Built On Trust

Celebration

"Brad!" I yell as I walk downstairs with a half asleep Shay in my arms "Where are you?" I ask as I look around the house. Shay tries yelling for him in her cute baby voice, but we have no luck. We go outside and find him talking to one of the men that is setting up the bouncy house. I put Shay down and let her walk around while I go up and join Brad.

"Everything okay?" I ask both him and the man.

Brad hands me the paper that the man gave him along with a pen "You have to sign the agreement form."

I take it from him and sign where it's needed then give the paper back to the man "When will that be done?"

He turns around to look at the bouncy house "Probably about 15 minutes, it shouldn't take too long to blow up." He goes back over to the other guys leaving Brad and I alone.

We turn around so we can watch as Shay walks and crawls around in the yard and Brad puts his arm around me "I can't believe she's already one today."

I look up at him and kiss him "I can't either. She's getting so big, I miss the baby."

"Well," Brad moves his arm so his hand is resting on my stomach "With any luck soon there will be another."

I smile knowing that I'm hoping the same thing as he is and that even though there aren't signs now hopefully there will be soon. I pick up Shay when she wobbles her way over to us and carry her into the house to give her breakfast. She eats a bowl of cereal making a huge mess, so I let her play with her toys while I clean up the table and her highchair.

"Okay, sweetie." I pick her back up and start to walk upstairs "You need a bath before your party." She tries to fight with me but I get her in the tub and start to clean her without her fighting too much. Not very happy with me, she tries to crawl away as soon as I get out, but has no luck.

I pull her back towards me and start to dry her off "You're sneaky." I tell her causing her to laugh at me "Let's get you dressed for your party."

As I walk into our room I find Brad who is trying to decide what to wear "That one." I tell him pointing to the shorts and nice t-shirt without him even realizing I was in the room "It's going to get pretty hot."

He agrees with me and takes Shay once he's dressed so I can do the same. He hands me a pair of shorts and I nice tank top similar to his shirt "Here, wear this so we can match."

I take it from him and quickly get dressed before looking at the time "We need to get her ready, people will be here soon." Brad walks towards Shay's room and I follow then get the dress out of her closet we picked for her to wear "Can you get her to stay still?" I ask Brad "It's kinda hard to get this on her when she keeps moving."

"Stay still for mommy." He tells her as he holds her around her stomach so she can't squirm away making her get mad at us "Maybe she just doesn't want to get dressed." I tell him he has no choice so he continues to hold her until I'm done then he puts her down so she can do what she wants "It just took 10 minutes to get a dress on her, that's nice."

"It's taken longer." I laugh and get her shoes and anything else I need before walking to the steps and holding the gate for Brad as he carries her down the steps "She looks cute, that's what matters."

Soon after we get everything ready everyone starts to arrive. Courteney, David and Coco are the first so Coco and Shay play for a while until some other kids get here and they go in the bouncy house. Both our families get here and we get a surprise when we see my mom walk in with John, Shannon and El. She tells us that she's flying back after the party, but she didn't want to miss it.

I walk around and talk to the people who came for a while before we decide to do cake. Brad gets the big one and I get the smaller one for Shay putting it in front of her on her highchair so she can start to eat it. Everyone sings to her and watches as she eats and makes a huge mess before Brad and I start to hand out cake.

My dad walks over and takes a tiny piece of Shay's cake to see what she'll do and she hits him in the arm leaving a handprint mess "Your kid is a monster." He tells Brad and I "She's lucky she's cute."

"Here, it this." Brad says handing him a piece of the other cake and he tries to take a little of Shay's cake and she does the same to him "Yep, she's a monster." He agrees with my dad.

I give them each napkins to clean off their arms "Maybe you should let her eat her cake in peace." They do so and after she's done eating I take her into the kitchen and wash her off "You have cake every where." I tell her as I wash out her hair and her hands "You're a really messy eater." Just as I'm about to take her off the counter I turn around and my mom is standing there "When did you get here?" I ask not remembering hearing a door open.

"About a minute ago." She changes her tone to serious "I was talking to Jane earlier. Why didn't you tell me that you might be pregnant. I thought you learned this stuff from last time.

I make sure Shay is okay and turn around so that I'm facing my mom "I didn't tell you because we really don't know yet. We've only been trying for a month, and I didn't want to just tell you over the phone." I watch as her facial expressions change slowly "Jane and I are just close, we talk a lot."

"Does Sherry know?" She asks, a little upset "I'm not mad, I just want to know."

I sigh and answer her question "Yes, she knows. It's not that I don't want to tell you, they're just so much closer. Trust me," I look her right in the eyes "Whenever I find out that I am pregnant you will be the first to know."

She walks up to me and hugs me then steps back a little and looks at me smiling "I hope you tell me soon. I should know they're closer and everything, sometimes it's just hard."

I pick Shay up and get ready to go back out to the party "I'll try to include you in more." We both walk out and I put Shay down to let her play then go over to Brad. We watch as all the kids are laughing and yelling as they're jumping around in the bouncy house. They're trying to see who can jump the highest and Courteney is watching all of them.

"It looks like they're all having fun." Brad tells me not taking his eyes off of them "And none of them are fighting, this is a nice party."

"It is." I rest my head on his shoulder and he wraps his arm around me "I can't wait until we leave next week."