Hailey's POV: Living with Justin. Hmmm....it's been laughter and tears. In equal measure. When it's just the two of us, we flow so easily. We adjust to each other's highs and lows. That doesn't mean it's perfect. But nothing is. It's the outside world. People don't realize that their words written nonchalantly on a screen can bring a grown man to tears. I know this, Because I've watched Those words break him.
You have to understand that as a man, Justin wants to protect what he loves. But fighting an enemy that has no face, It's a losing battle. So yeah.... Living with Justin has been both laughter and tears. In equal measure.
It's been almost 2 months since we've found out that we were going to have a baby. 3 months pregnant. We just had our first ultrasound. I think that's the moment it becomes real. Hearing your babies heartbeat. Watching Justin hear it for the first time. It's something I'll never forget. I watched as our doctor placed the gel on my growing belly and moved the ultrasound wand back and forth. She didn't even have time to confirm the heartbeat. Justin had picked it up first. "Stop. No...go back...right there!" I hadn't even heard anything yet. I don't know if it's because music is who he is...maybe he picked up the frequency first. But he heard it. "Do you hear that, Hailey?" And just like that....I heard the fast soft swishing sound of our baby's heart. "That's our babies heart beating!" He squeezed my hand and just closed his eyes. We both just let the sound overtake us. "It's the most beautiful melody I've ever heard." And it was. Then we looked over and their on the screen was this little tiny being. "That's your baby", the doctor said. Justin jumped up, and moved closer to the monitor. "You mean to tell me, that ...that's our baby! Right there!" He pointed for added measure. The doctor nodded and we both giggled at how blown away he was. The baby moved and he was mesmerized. While the doctor took measurements on the screen and made some notes, I laid there and watched Justin sing to my belly. "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star How I Wonder What You Are." He would sing and the baby would move. "Babe! Did you see that! She's moving! She likes my singing!" I couldn't believe it, but it was true. Everytime he began to sing, the baby moved. "She knows your her Daddy, that's why." He turned and looked at me with a huge silly smile on his face. "You just said She!"
"I did not!"
"You did! You said, She knows I'm her Daddy! Didn't she doc?" Dr.Bremudez nodded. "Sorry Hailey, but I heard it too!" I bit my lip and blew out some air. "Fine, but it's only because I was caught up in the moment! We don't know yet." Justin looked like the Cheshire Cat.
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"Oh I know. I know Twinkles. And I'm not going to let you forget this moment! The victory is too sweet!"
