"Remind me again why this is fun?"
"Maybe if you were patient you would see the fun in it."
Eddie had to side with Danny. They were fishing off a dock with the whole family. Jamie seemed at ease but Eddie and Danny were bored. The babies were also bored. Addie started to fuss in their stroller. Sean sighed.
"They're going to drive the fish away."
Nicky set her reel down and walked over. "There is a playground around the corner. How about Eddie and I take them?"
Danny set his down. "I'll go too."
Frank chuckled. "Have fun."
Danny pushed the stroller for Eddie. When they reached the playground Nicky unbuckled the girls and handed them to Danny and Eddie. Soon Edie was swinging with Addie on her lap. Danny was going down the slide with Brooklyn while Nicky helped Josie pretend to climb the rock wall. They hadn't realized how much time had passed until Jamie walked over smiling.
"Who is having more fun? The girls or you guys?"
Eddie stuck her tongue out at him making him laugh. When they went back to the house Eddie set the girls in the bathtub together. Jamie helped her wash them and then wrestle them into soft pink pajamas. They then laid them down in their pack n plays and they all drifted to sleep. Eddie and Jamie walked downstairs and sat in the sun room with Frank and Henry. Henry and Jamie started a game of chess while Frank and Eddie played cards. An hour went by before they started hearing cries from upstairs. Eddie sighed and went to see what was going on. Brooklyn was standing in her pack n play with huge tears running down her face. Eddie grabbed her and quickly saw what the problem was.
"Did you pee through your outfit?"
Brooklyn looked up and cried. Eddie quickly changed her but when she went to put her back down she cried even more. Eddie decided to take her downstairs with her. She gave her aa sippy cup of water before settling back into her card game with Frank. He smiled as he watched the baby snuggle into her mother and slowly drift off to sleep.
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Eddie was slightly relieved to be back home. The girls were much more comfortable and they had their routine down pat. Jamie went back to work leaving Eddie to take care of the girls. She had tons of laundry to do after vacation as well as unpacking all their bags. She had just started a new load of laundry when she heard a thump followed by a scream. She ran into the family room and laughed. Josie was in her jumperoo and Addie had tried to crawl beneath it. Josie had slammed the tray down onto her sister's head. Eddie grabbed Addie and smiled.
"Did Sissy get you?"
Addie looked at her pitifully. Eddie looked to Brooklyn who had her eyes glued to Baby Einstein on the TV. Josie started to whine. Eddie shifted Addie to her other hip so she could grab Josie out of the jumperoo. She set her on the floor by her toy box. Addie calmed down and wanted to get down and play. As soon as she was distracted by her buggy teether before going back to unpacking. She had just unzipped a suitcase when her phone went off. She read Jamie's name on the screen and answered smiling.
"Miss us already?"
He chuckled. "Of course. How are they?"
"Well Josie thought it would be fun to jump on Addie's head but other then that they're good."
He laughed. "Nice. Renzulli wants me on a double so I won't be home till late. So don't wait up for me."
"Okay. I love you."
"I love you too. Give the girls a kiss for me."
She hung up and sighed. She hated doing bedtime routine on her own. She could handle it but it was ten times easier with Jamie's help. She finished unpacking, fixed dinner then started grabbing the girls and putting them in their high chairs. She set some cooled chicken on their trays along with some steamed broccoli and mac and cheese. Then she passed out their sippy cups filled with water. She sat down at the counter so she could eat next to them. When they finished she had to haul them all up the stairs and strip them down so they could take a bath. She set them all in she and Jamie's bathtub and started washing them. Then came the hard part. Wrestling wet babies out of the tub and into diapers. Soon she had three slippery babies crawling all around the bathroom. Josie opened some drawers and started pulling different toiletries out. Addie was attempting to pull herself onto the toilet while Brooklyn played with their dirty clothes. Eddie corralled them and slipped diapers onto them. She then put lotion on them and slipped on their yellow butterfly sleepers. By the time she laid them in their cribs she was exhausted but she still had the kitchen and bathroom to clean up. She did the dishes and wiped down all their high chairs. Then she cleaned up their toys before going upstairs and wiping the bathroom floor. She finally collapsed into bed fully dressed.
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Jamie unlocked the garage door and stepped inside the house. He saw a note on the counter.
Left a plate for you in the fridge- Eddie
He smiled and heated up his dinner. He grabbed a beer from the fridge before sitting on the couch and flipping on the tv. He turned the volume up just loud enough so he could hear it but it wouldn't wake the babies. Titan hopped up next to him and slept while Jamie ate. When he finished he went upstairs and quietly opened the door to the nursery. He stepped inside and looked in on each of the girls. Addie and Josie were both passed out. Brooklyn had her tan stuffed bunny clenched in one hand while she sucked on her other thumb. She looked like she was shivering. Jamie looked. Their air vent was right over her crib and she had kicked off her blanket. He recovered her and watched as she relaxed. He smiled and stepped back out. He closed their door before going into he and Eddie's room. He almost laughed when he saw Eddie. She was laying on top of the blankets still wearing her denim shorts and plain red t-shirt. Her hair was pulled into a messy bun and she had formula stains on her top. He placed a blanket over her before stripping down to his boxers and crawling into bed. He had just settled when Eddie spoke quietly.
"Girls okay?"
"Yeah. Brooke was cold so I put another blanket on her."
She nodded and turned to face him. She slipped under their bed sheets and grabbed his hand. He kissed her softly.
"Rough night?"
She nodded. "They decided to crawl around our bathroom and pull all the stuff out of the drawers."
He chuckled. "Sounds like them."
She leaned over and kissed his stubble lined jaw and down his neck. He smiled and found her lips. When his hands slipped to the button of her shorts her mind went blank.
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"Eddie where's the sunscreen?!"
"Laundry room!"
Eddie started bringing the babies downstairs and set them in the family room. She then put on their swim diapers and their blue flamingo prink bathing suits. Jamie walked in with the baby sunscreen and their white eyelet sunhats. Eddie handed him the babies one by one so he could lather them down with sunscreen. After their hats were on they took them out into their backyard where Jamie had set up their new inflatable pirate ship slide pool. Eddie set them in it and watched as they started splashing around in the few inches of water Jamie had put into it. Jamie let Titan outside and was surprised that he didn't try and get in the pool. He simply patrolled the yard while the girls played. Jamie settled in one of their brown wicker chairs while Eddie sat down next to the pool and made sure the girls stayed above the water. At one point Brooklyn tried to climb the slide and ended up sliding back down with a pitiful look on her face. Eddie laughed and helped her. Addie then decided that Mommy needed to be wet too. She grabbed one of her toys and squirted Eddie on the shirt. Eddie made a face while Jamie laughed.
"I told you that you needed a bathing suit."
She rolled her eyes and grabbed the baby's hands. "No squirting Momma."
Addie gave her gummy little grin. "MMMMAAAA!"
Eddie shrugged. "Close enough."
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