We Found Us

Fresh Start

Caroline's POV:

The first days home are always the best, you get to actually hold your baby and cuddle them all you want with out the interruption of a nurse or doctor. You can actually sleep in your own bed, and enjoy the food you want. It's like a fresh new start.

For us it was a bit different. It would be the first time we had someone else to bring the baby home to. It would be the very first time Bo would meet his new baby brother Tatum Christopher.

See, Bo wasn't allowed back into my hospital room since he was under the age of 10. It was bitter sweet because I wanted my other baby with me too, but it was nice to not have a toddler rummaging through things while I was trying to get some rest.

I was just happy to finally reunite with Bobo. I made sure to have Luke walk in after with Tate, so I could make sure Bo slightly understood that he had to be nice to his new baby brother and be careful around him.

I walked in through the garage door and heard little pitter pattering feet coming towards my direction. I walked around the corner and saw a little boy cheesing right at me. I knelt down to his level as he ran towards me.

"Mama!" He screamed, toddling towards me.

"Hey Bobo." I replied hugging him.

"Mama wants you to meet someone but you have to be nice." I told him. Bo was a big love bug so I had faith that he'd be sweet to Tate when they'd meet.

"Hi Bobo." I heard Luke's deep voice say behind me.

"Dada!" Bo shouted. Luke lifted him up then bombarding him with tons of kisses and tickles.

"I missed you buddy." Luke said placing Bo on the ground. Bo immediately noticed the carrier that held Tate and pointed towards it as if asking who and what was in his house.

"Look come here." Luke said taking him by the hand, "That's Tate, he's your baby brother." He told Bo.

Bo knelt down closer to get better look. He looked at Tate with confusion before quietly saying,"Tat?"

"Almost Bobo! His name is Tate." Luke said pulling Bo into a hug.

"Hey Uncle Luke and Aunt C." Til said from the stair rail.

"Hey Til, come look." I said.

"Oh wow, he's so little." Til said touching his tiny hand.

"Oh my gosh! He's here!" Jordan whispered loudly. She ran over and hovered above his carrier, looking down in awe.

"What'd y'all finally name him?" She quizzed.

"Tatum Christopher." Luke spoke out.

"That's an adorable name." She grinned.

"Thank you, how'd Bobo do while we were gone?" I asked looking down at my innocent little toddler.

"He did great, no fuss or drama. He's a perfect little kid to babysit." Jordan said kissing his head.

"Good." I smiled down at him.

"Out. Out. Out!" Bobo said pointing towards the outdoors.

"Not right now Bobo, Dada's tired." Luke said picking him up and the carrier up.

"Maybe later." Luke said walking off with both boys.

Luke's POV:

I was glad to be back home, it satisfied me knowing my family was all contained and safe under my roof. I was thankful to have Jordan available when Caroline and I needed her most since Tate decided on popping out a week before Caroline's due date.  We're all just glad he came out a healthy little baby with all 10 fingers and toes.

He was a peaceful baby, as was Bo, occasionally. I placed Bo down on the couch along with the carrier, I carefully unbuckled Tate from his car seat and pulled him out. I was gentle enough not to wake him.

"Bobo come here." I said holding Tate in one arm and waving with the other.

Bo crawled over on the couch and sat on my right lap. He pointed to Tate and looked back up at me. "Tat? Baby?" He quietly said.

"Yes, Tate is a baby, Bobo. Do you wanna hold him?" I asked fixing Tate's blanket.

"Come sit right here." I said positioning Bo right in the corner of the couch. I pulled his small arms out to make room for Tate to lay, I gently set Tate's head down on the arm rest of the couch and the rest of his body in Bobo's little arm.

Bo looked scared to be holding Tate but soon became relaxed and talked to him in his "quiet voice."

"Hi, hi." Bo repeated.

He blubbered some other things out as I was scrolling through my phone searching for the camera app. I opened it and as soon as I looked up Bo was in the middle of kissing Tate's forehead, I snapped a couple of pictures in the little time I had for that moment.

"Awe Bobo. You're so sweet." I told him.

I immediately went on twitter and tweeted out the best pic I got from the 30 different shots I took. "The newest edition to the Bryan family relaxing with his big brother Bobo. Tatum Christopher Bryan." I captioned it before tweeting it out.

Tate started getting a bit fussy so that was my signal that he was uncomfortable and hungry now. I picked him up and walked to Caroline who was half asleep on the couch, I felt bad waking her up but at the same time she hadn't pumped out any bottle yet so there wasn't much of an option.

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It was barley 8 but Carol and I were still adjusting to the waking up 5 times a night that comes with having a newborn, so we decided on hitting the hay a bit early. Bo isn't so much attached to Caroline as he has been me these past couple of weeks so it helps out a lot with getting Carol the rest she needs, the only downfall is he's been refusing to fall asleep in his own bed.

"Dada." I heard Bo say from the bedroom.

"I'm coming Bobo hold on." I replied back from the bathroom.

"Dada!" Bo yelled.

"Hold on Bobo." I told him as I rinse the last of the toothpaste from my mouth.

I wiped my lips on the towel hanging behind me, and walked into the bedroom where Caroline was fast asleep and Bo was lying besides her content with the pacifier in his mouth while he twiddled around her hair in his fingers.

"Dada." He whispered after pulling out the pacifier from his mouth.

I turned off the lights and laid down on my side of the bed. I felt his little body squish up to my bare chest as he got comfy, I swung my arm around him and tucked him in closer to me before kissing head and closing my eyes.

"Goodnight, I love y'all." I quietly said.