Poly Family

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Nickis' POV:

Sitting by the Christmas tree, it was barely 6 in the morning and I'd been up since two a.m. being woken up by the girls moving around and Rihanna complaining to herself about 4oe taking forever to go potty and trying to run away from her. I couldn't sleep so I just came down and made myself tea and tried to rest. I brought the gifts up and placed them nicely before noticing the little stocking under the angel. Looking inside, I read the little note that was tucked in it and had a cry. The girls had wrote little things for Baby C and it was touching. So after getting myself together after that, I couldn't sleep and I had headache.

Since it was getting ready to be light, I decided to make my traditional Christmas breakfast. Easy French toast bake with blueberries, peeled apples to make fried apples, and once it was all done, I put it on warm in the oven until everyone came down. Yawning, I finally curled up on the chaise with a blanket by the beautifully lit fireplace and rested my eyes.

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Honey's POV:

Normani and I got up to the sound of her I-pad ringing, and she answered for her parents, and I went to get freshened up. I brushed my teeth and washed my face and fixed my hair before going back in to say hi to Normani's parents and leaving the room. I went downstairs and saw all the Moms and Grandmas in the living room setting up breakfast and having coffee and talking. All the grandma's hugged me, and Ma and Mama gave me hugs while Padre' who was snuggled into a sleeping Mommy, blew me kisses.

Soon everyone was downstairs, and Aunt Lauren, Kelly and Michelle were with us having breakfast and talking. Soon we could open gifts, but Ma stood and passed them out until we had a nice mountain of gift boxes, bags, and cards in front of us and told us that we knew the drill. Ma had mild OCD that she couldn't handle the mess of Christmas and birthday paper all over the floor and since it was so many of us, it was like an ocean of crinkled paper. So since I was 5, she always did gifts this way or she'd be frantically picking it up as soon as it hit the floor.

We watched Papabear open his gifts which were mainly, big metal construction trucks, Hot wheels cars, dinosaurs, clothes, and sneakers. He was very happy and moved to an empty corner to set up his toy sets. Me and girls opened our gifts and I was very pleased, I could tell who got me what, Ma, got me clothes, heels, perfume, and cash, Mommy got me jewelry, a gold bracelet and hoop earrings along with money. Padre' and Mama's gift said not to open until 11 am. I was confused and the rest of the girls eventually got the same 'mystery' gift.  Blue and I got nearly identical gifts except she got boots, since she liked those better. The twins got clothes, new UGGs, and gold bangles. The Moms even spoiled Normani and got her UGGs, a gold anklet, two nice sweaters and to my surprise a house key.

Padre' said that she trusted Normani and wanted her to feel free to come and go but that she wouldn't hesitate to take it away if she fucked up. Normani swore she wouldn't and that she really appreciated everything. 

We did the rest of the gift exchange which was us giving the moms a spa package we paid for along with us babysitting Papabear for whatever weekend they choose to go, Mommy a maternity massage, and we got the Grandma's framed pictures of us since they always ask for new pictures for their houses.

Finishing cleaning up, the grandmas went to start cooking for lunch/dinner, and Padre' looked at her watch and told us to go hop in the sprinter van and that we were going to take a short ride. In our jackets, we went outside, and the moms followed. Riding down the mountain, we sang Christmas carols and in general talked and laughed until we got to the small town at the bottom of the mountain.

In town, we pulled up to parking lot in the back of a car dealership. We got out and 3 SUV trucks pulled up with big red bows. Padre' pointed and said the blue one was for Blue, the silver for me, and the black for the twins to share until they were 18 and had kept their licenses in good standing. We were screaming and jumping up and down excitedly thanking them all before hopping in. My truck was so beautiful, it was fully loaded and had soft black leather seats and trim. In the backseat, was a big plush Poohbear holding a honeypot. I laughed knowing Mama put that in there.