Chapter 4: Motherhood
Six months has passed since of Lincoln's arrival on Themyscira, since then many of the Amazons have greeted him with love and affection, and many Amazons volunteered to help make clothes, a crib, and other accessories for Lincoln. The first week is when Alexa had a first taste of motherhood, the week has been full of nappy changes, feeding, sleeping, and cries. Although it was tiring she couldn't help but felt it was all worth it, because how much she loved her adopted son. Around the time the Sun has risen upon Themyscira, a cry could've been heard inside a certain Amazonian home.
Alexa awoke to the sound of her crying son, and to see what has disturb him. She went into his incomplete room which was formerly a closet for junk she had collected over the years. She found her son crying in his newly made crib, which was placed in their home a week after his arrival, by the island's carpenter. Alexa checked his nappy and discovered that it wasn't spoiled, so she concluded that he must be hungry.
"Are you hungry little one?" She asked expecting no response. She picked him up and took him into the kitchen where he was placed in a high chair, that Alexa found time to construct from a stool. She made some porridge which was cooled down so it wouldn't have been to hot for him. She spoon fed him and gave him some milk to drink, and that concluded breakfast. Artemis was awake and saw the two and tried to make conversation.
"How is my favorite nephew doing today?" She asked Lincoln.
He responded with happy baby giggles and which she took as a positive response.
Alexa informed her sister,"I just fed him."
Both women attention turn to the infant when a foul smell was sensed.
"Poo-poo." Lincoln said by instinct, and Alexa knew what it meant. Lincoln first said those two words two months ago, and Alexa didn't count it as his first words. Alexa took Lincoln back to his room to change his nappy and after she cleaned him and put on a fresh nappy on him, he said something she never forget.
"Mama."
"What?" Asked Alexa with a shocked expression
"Mama." He repeated
Alexa realized he spoke his true first words and began tearing up of how proud she was of him.
"Mama Mama Mama." He repeated excitedly
She decided to bring him into the living room and see how Artemis would react. She entered the living room seeing Artemis laying down on the sofa and sat next to her with Lincoln on her lap. And told him to speak her name.
"Who's that Lincoln, who's that?. She keep repeating to hear his response.
Artemis was confused and didn't know what her sister was trying to get her son to do, until she heard what came out of his mouth.
"Arty." He responded to his mother's question, and it gave a shocked looked on Artemis's face and hoped that what she heard was real.
"Arty" he repeated and a smile grew on Artemis's face and a look being proud was noticeable, and that she was proud of her nephew for attempting to say her name. She took her nephew out of his mother's arm and gave him a tight hug with his head against her cheek. While she was tearing up.
"Arty." He repeated as it was the last time he said anything for the day.
And it won't be the most exciting day in Themyscira for years to come.