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Chapter 35
BPOV
I groaned as I climbed from the passenger seat of the Volvo so I could go get my father for Alice and Jasper's wedding that was tomorrow night at midnight.
"You okay, baby?" Edward asked as he practically ran around the car to help me.
I growled at him. "I'm fine. I'm pregnant not an invalid. Can you get Gavyn for me?" I asked him as I shut my door.
He nodded and quickly grabbed Gavyn from his car seat. "You ready to go see your Grampy?" Edward asked him as we walked hand in hand into the busy airport.
"Belle!" I heard from behind me as I stood leaning against a huge concrete post to try and relieve an ache I had in my back.
I whirled around so fast I got a little dizzy and had to catch myself on the previously mentioned post. "Dad!" I said as he came to an abrupt halt in front of me with his gaze firmly planted on my stomach.
"When did this happen?" He asked as he pointed to my stomach with a smile on his face.
I chuckled. "About eight months ago according to my OB." I deadpanned.
"Well congratulations." He said as he pulled me into a hug. "You know, you could have called and told me or something instead of shocking me like this. I wouldn't have told your mother if you didn't want me to." He said as he rubbed my stomach lightly.
I shrugged my shoulders. "Honestly didn't think about it, we just found out a few weeks ago ourselves." I told him as Gavyn made his presence known to everybody within a 30 foot radius as he squealed loudly.
"There's my gorgeous grandson. Come to Grampy." The stranger that had taken over my dad's body cooed at my son.
I shook my head as we headed towards the car. Something strange was going on or maybe it was just me and my hormones.
I groaned as I struggled into the bridesmaid dress that Alice had picked out. "Alice you just had to choose strapless didn't you?" I asked her as I tugged the top of the dress again.
She chuckled as Rose finished fixing the diamond tiara that held her veil. "You look amazing, Bella, and your boobs are not going to fall out. I promise." She said with a dismissive wave of her hand.
I sat down on the couch propping my feet up while I pulled my phone out to check in on my monkey that was at home with a babysitter along with Blakely. Lesley and Rachel, our neighbors, had offered to watch them until we got home in a few hours so that we didn't have to drag them out so late at night and disrupt their nightly routine. I smiled as I saw his sweet sleeping face in the baby monitor app I had on my phone. "They are so sweet when they're asleep, aren't they?" Esme asked as she sat down beside me propping my feet in her lap.
I smiled and nodded showing her the phone. "He's a hellion during the day these days. He doesn't like the word 'no' at all and is into everything he can get his hands on." I told her as I laid my phone on my stomach.
"He's just exploring his territory is all, sweetheart. Have you guys thought of a name for the darling angel yet?" She asked as she rubbed my feet gently.
I shook my head with a frown. "No, we can't settle on a name to go with Elizabeth. We want something unique that she won't be ashamed of when she's older." I told her.
She smiled and nodded. "Elizabeth would be proud to have that angel named after her. I know she is always looking over you guys and the babies." She said with a sad looking smile on her face.
I smiled and nodded as I rubbed my stomach gently, the baby was moving around like crazy tonight. "I know, we actually have a picture of her and Edward Sr. in Gavyn's nursery and plan to put one in this baby's room too when we finally get it finished."
She looked at me in shock. "You guys still don't have the nursery finished?"
"No. We have the furniture all set up in there but that is all." I told her honestly.
She sighed. "Are you guys having problems coming up with a theme?"
I shook my head. "No, not really. I want to have a mural painted in her room just like Gavyn's and Blakely's but we can't settle on one. We have it narrowed down to three but haven't gotten any further than that." I told her as I scrolled through my phone to show her the three murals we were having a hard time choosing from.
"Ooh. These are all adorable. Do you want a bright pink nursery?" she asked as she looked at the one that had dark pink walls with cherry blossom branches coming from the ceiling dropping flowers along the walls. It looked a lot like Blakely's just with a whole lot more pink.
I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know. I want her to know she's a girl but we can do that without all the pink but it's cute." I told her honestly. "I like the purple one with all the huge flowers and the butterflies coming out of the walls one best."
She sighed and nodded in agreement. "That one is pretty awesome." She said as she looked at the next picture. "Let me guess, this one is Edward's pick?" she asked showing me the one that had lavender walls with huge white flowers outlined on the walls.
I nodded. "But I like that one too. It's simple and she can grow into it as she gets older. It's really pretty too." I told her as I took my phone back.
Esme looked at me with a smile. "Seems to me like you already know which one you both want so why are you making it so difficult?" she asked quietly.
I sighed and shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know, I just feel like I can't make any decision regarding this baby. I don't know what it is. It was so easy with Gavyn. I thought it was supposed to get easier with your second child." I complained lightly.
"I don't know sweetheart because Edward is the only baby I was around consistently and Elizabeth and Ed Sr. never had any more kids. The only thing I can think of is that with most pregnancies you have a few months to just enjoy being pregnant before any big decisions need to be made. You are having to do everything in a little over three months." She suggested. "Even though this is your guys' second child together it is your first time being pregnant."
Alice suddenly appeared looking amazing in her mermaid style dress that was absolutely gorgeous. "I hate to interrupt but it is 11:45 and we need to get going if we plan to kiss at midnight." She said bouncing lightly in her heels.
I pushed myself up off the couch with Esme's help. "Okay, Tinker, let's get you married off. You are the last of our group to get hitched and we've all done it within the last six months."
Her wedding was beautiful and they did indeed get to kiss as the rest of us counted down to the New Year before kissing our significant other.
"I'm sorry, Tinker, but I have to get home. My back and feet are killing me." I told my sister an hour into the celebration. I was officially exhausted and cranky.
She sighed and nodded as she reached over to hug me as close as she could. "Okay, Belle, you go get my niece to bed and give monkey a kiss from me for the next few days. Please. I miss him." She begged quietly.
I chuckled and nodded. "You made a beautiful bride, Tinker. I love you, Mary Alice." I told her as tears sprung to my eyes.
She rolled her eyes. "I love you too, Isabella Marie."
A few days later, Edward and I were curled up on the love seat in the front family room as Gavyn played on the rug in front of us going over baby names and nursery ideas. Again.
"Zoey?" Edward suggested.
"No. Meghan?" I suggested.
"No. Katiana?" Edward suggested.
"No. Ashlynn?" I suggested.
"No. Stephanie?" Edward suggested.
I sighed and arched my neck to look back at him since he was laying behind me with his hand on our daughter. "We are never going to come up with a name for her." I said frustrated to no end.
"What about Arianna?" Rose suggested as she walked out the front door with Blakely.
I looked at Edward wide eyed because I actually liked that name. "You?" I asked hesitantly.
A broad smile spread over his entire face. "I love it. Arianna Elizabeth Masen."
I nodded excitedly. "I think we have it." I said as tears sprung to my eyes. "Since we have the name figured out lets choose a nursery." I said pulling out my phone scrolling through the nursery ideas we were stuck on.
"I like the flower on with the butterflies but I just think that by the time she is five or six she will have outgrown it and want something different. And I like the pink one but I don't think it's for us, neither one of us are huge fans of that much pink." He said offering his opinion, again, on each picture as I scrolled through them.
I rolled my eyes because his thoughts were well known on the bright pink nursery. As I looked at the photos of the purple nursery I really started to like it a little more. "I like the lavender one too, so you call Brayden and Jayce to place the order." I told him instead of arguing over something so small when we had a whole bunch more stuff to have to do and buy before Arianna got here in a just a few weeks.
"We need to go shopping for her bedding, decorations, clothes, and everything else she is going to need." I told him already exhausted just thinking about all the shopping we needed to do.
I heard him sigh in frustration also. "I hate that you have to do all of this stuff right here at the end. When is your baby shower?" he asked because Esme had insisted on one.
I groaned because it was the day Alice came back from her honeymoon which also happened to be this coming weekend, a big whopping five days from now and also two days after everybody but Rose and I started back to classes. "This Saturday at four at Esme and Carlisle's house." I told him as Gavyn crawled over to the couch and tried to pull himself up but crying when he couldn't get his feet situated under him. "Is momma's monkey hungry?" I asked him as I reached over to help him stand up and hold onto the edge of the couch.
He slapped at me in excitement over getting something to eat. "I will take that as a yes." Edward said as he eased up from behind me to go get Gavyn's bottle since he had had a jar of baby food about an hour ago. His bottle would put him down for his nap also so I scooted back on the couch and pulled him up to cuddle with me.
"Are you momma's monkey?" I asked him as I ran my fingers through his hair. It was getting so long and curled just at the ends, enough to make it stick up even more now.
He cooed at me as he propped his little legs on top of Arianna's bump. "Can you say mama?" I asked him raking my fingers through his hair to calm him down so he would go on to sleep after his bottle.
He babbled away but nothing could be made of it but I wasn't going to give up. "Are you trying to sway my boy to say mama first?" Edward asked as he stepped over the baby gate we had installed a few weeks ago to help me keep Gavyn contained when I was home alone.
I just giggled as Gavyn babbled some more at Edward's voice and the sight of his bottle. "Always. He is a momma's boy so I am going to win this bet." I told Edward as he handed Gavyn his bottle.
Edward settled on the floor leaning back against the couch right beside Gavyn's feet. "I don't know, he may say dada first."
I just laughed as I continued stroking Gavyn's head as he suckled greedily at his bottle. When he was about half way through with his bottle he turned on his side snuggling into my chest like he's always done since he was an itty bitty baby. "Momma loves you Gavyn Anthony. Goodnight monkey." I whispered as his sucking slacked up a little until he finished the bottle.
Once it was empty I pulled it from his slack lips causing him to sigh deeply and drift off into deep slumber. I snuggled into sweet smell and felt myself drifting off to sleep myself and gave into it.
I woke a few hours later to Edward gently playing the piano and Gavyn playing with his baby piano quietly in the floor. "What time is it?" I asked as I stretched on the couch before sitting up.
"Almost five. Rose is cooking dinner as we speak." Edward said as he continued to play and Gavyn quickly crawled my way jabbering away.
"Hey monkey. Momma's gotta go pee." I told him as I pushed myself up from the couch. "Come on, monkey butt." I told him as I waddled out of the room towards the half bath that was across the hall from Em and Rose's bedroom with him following behind me jabbering away.
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