Match Made in Valley View (Valley View Book #2)

Chapter 39

Are you ready to hear the best joke I’ve ever played on myself? When I was on hospital bed rest, I told myself that with a pregnancy this difficult, I will surely be blessed with an easy baby. Yep, mothers everywhere are laughing right now, and don’t I know it. Grayson is a month old now and the demands of motherhood have almost put me over the ledge. An easy baby? I’ve had no such luck though. 

Just like every other night so far, Grayson had been up for most of the night crying. It seemed like if he wasn’t nursing he was crying or whining. Hoping to give Wes a quiet room, I brought Grayson into Bobby’s old bedroom. It took a 45-minute nursing session but he’s finally curled up asleep on my chest. I just began to doze off myself when the door creaked open.

“Hey, what are you doing in here?” Wes steps inside the room.

“Shh,” I put my finger up to my mouth to shush him and then point down to Grayson. Wes brings his voice to a whisper.

“Why did you come in here?” He pulls up a desk chair that Bobby had in his room and sits next to us.

“He was crying a lot, I didn’t want him to wake you up.”

“You don’t have to worry about that sweetheart. If you’re up, I should be up too.”

I shake my head, “You need to get up in the morning to go work though.”

“I’m fine. You shouldn’t have to hide yourself into another room for my sake.”

“We’re fine. You go rest. He’s calmed down anyway so I’m going to try and swaddle him and come to bed.” Right on cue, Grayson wakes up and starts wailing. Before I can sit up and start to rock him again, Wes takes him and starts bouncing him around and rocking him.

“Does he need to eat?”

“No, he should be okay. It calms him though.”

“Let’s see if we can’t get him to sleep without the boob,” Wes winks at me.

Wes continues to rock and bounce for about another five minutes and all of a sudden the crying stops and Grayson seems to be out. He gently lays him on the bed and swaddles him up just like the nurses at the hospital do. We walk down the hall back to our bedroom and lay him down in his crib.

Wes steps up to me and kisses my forehead, “You get some sleep now.”

“Thanks, Wes.” I crawl into bed and Wes is close behind me. I scoot back in his arms and he kisses my bare shoulder.

“Remember that I did this without another parent and I know how hard it is. You’re not alone darling. I’m here with you every step of the way.” I feel tears falling down my cheeks and Wes sits me up and quickly tries to wipe them away. “Please don’t cry, I know this is hard, but please don’t cry.”

“I’m just trying so hard.”

“I know, you’re doing so great too. Even his pediatrician said he’s right on track for a full-term baby which means you’re giving him everything he needs.” Wes lays back down and pulls me onto his chest. I listen to his heartbeat as I feel my body relax into him. I cannot wait to marry this man.

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“Auntie Hannah!!!!” Annabelle screeches the second her aunt steps foot out of the car.

“Hey, there chica!” Hannah doesn’t even get all the way on the porch before Annabelle is jumping into her arms. She spins her around a couple of times before planting her feet onto the ground. She walks over to where I am on the porch swing and slightly pulls the blanket down to see Grayson. “There is my cute little nephew!”