The Outcome

Welcome Home Baby Boy

It's been three weeks and I'm proud to say my baby boy has made a lot of progress. The doctor said that we could take him home today because he weighs six pounds now, when he told me that I just was thanking God so much. Ashley and I were already up at the hospital and for the first time I was about to hold my son. Ashley had picked out an outfit for him to wear home, it was a Nike outfit. After getting him dressed Ashley asked me did I want to hold him and I said yes so she gave him to me. "Wow, he feels so...tiny" I said smiling and rocking him. Ashley smiled and said "of course KC , he's like the size of a newborn now even though he's about to be a month old". Before I could say anything the doctor came into the room and said "you guys all set?" , Ashley and I both shook our heads yes and he lead us both downstairs to the front of the building and wished us luck on our new baby boy. I had the car seat hooked up in my car and I made sure I strapped him in correctly and I sat in the back seat with him while Ashley drove, he was asleep and I just watched him sleep, he looked so peaceful. We pulled up at my house and my mom and the twins were out shopping for Easter outfits because easter was just a couple weeks away. Ashley put KJ in his crib for the very first time, we thought he was going to wake up but he didn't so we got in my bed and fell asleep because we were both tired, we'd been dealing with school, all of those end of the year tests. Then there was work, we both worked a lot, mostly closing. Lastly was all those back and forth trips we had took to the hospital, but I can say... it was all worth it because I love my son with all the breath inside me and I know Ashley loves him as her own as well. "Kelani, get yo ass up!" My mom said as she opened the door to my room. "That baby is up, which means you need to be up too! She said started to yell. I got up and went over to KJ's crib and sure enough he was up but he wasn't crying, he was just looking around and moving his little hands and feet around as if he was familiar with my room. I picked him up and woke Ashley up and told her to get him while I go fix him a bottle. I grabbed the bottle and his formula out his custom made diaper bag and headed downstairs to fix him a bottle. When I walked into the kitchen Darryl was sitting in there. "Wassup man" I said trying to be polite. "Wassup kelani, how you doing?" Darryl said. I shrugged my shoulders and said "I'm alright, a little tired but it's worth it" . Darryl nodded his head in a up and down motion and said "yeah I feel you, and I'm proud of you. I know I haven't been around long but your parents did a great job of raising a young man such as yourself." "Wow, thanks Darryl." I said. I started shaking up KJ's bottle after adding the formula and the water and someone knocked at the door. I went to answer and it was Nichole. "Hey, I came to tell you that I'm moving, to California with my aunt, my mom thinks I'll be better off up there, I just wanted to let you know I won't have the same number or anything, I don't want any memory of KJ, because that'll just make me miss him so don't try to contact me, ever." She said so carelessly. I stood there shocked and pissed, why would she even say some shit like that? I just shook my head and told her "Nichole that's fine, I'll make sure he never knows of you, you have a great fuckin life, selfish bitch" then I slammed the door in her face. I have no idea what came over me, I haven't called a girl out of her name before, it's just that how she said it was like... she didn't have a care in the world about my son, but it's cool he gone always have me and Ashley, most of all he's going to have so much love he's not going to miss her love. When I got back into my room Ashley was playing 'Peek-a-boo' with KJ and he was just smiling. I just looked at them and started smiling too then I said "you wanna feed em?". "Sure, I'd love to feed my son for the first time." Ashley said looking at him smiling. I sat on the bed next to her while she started feeding him and said "yo, you know Nichole just came by here and said she came to tell me that she's moving to California with her aunt and that her mom thinks she'll be better off up there and she just wanted to let me know she won't have the same number or anything and that she doesn"t want any memory of KJ, because that'll just make her miss him so don't try to contact her, ever". Ashley looked at me in irritation and anger. "what the hell?? You know what KC , we got this anyway, all she was good for was having him, honestly I don't think she would've made a good Mother, God knew what was best for all of us so I thank him for our blessing and we shouldn't even be mad at her, because she made our family whole" Ashley said as she kissed me. I smiled and laid closer to her and we just watched KJ drink his bottle.