Julietta
Three Months Later...
Things have been better, we had a few rocky weeks after the 4th of July, but then things turned around. You’ll hear all about that in due time. Brook had Aria (Baby Angel) a few days after the Club party. They’re doing great, better than great, but again you’ll get that story soon. Blaze is an amazing daddy and it’s so fascinating to watch him turn into putty around his girls. Brook is a wonderful mother with her little girl.
It’s still hard for me to not see her as a kid. Well, she is eighteen, and definitely not kid in many ways. Since the day I met her I saw how mature she was for her age, but when it comes to Hunter, she’s like a child again. She had to grow up too fast and still does with a baby. I must say she’s handling it all superbly. We all have our moments and she’s no exception, though.
Well, as the months have gone on, our family has grown in more ways than one. We just seem to get bigger and bigger. Kids, families are now filling the Clubhouse that used to be all men and a few women.
When the new Clubhouse was done, the guys decided to declare Sunday’s family day for BBQ’s in the backyard. No wild parties that day and once a month the brothers from each Club are invited to join us with their families too. We’ve only had two so far, but they have been great and we’re all looking forward to more. Some of the other Clubs have decided to do the same thing once a month instead of every week like us.
I’ve been home from the hospital for almost a month and baby blue is doing so good. I went into labor 10 days early and had a soothing natural birth. I thought Hunter was going to lose it from seeing me deliver our boy. He hated that I was in so much pain and there was nothing he could do to stop it. Especially, since I refused to have an epidural for the pain. We made it through, together and an hours later our little bug was in our arms.
He eats and sleeps a lot. He’s a very good baby so far. Hunter is excellent with Zander James. That’s what we named our baby blue. Hunter didn’t want a junior, but he did want to carry on his middle name like Gio did with his boys. Our little boy even has blue eyes like his daddy. The doctor said they might change so we’ll have to wait and see how that plays out.
Hunter is constantly in competitions with Gio over the boys. It’s cute to see the two of them with the babies. My Hunter is an excellent father just like Gio, and even though they compete a lot, they mean well.
They think us, girls, don’t see them with the boys, but we do, we see all those big burly men become all soft and squishy with them.
Gio, Blaze, and Hunter take them to the media room at the Clubhouse when the girls and I cook here on Thursday nights. We’ve caught them a couple of times on the floor rolling around or playing airplane with them. Ryder and Ces are so good with the boys and Angel, they spoil them all too much. Just like uncles should.
Baby Angel is definitely their little angel princess around here. They get down on the floor with her too and play, but she is a little more delicate than the boys. They all get that and treat her like the delicate flower she is. Uncle Ces even went as far as to buy her a soft little tiara and wand and a beautiful pink princess dress.
So, of course, Uncle Val had to purchase baby Dominic a little prince crown and baby blue onesie that says, Prince Dominic. Uncle Rom and Bash got the same one for baby Lorenzo and Uncle Lorenzo had the same one made for my baby boy Zander.
I swear the five of them are like big kids always competing against each other.
We need more girls around here. One day, maybe soon. I’m not thinking about that now since Zander is only over a month old. I know Hunter wants a big family and so do I, but we need to enjoy our little guy for a while. Then we can talk about having another one, or God will just set the path for us.
“Hey, girls, you ready to go spy on the guys and the kids,” Sam asks with a sparkle in her eyes. She loves to see the guys with the kids as much as us, especially when she watches Gator. A few times she’s teared up, not sure what that’s all about, maybe she’ll tell us her story one day.
“Let’s do it,” Bella says grabbing my hand. I seize Brook’s and Sam snatches Gigi’s on the way out of the kitchen.
It’s Thursday night, the girls and I are cooking like usual. We prepared three different kinds of meatloaf, potatoes au gratin, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, rolls and for dessert, apple pie and Boston cream pie. The guy’s requests for tonight and we made them from scratch. The food is in the oven baking, so we have a few minutes.
We quietly tippy toe to the media room, the door is open. As we approach we hear laughter and the twin’s names being yelled from the men. Sam and Brook make their way over to the other side of the door and Bells and I stay on our side.
We peak in and see the twins on the floor side by side and crawling forward. The guys are egging them on as the race towards Gio and Val waiting on the other side of the room.
Blaze is holding his little girl and in a cute little voice, he talks to Angel, yelling Lorenzo’s name. He’s in the lead hurrying over to his daddy. Hunter has Zander in his arms, shouting for Dominic to move his little tushie faster to get to his Uncle Val’s arms.
Hunter knows little Dom is special to me. I know that’s bad to say, I love the boys both the same, but Dom and I connected from the first time I held him in the hospital. I’m his Godmother too and Maddox is his Godfather. Ces and Gator are Lorenzo’s. We asked Bella and Gio to be Godparents to Zander.
We sit back and watch the boys race forward to the two big men waiting for them with their arms outstretched. Lorenzo is losing steam as he slows down and Dominic hurries forward.
I want to laugh, but before I do, I look at Bella behind me. When I see the bright, gleaming smile on her face, I can’t hold it back any longer and I let it out. The girls join me, and we laugh our asses off at the guys.
Finally, Lorenzo builds up his strength and races forward, with drool spilling out of his mouth, and a goofy smile on his face. He passes his brother getting closer to the finish line. Dom speeds up towards his daddy. The race ends with both boys making it to their daddy at the same time and trying to pull themselves up. Gio gathers both his boys in his arms and Bella pushes past us and through the guys. She falls to her knees in front of her boys and grabs the three of them in her arms. Still, with the smile on her face as she takes one of the boys in her arms so Gio can hold his family. Kissing them all on the head as Gigi makes her way over.
I walk over to Hunter and Brook makes her way to Blaze next to him. I see Sam bury her face in Gator’s neck. Hunter takes me in his arms with our boy. Blaze holds his girls in his arms with a luminous smile on his handsome face as he kisses Brook on the lips.
“Fuck, now who gets the money,” I hear Bash say behind us. These schmucks actually bet on the babies, who does that. I have to laugh, though cause only these handsome idiots would do that.
“Bash, you fuckers bet on my babies!” Bella screams at them astonished with the face to match. Then just like a bolt of lightning her face changes to a smile. The room fills with laughter.
“It’s all in fun, baby,” Gio says, hugging her closer and burying his head under her ear. I’m sure he’s whispering something naughty to her or he wouldn’t be hiding it from all of us.
“Lovey, it’s good for the boys to learn to compete. All boys do it,” Ces says to her. She laughs and looks at him. “Yes, I know, and they never seem to grow out of it either. You and my brothers are the worse,” she sasses at him.
My phone buzzes indicating it’s time to get dinner out of the oven. The girls and I leave the guys and the kids to set dinner out.
Once it’s all set we gather around the large table and enjoy a spectacular dinner with our family. Everyone has joined us tonight, except for Aunt Cindy. She needed a little vacation from us, so she’s actually in Chicago visiting Ricco. We were all shocked when she announced it, Gio the most. She’s an adult and a widow, so she can do as she pleases. I just hope she doesn’t leave us anytime soon.
Well, no one knows what tomorrow will bring, only God does.
As it is now, life is good and quiet, and I hope it stays this way for a while. I want to enjoy our family, all of them. Large families can be hectic to some degree, not ours, it’s welcomed. The more the merrier is our motto. Family fills your heart with the most blissful joy and love you will ever experience.
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