December 5...

Today was Alison's fourth birthday, and Vanessa threw her a party. In the middle of the party, she started crying because it was hard to believe her tiny baby girl was four years old already.

After the party, Eric and I stayed and helped clean up.

The next day at work, Chuck and Blair brought Carson in so the other girls could meet him, and they were all adoring him.

That night was Vanessa's bachelorette party, and Nate would be having his bachelor party also.

Serena and I went with Vanessa, while Eric, Chuck and Dan went with Nate.

Dad and Lily would've went, but they wanted to watch all the kids. Blair stayed home with Carson.

We went out to a strip club, and I'd made sure to pump plenty of milk for Madison beforehand so I could get drunk and have time to have the alcohol out of my system before she needed more milk.

The beginning of the night was fun, since we went from bar to bar. At one, we all played pool, then table tennis and darts. At another, we just sat and began to really get drunk. Then at the next, we just danced like fucking idiots. I barely remembered it, but while we were dancing, Vanessa and I wound up making out. Everything after that was a mystery.

In the morning, we woke up in a hotel room at The Empire. We were all sprawled out on the huge bed, and we were hungover as shit. I called Eric first thing in the morning once I woke up. All of us hung around the hotel room, wearing off the sick feeling.

It wasn't until late afternoon that we felt decent enough to go get our kids and go home, but that was just proof we'd had a good time.

I got home shortly before Eric did, and for some reason it felt like we hadn't seen each other in a month.

We were both glad to be together again.

The rehearsal dinner for Vanessa and Nate's wedding was December 8.

On the next day, Eric and I put our Christmas tree up.

Finally, the wedding day arrived!

Vanessa's dress had glittery, triangular straps, a glittery bodice and a long, flowy skirt. She styled her shoulder length hair straight, with a braid crown under her shimmery veil, held on by a small tiara.

The bridesmaid dresses were the color of red wine, and very beautiful.

My dress was a halter, and it came to right above my knees. The bodice was also glittery, with a shimmery, slightly poofy skirt, and the shoes were matching heels. I'd put my (mid-back length) hair back with a silver headband and curled it.

Serena, Blair, Lily and Gabriella (V's mother)'s bridesmaid dresses were similar to mine, except their skirts were slightly longer and they didn't have straps at all.

The guys were all in gray suits with red ties.

Alison and Tianna were the flower girls, and they had little shiny red dresses with skirts to the middle of their calves. Brent was the ring boy and he had a suit like the guys.

The service would be inside The Empire, because Chuck let them use it for free.

It started when everyone was seated.

The priest was already standing at the altar. Nate walked over to join him.

Dad and Lily walked out first.

Then Gabriella.

Chuck and Blair were next, then Eric and I.

Dan and Serena went after us.

Then Brent, Alison and Tianna.

Finally, Vanessa walked out.

Nate and Vanessa said their vows, and kissed. Everyone cheered for them.

After the service, I went over to Vanessa and Nate.

"Congrats guys!" I told them, hugging them both. "So, you're an Archibald now, V. Feel any different?"

"Besides being married, nope!" She laughed.

That evening...

Nate and Vanessa had just left for their honeymoon, so Eric and I took Alison, Ryder and David home with us, along with Tianna, Kalika and Madison.

The first night with them went great. The next morning, making breakfast for all of us was a little exhausting, but it was ok.

We just sat at home all day while the kids played with toys.

The second day they were with us, Alison got super hyped up, and we had to deal with that, but it wasn't too hard, just tiring.

On the third day, Vanessa called to check on her kids.

In the morning of the fourth day, we had to call Lily over to help out a bit, since Madison had colic, Tianna had diarrhea, Alison was hyper, David had a fever, Eric had a headache and I had really bad PMS.

That evening, Chuck came and took Alison and Tianna of our hands for the night and probably the next day, so we could have less strain on us.

Around noon the next day, in the middle of lunch, I started my period, but luckily none of the kids were old enough to know I had blood on the butt of my pants.

Vanessa called again that night.

On the sixth day, Chuck brought Tianna back to me since she was mine, but kept Alison to help Eric and I out and so he could spend time with her.

The seventh day was easy, since the kids just played all day and were happy.

Finally, the day after that, Vanessa and Nate arrived home and took their little ones with them.

Nate tried to pay us for watching them but it wasn't a big deal so we refused to accept it.

After we'd gotten some rest, I had to go back to work. Once work was over for the day, Eric and I began our Christmas shopping. It was late, but we had enough time.

The next day at work, Eleanor asked me to come talk to her in her office. It made me nervous, even though I knew it was nothing bad since I hadn't done anything wrong.

"Jenny, you've done an amazing job on your part of the maternity line." Eleanor proudly stated.

"Uh, thank you. I did put my best effort into it."

"I can see that, and everyone else will too. That's why I called you in here."

"What?" I asked, confused.

"I think you should have your own line with Waldorf Designs!"

"Seriously? You're sure?"

"Of course I'm sure! I've been thinking about it for a few weeks now, and I decided you should! You can have your teenage dream!"

"I'd love to! What kind of line would it be?"

"Whatever you feel like making."

"I'm not sure if I could decide between clothes for teenage girls or for little girls and babies." I admitted.

"How about you start with one, and if it goes well, you can do another?"

"That sounds great!"

"I knew it would. So, do you want to begin on it after Christmas?"

"Sure!"

"Alright then!"

"Should I get back to work now?"

"Yes, can you pick up a delivery for me at the post office?"

"Yeah, of course."

"You know what to do."

"Yep." I said as I left Eleanor's office with a beaming smile.

My dream was finally going to come true. What I'd thought would never happen when I first got pregnant over three years ago. I finally made it!