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Sorry for the late post, was at the hospital all day and night with my mom.

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Chapter 25

BPOV

Seeing Edward strolling down the hall with our son cradled in his arms nearly brought me to my knees. "It's okay, sweetheart. Go to them. Go meet your son." Esme encouraged with a gentle squeeze to my shoulders. Edward had only been gone about an hour, I honestly didn't expect him to be out so soon but I was excited that he was because that means that Gavyn must be okay.

I took a deep breath and nodded before quickly jumping up and practically sprinting towards Edward and Gavyn. "He's okay?" I whispered as I tugged the blanket back a little bit to check him out while his father held him.

Edward looked at me with tears in his eyes. "He's perfect. Absolutely perfect; 7 pounds 2 ounces, 21 inches long, and a great set of lungs." Edward whispered as I continued unwrapping his tightly bundled body much to his annoyance. I had to check him out myself and he made it apparent he wasn't happy about it. "We can possibly take him home tonight." Edward whispered as he gently bounced Gavyn to quiet his whimpers as I stroked his legs, feet, arms, and hands; checking to make sure everything was perfect.

"It's okay, buddy, mama just wants to look at all of you." I whispered to him quietly as I pulled his little socks off to check his toes and toenails. "Oh Lord, he has your big feet." I whispered as I ran my nail gently up his foot causing him to jerk his leg back causing me to laugh lightly. "And ticklish too." I said.

Edward nodded proudly. "He has something else big like his daddy, too."

I groaned and shook my head at his comment. "Already checked out the equipment, huh?" I asked as I put Gavyn's little socks back on his feet and wrapping him back up tightly.

Edward winked. "I didn't have much choice when he peed all over the nurses as the doctor was handing him over. He pissed all over Tanya too!" Edward said as he handed Gavyn over to me to hold for the very first time.

I kissed him on his cute little button nose. "That's my boy, piss on her for what she tried to do to my boy." I whispered quietly as I tugged his little cap off to reveal a head full of unruly brownish red hair.

"Mr. Masen, we need to hook your son up to all of his monitors for at least two solid hours and run a few tests if you plan to take him home tonight." One of the nurses in light green and teddy bear scrubs said.

I groaned. "You mean I have to hand him over after I just got him?" I asked the nurse as I faced her with Gavyn in my arms.

The nurse nodded sadly. "If you guys want him released so soon we have to make sure he is breathing properly, his heart rate stays stable, his body temperature maintains, he knows how to suck a nipple properly, and he has to pass the car seat test." She said ticking the insurmountable list off on her fingers.

I nodded and quickly handed him over to her. "No offense to you but the sooner we can get out of this place the better." I told her with a smile on my face.

She smiled and chuckled slightly. "I met the woman that gave birth to him, she is incorrigible and I would want to get as far away from her as possible too. You guys are more than welcome to sit in the room with him while we monitor him. You can actually do most of the things he needs instead of us doing it, like feeding, bathing, changing, and dressing." She said and we followed her down the hall.

I cringed as they stripped my boy down to nothing but his diaper, socks, and hat laying him in a tiny plastic crib. "Does he have to be practically naked?" I asked one of the nurses as I played with Gavyn's tiny little fingers trying to soothe him.

She laughed and nodded. "We need to make sure he can maintain his body temperature for a little bit before you can give him a bath so yes unfortunately it is necessary." She explained as she hooked a little elastic looking thing to his ankle. "This will monitor his temperature, heart rate, and oxygen levels." She explained pointing to the machine that started beeping softly.

"Is that good?" Edward asked as he watched the numbers appear on the screen.

The nurse laughed and nodded. "Yes. We will be back in about twenty minutes and one of you can feed him and change him."

We both nodded as we each grabbed one of Gavyn's hands and relished our beautiful son.

Boy, was the next five hours an eye opener. I quickly realized that Gavyn did not like to take a bath, he screamed bloody murder as soon as his feet touched the warm water and he was only in about a half an inch of water for about two minutes. I also realized that the boy was like his daddy, he loved to eat. Instead of being satisfied with one little bottle like most babies were he demanded two which was a good sign because he didn't throw any of it up. I also came to the realization that the six or seven hour road trip we had ahead of us was going to be a LONG LONG LONG trip because Gavyn did not like being strapped down in his car seat. He also quickly let us know that he didn't like the flashes on Esme's camera as she clicked away as we did everything for him to prepare for us leaving. It was apparent that our boy didn't like much of anything but eating and being cuddled in the few hours since his birth.

We were fastening him in his car seat after calming him down from all of his traumatic experiences with testing, bathing, and dressing when he let out a huge yawn around his monkey pacifier. "I hope that's a good sign." I whispered as I fixed his little brown hat with monkey ears on the top to match his striped feety pajamas with a solitary monkey on it. I knew it was May outside but we were going to be travelling at night time and it was going to be cooler than during the day time.

Edward nodded as he gently fastened all the straps around him before tucking his monkey and blanket that his Aunt Alice had gotten him around him gently. "I hope so too. I'm sure we are going to have to stop about half way there to give him a break from the car and carrier. I'm thinking for breakfast in the morning." He said as he clicked the carrier handle into place picking up the carrier gently.

I nodded as I scooped up his repacked and stocked diaper bag so we could leave. "You guys be careful on your way home, he should be worn out for a few hours if you are lucky." The nurse said as she handed us the papers for Gavyn's release and parental relinquishment forms from Tanya.

"Thank you for everything." I told her as I took the papers and tucked them in the diaper bag as we walked down the hall. It was nearing 8 at night so we should be home by seven tomorrow morning permitting nothing tragic happened.

Being introduced into motherhood while travelling was not my idea of fun, I think we were all frazzled when we stopped for a break and breakfast at one that morning. We had been on the road for five hours with a couple stops for pee breaks and snack breaks. Three of those five hours Gavyn had either cried, screamed, or whimpered. I had even went to the extent of pulling him from his car seat so he could rest in my lap but that only momentarily satisfied him. He was clean, dry, fed, and warm but not too warm so I didn't know why he was still crying. "Edward?" I whispered with tears in my eyes as we pulled into Denny's restaurant.

"It's okay, baby, I bet he's just tired of riding. You haven't done anything wrong." He said as he climbed out of the car and opened my door cradling my face in his hands. "You are doing wonderful, Isabella. We will lay some blankets down in the booth in here to let him stretch out on his tummy for a little bit while we eat." Edward said softly as he pulled me from the car and pulled me into his arms. "It's going to be okay, baby. We are both new to this and he was just born a few hours ago and is being trapped in a car seat for hours on end plus having had to deal with everything that normally takes a few days at the hospital."

I sniffled and nodded as I hugged him tightly. "I just feel like a failure because I can't get him to quit crying." I whispered against his chest as our son whimpered in his car seat behind us. I pulled away to grab him when Edward shook his head and stepped in front of me.

"I've got this. You go inside, wash your face, take a breather. We both love you and will be inside in a few minutes." He said as he kissed the top of my head.

I gave a longing glance at the Volvo and my whimpering child before going inside the restaurant and straight to the bathroom.

Once inside the clean bathroom I sat down on the bench there and laid my chest on my legs wrapping my arms around my legs as I gave into my cries. I didn't even hear the door open behind me.

"Oh sweet girl, it's going to be okay." Esme said as she tugged me up and into her arms.

I really gave into my shuddering sobs as she cradled me in her arms like a real mother does. "I don't know how to do this. Nothing I do calms him down for very long." I cried.

She laughed. Yes, actually laughed at me. "Honey, nobody does. I remember when Ed and Elizabeth had Edward, even being doctors and one of them a pediatric surgeon and used to dealing with babies on a daily basis they had no clue how to handle a cranky newborn 24/7. Elizabeth called me several times during the middle of the night to keep from losing her sanity. We would talk while Edward would cry in the background, she would say he was fine and apparently just needed a good cry too. She knew that all of his essentials were taken care of and that sometimes newborn cried just because they wanted to." She said smiling at the memories.

"Really?" I asked her wiping my nose on a tissue she procured from somewhere.

She laughed and nodded. "Absolutely. It was on one of those late night phone calls while our husbands were at the hospital that she asked me to take care of Edward should anything ever happen to them." She said sadly as she wiped a stray tear off my cheek. "You will get the hang of it and apparently all babies need a good cry every now and then too. As long as he is dry, fed, not sick, and comfortable there isn't much else you can do but let them cry it out. That is Elizabeth Masen, mother extraordinaire advice there."

I laughed at that one as Edward stuck his head through the door. "Everything okay in here?" He asked quietly.

I nodded and stood up. "Yes, apparently our son has inherited his father's genes." I told him as I quickly splashed water on my face to help with my red swollen cried out eyes.

Edward just laughed. "Yeah, Carlisle just told me the same thing. Not sure if that is a good thing or not yet." He said just as Esme went to leave the bathroom.

"A very good thing, son, because you turned our fabulously." She said as she kissed his cheek on her way out the door.

Once I had cleaned up my face, Edward and I walked out hand in hand to find our son sprawled across his grandfather's chest as he lay in the booth, both sound asleep. "That's so sweet." I whispered as I leaned into Edward's side as we gazed at our baby boy and his grandfather.

Edward nodded. "I told you that you weren't doing anything wrong, he was just tired of riding."

I nodded as we sat down in the booth adjacent to the one Carlisle was sprawled out in. "I guess that is the joys of being a doctor. You can fall asleep anywhere and after a quick 15 or 20 minute nap you are good to go for another 6 or 8 hours." Esme said as she ordered for both her and Carlisle saying he would wake up in a little bit and be hungry.

We took our time eating and enjoying being out of the car for a little while. "Where are we? Rose wants to know." I asked as I put my phone down after snapping some pictures of a still napping Gavyn and grandpa to finish off my waffles.

Edward laughed. "You would be the only person moving across the country and not know where we are along the way." Edward said as he picked up my phone to presumably text Rose our location.

I shrugged my shoulders because honestly I could care less where we were, I was just ready to get home with our son and in one piece. "Doesn't matter to me, I'm just ready to be home." I mumbled around my food just as Gavyn whimpered causing Carlisle to sit up immediately with him cradled to his chest.

"How long did I sleep?" He asked as he settled Gavyn against his legs like an expert.

We all laughed at him as he patted Gavyn's stomach gently to lull him back to sleep. "Almost an hour, sweetheart. I had your breakfast boxed up for you." Esme said pointing to the carry out boxes sitting on the table.

"Thanks, love." He said with a smile as he pulled the tray to him and opened it up while Gavyn still slept away on his lap. Apparently his long cry fest in the car had worn him out.

I grumped into my waffle because I had tried that exact same thing in the car and it hadn't worked.

"What's wrong, baby?" Edward asked as he sat my phone down.

"I think our son doesn't like me very much." I said softly watching him sleeping contently as his grandpa rocked his legs back and forth lightly.

Esme laughed. "Nonsense, sweetheart, he was probably tired of the vibration of the car and needed a good cry. He's used to being able to flail his arms and legs and bend his back when he wants and he can't do that in a car seat. He probably also felt your tension and frustration." She said patting my hand.

Gavyn let out a little cry and Edward reached over and scooped him up. "What's the matter, buddy? Are you hungry?" Edward asked him as he unbuttoned his sleeper to check his diaper. I laughed when I saw the cringe appear on Edward's face because it was obvious from that look that Gavyn wasn't just hungry but also has a stinky diaper. He looked at me with a desperate look on his face.

I shook my head and dug out the wipes and diaper handing them to him because I had been on diaper duty since we had left the hospital. "Have fun, love."

He groaned scooping our newborn son into his arms heading for the bathrooms to change him while I set about preparing his little bottle for his meal before we got back on the road. "This is the cutest thing ever, did Alice buy it on one of her shopping expeditions?" Esme asked as she held up Gavyn's pacifier that had a monkey attached to it.

I smiled and nodded. "Yeah, she bought that and a stuffed little monkey that he can cuddle with because we don't plan to use the paci very much if we can avoid it." I told her honestly.

She smiled and nodded. "That's wise, Edward never sucked on one I don't think. Elizabeth didn't believe in them after she had to pull a chewed off piece out of a nine month old baby's throat one day."

I cringed and nodded as I eyed the binky in her hands. "Yeah, I don't think I like them very much just after hearing that story."

She laughed and nodded. "Yeah, it's scary to think about."

After giving Gavyn his bottle and burping him we decided it was time to hit the road again. Once we were back in the car, Gavyn fell asleep immediately and I had time to gaze out the window as we passed through a city to get back on the interstate. I realize I still didn't know where we were.

"Where are we exactly?" I asked Edward as I threaded my fingers through his on the center console. I had been hesitant to ride up front but Esme suggested that maybe if I didn't have my eye constantly on Gavyn maybe I wouldn't get so stressed out over his every little whimper or movement.

Edward laughed lightly. "We are in Georgia, baby. Atlanta to be exact."

I looked at him like he was crazy because he seemed to expect me to know where that was in accordance to our road trip. The only think I knew was that it was in our new home state and I was excited about that.

"We are a little over half way home. We still have about four hours to go. Considering it is closing in on four o'clock now, we should be home around nine or so. Hopefully just in time for Gavyn to take a nice long nap in his nursery." Edward said kissing my knuckles gently.

I nodded as I reclined my seat a little bit and put my feet against the dash, I was going to try to catch a quick nap while Gavyn was napping. "That sounds nice, maybe mommy and daddy can take a nap in there bed too." I said as I tried to hide a yawn.

Edward laughed. "Why don't you try to catch a little one now?"

I nodded as I yawned again not even bothering to hide it. "You okay to drive?" I asked him quietly.

He nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine, baby, just close your eyes." I did just that too and was in dreamland before I knew it.