Forty One

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Demi

Nick followed behind me as I quietly pushed open the door to Peyton's bedroom. I smiled at the fact that he was still asleep. It took forever to get him to sleep last night as he was far too excited for his birthday. I just can't believe my baby is three.

"Peyton?" I cooed, kneeling down beside his bed. I ran my fingers through his hair and smiled as he grumbled. "Good morning, Birthday Boy" his eyes pinged open and a wide smile spread across his face.

"It my birthday" Nick and I chuckled as he squealed.

"How old are you, Handsome?" Peyton held up 4 fingers.

"One too many there, Bud" I lightly pushed down one of his fingers so he was holding up 3 instead.

"You're 3, Baby Boy."

"I 3."

"Yeah, you are" I leant to press a kiss to his forehead causing him to giggle. "What would my big three year old like for his birthday breakfast?" Peyton pouted as he thought about it.

"Choc cakes" I glanced up at Nick with a giggle.

"I'll go and get that started for you, Sir" Peyton giggled as Nick bowed. I rolled my eyes but the smile on my face was enormous. Nick left the room so I turned back to Peyton.

"Is your diaper wet, Baby?" Peyton shrugged. "Shall we check?" he nodded and I moved out of the way so he could slide out of bed. "I think you've grown an inch now that you're 3" he rolled his eyes and my mouth playfully dropped. "You're a little sassy pants" he giggled as I poked his tummy.

"Morning Mommy" he wrapped his arms around my neck and I smiled as I locked my arms around his waist.

"Good morning, Baby Boy" he giggled as he pulled away. I watched as he smiled down at my tummy.

"Morning Baby" a lump rapidly formed in my throat. Why did I think Peyton wouldn't react well to the baby?

"You want to give baby a kiss?" Peyton nodded so I lifted my shirt so he could lean down and press a kiss to my tummy. "You're so sweet, Baby" I stroked my fingers through his hair and leant to press a kiss to his cheek.

I'm now 17 weeks pregnant, my bump has grown and I'm starting to actually look pregnant. Thankfully, I'm still able to hide it and I think I owe that to the fact that it's winter. Peyton loves my little bump; he's always wanting to touch it and kiss it. He's always talking to the baby. I'm still not in the mood for sex. We haven't tried in weeks because every time we tried and I didn't get excited, it just upset me so we decided to forget about it. I haven't made love to my husband for nearly 3 months now and that thought alone really saddens me.

"You're dry, Baby" I spoke with excitement as we removed Peyton's pull-up diaper. A wide smile spread across his face and you could see the pride. "High five, Handsome" he giggled and slapped his hand against mine. "Now, do we need the toilet?" he twisted his lips for a second before nodding in reply. "Come on then, let's get to the toilet and then we can see how daddy's doing with breakfast" I pushed myself up from the floor and took Peyton's hand, guiding him into the bathroom attached to his bedroom.

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"It big" Peyton pointed at the bigger of the wrapped presents that sat in the centre of the living room, surrounded by smaller presents.

We're having a party for Peyton at the local pizza parlour that has all sorts of arcade games and a soft play area. We've rented out the entire venue for the day for our friends and family who mean the most to Peyton. He chose who came, he chose the venue, this party is all designed by Peyton. We have plans to take Peyton to Disneyland to celebrate as well, we were going to make that his party but we thought that we'd have that as a family outing instead.

"I wonder what it is, Baby" I took a seat on the couch, my hand settling on my tummy.

"Shall we read the tag, Peyton?" he nodded and began towards Nick who took the tag off the present. "It says, to Peyton, happy third birthday, I can't wait to meet you, love Baby" Peyton glanced back at me.

"Baby?" he pointed at me causing me to chuckle.

"Yeah, Handsome, baby got you a birthday present."

"You want to open it, Bud?" he nodded and instantly began to tear at the wrapping paper. He screamed in excitement, his hands flying to his cheeks as his mouth fell open.

"A bike" I beamed at his excitement.

"You like it, Baby" he nodded, running his hand over the handle before he turned and ran at me.

"Thank you" I ran my fingers through his hair as he climbed onto my lap and locked his arms around me.

"You're so very welcome, Handsome" he pulled from me and smiled down at my tummy.

"Thank you, Baby" my heart fluttered. He leant down to press another kiss to my stomach.

"Baby is gonna love you so much. Do you love baby?" Peyton nodded without hesitation. I pressed a kiss to his nose causing him to giggle. "You want to open the rest of your presents, Baby Boy" he nodded and clambered off my lap and back over to the presents that lay on the floor.

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Liked by matthew_scott_montgomery, wilmervalderrama and 6,961,628 others
ddlovato HAPPY THIRD BIRTHDAY PEYTON JONAS 💙 you are the cheekiest, most adorable and the most lovable handsome little boy ever 💙 I can't believe that you're already THREE! you own so much of my heart 💙 hope you have the most amazing birthday ever 🎂❤️
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diannadelagarza happy birthday you cheeky monkey ❤️
iamkittens he's adorable 😍😩 happy birthday Peyton 😘

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