Two Steps Behind

Our own family

Myrtle's POV:

Being pregnant with twins was not easy, the pregnancy in itself was a challenge to Devin and I. I was eating for three people, while Devin consistently worries about us. I look at Devin who is now sleeping soundly in our bed, nakatulog na ito sa pagbabantay sa aming mga anak.

They haven't stopped crying, since nagising sila ng 1 AM last night. Devin, my wife, bless her heart napaka-tiyaga nito na bantayan sila Gareth at Adrienne, kinantahan nya ang mga ito kanina, which instantly put them back to sleep.

She has spoiled them in that way, she always sang what seemed to be their favorite song, which is Sinta. Kahit paulit-ulit lang ito, hindi ko din pinagsasawaan ang kanta nyang iyan. I kissed my poor wife on her lips, before I went to the kitchen para makapag-handa ng breakfast namin.

I brewed her a cup of coffee, while I only had milk, I was breastfeeding, so bawal pa akong magkape. I set my glass of milk down at the counter and went on to check what I could cook. We had a lot of leftover rice and stir fried pork. I made fried rice out of that, tsaka ako nagfry ng eggs sa isang pan, sausages naman sa kabilang pan.

After ko mai-plate ang mga niluto ko, I washed the pans, I used. Isinalang ko ito sa dishwasher. I went back to our room with a breakfast tray in hand. I set it down at the bedside table. I sat at the edge and kissed my wife good morning.

"Love, gising na. Breakfast is ready." Sabi ko na sa kanya.

Her eyes fluttered open, she smiles after a few moments, she sits up and kisses me.

"Ganda talaga ng alarm ko, tuwing umaga." She smiled as she takes the cup of coffee I handed to her.

"Thank you, love." She smiled

I got the plate of breakfast, at nauna na akong sumubo from our plate. Ang next na subo ay sa kanya na. Agad naman nyang ibinuka ang bunganga nya para maisubo ko na sa kanya ang pagkain.

"Love, kamusta naman ang tulog mo last night." She asked me.

"I slept well, wubb. Thank you for putting them back to sleep." I smiled at her.

She smiled at me at nagpatuloy ito sa pagkain niya. Maya-maya nagsalita na ito ulit.

"Good naman at nakatulog ka ulit, akala ko hindi ka na nakatulog ulit, nag-jamming kasi kami ng mga anak natin."

"Wubb, pampatulog ko kaya yung boses mo. Nakakalma ako pag nadidinig kita kumanta." I said as I fed myself from the plate.

"So, okay lang na nagjamming kami ng mga bata?" Tatawa-tawa niyang tanong.

"Ok lang wubb, I don't mind." I smiled at her.

Pagtapos naming magbreakfast, as if namang on que na nagising na si Gareth at Adrienne. She smiles at me and laughs.

"On que talaga ang mga bata, pinatapos lang tayong kumain eh." She says as she goes to the crib with me.

"Oo nga, wubb." Natatawa ko namang sabi sa kanya as I picked up our baby boy and she picks up our baby girl.

"Good morning, kids." We both greeted them with a smile.

"Teka lang baby girl ha? Si Kuya Gareth muna. Dito ka muna kay Mama Devin." She told our daughter apologetically.

"Oh wait lang po Kuya Gareth, eto na nga po, pupwesto muna si Mommy."

We sat at our bed, carrying the babies, seeing Devin carrying our baby girl makes my heart flutter, ang gwapo nya habang bitbit nya ang bata. She sits beside me.

"Wubb, ang gwapo mo bagay sayo ang may dalang baby." I smiled at her

"Love, look at us, bagay din sayo ang maging mommy, para kang dyosa." She smiles as I got ready to breast feed Gareth.