One Husband, Two Kids... And I'm Only Nineteen! + My Life, My Love, My Kids

The Name Game

Chapter Three... The Name Game

 

Twelve weeks pregnant. I remembered this stage... Ah, how different this pregnancy was!

When I was pregnant with Becca, I was incredibly sick. I couldn't barely keep anything down, and spent a fair bit of my first and second trimesters legging it to the hospital with dehydration because I'd been throwing up so much.

This time, I had only had mild morning sickness, and it actually was in the morning! Now, there was a rarity! It made it easier, since I was raising a two year old and growing a foetus. Because I was so busy chasing after an energetic Becca I didn't really have time to be sick. At all!

Today I sat at school, wishing that three o clock would come a lot faster. I couldn't wait to be done with high school so that I could spend more time with my little princess. With her adoring brown eyes and her gorgeous blonde curls, who wouldn't love her?

I sat in Biology and had a sudden urge to be sick. Running from the classroom, I caught a glimpse of the confused teacher out of the corner of my eye. I ran, but didn't make it past a potted plant outside of the Science building. The teacher stood behind me, scratching her head.

"Are you alright, Mrs Baker?" she asked.

"Umm, yeah," I moaned. "But please, just call me Rose."

"You don't like being called by your surname?" she asked.

"Well, not at school, no," I sighed. "It makes me sound fifty."

"Fair enough," she chuckled. "But you did just throw up in that plant. And I know that you're married with a child, so naturally I'm concerned."

"It's all good, it's just morning sickness," I sighed.

"You're pregnant?" she asked, stunned.

"Well, with only two months left of high school, I didn't see the point in highlighting it," I told her. "I'm about to become a young mother of two, and while I'm excited, I'm also a bit scared. One child I can handle, but am I really ready for two?"

"Nobody is ever ready to be a parent," she smiled. "Whether it be for the first time or the tenth!"

And that was honestly the best piece of advice a teacher could have ever given me.

^^^^

 

After putting Becca to bed that night, I couldn't sleep. My mind was on baby names. I had so many running through my head, but I wondered what sort of name we would name our second child. Would it be another daughter for us? Or would we welcome a little son into our perfect family?

And what names did Cameron like?

"Cam?" I whispered in the dark. "Cam?"

"Hmm?" Cameron groaned sleepily.

"I can't sleep," I sighed.

"Well try," he answered grumpily. "I'm tired, and I have to work tomorrow."

"Tomorrow is saturday," I replied candidly.

"Yeah?" Cameron answered. "Oh, sorry. I forget the days lately."