Niall Horan Child Preferences 3

#39 Ireland for the week

"Is that everything?" Niall asked after putting all of our bags in the car.
"Yeah I checked all the suitcases last night" I told him and he nodded.

"C'mon kiddo"Niall said holding his hand out to our 4 year old son, Ethan as I held our 1 year old daughter, Aaliyah. Niall buckled Ethan into his car seat and I did the same with Aaliyah.
"Wait Niall, is the pram on the car?" I asked.
He thought for a moment.
"No, I'll run into the house now and get it" he said.
He closed Ethan's car door before running into the house and coming back out with Aaliyah's pink silver cross pram.
He quickly put it down and put it in the boot of the car.

We both got into the car and Niall began the drive to the airport.

"Daddy?" Ethan asked.
"Can I sit near the window on the big plane?" He asked.
"You can sit anywhere you want, bud" Niall told him.
I looked at Niall confused.
"Simon let us use the private jet, that way its quicker and we can avoid waiting in lots of queues" Niall explained and I nodded.
"Well at least then it won't be embarrassing if the baby starts crying" I said and Niall agreed.

*****

We were now on the private jet. We had made our way through security already. all our bags and the pram where on the plane.

We all sat together, Ethan near the window, me in the middle , Niall on my other side and the baby on my lap.

Aaliyah was babbling to herself and Ethan was looking out the window at all the other planes waiting to take off.

****

We where now about halfway through the flight. Ethan had fallen asleep since we had to be up really early to get to the airport.

Aaliyah began to whine and I tried to calm her down before she woke Ethan up.

"Shhh" I soothed and bounced my leg.
She burst into tears, crying loudly.
"C'mere princess" Niall mumbled taking Aaliyah from me and holding her on his lap.

"What's wrong baby?" Niall asked trying to calm her.
Niall kissed her cheek a few times.
Aaliyah moved her hands over her ears as she cried.
"Do your ears hurt baby?" I asked her and she nodded crying.
"I'll try and get her to sleep and if they still hurt when we get to my mums we can give her some medicine" Niall whispered to me and I nodded.

Niall cradled her like you would hold a newborn baby. He rocked her a little and she was asleep in minutes.
"She must have been really tired, she never goes to sleep that quickly" I said and Niall agreed.
Niall looked over me at Ethan and smiled.
"That boy can sleep anywhere" he chuckled.
"I know, do you tenner when he fell asleep on one of those little roller coasters at Thorpe park?" I asked and Niall nodded.
"That's just proves how boring little roller coasters are" Niall said and I laughed quietly.

*****

We climbed out of the car and got our luggage. Niall held the baby in one arm and pulled a suitcase with another and I pulled one suitcase with one hand and held Ethan's hand with my other.

We knocked on the door and Maura answered greeting us with hugs.

"Can you hold her a second why I go and heft the pram from the car?" Niall asked his mum and she nodded taking Aaliyah in her arms. Ethan's son I walked into the house bringing the suitcases in.

Niall came back within a minute with the pram.

*****

The next day

Greg, Theo , Denise and Bobby were here today.
Bobby and Greg where in the kitchen, Denise and Maura where on one sofa and Niall and I where on the other cuddled up to each other.
Theo, Ethan and Aaliyah where all playing with toys on the floor.

"You two still act like you did  8 years ago" Maura commented and I smiled slightly because my face was basically buried in Niall's chest.

"Will I be getting another grandchild from you two any time soon or another grandchild from you and Greg?" Maura asked me,Niall and Denise.
Denise shrugged.
"Maybe, we haven't spoke about it" Denise said.

"What about you two?" Maura asked me and Niall.
Niall shrugged.
"Aaliyah's still a baby yet, and Ethan's still young, maybe when Aaliyah is 3 or 4 but definitely not yet that would just be too much" Niall explained and Maura nodded.

****

"Mum, is it okay if me and y/n go on a walk around town with the kids?" Niall asked.
"Course, you don't need to ask Nialler" Maura said.
"C'mon then my little munchkins!" Niall said scooping Aaliyah into his arms.
Ethan giggled at Niall's nickname for them.
Niall placed Aaliyah in her pram and fastened her in.

***

I was pushing Aaliyah's pram through the town centre and Niall was holding Ethan's hand.

"Mummy? What's this place called?" Ethan asked.
"We are in Mullingar, love" I told him.
"Mullingar?" He repeated and I nodded.
"Yeah this is where daddy grew up, he lived here when he was a little boy like you" I told him.
"Really? Daddy is this where you lived?" He asked.
"Yep, I lived here all my life until I was 18 and that was when I moved to London and met mummy" Niall explained.

"Dadda!" Aaliyah yelled from the pram.
"What princess?" He asked in a baby voice glancing at her.
"Dummy?" She asked cutely.
"You want your dummy?" Niall asked and she nodded. We stopped and Niall pulled her dummy out of his pocket.

Her dummy was pink and it had a pink string attached to it which was attached to a pink clip. The string had Aaliyah Horan written across it. We attached a clip to it so the dummy could clip to her shirt and it wouldn't come off so she would lose it.

Niall bent down and clipped the cup to her shirt and then placed the dummy in her mouth.
"Ta Dadda!" She said with a little lisp because of the dummy being in her mouth.