Chapter 11
As the weeks passed, Stephanie and John-John were permitted to travel with John. By the time John-John was 8 weeks old he was starting to sleep longer at night. Kinley who was in her 8th month was getting ready to go on maternity leave.
The first show that John was back to work, was in Raleigh, North Carolina. Stephanie was glad that it was there so she could see her family and they could spend time with John-John. When they arrived at the arena, Kinley was already there and working on Chris Jericho's trunks for that night.
"Should you be doing that?" Stephanie asked.
"I don't have a choice. My replacement hasn't shown up yet and ouch." Kinley answered.
"What's wrong?" Stephanie asked.
"The baby kicked me." Kinley lied as she knew it was a contraction.
"Then sit down and do it. No need to stress you and the baby out." Stephanie responded.
"I will." Kinley stated.
As the night went on, Matt was walking around showing off his nephew to the world. John was in his dressing room getting ready for his come back match. When John finally caught up to Stephanie, she was in catering with some of the other spouses talking.
"Babe, Vince wanted to know if we wanted to introduce John-John to the WWE Universe tonight?" John asked.
"I guess we could." Stephanie answered.
"Ok. I'll go let him know." John responded.
As soon as the show started John made his way out into the ring. Stephanie, Matt and John-John waited in the gorilla position until John introduced them. Matt escorted his sister and nephew into the ring and then left them in John's care. After introducing John-John to the WWE Universe, John escorted them backstage.
Stephanie took the baby and went to find Kinley. When Stephanie finally found her, Kinley was doubled over in pain and crying. Stephanie put the baby in the stroller and yelled for help. Matt heard his sister yelling and ran towards her voice.
Matt ran off to get Shannon and a medic. Once both were with Kinley they rushed her to the nearest hospital. Stephanie, John-John and John followed the ambulance with Matt in the backseat.
Once Kinley was in the labor and delivery room, a doctor checked on her progress and noted that the baby was breech. The medical team tried to manually move the baby but it only caused more pain to Kinley.
While John, Stephanie, Matt and John-John waited in the waiting room, Kinley was preped for an emergency c-section. An hour had passed and everyone was starting to wonder what was going on. Shannon finally emerged from behind the doors.
"We have a healthy 6lb 5oz 19 inches long baby girl." Shannon announced.
"Congratulations! What's her name?" Stephanie asked.
"Ava Stephanie Moore." Shannon answered.
"Congrats bro." Matt responded.
"Give them both our love." Stephanie stated with tears in her eyes.
"I will." Shannon responded as he hugged Stephanie.
After leaving the hospital, John drove back to the arena so that he and Matt could gather their stuff and head back to Cameron. Vince stopped them in the hallway and asked about Kinley and the baby. John told him that they were both fine.
John drove back to Cameron and up to Gilbert's house where they were staying. Stephanie was exhausted and so was John. After feeding John-John and putting him to bed, Stephanie and John both collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.
Kinley and Ava were released from the hospital three days later. Shannon took the time off to be with his wife and daughter. John, Stephanie and the baby had to fly back to Tampa before Kinley was released to go home.
As the weeks passed, Stephanie and John-John traveled along side John as Stephanie was back at work. John-John went wherever Stephanie went as she was still nursing him. John loved having his family with him on the road.
John and Stephanie were also in the midst of planning their June wedding. Flowers were ordered, caterer was hired, reception hall was reserved, and the pastor was paid for. All that was really left to do was get the dresses and tuxes for the ceremony and send out the invitations.
As the months passed, everyone celebrated John-John's first Halloween in which he was dressed up as a teddy bear. As Thanksgiving approached, everyone headed to Boston for the holiday.
All of John's brothers and their ladies were there and John-John was passed around from person to person. Stephanie's dad and brothers were also there and Jeff even brought his new girlfriend Amber with him.
The following week, John had to go on tour for the first time with out Stephanie and their son. He was part of the tribute to the troops special and had to fly to Iraq. Stephanie was worried about him going, but also knew that the WWE wouldn't put them in danger.
"I'm going to miss you both so much." John stated as they arrived at the airport.
"We're going to miss you too. But we have the internet and video and voice chat. And this will give me a chance to go shopping for you for Christmas." Stephanie responded.
"What are you going to get me?" John asked with a smile.
"You'll just have to wait and see." Stephanie answered.
Once they arrived at the airport, John said goodbye to Stephanie and John-John before heading inside. Stephanie drove towards the mall so that she could get her shopping done. Once Stephanie and John-John were done at the mall, they headed home for dinner.
The next week went by quickly and soon John was back home for a few days. While Stephanie was getting everything ready for Christmas, John had one more live show and one more house show before his vacation.
Stephanie couldn't wait until the new year as then, the wedding plans would start taking effect in their everyday lives. Stephanie also couldn't wait for John-John's first birthday party.
