new years day (a tayvis fanfiction)

sleepless nights

taylor swift's pov

     i was woken up by madelyn's cries. travis and i have been taking turns waking up with her, but she's usually hungry and that's my job.

    i scooped up the wailing newborn and tried to calm her down. i had definitely missed the newborn phase, but not this part. "please go back to sleep." i patted her back.

     i went out to the living room to try and avoid waking up travis. she continued to cry no matter what i did. she wasn't hungry, she didn't need a diaper change, i couldn't think of what could be the matter.

     i paced around the living room. i soon heard a door open and prayed it wasn't travis. gracie is usually deep sleeper though so i doubted it.

     travis came down the hallway and rubbed his eyes. "hey little girl. you love to cry don't you?" he chuckled. "i'm sorry trav. i have tried everything she won't go back to sleep." i started to spiral and just list everything i've tried. tears started to fall down my cheeks.

     "i'm sorry. i know you have practice but i just don't know what to do!" the tears practically poured down my face. "hey, hey, it's okay beautiful." he took madelyn from my arms and wiped my face. a few pats on the back from travis and madelyn was asleep.

      "this isn't fair! i carried her for nine months, peed every ten minutes, and lived off of mac and cheese. and she won't even fall asleep in my arms!" i said firmly. travis laughed.

    "go lay down baby. i will be in soon, okay?" he kissed the top of my head. i was definitely still not over the fact that madelyn is a daddy's girl. it's okay though, i'll always be gracie's favorite.

eventually travis came back with a sleeping newborn in his arms. he placed her in the bassinet softly. he then climbed into bed where i cuddled up close to him. "thank you." i said as i wrapped my arms around him.

"you don't have to thank me. we are both parents and that means we both have responsibilities. i would never make you do this by yourself." he kissed my forehead and rubbed circles on my back.

the next morning

i rushed around the house trying to get myself, a three year old, and a newborn out the door. travis was at practice and was going to meet us at the doctor for madelyn's first appointment.

i set madelyn down in her bouncer while trying to dress gracie. i struggled to get the squirmy toddler to sit still. madelyn then woke up and began to cry.

"gracie please let mommy get you dressed, we are going to be late!" i begged her. finally she was all dressed and i didn't have time to care about what her hair looked like.

i scooped up madelyn and tried to stop her crying. i assumed she was hungry but i really had no time to stop everything i was doing to feed her.

i stopped her crying for the time being and was finally able to load everyone in the car. i got a call from travis, "hey, are you going to be here soon?" he asked. i looked at the time and sighed. "i'm sorry. madelyn wouldn't stop crying and gracie wouldn't let me dress her. i'm just really stressed out and im sorry-" he cut me off before i could continue.

"taylor, it's okay. i'll see you soon, i love you." he said and hung up. i looked into the backseat to check on the girls and i see gracie with her hands all over madelyn.

"gracelyn paige! stop touching her, remember she is so little and fragile." i began yelling but i stopped. honestly i had no energy to yell and i couldn't deal with another meltdown today.

     she got a little upset but she was over it once i handed her my phone to watch bluey. we arrived at the doctor and travis met me at the car to help with the kids. i got out the car and practically threw my arms around him. tears fell down my face and into his chest. "what's going on baby?" he rubbed my back.

     "i will tell you later, i just needed a hug." i replied and pulled away to wipe my face. he placed a kiss on my cheek.

     we finally made it inside where gracie ran towards the toys in the waiting room. "hi we are here for madelyn swift-kelce." travis explained to the receptionist as i went to sit down.

     "are you hungry little girl?" i smiled and scooped madelyn out of her car seat. i lifted my shirt and draped a blanket over top of my chest.

     travis plopped down next to me and put his hand on top of mine. i laid my head on his shoulder and patiently waited for them to call madelyn's name.

     "it feels like yesterday we were here for gracie's first appointment." he said and looked at our beautiful toddler. she babbled to herself as she played with some stuffed toys.

     "madelyn, please never grow up." i stroked her soft brown hair.

     the nurse called us back and we followed her. gracie waddled behind us. "hey guys, long time no see!" our usual nurse shows us to our room.

     i smiled. "this is madelyn?" she asked as she put her gloves on. i nodded and hopped on on the table. i undressed madelyn and set her on the scale.

     "6 pounds 4 ounces. she's a tiny one!" she laughed. i secretly hated when people said things like that. with the history of my last two pregnancies, im terrified that she won't be healthy.

     i forced a fake smile and squeezed travis' hand. she went through the rest of procedure and told us madelyn was a perfectly healthy baby. the only thing a bit concerning is her weight but that can be an easy fix.

     everyone is always surprised by gracie's height. me being 5'11 and travis 6'5 you would think she would be huge. but she's actually an average height for a three year old.

authors note

i can't believe taylor wasn't at the chiefs game last night im so sad