now, rushing around the house when you're supposed to be resting?"
"Can you please just finish cleaning the work top in the kitchen...?" She was cut off by another loud screech from upstairs, rolling her eyes Miley continued pulling herself upstairs, heading towards the commotion.
"Mommy..."
"ALYSSA! Time out, go, right now!"
Huffing the young girl made her way downstairs and into the family room, throwing herself onto the floor next to where her time out spot was.
"Briony, just go and play in your room"
"But I didn't do anything"
"I know baby, but right now I can't deal with the two of you winding each other up"
Nodding Briony made her way to the door. "Hi Daddy" Turning, Miley watched as Joe hugged the 6 year old, before she headed off towards her room.
"Joe, I'm fine" She sighed as she caught the look he was giving her.
Pulling her into a hug, he kissed her forehead lightly. "I'm sorry, I should have took the girls with me"
"You had a work meeting Joe, of course you shouldn't have. You know how they are sometimes"
Nodding, Joe pulled her a little tighter. "The kitchen's clean; I'll clean up in here too, go and rest"
"I'm fed up of resting Joe. I need to do something with myself"
Joe laughed a little, hand coming to rest on the large bump before he rubbed small circles. "Four days Mi"
"Four long days, I should probably go check on Briony"
"She's on her spot in the family room sulking" Joe smiled. "Good luck"