Chapter 35

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(Phoebe's POV)

Today is Henry day. I am so excited to have him with us. Lia is on the way with him. We Have bought so many toys and clothes for him. We put in a playroom on our first floor. We just cleaned out my office and painted it and put in his toys. His room is also set up. It looks so good. We baby proofed the whole house too. Henry hasn't seen outside a hospital room for a while and at the 22 month stage they are curious.

I am with Nathan on the couch. "I am so excited," I smile. Nathan kisses my head.

"Me too," he says and I grab his hand.

"I knew he would come home with us one day," I say. Nathan smiles and looks down at me.

"Yeah?" He says and I nod.

"I think so too," he says and I smile.

All of a sudden there is a knock on the door. I smile and basically run over. Nathan opens the door and there in a little red jacket and black pants is our little man. He is walking of course. He is in the do it himself stage.

"Hi Henry," I bend down and smile. He sees me and runs full speed toward me and puts his hands on my legs.

"Bee Bee play with me," he says and I smile.

"One second buddy," I say and pick him up.

"Hims," He points to Nathan and I smile as he recognizes Nathan.

"That's Nathan," I say. "Nathan," I repeat so he hears.

"Nafan," he repeats and I smile looking at Lia. She gives us the rundown on everything. He has not eaten lunch yet, but had pancakes for breakfast. He is due for a nap at 2. We talk for a little until she decides to go.

"I am going to let him get settled. Please call if you guys need anything," She says. We thank her for all her help.

"Bye Henry," Lia says and he is too interested in my hair to care.

"Bye Lia," I smile and Nathan shuts the door. I look to NAthan and smile. He takes Henry's bags and picks them up. He just has two small ones. I am so excited to show Henry unconditional love. He hasn't had a real family before.

"Let's show him his room," I say.

"Henry, wanna go upstairs?" I ask him and he points to the upstairs. I carry him upstairs and Nathan sets his bags down when we get to his room.

"Boat," he says and points to the bed squirming out of my arms. I put him down and he runs over climbing up onto the small boat bed.

"It is a boat," Nathan says and leans down. Nathan holds his hands as he jumps on the bed. I smile and look at them. Henry giggles which sends Nathan laughing.

"This is Henry's room," Nathan says.

"Me Henry," Henry says and I smile.

"Henry's room," I say and he giggles.

"Boat," he points and I nod.

"Boat," I say and he smiles.

"Do you think we should go to the playroom?" Nathan asks. I look at Henry as he examines the books that I set up at the end of the bed.

"Let's let him explore for a while in here," I say and join Nathan on the floor. Henry starts to take off his jacket and can't get the zipper.

"Henry, do you need help?" I ask him.

"No me," he says and I know that means let me do it. He keeps fumbling with the zipper until he starts to fuss.

"Come here, Henry," Nathan says and Henry goes over and Nathan helps him with the stuck zipper. Henry smiles and shrugs the jacket off, putting it in Nathan's lap. We both laugh and watch him.

"Dis," he shows us and holds up a big yellow dumb truck.

"Wow," Nathan and I both say at the same time. I smile looking at him.

Henry starts to lose interest in the truck so we decide to bring him downstairs to the playroom. The playroom is so amazing. We are going to keep it for our kids too. It is so amazing. (PINTEREST)

The ceilings in the room are slightly slanted but not in the center. So in the center we put a fun swing. Then we have play mats and foldable pads for him to climb and play on. We have a small little tiki tent for him to play in. We have a little table where he can draw. There are big blocks and a bunch of cars. There are little seats he can ride on and lots of fun toys.

"Me play?" Henry says. He is in shock. I smile and nod.

"You can play," I say and he runs over to the tiki tent.

"Bee Bee Nafan come," he says and we both go over smiling. We are playing trucks and racing them down the race car track. I laugh as he zooms them around. After a while I decided to get lunch prepared for Henry. I let him and Nathan play as I go make him a peanut butter and jelly with goldfish and apple slices.

"Boys," I call and I hear the pitter patter of feet. Henry is darting in. Man does this kid have energy. I put him in his booster seat and give him his plate. Nathan and I sit next to him. He goes to town on his food. I suspected he would. For a little guy he is a big eater.

"Is that yummy?" I ask him.

"Yummy," he repeats and I smile.

"Nummy Yummy, Nummy Yummy," he says, making himself laugh. I laugh at him and brush his hair back. He really is the happiest little man.

"Milk?" He asks.

"You can have milk," I say and get up and go get a sippy cup full of milk.

I give it to him and he gives me the biggest smile. He chugs down his milk and Nathan smiles. "Good job, buddy," Nathan says.

I check the time and he has to go down for a nap soon. We bought him a bunch of jammies. I am so excited to dress him in cute little boy clothes. He finishes his whole plate and another cup of milk. He is a very big eater.

"Good Job little man," I say and put his dish in the sink.

"Are you ready for nap time?" I ask him.

"No nap Bee Bee Nafan pway," he says and I smile at Nathan.

"Let's go see your boat," I say. Nathan smiles at Henry and picks him up.

"Boat boat," Henry claps. I follow them upstairs and we head into Henry's room. I pull out some jammies so he is not stuck in his little black jeans and shirt.

"Henry, let's wear these car pajamas," I say. "Vroom vroom," he says and runs over to me. I help him change into his pjs and he looks absolutely adorable.

I put him in his Boat bed and get him under the covers. He smiles as he looks around his boat bed. "Henry, do you want to read a story?" I ask.

"Yeah," he says and points to the books.

"You're right those are the books," Nathan says. Nathan grabs one of Henry's favorites, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See.

Henry giggles as Nathan reads the story. He points to all the animals and is so smart. I smile as I lean over and turn on his sound machine. I ordered the same one he had at the hospital so he could sleep better. I shut the black out curtains and turned on the night light.

By the end of the story, Henry is getting sleepy. Nathan and I both sneak out of the room as he puts himself to sleep. When the door shuts I smile at Nathan and we head downstairs. He usually takes an hour or two nap.

"He is so cute, Pheebs," Nathan says and I nod.

"You're so good with him," Nathan says and I smirk.

"I've had some years of practice. You are so good with him," I say and Nathan smiles coming over and kissing me.

"We make some good parents eh?" Nathan asks and I smile laughing.

"I guess we do," I say.

When my phone starts to ring I run over and grab it. "Pheebs," Maisy says and I hear Oakley screaming in the back.

"What's up?" I ask.

"I don't know what to do, she won't stop screaming. Any advice?" Maisy sounds exhausted.

"Where is Blake?" I ask.

"Going to buy the right size of diapers. The dipshit got 6-9 months for a newborn," she says and I have to hold back my laugh.

"Where is she right now?" I ask.

"Under her little play mat thing you got us, I have the sound machine going right next to her too," she says.

"Get her out of the play mat, go in a dark room and swaddle her tightly and rock her back and forth. Try using shushing sounds too," I say. This always worked for Blake when she had colic.

"Okay, okay," she says. "Thank you Pheebs," she says and I tell her call if she still is crying.

"Oh trust me I will," she says and I laugh. We bid our goodbyes and I say a prayer that Oakley gives her mom a break.

Nathan asks who it was and I explain. He smiles and comes over kissing my head. I look up at him and smile. "You okay?" He asks and I nod. A huge clap of thunder startled me and I look at the monitor to see if it woke Henry up. He is still out like a champ.

"Let's relax," Nathan says and pulls me over to the couch. I sit in the corner and stretch my legs out on Nathan's lap.

"What do you think Baby G's name is going to be?" He asks.

"I have no idea. I can't imagine it being anything too out of the box," I say and he nods.

"Do you have any names you like?" He asks. I tilt my head up to look at him. I have always had names I've liked, but we haven't really talked about them.

"Of course I do," I say and he smiles prompting me to share.

"For girls, I have always liked Harper, Charlotte but go by Charlie, Quinn, and Tatum," I say and Nathan nods.

"I do like those. I also really like Grey for a girl or boy honestly," he says and I look at him. That's interesting.

"There was a girl in my freshman year English class who was named Grey and I thought it was cool. It'd also be a tribute to you," he says. Grey, Grey Moore. Interesting.

"I like that," I say and he smiles. It is a cool name.

We continue going back and forth discussing names until I see Henry get your on the monitor. We head upstairs and when we open his room door he is on the ground in his jammies playing. He has a major case of bedhead and is a little sweaty.

"Hi Henry, how did you sleep?" I ask him. He looks at me and smiles. I will take it.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" I ask him.

"Oana," he says and I know that's what he would want.

"Let's go watch Moana," I say and he smiles rushing past us towards the stairs. We put a gate up so he wouldn't try to go down by himself. I lift the gate and hold his hand as he walks down.

We get him settled in and cozy on the couch. We shut the curtains as the sky is dark grey and gloomy. I start moana and Nathan Henry and I watch. Henry sings along and points to the screen. He is so cute.

As we watch the movie I notice Henry stays in the middle of us. He is careful not to get too close to us. This is not uncommon in kids who have not had the conventional situation growing up. He is still seeing if he can trust us. That is okay.

As the movie ends it is around dinner time. "Henry are you hungry?" Nathan asks.

"No pway," he says and gets off the couch waddle running to the playroom. I look at Nathan and smile. I assume we will be hearing those two words a lot in the upcoming months.

"I will make him some pasta and us some too. You go play," Nathan says and I smile kissing him before heading to the playroom. I find Henry using a truck and rolling it around the wall.

"Vroom Vroom," I say and Henry looks at me smiling.

I grab a car and follow his lead running the car along the painted tracks. I smile and show him how if you press a button on the car it goes by itself. "Wow," he says, making me laugh. I have never heard him say that.

"Wow," he keeps saying as the car goes by itself. He is so cute. I smile and take a video of him rolling the cars and saying wow.

"Dis," he says and points to the blocks before dumping them all out onto the floor. Oh boy. I crawl over and we begin to stack them. When the tower gets too tall and falls, Henry shrieks and begins to cry.

"Henry, look," I say and begin stacking them again. It is no use. He keeps crying. I decide to move over and show him that I am playing with the cars. Distraction is the name of the game.

Surely enough I hear him calm down and crawl over. He grabs a car and starts rolling it. "See, no crying," I say and he rolls the car to me. He repeats something that sounds like no crying. I roll it back to him.

"Pheebs," I hear Nathan call.

"Let's go eat," I say and as soon as he hears 'eat' he is off. My dad will love this kid. I smile and follow him. When Nathan sees him running towards him he goes to pick him up. When he does he tosses Henry up in the air. Henry squeals laughing. I smile as he catches him.

"Gain," he says and that is his way of saying again. Nathan tosses him a couple of more times before setting him in the booster.

He begins to eat his pasta and so do Nathan and I. "It is so good, babe thank you," I say and Nathan smiles. Henry has made a grand mess. The spaghetti sauce is all over him, the floor and the table. Life with a 22 month old behind.

"More," he says.

More please," Nathan says to him and he looks at me.

"More peas," he says and I smile. I take his plate and put more on it. I go back and give it to him. He is in food heaven here. The hospital food is nothing special.

After dinner, Nathan and I clean up the table and floor and take Henry to his bathroom for bath time. I put in some bath toys and fill up the tub while Nathan strips him down. We lift him into the bath and he starts splashing and playing. We are on our knees outside the tub.

Nathan winds up a boat and puts it in the water letting in float around him. Henry says "wow," making Nathan and I both laugh.

I start to wash his hair carefully and Nathan scrubs his body of all the pasta sauce. Henry flips over and rolls around in the water squirming away from us. He thinks this is a game and is laughing. Nathan and I are laughing with him.

"I am going to grab his PJs, are you good?" I ask.

"Sure babe," Nathan says and I smile, kissing his head. I walk into Henry's room and grab his Toy Story PJs. I walk back in and Nathan has him wrapped in his shark towel. I get a diaper and put it on him then put on the PJs. As we dress him I can tell he is winding down.

"Come here, little man," Nathan says and picks him up.

We walk into his room and put him on his bed. We sit and Nathan grabs goodnight moon to read to him. He sleepily points at all the pictures. By the end of the book he is out like a light. We turn on his sound machine and tuck him in. I stop for a minute and look at the sleeping boy n front of me. I smile and feel Nathan wrap his arms around me and kiss my head.

We walk out and Nathan shuts the door. "Whew," I say and Nathan smiles.

"I think it was a good first day," I say.

"I would agree," Nathan says.

We go into the playroom and both clean up the mess that was made. After we head to clean up dinner. A lot more cleaning seems to be in our future.

"I am exhausted," I say.

"Let's go to bed, Bee. We both are," he laughs and pulls me to our room. I strip and put on one of Nathan's tshirts.

We crawl into bed and Nathan wraps his arms around me. "Mmmm how did I get so lucky?" He asks.

"I love you," I say.

"More," Nathan says back and holds me.