Just a warning, there's one last round of fucking insane ahead in the next many chapters, so yeah just warning you.
February 11... Monday...
Chuck and Blair were celebrating their first wedding anniversary, so Eric and I babysat Carson while they went out.
On Valentine's Day, Eric and I went out for Chinese food, then for a walk, and home to make love. It was a perfect day.
A few days after that, we decided to do our first family pictures. They turned out great.
Vanessa and Nate decided to do start their own family pictures tradition too, and so did Dad and Lily. That meant we got to do it twice.
The fashion line I was working on was going great, even though it was a ton of hard work, and I was exhausted half the time.
It was the last day of February when Eric and I were out with Vanessa and Nate with all of our kids.
"Hey guys?" Vanessa said.
"What?" Eric asked.
"Nate and I have a little surprise, and we don't want everyone to know just yet, but you guys can know if you want."
"Well, we're willing to know if you're willing to tell us." I laughed.
"Ok, the surprise is that-"
"We're having another baby!" Nate interrupted, throwing his arms up excitedly.
"Oh my god, that's great!" Eric congratulated them.
"Yeah it is." I agreed. "Congrats you two!"
"It is great, and this time it was actually planned!" V stated.
"How far along are you?" I asked her.
"About eight weeks."
"Cool."
"Yep, it is." Nate said, hugging his wife from the side.
March 16... Friday...
Today was the day Dan announced the release date of the sequel to 'Inside'. It would come out on July 25.
Also, crazily, Chuck and Blair announced that they were also having a new baby, even though Carson was only four months old.
March 27...
After I came home from work, Vanessa announced to the rest of everyone about their new baby.
April 2... Monday...
It was my birthday again already. It didn't seem like it had been a whole year since the last one. Now I was 20. It was so hard to believe.
It was also my first birthday in two years that I wasn't gigantically pregnant, or even pregnant at all during.
Eric, being the adorable husband he is, woke me up before work with good morning birthday sex and then breakfast and a bouquet of roses.
When I got to work, Eleanor, Blair and the other girls had decorated my work station with balloons and streamers.
Around noon, Eleanor sent me home early, since she'd worked with Eric to plan the day out.
Eric was at home with an outfit for me and a lunch date reservation.
We got dressed and went to lunch, and then to the top of the Empire State building to admire the city for a while.
It was nearly five when we left, to go to the party they'd planned for me at Dad's and Lily's.
The house was decorated in black and pink streamers and glittery balloons with food and drinks everywhere.
I got many "happy birthday"s from many people.
My birthday had been truly great, and I didn't think it could get any better, but it did.
Eric and I went home to find the things he'd had Dorota set up for us, which included roses around the bed, which had extra pillows at the time, and our bathtub had a hot bath with bubbles in it.
"This is cute." I stated, looking around our bedroom.
"I knew you'd like it."
"That I do."
"Are you going to go into the bath and relax now?"
"Only if you join me." I playfully growled, giving him a sexual smirk.
"If you insist." He laughed, taking my hand and going into the bathroom with me.
April 6... Friday...
Dan and Serena had just gotten on a flight to London, taking Brent, Emily and Bethany with them. They were going for a vacation, probably celebrating the fact that Dan was done with his second book, but they never actually said. Also, they never said when they'd be back, and Serena was acting weird.
"We should go on a vacation somewhere too soon." I told Eric when we were snuggled together on the couch that night.
"You could get time off work?"
"Yeah, I haven't used my vacation time this year yet."
"Where do you want to go?"
"I don't even know. I just want to see somewhere new and have some fun away from home."
"You've basically already been to the best places for the fashion shows, though!"
"I know, but I never actually did anything outside the shows. That was one big work trip."
"Good point."
"Maybe we could go to Disneyland with the girls when they get older." I suggested.
"Jenny! Of course we're doing that!" Eric laughed.
"Well we never talked about it."
"There's no need to."
"Let's talk about this trip we're planning now."
"Good idea."
"How about Hawaii?"
"I'm up for that if you are."
"We should do some research."
"Yeah, I'll go get my laptop." Eric stated, beginning to get up.
"No! Not right now!" I exclaimed, pushing him back down.
"Why not?"
"Cuddle time!" I said in a baby voice and moved even closer to him.
The next afternoon...
I was looking at my hair in the bathroom mirror while Eric sat with Madison and Kalika on our bed.
"Isn't it weird how you can be pregnant, and be totally oblivious to it for like three months?" I asked.
"Well, I can't really answer that, since I've obviously never been pregnant, but yeah it sounds pretty weird. Wait-"
"What?"
"Are you pregnant?"
"No! Why would you think that?"
"Just you randomly bringing that up."
"Oh, sorry. I'm definitely not pregnant." I said as I sat on the bed and picked up Kalika.
"I love how much she looks like you." I told Eric happily, admiring our beautiful baby's resemblance to her father.
"I can agree that she does look like me, but Tianna looks just like you!"
"Let's just hope she turns out like me, not Chuck. Nothing against Chuck, but I would rather she grow up acting like I did instead of how Chuck did, since I know how that goes and I know how to deal with myself. Plus, I was a lot safer."
"You have a really good point there."
"I know. It's great how Kalika seriously has all of your features, from eyes to hair to even her ears!"
"Maybe she looks so much like me because she's my first kid."
"Yeah, maybe. Then Madison is a mash-up of both of us."
"She definitely has your eyes and nose." Eric told me.
"She's still really young though, and her eyes could change colors. They might not always be blue."
"True, mine were blue when I was a baby too."
"Madison has your mouth, and eyebrows."
"No, I think she has your eyebrows."
"Whatever. You're just a guy, and don't pay as much attention to eyebrows as girls do." I laughed.
"I pay attention to your eyebrows." Eric joked, smirking at me.
"You're being weird now!"
"But you know you love me."
"That I do." I said, smiling at him, and he kissed me sweetly.