A Simple Beginning

Sleepless In Seattle Indeed

Barney
Christian gave me paternity leave, I wished he hadn't. Three crying boys and one crying wife and I need a break. So I slip out after the children's night nannies arrive. I sign in at the guards desk and head to my inner sanctum also known as the server room. I start on the tasks that I assigned to my minions and soon afterward I am done with one of my objectives and I go lay down in the small bedroom that was installed when I started working for GEH. Anastasia has her own bedroom upstairs it's nice of course than mine, but the same size. She decorated hers, mine is cluttered with all the recent advancements in technology and tech geeks looking to get investors to get items out on the market. After two weeks of one baby screaming and waking the others up and then my very own wife crying because she is suffering from depression common to women who just gave birth I had to get a break. Is it possible that she is having three times the amount of depression because she had three babies? I would like to know this answer. Machines I know and can shut down and repair but humans not so much.

Mia
Barney hasn't been to bed since we got home with the babies., I have found him sound asleep by the cribs holding onto a baby blanket. It looked like he was trying to cover his head with it. Soon the babies start screaming one by one. This morning I came in here and saw the babies sound asleep. The nannies look like they have just gotten the babies down and they looked tired. I ask where my husband is and they tell me he went somewhere. I am betting he went to work to get away from the crying. I go back to bed leaving the boys in the nannies care. Christian hired people to help us out during the paternity leave he gave Barney. If I was physically able to I would go to my restaurant and do some work there. The doctor won't release me to go to work and I am already suffering massive postpartum depression and I think it is three times the normal. I decide to at least call and check on my business.

Grace
I go over to visit my daughter and her boys. I am told neither of the boys parents are home. Go figure workaholics can't stay away from their jobs. I go visit with the boys and play with them until they need sleep. I visit Austin and last but not least Violet and Vincent. They are safely playing with building blocks, the soft ones. Both have been very good children and are have good manners. Anastasia has taken time with them along with Christian so they will adjust well to our family. I just found out they predicted Vanessa trying to kidnap one of Mia's babies. Of course they weren't allowed in the maternity ward or any other wards. I found out later their part in all of this. I am definitely glad we have them in our family. Recently Violet has been talking about a baby needing a good home.

Anastasia
We get an emergency call to meet a new caseworker at the hospital. Cindy Brown is just out of college and we are her first placement of a newborn baby. The mother has rejected the baby and even tried to miscarry, but the baby was born anyway. She is just barely five pounds and doll clothes and preemie clothing was all we had when we took her home. We brought a car seat just in case, we had to cushion it so she was laying in it correctly. Jason was very worried about her.

Christian
A very tiny baby but she fought to be born and made it. We heard what the mother had tried unsuccessfully. Christina Emily Grey was another blessing for us. We might never have a biological child but we are blessed with such wonderful children who bring us joy daily. Anastasia is the best mother to our children. She works from home a lot and actually does her best work. I suspect there are too many distractions at GEH and not as many at home. Our new baby was welcomed by her siblings and they try to help with her. Gail hired more staff and Jason hired more security. I had to let Barney come back to work to get some peace and quiet. Soon they brought the triplets in to the daycare center along with security and the mannies. The babies settled down and started sleeping through the night. Mom thinks it was because they were around so much noise and activity they stayed awake a lot more and their nurseries were quiet so they started sleeping all night. Christina had a few days of sleepless nights and she started sleeping peacefully at night. We never had a problem with Violet and Vincent sleeping through the night. Violet was discovered sleeping with Vincent and eventually she started sleeping in her own room and bed. The caretaker said she would check on them often. Anastasia checked as well, but I checked the security videos and never said anything about it. I figured the sleeping in his bed with him was for her more than for him. Mia jumped on me for allowing Barney to come back early and leave her with his sons. So we got them places and hired extra people to care for them while at GEH. She was a happy camper after that. They also placed her on anti depressants so she could get over her postpartum depression. Thank God it worked. Everybody was scared of Mia because she really lost it a few times. Mom had to sedate her twice and she told her she either went to see someone or she would commit her. So here we are six months later and she is back to work and on antidepressants and happy as a lark and the boys are very happy too. We kept our three away from her.