Amy sat with Lou and Jack for about 20 minutes until it became too much. Amy decided to take Phoenix and find Georgie. For some reason Amy just knew that Phoenix could find her. She kept him on a lead rope and let him guide her. They walked for a little while until they were on the other side of the field. Suddenly Phoenix stopped just under a huge tree. Amy looked up and noticed the blue sneaker.
"Georgie?"
When her face emerged from the branches Amy breathed a sigh of relief.
"Georgie why did you run? Everyone is looking for you."
Georgie didn't answer she just cried quietly sitting on a branch. Amy tied Phoenix to the tree and climbed up next to her.
"I know you are scared. I know that you just want Jeff to be ok but there is nothing you can do."
Georgie sniffled so Amy decided to tell her something that she had never shared with anyone.
"After my mom and I's car accident my memory was pretty foggy. Slowly though within the past few years I've been reliving it in my dreams. Only each time I dream I remember more and more. I can feel the glass piercing my face. I remember my mom reaching for my hand. But most of all I remember her saying I love you just before we hit the tree. And every time I dream about it I wake up sweating."
Georgie stared at her. "You never told me that."
"I have never told Ty that."
Georgie's eyes widened but she said nothing.
"Georgie you can't run every time something scares you or makes you angry. We are your family and we love you and we're here for you. Besides without you who else is going to drive Mallory crazy."
Georgie cracked a smile. "Or read Charlotte's Web to Maddie and Katie."
"Exactly."
They both slid out of the tree and Amy whipped out her phone. She sent out a mass text to everyone looking for Georgie as well as Lou.
Found Georgie. I'm bringing her home now-Amy
She and Georgie climbed onto Phoenix and rode home. When they approached the house they saw Lou, Peter, Jack, Ty, and Mallory standing by the porch. They climbed off of Phoenix and Georgie ran over to Lou. She buried her face into Lou's arm and cried. Amy put Phoenix in the round pen and walked over to Ty. They all walked into the house and were soon joined by Lily, Wade, Caleb, Jake and Lisa. Everyone looked at Amy for why Georgie ran but Amy shook her head. It wasn't until Maddie started crying that Amy left the living room. She walked into Katie's room and found Maddie crying in the playpen. Amy scooped her up and rubbed her back soothingly. Amy kept thinking about what she told Georgie. It was really starting to consume her. She wasn't sleeping as well as normal. When Maddie finally drifted off to sleep, Amy layed her back down and covered her with a purple blanket. Amy walked in to the living room and found that Georgie was much calmer. Amy stood back and looked at everyone in the room. This was all she would ever need.
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Jeff had recovered fairly quickly and Georgie relaxed. Since Amy shared her secret with Georgie the two had become even closer if that is possible. Amy was feeling a little off. She decided to tell Ty how she was feeling. He was sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV while Maddie was in her jumperoo. Amy cleared her throat and sat down next to him.
"Ty can we talk?"
He flipped off the TV and looked at her. "What's up?"
"I've been feeling kinda off lately. I started having these weird dreams and they keep getting worse."
Ty gave her is complete attention. "What kind of dreams?"
She took a deep breath. "About my mom and I's accident."
Ty grabbed her hand. "I thought you didn't remeber much?"
"I didn't. But over the years i've been remebering more and more. The past few months though have been the worst. I remeber pretty much everything. Now every night I see my mom's face just before we hit the tree."
Ty didn't know what to say so he gathered her in his arms and rubbed her back soothingly. When she was calmer he pulled her away.
"What do you want to do about it?"
Amy wiped the tears from her eyes. "I want to take Maddie and visit her grave. I haven't gone there in so long."
Ty nodded, "We can all go as a family. I don't think you should do this alone."
"Thank you."
She kissed him quickly then got up and plucked Maddie up. Maddie snuggled into the crook of Amy's neck. Amy sat back down next to Ty and rested her head on his shoulder. His arms wound around her and Maddie. Amy quickly drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
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The next day Amy packed a picnic and Ty tacked up Spartan and Harley. Amy climbed onto Spartan and Ty handed her Maddie. The baby quickly grabbed the reins and tried to put them into her mouth. Amy laughed and quickly pulled them away from her. They all rode to the cemetery. Ty jumped off of Harley and took Maddie from Amy. After they tied the horses to the fence they walked straight to Marion Fleming's grave. Ty passed Maddie back and she knelt down next to the headstone. Amy rested Maddie on her knee.
"Maddie this is your Grandma. She would have loved you."
Maddie stared up at her mom then looked back to the headstone. Ty knelt down behind them and rested a hand on Amy's back. He reached his other hand out and touched the horse that was engraved onto the headstone.
"Marion you gave me a chance when no one else did. Even though I never got to meet you. You're the reason i'm here and I will always be grateful."
Amy felt a tear slip from her eye. After the cemetery they rode to Marion's favorite spot and stopped. Amy layed a blanket down while Ty tied up the horses. she had just set the food out when Maddie started to push herself up. Amy smiled at her.
"Are you trying to crawl already?"
Maddie grinned at her and then tried to move her hands. She fell started to tip over. Maddie started whinning in frustration. Ty walked over and laughed.
"Maddie what's wrong?"
He scooped her up and sat down with her on his lap. The baby looked up at her daddy with sad eyes. Amy laughed. "She's mad that she can't crawl."
He nodded and Amy passed him a sandwich. They ate and laughed at Maddie who kept trying to crawl and ended up falling every time. When they were done they packed up and went home. Amy layed Maddie down for a nap and Ty started on his schoolwork. When she walked back into the living room Amy smiled at Ty's look of concentration.
"Don't strain yourself Babe."
He looked up and grinned. "Would you like to give it a try?"
"No i'm good." She walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She bent over and kissed his neck and then his jaw line.
He laughed, "If you're trying to distract me it's working."
She smiled and started unbuttoning his shirt. She had the first 3 undone before he stopped her.
"I really need to study."
"But they baby is asleep and it's your weekend off."
He turned his head and captured her lips. But he released her and smiled. "I know but I need to pass this class. Plus I have to work tomorrow so I won't have time then."
Amy pouted but sat down on the couch. She fired up her laptop and started working on her schedule for the month. She had been working for close to 2 hours before Maddie's cries rang through the baby monitor. She sighed and layed her laptop down and walked into she and Ty's room and found maddie sitting up in her bassinet.
"Hello Maddie-bug."
Maddie smiled. After she was changed and fed Amy carried the baby into the living room. She set her in her jumperoo and turned to Ty.
"Babe we should start having her sleep in her crib. She was sitting up in the bassinet."
Ty turned his head to the side. "If you think so. But good luck convincing her to sleep."
Amy rolled her eyes and sat down in front of Maddie.
"What do you think Mad? Do you want to sleep in your crib tonight?"
Maddie giggled and held her teething keys out to Amy. Amy took them and kissed Maddie's cheek before turning to Ty.
"Tell Daddy that you're gonna sleep in your crib."
Maddie squealed and Ty threw his head back. "Ok Daddy can hold off on studying." he shut his textbook and sat down next to Amy on the floor. "Why do you two always have to do cute stuff while i'm trying to work?"
Amy kissed his cheek. "Because we love you."
Ty laughed and offered a rubber block to Maddie. she took it and tried to stuff it into her mouth. Amy glanced at the two of them and silently thanked God for the moment of pure bliss.
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before Amy knew it maddie was 6 months old. She was such a sweet little baby. Today Amy was working with a horse as usual while Georgie played with Maddie in the grass outside the round pen. Amy was trying to get a horse called Harlem to get use to other horses. She had Harley and Pal on the other side of the fence but Harlem was still scared. Amy decided to leave him in the round pen for a little while. She had just stepped out of the round pen when Ty and Scott pulled up. They had a pregnant mare named Dilly who was due any day. Scott got out of the truck and picked Maddie up off the blanket next to Georgie.
"Hello Miss Cutie. When did you get so big?"
Amy laughed. "She eats like a champ."
Scott smiled and handed Maddie to Amy. "How's Dilly? Any contarctions?"
"So far no but she's getting frustrated being cooped up in the stall."
Scott grabbed his bag from Ty and followed Amy into the barn. "Well hopefully the foal will come within the next few days."
He stepped into the stall while Ty pulled a few instruments out of the bag. Maddie reached for him but he kept handing Scott supplies. Maddie tried squealing but Ty didn't budge. Finally maddie decided to take her tiny fist and wack her daddy upside the head. Ty laughed and shook his head. Amy flipped Maddie around and lifted her over her head.
"Hey Little Miss what was that for?"
Maddie had a smug look on her face which made Georgie laugh.
"She knows how to get attention."
Amy kissed Maddie's forhead and transfered the baby to her hip. Scott and Ty finished and stepped out of the stall. Maddie squealed and kicked her feet. Scott looked at Ty and laughed.
"Pick up that baby before she wacks Amy."
Ty laughed and took Maddie from Amy. He kissed her cheek and then held her above his head. "Is this what you wanted?"
Maddie giggled and grabbed his nose. She tried to put it in her mouth but Ty pulled her away.
"You are a trouble maker little one."
Amy smiled and took Maddie back. She looked at Scott. "So how long?"
"She's not very dialated so it's anyone's guess she could go into labor today or next week. Call me if her water breaks or contractions start."
"Ok. Thank you Scott."
"No problem." He walked out of the barn. Amy kissed Ty quickly.
"Thank you Dr. Borden."
Ty laughed. "I'm not a vet yet Amy. 2 more years."
"Yeah but I like the sound of it."
"Well thank you Mrs. Borden."
Amy smiled and watched him walk out of the barn. A few hours later Amy was putting tack away when she heard "Amy!" She ran out of the barn and saw Georgie and Maddie on the blanket again.
"What's wrong Georgie?"
Georgie stood up and Amy saw Maddie crawling. Amy squealed and started recording a video on her phone. When she was done she sent the video to Ty with a text:
Our baby is mobile!
She picked Maddie up and kissed her cheek. "Maddie is getting so big."
Georgie laughed. "Baby proofing time."
Amy grinned and felt her phone vibrate. She read Ty's reply.
Holy crap! Don't let her do anything else till I get home.
Amy giggled and decided to take Maddie home. She started making lasagna for dinner when ty came in.
"Hey Babe. How was the rest of your day?"
Ty kissed her cheek. "Good but where is my girl?"
Amy laughed, "In her crib napping."
Ty helped her prepare the lasagna and some garlic bread. Amy slid them into the oven while Ty answered Maddie's cries. He emerged with the baby a few minutes later. She was rubbing her eyes with a tiny fist. Amy walked over and kissed her head.
"Are we awake yet?"
Ty set Maddie down on the floor and watched as she immediatly started crawling. He got onto the floor with her.
"I can't believe I missed her crawling for the first time."
Amy sat down next to him and rested her head on his shoulder. "If Georgie hadn't yelled I would have missed them too."
Ty grinned and Maddie crawled over to them and slapped her daddy's leg. He helped her sit and grabbed her hands. "Do you want to play with Daddy?"
Maddie squealed and pulled a hand free. She placed her tiny hand on Amy's. It was a picture perfect moment.
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Amy was sitting in the kitchen with Maddie in her highchair. Amy had 3 jars of baby food on Maddie's tray and a spoon in her hand. Ty walked into the room, fastened a bib around Maddie's neck and sat down next to Amy.
"Are you sure she's ready for this?"
"The doctor said that it was fine to start her." She picked up the carrot jar and dipped the spoon into it. She scooped a little onto the spoon then transferred it into Maddie's mouth. The baby wrinkled her nose and started spitting it out. Ty quickly grabbed a napkin and wiped her mouth. Amy giggled.
"ok so carrots are a no." She repeated the process with green beans next. Maddie didn't seem to mind them. Then Amy tried bananas. Maddie wanted more. She ate the whole jar of banans and half a jar of greenbeans. This was yet another big change for Maddie. Amy stopped nursing her the week before, she slept in her crib all the time, she could crawl, and now she was eating baby food. Amy was afraid that it was a lot of change in a short amount of time but Maddie seemed to be adjusting fine. Ty was working 5-6 days a week and going to school full time. He was gone for most of the day and since business was picking up at Heartland Maddie spent most of her time with Mallory, Georgie or Jack. Weekends became family time. Whenever they were off Ty and Amy spent every moment that they could with their daughter. Amy realized that they hadn't had any alone time since their honeymoon. She decided that they would go do something tonight. She had it all planned out. Lou and Peter would watch Maddie while Amy and Ty went to dinner and a movie. Lou even offered to keep Maddie overnight so that they could truely have alone time. Amy was running around her closet trying to figure out what to wear. She chose a white eyelet lace sundress and a navy and white striped cardigan. She threw on a brown waist belt and her brown knee high boots to finish off her ensable. It was casual yet cute. She had just sprayed on her perfume when Ty came in.
"Amy?!"
"In the bedroom."
Ty came in and stopped when he saw her. "What are you all dressed up for?"
Amy smiled. "We are going out on a date."
"A date? We haven't had one of those in a while."
"I know. Lou and Peter are watching Maddie all night."
Ty smiled. "Well I better change."
They had so much fun. They went to the movie then went to dinner. They tried not to talk about Maddie but she was the topic of conversation. By the time they got home they were laughing and not quite ready to turn in. They did however go into the bedroom and lock the door.
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