A MONTH LATER
CALLIE'S POV
I wake up to the sound of Lincoln crying through the baby monitor. It's only 5am and a Sunday. I hit Brandon to get him "Brandonnn" I whine
"Please get him Callie"
"No, I was up with him all night GO!!" I say pushing him.
"Argh" she says and then rolls out of bed and I hear him stop down the hall.
I go back to sleep and wake up at 9:30. When I go downstairs all the kids are watching cartoons and Brandon is in there too playing with Lincoln on his play mat. He's so fun now that he's 3 months and more aware of things. I smile and walk in.
"Mummy" Poppy says and I smile and sit down next to her giving her a kiss on the head.
"Morning baby" I say and then she turns her attention back to the tv.
Brandon doesnt say anything to me. I assume cause I kicked him out at 5:30 but he'll be over it by lunch time.
"Have you kids have brekkie?"
"No" they all say. I nod and go into the kitchen and start making bacon and eggs. When its ready I call them all in and they sit down stuffing their faces and I go into the lounge where Brandon still is and sit next to him and Linc.
"Wanna talk yet?" I ask
"What?" he ask confused
"You just seemed like you werent talking to me this morning?"
"I'm just tired"
"Yeah well so am I B. He's been having rough nights and I've been the one up with him, the least you could do is get up with him in the morning" I explain
He smiles "I know" he leans over and gives me a kiss, it gets deeper and he slips his tongue in my mouth until we get interupted by a giggle. We look down and it's Lincoln.
"Oh my god that was so cute" I say
"He's never done that before" Brandon states exitedly
I smile and give him a kiss and then lift Lincoln up for a cuddle.
"Lets go see the others" I say to him in a baby voice and get up with him still in my arms with brandon following me to the kitchen.
"what are we doing today?" Poppy asks with a mouthful of toast
I giggle "Nothing just stayin home" I say
"thats boring" Hallie says
"Well then go out with someone, but we're stayin home"
"Fine. Can I go out with Josh?"
"Sure"
"Can I go out with Kam?" Brooklyn asks
"Yep"
"Can I go over to Matt's?" Luca asks
"If ya want"
"Can I stay with you mummy?" Poppy asks
I smile "Yes baby you can stay here" I explain and the kids quickly finish their breakfast so I can take them over to where they need to be.
When I get home I get Lincoln down for his nap and me and Brandon go out the back with Poppy while she plays on the trampoline.
I put one arm around Brandons waist while laying my head on his shoulder watching poppy and whisper
"Thank you"
He looks down at me confused "For what?"
"For her, for all of them" I say
she smiles big "I may have helped make them Cal, but you made them great" he says and I wrap my other arm around him and hug him tightly.
"Mummy, daddy you're not watching"
We laugh "Sorry sweetie"
She smiles "Look watch this" she says and then does a flip
"Shit" I say panicking not thinking she was going to actually do it right.
"Cal calm down" Brandon says rubbing my back
"Was is good?" she asks when she finished
"It was brilliant baby" I say
"Hey Pop do you think maybe you want to start gymnastics like Brookie used to do?" Brandon asks
"YEAH!!" she says with her face lit up
I giggle "We'll have to get onto that then. Go on run inside baby" I say and she does.
Me and Brandon both follow and then put her favourite movie on while I make us all some lunch. Once its ready they eat and I got get Lincoln who woke up from his nap.
"Hey baby boy" I say walking into his nursery "that wasnt a very long nap baby" I say and pick him up. He feels really warm so I get the thermometer out and take his temperature which is over average.
"Poor baby" I say giving him a gentle kiss on the cheek "Lets go see daddy" I say after quickly changing his nappy and then take him down to Brandon.
"Hey little man" he says taking him from me
"He has a temp" I say
"Oh poor baby"
"Should we take him to the doctor?" I ask
"Did he vomit or anything during his nap or when you were changing him?"
"No but he has a temp"
"We'll see how he goes this afternoon and if he's not better by the time the kids get home I'll take him to the doc"
"Alright" I say a little worried. We both sit back down with Poppy while they finish their lunch and I try to feed Lincoln who is not wanting any of it "Fu- argh"
"Cal, babe calm down he's probably just not hungry"
"Well he needs to eat Brandon because he hasnt had anything in his tummy since this morning"
"Babe he wont starve himself, he will eat when he's ready"
"Whatever" I say and hand Lincoln to Brandon and walk out of the room.
