Everything Has Changed

Nesting

April 2nd 2025
New York City, New York

"Travis!"

Travis heard his name being called out from down the hallway of their apartment in New York City. Everything that had been his had become hers, and everything of hers had become his. So naturally the apartment in New York City was theirs now. He trudged down the hall, finding Taylor in the room they had set aside to be the baby's nursery. He saw Olivia asleep in what is meant to be the basket for the changing table on top of the dresser and a very stressed Taylor sprawled out across the floor, pieces of crib surrounding her.

"Oh my gosh, Tay!" Travis called out, quickly crossing the room to sit next to her on the floor. The room had been painted, mostly by Travis with Taylor helping out when and where she could. With the baby coming any day now, it had been a very last minute job for them to get everything up and ready. They had chosen cream coloured walls, deciding that straight up white would just be too bright and stark, especially when the light from the window hit it. The oak wooden dresser was against one wall and contained inside it was a small selection of baby clothes that they had already sorted through and organised. The rest were laid out precariously across the floor they had carpeted. They decided that it would be softer and nice to have the room carpeted, being especially handy if someone dropped something on the floor in the middle of the night whilst tending to the baby when she was final old enough to sleep in her nursery at night. She would sleep in with them in their room in her snuzpod that Taylor had been gifted at her baby shower. Travis knew that Taylor's nesting had become quite out of control since they arrived in New York City a couple of weeks before. The impending feeling that their little girl would soon be with them came over her fast and strong, with Taylor frantically and constantly cleaning and tidying practically ever inch of the apartment daily.

However, what Travis hadn't been expecting when he had heard Taylor calling out his name was to come into the nursery and find her knee deep in crib parts and instruction manuals, trying to build the baby's crib by herself.

"Trav can you pass me that little screwdriver? I can't hold these pieces together and grab it at the same time." Taylor called out, pointing to the little clear plastic bag containing the screwdriver that came with the crib. Travis shook his head.

"I can't believe you. I told you that I was going to do that!" Travis moaned as he took the pieces of crib out of her hand, her reluctantly to let go very apparent in the struggle.

"Well I am doing it so there is no need. Anyway if I had left it up to you, the baby wouldn't have a crib till next Christmas." Taylor joked, glaring over at where Travis was organising the parts and assembling them based on the instruction manual in front of him. She was so grateful that out of all of the things she asked him to do, Travis remembered not to throw away the instruction manual. This must have been the only one he had not thrown away. Kylie had told her that Jason was just the same, Donna confirming it about Ed too. It must just be a Kelce boy thing.

Travis came up to where Taylor was now standing, wrapping his arms around her massive thirty nine week pregnant bump, lifting the bottom up slowly in his hands. He felt her relax into him, her tension previously apparent.

"What is on your mind Tay?" Travis asked her softly, lightly swaying back and forth with her in his arms. Very soon it wouldn't just be her in his arms. It would be there little girl too. He could see the name they had already chosen out for her on the sign above where the dresser was. There was also one that would go on the door but Travis hadn't got round to putting that one up just yet. He traced the little moons and stars around the letters of her name. It was the perfect name: a blend of old, family names and new ones, to signify the start of a new branch of their families. They had both decided between them that they would name their daughter something more traditional. Nothing super popular but nothing like other celebrities do. Travis thought back to that conversation they had a few weeks prior...