(MOTHER'S DAY - One Year Later)
When Jesse heard Dylan wake up on Mother's Day he quickly sprung into action careful not to wake Beca in the process. He turned off the monitor and closed their bedroom door as he walked out. As he walked into Dylan's bedroom, he said, "Good Mornin' Little Man!"
Rubbing his eyes, he said, "Mornin'...Where's Mommy?"
As he lifted Dylan out of his crib and said "Mommy's sleeping" as he walked over to the rocker where he sat and rubbed his back for a few minutes. Dylan was very much Beca's child, he was not a morning person at all. After rocking for several minutes, Jesse asked him, "are you ready to get that pee pee diaper off?" "Yeah..." he mumbled sleepily. Walking over to the changing table, he asked Dylan, "Wanna help me make Mommy a surprise?"
"Yeah...Mommy's prize."
As he put Dylan on his hip he said, "We have to be very quiet when we go downstairs so we don't wake Mommy...ok?"
"Ok Daddy." Dylan said putting his head on Jesse's shoulder, "I want milk."
"Ok bud, let's get you a sippy cup and make breakfast for Mommy."
Jesse fixed Dylan some milk and let him sit on the island...something Beca never let him do because she was scared he would fall. If she woke up and found Dylan sitting up there, Jesse was gonna get it...BIG time.
Jesse prepared a homemade Belgium waffle, fresh fruit and yogurt for Dylan which he munched on, while Jesse prepared the same for Beca. When he was finished he scooped Dylan up in one arm and carried the breakfast tray in the other. "Remember Mommy's sleeping so we have to be very quiet. We have to be sweet when it's time to wake her ok?"
"I be sweet to Mommy." Dylan said. Jesse entered their bedroom and put the breakfast tray on her hope chest at the end of their bed then he and Dylan crawled into bed with her. Dylan got right in Beca's face and gave her sloppy wet kisses on her cheek to wake her. "Mommy wake up." he whispered.
"I'm awake baby." she said.
"Me and Daddy make you breffess."
"You did?" she said pulling him in for a snuggle and kissing his cheeks.
"Yeah, we did...Huh Daddy?"
"We did." Jesse said reaching over to kiss her forehead before he got up to get the tray. Beca sat up as Jesse brought the tray to her side of the bed. She felt nauseous but tried to ignore the churning in her stomach hoping that if she ate breakfast it would help. Dylan laid back on the pillows with his sippy cup and watched Disney Jr. while Beca ate breakfast and talked to Jesse about the day. He noticed the faces she was making as she ate and asked, "Babe, you ok?"
"I have a headache and I'm a little crampy."
"I'm sorry. I'll take him upstairs and get him dressed so you can shower. Maybe that'll help."
"Thanks. I hope so."
"Come on little man, let's go get dressed."
Beca got up and took a shower when she realized, she was late. "Crap!" She hurried to get out of the shower and started digging in the basket in the cabinet beneath the sink. She pulled out a pregnancy test and ran to the toilet. When she was finished she put the test on the counter and got dressed.
"Oh my God!" she said when she checked the test.
"Babe...are you ok?" Jesse asked throught the bathroom door.
"Umm...yeah."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
"Ok...I'm going to let Laney out. Dylan is in our bed watching TV."
"Ok...I'll be out in a minute."
A couple of minutes later, Dylan started calling Beca. "Mommy...Mommy!"
"Yeah baby." she said through the door.
"Mommy...come out." Beca opened the door and Dylan immediately attached himself to her leg. "Hey baby." she said as she scooped him up. "Where's Daddy?" Dylan pointed to the patio door, "he taked Laney out."
"Let's go find him."
"Jess" she called as they walked outside. Dylan started calling Jesse as well, "Daddy! Daddy!"
"Hey" He said walking up behind her.
"Hey babe...ummm, I have something I need to tell you."
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah...better than ok." she said with a huge grin.
"Alright, well...what's up?"
"I'm pregnant!" she squealed.
"Oh my God! Are you sure?"
"Positive...I just took a test."
"Dylan you're going to be a big brother!" Jesse told him.
"Big brudder." Dylan said pointing to himself.
"The best big brother." Beca said squeezing her baby as he giggled.
"How far along do you think you are?"
"Five maybe six weeks at most."
"So...when do you think it happened?" he asked.
She winked and said, "the night of the MTV Music Awards."
Jesse smirked, "We did have a lot to celebrate that night."
"We sure did." She said as she pulled him closer for a kiss.
"Pretty soon we'll have two kiddos." Jesse said as he kissed Dylan's cheek and took him from Beca.
"Yep, things are definitely going to be changing around here."
"Maybe we'll give little man a sister."
"With any luck. Then we'll have one of each and be done." Beca smiled knowing full well she wasn't going to get off that easy because Jesse wanted a big family like he had growing up.
"Nice try...two is great but I'd like a few more than that."
"I know, I know but one at a time huh?"
"Mommy..." Dylan said as he reached for Beca. Taking him from Jesse, he tried pulling her tank top down to nurse.
"No, let's go inside and get you a sippy cup." Dylan put his head on her shoulder and started crying; it absolutely broke her heart. She weaned him two months earlier and he wasn't very happy about it at all. She thought she was doing the right thing by nursing until he was 18 months old but weaning him turned out to be way more difficult than she thought. She had never given him a bottle, she always nursed. He started using a cup at a year old but only for water or juice and now months later he hated her. "He hates me Jess." Beca cried as she handed Dylan back to Jesse and walked in the house.
Following her he said, "Babe, he doesn't hate you, he just doesn't understand." Jesse reassured her as he rubbed Dylan's back to calm him.
Beca handed Dylan his cup which he accepted. She kissed his tear stained cheek and he again reached for her. This time when she held him, he put his head on her shoulder and drank from his cup. "I love you my sweet baby. I love you so much."
Jesse pulled her into an embrace and kissed her forehead, "It's going to be ok babe, just give him some time. He'll adjust."
"I know but I honestly think it's been harder on me because I want to give in. I miss him."
"Babe, he's right here. He isn't going anywhere."
On Monday, Beca called Debi for an appointment. Debi told her she had an opening on Wednesday at 10 and Beca gladly took it. She texted Jesse the date and time of the appointment and asked him to let his assistant know he would be late.
When Jesse asked Tiffany, his assistant, to reschedule his appointments for that day she rolled her eyes and huffed. Tiffany was sent to them by a temp agency when his assistant decided two months earlier not to return to work after having a baby. Tiffany had a bad attitude and just wanted to sit in the office and look pretty. Because she was a temp she didn't think she should be expected to work and made it clear that she was only there to collect a pay check. For whatever reason, she took an immediate dislike to Jesse and was always ugly to Beca when she came by the office.
The next two days went by quickly. Beca was anxious to get to her appointment. According to her calculations, she should be due in mid to late January, but she really wanted Debi to confirm it.
When they arrived at the birthing center, Debi and Hope greeted them warmly. Debi couldn't get over how much Dylan had grown. Even though he had gone to all of Beca's post-natal appointments, Debi hadn't seen him since right after his 1st birthday which was 9 months ago. After catching up for a few minutes, Debi took them in one of the exam rooms. She asked Beca a few questions then put the doplar on her tummy to listen for the heartbeat. Beca didn't realize she was holding her breath until she heard the sweet sound of her little ones heartbeat for the first time. Debi then did a quick ultrasound just to determine Beca's due date.
"Well...everything looks and sounds good." Debi said. "You were right on target. You're 6 weeks 3 days and I estimate your due to be on or about January 15th."
"So, we'll see you in 6 weeks right?" Beca asked.
"Yes ma'am. Any questions?"
"No...this isn't our first rodeo." Jesse joked.
"Just remember that no two pregnancies are the same. So, if anything comes up don't hesitate to call."
"We won't." Beca said as Debi walked them out.