Carrying on from previous chapter
Amy looked around the living room at the happy faces and saw her mother there as well, Leonard had brought in Chinese food for everybody
"I think my mom should be the first to hold Marie" said Amy walking towards her mother who was in tears at her first grandchild, Marie was still sleeping even after Amy had taken her from the car seat
"Amy she is gorgeous" said Barbara gazing down at her granddaughter
The rest of their friends were gathered round taking pictures of the baby when Leonard took Sheldon into the kitchen to talk. Leonard suggested bringing Daisy back
"I'm not sure, maybe later it's a bit busy in here and I don't want there to be too much going on when we introduce her" said Sheldon
"Ok well when I went to get the Chinese food, Raj took her for a quick walk with Cinnamon, so she won't need another walk today anyway" replied Leonard
"Oh, is Cinnamon here?
"No she's next door as well"
"Thank you for calling everybody to tell them the news Leonard and for organising everything for our return" said Sheldon
"Your welcome, how are you feeling though now the baby is here? Asked Leonard
"Overwhelmed if I am honest and happy, Amy did so well and Penny was great too, I didn't do much other than hold Amy's hand"
"Sheldon that's all you needed to do, Amy would of appreciated that" said Leonard
"Do you think so? Asked Sheldon
"Of course, now stop worrying, you have a beautiful daughter and now you can enjoy having her after waiting all this time for her" said Leonard as Amy walked into the room
"Hey what are you both doing in here? Asked Amy looking to the two of them
"Oh we was just talking about the birth" said Sheldon smiling at Leonard
"Yes, I will leave you both to it" said Leonard
"I was just going to make tea if you want one? Asked Amy
"Yes, thank you" said Leonard
"Amy! You should be resting not doing things for everybody, go and sit down and I will do it" said Sheldon as Leonard left the room
"Sheldon I am more than capable of making tea" said Amy protesting
"I know but I want you to rest and not overdo things, you only gave birth this morning!
"Sheldon you are very sweet and caring" said Amy walking towards him and kissing him, Sheldon cuddled her for a few minutes and then Amy sat down while he made the tea, they went back into the living room where Marie was now being held by Bernadette, her own baby Rose was now 7 months old and laying on the floor on a blanket trying to crawl but not succeeding, Howard was supervising her
By 9pm everybody but Leonard and Penny had left and Sheldon asked him to bring Daisy back, Daisy came into the room, looked at the baby and promptly fell asleep in her basket
"Well that went well" said Amy
"Ok we will go back now and congratulations again" said Penny to Amy and Sheldon
"Thank you for being there Penny" said Amy
"No problems, perhaps you would do the same for me when the time comes" said Penny
"Really? Of course I would love to be there" said Amy hugging her best friend
After they left, Sheldon and Amy crashed out on the sofa, both exhausted after an emotional day, with Marie asleep in the carrycot next to the sofa
"Come on lets go to bed, who knows how long she will sleep for and I will need my rest as you pointed out earlier" said Amy
"Sure" said Sheldon picking up the carrycot and taking it to their room, they had decided to have the baby's cot in their room for the first few nights, they got changed and once they were in bed fell asleep straight away, with Amy only having to get up once in the night to feed Marie
Over the next week, they fell into a routine with Marie, she had a funny little frown on her face whenever she woke up and she always looked surprised to see people. Mary and Missy arrived and Mary made sure she took lots of videos and pictures of Marie, even though she wasn't doing very much at her early age, they stayed for three days before returning back to Texas, Barbara also came by most days and asked Amy how long she would be taking off
"Well I have 6 months full pay maternity leave and then I will go back every day but only from 10 until 4, I will sort out a nanny nearer the time, I just want to enjoy her for now"
"You don't need to find a nanny, I am not doing anything and I would be happy to look after her for you" said Barbara
"Mother I can't ask you to do that" said Amy surprised
"Of course you can, I would be delighted to do so and I now how hard you have worked in your career and having a baby isn't going to stop you and I want to help" said Barbara
"Amy I think it's a very good idea and we would of course pay you and make it official, its better to have your mother do it than some stranger" said Sheldon, Amy could only agree
"I think you have a deal Sheldon" said Barbara
Once Amy was feeling better and recovered from the birth she and Sheldon took the baby to Caltech to show their work colleagues, she kept the baby out of the lab though, there was a study currently on with Alcoholic monkeys and Amy didn't want the monkeys going crazy when they saw her.
Sheldon had originally been given two weeks paternal leave but Siebert had agreed to his request for an extra two weeks holiday, Sheldon loved being at home with his daughter and was helping Amy as much as he could
At the end of March Penny opened her men's clothing store, the first week was as successful as the women's store had been on the first week, she had decided to concentrate on her clothing line for now as well as the pregnancy, she felt that if something special came up in the line of acting she would take it but she was happy with her life right now, Leonard found he had grad students asking him to show them some of his experiments and with approval from President Siebert had organised several small viewings of his work, he found he enjoyed teaching and planned to do it more often.
Penny and Leonard went for their 12 week scan where the doctor confirmed the baby was fine and to come again at 20 weeks for confirmation of what sex the baby was
On Sunday May 24th Sheldon and Amy left Marie who was now just over 8 weeks old with Leonard and Penny and went to the café where they first met to celebrate 5 years together
"Just think Amy, a year and half ago we were getting married and now we have a baby, everything has happened very quickly since then" said Sheldon as a waitress came over and took their order
"I like that though don't you?
"Of course, I am very happy and I still can't believe how much time I spent avoiding everything"
"Sheldon its fine, you had your reasons for it and you are over it now, you even change Marie's smelly nappies without complaint! Said Amy
"Yes that's something I would have avoided in the past but now I love my little family and can't wait to extend it" said Sheldon gazing into Amy's eyes
"Extend it? Asked Amy in surprise
"Yes, we agreed we would have two or three children" said Sheldon
"Yes but I want to wait a while before we try for baby number two, I want to get back to work and enjoy Marie growing"
"How long is a while? Asked Sheldon
"Maybe a year or so, is that ok?
"Yes sure"
"Also once it gets nearer to the time of me going back to work, I think I will leave Marie with mother for a whole day to get her used to childminding, Marie will need to adjust too"
"That's a good plan" said Sheldon as they finished their tea and cakes and walked back to the house
"You know seeing as we have an empty house, there is something else we could do" said Amy as they arrived back home
"Oh yes and what's that? Asked Sheldon knowing where this was going
"Come upstairs and I will show you" said Amy taking his hand and leading him up to their room, Amy disappeared into the en suite and Sheldon took off his clothes and got into bed, Amy was changing into a sexy bra and g-string for Sheldon, she had lost a lot of the baby weight now and was feeling confident about her body.
She left the bathroom and stood in front of Sheldon against the bathroom door, he immediately got back out of the bed and walked towards her, he was already aroused and he pressed Amy against the door and kissed her with passion, he loved her little outfits that she dressed up in for him
"I love you Amy and I will show you just how much" said Sheldon picking her up and carrying her to the bed, they laid down side by side with their legs wrapped round each other and resumed kissing her whilst Amy reached for his erection and began to pump him, Sheldon liked very much when Amy did that and reaching for her breasts, he kissed her erect nipples and pulled her closer to him, using his hands to make Amy come, Amy was moaning lustily in the throes of orgasm and Sheldon was panting heavily from the touch of Amy on his arousal, he needed to be inside her so after putting a condom on, moved on top of her and guided his erection into her, they had made love only once since Marie was born and Amy felt she was now completely ready, Sheldon was thrusting into her and Amy was rocking against him, they continued kissing using tongues to explore whilst making little moaning noises, Amy was whispering into his ear how much she loved him which made Sheldon come with an explosion of noise and shuddering on top her.
"Amy you really are magnificent" said Sheldon still on top of her, Amy was panting and beaming away below him
"Thanks I think I can say the same about you, that was a very happy anniversary!" said Amy
"Happy anniversary back to you" said Sheldon rolling off Amy and cuddling her. " We don't have to pick Marie up until 5pm and its only 3 now, so lets have a little rest time before so" said Sheldon
"Sure" said Amy snuggling into Sheldon, she kissed him again and continued cuddling, some time later Sheldon had fallen asleep so Amy got up and went to the bathroom to shower, when she returned Sheldon had woken and was out of bed, he pulled Amy back into bed with her and kissed her again
"Maybe later tonight we can go again, I still want you though Amy, you cant leave me in this state" said Sheldon showing her his erection, Amy was still naked after her shower and not wanted to leave Sheldon, she moved on top of him and guided herself onto his erection, some time later after they had both orgasmed, there was a knock at the front door
"Shit its 530, no wonder they are knocking, we should of picked Marie up at 5" said Amy quickly throwing on a t-shirt and jogging bottoms and running downstairs and opening the door to find Penny there with Marie
"Hi Ames, I have brought Marie back for you" said Penny knowing just why Marie hadn't been collected at 5, she could see Amy was looking flushed
"Thank you for looking after her, was she ok? Asked Amy standing aside and letting them in
"Yes she had her bottle and also we gave her some water as she still seemed thirsty and she had a little sleep"
"Sheldon and I were going to order Chinese if you would like to join us? Said Amy
"Sure why not and maybe we could have the rest of our friends over to celebrate what's left of your anniversary? Asked Penny
"Actually that's a good plan" said Amy finding her phone and texting everybody to come over.
"Amy I will order the food, go and have a shower and get changed if you like, I will watch Marie" said Penny
"Thank you Penny" said Amy rushing back up the stairs, Sheldon was still in bed. "Sheldon everybody is going to come over tonight to celebrate our anniversary with us, Penny is ordering the food so we can get changed" said Amy
"Who has Marie now?
"Penny has her" replied Amy
"I take it people will be here shortly then?
"Yes I'm going to have a quick shower and change then you can do the same" said Amy walking into the en-suite, Sheldon followed her and locked the door
"You know it would save time if we showered together" said Sheldon, Amy was reaching into the shower to turn it on and Sheldon was pressing up against her, she turned around and kissed him, Sheldon helped Amy to take her clothes off and guided her into the shower
"You really are a horn dog at the moment aren't you Sheldon" said Amy leaning against him
"Well you are a beautiful woman and I want to make the most of your beauty Amy" replied Sheldon, they were washing each other now, with Sheldon gently caressing her breasts while he did so
After they were clean they went back into the bedroom, Amy chose to wear her blue dress and with the gold hemline and Sheldon put on a shirt and trousers, they went back downstairs and found all their friends had arrived and brought champagne with them
"You know if it wasn't for Howard and Raj blackmailing me into meeting you, we would never have met" said Sheldon to Amy once they were settled in the living room with their friends
"Oh I know and I am grateful that they persuaded you to meet me" said Amy
"I am too" said Sheldon
"So it was a good thing then Sheldon" asked Howard
"Yes, I didn't appreciate it at the time but I do now" said Sheldon gazing at Amy who was now bottle feeding Marie, Bernadette was next to her with Rose who was sitting on the floor in front of her patting Daisy on the back who was leaning against Amy's legs, Daisy was turning into a very patient dog, she didn't mind being prodded and was very protective around Amy
"Thank you all for coming though, its nice to spend our anniversary with our friends" said Sheldon suddenly
"Amy do you mind if we take Sheldon to the game room for a while? Asked Leonard
"No go ahead, us girls can have a gossip" said Amy. Marie had now finished her bottle and was sleeping in Amy's arms, so she put her in the carrycot next to the sofa, Daisy immediately moved from her spot and lay down next to the cot
"She's very good with the baby isn't she? Said Natasha
"Yes and considering the start she had in life, she's very trustworthy of people" replied Amy
"Oh Penny by the way you have three new people in today requesting your personal shopper services, they had heard of you via their friends" said Alex
"Did you make appointments for them?
"Yes, one of them is for Friday and the other two are for Saturday, I hope that is ok?"
"That's fine, thank you Alex, how was it today anyway, I forgot to ask?
"Yes it was slow this morning but this afternoon got busy
"You know Penny, have you ever considered a children's range? Asked Amy
"I hadn't no but everything in time you know, I want to see how the men's store goes first before expanding my empire" said Penny doing the quotes for the empire bit
"I thought it was going well? Asked Amy
"It is but it's only been open two months, I just want to make sure" replied Penny
"How's it going with Raj as your business partner?
"Great, I am having to borrow less money from the business account because we are doing so well with the Penny Blossoms and the stores themselves"
"How's Beverley taking the news of you having a baby? Asked Amy again
"Oh she was her usual self, she was happy for us though" said Penny as Rose crawled towards her and demanded to be picked up which Penny did
"Mama" said Rose suddenly causing Bernadette to look at her daughter in surprise
"Oh that's the first time she's said a proper word!" said Bernadette happily as she went to take Rose off Penny, but Rose had other ideas and squirmed away from her
Raj reappeared in the living room and said he had to go out
"Where are you going? Asked Penny
"Kelly just rang and said she was free so I'm going to meet her at my apartment now" said Raj
"Why don't you bring her back here? Asked Amy
"I would but she has been away for a week visiting family in Florida and I kinda missed her you know" said Raj
"Aw that's sweet, well maybe another time, you know she is always welcome Raj" said Amy
"I know and thank you" said Raj as he kissed the two babies goodbye and left
"How long has he been seeing Kelly now? Asked Natasha
"I'm not entirely sure, I think it was just before Leonard and I got married, so its about 8 months something like that, Raj wasn't very clear on that detail" replied Penny
"Maybe he will be the next of us to settle down" said Amy
"Maybe you never know what will happen with Raj" said Penny
At 20 weeks, Penny and Leonard found out the sex of their baby and discovered they would be having a boy and told their friends that night at their house
"In a few months you will all be able to meet baby Archie Hofstadter" announced Penny happily, she had a good size bump now and wasn't having many problems at 20 weeks, she had a little tiredness but knew that was to be expected, she was just looking forward to the final part of the pregnancy and the birth.
I hope everybody is still enjoying the story?
There wont be anymore now until after October 14th and it will give you all a chance to catch up with the story
