Healing a broken heart

Birthday time

Chapter 87

ELLAPOV

I woke up it was Stella's first birthday I can't believe it's been a year. It's gone by so quickly and so much has happened. Norman and I are great back to how we were when we first met, which is nice, I'm back to see my doctor which has helped with dealing with everything that has happened this past year. I'm feeling a hell of a lot better, I'm a better wife and mother I'm doing more now with the kids Misty's my back up not doing my job anymore but she's there if I need a break. Norman has decided to try and take us me and him away when he has a break in July from the show just before comic con, which I'll be going with him Greg asked me and I've already organized Misty to take the kids that weekend as we are catching up with the Flanery's and maybe the Clark's. Speaking of which they should all be here today they were catching the same plane this morning, Norman's mom's here as well as the rest of our family. At last count there will be twenty-five kids here I've had to call in an extra nanny to help control the kids so hopefully that'll mean no flustered parents and happy babies. I slip out of bed and leave a very naked Norman in my bed. I walk past the birthday girl's room who's like me and never sleeps in she's talking up a storm.

Ca ca, ca ca. Dada ca ca.

"Hey girl what's up? Happy birthday today sweetheart. Yeah today brings painful memories my hop-ha hurts just thinking about giving birth to you but it was the best day of my life. Do you want to help mommy? You do? Well that's cool I'll teach you to cook you'll be awesome like me. Babe was a kitty in here is that why you were saying ca ca or did you do yucky?"

Then I see Eye following us, he's so good with the babies I thought he might get jealous but he doesn't I make sure Norman still spends time with him so he knows he's loved, he's a very spoiled cat, hell the cat usually sleeps with Norman and me at the foot of the bed but I usually I wake up with a cat's butt in my face.

I carry Stella to the kitchen and put her down on the floor I take her cake out and look at what I've done I did a simple two-layer cake in purple. The bottom is all these layers of purple ruffles and a simple top layer, I made sugar cookies with purple icing, purple cake pops, and red velvet cakes with purple icing, and chocolate mousse. There are purple and cats everywhere and photos so many photos of Stella her daddy's taken so many over the year. I've set up these meters of purple ribbon and attached all these photos from birth until recently.

"Whoa, this place so has been sprayed in purple."

"Yeah, I like her in purple. Stella looks good in purple."

"Well, it looks real pretty babe."

"Well Misty and I have been doing great." It's a few hours before the party starts we have a caterer doing the rest of the food I'm doing dessert like I'm supposed to.

"So where's the birthday girl?"

"Daddy she was in the kitchen, but I think she's playing with eye or ca ca."

"We need to teach her kitty you know it sounds like she's saying poo."

"I think it's cute."

"Yeah she is but then her mom's cute  so makes sense."

I went and got changed I put on the invites that it was a purple-themed party so I want as much purple as possible. I choose a retro dress with a fishnet petticoat, I curled my hair and put on some hair accessories and my heels, I look in the mirror I look good.

"Whoa hot momma coming through. Damn girl you're are not a mom to four."

"Why thank you, Mr. Reedus, want to help me get the kids dressed Norman?"

"Come on rug rats let's get dressed and wake your brother up."

"I'm awake dammit the place looks like it's been sprayed in grape juice."