I turned to look at him and I saw my parents next to him, both already had tears in their eyes.Īs everyone started counting I turned to look at my husband.
“YES!” all of our guests yelled as I turned to look at them. We both knew we wouldn’t be living the lives that we had if it weren’t for our parents, and the idea of having the people we love the most next to us at that moment was something that I couldn’t let pass by. There was something special about finding out though, and after Edward’s mum had asked us if we were planning on finding out, we both decided that we would do it, but with our families and closest friends by our side. Neither of us wished for a particular sex and we would both imagine scenarios of us living and playing with a baby boy or a baby girl. We had agreed very early on that what we were having was not important to us. Edward and I have had multiple talks about our baby. “Are you all ready?” Edward said as he taunted our guests with opening the box that would reveal whether our baby was going to be a boy or a girl. “I still can’t believe you’re going to be a mum but I know you’re going to be a great one,” Brooklyn says. I still have moments where I doubt I’m going to be a good mum, but most days I’m really excited about it,” I said, trying to explain all my feelings to them. ”How are you? Are you ready for her to arrive?” Kristen said. “I mean, I tried shaving my legs yesterday… I couldn’t and I cried and then I cried more because Edward offered to help me.” We all laughed together at the absurdity of the situation I had gone through. “She’s right though, I feel like a whale and my mood is all over the place,” I said as we made our way to the living room. ”Brookie!” Kristen said, turning around to look at her sister as she shook her head with contained laughter. “Wow! Your belly is huge!” Brooklyn said as they both entered the house and I closed the door.
We had planned that meeting weeks before and I was so happy I could spend some time with them again. I opened the door and I instantly found myself surrounded by the arms of my cousins, Brooklyn and Kristen. Our university house was ready for the arrival of our baby, but our house back home needed to have some last-minute things done, especially considering we were going to be staying here for the first two weeks after I had giving birth. It was Saturday and Edward and I were back home for the weekend. I wanted to stay home with my baby as much as I could and I would still have classes, just in a different format. He knew how much I enjoyed going to my classes and studying in the library, but he supported my decision of taking that semester online. I had a long chat with Edward when I found out that was an option. Fortunately, my university offered online courses. Studying while being pregnant, did not make things easier. I still had 10 weeks left before our baby girl arrived and, even though I already loved my daughter with all my heart and I liked being pregnant, I would be lying If I didn’t say I wasn’t tired. At 30 weeks pregnant my belly was getting in the way of everything.