Ad Infinitum

Chapter 58

Baby Shower

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"Good morning, sweetheart." I smiled as I heard Thaddeus' voice, greeting me. He snaked his arm around my belly and greeted our babies too.

"Good morning, love." I sighed dreamily. This was just a dream of my yesterday. I remembered I and Thad talked about this; being by his side when I wake up in the morning and him, the last person who will kiss me goodnight. I still can't believe that we did it, together. He barely talks about his personal life ever until we got together, until he told me about his plans, not only his own plans but his plans together with me in the picture.

"How was your sleep? I hope the babies are well behaved last night." He inquires as he snuggled into my neck.

"Nope, they aren't. They are restless, even in the middle of the night." I mumbled as I shifted to see his face. It's a lot of work, just to shift my whole body to the other side. Thad helped me placed back my pregnancy pillow underneath my tummy. He caressed my cheeks as we continued to talk. "It is you who is well behaved throughout the night. Was it a long day yesterday, love?" I had to cut my day yesterday because my feet aches so much.

"Yes, it was long day yesterday. I caught you sleeping on the couch the moment I got home last night. I tried not to wake you up while I carried you to our bed because you looked so exhausted."

"We haven't talked this week."

"That's true. I missed having this conversation with you. I missed you sweetheart." I felt emotional. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard today. Although I and Thad are living under the same roof, he never fails to show how much he loves me. We haven't talked to each other over dinner last night and he missed me already. "I missed you and our babies. I missed feeling their kicks whenever I place my hand on your tummy, I missed your daily goodnight kisses and our night ad-"

"Oh no, no, you don't! You are not getting any." I pressed my index finger across his lips. He stopped groaning but his eyes never left my sight. He is still staring at me, very intently; trying to intimidate and take my guard off. Don't he ever dare to melt me with his eyes and give in or I swear to god, I will pull that beautiful brown eyes of his! 

It's already quarter to six in the morning and I should get up for our morning walk but it seems that I am too tired to go out from our bed today. I groaned silently.

"You don't look too well today, sweet. Is something wrong? Was it because of what I've said earlier?" He immediately checked my pulse and my body temperature like nothing happened earlier. "You don't have any fever, that's a good thing." He sighed in relief.

"N-no silly. It wasn't because of what you said. I'm sorry love, I'm so tired that I don't want to get off from our bed. I don't want anything to do today." I do not want my morning walks today. My feet are so swollen that I just want to stay in bed and sleep for whole day long. "Thad, I want to sleep for the day."

"That's fine. Don't push yourself too much, okay? I'll call Mika and tell her you'll not come in to the office today." I sighed. As much as I wanted to come over to work, my body can't do it. Since we got home from Canada, I and Thad always do our morning walks before going to work. It's just today, I'm having a hard time to get up from our bed. My cravings have been ceased I think since I entered my last trimester of my pregnancy. I never had any cravings since I had that disgusting pickles and vanilla ice cream. Thinking about that craving makes me want to gag. I mean, how could I even possibly eat pickles and vanilla ice cream together?

Recently, I feel so tired even after a half day's work. I would often ask Thad to take me home after our lunch. Yesterday, Thad was in a middle of his 3D echocardiography sessions with his patients during lunch time so I decided to go home on my own. As my due comes near, we've been busy attending childbirth preparation classes, having prenatal visits twice a week, buying new items for the nursery, and having a good night's sleep in which I can't have. It seems that my babies are having a party inside my tummy day and night. Fiona really insisted that I should have a good night's sleep and file for a maternity leave for I need to be physically and emotionally prepared but I already said no to her. It's just that I need an extra dayoff for today! "Good thing you didn't insist to go to work today although everyone in the firm already asked you to take the maternity leave."