elle -two months later-
"i'm gonna have to sit soon." i say to Jack. he laughs.
"marli's doing a good job." Jack says and points to marli who is basically just banging the paint brush against the wall.
"bryson could give less then two shits." i say and point to him. he's banging his blocks together. Jack laughs.
"why are you writing things?" Jack asks, motioning to my side.
"because, fuck it." i say and point to the words. he smiles and shakes his head. i smile back and continue painting. we've already painted the nursery about 3/4 of the way. we're painting it light gray. we decided against all pink since it would be a lot of pink. we've also decided on names. scarlet, emma and amelia. we're putting nevada as scarlet's middle name. then emma grace and amelia claire. it took awhile to come up with names even though bri already gave us two and we had one middle name. we also go a new car that seats all of us. and luckily it's not a minivan.
"i'm sitting down. i'm getting tired." i say. he laughs.
"bri told me you didn't wanna have a baby shower." Jack says.
"i don't. we have left over onesies from marli and i got a lot of clothes from bryson's gender reveal because like a bunch of people in my family thought it was a girl." i say. he laughs.
"i still think you should have one." he says.
"i don't know. maybe." i say.
"you only have like what? 10 weeks left?" he asks. i nod.
"9 and a half if you wanna get specific." i say.
"well, if your early 5 or 6." he says.
"i wanna keep them in as long as possible. cuz that means less nicu time and the quicker we can go home." i say. he nods
"i'm done." marli says, setting her paint brush down. she can now form two to three word sentences which freaks me out sometimes.
"ok. are you hungry?" i ask. she nods.
"mama is too." i say to her. she giggles and rubs over to me, sitting next to me and laying her head on my belly. i rub her back as i paint the last section.
"hurry up." she says to me, pointing to my belly.
"i know." i say nodding. she giggles. she still doesn't quite understand that there's three in my belly. but she does know she's getting a sister. well three.
"you know what i just realized." i say to Jack.
"hm?" he hums.
"my due date is on bri's birthday." i say. he turns his head and looks at me.
"does she know?" he asks. i shake my head.
"i don't think so." i say with a laugh.
"your early due date or the latest?" he asks.
"the latest." i say.
"you should tell her." he says with a smile.
"i'll tell her tomorrow at the yoga class." i say. bri has convinced me to do this pregnancy yoga class. although bri isn't pregnant, she just comes to do the yoga with us. marli tags along as well. she has little yoga pants and everything. Jack hangs out with bryson and hayes during the session either at the beach or shoe shop that's across the street from the class.
"marli are you excited for yoga tomorrow?" i ask her. she rolls her eyes, which she's recently learned how to do from bri and i.
"don't get attitude." i say and tickle her. she squeals and accidentally dips her hand in the tray of paint. she looks at me and i laugh.
"stamp it." i say and stamp her hand in the corner that hasn't been painted yet.
"don't paint over that." i tell Jack. he nods with a laugh. i grab one of the smaller point brushes and dip it in the paint and put 'marli' and then the date.
"ok. let's wash you hand off." i say. she stands up and i grab the door and pull myself up then pull my shirt down.
"how are you cute as hell?" Jack asks. i look at him.
"i look fat as hell but whatever you say." i laugh. he rolls his eyes.
"your not fat elle." he says.
"just pregnant. come on marli." i say. she squeals and runs out of the room.
"we'll be back momentarily." i say. he nods and i blow him and kiss and then walk out of the room, following after marli.
