The day of Bailey's birthday party, We decorated the walls with Blues Clues posters because it was a blues clues theme party, we had so much blues clues stuff on the walls,. it looked like a paint factory exploded.
"You know, i hate to say it but this house is starting to look a little sissy" John remarked
"John!" I couldn't believe it
"What? it's true" John said
"It's your son's first birthday, deal with it" I said going into the kitchen
"Couldn't we have had like i don't know, a G.I joe theme or something?" John asked following me
"I think it's cute, besides Bailey loves blues clues" I said opening a bag of salad
"Yeah, if you say so" John said biting into a carrot
"Why don't you go take Maggie over to the grocery store and pick up the cake" I suggested cutting into tomato
"Ok you want anything else?" John asked
"Yeah, get some matches, a bottle of salad dressing and some cookies, oh and a big box of Coffee for Auntie Diane. " I said
"Anything else?" John replied
"That should do it..i'll call you if i need anything" I said kissing him goodbye
"Yeah..Maggie, Come on Princess.." John said walking out to the living room
"Okey dokey Daddy" Maggie ran out of her room
"We're going out for a bit, go kiss Mommy goodbye" John said scooping her up and bringing her into the kitchen
"Bye Bye Mommy" Maggie said kissing me on nose
"Bye Baby" I said kissing her back
I walked around making sure the house didn't look like a tornado had thrown up, then just as i was just taking the brownies out of the oven when Bailey started to cry.
"Mama" A little voice called
"Coming Baby, Oh Damn" I said dropping the pan.
I threw out the entire pan and went to go get Bailey.
"Hey Hey there big boy" I said reaching into the crib and picked him,"Who's mommy's big boy?"
He crinkled his nose and smiled
"That's my big guy, oh boy, we have to get dressed because it's your birthday!" I said bringing him over to the changing table
"Mammam" Bailey said
"Yes, that's right Mama," I said then changed him into a pair of little overalls and a tiny blue t-shirt
"HELLO?" a voice called ..Annie
"Hey, We're upstairs in Bailey's room" I called downstairs to where Annie was.
"Alright" Annie called back
I put little white sneakers on Bailey and we went downstairs.
"Hey Hey there's my favorite little guy" Annie said
Bailey crinkled his nose and snuggled into my neck
"Oh come here big boy" Annie said taking Bailey and putting him on the floor.
"Watch him while i go finish the food, will you?" I asked going into the kitchen
"Sure" Annie said rolling a ball to Bailey
I remade the brownie, made onion dip and cut up some fruit, by the time i was done Almost everyone had shown up, Maggie and John came in a few minutes after my mother and father had come.
"Nana!" Maggie yelled
"Maggie, my love" My mother practically ran across the room and begin to hug and kiss Maggie
I was walking over to bring Trista some coffee when my aunt grabbed me by the wrist
"Cole, Do me a favor?" My Aunt Pat asked
"Sure Auntie Anything?" I said handing Trista her coffee and looking at my aunt
"Can you just lift up your shirt a little?" Auntie Asked
"What? Why?" I was stunned
"Because I just wanna see my great grand-niece" Auntie explained
"Oh all right but you do have a real life great grand niece, who is right now being snuggled to death by Ma." I said lifting up my shirt, i was only five months pregnant but i was still carrying the weight from Bailey's birth so it looked like i was carry twins.
"Ooo there she is!, So have you and Jonathan picked out a name yet?" My aunt asked putting her hand on my belly
"Yes Olivia Rose" I said shivering because her hand was cold
"Olivia Rose! How sweet, where did you ever come up with that name?" Auntie asked with her hand still on my belly
"I loved the name Olivia from SVU and John decided Rose because that's what kind of flower we had on our wedding day." I said then excused myself and walked over to my husband
"Hi Baby" He said kissing me
"Hi Honey" I said then picked up a carrot and bit into it
"Are you alright?" John asked concerned
"Just a little tired" I said
"Go sit down for a bit" John said
"I can't, we have to do cake and presents after everyone eats" I said
"Well until then, Come on Nik,it isn't healthy for you or the baby or the rest of us if your overtired" John said shoving me towards the couch
"Yah Alright" I said sitting down
"COLE, WHERE'S THE BIG SERVING BOWL?" Stacey yelled from the kitchen
"ON TOP OF THE FRIDGE" I said
"I DON'T SEE IT!" She replied
"HOLD ON, I'M COMING" I slid off the couch and walked into the kitchen
"I don't want you to climb on the chair" Stace warned me
"I'm fine" I grabbed the kitchen chair and stood on it," I got it!" I found the bowl and started to jump down but lost my balance.
My mind instantly flashed to, if i fall on my stomach, i could hurt my baby so i twisted my body enough so that if i did fall, i could land on my back
"OH MY GOD!" Stacey and Trista, who'd just walked to get another cup of coffee yelled watching me hit the floor.
I knocked myself out for a good 10 minutes then when i woke up, i was still on the kitchen but i was soaking wet.
"Why am I soaking wet?" I asked starting to sit up
"Oh thank god, your wake!" Stacey said holding a glass
"Did you throw water on me?" I asked wiping the water off my glasses
"She had to, otherwise you might still be out cold" Trista explained
"You do that for hysterical people, not to a pregnant woman who fell two feet off the ground" I said then got up
"YOU'LL THANK ME ONE DAY" Stacey yelled
"THAT'LL BE DAY HELL FREEZES OVER" I yelled back from the bedroom, i had to change my shirt because i was completely soaked through.
"Hey there you are" John said coming into the bedroom,"where have you been"
"I was in the kitchen but i'll explain it to you later" I said digging through the bureau
"OoOo feeling a little frisky are we?" John said putting his arms around me
" John not now..maybe later " I pulled my shirt over my head and walked back to the party
"OooO heyy what were you guys doing huh huh?" Vince asked noticing John was following me out of the bedroom,"Damn John, you already knocked her up three times, Why don't you leave the poor girl alone?"
"Vince!" I said blushing
"What?" Vin asked
I wanted to turn and run back into the bedroom
"Shut up Vin" John said standing in front of me
"Oh come on it was a joke?" Vince tried to explain
"At the expense of my wife..i don't think so " John said getting ready for a fight
"Alright guys, that's enough, i already have three children, i don't need anymore" I said walking over to my mother
"Hi Baby" I said kissing Maggie
"Hi Mama" Maggie said holding out her arms for me to take her
"Honey Bunny why don't you go play with Ali" I said taking her then putting her on the ground,she ran off towards the porch
"I swear Nikki, you spoil her" Ma said
"How? She's two years old, i haven't even begun to spoil her" I said picking up potato chip
"Believe me, she's spoiled..don't eat that!" My mother said ripping the chip out of my hand,"it's not good for the baby"
"But i love onion dip" i whined,
i don't believe this, i'm nearly 25, pregnant, married with two kids plus i'm whining which is something i haven't done since i was seven and my mother still treats me like a six year old,"I'm going to find John"
I looked around the house and finally found John outside playing frisbee with the kids
"JOHN!" I yelled standing in the doorway
"YEAH?" John called back
"Bring in the kids. i think we should cut the cake now?" I said putting a hand on my belly
"Guys, come on..let's go get cake!" John said picking up Bailey and running into the house, stopping when he reached the doorway,"Maggie, take your little brother and go find Grandma..i think she has some cookies for you guys"
Maggie took Bailey's hand and run over to John's Mom..
"Are you Ok?" John asked
"I'm doing ok" I said leaning against the door
"How's my little girl?" John said bending down to kiss my belly
"Kicking like crazy, C'mon let's go cut Bailey's first birthday cake" I said taking John's hand and leading him over to the dining room table
We got to the table just as Annie and Stevanne brought in the cake, I picked up Bailey and John picked up Maggie
"Ok Bailey Boy, now we're gonna blow out the candles..ready one two three." We leaned forward and blew out the candles
"YAHHH!" everyone yelled
Just as i was leaning over to grab the candles, with Bailey still in my arms, Maggie pushed his little face into the cake!
"Oh my god!" I said stunned
"That's my girl" John said laughing as he licked some of the icing from Bailey's face.
I thought Bailey would cry but he just giggled
We cut up the cake and then opened other presents, just as we were opening my mother's gift, Bailey started to fuss.
"Ok Big Boy" I said standing up ,"time for bed, Say bye Bailey"
"Bye Bailey" Everyone said
I took Bailey into his bedroom and changed him, the party was so overstimulating and he was so overindulged, that he immediately fell asleep in my arms. I slowly got up and put him in his crib.
"Happy Birthday, my favorite little guy" I said then went back out to the party
"Is he asleep?" John asked kissing my head
"Yup, out cold" I said sitting beside him on the couch
"So are you both ready for a new baby?" Natalie asked
"I think so, i mean we've managed to wrangle two little ones under the age of three, how are could another one be?" I asked putting my hand on my belly.
"Ooh just you wait and see" My mother said mysteriously
FIVE MONTHS LATER
In the months since Bailey's birthday party, time had just flown by and before we knew it, it was summer again, we took the kids up to Maine for a week and despite my best efforts to keep sunscreen on both Maggie and Bailey, plus John and I, Maggie and i still got horribly burnt and had to stay in door for three days while Bailey and John got to go swimming.
Olivia Rose was due at the end of September but September came and went and no baby, October came and went, but still no baby, the doctor assured us that Olivia was fine, she was just being stubborn and would come out soon, hopefully before her high school graduation.
On Halloween Day, it was a another typical day at the Distefino house, up at 5am to feed Bailey, put him back to bed at 5:45, then Maggie woke us up at 7 yelling,"I wanta PANatakes, I wanta Panatakes". then John took Maggie and Bailey to the park so i finish their customes, Bailey was going as a Pumpkin and Maggie was going as a Kitten. I finished their customes just as John came in with Maggie screaming, she'd fallen off the slide and bumped her nose, i think her Daddy was more upset about her falling than Maggie was because as soon as I kissed her boo-boo and handed her a cookie, she immediately quieted down while John kicked himself for not paying close enough attention to her.
All this before Lunchtime
After lunch i managed to get the three of them, and by three I mean John Maggie and Bailey down for a nap so i could at least run to the grocery store to buy candy because with all the baby hoopla, i completely forgot about getting candy for the neighborhood kids. i got back just as Bailey woke up and in his typical Bailey way, demanded to be let out of his crib and onto the floor where he could get into everything.
When John and Maggie woke, We ate a quick dinner then took Maggie and Bailey trick or treat, because they are only two and one, we didn't go too far, just around the block, enough to get a little bit of chocolate for Mommy to eat later when Maggie goes to Preschool. then we put the kids in their beds and fell asleep ourselves on the couch watch Sleepy Hollow.
"Nikki, Nikki" John called my name
"Wha?" I said cracking open one eye.
"Let's go to bed, huh?" John suggested taking my hand
"Sure" I sleepily followed him,"Honey"
"Yes Sweetie?" John said stopping in the hallway outside of our bedroom
"Do you think Olivia will ever be born?" I said becoming more and more alert
"Sure, she's just being stubborn besides you heard the doctor, if you haven't gone into labor by November fifth, he'll have to go in and get her" John said opening our bedroom door.
"Oh right" I said going into the bathroom and changing into my p.js
I climbed into bed and john put his arm around me, we'd both only been asleep for about an hour when it happened.
My water broke.
"Oh my god! " I said jumping up
"Wha?" John said cracking open one eye
"It's time" I said sliding off the bed
"time for what? breakfast, it's only 9:30pm" John said looking at the clock
"Not time for Breakfast, time to have a baby" I said practically ripping off my wet Pajamas and trying to find my overalls.
"Oh my god! this is it?!" John sprung up and nearly broke the lamp on the bedside table.
"Yeah. Oh god, She's a big hurry" I breathing as the contractions started
"Ok we gotta drop Maggie and Bailey off at Annie's right" John said throwning his jeans and t-shirt which were on the floor back on.
"Yes Oh god! Call her from the car, we got no time" I said the contractions were coming faster and faster.
John ran out of our room and grabbed Bailey, while i went to go get Maggie
"Maggie honey, you gotta wake up" I said picking her up
"No No " Maggie struggled to open her eyes
"Yes Yes, your going tobe a big sister again sweetie" I said bringing her out to the car where John was already buckling Bailey into his safety seat.
"Are you all right?" John asked taking Maggie from my arms and putting her in the car.
"Yeah but Olivia Rose is in a big rush". I said climbing into the jeep.
John ran around the front of the jeep and climbed in.
"All right let's go!" John started up the car.
"Did you open the garage door?" I asked putting my hand on my head.
"Oh shit" John said climbed out of the jeep and went to open the door.
"Mama, Daddy said a bad word". Maggie woke up
"I know baby, i know" I said turning around to look through the back windshield to see John struggle to open the garage door.
He finally got the door open and jumped back into the Jeep. We raced down the block to Annie's.
"How are you doing, Baby?" John asked turning onto Annie's street.
"I'm fine" I said trying to breath through another contractions.
"We're here." John screeched to a stop in front of Annie's house.
I helped him take Bailey and Maggie out of the car but just as i was crossing the lawn to knock on Annie's door, a contraction hit me so hard, i fell on my knees holding Bailey, somehow i managed not to drop him though.
"OH MY GOD! JOHN". I yelled, Somehow Bailey slept right through this whole thing.
"What?" John turned around and saw us on the ground,"Oh shit" He put Maggie on the stoop and ran over to us.
"GET.ANNIE." I said through gritted teeth.
"Right." John grabbed Bailey and ran up to the porch.,"ANNIE"
No answer, he pounded harder,"ANNIE"
Finally Annie came to the door, "What's going on?" She asked rubbing her eyes.
"Nikki's in labor" John said shoving Bailey toward Annie
"Oh my god!" Annie said as Maggie toddled in between her legs into the house.
"Yeah, We'll call later." John jumped off the porch and ran back over to me.
"Are you all right?" John asked leaning over
"Quit asking me that, if we don't hurry up and get to a hospital, I'm going to have this baby on Annie's front lawn." I said waving my arms.
"Oh shit" John said running to the jeep and opening the door.
He came back and tried to help me but i didn't want his help and slowly got up.
