AN: HEY TO ALL MY READERS! SO I REALIZED THE OTHER DAY THAT THIS STORY IS ALMOST COMPLETE. AND IT'S REALLY BITTERSWEET FOR ME, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS STORY FOR OVER 2 YEARS NOW AND I LOVE WHERE IT'S GONE AND THAT YOU ALL LOVE IT. AND I ALREADY HAVE ANOTHER STORY PANNED OUT TO START WRITING. BUT I'M ALSO SAD TO CLOSE THE BOOK ON THIS ONE. I JUST HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THESE LAST FEW CHAPTERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW MY STORIES I DO IN THE FUTURE.

OK, DONE WITH THE MINI "ME" SECTION, READ ON AND ENJOY THIS CHAPTER!

BELLA'S POV:

I felt like I was under house arrest.

Carlisle had insisted, AGAIN, that Edward, Nessie and I move into their house until I had the baby. I was just days away from my due date so he wanted me as close to him, and the delivery room he had, as possible. He wouldn't let me leave the house without Edward in case I went into labor, so Edward would be able to get me back immediately. He wouldn't let me go to the reservation because he was worried it was too far away from the house. He even was reluctant about me going to see Charlie today, but I had pacified him by telling him Edward was going with me.

But it wasn't bothering just me. Edward hated being cooped up as well.

When we were at our place, on nice days when it was safe for Edward, we had gotten into the habit of taking Nessie to the park, or at least out for a walk. Here, we didn't have that opportunity and I could tell it really bugged him.

He, like myself, really felt those were the moments that were special. Our "family" moments.

And this situation wasn't just inconvenient for us.

Jacob and Leah had just had Harry on March 23rd, so he was only 7 weeks old and they had to come out to the Cullen's house for us to visit and see the baby.

The drive alone took them a little over a hour just to get here.

And due to that the visits were pretty short. But that was mostly due to the fact that Leah and Jacob were still adjusting to "family life" and were still getting very little sleep, and thus, were so tired they were sometimes almost falling asleep by the time the visits were over. More than once I had insisted Edward drive them home, then run back.

But there were some perks to living at the Cullens' again.

Alice and Rosalie got to spend a lot of time with Nessie, Emmett and Jasper got to spend a lot of time with Edward, and I enjoyed the time I had with Esme comparing baby stories and hearing all her sage advice from over the years. She had been giving me a lot of advice on family, marriage, vampirism, and just life in general. It was times like this I really missed having Renee close by to talk to.

But I knew she was busy with Phil and Joshua, especially since Joshua was now about a year and a half old and "getting into everything" to quote mom's last email. Plus she had mentioned something about starting to write a book the last time I talked to her on the phone.

And to be honest I was working on slowly severing all the human ties I had for when Edward changed me.

Like today we were going to see Charlie and Sue.

They had gotten married a few weeks ago, on April 10th. It was a small, simple wedding, just family and close friends, and it was really nice.

Edward, Jacob and I had a good laugh about one thing though: At the wedding Leah caught the bouquet, but Seth caught the garter.

I was happy that Charlie had Sue now. He wouldn't admit it, but I knew he was lonely when I moved out.

And knowing he was happy and had someone again made me feel more at ease about the fact that in a little over two months I would never be able to see him again. We would be able to talk on the phone, but he would never again see me face to face.

Edward and I had finally decided: we were going to have Anthony, celebrate Nessie's first birthday and stick around for Jacob and Leah's wedding, then we were headed to Seattle.

We had found a place just outside of the city close to the woods, so Edward and I would be able to hunt without drawing attention to ourselves.

Everything was slowly coming together.

"Bella? We need to get going." Edward's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

Like I said, we were going to see Charlie and Sue today. We were going over for lunch and conversation.

And as I looked at the clock I realized if we didn't leave now we weren't going to be there in time.

Edward set Nessie in her car seat while I grabbed her bag, then we headed out the door.

Sue and I fixed lunch while Edward and Charlie watched the baseball game on tv. Thankfully Charlie and Edward were both Mariners fans so it was rather quiet in the living room.

Talking to Sue was easy. We talked about life, marriage, and she listened to my baby woes with an open ear and heart.

When we sat down for lunch Edward was "conveniently" not that hungry and thus just fed Nessie her baby food and bottle while the rest of us ate the chicken salad Sue and I had made.

After lunch we sat Nessie in her car seat for her nap while we all just sat there watching tv.

I looked at my dad and realized just how much I was going to miss him.

He had been there for me so much in the past few years and even though he didn't say it, I knew how much he loved me.

I realized that the day I had Nessie and held her in my arms for the first time. I truly understood in that moment the idea of unconditional, unending love. The love of a parent.

I enjoyed the fact that these were moments when nothing needed to be said. We were all comfortable with each other enough to be in the same room and not say a word.

The game had just finished when I noticed Nessie start to stir in her car seat.

"We should get her home before she needs her 'special' bottle." Edward whispered in my ear.

I nodded in agreement before starting to stretch.

Edward and I had noticed, when Nessie gets thirsty her eyes get dark, just like her daddy, so we needed to get her back before Charlie noticed.

Charlie must have seen me start to get up.

"You heading out?" he asked.

I just nodded as I attempted to sit up with my very swollen belly.

I heard Edward lightly chuckle as he gently pushed me up into a sitting position.

"Yeah, we need to get home for dinner." I made up as I got in the position to try to stand up.

This time Charlie came to my rescue, helping me to stand up as Edward closed up Nessie's diaper bag and picked up her car seat, with her in it.

I gave Charlie and Sue both a hug, while Edward shook Charlie's hand and gave Sue a hug, before we headed for the door.

When we got home Alice offered to feed Nessie while Edward and I went to go take a shower. Due to my stomach being so huge we weren't able to have any "fun" in the shower, but we liked the privacy and intimacy we got when we took a shower together.

After our shower I headed downstairs to find something to eat.

I smiled when I saw Rosalie and Emmett playing with Nessie in the living room. Rose was unable to have children, so every moment she got with Nessie was precious to her, as well as Emmett. Every time I saw them alone with Nessie I knew that, if Rose and Emmett were human, they would have been amazing parents.

I had just finished up dinner when my phone vibrated in my pocket.

I opened it to see a text message from my mom.

'Hey sweetie, I miss you. Give me a call soon?'

I deleted the message and dialed her familiar number.

"Hello?" I heard her pick up.

"Hey mom." I greeted her.

"Bella! It's so good to hear your voice." she said, the smile evident in her voice.

"You too mom." I replied, feeling Anthony do the flips in my stomach.

"Anthony says hi too." I said starting to rub my belly.

"How close to your due date are you?" she asked sounding anxious.

"Less than a week. I could pop any day now." I replied.

"Oh wow! Are you and Edward excited?" she asked, getting excited.

"Yeah," I replied smiling, "We're both excited to meet him. We can't wait."

"I'm so glad sweetie. I hope you're delivery goes smoothly again." she said.

"Thanks, it should be pretty smooth. I'm not too worried." I assured her.

I felt my back get sore and knew I needed to go lay down in bed soon.

"So how's Josh doing?" I asked heading for the stairs.

"Good, he's getting into everything though. It seems when I finally child-proof one thing, he gets into another." she said laughing.

I chuckled knowing my turn was coming soon enough.

"Is Nessie talking or walking yet?" she asked me.

"Not yet, she's cruising along the furniture and using her garbled baby talk, but nothing yet." I told her as I opened the door to our bedroom.

Edward wasn't in there, but the bed looked so comforting I just fell into it.

"I really miss you baby." she said, bringing a tear to my eye.

Moments like this made me realize how hard it was going to be to say good-bye in just a few months.

"I miss you too mom. Alot." I said trying to get the lump back down my throat.

Suddenly Edward walked in and just sat next to me, rubbing my back and soothing me.

I held his hand, using his comfort to calm me back down.

Suddenly I heard Phil in the background.

"Oh sweetie, I gotta go. Phil just got home and I need to get his dinner together." she said quickly.

"That's fine mom, I'll call you after Anthony makes his appearance." I said leaning into Edward's chest.

"OK, but you rest before you call me. Promise." she said sternly.

"I promise. I love you mom." I said, feeling the lump return to my throat.

"I love you too sweetie, I'll talk to you soon." she said as I heard footsteps behind her.

"Yeah, bye." I said hanging up the phone.

"You ok love?" Edward asked as I wiped tears from my eyes.

"Yeah, I'm just realizing how hard it's gonna be to say goodbye in a couple of months." I said turning to get a whiff of him. I loved how my husband smelled.

"I know, it will be hard, but I'll be here to help you every step of the way. OK?" he asked kissing my head.

I just nodded, feeling my eyes getting heavy.

"I'm going to check on Nessie, then I'll be in, but you go to sleep ok?" he requested as he pulled the covers over me.

I just nodded and closed my eyes.

Not five minutes later I felt the bed dip as he climbed in next to me.

I snuggled into his chest and was asleep just moments later.

I rolled over and looked at the clock. It was two in the morning and I had a HORRIBLE gas bubble residing in my lower stomach.

I sat up, looking of my antacids.

"Bella? Love, what's wrong?" Edward asked sitting up next to me.

"I have a bad gas bubble in my lower stomach." I said nonchalantly still looking for my antacids.

"Lower stomach?" he asked.

I just nodded, feeling it come back harder.

I rubbed my stomach waiting for it to subside.

When it did, I tried to get up to go look in our bathroom, but Edward suddenly pulled me back on the bed.

"Edward, what's wrong?" I asked getting concerned.

"How long have you had the gas?" he asked.

"I don't know, about half an hour I guess." I replied, getting confused.

"And it comes and goes?" he asked for confirmation.

I just nodded, furrowing my eyebrows.

"And when it comes, does Anthony react to it?" he asked.

I sat and thought a moment before replying.

"Yeah, he gets still at first, then starts moving around a lot." I explained.

Suddenly Edward jumped out of bed and came over to my side, putting his hand on my stomach.

"Edward what's going on?" I said, starting to get scared.

He shushed me as he listened to Anthony.

"Ok." he said to my stomach before looking up at me.

"What did you hear?" I asked.

"He said to let you know...he's coming." Edward said grinning.

I grinned back at him.

Anthony was coming. My family was about to be complete.

Edward quickly walked me to Carlisle's study door, and knocked on it.

"Yes?" I heard Carlisle in the room.

Edward opened the door and made eye contact with Carlisle.

"It's time." he stated.

"You're sure Edward?" Carlisle asked standing up.

Edward just nodded.

"Ok get her downstairs and sterilize yourself. I'll be down once I change and sterilize." he stated heading for us.

Edward carried me down to Carlisle's office and laid me on the examination table.

He then walked over and got me a cup of ice chips from the freezer in the room, and handed me a changing gown.

He helped me to change clothes before laying me back on the table.

Just as he laid me down on the table, my water bag broke, spilling all over the bed.

I looked at him guiltily, feeling embarrassed. He just smiled, kissed my head and said "I've seen it before, don't feel bad."

Just then Carlisle walked in, dressed in scrubs with gloves on.

"Edward, go get sterilized while I check Bella." Carlisle said walking over to us.

Edward nodded, kissed me and said "I'll be right back." before heading out the door.

It was a little after 10 in the morning, I had been pushing for about 20 minutes, and I was getting tired.

"Ok Bella, I know you're tired, but you're almost there, just a few more pushes." Carlisle said with a smile.

"You can do this Bella, he's almost here." Edward said holding my hand.

I just nodded as I prepared for another push.

I sat back and rested for a moment when Carlisle told me to stop.

"OK Bella, this is it, one BIG push." he told me.

I nodded, looked at Edward, who leaned down to kiss me quickly, and prepared to push.

A few moments later Carlisle finally told me to stop.

I rested before hearing the most beautiful sound of the day.

Anthony Jacob Cullen had gotten his first gasp of air, and screamed loudly.

I smiled as Carlisle took him over to wipe him off and check him.

Suddenly I saw Alice walk in with Rose. They were both also dressed in scrubs, with their hair non-visible. I looked at Edward confused.

"They're gonna clean up Anthony while Carlisle finishes up with you." he explained.

I just nodded, too tired to form words yet.

After Carlisle delivered my afterbirth and Alice and Rose got Anthony cleaned up and checked out, Rose handed him to me.

He was the most handsome baby I had ever seen.

He had a tuft of auburn hair, just like his daddy, and looked a lot like Edward.

I felt Edward's lips on my head as he kissed me.

"You did amazing, I am so proud of you." he whispered in my ear.

"I am too. Congratulations you two." Carlisle said with a smile.

With that, he, Rosalie, and Alice silently left us alone.

I scooted over in the bed, allowing Edward to sit right next to me. Then I moved Anthony so he was laying in my right arm, Edward's left.

Edward then leaned down and set a very gentle, soft kiss on Anthony's head.

Anthony stirred and looked right at Edward.

"Hello to you too." Edward said, smiling.

He then looked up at me, and gave me a passionate, loving, yet gentle kiss.

As we sat there, holding Anthony, I thought about Nessie who was probably having breakfast right about now, then looked at Edward, then Anthony, and smiled, knowing my perfect family was now complete.

YAY ANTHONY'S HERE! BELLA AND EDWARD'S FAMILY IS COMPLETE! LIKE IT, LOVE IT, OR HATE IT LET ME KNOW.