Life Choices, Challenges and Changes

Part IIa June 20, 2017 (continued)

June 20, 2017

Kissing his wife, he looked at her and his three beautiful children, "You know Ror, I am the lucky one. I am so glad we found each other."

She kissed him again and got up off his lap she said, "Well your parents will be here soon, so I am going to round up our little ones and get them in the tub. Are you ok holding Lyn while I put them in the bath?"

"You know I am. Leave the Boba out here and when I get up I will put her in it. She can stay on my chest in the meantime. You know I love holding her," he told her kissing her one more time. She put the baby sling, "Boba" on the table beside him and then went and got the boys. They followed her into the house, but before they went Liam had to crawl up on his father's lap and kiss his sister and then his father.

"Wuv you Lyn" he told her then petted her head.

"That's nice Liam but be careful remember she is a baby."

"K" then he slid off his father's lap and scampered in the house. Finn heard the golf cart and saw Colin and Bella coming up the path toward the house. Two years ago, both men found the two properties in Southampton. They decided to buy the property and build next door to each other. Rory was eight months pregnant with Liam and chasing the two-year-old Lucas who was running around, and Steph had eighteen-month-old Bella. They lived next door in Manhattan and decided that their kids should grow up together. Finn opened the door and Colin walked inside holding Bella's hand. Colin was carrying two beers, and Bella, wearing a pink princess dress, was carrying a book and a bag with three cookies in it.

"Where are the boys Finn?" Colin asked as he sat down next to him.

Finn looked at his goddaughter and smiled. This weekend the two families were celebrating the Christening for both children. Since both families have grown so close, they decided to do a joint celebration. Finn and Rory were asked to be the godparents to Conrad.

"Rory just brought them in to take a bath. What do you have there, Princess Bella?" Finn asked her.

Bella smiled at Finn, "I got cookies, Uncle Finn, for Liam and Lucas."

"Sweetie, the boys just went in to take a bath. Why don't you wait with us and when they come out you can give them the bickies."

"Okay, Bella said pouting.

"Princess, why don't you put them on the table and then you can come and sit with us?" Colin said to his daughter. She ran and put the cookies on the table then she picked up her princess book and crawled up on her daddy's lap.

"Uncle Finn, Daddy bought me a new book today. See? I want to read it to Lyn."

Finn looked at his daughter who was asleep on his chest and smiled at Bella.

"Ok but you have to read it in a soft voice because she is already asleep."

"Oh, I wait and read it to Liam too" She said looking at Finn.

Bella cuddled on her father's lap and began to suck her thumb. Colin smoothed her hair and said, "Is someone sleepy today?"

"No," she said then cuddled into his chest more.

Finn and Colin began to talk about their jobs and politics. Finn loved to get Colin going, being from Australia, he wasn't a citizen, so he always had an opinion about something that was happening in the states. Ever since they were young boys in boarding school together, Finn would love to tease Colin. Colin was so straight lace and opinionated, the fun-loving Finn could always crack him up making him join in on his crazy ideas. Colin and Finn became inseparable. The two men would always have an argument which would be settled with a good laugh and a pat on the back, unless it involved Logan. Then Finn's eyes would grow dark and Colin and Steph would know not to bring up that subject.

Steph had driven over in the family car with the baby and she walked inside with Conrad in his car seat carrier, just as she saw the twinkle in Finn's eye knowing he was going to start teasing Colin. They both wanted to talk to Finn and Rory about the guest list and warn them that the Huntzbergers had responded that they were attending.

"You two men, still know how to put the girls to sleep," She said taking out her phone and taking a picture of these two men with their daughters in their arms asleep on their chest.

Finn smiled, "This is where Rory likes to sleep too, Like mother like daughter."

Rory walked back out on their beautiful deck with two clean boys with slightly damp hair. Liam's hair was curling up like his fathers with the similar hair color. And Luke's was shorter, and she was able to comb his, so it looked neat on him. They looked cute with their matching safari shorts and t-shirts, Lucas had his Shark Attack T-shirt on and Liam had the crocodile T-shirt on, that their Uncle Angus had sent them.

"What do you mean, like mother like daughter?" Rory asked Finn as she followed her two boys,

"Sleeping on my chest," he smiled at her with a twinkle in his eye.

She smiled back at her husband and thought back to the first time they had slept together.