His Golden Haze Part II

Plans

A/N: Kind of mini announcement in the chapter but it's mostly just a fun chapter.

Chapter 17: Plans

Renesmee POV:

There's only one more month until Rachel's big day, and after that our summer trip to California. We had a lot of planning to do. I bought a lot of clothes for the trip online and it would probably get here within the next couple of weeks. We planned at staying at the Disneyland Resort for a week and spend a lot of time at the park while our summer home was getting fixed up. Once everything is set for the summer home, we'd stay there for a week and then go back home to Forks. I thought it'd be nice to invite Becky and Rachel's families along for the trip. It could be a wonderful honeymoon for Rachel and Paul, and a babymoon for Rebecca since the baby is due next month. I didn't take no for an answer from any of them, they deserve it.

I had a lot of fun picking out decorations with Grandma Esme, she has the best taste. Our summer home would be beautiful. It'll be as big as the big house in Alaska and have plenty of rooms for everybody to stay in. I can't wait for it to be totally finished. I found myself constantly on the laptop emailing contractors and making adjustments to make sure the trip would go smoothly. Now, I'm just making the finishing touches so next month I can help Rachel prepare for the final days before the wedding. And on top of that I had Jay's official first birthday to plan! I'd probably plan that after the trip though.

My babies were really growing up. Edward Jacob was looking more and more like a two year old boy than a one year old, his sentences were getting longer and he picked up on a lot of things faster. Chloë, on the other hand, hit her two month mark and looked about four months old. She's able to sit up with a little help and her personality grows everyday. I think I've finally nailed how my children age. Just take their calendar age and multiply it by 2. I'm positive they'll stop aging by the time they're nine.

"Chloë, please don't put that doll in your mouth! It's yucky!" And of course she did.

I shut my laptop and went to pick up the baby and put the toy out her mouth. I really need to get some more teething rings. Jay was drawing on his little easel that Billy got for him. He seemed to be enjoying himself so I left him be. It was about to be time for lunch so I decided to get started now. Bacon mac'n'cheese sounded pretty good, the kids love it and I tolerate it. It's a win win. Here's a little secret, I sneak in vegetables so they'll eat it without knowing. As of lately, Jay has been picky with eating his veggies and if he didn't eat it, Chloë wouldn't either. Butternut squash is easy to disguise in macaroni so I went with that.

Cooking one handed isn't an easy task but I can't help wanting to hold my baby girl all the time! She's my mini me after all. She seemed pretty intrigued by what I had going in the pots and pans. Maybe she'll like cooking like me.

"It smells good, doesn't it." I watched her expression and she just smiled back at me, "I'll teach you everything that I know, little lady."

Lunch was done in no time. I put Chloë in her baby chair and Jay in his high chair and they were ready to eat. Jay is better at eating on his own so I let him go for it, for obvious reasons, I fed Chloë. They loved it! I had some myself and it wasn't bad at all. We still had leftovers so I packed some for Jake's lunch tomorrow.

After lunch, I got the kids ready so we can go pick Jacob up from work and then go to La Push to have a beach day with the rest of the pack kids. With the gloomy weather that comes with living in Washington, we all can appreciate a nice sunny day. Chloë would really get to use her gift, I know she'll love it. I'm sure Jay would love to learn how to swim too.

I put Chloë in her car seat first, of course, it didn't surprise me that she wailed. She just didn't like being constricted in any sort of way. Jay was the same when he was little. It's close to her nap time anyways so she'd be out soon enough. Jay was next to go into his carseat,he struggled a little but at least he didn't cry. Two crying babies is never fun for anybody.