Chapter 10

'Bringing Baby Home'

-That last chapter is one of my favorites. I hope you all enjoy this one too. All the love, brings tears to my eyes.-

Margaret opened her eyes and stared around the room to find Gammy, Grace, Joe, and her Andrew were talking and watching her sleep. She felt embarrassed. "Andrew?"

Andrew immediately turned at the sound of his name. "Margaret sweetie, you are awake. Are you alright?" He rushed over to her side.

"Yeah I'm just a little sore that's all." She sat up and ran her hands through her now messy hair. "I look so messy."

"No sweetie, you are beautiful no matter how you look." He kissed her gently on her lips.

A nurse walked in carrying their baby and handed him to Margaret.

Margaret's eyes began to water as she held their son once again. "He is just so beautiful."

"Yes he is."

"Andrew son, he looks a lot like you." Joe spoke up.

"He really does." Gammy added.

"I don't know what to say but I guess he does."

"Well have you decided on a name? Its time to name him." Grace looked at her first grandchild.

"We were thinking about Andrew Joe Paxton, little Andy Junior for short."

Joe looked at his son. "I feel honored that you are giving your son my name."

"Well dad, we have to carry on the Paxton family name don't we?"

Joe and Andrew hugged. Everyone enjoyed the fact that father and son finally got along. Andrew never wanted to hurt his son, he just wanted him to be happy.

The nurse wrote down his name and both Andrew and Margaret signed his birth certificate.

"Hello Andrew Junior. I am your daddy." He smiled and took his sons tiny fragile hand and held onto it.

"Sorry to interrupt but Andy Jr. is hungry and needs to be fed. I just need everyone but the father to step outside for a few moments while I help show her how to feed him properly."

Andrew stood up and sat in the chair by Margaret's bed and smiled as he watched the nurse show her how to breast feed their son. Once he was sucking on her breast the nurse stepped outside and left the room. Margaret felt her motherly instincts kicking in and she no longer needed any help. She knew what she was doing for she once edited a book on motherhood and the joys of it. She was a little nervous at first but now she found it to be her favorite thing as being a mother. She loved having a child, and with Andrew soon to be taking over the Paxton family business he would be home more often, and she would have Gammy, Joe, and Grace there too.

"Does it hurt?" Andrew asked referring to her feeding the baby.

"Not really. He seems to be a bit gentle like his daddy." She grinned. Andrew just smiled, and looked down to see their son had fallen asleep in his mothers arms for the first time. "Here take him while I straighten up my gown so they can come back in."

Andrew held his son close. Right at that moment he made a vow to always watch and protect his family. Margaret straightened her gown then took a sleeping Andy into her arms.

"Mom, you can all come back in now."

Grace pulled out her camera. "Awe he's sleeping." She snapped a quick picture of Margaret rocking him in her arms.

"Mom, would you like to hold your grandson?"

Tears filled Grace's eyes as he handed her their grandson. "Oh Joe, he has the Paxton eyes." She held onto her first grandchild never wanting to let him go, and now that they were moving to Sitka with them, she would be able to watch him grow up and she was happy.

Andrew took her camera and snapped a picture of Grace holding Andy, then he took one of Joe holding him and then Gammy. These were memories they never wanted to forget.

The next day they were allowed to go home and baby Andy was coming with them. Joe and Andrew spent the previous night working on putting the crib and car seat together. They had fixed him and Margaret's room up just in time for them to come home.

Grace, Annie, and Margaret all walked into the house. Andy was sleeping, but not for long. He began to cry and Margaret picked him up out of his car seat and rocked him in her arms.

"Here let me" Gammy took Andy from her and rocked him, he didn't go to sleep, but he smiled and cooed.

Margaret walked upstairs and took a shower, it felt good to be in a house again, she hated hospitals. She stepped out of the shower and remembered she forgot a towel, and this reminded her of the time her and Andrew first seen each other naked. She smiled at that thought. She opened the door and rushed over to get a towel, quickly wrapping herself in it. Then Andrew walked in.

"Hey sexy mama." He winked at her. She just grinned.

"Don't get any ideas, you know I am not supposed to have sex for 6 weeks, and right now I'm rather sore honey."

"I just want to hold you close." He pulled her close to him. "I love you so much Margaret."

"I love you too. Can I get dressed so I can feed our son?"

"Right." He smiled then went downstairs and took baby Andy from his parents. "Time for him to eat and get ready for bed." He carried him upstairs with a smile on his face. He seen Margaret laying on the bed and handed Andy to her. He sat on the bed next to them and watched as she nursed their son.

"So this is our first night to be at home with him, do you think he will sleep or not?"

"We will just wait and see." With that said, they laid there after placing him in his crib and laid in each others arms.