"you ready to go?" Jamie called out from the foyer as he was buckling Amelia into the baby carrier.
"Yeah, I'm trying to get the diaper bag ready." she said as she walked out of the room and saw Amelia all buckled up, "where's her blanket?" She asked in a hurry.
"It's on her," Jamie said pointing to the one that was draped across her.
"No, no, the pink one." When he wasn't understanding, she dropped another hint, "the one with the stuffed giraffe head on it."
Jamie looked at her clueless, "I don't know, she has 4 blankets in there with her right now." When Eddie wasn't taking it, "check the crib." He said to her, "you don't need to stress about it"
She sighed and walked over to the bedroom, "found it," she called out in relief. She walked back over to Amelia and placed the blanket on her. She gripped the side of the blanket with her tiny fingers. "She doesn't leave without this thing unless you want to hear her crying the whole way to your dad's."
It's the first time in a few months that they were going to family dinner, now with a new addition. Eddie hadn't left the house with Amelia yet, she was too worried about germs and something happening to her and the whole thought was stressing her out.
Amelia's yawned as they buckled the car seat in the car. "I'm going to sit in the back with her," Eddie said as she moved to the back of the car and moved one of the toy stuffed animals around to distract her so she doesn't cry.
The chatter in the Reagan house was all about Amelia when they walked in. "I call first dibs on her when they come in," Danny said as he grabbed the plates from the cabinet.
"Commissioner is speaking, I get her first. That's an order," Frank said to Danny.
"Nice try, the patriarch, and former commissioner get her first," Henry told both of them and smirked.
"Hey, that's not fair, if I didn't call dibs, you guys would have either he told the two of them.
Eddie and Jamie were already inside unbuckling her from the carrier. "Danny calls first dibs," Jamie said laughing.
It was the end of September and the weather was started to get colder. Eddie always had the fashion and she stocked up on cute clothes for the baby to wear. She had a little light brown fuzzy bear onesie on her and the hood with little bear ears. Eddie cradled the baby on her side as she brought her into the kitchen where everyone was setting up for dinner.
"The big scary bear is here," Eddie said in a playful voice as she rubbed her nose against Amelia. She wrapped her hand around Eddie's index finger and smiled. Danny dropped what he was doing. He practically threw the plates at Frank and ran over to the three of them.
"Danny called dibs," Jamie said as Eddie passed Amelia over to him and walked over to Jamie as everyone admired the new Reagan.
"Danny, be careful with her," Jamie said as he noticed he was rocking her back and forth which was making Jamie nervous.
Danny gave him a look, "I have two kids of my own Jamie."
Jamie went all protective on Amelia and swept her away from Danny, "yeah, and she's mine."
"Hey, give her back," Danny complained
Jamie looked at him, "your times up," he said as he passed the baby to Frank.
"That's a cute outfit, I wonder who bought her that?" Erin said as she walked into the kitchen after setting up the playpen in Jamie's room for Amelia when she noticed the familiar bear outfit she bought Amelia before she was born.
Eddie laughed, "it's still a little big, but I just rolled up the sleeves." She looked over at Erin, "the hood part is my favorite. The little ears." She mentioned in awe.
"I figured you'd like that. Linda always wanted to put the boys in, but Danny said it was too girlish," she said as she thought of Linda and all that she was missing out on.
"Well, Amelia loves it." she told Erin and then went to the rest of the family, " I'm hungry, when's dinner?" she asked trying to get them to move quicker which led to Amelia to giggle at her Mommy's voice, and everyone laughed.
Eddie was in the living room with all the adults and Amelia on her lap, while everyone was watching the jets on T.V. She started to get fussy and kept squirming in her lap. "Okay, okay," Eddie said as she adjusted Amelia, and tried to do peek-a-boo but that didn't seem to help, she just started to cry.
"Jamie," she said as she tried to get up, "can you grab her, I need to grab the bag from the car," she told him as he reached over to grab her, but Danny beat him to it.
"I got the little munchkin." He said as she laid down on his arm. "Ha, see the kid does love me," he said joyfully.
Eddie smirked as she walked out the door, "yeah, right now she does. She's hungry, she might bite off your finger." Eddie said as she walked out the door.
Jamie looked at Danny, "she told you." He told him and stood up, "now give me my baby." Jamie demanded in a joking, but serious way.
When Eddie walked back into the house, Jamie was holding Amelia at the door as she watched her mom. "Where do you wanna go?" She asked him.
"Just bring her to Jamie's room," Erin said before Jamie could answer.
"Oh no, what did you set up in my room?" He asked in concern as he followed Eddie up the stairs.
Jamie changed her diaper as Eddie got ready to feed her and set up the playpen so she could nap.
"Okay, she's all yours," he said as he passed Amelia over to Eddie.
She moved to the bed and leaned her back against the headboard while she opened her shirt to Amelia. The baby immediately latched on and suckled as Eddie held her while laying on Jamie's bed.
After she finished eating, Eddie held Amelia to her chest and coed her to sleep. She gently carried her into the playpen and laid her down. Jamie was still in the room and watched as she put her down for a nap.
As soon as they both walked down the stairs and as soon as their feet hit the bottom step, Amelia started to cry.
"Perfect timing," Frank laughed as he watched both of them sigh.
"I'll get her," Eddie said as she walked back up the stairs in exhaust.
Jamie sat back down on the couch, "she always fussy like that?" Henry asked.
"No, well, it depends. She sleeps next to Eddie on her side of the bed. As soon as Eddie leaves the room, she cries." He told them.
"Mommy's girl," Erin said to him.
"Oh yeah, big time," Jamie said as he heard Eddie walk down the stairs. Amelia was in her arms and her head on her chest.
"Look who wanted to stay with the big kids," Henry said as he saw the baby exhausted in her arms.
She sighed, "I got her back in the playpen, turned off the lights, as soon as I closed the door and she couldn't see me, she started crying."
"definitely a Mommy's girl," Danny said
Eddie laughed at looked at Jamie, "we know who she loves more."
"Hey, hey, hey, you were the one who called me last week and I had to calm her down because she wanted me," Jamie argued.
"All right, all right, we don't need to argue right now." Danny said to the two of them. "we all can tell who she loves more right now." he said on Eddie's side.
Amelia was asleep on Eddie's arm. She was changed in a pair of pajamas and had a blanket wrapped around her.
Eddie leaned her head against Jamie. "You girls ready to hit the road?"
"Yeah," Eddie said as she yawned and stood up. "It was nice to be able to have an adult conversation. I don't know how many more times I can do peek-a-boo," she stated to the family.
"You guys are always welcome. Drive safe." Frank said to both of them as they buckled Amelia in her carrier. "Come visit the office sometime if you want." Frank hinted.
"Maybe I'll do just that. Thanks again." Eddie said as she took the diaper bag and Jamie grabbed the carrier and they walked out to the car.
"Okay, she was out like a light when I put her down," Jamie said as he put Amelia down and walked into the living and sat next to Eddie.
"You okay?" he asked with concern.
Eddie dropped her head on his lap as he played with her hair, " I'm exhausted," she said honestly.
"Having second thoughts?" he asked her worried.
She immediately lifted her head up, "Never. She's my life." she told him seriously.
"She loves you," he told her and she smiled and looked up at him.
"And she loves you." she said to him, "I can't imagine my life without her now. She's my world" she said to him and she stood up and held her hand out for him, "c'mon, we can at least get a little sleep since we tired her out in front of everyone today."