Captain Swan Fly Away

Family Time

After Killian seeing his father, Emma made sure he was alright all the time. Killian was spending all of his free time with Hope and Emma. Emma had kept Killian busy because they had to plan on Hope's christening which was happening in November. It was Killian's day off from work, he was enjoying his morning with his two loves. Hope was lying on her back in between her two parents cooing and moving around while her parents lied on each side of her. They took turns kissing her and cooing at her, 'I love you,' 'Hope...Hope..." They took turns tickling her. "I love playing with Hope."
"Aye, hope loves playing with the both of us. Right Hope? You like playing with Mommy and Daddy?" Hope smiled. "Yes, you like playing with Daddy and Mommy." He tickles her belly and she moved her legs in response. Killian kisses Hope on the cheek, which made her coo...Emma let Hope hold her finger and smiles. "You got a strong grip sweetie." She kisses Hope's hand. "I love when you smile, Hope. It makes me so happy to see you happy." She kisses Hope on the cheek.
"Love, she takes after you, her mommy."
"Well, she takes after you too, her daddy too." Hope coos and they both smiled at her.
"Love, are you looking forward to Hope's christening?"
"I sure am. I am also nervous what if something goes wrong? What if Hope has a poop blow out on her white dress during the ceremony?"
Killian chuckles. "Swan, her christening will be very special no matter what happens. Her christening is going to be celebrating her entering god's family."
"I know. I thank God every day for her surviving after we almost lost her."
"Aye, that's why she is being baptized sooner than we planned. God helped our Hope to live and we thanking God every day for her living and being with us." He kisses Hope on the head. "We booked a restaurant for a nice party afterward with our coworkers and family. Her auntie Allison, uncle Ted and her cousin Connor are going to be there. Allison and Ted have been to the rehearsals for her christening ceremony."
"Yes, I know..."
"Love, the ceremony won't be long and Hope will be in your arms for the ceremony and I will be right beside you helping with Hope."
"I know. I just want everything to be perfect..."
"Emma." He sits next to her on their bed and wrapped his arm around his love. "You do not have to be perfect mommy for Hope."
"I want to be a great Mommy to Hope. I want to be her Mommy as the one throws her parties, be there for her when she needs me, pick her up from school or bring her to dance classes. I did not have any celebrations as a child now that I have Hope." She picks up Hope and snuggles her. "I want to give her everything I did not have."
"Love, you and I will give Hope everything. We are now, Emma. We are spoiling her with a loving home, so many clothes, a lot of toys and we always give her snuggles and kisses every day."
"Yes, I did not have any of that as a child. I want Hope to have all of that because I love her so much. I ...I...." Emma began to cry.
"Emma..." He hugs her.
"I do not understand how all of those foster parents did that to me unlove me, the abuse, the mean untrusting adults...and to take me in and used me for extra money from the government..."
"Emma, you went through hell there in that beyond bloody awful system and you escaped but you survived love, you are a fighter. Do you know how I know that?"
"How?"
"You defeated the odds, you graduated high school where not too many foster children from horrible situations like you did not drop out of high school, you did not do drugs or drink and from all you went through especially being homeless and attacked you are not addicted to drugs, from the hell you went through, you defeated the odds. You are my loving caring wife and an amazing mother to our little Hope who adores you and does not want to be away from you. You are my brave strong wife. I know our little Hope takes that from you being brave and survivor." Emma cries harder and he holds her in his arms.
"You...you...really see that in me from the time we met.."
"Aye, I saw that when we first met and one of the many reasons I fell in love with you."
"I never gave up hope to have a good better life than I had...I always saw real families happy together and I always wanted that.."
He hugs her. "With all of your hard work you have a family right now. You have me and Hope and your long lost sister Allison at your side. We love you, Emma. We are your family."
"Yes, I know...I am Hope's Mommy and want to be the best for her."
"Emma you are the best. Hope loves you so much love, look at her." Emma looked down at her daughter who was enjoying her snuggle time on her Mommy and gripping her shirt not wanting to let go. "Hope loves you and wants to be with you all the time."
"Yes, Hope loves her Mommy." She kisses Hope on the head. "You are my smart husband who always knows what to say."
"Aye, I always want to make my two loves happy especially you." They kiss.
She talks to her daughter, "Hope, I love you so much, sweetie. I want to give you what I did not have, love and give you everything that I did not have as growing up...a home and a family that loves you so much." Hope coos as her Mommy gives her kisses on the head. Killian hugged his two loves.
"Emma, you do not have to perfect mommy for Hope. Hope loves you for you who you are, you care for her, you are always there for her, you feed her and give her constant cuddles...Emma, Hope loves you so much because you are her mommy that is providing for her and being there for her all the time. That how she knows that you love her and Hope loves being with you. She loves you for who you are, her mommy." He kisses Emma on the head. "Right Hope." He rubs Hope's cheek. "You love your Mommy so much, little love." Hope smiled. "That is my little love, you are smiling because you love your mommy so much." Hope cooed which made Emma smiled. "Emma, no one is perfect. If you always tried to be perfect, life won't be fun and enjoying the moments like watching our little lass grow up."
Emma smiled. "You are right. I always thought I had to be perfect to be loved...until I met you. You love me for who I am."
"Aye, that I did. I fell in love for who you are. We made our beautiful little Hope with our love and now we get to share all of the love for her." He kisses Emma on the cheek.
"Hope, you have a smart caring daddy who always makes your mommy very happy. You are very lucky to have him."
Killian smiled. "Hope, you are very lucky to have a smart, brave mommy. She will go to the end of the earth for you Hope, for her loved ones, which including your handsome caring Daddy."
Emma giggled. "Killian...I would do anything for those who I love always and be there be there for them. I love you, Killian."
"I love you, Emma." They kiss.
"I love you, Hope." She kisses Hope on the head and Hope places her hand on her mommy's chest.
"Hope..."
"See I told you love, Hope loves you for who you are, her mommy."
"She certainly does love her mommy."
"Aye, like I love you." They kiss. Hope began to cry. "Little love.."
Emma sniffs Hope. "Hope, you need a change? Mommy will change you, sweetie." Emma takes Hope to her room to be changed on her changing table. Emma changes Hope's diaper and changed Hope into a long sleeve onesie. "There you go, Hope. You are clean and in a new outfit." She tickles Hope and give her kisses everywhere and making Hope smiled which made her smile. "Hope, are you having fun with Mommy?" Hope smiled. "Yes...yes you are." She gave Hope more kisses and played with her. Killian watched Emma having a mother-daughter time with Hope, which he loved. He took a few pictures of Emma playing with Hope. Hope fell asleep tired out from playing with Mommy. "You love playing with Mommy. I love playing with my little Hopey." She kisses Hope on the cheek and places the monitors on her and puts her in her crib for her nap. Hope began to cry. "Hope." She takes Hope out of her crib. "What is the matter, sweetie? Why are you crying? Shh...shh.." She puts Hope on her chest and she stops crying and coos, which made Emma smile. "You just want your Mommy that is all. You want to sleep with your Mommy." She kisses hope on the head. "You can be with Mommy." She turns around carrying Hope and sees Killian smiling. "Killian, Hope just wanted her Mommy."
He places his head onto hers. "See I told you swan, Hope loves her mommy."
Emma smiles big. "Yes, our little Hope loved her playtime with me. Now she wants her naptime on me, which I do not mind at all. I love my Hope time." She gives multiple kisses on her head.
"Hope, you are showing your mommy how much you love her so much now. You and I love your Mommy so much." He gives Hope multiple kisses on the cheek. Emma sits on the glider enjoying watching Hope resting on her happy and content. "Killian, can you pass me her baby blanket?"
"Sure, love." He places Hope's blanket on his daughter. "Here you go, Hope. You are nice and warm for your naptime on your Mommy. Have a good nap, little love." He kisses Hope on the cheek.
"I love you, Killian."
"I love you, Emma." They kiss. He let his two loves rest and enjoy their mommy and daughter time. Killian goes downstairs and gets a phone call. "Hello?"
"Hi, Killian. It is Allison."
"Hi, Allison. How are you?"
"I am doing good. How are my sister and my god niece?"
"Little Hope is napping on her mommy. They were playing and now naptime together. Hope does not want to away from her Mommy."
Allison smiled. "I am sure that Emma is enjoying it."
Killian smiles. "Aye, that she is. She is enjoying every moment with our little love."
"I was calling to ask you and Emma and Hope to join, Ted, me and Connor for dinner tonight at our house?"
"Hold on, I will ask your sister." Killian goes up back to Hope's room, where Emma with Hope was sound asleep on her. Killian whispered. "Emma."
"Yes?"
"Allison is on the phone."
"I can talk to her very quietly." Killian hands over his iPhone to his wife.
"Hi, Allison."
"Hi, little sis. How are you?"
Emma smiled."Hi, big sis. I am good. Hope is napping on me."
"I called Killian because I had a feeling you were with Hope."
"You were right. I wanted to talk to you anyway. Hope is still asleep. What is going on?"
"I called to invite you, Killian, and Hope over for dinner tonight."
Emma smiles and looks up at her husband which makes Killian smile. "Allison...that is so thoughtful of you."
"Emma, you have me and my family over all the time. I want to have more family dinners together."
"Allison, Killian, Hope and I would love to join you for dinner tonight. What time should we come over?"
"Well, I was thinking you can come over at seven o'clock...we can have a sleepover at my house..."
"A sleepover?" She looks up at Killian and he nods yes. "Of course we can sleepover. Can we bring anything over?"
"You can bring over dessert."
"I am pretty sure, Killian and I get something good for dessert."
"I will see you both soon. We have an extra cradle for Hope."
"Allison, I know we will have fun tonight and the babies will have fun too."
"Yes, them too." They both laughed and ended their phone call.
"So, love sleepover at your sister's house?"
"Yes, we are."
"Aye, we should get packing then?"
"Yes, we shall." She easily gets up holding Hope who began to fuss."Hope, we are going to have a sleepover at Auntie Allison's house. You and Connor get to play." Hope began to cry. "Hope, are you hungry?" She nurses Hope and she stops crying.
"Love, I will start packing Hope's overnight bag."
"Yes, just make sure she has extra clothes, diapers, and her carrier."
"Love, I won't forget anything for our little love." As Emma nursed Hope, Killian packed Hope's diaper bag by letting Emma choose what clothes to pack for Hope. Emma burped Hope when she was full and Hope was awake. "Hope, are you happy that you are full sweetie?" Hope cooed. "Yes, you are my happy baby girl." She kisses Hope on the head. "Hope, we are going over to auntie Allison's house and sleepover. You get to play with your cousin!" Hope smiled. "Yes, you love your cousin. You and Connor are going to play tonight." She tickles Hope's belly. "Hope, while daddy is packing your overnight bag, you get to help me pack mine!" Hope smile as she moved her legs around. "Yes, you get to help mommy pack." She kisses Hope on the head. "Killian, when you are done, come to join us."
"Aye, I am almost done in here." He kisses Hope on the head. "Hope, Daddy is getting your clothes packed for our sleepover tonight at your aunt's house, little love." He kisses Hope on the head and she smiles. Emma held Hope as she was getting clothes ready from her closet and deciding what pack for their sleepover at her sister's house. "Hope, what should Mommy pack?..Should I pack long sleeves?" She shows Hope a long sleeve shirt. "I am deciding red or blue? What do you think I should pack? I think red." Hope cooed. "You think red? Red it is." She smiles at her daughter. " I am going to pack pajamas to wear comfy at night. I know you are going to keep me up at night." She tickles Hope's belly. "Your auntie Allison and I are going to have late night talks and you are going to join our girl time sweetie. Hope smiled. "Yes, you are going to join us talk." She kisses Hope on the cheek and picks out pajamas to wear. "Hope, do you think I should bring makeup?" Hope coos. "I will bring makeup. When you are older I will do your makeup and your hair all the time." Hope moved excitedly which made Emma giggled. "Yes, Hope when your hair is longer. I can do your hair in braids. I know so many hairstyles. Will you let me do your hair all the time?" Hope moved around again and smiled. "Yes! I will do your hair anytime sweetie." She kisses Hope on the cheek. Killian entered their room seeing Emma holding Hope as she was packing and asking Hope what to bring. He loves his wife and daughter so much and Emma is being an amazing mommy to Hope. His two loves were playing, Emma showing Hope colors and clothes and explaining what she was doing and letting Hope respond. He took a few pictures of their mommy and daughter time, to show Emma how much of an amazing mommy she is to Hope. "Hope, are you helping your Mommy pack for our sleepover tonight?" He rubs Hope's cheek.
Emma smiles. "Yes, our little girl is helping me with my outfits and accessory to pack."
"Love, we are only staying one night."
Emma chuckled. "Hope, daddy does not understand when women need to accessories with our outfits."
"Love, you are beautiful you do not need jewelry."
"Killian, I want to wear the necklace you got me for my birthday. Allison told me Ted got her a similar necklace."
"Oh, really?"
"Yes, he did. Now Allison and I are going to match." Hope began to fuss. "Love, I know you are going to have fun tonight with your sister. I can play Hope in here while you pack."
"Hope, have fun with Daddy." She hands Hope over and He sits on the bed with his little love.
"Hope, you want to play with Daddy?" Hope coos. While she was packing her overnight bag, she could not help but watch Killian playing with Hope on their bed. He was kissing her, talking to her and she was responding by cooing and moving around in his arms. Killian tickled Hope in different positions and trying to make her laugh. Emma smiled big knowing how much Killian is having fun with their little girl, she has the best husband ever and the best daddy ever to Hope. Hope was lying on the bed and Killian was face to face with his little girl. "Hope, can you say da-da....da-da.." Hope grabs his face with her two hands. "Aye, close enough." Emma giggles. Killian tickles her and playfully ate her feet. "Hope, you are so cute, little love. I just want to eat you all up." He continues playfully ate Hope's feet and hands, Emma could not help but take pictures of Killian playing with Hope, Hope loves her daddy so much as much as her daddy loves her. Emma finished packing and went to Hope's room to make sure that they had everything packed for their overnight trip to her sister's house and brought Hope's overnight bag to her room, Killian and Hope were still playing. She smiled enjoying her husband and daughter playing. "Killian, do you want me to pack your overnight bag?"
"Love, I can pack it."
"Killian, Hope is having so much fun with you. It is your day off." She kisses Killian on his scruffy cheek. "Enjoy daddy-daughter time."
"Love." They kiss. "You are the best."
Emma smiled. "Enjoy it. I see how Hope is getting bigger every day. She is not going to be this small forever." He hugs her. "Plus, I love how you and Hope play together. She loves you."
"Aye, I love you and our little love." They kiss.
"Enjoy." She packs Killian's overnight bag and kept glancing back at their little family playing together, this is what she dreamt of a normal family, having a home with a loving husband and their children. She is loving being a full-time mom and loving her husband being there and helping with Hope and loving her sister, a family member she never expects to have until recently. "Hope, Da-da, love you, little love."
She next to her husband and daughter on her bed. "Is that what you want her to call you?"
"Aye, it will be easier for her to say when she can talk."
Emma giggles. "Let's just see what her first word would be, dada or mommy." She tickles Hope. "Hope, mommy...mommy." Hope coos and moves her legs around. "For now." She lifts Hope into her arms."Let's enjoy these moments when she is little." She kisses Hope on the head. "I love my Hope snuggles."
"I love them too." He kisses Hope on the head. "Dada loves you, Hope."
"We both love you, Killian." They kiss. They got ready to leave for the night loaded up their car and headed to Allison's house. Killian went to the nearest bakery to get dessert for their family get together, chocolate chip cookies. As he was driving, Killian could not help glancing back at his two loves, Hope was sound asleep from her fun time playing with her two parents. "Killian, I think we tired out our little girl from having so much playtime."
"Aye, she is tired from playing with us. I know when she sees Connor, they are going to play."
"You are right. It is so cute that they love playing with each other or talking."
"Aye, I know Connor and our little Hope will be very close cousins."
"Yes, they are going to close...Killian."
"Yes, love?"
"I want to search for my birth mother." He stops the car and parks it and goes in the back and hugs her. "Emma, you know that I will support you and help you find your birth mother. You are not alone love. Remember she loved you so much she wanted you and Allison to be together."
"I know. I have Allison, who wants to find her too. I am not alone my search, now that I know I was not the only one that was given up anymore, Allison..."
"You have your sister and me support your on both of your journeys to find your mother."
"Yes...I want Hope to know her past...I need to know..."
"Love you need to know your past. Everyone needs to know their past. I will be on your side when you begin and help you." Emma snuggled onto him feeling safe in him.
"You are on my side no matter what...I always can count on you...I am just worried about what I find out."
"Emma, you will find what happened in your family past no matter what happened, you have, me Hope and Allison." She hugs him.
"Allison, Hope and I will find out what happened to our birth family...I have you with me supporting me when I find out if it is bad or good...The only good about my life was my life with you began and I never been so happy and full of love. We have our little girl, a family... I never expected until I met you...now I have a sister which I did not expect to have ever...Our family is full of love and support each other. I never expect to have that..." Emma began to cry and Killian hugs her. "I have you...Hope...Allison...a family...."
"We all love you, Emma. You deserve all of this... you have us...you are in a good happy life now...you are not in the system. You survived the system and dangerous streets. You have a home with me, Hope and have a family. We all love you Emma for who you are and not about your past. We will be there for you when you find out about our birth mother. I know your sister wants to know too."
She hugs her husband. "Yes, we both want to find our birth mother..." Hope wakes up cooing. Emma stopped crying and smiles at her daughter."Hi, baby. Did you have a nice nap?" She kisses Hope on the head. "Mommy was talking to daddy about finding my mommy, I do not know who she is now. I know you and daddy will mommy and auntie Allison to find my mommy. When I meet her you are going to meet her with me." Hope moves her legs around and smiles at her Mommy.
"Love, I think Hope says, "Mommy I will be with you the whole search."
Emma giggles. "Killian, I think you are right."
"Love, I know we are going to find your birth mother." Hope began to cry.
"Hope." She takes Hope from her car seat. "Killian someone is making her poop face."
"Aye, I will change her." He changes Hope's diaper and Emma places Hope back in her car seat.
"Killian, thank you for listening."
"Anytime, love. You know that by now? I listen to you, you listen to me. We are best friends and married."
"You got that right."
"Are you feeling better now?"
Emma smiled. "Yes, now let's go see my sister."
"Aye. I like the sound of that." He gets back in the drivers seat and drives to Allison's house.
"It still feels that I have a sister."
"I know love. It is a good feeling?"
"Yes, it is. I am just happy to have family on my side of my family and Hope to have that too." She lets Hope hold her finger. "Right, baby you love your auntie Allison and Connor?" Hope smiled. "Yes, you do." Killian parked in front of Allison and Ted's house. Emma carried her overnight bag, Hope and her diaper bag. "Love, I can carry your overnight bag."
"Are you sure?"
"Aye. You are carrying Hope, who is awake. Little love, are you excited to see Connor?" He kisses Hope on the cheek. Emma rings the bell and Allison answers the door. "Emma!" She hugs Emma and Hope.
Emma giggled. "Hi, Allison." Killian, Emma, and Hope entered the Cameron house.
"Hi, Killian."
"Hello, Allison. Where can I bring our bags?"
"We have a guest room upstairs second door on the left." Killian goes upstairs carrying all of their overnight bags.
"Emma, let me see my goddaughter!" Emma laughs as she hands over Hope to her sister. Allison held her niece in her arms. "Hi, Hope. I heard you a lot of fun with Mommy today." Hope smiled. "Yes, are you happy to see me?" Hope cooed. "Yes, I am your auntie and your godmother. I love you so much!"She kisses Hope on the head. Connor crying in the kitchen. "Connor is in the kitchen, I was playing with him."
"Allison, I can get him." Emma goes to the kitchen seeing Ted cooking and Connor crying in his Bumbo chair. "Hi, Ted."
"Hi, Emma. Thank you for coming over."
"Your welcome. I love spending time with my sister." Connor cried louder and she takes Connor out of his Bumbo chair. "And my favorite nephew." She kisses Connor on the head. "Hi, Connor. Auntie Emma is here. Momma is in the living room with Hope. I came by to see you!" She soothes him until he calmed down. She takes her nephew to find her sister and Hope in the living room. "See, Connor your Momma is right here with Hope." She sits next to Allison and Hope. "Hope, look who I have, Connor." Connor reached out to Hope. "Allison.."
"Aww. Connor, you want to play with Hope?" Connor smiled. "Yes, you love your cousin." Hope was playing with the toys on Connor's play mat moving her arms and legs around while Connor was next to her babbling away and Hope was listening to her older cousin, with their mom's close by watching them.
"Allison, Connor is starting to talk."
"Yes, he is going to say his first word soon. My baby boy is 6 months already."
"He is getting so big, Allison. He loves you."
"Emma, he loves you too."
"I know. I was the first one to meet him beside you and Ted."
Allison giggled. "Yes. It is also the first day we met as sisters..." Emma hugs her.
"Yes, that is a special day that I will never forget, meeting you and Connor and having that feeling we were related."
"Yes, having you, Hope, Killian in my life changed me in so many ways."
"Having you in my life changed me so quickly and I used to hate change all the time..now being married to Killian,being Hope's mommy and having a sister...." Emma smiled. "I still cannot believe that I have a sister."
Allison hugs Emma. "You have me now. I am your family."
"You are my sister." Emma leaned on Allison's shoulder. "Even before we found out that we were related, you always helped me with my pregnancy and delivering my Hope...I can never ever thank you that you got her here safe. You were there for when I needed you the most two times already for the both of us me and Hope..." She hugs her sister. "You are my sister and my best friend."
She hugs Emma back."Emma, you are there for me. I am there for you. We are sisters and best friends, we help each other. Now we are together with our two babies, raising them as close family members as much as we can be. I invited you over because I knew Killian was off. I wanted to spend time with you my sister as much as possible."
"Yes, after babies sleep or when we are holding them sleeping we are going to talk all night."
"Yes, we are." They both laughed at the same time. They watched their babies conversation and they played with the babies. "Emma, we could not be raised together but our babies are going to be raised together."
"You are right." Hope began to fuss. "Hope." Emma gets her daughter. "Hope, you are with mommy." She kisses Hope head and bounces her in her arms. Hope cooed.
"Emma, Hope loves you so much."
"I love her. I almost lost her...I am grateful for her every day and treasuring every minute...I mean. I was always concerned about her safety when she was growing inside of me since day one...when she wanted to come early...I was so afraid I was going to miscarry her... When she stopped breathing..." She hugs Hope. "She is with me now. I would have been devastated if I lost her..." Hope cooed. "Yes, baby. You are here. You are healthy." She does nose to nose with her. Allison gets Connor.
"Connor, you want to listen to Momma and Auntie Emma talk?" She let him snuggle on her and he hugs her.
"Emma..." Emma looks at Connor hugging her sister.
"Connor, you love your Mommy so much. You love giving your Momma hugs!" She kisses Connor on the cheek. Connor babbled.
"Pretty soon, Hope will be babbling soon." She talks to Hope. "Are you going to talk soon Hope?" Hope smiled.
"Killian wants Hope to say her first word as dada...I told him it whatever Hope decides to say for her first word. Right, Hope you get to decide?" She tickles her daughter which made Hope smile and moved around. "Allison..."
"Yes, Emma?"
"I was wondering...if you want to..." Allison placed a hand on Emma's shoulder knowing she was nervous to make her less nervous. "I want to search for our birth mother..."
"Emma, I want to search for her. Whenever you are ready, I will be ready to look for her."
Emma smiled. "If you are up for it, we can start looking up information tonight."
"Yes, I am. Are you sure that you are ready Emma?"
"I been wanting to know about my birth mother my whole life, I do not want to waste any minute not knowing where I came from."
"We can start searching tonight together." She holds her sister's hand.
"Together."
Ted and Killian enter the room together, "Allison and Emma dinner is ready." Hope began to cry.
"Love, I can hold Hope."
"Sure. I think she needs to be changed." She hands over Hope to Killian.
"Aye, I will change her. Hope, daddy will change you." He takes Hope upstairs to the guest room to be changed. He gets the changing pad and changes Hope on the guest bed. "You are all clean little love." Hope began to cry. "Little love." He picks up his daughter and let her snuggle on him. "Daddy got you...Daddy is here..." He slowly bounced her and kissed her on the head until she calmed down. "You are with Daddy little love." Hope gripped her daddy. "You are with me my little lass, dada." He kisses Hope on the head and sits down on the bed with her and watches her snuggle on him, very happily. "You just wanted your dada." Hope cooed which made him smile
"Daddy loves you. I always will little love." Hope coos and falls asleep on him. "You will always be my little love, daddy will always be there for you, Hope." He kisses Hope on the head as she slept on him.
Back downstairs in the kitchen, Emma was having dinner with Ted and Allison. They were having spaghetti and meatballs with salad on the side. "Emma, should we wait for Killian?"
"I have a feeling Killian is spending one on one time with Hope. He will come down later."
"I know that we will have a lot of leftovers." Allison chopped up avocados for her son. "Connor has been trying to steal my food recently. So, we are letting him try "solid" food. Since he is six months old, he can try solid food now." Connor was sitting in his Bumbo chair on the table wearing a bib. "Connor you are going to try your first solid food sweetie!" Allison placed avocado on his bumbo chair tray. Connor reached for one of the pieces of avocado. Emma watched as her sister was watching Connor trying avocado for the very first time. Connor had a look on his face as he was eating it. "Connor, is it yummy?" Connor ate a little bit of it and spat it up and grabbed more in both of his hands and played with the mush avocado.
"I think he likes the texture, Allison."
"Ted, I do not know if he likes it."
"Sis, if he eats a few more...then we will know that if he likes it or not." Ted took pictures of Connor eating his first solid food as Allison and Emma were sitting next to him. "Right, Connor. You will let us know if you are like it." Connor smiled with mashed avocados in his hands. "You are my cute nephew!" Connor babbles to his auntie. "Yes, you are with you are covered with vocado on your face and hands!"
"Allison, this is his first time trying the food. He is feeling the texture too."
"Yes, Ted. You are right. He needs to get used to it besides eating it. I read the book that babies do not have full food meals until they are year old or older. He is still going to be breastfed and going to start "meals" slowly." Emma took a few photos on her iPhone of her nephew trying avocado for the first time. After, Ted cleaned Connor up full of avocados while Allison cleaned his bumbo chair. Ted changes Connor into another outfit and checks on Killian and Hope in their guest room.
"How is it going in here?" He sees Hope sleeping on Killian.
Killian smiled."It is going well mate. Hope is loving her daddy-daughter time. How is dinner?"
"Connor tried avocados for the first time his first solid food. We are all busy watching Connor trying food than eating dinner."
"How did it go?"
"Messy but my little man enjoyed playing with it than eating it." Connor began to fuss. "Connor, you want Mommy to feed you?" He kisses his son on the head.
"Ted, can you tell the lasses that I will eat later? I am loving my one on one time with my little love."
"I can see you are enjoying your time with Hope. Come down when you are hungry. There is going to be leftovers." Ted takes Connor downstairs to the Allison and Emma, they were eating their dinner. "Allison, Connor is hungry." He hands over their son to his wife.
"Connor, you are all cleaned up and you are ready to eat Momma's milk?" She nursed him. "You were very hungry sweetie." Allison ate as she nursed her son.
"Emma, you were right. Killian is enjoying his one on one time with Hope. She is sleeping on him."
"That is my husband. He loves Hope so much. Can I tell you both something?"
Allison and Ted looked at each other with concerned looks. "Emma, you can tell us anything. We are your family. You are my sister."
"Emma, you are in our family you can tell us anything."
"It is about Killian..."
"Emma, what about him..."
"A few weeks ago, during his flight back to London..." She takes a deep breath and looked at her sister and brother in laws concerned faces they knew Emma was telling them something serious. "Killian, flight back to London. He had an unexpected passenger...his father." She looked up at their shocked faces.
"Oh my gosh...Emma. How did he react?"
"After his father abandoned him and his brother over twenty years ago and have no contact at all...he recognized him instantly. He called me right away he was sad and in shock...I just knew something was wrong. He told me I was shocked too. I did not expect for Killian to see his father ever again...Hope and I picked him up at his gate and we went on the airplane. I came in just in time, it was Killian, Emily, and his father..."
"Wait...his father recognized him?"
"Yes, I did not see him at first because I was focused on Hope seeing Killian, she was crying all day missing her daddy. He was holding her when his father was watching us talk, I did not know that his father was on the plane until he said his name...Killian held Hope tight in his arms and Killian was mad reminding his father the last memories of him...all of the abuse and never was a parent when his father lived with them...his father told him that he could never forget his son that looked like his first wife...."
"Emma his first wife?"
Allison nudges her husband on the arm."Ted, let her finish."
"He told Killian that he was drunk all the time because they reminded them of their mother. Hope was crying basically when Killian was yelling which was most of his and his Dad's conversation...he walks over to Killian and Hope asking him if she was his granddaughter, Killian told him, 'Aye, she does not deserve to call you that.' Hope was crying louder and he handed her over to me, she was not calming down as Killian was venting out all of the feelings to his Dad. Emily took Hope outside, which was a good thing she did. When Emily took Hope out, it got worse. His father told him that he was remarried and has a new family and his wife helped him to become sober." Allison jaws dropped.
"No way. After he abandoned them he replaced them?"
"Yes, it made Killian madder. I have never ever seen him so mad ever. When his father asked him about Liam, it was not pretty."
"Who is Liam?"
"Ted, Liam is Killian's older brother who passed away right Emma?"
"Yes, he died in a car accident two years before I met Killian. Killian was furious and told him that he was a coward for leaving them coming home to an empty house and his brother called his grandparents to pick them up..."
"Oh my gosh. His father really did that?'
"Yes, Ted. That actually happened. His grandparents raised him and Liam to be better people. His father said I love you to him and he lost it saying how love is not using their children as punching bags, to leaving them and not seeing them for over twenty years and he told him how he and I are from broken homes, how we love each other and how he is being a father to Hope is not ever going to be same and full of love. His father left and Killian was bawling...he was crying into me on my lap I was there supported him when he needed me...when Emily brought back Hope onto the plane she knew it got worse. He stopped crying once he heard Hope crying and he was holding her which calmed him down. We got home very late that night and we talked more and spend time with Hope...it was a very emotional day for him and for me, I was his rock. He is my rock when I need him..." She looked up at her sister and brother in law they were just in shock. Connor was full. "Allison, I can burp him." He takes their son and burps him and Connor sleeps in his Daddy's arms.
"Emma...I cannot believe Killian went through that and how he yelled at him."
"I know, Allison. I did not expect to see his father.."
"Emma, you and Killian are in our family no matter what. You know you can come to us for anything."
"Ted, I know. You are our family." They hear Hope crying. Killian bringing in a very upset Hope to the kitchen.
"Hope, Mommy is right here little love. Swan, Hope is hungry." He hands over Hope to his wife.
"Hope, you are with Mommy sweetie. I know you are hungry." She preps to breastfeed her and Hope latches on. Killian made himself a plate and sat next to his wife. "Allison...do we tell them now?"
"Yes, I think it is a good time to tell them."
Killian looked at his wife."Swan, what are you and your sister up to?"
"Allison and I are going to start searching for our birth mother tonight."
"Emma, really you both are?"
"Yes, we are."
"Killian it was Emma's idea. I promised her that I will be with her."
Killian hugs his wife. "Love, I am so proud of you."
"Killian, I know you are on my side and I have a sister with me..." Hope placed her hand on her Mommy's chest. "Yes, Hope you are with me too." She kisses her daughter's head. "I know that no matter what we find, I now have my family with me."
"Love, you have me and our little love." He kisses Emma on the head.
Allison hugs her sister. "You and I are going to find her Emma."
"I really hope so."
"Love, we will."
"Emma, we will find our Mom." After dinner, Emma and Allison got the babies ready for bed while their husbands were cleaning up the kitchen. "Emma, you can use Connor's room if you want to?"
"Are you sure?" Emma was holding her sleeping daughter.
"Yes, Emma."
'Thank you. I will get her dressed later when she is awake." Emma sat on the rocking chair with Hope as Allison was getting Connor ready for bed. Connor was being tickled by his Mom as he was getting ready for bed. "You are all ready for bed, little mister." She holds him in her arms. "Emma, do you want to hold him?"
"Sure. If you want to hold Hope?"
"Yes, I can hold my goddaughter." Emma giggled as they switched babies. "Hi, Connor. Did you have fun playing with Hope?" Connor babbled. "Yes, I saw you playing your toys with her." Connor smiled. "I saw you talking to her. I know she cannot talk yet but she will soon. I know you and Hope will have a lot of talking during your playtime together in the near future." She kisses Connor on the head and rocked him to sleep while Allison held her goddaughter. "Allison, does he falls asleep fast like this all the time?"
"Not really. You might have the baby whisper power?" They both laughed. "Emma, Connor loves his auntie as much I love my little god niece."
Emma kisses Connor on the head. "Good night, Connor. Auntie Emma loves you." She places sleeping Connor in his crib and turns on his mobile. The two sisters left the room.
"Emma, do you want to start?"
"Yes." She wrapped her arm around her sister and daughter who was sleeping Allison's arms. "Where do you want to do research?"
"We can do the research in my room. I have to get my adoption papers..."
"How did you get them?"
"John went to my parents' house and did some searching and found it in my father's office...he mailed them to me. I got them today.."
"Your brother is on your side, Allison. Is that why you wanted me over because you got your adoption papers?"
"Emma, I missed you and wanted to spend time with my sister. I got the mail after I called you. I want you to be there with me when I read them."
"It was meant to be then. I am your little sister, I am there for you. You will be there for me. I am happy you invited us over."
"Yes, you are right. I am happy that you are here with me." Emma and Hope sat on the bed while Allison went through her drawer to look for her adoption papers. Hope woke up cooing.
"Hi, sweetie. Did you have a good sleep?" She kisses Hope on the forehead. "Mommy and Auntie Allison are to research on our Mommy. You can join us." Hope cooed. "Yes, you are going to be with Mommy, I know." She thought of her baby blanket how she always had it with her, in the foster system. "Allison...I will be right back." As Emma left the room, Allison placed her laptop on her bed and her adoption papers. "Hope, this is Mommy's baby blanket. I always had it with me. Like you have yours now." She and Hope return to Allison's bedroom. "Allison, I want to show you something..."
"Yes, Emma."
Emma shows Allison her personal possession. "This is my baby blanket. I always had it with me...ever since they found me abandoned on the streets alone...I always had it with me one of my personal possessions."
Allison teared up. "Emma..." She went to her closet and got out of the box of her personal items her baby blanket. She shows her sister the matching baby blanket but with different names. Allison began to cry. "I have the exact same baby blanket, with my name on it too. I always thought one of my grandparents made it for me...now I see yours the same blanket...it was not from our grandparents...it is from our..."
Allison and Emma together."Our mother."
Emma began to cry."Allison...We are really are sisters."
"Yes, we are." Allison and Emma hug with Hope in the middle.
"This proves it."
"Yes, it is does, Emma. Now we have to find her..."
"Yes, she really loved me...I always thought someone gave this to me....now I see that you have the exact same blanket..." Hope began to cry. Killian heard Hope crying and checked on the lasses. He found the lasses in Allison's bedroom crying. Killian takes Hope from Emma to soothe her as Emma and Allison hug each other and both were crying. Killian checked Hope's diaper and she needed to be changed. He changes Hope and she fell back to sleep. He places Hope sleep apnea monitors on her and placed her into the cradle and went to check on his love. The two lasses were still crying. He sits down next to his wife. "Emma...what is wrong love?"
"Killian...Allison and I both have the same baby blankets..." They both show him their matching baby blankets. Killian smiled. "Swan, your baby blankets are identical with your names on them."
"Yes... I always thought it was given to me...now I saw Allison's..our mom gave it to us...she really loved and cared for us..." Emma cried harder. Killian hugs and Allison both hugged Emma as she continued to cry and Allison was crying too.
"Emma, your mother loved you so much. You were loved as a babe and you are loved now by us. We will find your mother love." She hugs her husband.
"Allison..." She hugs her sister. "You are my sister...our mom loved us..."
"Yes, Emma. We are sisters. We are going to find her. We will find our mother."
"Yes, we will." Emma wiped her tears away. "Can we start now?"
"Yes, let's get started." They both laughed. Allison showed her sister the adoption papers, Killian was at Emma's side being there for her as support. "I found out where I was adopted...in Maine."
Killian held his wife's hand."I got my case file when I was eighteen. I needed my papers to apply for community college. I found out that I was born in Maine...my file said that I was found on the streets..."
"Emma.."
"I do not know what happened...I do not know where I was born in a hospital, or teenage pregnancy home or...or... in hiding...that is why I was so surprised that you have the same baby blanket...it gave me hope that I was loved..."
"Emma..." Allison instantly hugs her sister as she cried and Killian rubbed her back. Killian was there for his Emma because he knows finding out about her birth mother will be struggling for her emotionally and her having to be vulnerable which is always hard for her especially about her past, her past in the foster system. "Emma, you are with me...your sister. You are with Killian, your loving husband....you are with us...we love you so much..your daughter Hope loves you so much. I know you are my kind caring sister. You are with me now. We are together, us as sisters "
"Emma. You are with me love...you have me...you have Allison your sister and you have our little lass Hope who attached to you all the time. She loves you her Mommy. I know you being vulnerable especially hard for you, Emma. I am going to be here for you, supporting you the whole way on finding your mom, Emma. I know that how much it means to you love. You have us. You are not alone love. You have all of us, who love you so much, Emma." He joins their hug.
"You have us, Emma. You are my little sister. I know this is going to be very very hard for you. I am your big sister. I am going to be there with you when you need me to cry on or talk especially on this hard topic...I do not know much about your past. We are still learning about each other and I want to know every detail of my sister." Emma hugs Allison tight.
Emma stopped crying and looked at her sister and her husband. "I am so lucky to have you both. I know this is going to be very hard for me...but I have you both with me."
"Yes, Emma. You have me and Killian. We are going to find our mom together." Emma hugs her sister. "I love you."
"I love you, Emma." They hear Hope crying and then Connor crying.
"Love, I will get Hope." He gets their daughter as Allison gets her son. They bring in the babies to the bedroom.
"Little love, we are with Mommy. Emma... someone misses her mommy"
She gets up from the bed and gets her daughter."Hope.Hi, sweetie. Did you have a good sleep?" She kisses Hope on the head. "I know you are hungry, you were sleeping for a long time." She preps to feed her and nurses her. "Allison, how is Connor?"
"He just needed a change. I love cuddling my little boy." She kisses Connor on the head. After Hope was nursed, she hands over Hope to Killian, who began to cry. "Hope you want your Mommy little love? Swan, Hope wants her Mommy."
"Hope, you can be with mommy little duck. You can help Mommy and auntie do research."
"Love, I will get her sleep apnea monitor." Killian leaves the room and returns with Hope's sleep apnea monitor and her baby blanket. "Hope, Daddy got you your baby blanket, little love." He puts on Hope's apnea monitors on her and wrapped her baby blanket on her. "There you go, little love. You can sleep on Mommy." He kisses Hope on the cheek.
"Killian, Hope is smiling."
"Aye, she is."
"She knows her daddy loves."
"Aye, I do love her and my love." They kiss. "Do you want me to stay?"
"Yes." He sits next to her.
"I am not going anywhere until you lasses finish the search for tonight."
She leans on her head on his shoulder. "Thank you for being here." She kisses him on his scruffy cheek.
"You are welcome, love. I told you that I will be there for you."
"Emma, I found this website called, adopted.com. It is a website that I can put in my adoption information and then the website can help us look for our birth mother. Are you ready?"
"Yes, I am. Are you?"
"Yes, I am. I am just nervous about what we are going to find."
"Allison, whatever we find...we will get through it together as a family." They held hands.
"Killian, can you hold Connor?"
"Sure, love." He takes Connor from his sister in law, who was fast asleep.
Allison registered into adopted.com and she typed in all of the information that she has gotten from her adopted brother about her adoption, location, agency, and day of birth. Allison finished the registry. "All we have to do now is wait for a match..." Emma leans her head on Allison's shoulder.
"You have me."
"Yes, I have you."
Emma, you can sleep here with me."
"Even Hope?"
"Yes, even Hope. Ted is sleeping in the living room. He knows that we will have our sister chat tonight. Killian, do you mind if Emma and Hope sleep with me tonight?"
"You can have your sister time. I know you will talk all night. Allison, do you want me to put Connor in his room?"
"You can give him to me. Connor can join our sleepover. He mostly nurses during the night." Killian hands over Connor to his mom. "Swan, you will miss me?"
"Killian, you are going to be down the hall. Hope and I will be in here."
"Aye, I know. Night love."
"Night, Killian." They kiss. He kisses Hope on the head and went to the guest room to sleep. Hope began to cry. "Hope." She bounced her daughter in her arms to calm her down. "We are sleeping with auntie Allison tonight." Allison placed Connor in his dockatot.
"Emma, I think Hope wants her godmother." Emma smiles and hands over her daughter to her sister. "Hope, you are with Auntie Allison....yes your Mommy's sister...shh...shh..." She kisses Hope on the head. Hope cried louder which woke up Connor, now they were both crying. Emma takes her nephew from his dockatot. "Connor, did Hope wake you up? I know...you just want to go back to sleep."
"Emma, Hope wants her Mommy."
"I had a feeling..." They switched babies. "Hope, Mommy got you....mommy is with you, sweetie. You are with me...shhh...shhh." Allison lets Connor snuggle onto her. "Connor, you are with Mommy. Hope is okay. She is with her Mommy and she will stop crying soon." She kisses her son and bounces him while standing up. Emma was still comforting Hope. "Shh...shh..you are with mommy sweetie. Mommy loves you, sweetie..." She kisses her on the head. She got an idea. She places Hope on the bed and took her pajama shirt off and took of Hope's pajamas and laid Hope on her, skin to skin. Hope stopped crying. "Hope, you just wanted extra time with Mommy." She kisses Hope on the head and Hope cooed. Connor stopped crying when Hope stopped crying. "See, Hope is happy with her Mommy. You and Hope will play tomorrow in the morning. Now it is bedtime with Mommy, Auntie Emma, and Hope." She kisses Connor on the head. "We are having a sleepover, with Momma's sister." Allison bounced her son until he fell back to sleep and placed him in his dockatot in between his Mommy and Auntie Allison. "Allison, I am sorry."
"Emma, what are you sorry for?"
"Hope woke up Connor."
"Emma, you do not have to apologize for Hope crying. Hope was upset and all she wanted you her Mommy." Allison smiles. "Hope you are so happy with your Mommy right little niece?" She rubs Hope's cheek and Hope smiles. "Yes, you are really happy having special time with your Mommy. Auntie is really happy you are sleeping over at my house, Hope. Emma, Connor was crying because Hope was crying he was concerned for his cousin. He stopped crying with Hope stopped crying. Connor loves his cousin. Hope loves her cousin."
"Hope, do you love your cousin?" Hope smile. "Yes, you do. You can play with him tomorrow in the morning." Hope cooed. "Yes, sweetie. You have to sleep now though then wake up in the morning to play with Connor." Allison giggled. A few minutes Hope fell asleep.
"It worked, sis."
"Yes, it did. Is this what a sleepover is like? To stay up all night and talk?"
"Yes, Emma, that is what we are doing." They both laughed. Allison placed Connor on her and put the dockatot on the floor and move closer to her sister. "Right?"
"Yes, we are."
"It is a sleepover, with my best friend and my sister."
"Yes and with our babies. I cannot think anything better."
"Me too. The next sleepover is at my house."
"Yes! We need to do this more often."
Emma giggled. "We do see each other when you are off from work. Aren't you tired of seeing me already?"
"No. I am not Emma. You are my sister. I still cannot believe it! I mean...I am really happy that we have found each other and be in each other's lives which is the best feeling ever."
"I am still cannot believe it. I never ever expect to have a sister...now I have you. I do not want to miss any more time apart."
"Emma, so do I."
"So, tell me what you love to do for fun?"
"I love to read for fun and art. How about you?"
"I love reading, I am always the one who one who always have a book with me."
"Me too!"
"No way!"
"Yes! I have a book packed with me now, I am currently reading"My Brilliant Friend," by Elena Ferrante."
Allison jaw dropped giving Emma a surprise look. "No way I am reading Elena Ferrante's book series too. I am currently reading the second book"Story of a New Name."
"Oh my gosh. We are reading the same book series!"
"Yes, we are! Let me know when you are finished the first one, I can loan you the next one!"
"Yes! I will let you know." They both laughed and talked more getting to know each other as sisters and finding out how much more they have in common.As Emma and Allison talked most of the night, Hope and Connor both woke up to be nursed and changed during the night, the sisters did not mind, they love their time together as sisters and as mothers. The next morning, Killian knew the lasses had a long night but fun night with their sister chats and up with the babies. Ted and Killian entered the bedroom seeing their two wives past out with the babies on them. They took the babies from their mom's so they can get more rest. Ted went downstairs with Connor. Killian got Hope and blanket covered his swan. "Emma, I know you had so much fun with your sister last night and also tending to our little love, family time. Get some rest. It is my turn with our Hope." He kisses Emma on the head. He kisses Hope on the head as they left the room, he looks at his wife and his sister in law sleeping, thinking, "Emma has her sister now and their family together as a whole. This is what Emma deserved her whole life, love, and her family together, which she did not have as a child until as an adult, family of her own with him. She deserves to know her past and he is going to help Emma as much as he can but he knew when they find their past, which will not fully replaced the hardship his kind caring wife suffered through that horrible foster system and as runaway from the system was supposed to help her which did not. She should have a family her whole life. He knew that they are going to find their mother as a whole family working together. He is just really happy his Emma has a great sister, Allison who is very similar to her and loves her as much as he does. Hope loves her Mommy so much. Since they were becoming a family, he has never seen his Emma so happy, being married to him, her being pregnant with Hope, and finding her long lost sister and they are together as one family now. He cannot wait to see what happens next in their family. "I love you, Emma. Enjoy your time with your sister, love. Your little love and I are going to be downstairs having daddy-daughter time and playing with our nephew. "Come on little love, time for some daddy-daughter time downstairs and you get some playtime with Connor later on." He closes the bedroom room on the two lasses sleeping and takes his little love downstairs for one on one time.