A/N: SM owns Twilight. I laughed and cried reading your reviews and PMs of the last chapter, thanks so much for sharing with me. I feel blessed by your support. *mwah*. See you at the other end. I hope you like it.

Chapter 56 ~ utter chaos!

"Are you kidding me Bella, really?"

I was furious. We had agreed that she would rest, her doctor had warned that her blood pressure was too low and that she was at risk of fainting if she didn't rest. Fainting, which means falling, which when you are pregnant means hurting you and hurting the baby. But here she was rearranging the new kitchen... again.

She pulled her head out of the pot drawer with a large ladle in her hand, she looked at me with those huge as fuck doe eyes, glistening as tears threatened to fall.

Fuck.

"Bella, put the ladle down and step away from the pot cupboard, right the fuck now!" I didn't shout but I was definitely stern. Stern enough to cause her to bring out the trembling bottom lip. Fuck, I had to deal with this before the tears fell because I am useless against tears but honestly the woman just won't listen.

She dropped the ladle into the pull-out pot drawer and stepped back. I rushed forward closed the drawer, stared her down and pointed out of the kitchen. At that moment she went from sad to petulant and fucking stamped her foot at me.

"Isabella Marie Cullen, did you just stamp your foot at me?" My hands went to my hips and I leaned forward to get in her face.

"Edward Anthony Masen Cullen, did you just full name me?" She mirrored me with hands on hips and scowl on her face.

We stood there in silence for a few minutes and then she was spinning back to sad again. Her pregnancy hormones had her emotions spinning around so fast they were giving us both whiplash.

She crumpled and leaned her head on my chest wrapping her arms around my waist, "I'm sorry baby, I don't know what's wrong with me but I can't seem stay in one mood longer than a few minutes."

Her honesty melted my anger and I wrapped my arms around her, "Sweet one, I'm sorry I shouldn't shout at you."

"Or swear," she mumbled into my chest.

"Okay, you're right I shouldn't shout or swear at you but you have to understand how helpless I feel, love. You can't be doing all this work. We have two young children, demanding business responsibilities and you're pregnant. You are underweight everywhere except for the baby bump, you have low blood pressure and you're anaemic. You heard what Doctor Senna said, you have to eat more frequently and you have to rest more."

"But Edward," and now we whipped from sad to whining, "the kitchen still isn't right and I want - no I need - to fix it."

I turned her in my arms and started pushing her out of the kitchen, "Not now. Now is nap time for my little baby momma!"

It was as if I could hear the lash of the whip as she went from whining back to petulant. She sat on the couch in a huff and folded her arms across her chest.

I fluffed up a pillow and laid her down on the couch.

"Stay. Here." I kissed the top of her head.

We have just had almost two months of what can only be described as chaos.

The move into the new house had been delayed repeatedly. The kitchen redesign and refit had turned into a massive project. When I told Isabella while we were on our honeymoon that she could remodel the kitchen she was thrilled. I had no idea she would actually completely gut the existing kitchen and have it fully rebuilt, but hell the kitchen is her therapy and her heart so I could hardly begrudge her making it her own.

For my project, I took the opportunity to redesign the room we were converting into our office. Dad's old office was too small for both Bella and I to work in together, so we gave that room to Alice to renovate for us as we wanted it to be a children's library. She had great fun coming up with the furniture and colours for the room. Alice had such a flair for design and we loved what she came up with this room, so we asked her to work with the children on designing all their spaces in the house.

Anthony was particularly happy to work on the project with Alice. His counsellor, Maggie, suggested that it would help him believe that he was a permanent member of the family and that even with the move or when the new baby came, he was still going to be here living with us.

Maggie was surprised that Anthony was so excited about the new baby and protective of Isabella despite his fear that the baby's arrival would cause him to be rejected, as had happened with Kate when she had Sasha. Maggie said that Anthony was innately protective which we saw evidence of every day with the way he cared for not only Isabella but Lil Bit too.

Protective is fine but in my opinion and Maggie's opinion too, Ant too often put himself last.

His fifth birthday came and went with very little fanfare. He said he didn't want a party nor did he want a special dinner. It was very frustrating. He got gifts of course but Maggie said it was important to let him make choices but it didn't sit well with any of us. It was especially frustrating when Anthony became very excited about Lil Bit's birthday and her planned party.

Unfortunately, that's when the next delay for move to the new house happened. Lil Bit got the flu. We had to postpone her birthday party and in fact she spent her fourth birthday in bed and slept through almost the whole day. Poor little love.

Then like a set of dominoes we all fell with it, one after the other. I don't often get sick. I had one bad day and then I was done but Bella was sick for almost two weeks. I was worried as fuck about her but it was just the flu so the Doc told assured me.

Once we were all over it, we decided to reschedule the birthday party. I couldn't stand Anthony's stoicism any longer and insisted it be a double celebration of his fifth and her fourth. I was relieved when he agreed.

After a day with him furniture shopping for his room, Alice took me aside and told me that Ant had confided that he regretted not having a party and was really looking forward to the shared party with Lil Bit.

With this news Bella, Ma and Zafrina set to work to plan the world's most over-the-top children's party.

That's when Bella scared the shit out of me.

I was at work, Jessica ran in to tell me that Anthony was on the phone, he said Bella had collapsed and was screaming for me to come home. Jess called the paramedics and I called Tyler.

Yeah, that was a fucking nightmare.

When I arrived I found the paramedics there, Bella was awake but woozy. The paras recommended taking Bella to see her obstetrician immediately. So Tyler and I loaded the family up and headed straight over to Doctor Senna's office. I walked in carrying a frightened Lil Bit while Anthony held Bella's hand the whole time and refused to be parted from her. She kept telling him she was fine but like me Anthony didn't believe a word of it.

The whole family was in the waiting room wanting to make sure Bella was fine.

It was utter chaos!

Doctor Senna took it all in her stride when faced with us all there. the rest of the family settled into the waiting room while Esme joined us and sat with Lil Bit on her lap as Doc examined Isabella. Anthony stood on one side of Bella and I sat on the other both of us holding her hands. She laughed when she couldn't scratch her nose with the grip 'her boys' had on her. I let go for a moment but quickly resumed by grip as soon as she was done.

Doc ran her tests and then brought in the scanner. Lil Bit was fascinated. Doc showed her all the bits and bobs on the machine and explained that we were going to hear as well as see the baby by using the wand that she would rub over Bella's baby bump.

Elizabeth's eyes widened in awe, "Wike a magic wand?"

"Well, science is sometimes like magic so yes it is like a magic wand."

That was it for Lil Bit, she was enthralled. Anthony came around and sat on my lap so that we were all facing the little TV screen waiting for a glimpse of our newest little Cullen.

"Breathe dumpling," Ma reached across and patted my shoulder. She gave Bella a comforting look. Bella and I were wearing matching expressions of fear and anticipation we were both so worried something was wrong with the baby.

"What a lovely strong heartbeat," Doc Senna announced. I could've been mistaken but I think she sounded a little relieved. She flicked a switch and the most wonderful sound in the world filled the room.

"The baby!" Lil Bit shouted and clapped her hands. We all laughed with relief and joy. I kissed Anthony's head and leaned down to kiss Isabella softly on her lips. We both had happy tears flowing.

"Let's take some measurements and have a look at your baby, shall we?"

Doc Senna started moving the 'magic' wand around and clicking buttons on her keyboard. She looked a little surprised at one point but said nothing. With the relief of hearing the baby's healthy heartbeat we waited patiently for the Doc to turn the screen back to us so we could see Junior.

Bella finally spoke up, albeit in a small voice, "Is everything alright Doctor Senna?"

"Everything looks just fine, Bella. But I think we have another 'dumpling' on our hands. Your baby is quite large for this stage of your pregnancy and ... do you want to know if it is a boy or a girl?"

"YES!" Esme, Bella and I shouted all at once.

"Well Cullen family," she said as she turned the screen back to us showing us a clear image of our beautiful baby, "take a look at your new baby ... boy."

"Yes!" I jumped up with Anthony in my arms. "A boy! We're having another boy!" I held my hand up to Anthony for a high five which he gave while laughing.

I looked over and Bella had raised herself up on her elbows and had her eyebrows raised, smirking at my display, "Of course, you would've done that it had been a girl too, wouldn't you Edward?"

"Sure, sure, love. Of course I would," and that was true I would've been just as happy with either but ... yeah I was having another son!

"I has a new brovver?" Lil Bit asked the Doc.

"Yes Elizabeth, you are going to have a new brother."

Lil Bit smiled, "Good, I wike brovvers."

So fucking adorable!

Doc printed us each an image of Junior. My boy Junior! Yeah, that was never going to get old at all, ever.

"Now Cullen family, we need to talk about helping Isabella through the next few months. This baby is going to be big and you, Mrs Cullen, are quite small. So I have a few concerns, nothing too serious but important things we need to discuss."

I thought about asking Ma to take the children out of the room but Anthony looked so worried after Doctor Senna's comments so I thought it would be better for him to stay.

We went into the Doctor's office and settled into our seats. Lil Bit hopped off Esme's lap and found some toys in the corner to play with, while Anthony stayed on my lap as I sat with Bella on the couch.

The Doc was looking through the results of Bella's tests and after what seemed like an eternity she finally stopped writing in the file, looked up and gave us the news.

"First of all everyone relax. Isabella, you are a fine healthy young woman but you are pregnant and that means you have to make some adjustments in your life."

She turned to me and to Anthony, "Some adjustments only. There is no need to wrap Isabella in cotton wool fellas. Okay?"

I nodded that I understood but seriously if I thought she needed to be wrapped in cotton wool... that is exactly what I would do.

Doc Senna must have caught the look on my face because she came to me again, "I mean it Edward. Your wife is fine."

That was it, "Fine! My son called me while I was at work screaming that his momma had collapsed. What the hell is fine about that!"

"Dumpling, don't be disrespectful," Esme admonished but then she turned to the Doc. "He does have a point though Doctor Senna. Surely this can't be considered normal?"

"Actually, many women have episodes of low pressure during pregnancy and this does sometimes cause fainting. Let's talk about some ways to avoid this again. Trust me Edward, Isabella and your baby son will be fine."

She turned her attention back to Isabella, "Pregnancy is different for every woman, the experience is governed by so many variables and influenced by so many external factors. At the end of day Isabella, you are growing a whole other person. That takes energy. So you need enough fuel in your system to enable you to support your growing baby while keeping your own body fuelled as well."

"You've gained weight Isabella but it is all the baby I would say you yourself have still not gained back the weight you lost early on. You are skin and bone my dear and we need to get some meat on those bones."

Bella groaned at that remark which earned her a scowl from me.

"Your baby is taking after his father and is going to be large. He's already big for his stage of development. So we have an underweight momma and a large bub." She looked down at her notes again before talking directly with Bella again, "Your iron levels and your blood pressure were both low. Long story short. Bella you need to slow down. You need to have much more frequent iron-rich meals and at least two naps a day."

Bella let out a loud groan and I turned to her, "Isabella, my love. If eating more steak and broccoli and having a couple of naps a day is going to give me a healthy wife and healthy baby, it's a small price to pay don't you think?"

She gave me a small guilty smile, "Yes baby. I'll be good."

Good, my arse!

Food is fine, she's been changing her diet to add more protein and more iron rich foods. Of course, the frequency of eating has been a challenge and she complains that all she seems to do these days is eat. Whenever she does I sex her up and distract the hell out of her. Works every time thanks to my good best allies - pregnancy hormones!

Getting her to slow down however has been my impossible mission. She just won't let things go. So I have stepped in and forced the issue. I banned her from the birthday party preparations. On top of that I gave Ma and Zafrina strict instructions to tone it the fuck down. It was a birthday party for two small children not the President's inauguration for fuck's sake.

Mrs Cope and I have formed a tight team, both of us keeping an eye on my naughty little wife when the other isn't there. Mrs Cope handles the family meals and Bella is only allowed in the kitchen during the afternoon to experiment with recipes for her Sweet Temptations Cookbook. Oh yeah, that deal went through and now the publishers are chasing her for recipe samples, photography design and tour dates. TOUR DATES!

I've got Jessica running interference on that noise.

I hired an assistant for my assistant so that Jess could help Isabella with all the diary and correspondence work for Sweet Temptations distribution as well as the book launch. I also put Alec on the legals for the book publication. He was having fun screwing them down on their take on the projected profits. Like me, he loves his work.

Vicky has been M.I.A. for the past few weeks and I was ready to blast her when I saw her next but Bella told me Vick's been ill. I felt a little guilty for thinking badly of her. I should've known there was a good reason for Vick not pulling her weight with the whole food distribution network but I was one-eyed when it came to my Isabella's health.

Even the children were doing their bit with helping me to slow down the powerhouse that is my wife! Bella was still taking them for the daily play time at Leah's child care centre while Tyler was dropping off the bread and bakery donations for the shelter. to help in my plans to get Bella to rest, Anthony and Lil Bit would beg to stay for story hour where everyone had to lie down and listen to Leah reading stories. That was nap time number one sorted!

When they'd come home Mrs Cope would feed them all and then take care of the children for a few hours while Bella had fun in her kitchen. When her time was up and it was time for another nap, Mrs Cope would whizz up a protein shake full of fresh berries and yoghurt to make it tasty before handing it to Bella chasing her off to have quiet time with Lil Bit leaving Anthony and Mrs Cope to clean up the kitchen.

It worked pretty well most days but Bella was resisting.

So I organised for Lauren to run some baby momma yoga sessions a few afternoons a week in our gym at work. Bella loved exercise but I didn't want her getting too worked up given her low blood pressure so Lauren suggest modified yoga classes.

I'd agree to anything if it would make Bella happy and keep her from overdoing things.

Lauren had sent out promotional information about the classes to all my staff as well as all the medical clinics in the area and had already had a lot of interest in the sessions.

Bella was excited and made arrangements with Rose to join her at the classes. Emmett had similar concerns about his wife overdoing things and we were both very keen for the girls to chill out at yoga.

When Bella arrived for her first time at the gym, I took her down to show her where to store her gear when Rose walked in as well.

"Hey Rose. I'm glad you came," Bella gave her a tight hug.

"I wouldn't miss it. I had a chat with Lauren and she says that there's about twelve women booked to attend the class. She says we'll have a round circle at the end during warm down stretching time where we can just chat. So that's great!"

I reached down and gave my sweet one a soft kiss, "Have fun, love. Come up and see me before you head off and let me know how it went, okay?"

She smiled and nodded before heading off with Rose, the two of them chirping away. I was about to leave when a tall, red head almost knocked me over.

"Victoria?" I helped her straighten up.

"Fuck. Edward, sorry man. I was running late and wasn't looking where I was going like a dickhead. Sorry, are you okay? What the fuck are you doing here anyway?"

"I was just showing Isabella around the gym. She's here for the ... actually Vicky, what are YOU doing here?"

She then held up her hand to me, sighed and smiled, "I'm here for the momma yoga class." She placed her hand over her abdomen, "Apparently I'm going to be some poor child's momma!"

I smiled so hard at her. Wow, Vicky was going to have a baby. She looked at my grinning face.

"Don't say a fucking word Edward. You've done enough, introducing me to that sexy fucker Garrett. That sweet Irish bastard with his innocent as fuck smile, his tight body and his damn super sperm!"

A/N: Go Garrett! Well Junior is a boy and Edward seems quite pleased. He was pretty shaken up by Bella's fainting, poor thing. Bella is getting quite feisty with the pregnancy. I like it! I'd love you hear your thoughts.