A Lifetime With You

Nesting

Joe's POV
Things have been quite interesting lately. Taylor's currently 36 weeks pregnant, which means 4 more weeks till her due date, but the baby could come at any time now. Today we have the baby shower. She's not really sleeping at night because she's so uncomfortable, which means I'm not sleeping because I'm worried about her. Her energy has hit an all time low. It's been a month since the last time we had sex, but I'm not blaming her because I know she's miserable. She walks out of the bathroom naked, her hair dripping wet. She puts on some panties and sweatpants and a shirt. She leans back into me and I kiss her head. I lift her shirt so her belly is exposed. I put some cocoa butter lotion on my hands and start rubbing it on her belly. We did this twice daily and every time I would rub the lotion in, I could feel the baby moving and kicking. It's prevented stretch marks, which is something Taylor was very worried about. I told her she's beautiful regardless. After I was done, she started drying her hair. After it was dried, she curled it a little and put on a little bit of makeup. Then she put on her dress. She was wearing a long, tight fitting pink dress. One that was totally different from her gender reveal dress. "Look. My boobs are fucking huge. My belly is huge" she said. "Honey, you're pregnant. You look gorgeous. It looks great on you. Stop being so hard on yourself." I kiss her and get ready for the shower myself.

3 PM
Taylor's POV
We arrive at the baby shower and everyone kept telling me how pretty I looked, which felt good to hear. We go around, making sure we've talked to each of our friends and family members. It was time for presents, but I wanted to say something. "Hello everyone. I just want to say a huge thank you to my best friend Abigail for putting this gorgeous baby shower together. Thank you so much everyone for being there for us every step of the way. It means a lot. We're just weeks away from welcoming our baby girl into the world. We seriously can't thank you guys enough for all you've done. We love each and every one of you so from the bottom of my heart, thanks." We start opening our gifts. We had so many gifts that my parents had to load up their car too. They helped us carry everything into the house and then left. "Well, we've got something to do tomorrow." Joe nodded in agreement.

The next day
Joe's POV
I get up to go pee, but notice Taylor's not next to me. After I use the bathroom, I peek into the baby's room and see her in the floor. "Babe, it's 6 AM." She looks at me. "I know. I can't sleep so I came in here to start going through everything." She said. "Come back to bed. We'll do this later" I say, reaching out for her hands. I help her up from the floor. I watch her waddle back to the bed. We cuddle up next to each other and go back to sleep.

11 AM
I just got done putting the baby's swing together. We had the whole nursery done already. We just needed to go through the clothes and other littles things. I'm currently in our bedroom trying to put the bassinet together since she'll be sleeping in our room for a while. Taylor was putting the baby clothes away. She got the baby's hospital bag and her hospital bag. She started packing the baby's first. In the bag she put some clothes, diapers, wipes, swaddling blankets, burp cloths, bottles, rash cream, etc. I stare at her. "What? I'd rather be over-prepared than not prepared at all." I smile at her. She used a checklist to pack her bag and double checked everything. "Can you believe our baby is gonna be in this tiny little thing? I can't wait." She said. I finish the bassinet and finish helping her go through everything and everything starts looking normal again. We spend the rest of the day watching movies and napping.