Chapter 18 – Settling In
(Alice's P.O.V.)
I was literally jumping up and down in our living room waiting for Bella and Edward to bring my niece Belle. Jasper has had to put his hands on my shoulder several times. Every time he walks away I start up again.
"Alice, please sit down, you're worse than Emmett. That is saying something," my husband Jasper said with a big smirk.
I just smiled; I wanted to hear Emmett's reply so I didn't say a word.
"Yeah Alice, it's kind of freaky…Hey what do you mean she's worse than me?" Emmett asked as he finally figured some of it out.
That got all of us to laugh. Emmett was sitting there frustrated and trying to figure out what we meant.
"Emmett baby, please relax. All they meant was that you get excited a lot," Rosalie said lovingly.
Emmett took a deep breath and then laughed.
"I guess I do. Sorry guys" He said as he rolled his eyes in a humor manner.
We heard the car pull up in the driveway, and we all ran to the door. That meant our niece was here.
A few moments later they walked in the house. Edward was holding the car seat in the one hand, and his other arm was wrapped around Bella.
"Hey everybody. If you'll sit down, we'll get Belle out for you all to hold" Edward said
We all sighed with impatience as we sat down.
Edward set the car seat on the ground; Bella undid the buckle and lifted our daughter out.
"Everyone, I would like you to meet Belle Kirsten Cullen" Bella said smiling with all the love in the world. She walked over to Esme and let her hold our newest family member first.
So Bella and Edward sat on the couch, and watched us take turns holding our newest family member.
(Bella's P.O.V.)
Edward and I sat down and watched with joy the reactions of our family about our daughter. They all loved her to death. She for sure was going to get spoiled.
"She is so beautiful" Emmett said when it was his turn to hold Belle.
Edward and I just looked at each other with a big smile.
"Emmett, can I hold her next?" Alice asked as she was going to jump out of her seat at any moment.
He held her for a few more minutes before he handed her unwilling to Alice.
"Hi Belle, I'm your auntie Alice. You're going to learn so much for me. We're going to go shopping, teach you how to match outfits, learn manners, and tons of other stuff. You can also talk to me besides the rest of your family" she whispered into my daughter's ear.
"Oh boy, starting early?" I asked with a giggle.
Alice responded by sticking her tongue out and continuing to talk and stare at Belle.
That made us as a whole family laugh. The next Edward and I know our daughter starts crying.
"See Alice, Belle is just like her mother Belle. You're scaring her all ready that's just too bad Alice" Emmett teased with a huge smile.
Edward jumps up and grabs our daughter from Alice before she can do anything. I looked at my husband, and we both decided to go to our room after Carlisle, Rosalie, and Jasper got to hold her. As soon as we walked away I heard a "whoosh" and then a "hey that hurt".
Edward and I just laughed as we walked up the stairs into our bedroom.
Now it was our time to un-wind and get to know our daughter.