Captain Swan Fly Away

Family Time

Emma and Killian were excited when they went to the Post Office to get Hope's her passport. "Killian, Hope is going to Italy with us and her passport so we can travel more.""Aye, I am looking forward to traveling with our little love." They were waiting in line to get Hope's passport. Hope was napping in her carrier on her Daddy. "How is our little girl?""She is sound asleep. I cannot believe Hope is almost 6 months old.""Yes, She will be going on her first plane ride when she is 7 months old.""Are you nervous love going to meet your birth mother?""I am excited about traveling with you, Hope, my sister...I am nervous about what we will find out." Killian hugs his wife. "You are not alone, love. Hope and I will be right here when you meet your mother.""She is going to have a lot explaining to do.""That is right swan.""We have our hotel arrangements, flight plans and we can tour around Italy.""Aye, we can eat a lot of spaghetti and your favorite chicken parmigiana.""Yes, and a lot of gelatos." They filled out forms for Hope and got Hope's passport expedited. As they were driving home, Killian saw a look on his swan's face. "What is wrong love?""I am worried...about money.""Love, we get free airfare since both of us work in JFK airlines, and we can afford the hotel. Your sister offered to pay."'I know, she is being generous. I do not want to use her too much.""Emma, her sister and she want to help out.""I know...I am still used to have a family." "You have a family who loves you Emma and related to you." He kisses Emma on the head. She checks on Hope who was awake. "Hopey." Hope smiles. "You are a happy baby girl." Hope babbled. "Love, do you want to go to the park for a little while?""Sure. Hope needs fresh air even though it is cold out." Killian drove his family to the park. Emma took pictures of Killian and Hope going on the slides. Killian took pictures of his two loves, playing on the swings and holding their little girl, lifting her up and down and spun her around. "Killian, someone wants her Dada.""Little love, are you having fun with Mommy and Dada?" Hope smiled. "You behaved so well at the post office. You get to travel around the world with Dada and Mommy." Hope babbled and hugs her Dada. "I love your hugs little love." He kisses her on the head. "Swan, let's go home. It is getting cold out here.""It is still winter." Killian puts Hope in her car seat, she began to cry. "Killian, I will drive us home. Hope wants her dada next to her." Emma drove her family home, Killian was talking to Hope while holding her Pluto doll. "Hope is Pluto your favorite toy?" Hope kicked her legs and smiled. "Yes, we can take your Pluto doll when we go to Italy. When we fly you are going to be with me or Mommy. I can show you how to fly but I am not going to be flying I am going to be with you." He bops her nose which makes her smile. Emma loves seeing Killian being an amazing Daddy to Hope. Hope began to cry. "Hope, we are almost home baby girl. Mommy will feed you when we get home." Killian did his best to calm down his little lass. "Hope, Mommy will feed you when we are home. Mommy is driving us home." He gave her kisses. Emma takes Hope into the house and nurses her in Hope's room. Killian made a fire in the fireplace and makes himself and Emma lunch while Emma nurses their daughter. Emma brings down Hope to the kitchen, "Hopey you had your lunch. Now Mommy and Daddy will have our lunch." Hope babbled. "I love you too, Hope." She gave Hope kisses on the head. "Love, lunch is ready. We are having spaghetti and meatballs." "Great." Hope babbled. "Hope.." Hope smiles. "Hope...Hope." Hope smiles and moves around. She gave Hope kisses on her head. "You want your paci?" She gives Hope her pacifier. Hope gripped her Mommy. "You can stay with Mommy." They ate their lunch and talked. Hope began to cry. "Hope, do you want your Dada?" Hope smiled. "Yes.." Killian takes Hope the living room and plays with her and did tummy time. "Yes, little love. You are getting stronger." hope babbled. "Hope tell me more..." Emma smiles seeing Killian loving his one on one time with Hope. She goes upstairs to take a nap. Hope makes poop. "Dada will change you." Killian changes Hope's diaper and she makes more poop which landed on him. Hope cried more. "Little love, don't cry. Dada is not mad that you pooped on me. Dada will never be mad at you because you are my little love, my little duckling." Hope cried. Killian takes off his shirt and finished changing Hope. He puts her on his chest and bounces her up and down to calm her from crying. Killian sings her a song which helped Hope stopped crying. "Dada loves you, Hope. I will never leave you. You have your Mommy and Daddy who will always be here for you." He takes Hope back downstairs so he can let Emma sleep more. They snuggle on the couch and he talked to Hope more until Hope fell asleep on her Dadd in the crook of his arm. Emma wakes up a few hours later, finding her daughter and husband sleeping on the couch. She kisses Killian on the head. "I love you both so much." She took a picture of her family sleeping together on her iPhone and cooks beef stew in the kitchen. Killian wakes up hearing Emma cooking dinner. Killian carries Hope in the kitchen. "Something smells delicious.""It is beef stew, beef, broccoli, carrots, potatoes...""I am not talking about the stew." "Oh, really captain?""Aye." They kiss. "You are so hot shirtless.""I had to take off my shirt because Hope pooped on me when I was changing her." Emma giggles. "Sorry.""I am not mad, love.""You are hot.." They kiss.Hope wakes up from her nap and babbled. "Little love, you like interrupting Mommy and Daddy kissing."Emma giggles. "I think Hope wants kisses from us." They gave Hope kisses which made Hope smile. Hope began to cry. "Hope, are you hungry baby girl? Mommy will nurse you." She takes Hope from Killian, "Love, I will continue to cook. Hope needs her Mommy." Killian returns from changing into a sweater and finished cooking beef stew while Emma nurses Hope. "You love Mommy's milk." She gives Hope her finger which Hope grabs and Emma kisses her small hand. Killian smiles seeing Emma happy with their daughter. He kisses his swan on the head. "She loves you, Emma.""Yes, I love her so much. I love you, too captain." He wrapped his arm around his swan. "Our family is small but full of love.""That is right Emma. Our family is full of love and togetherness." "Hope has us. I love her so much. She is not going to go through what I went through." Hope was full, Emma burps her daughter who falls asleep on her Mommy hugging her. "Our little girl gives the best hugs, just like her Daddy.""She hugs just like her Mommy.""Nope, she takes after her Dada because you always make me feel safe in your arms.""I will always make you feel safe in my arms, swan. You are my true love.""You are my true love." They kiss. Emma puts Hope in her bouncy chair so she can have dinner with Killian. "This is delicious Emma.""Thank you. I found the recipe online." After dinner, they snuggle on the couch and watching Netflix. Hope woke up from her nap making poop. "Hopey. Mommy is here." She gets Hope from her swing and changes her diaper in her room. You are all clean Hopey and in a new outfit. Yay." She claps Hope's hands. "Let's go back to Dada." She brings Hope downstairs. "Little love." He holds Hope and plays with her by lifting her up and down and they both gave her raspberries on her tummy to make her laugh. They smile at each other and down at Hope, they were enjoying family time on Killian's day off. As Killian was getting ready for bed, Hope was snuggling with her Mommy in her parents' bed. "Mommy...Mommy..." Hope babbled back. "She is almost talking, Emma.""Yes...Hope...Hope..." Hope smiled big and babbled. She gave Hope kisses on her cheek. Hope fusses. Killian, Hope wants her Daddy." Killian takes his daughter from his wife. "Hope... Hope..." Hope hugs her Daddy. "You give the best hugs little love. I love you." He gave Hope kisses on her head. "Hope knows that you are working tomorrow.""I miss both of my loves when I am at work.""We will be having a family vacation very soon.""Aye a Swan-Jones family adventure.""Yes, it will be our first family vacation of many.""Aye, it will be love." They kiss and continue talking to Hope. The next day, Emma was playing with Hope in the living room and heard the door open and close."Emma?""Hi, Allison. We are in here." Allison enters the room carrying her son. "Hi, Allison. Hi, Connor." They hug. Allison gets Hope. "Hi, Hope. How is my little niece?" Hope babbled. Allison gave her kisses. "You are just happy to have Connor over for a playdate." Emma holds her nephew. "Hi, little man. How is my little nephew?" Connor babbled. "Yes. You are here to play with Hope." He hugs Emma. "You give the best hugs." Hope babbled. "Hopey." Allison was holding Hope in her arms. "Little niece, you give the best hugs too. Auntie Allison is so happy to see you." The two sisters sit on the couch hugging the babies. "Emma, how are you feeling about our trip to Italy to find out birth mother?""I am nervous about finding out the truth.""Me too. I want to know everything.""Same here. I know that I am not alone anymore and we are meeting her together.""Yes, we are Emma. Together." Hope began to cry which made Connor cry. They switched babies and nurses them. "I am still learning to be a mother...I never had parents...I was surprised how it came naturally to me feeding, her holding her....""That is what mother instincts are called. Every mother has them. You are doing great as Hope mommy. She loves you, Emma.""I love her so much. I want to be the best Mom I can be for Hope.""You are Emma, if you ever need help you can call me. We are both sisters and mothers together learning.""That is right. I am so happy to have you that I can call anytime for advice. How is work?""It is always interesting working in the emergency room. There are so many different types of cases. I always like helping others.""I always like helping others, I guess we get that from our birth mother.""Yes, we have that in common, you help me and I help you." "That is what family does." Hope began to cry. Emma burps Hope and rubs her back until Hope stopped crying. "You are with Mommy baby girl. Don't cry. We are with Auntie Allison and Connor. He wants to play with you, sweetie." Connor crawls to Emma and sat on his aunt's lap. "Connor, you want to play with Hope?" Connor babbled. "Hope, Connor is waiting for you to play." Both babies were sitting on her lap, Hope stopped crying. Allison takes pictures of Emma with the babies. Connor hugs Hope which made both moms go in awe. "Allison...""I have a picture and going to text it to you.""He made Hope stopped crying." "Yes, he did. Connor knows that his cousin needed a hug." Emma kisses Connor on the head. Allison gives Connor a kiss on his cheek. "You know how to make Hope happy, that is my little man." Connor reaches out to his Mommy. She gets her son. "Are you happy to be with Auntie Emma and Hope?" Connor babbled. Allison hugs her son. "Me too, Connor. I love being with my sister and niece." Emma and Allison smile at each other. Hope began to cry again. "Hopey." She checks her diaper, "It is not your diaper. You are fed." She walks around the room trying to calm down Hope. Emma was trying to stay calm. "Hope....calm down baby girl..." Allison sees her sister frustrated. "Emma let me try, I think Hope wants her godmother." Allison takes upset Hope from her sister and walks around with Hope. "Hope, you want to be with Auntie?" She gave Hope kisses. Connor began to cry. Emma gets her nephew and bounced him up and down. Connor hugs his aunt. "You just want to snuggle. We can snuggle." Emma relaxes with Connor on her sleeping on her. You are happy to be with your Auntie, your cousin Hope, he takes after me and my stubbornness." Connor babbled. "You don't say? My sister is stubborn too." Connor babbles. "We are definitely related. You are the first person who knew Momma and Auntie Emma were related as sisters." Emma lifts her nephew up and down making him smile which made her smile. Allison calms down Hope in her room and wraps Hope in her quilt. "You can talk to me anytime little niece. I am your godmother." Hope holds onto her auntie. "You just wanted time with your auntie." She returns with Hope sleeping on her and sees Connor sleeping on her sister. "They are both asleep." Allison sits next to her sister. "Emma, are you okay?"Sorry about before.""Hey, we have our moments when we need a break. They just want to be with their aunties.""Yes, they know that we love them both so much." Emma leans her head against her sister's shoulder. "I have the best big sister ever." Allison smiles. "I have the best little sister ever. I know when we are going to Italy it will our first adventure as sisters.""Yes, we are going to find out about our past. I promised Hope that I will find out where we come from. We are getting close to finding out where we come from.""Yes, we are Emma.""Have you ever been to Italy?""Yes, to Rome. I have never been to Southern Italy before. How about you?""There were times back when I was a flight attendant, Killian and I will have layovers in other countries like London, Paris, and Ireland. We stayed in Ireland longer to learn about Killian's roots. We want Hope to be worldly, and she will get to see the world with us. I did not see the world until I became a flight attendant.""Hope will see the world.""Thank you for helping to pay for...""Emma, it is no problem at all.""I just feel guilty that Killian works only. I miss working with him but I do not want Hope to be with strangers watching her. I love being at home with my baby girl. I was with strangers most of my life and it was just awful. Hope has me which all that matters to me." She rubs Hope's cheek."Emma if you need me to watch her on my days off anytime...""Allison, you work so hard in the emergency room and you a Mom to Connor who I know keeps you very busy." "Emma, I can watch your daughter for you.""I trust you, Allison. I do not want to take advantage of you.."Allison smiles, "You never going to take advantage of me, Emma. I am your big sister, it is my job to take care of you. I like helping my little sister out. Family is supposed to help each other no matter what.""Thanks, Allison. I always wanted a big sister and now I have one forever. I love being your little sister.""That is right, we help each other."To get back to babysitting, can you watch Hope while Killian and I go out on a needed date night?""Of course." They nursed their babies and planned what they want to do in Italy and enjoying them playing and doing tummy time, Hope tries to crawl around like her older cousin. "Hope, you are going to crawl soon baby girl. I know you want to follow Connor." Connor crawls to Hope and steals her paci which made Hope cry. Emma gets Hope pacidfier back which made him cry.Emma coomforts Hope."Connor, you cannot steal Hope's paci. Here is yours sweetie. Don't cry." Allison gives Connor his paci and snuggled with him. Killian arrives home from work a few hours later. "Emma.""Killian, we are in here." Killian sees his sister in law and nephew with his two loves, snuggling. "Hi, honey.""Hi, Love." They kiss. "I see Connor is napping on you.""Yes, Hope wanted to be with Allison." "Aye, our little love wanted her auntie." "Yes, Killian.""Hi, Allison. How is Hope?""She just wants to be held by me. She gives the best hugs.""Aye, she loves her auntie." He rubs Hope's cheek. "Dada is home, little love. We can have a daddy-daughter time later." Hope smiles in her sleep. Killian cooks dinner for his family. He hears one of the babies crying and both of them. Emma carries Hope in her arms. "Killian, someone wants her Daddy."Killian smiles. He takes Hope from his wife. "Dada is home, little love." She hugs her Daddy. "I am home Hope. I missed you and Mommy all day long." "We are both happy that you are home." She kisses Killian on his scruffy cheek. Killian hugs Emma, having a group family hug. This is all Emma wanted a home and family with a great husband that loves her and their baby girl. She cannot wait to see what their future in store when they have their first family with Hope.