Chapter 10

Several hours had passed and Stephanie's contractions were a lot stronger and closer together. As soon as Stephanie hit 8 centimeters a nurse remained in the room just in case. The sun was just coming up when Stephanie finally said something to everyone in the room.

"I need to push." Stephanie mumbled.

"Ok. Let's check your progress first." The nurse stated. "You are 10 centimeters and fully effaced. I'm going to page the doctor on call."

Once the doctor arrived in the room, Stephanie was moved into position to push. Carol was on Stephanie's left side and John was on her right side helping her count and push.

"One more big push and your baby will be here." the doctor stated.

Stephanie pushed as hard as she could with John and Carol's help. And soon the room was filled with the cries of a newborn baby. John cut the umbilical cord and the nurse took the baby to weigh, measure and clean him off. Once Stephanie was cleaned up and able to sit up, the nurse brought the baby over to her.

"Congratulations. You have a healthy 7lb 9oz 22 inch baby boy." the nurse stated.

"Thank you." Stephanie responded as she craddled her son.

Once Stephanie and the baby were moved into their own room, Carol was able to snap a few pictures of the new family. Stephanie handed the baby to John while she took a shower. Carol was finally able to hold her first grandchild.

Later that afternoon, Stephanie's cell phone was going off like crazy. Everyone was texting or calling to congratulate them on JJ's arrival. It wasn't until someone mentioned it, that Stephanie remembered that it was John's birthday.

"Happy birthday baby." Stephanie stated.

"Thank you. Happy Birthday lil guy." John responded as he looked at their son.

"Yes, happy birthday lil one." Stephanie stated before drifting off to sleep.

Two days later Stephanie and John-John were released from the hospital. John and Carol had made sure that everything was ready for them to come home. Gilbert, Matt and Jeff even flew in the day before as a surprise for Stephanie.

Everyone had a chance to hold the newest member of both families and Stephanie pulled out the camera and snapped pictures of everyone with John-John. Stephanie couldn't have been any happier than she was that night holding her's and John's son while sitting in the nursery.

The following weekend was a big weekend in Tampa. It was Wrestlemania weekend. John was just glad that it was taking place in Tampa and not across the country. Once everyone was ready to go, Stephanie put John-John in his car seat and loaded him and the diaper bag into the car.

Since they took Stephanie's car, no one recognized it and left them alone. Once they were safely in the staff parking lot, Stephanie got the stroller out and put the car seat in the stroller. John signed them in with security and as soon as they were in the arena, every star who was there, came over to them to see the baby and congratulate them.

While Stephanie and John-John hung out in catering, Kinley and Shannon walked in. Kinley was simply glowing and showing beautifully. Kinley wanted nothing more than to stay and chat but she was working that night. Shannon walked over to Stephanie who was now trying to nurse her son.

"Kinley told me that you and John are engaged. Congrats." Shannon stated.

"Thank you. How have you been?" Stephanie asked.

"Good. Glad that Kinley and I are finally pregnant." Shannon answered.

"Yeah. I am happy for the both of you." Stephanie responded. "I know that Kinley has been wanting a baby for a long time."

"We both have. Thank you for giving the vacation suggestion to Kinley. We both really needed it." Shannpn stated.

"You're welcome. I thought it might help." Stephanie responded.

As the night went on people came and went, some brought gifts for John-John and others just cards. It didn't matter to Stephanie and John as long as the baby was loved. John lost his match that night against The Miz for the US Championship title. John didn't mind losing as he wanted to take the time off to be with Stephanie and John-John.

After Wrestlemania was over, John drove everyone back home. While John took a shower, Stephanie nursed the baby and put him to bed before getting ready for bed herself. John finally joined her in bed and all Stephanie did was smile.

"Now that John-John is here. We should set a date for the wedding." John stated.

"I agree. But it will have to be after Kinley has her baby. I want her in the wedding as my matron of honor." Stephanie responded.

"Ok. When is she due?" John asked.

"August I think." Stephanie answered.

"Ok. Do you want a fall, winter or spring wedding?" John asked.

"Spring. That way John-John can be apart of the wedding too." Stephanie answered.

"Ok. So how about the beginning of June next year?" John asked.

"Perfect. How about June 9th?" Stephanie answered.

"I like it." John responded.

And so it was settled, John and Stephanie were going to get married on June 9th 2012. Stephanie couldn't wait to start planning the wedding and get everything ready for it. John and Stephanie had a very restless night as John-John kept waking up every two hours to be fed.

The next morning, Carol got up and fixed breakfast for her family. Stephanie and John woke up to the smell of fresh coffee. After taking a shower, Stephanie went in to get the baby and headed downstairs.

"We set a wedding date." Stephanie stated as she sat down with the baby.

"Really? When?" Carol asked.

"June 9th 2012." Stephanie answered.

"Well then I guess we better start planning the wedding of the year." Carol responded with a smile.

As soon as breakfast was over with, Carol, Stephanie and the baby headed into town to look for a place to have the wedding. It wasn't until later that afternoon that they found the perfect place. There was a park near a lake that had a archway. Stephanie took pictures of the place and when they got home, showed them to John. He loved the idea of an outdoor wedding and agreed to the place.