Forever Yours: How it all Began

Chapter 64

The holiday decor was up and I'm so excited. We have another reason to celebrate. We're now a family of three. God has blessed us with our son and I'm truly happy beyond measure to be his mother. I'll do all I can for him. He's my why in life now.

We were hosting Thanksgiving dinner, so I decided to get my grocery shopping done before the rush. My mom had AJ, so I could take my time and get everything on my list. As I was shopping, I ran into Ben. We hugged and exchanged pleasantries. He told me he's married with a baby on the way. I congratulated him and told him that Dre and I have been married almost two years and we have an eight month old son.

I still felt guilty for the night Ben took me home. It wasn't my plan to get him in the middle. Before Ben and I departed, he gave me his number and asked me to have Dre call him. I told him I'd do that and we hugged again before we went our separate ways. It was really good seeing Ben. He and Dre were very close friends in college until that night I had to act a fool in the club. I finished my shopping and made my way home.

When I walked in the kitchen, Dre was standing at the door holding AJ. He walked up to me and kissed my lips with the biggest smile on his face.

"I'm greeted at the door by my two handsome boys whom I love so much. What did I do to deserve this?

Dre kissed me again, this time giving me a little tongue.

"The real question is what did I do to deserve you and this little boy right here?"

He bounced AJ around and all I could see was his two little teeth that were trying to come up. Then it hit me. His little teeth were showing.

"AJ how long have you been hiding those from mommy and daddy?"

He started giggling. My baby has the cutest laugh. It's contagious.

Dre unloaded the groceries as I sat in the living room going over Thanksgiving day plans with my mom. I wanted to make sure I had everything we needed for dinner.

After mom left, I gave AJ a bath and laid him down for the night. I turned on his musical night light and monitor. Dre and I kissed him on his cheek and left him with his sweet dreams. We walked in the room and Dre popped a question I wasn't ready to answer.

"Don't you think it's time we started on another baby?"

I looked at him like he'd grown a horn of plenty from his head. I know for a fact he said he wanted to wait at least two years.

"Dre what happened to us waiting a few years. AJ isn't a year old yet."

"I know. I love being a daddy and I'm ready for more."

"It's easy for you to say. You're not the one going through morning sickness, body aches and changes. And you're definitely not the one who's got to push an eight pound baby out of a hole the size of a half of dollar."

"Come on babe. You can't tell me you're not ready for another little one."

"I'm not. I want to enjoy all the new things AJ is going to do within the next few years. I don't want him to share his time right now. Let's enjoy his growth a little more before we add another to the clan. Plus I want him to be walking and potty trained before we give him a sister or brother."

Dre said he understood my reasons to wait.

"I love what we do to make babies though."

I winked my eye at him. That's all it took for him to pin me to the bed and practice on making a baby.

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There were little ones running everywhere. AJ is a year old and we're having his birthday party. Dre went all out. There was a ball pit for the toddlers, a pony ride, and a clown that did balloon art, and a face painter. He purchased a swing set with slide just for the children under the age of three. We even had activities for the adults. I love taking pictures so I had a photographer there to capture all the moments.

I coordinated our attire and we looked so cute. I just can't believe our little man is a year old. I don't know who was more excited about the party, the little ones or Dre. All of our nieces and nephews were helping us celebrate. We were also happy that Dre's sister, brother and their family came from Egypt. This will be their first time seeing AJ in person. Dre's sisters were over the moon with their younger brother's child. My heart was filled with joy. Everyone was having a great time playing games, getting their face painted and playing with the children.

It was now time for AJ to smash his cake. Dre put him in his high chair and I placed the smash cake in front of him. We all sang happy birthday and waited on AJ to put his hands in the cake. He looked at it for a second, then it was like all of a sudden he figured out what he was supposed to do. He grabbed a big chunk of the cake and put it in his mouth. It must have been good to him because he got another hand full and put it in his mouth. Watching us clap for him, he grabbed another piece of cake and put his hand up towards me to share. I leaned down and opened my mouth for him to give me a piece. He did the same with Dre. It was such a sweet moment. After everyone ate and had cake, Dre helped our little prince open his gifts. He got so many, I don't know where I'm going to put everything.

The party was coming to a close. Our mothers cleaned the kitchen while the rest of us cleaned the outside area. AJ is already down for the evening. We definitely had an awesome celebration.

After all the guests had left, I made my way upstairs to my bathroom. I needed to relax, so I ran the tub full of hot water and added a lavender bath bomb. Dre had gone to his office to discuss some business with Ben, so I was going to take advantage of this time alone.

I put my hair in a pineapple updo, but before getting out of my clothes, I went to the nursery to check on my little prince. Walking back to my room, I grabbed the baby monitor from the nightstand and walked back to the bathroom. I stepped in the water and slowly settled in. I laid my head back and closed my eyes.

Thinking about my life after college, things seemed to be going well. I have the love of family and friends, the success of my company, and God added my husband and baby. I didn't see myself becoming a mother this early, thinking maybe waiting until I was at least thirty, but I'm so happy that it happened when it did. Dre wants more children and so do I. Maybe two boys and two girls. That would be perfect.

I was suddenly interrupted from my thoughts when I felt a pair of hands start to firmly massage my shoulders. I let out a small moan in appreciation. Dre gives the best massages. He started lightly pecking my cheek, down to my neck, then to my collarbone. He repeated the kisses on my other side.

"I thought you were talking to Ben about a potential business."

"I was. He will send my lawyer the business plan for us to look over. I would also like for you to look over the plan as well."

"Sure I'll do that. Just have your lawyer send it to my email. Anything I can do to help, just let me know."

"Thank you babe. I love you so much. You give so much of yourself. I have the best wife any man can have."

"Aww Dre. That's so sweet. I love you too and don't ever forget that you do have the best wife."

I turned around to face him.

"Care to join me?"

It didn't take long before he was naked and in the tub sitting behind me. I rested my head against his chest as he held me close. Intimacy; mind, body and soul connection in a relationship is just as important as the sex. This was something I had to teach Dre and he's learning quite well. Sitting in the tub together just holding one another was all we needed from one another.