hi angels <3
i hope everyone's okay!
billie and ava have
a newborn <3
her name is
Scarlett.
enjoy!
⚠️very very brief
talk of death⚠️
ava's pov:
"shhh, shhh, it's okay. mommy's got you,"
i pick our sweet baby up out of her bassinet that's located right next to our bed, gently rocking her back and forth,
she continues to cry, letting me know she's hungry.
"is she okay?" billie groggily asks, looking up from the bed,
"she's okay, she's just hungry, go
back to sleep baby." i say, watching her put her head back down on the pillow.
i gently kiss our 2 week olds head, sitting down with her on the bed,
beginning to feed her.
i rub her soft head full of hair, watching her eyes flutter as she looks around.
i smile at her, seeing the beautiful little thing my body created.
that's such a crazy feeling.
like, i created her.
i sit her up to burp her and immediately she starts screaming because she doesn't wanna quit eating,
"i know baby, i know. you gotta give me a burp so your tummy doesn't hurt," i say, patting her back.
billie rolls over in the bed, facing us now,
"heyy, scarlett alivia," billie says grabbing her tiny little foot that's hanging on my leg as i burp her,
billie looks up at me, "what did you do to her?" she asks playfully,
"took her food away so i could burp her, unless you wanna deal with her when she's not feeling good cause she swallowed too much air, up to you," i say as the baby lets out a small burp,
"well thank you, miss priss, that was all i needed!" i say, kissing her face as i lay her back down to feed her again.
"what time is it?" billie asks, rubbing her eyes,
i tap my phone, watching the screen light up,
"it's 7:30, we have to get up anyways cause we have people coming today to see the baby." i say.
i'm not necessarily excited about everyone coming at one time to see her.
just, she's so tiny and everyone's so big and i just worry that something's gonna happen.
but i'm sure it'll all be okay, it's just family anyway.
"oh yea, i gotta get the kitchen clean. and myself put together." she says sitting up on the bed.
"well, we don't have to get going til 8, so come cuddle me while i feed the kid," i say leaning back on the bed against the padded frame.
she giggles and scoots up next to me, watching our baby as she eats,
"ready? she's gonna scream again," i say as i pull her away, sitting her up gently on my leg,
yet again she lets out another scream,
"oh our dramatic girl,"
~time skip 2 hours~
i buckle the baby in her swing, making sure she's all covered up and snuggled in with her binky and all,
"she should be good there for a minute while i get dressed, right?" i ask billie who's sitting at the kitchen table,
"yes baby, she'll be okay. plus i'm right here, go get dressed, she's okay." she reassures me.
i get really scared leaving her alone while she's this little.
one of my biggest fear is SIDS.
which is Sudden infant death syndrome.
it's the sudden and unexplained death of a baby younger than 1 year old, it scares me shitless.
but, i just have to trust that she'll be okay without me there for a minute.
i go upstairs, putting on some nicer clothes and a small touch of makeup, and some dainty jewelry,
shortly after i hear the baby crying, which honestly is okay.
crying is good, crying means breathing.
i look at my phone,
it's almost been 3 hours since she last ate.
poor girl thinks she's starving,
she's so silly.
we love our dramatic girl.
i stand up, putting a very small amount of perfume on, not wanting the smell of it to transfer onto the baby.
i walk out of our room and down the steps,
"are you making a bottle, honey?" i ask,
"yea, i just got the lid on, i'll feed her." she says, walking in with a small bottle in her hand.
"okay, she might need changed first, i'm not sure," i say as i walk up the swing, stopping the swinging.
"Scarlett my love, we hear you. i promise your gonna get your bottle soon," i say as if that makes any sense to her.
billie unbuckles the harness, gently reaching under the baby's arms, lifting her out while still supporting her head.
she sits down on the couch, sticking the bottle in her mouth,
silence.
we giggle, looking at each other,
"it's magic," i say as a knock is heard.
i walk over, opening the front door seeing a bunch of family members from each side standing there, so happy and excited.
"hi guys! cmon in!" i say as my mom and dad come in, hugging me, along with billie's parents and finneas with Claudia and their sweet kids.
"billie's just in there feeding the her, she turns into baby hulk when she's hungry," everyone laughs and makes their ways into the living room,
there's a lot more people here than i expected,
once she's finished eating, billie hands her off to me so i can carefully place her into my moms arms.
i sit down once again and hold onto billie's hand.
"we are so proud of you girls, she is so beautiful." my mom says as my dad looks over her shoulder, admiring our daughter.
"she has your nose for sure ava, look at that chris," she says,
he smiles, watching as the baby's eyes open,
"hi bright eyes," she says, smiling as a small tear escapes her eye,
"aw mom,"
i stand up and sit down next to her, "i'm just so happy for you, i'm holding your baby, the baby you were told was never gonna exist. and she's absolutely perfect," she says, continuing to cry.
"i love you mama." i say, smiling as the baby makes a little noise.
"billie come get her and hand her to your mom," i say as billie gets up very excitedly,
"go ahead love," i say as she takes scarlett from my mom, cradling the small baby in her arms for a minute, sticking the binky in her mouth,
"oh look at her," maggie says as she lays scarlett down in her arms.
"aren't you the prettiest little girl," she says, showing patrick.
"would you look at that." he says gently grabbing her tiny hand, slipping his finger into her grasp.
"aunt ava?" i feel a small tap on my lower half, turning around seeing Finneas's little boy, Rylan standing there.
"hey buddy, what's up?" i ask, getting down on his level.
"can i see?" he asks,
"of course! maggie, can you lower her just a little for him to see?" i ask,
maggie lowers the baby down, showing Rylan his brand new cousin.
"she's pretty, she looks like you aunt ava." he says,
i think my heart just melted.
"awh thank you honey. that was very nice of you to say." i say, ruffling his hair.
he giggles and runs off,
"okay, i think it's my turn mom," finneas says funnily, sitting down on the couch.
"your uncles gonna take you away from me, but i'll let him this time," maggie whispers to Scarlett, kissing her head as she places her into finneas's embrace.
claudia sits down next to him, ouuing and ahhing over how cute she is,
"she's beautiful" claudia says
"thank you, we love you guys." i say, once again, sitting next to billie. hand in hand.
as we sit there and talk about how the birth went and how she's been doing, she starts to cry.
"aw, that's a 'i want my mommies' cry." he says, handing her off to billie.
"shhh, it's okay, don't cry," she says sticking the baby up on her chest,
you know, a baby will always calm down if they can hear your heartbeat?
so if you stick them up on your chest and pat their bum or their back, they'll usually fall asleep.
so that's what billie did and she did in fact, end up asleep.
"alright, we're gonna head out, we love you girls, she's absolutely beautiful. thank you for letting us come see her!" maggie says, kissing each of our heads, giving billie a hug.
"i love you too mom," she says handing me the baby and walking them out to the car.
when billie comes back in, it's not too long before my parents also decide to leave, along with finneas, claudia and the kids.
soon enough, we have our house back, nice and quiet.
"we did it, now we get to love on her for the rest of the day." i say as i sit down next to billie, placing the baby up against my chest.
"she's gonna be hungry here soon, it's almost time," i say looking at the time.
"i'll go get a bottle made," she says, standing up.
and for the rest of the day, we spent loving on our girl, feeding her and holding her,
just mommy things.
we wouldn't trade that for the world.
we're so lucky.
welcome to our lives, Scarlett Alivia O'Connell.
a/n:
I. WANT. A. BABY.
right now.
idc how old i am.
i want a baby.
anyways, thank you for reading<3
i love you!
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