Highschool Sweethearts - A Chris Evans Story

38 - Princess

*Sofia pov*

"One more push Sofia!" Dr Morgan says to me while I gather all the strength that I have
I've been pushing almost for an hour now and I'm so tired...but I have to do this.
My mom and Sebastian are on my right side while Chris on the other and are all encouraging me.
"You can do it baby come on...head is out, just one more" Chris says softly to me right before I take a deep breath and push again...guess doc was right cause I feel her come out of me and I instantly let my body go slump.
"Congratulation mom and dad!" He says pulling up our baby to let us see her and then she's starts crying very loudly "nice set of lungs I hear!" He says
My mom helps me open up my gown a bit so I can have her on my chest for a couple of minutes before the nurses clean her up, weigh and measure her.

"She's so perfect" I say as I look between her and Chris who's silently crying while stroking her cheek
"Just like mama, I love you both so much I'm so proud of you baby"
"We love you too daddy" I say smiling up at him as I wipe away stray tears from his cheeks.
I turn to my mom and Seb who are also crying as they admire the baby opting contently on my chest.
After a couple of minutes Chris is asked to cut the cord and once she's free they clean her up while I push out the placenta and also get cleaned up.
I'm really happy and proud that I managed to do this all natural without an epidural.

Once she's settled against my chest again Chris goes out to tell his mom that then proceeds to call his siblings while he comes back in.
My mom exits to make Lisa some company before letting her in and Sebastian captures the first moment of Chris having the baby in his arms.
The immediate hours after delivery pass so fast and calmly, Lisa and my mom come back in, the doctors and nurses come check on us and we call Scarlett to give her the good news and tell her she's gonna be her godmother along with Sebastian. In the end Chris and I chose her, I had a thought on Elise but after the last call I had with her about two weeks ago where we fought cause she told me I was ignoring her, which is not true, so we ended up deciding Scarlett was a better fit for the role and I still haven't heard from Elise...

Eventually visiting hours end and the three of them go home, we agreed that tomorrow Chris's sibling are gonna come and Scarlett told us she'll drive here too.
At the end of the day we're alone with our precious princess safely in our arms. I feed her and Chris takes care of changing her and burp her and also settle her when she's a bit fussy. Although I'm very happy to have her here today has drained all my energies, as expected.
I watch Chris carefully laying her down in her cot and rolling it next to my bed so we could all be next to each other.
"Welcome to the world sweet Jade Rose" Chris whispers and kisses her head
"She's just so precious..."
"She truly is, you did a wonderful job today, why don't you get some rest now?"
"It does sound good"
"I'll watch over her and if she needs feeding I'll let you now, take a nap baby" he says kissing my lips softly
"Love you"
"Love you too sweetheart"

Jade did cry a few times along the night but it was ok for most of it. In the morning we got checked again and we were told that by 6 pm we could go home. Chris's siblings came before lunch time and they all instantly fell in love with baby Jade and then Sebastian brought Sam and Scarlett to visit after lunch, they are still here and helping us pack up.
Even tho Scarlett said she's would be getting a hotel room for a couple of nights we told her it's fine if she's stay at our hose if she doesn't mind the crying every now and then, and she accepted.
Our moms told us they cooked for us for at least a whole week and Sam told me she did a few things for us as well and that yesterday she closed the shop early and made sure our house was spotless clean and added a few things for me in my bathroom.

Everyone is just being so sweet and I got so emotional early that I was a crying mess for around fifteen minutes...
"Time to go home?" Seb asks
"Yup"
Sebastian and Sam carry the two bags, Scarlett is pushing my wheelchair while Chris has baby Jade in her car seat.
Once we arrived back home Sebastian and same made sure we were settled in nicely before leaving and then Scarlett heated up our dinner as Chris helped me change and then feed and burp Jade.
"I'd say day one was a success!" Chris says watching a Jade sleep soundly in his arms
"I'd says so" I smile happily at them and then hear Scarlett taking a picture of us
"Perfect family" she comments