It's Friday the 13th, just 2 days before Aly's due date and the two of us, along with Mike's mom Carol are at Mike and Aly's house in Vegas. It's decently early in the morning and Carol is up, making breakfast. I'm helping her since I was woken up by Aaliyah moving around in my belly. Aly finally comes into the kitchen, yawning and rubbing her stomach.

"Look who's up. Morning Aly." I say, turning my head and seeing Aly once I heard her yawning.

"Mmm...morning." She replies.

"Savannah wake you up?"

"No, but the Braxton-Hicks contractions did."

"That's normal right?"

"Yeah." She shrugs and then her face scrunches up in pain.

"Ow." She mutters and then relaxes a couple seconds later.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, just another one."

I nod, and go back to helping with breakfast.

"You're thinking it's false labor?" Carol asks her.

"Right now yeah. I don't know, I have this feeling that today is it but these contractions aren't getting stronger or longer or closer together like true ones are supposed to." She replies.

"Well the best thing to do is just keep an eye on them."

She nods and sits at the table.

"So what time are the boys getting in?" Carol questions.

"They have an interview mid-morning and then they're going straight to the airport from there."

"I can't wait for them to get here." I add.

"Me too." Aly agrees.

Then once the breakfast was ready, the plates of food were all made and we joined you at the table. We all eat and talk. Once we finish, the dishes go into the dishwasher and we move to the living room to relax.

"So tired..." I start to say before I yawned.

"...I didn't get to sleep last night until late, and I was woken up early this morning."

"So take a nap."

"Maybe later, I'm fine for now."

"If you say so."

As we're sitting around, Aly starts to have more mild contractions.

"There goes another one." She adds.

"Are they painful?" I ask.

"Not too horribly." She responds.

The contractions keep coming in regular intervals but she manages to keep mostly relaxed, breathing through them. She's in the middle of one and a phone goes off.

"If that's Mike don't say a word about this right now. He'll flip out. There's plenty of time for them to get here, these aren't that bad and my water hasn't broken either."

"First babies almost always take the longest anyway." She adds.

"Right." I say, looking around for the phone that's going off and finding it before it stops ringing.

"Hello?"

"Hey Carls."

"Hey Mike, had a feeling you were the one calling."

Mike chuckles.

"How's everything?"

"Everything's fine, well besides the whole not getting to bed until late last night thing..for me anyway."

"She keep you up again?"

"Yeah, but hey it's expected."

"Right."

"So what're you up to now?"

"We just got back from the gym and now we're going to start getting ready for the interview."

"Ah."

"How about you guys?"

"We're just watching tv and talking."

"How's Lyssa?"

I look over at her.

"She's alright."

"She can't wait for you get here."

"I can't wait to be home either." Mike sighs.

"Me too!" I hear Alex in the background.

I laugh.

"Goofball. I can't wait for you guys to be here."

"Especially your mom...she's here with us."

"I know, I miss everybody." Mike says.

"And we all miss you too."

"Well I just wanted to check in on everyone before we get ready. I'll see you all at the airport, I don't know if I'll have time to call or text before the flight."

"That's okay, we know what time to be there."

"Right, we love you guys."

"We love you guys too."

We both say bye and hang up.

"They just got back from the gym and are getting ready for the interview."

"Good. The faster that's over, the faster they get home."

"Right." I nod.

Over the next few hours, her contactions continue and start to get longer and everything. During this, Mike texts and lets us know they've gotten to their flight. A while after that, Aly's coming down the hall after a bathroom trip when she stops, feeling a warm gush of liquid.

"Um...Mom? Dolce?" She calls hesitantly.

Mike's mom and I look at each other before getting up quickly, well she gets up quickly and I get up as quick as I can. Then we head over to the opening of the hallway.

"What's wrong?"

"My water just broke."

"Oh boy..." I say.

"Okay don't panic, let's just get you to the hospital." Carol adds.

"Let's get you out of those wet bottoms and wipe up the floor. Carly honey, why don't you go get the hospital bag and put it in the car?" Carol says, walking to her.

I nod and walk down the hall and into the bedroom, grabbing the bag and heading out to the car, putting it in the trunk. In the meantime, Carol helps her get herself changed and the floor cleaned up. We call the hospital to warn them that we're coming and then make sure we have everything we need before we get in the car and head off.

"Carly, call Mike and Alex and leave messages so they know to go straight to the hospital when they get off the plane." Carol says while driving.

First I call Mike and leave a message telling him what's going on and to head straight to the hospital once they land, and then I call Alex and do the same thing. We get to the hospital and get settled in. After a bit they let her get up and walk around. During a rather intense contraction, my phone starts ringing.

"Please tell me that's them." Aly moans, leaning on Carol and swaying while she tries to breathe through the contraction.

"It is." I say, looking at my phone and answering it.

"Hello?" I ask.

"We're on our way in a cab. How is she? Is everything okay?" Mike asks hurriedly.

"She's trying to breathe through a contraction right now, an intense one at that."

Mike groans.

"Tell her we're coming as fast as we can."

"They're coming as fast as they can." I say, moving the phone away from my ear.

"Hurry..." She whimpers.

Mike hears her and sighs in frustration.

"We're less than like 5 minutes away now."

"Alright, I'll tell her that and we'll see you then."

Mike agrees and we both hang up. I tell Aly what he said and she nods, the contraction starting to ease up. A couple minutes later Mike and Alex get to the floor we're on and find us just as she's in another contraction. Mike sees her leaning against his mom as she's trying to breathe through the contraction, and he hurries over.

"Lyssa don't worry, I'm here."

Relief floods through her and she moves, latching onto him.

"We got here as fast as we could."

She nods and leans against him.

"I guess Savannah couldn't wait just two more days."

"Nope. I think she intends to be a Firday the 13th baby. She says, straightening up as the contraction passes.

"I guess so." He chuckles.

A nurse comes over.

"Alright honey, it's time to check you again so let's get you back in your room." She tells her.

"Oh great." She mutters as all of us head towards her room.

"Don't worry, I'm gonna be right there beside you." Mike reassures.

"I know." She leans into him.

We get into the room and right as she reaches the bed, she feels another contraction buidling. She reaches for Mike with a small whimper.

"Another one?" He asks, and she nods.

She puts his arms around his neck and leans into him while they sway gently. Mike talks softly to her the whole time while rubbing her back. It seems to work because after a couple minutes the contraction passes and she breathes a sigh of relief. Mike steals a kiss and then helps her into the bed. She gets situated and the nurse checks her.

"You're 7 centimeters." She declares, throwing her gloves in the trash.

"3 more to go." Aly sighs as she puts all the monitors and everything back on her.

"You'll get through this." Mike says soothingly, and then places a kiss on the hand that he's holding.

He leans down and kisses her.

"I'm just glad you guys are here now." She says after he pulls away.

"I know, I'm glad we got off the plane in time to get here."

She nods and looks at Alex.

"Hey DC." She finally greets him.

"Hey Windy." He greets backs.

Alex goes over and hugs her.

"Ready to meet your neice/goddaughter?"

"Of course I am." He smiles.

"And just think you get to do this in 2 months with Dolce."

"Don't remind me." I laugh.

She snickers and then grimaces, grabbing onto one of the rails of the bed. And with her other hand which Mike is holding, she squeezes his hand as she breathes through another contraction. Mike runs the fingers of his free hand through her hair, trying to soothe her. Once that passes, she releases her grip on the rail of the bed and she eases the grip she has on Mike's hand as she starts to relax for now. A few hours pass and now she's in even more discomfort. The nurse comes in again to check her.

"Time to call the doctor, you're fully dialated." She remarks with the smile.

We all wait as she calls the doctor in, and Mike is trying to sooth her the best he can because of the discomfort she's in.

"I hear its time for a baby." The doctor says cheerfully as she walks in.

She just whimpers, clutching Mike's hand. The doctor and nurses get everything ready.

Mike and his mom are on one side her while Alex and I are on the other side, while they get everything ready.

"Alright Alyssa, when the next contraction comes, I want you to push." The doctor says.

She nods and does so while Carol and I hold her legs, her hands clutching Mike and Alex's tightly. After a bit the doctor says that she's doing a good job and she encourages her to keep going as she sees Savannah's head come into view. Her head comes out and the doctor stops Aly from pushing while she uses the suction thing to clean out Savannah's nose and mouth. She breathes heavily, struggling to not push. Carol's tearing up and she nudges Mike.

"Look."

He looks over for a minute at what we can see of Savannah and he smiles, trying not to tear up himself. Finally the doctor lets Aly push her out the rest of the way, catching her. Savannah lets out a wail and Aly slumps back against the pillows with tears in her eyes. Mike looks back at her after looking at Savannah with tears in his eyes as well, and a smile. She tries to blink back the tears and he leans down to kiss her. She kisses back and leans her forehead against his after he pulls away.

"You were absolutely amazing, so proud of you babe." He moves and presses his lips against her forehead.

"Thank you." She smiles.

Mike cuts the cord and the doctor puts Savannah on her stomach. She helps them dry her off while talking to her soothingly since she's crying.

"Shhh, it's okay jellybean. Mommy's here."

"And Daddy." Mike adds.

Her crying starts to quiet a little. Then the nurse says they're going to take her over to the little station and check her over, take her measurements, and all of that. She agrees and they take her.

"I can go over there with them if you want." Mike suggests.

"I can tell you're dying to. Go ahead." She giggles.

He grins and leans down, kissing her once more before walking over to the station where Savannah is. Aly watches him and Carol and Alex all over there while I stay by her.

"She looks adorable." I smile.

"I know." She smiles too.

"I wonder who she looks like."

"Mike always says she's going to look like me."

"Awww."

"I just hope she gets his eyes but we won't know that for months since all babies are born with blue eyes that tend to change."

"I hope Liyah gets Alex's eyes too."

"That'd be cute."

"I know."

"She went quiet over there." Aly comments, looking over at them.

"Must be because of her daddy."

"It wouldn't surprise me." She laughs lightly.

"She's a daddy's girl."

"Definitely."

Then we listen as we hear Mike talking to her. She feels her eyes tearing up listening to him.

"He's gonna be so great with her."

"I know. He's so good with Lilly and other kids too."

"He'll even be good with Liyah when she gets here." You add.

"Of course." I agree, rubbing my stomach.

"I'm just waiting for her to start moving in there again." I laugh.

"I bet she will." Aly giggles.

"She likes to keep me up at night, that's for sure."

"Savvy used to do the same thing."

"It's like we're not allowed to sleep." I laugh.

"Nope." Aly laughs too.

"But miraculously, Alex can get her to calm down, so he helps."

"Right." She nods before perking up as Mike, Alex, and Carol all come back over with Savannah in Mike's arms.

"So what is she?"

"7 pounds 13 ounces and 21 inches long." Mike declares as he sits on her bed with her.

"Aww."

She smiles and rubs her cheek gently.

"She definitely looks like you Lys." Mike comments.

"She does." Carol says.

"He was right." I grin.

She giggles lightly.

"Well either way, she's adorable and perfect."

"I couldn't agree more." Mike adds.

He kisses her and then lays Savannah in her arms. She starts to play with her a bit, putting a finger in her hand and she wraps her hand around it. She kisses her head, rubbing her hand gently with her thumb.

"Such tiny hands."

"But she got my long fingers." Aly giggles.

"Oh yeah." Mike chuckles.

"She has the long feet and toes too." He adds amusedly.

"She's looking more and more like you." He continues.

"And I love it." He finishes with a smile and kisses her forehead before kissing Savannah's too."

"I hope her eyes end up being the same as yorus." She remarks.

He chuckles. She holds her a little longer before letting Carol take her.

"She's just so adorable." She gushes.

"Yeah she is."

Once she was done holding Savannah, she passed her off to Alex.

"Uncle Alex." Aly giggles.

"She's gonna love him." I giggle too.

"She's cute." Alex chuckles, watching as her eyes look around.

"Most babies are."

"True."

"But she's the cutest." He adds.

"Until Liyah's born." He finishes, making us all laugh.

"Of course."

Alex then gives Savannah to me.

"Awwww."

"Hi cutie." I smile at her.

She keeps looking around until she stops when she looks at me. She doesn't stare for too long but it's enough to make me smile wider. Then I get up and hand her back to Aly. She squirms and whines at being moved again but Aly quickly soothes her.

"And Liyah must know, because now she's starting to move."

Everyone laughs and of course Alex puts his hands on my stomach.

"If she gets to be too much, you're gonna have to calm her down." I say to him.

"I know."

I then try to relax in the chair the best I can while I wait for her to stop moving. She stops moving and I yawn.

"Why don't you head home, you're tired and you need all the rest you can get." Aly suggests.

I nod and get up. Alex and Carol get up as well and we all say our goodbyes. Then we leave the room and head out to head home. The nurse comes in and shows Aly how to get Savannah situated properly for nursing. Savannah nurses contently while Mike and Aly admire her.

"I think I should eat too and then when we're both done, I want to sleep if I can. I'm tired..." Aly says, yawning.

"Right, you must be exhausted." Mike nods.

"Mmhmm." She leans back into the pillows.

"Would you like me to go get you something?"

"Please. I don't really care what. I'm just hungry."

"Alright, I'll be right back."

She nods and gets a kiss on the lips from him before he kisses Savannah's head and goes out to get food. Mike gets back with food, just as she was done nursing Savannah. She burps her as he sets up the food on the tray.

"Thanks babe." She smiles tiredly.

"You're welcome."

Mike takes Savanah and lays her in the clear bassinet baby cart so that the two of them have their hands free to eat. He wheels it close to the bed so they can see her while they eat. As they eat, she is now sleeping peacefully.

"I can't believe she's here." Aly comments.

"I know me neither."

"I'm happy she is though and I'm glad you guys made it back in time."

"I was determined to be here, I had to be here."

"I know." She kisses his cheek.

Finally she finishes eating and leans into Mike, eyes drooping.

"Okay, you need your rest now."

She moves reluctantly so he can get up and he pushes the table away. He comes back to the side of the bed and cups her cheek, leaning down to kiss her softly. She leans into his touch, sighing.

"Sleep." He says, after pulling away.

"Love you."

"Love you too."