Happy Birthday

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Renesmee

"Jake! Come look at this!" Seth shouted as he came through our front door.

 It was Anthony's birthday, and I was in the kitchen working on the food for our guests who would be arriving in a few hours. My first and only baby boy, so far, was a year old. My boy with Jacob's face, my father's eyes, and the kind heart. when I turned around from the dessert I was making with Mom, I saw that Seth was waving around a piece of mail.

"I'm in here," Jacob called. "You know, you are pretty early." Seth strode into the living room, where Jake was leaned back on the couch with the twins sitting up in his lap, facing him. Xandra smiled, and Mollie reached out for Seth, opening and closing her little fists.

"Hello, pretty girls!" he picked Mollie up and it didn't seem to bother Jake, I was glad. Seth held Mollie close and she snuggled into his shoulder. She looked every bit as happy as he was.

"I know I'm super early, but I just had to show you this," he said, thrusting the already opened envelope into his hand. He sat up and looked curiously at it. It had gotten the attention of Mom and I, too. We wandered in from the kitchen looking on, as Jake pulled out the only item that was in the envelope. His jaw dropped as he stared wide-eyed at it.

"What is that?" I asked him. He turned the photo around so that I could see what it was, he watched my face as I put together the clues. The trellis arch, the broad smiles on Leah and Patrick's faces, the red roses she was holding. Most importantly, her simple, but unmistakable white dress.

"Are you kidding me?" I said happily.

"Check out the postmark," Seth said, pointing at it with his free hand.

"Las Vegas," he mumbled to himself. "Dang."

As I looked at the picture from the doorway, he read what was written on the other side of it.

"Dear Mom and Seth, I'm sorry you were not here, but we really wanted it to be just the two of us. I hope you understand, and that you can be happy for us. I've never been happier before in my life. We hope you can visit soon, our house out here is great. It's sunny all the time, I really love it here."

"Well that's...unexpected," my mom said.

"I'll say," Jacob chimed in. "What did your mom say?"

"She IS mad she wasn't invited. But she's still happy for her, I am too."

"So am I, I mean, she does look really happy. Happier then I've ever seen her," Jake said as Xandra took an interest in the picture.

"Tea length, an interesting choice for a wedding dress, but I think it suits her nicely," I smiling at the picture before going back to making desserts with my mom,

"Oh, is that what that's called?" my mom cocked her head towards me. Xandra was now standing in Jacob's lap, trying to take the picture.

"Me?" Xandra asked. She knew how to say a few words now, we were hoping Mollie would be chatting with us soon too.

"No, honey. This isn't for you. I'm sure Seth doesn't want my little drool monster all over the picture," Jake said. He took a final look at the picture, and then handed it back to Seth, who slipped it into his back pocket. "Do you think you'll visit?"

Seth shook his head. "Probably one day, not anytime soon though. I can't miss any milestones."

"Did you tell your mom yet?"

"No," he sighed.

"Seth, she's almost 3 months old now," I reminded him. "I know it's going to be hard, but you have to tell her."

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