Military Love

Chapter 14

I wake up the next morning after only 3 hours of sleep having the urge to throw up. I quickly get up and head to the bathroom. I'm so over this and it's only been a week. Once I get showered and get ready for the day I decide to text Ryley and see if she wants to do something today.

Ryley says she'll be over in 15 minutes. I decide to go for a quick walk with Bella while I wait for Ryley to get here. I let Bella know it's time to go for a walk and we head out the door. Dalton and I don't ever really put Bella on a leash unless we have to; she's really good about staying by us at all times.

After our walk I dump out Bella's water and put cold fresh water in her bowl and then get myself some water. While I'm getting a water out of the fridge I hear the door bell ring. I quickly grab my water and head to the door.

"Hey, I've missed you so much! How did you do on your boards? How's the baby?" Ryley says bombarding me with questions before she even gets in the door. "I've missed you too, I did good I passed so that's all that matters, the baby is good, I just wish this morning sickness would go away." I say answering all of her questions as we move to the kitchen.

Ryley and I sit in the kitchen and talk for a while before we decide to go to the mall and look for baby stuff like a crib and carseat. "Ryley I want everything to match, like the stroller and carseat need to match the crib and changing table need to match, and once we find out the gender I have to pick a theme which is going to be the hardest part."

"How about we focus on a stroller and carseat for today because I feel like those are pretty gender neutral." Ryley says as we walk into the first store. "I never realized how expensive all of this stuff was until I started looking. We also need a diaper bag but I think we can wait on that." I say.

"We aren't buying anything today I got this scanner thing when you were in the bathroom and I've been scanning the things you like and it gets added to your baby registry for your baby shower." Ryley tells me.

"I don't need a baby shower Ryley, Dalton and I can get everything we need for this baby we don't need people buying us things," I say. "Maddie, you're having a baby shower and you're not gonna argue with me about it me, your mom and Daltons mom are already planning it." I just roll my eyes because I know I'm gonna end up with a baby shower.

Once we go to a couple stores and find things to add to the baby registry we get some lunch and head back to the house to just relax.

"Was it weird being here alone last night? I can't imagine being with someone everyday for months and then having to be alone with only a little bit of communication," Ryley says as we're watching TV. "It took a while to fall asleep since I got so used to him being there but I think it helps that Bella is here so at least I'm not completely alone. Honestly, this is going to sound ridiculous but when I wake up and have to puke I miss someone holding my hair back for me because it hits me hard and fast that I don't have time to put my hair up and I can't sleep with my hair up otherwise I wake up with a never ending headache."

"It sounds ridiculous but I completely understand where you're coming from. I can't sleep with my hair up either. Hopefully the next couple of months will go by fast, " Ryley says "I sure hope so, I just wish he wasn't going to be missing the first couple appointments. I'm hoping that the 2-4 months ends up being more like 2 than 4 but I know that he's doing what he loves so I can't be upset about it, what he's doing is helping a lot of people so I can't be selfish," I respond.

"I totally get it, it's okay to be selfish every once in a while, we are only human," Ryley responds. "I just hope he's back in time to help me decorate the nursery and pick out names and go to the super appointments with me. I honestly don't know if I would find out the sex if he wasn't there with me." I say

"Well if he's only supposed to be gone for 2-4 months he should be back in time for those super important appointments you would think." Ryley says.

We spend the rest of the day just talking about life and how excited we are to finally be done with nursing school and be working.