The days blurred into weeks and those weeks turned into months and before they knew it Zoe was almost 7 months along and they were sitting at the clinic in Mobile waiting to find out the sex of their baby. They had tried to hold off as long as possible, they wanted to be surprised when Zoe gave birth, but they couldn't do it. Ariel had really started to take a liking to the whole idea of being a big sister which Zoe was happy about. She hated seeing her daughter so broke up over this. She was really grateful for Jackie.
After the nurse had called them back and checked everything that she was suppose to do, she left the happy couple to it. They held hands but said very little to each other as they waited for their doctor to show up. They weren't left waiting long. He smiled at them as he entered the room with a soft knock on the door.
He asked them questions and they were able to easily answer each and every question. It wasn't long until Zoe was lifting her shirt up so they could get a look at their little one growing inside her stomach. He went over all the changes and developments the baby had been through since the last time they were there. He moved the wand around, the little heartbeat filling the room bringing fresh tears to its parent's eyes. Wades hand tightening around Zoe's hand.
"Congratulations you're having," the doctor paused, taking another look to make sure that he was right. The pause put both Zoe and Wade on edge as they waited to find out. "A boy," he told them. Smiles covered both Zoe and Wade's faces.
After final questions were asked and they made a new appointment for the future they headed back home, ready to share the news with everyone waiting to hear. They had already made plans on how they were going to tell their family. They had to make one small stop and they would be set.
"Are sure that you're okay with that name? We can always find a new name," Zoe told him. They had been looking at baby name books for the past month trying to find the perfect name for their baby. They had picked their favorites for both a girl and a boy.
"I wouldn't have agreed the first time if I didn't like the name, Zo," he told her, parking the car at a bakery. That brought a smile to Zoe's face; she really liked the name they had come up with.
Going inside the bakery they got some cupcakes with blue and green frosting on them. They were able to get the little plastic rings saying it's a boy on some of them and on the others little baby bottles and pacifiers were on them. They got a plan cake that had some blue and green on it. They were able to have someone write the name they had chosen right in the middle of the cake.
They paid and started their car ride back home. They had just left the city limits of Mobile when Zoe spoke up. "As much as I want to be a part of the nursery I was thinking it could be something the kids did with your help so that way they feel like they're doing something important for their little brother," she told him, her hands resting on top of her stomach as her son was moving around a little. She wanted both kids to feel like they were apart of this.
"I like that idea. I was trying to find ways for them to be involved and I don't think I would have ever thought about that," Wade told her. "Is there anything that you want to be in there?" He asked.
"Just the things that this little one is going to need," she answered him. "Let them have fun with it."
The rest of the journey home was spent going over the smaller things that they still had to sort out before their little son decide to make his grand entrance into the world.
"Unbelievable," Wade muttered with a chuckle, seeing the family there waiting on them. Jackie had stayed with the kids while they went to the appointment. But now Earl was there, along with Jesse and Harley. "Don't you have your own homes?" Wade asked walking around the car to help Zoe out. He fought back a smile when Zoe shook her had at him slightly.
"Why don't we go inside and you all can find out the answer to that question you all have that you need answered," Zoe told them.
Wade followed behind with the boxes from the bakery. When he had made it in the house a minute later Zoe already had the latest sonogram picture out and showing everyone. They had gotten extra copies just in case. Jackie was making them a little book and needed more pictures then they even had of all them combined. When they got bored of looking at the little picture it was Jesse that spoke up first.
"Would you just tell me if I'm gonna have a little niece or a little nephew to spoil," he suggested with a smirk.
Wade smirked right back. "We thought we would have cake first," Wade told him. He had done everything Zoe told him to do. Put the cake in the center of the table with cupcakes on both sides.
"What do we need cake for?" Jesse asked dumbfounded.
"Cause it's cake, duh," Ariel replied running to the kitchen, Braxton right behind her. Shouts of walk followed both kids. "I think you guys got the wrong cake," Ariel said, seeing a strange name on the cake she was looking at.
"Why would you say that?" Harley asked walking to the living room. Seeing the name on the cake brought a smile to his face.
"What's wrong with the cake?" Jesse asked standing behind a kneeling Braxton.
"Nothing is wrong with it," Wade informed his brother. "And sweetie we don't have the wrong cake."
"Then who's Boyd Vincent?" Braxton asked.
"That would be your baby brother's name," Zoe replied.
Congratulations had been said, the cake cut as they all feel into a comfortable conversation easily going from the baby to something totally different. It was the phone ringing that broke it for a minute. When Zoe didn't return minutes later Wade went in search of her to find her sitting on their bed her head in her hands. Wade couldn't figure out what she was muttering under her breath.