Your Lost Boy
Twenty-Five
The little bit of family time with Alex flew by quickly. He got to stay with me and our twins until the second week of January before he had to take off for the UK to start a couple of back-to-back international tours. Today, was Tom and Stella were going to be three months old. Alex was on the other side of the world being the rockstar father he was. And I missed him terribly.
"Hey Juli, how've you been," Jasmin greeted as I let her in. She visited often to check on me and help me out around the house with the twins. Plus baby Jack has taken a liking to my twins. I could see him being best friends with Tom when they're older.
"I've been good. Tom is still a fussy baby and Stella's still being fussy. Since Alex had to leave for tour, those two won't stop crying until I tell them bedtime stories from the collection Micah gave me," I told her as I rubbed my neck.
"Have you gone to the spa yet," she asked.
"No, the twins keep me busy. Along with Alex's skype calls," I told her.
"When the boys get home, Alex is going full on daddy duty so you and I can go out for a day of relaxation and no babies," Jasmin smiled.
When Jasmin left so she could take baby Jack home for his nap, Alex called in on Skype from just outside Perth which was the last Soundwave show. I had my laptop on the floor in the nursery while I rested Tom and Stella against me. His face when he saw his whole family was priceless.
"Well hello my loving family. How's everything been going since my last call," Alex asked, beaming at seeing our little twins sitting against me.
"We've been good. These two are sitting up on their own at last now. They're just growing up so fast," I gushed with pride at my smart babies.
"Hopefully they'll wait on trying to crawl until I'm in town during the spring tour. I don't want to miss out on their first crawl," Alex sighed.
"I'll be filming the memories for you if they crawl before you're home again," I told him.
I was in the living room with my little wonders when I heard the front door open and I saw Alex walk into the living room and collapse on the couch. He looked exhausted. I crawled over to the couch and kissed him softly.
"Hey how was tour," I asked. It was the end of July now and Alex was returning from South America.
"Exhausting. I missed you three," he sighed.
"Well they still aren't crawling yet. But I know they're close," I told him.
"I can see Stella got my messy curls," Alex noticed Stella long locks were everywhere as she sat up against her lounge pillow.
"Tom got it too but I combed his hair again five minutes ago and I haven't gotten to brushing Stella's yet," I replied.
"She looks beautiful like that. Just like you too," he smiled and kissed me again.
After being home for a week, we noticed that Tom and Stella are both starting to attempt crawling. I've been encouraging them to try along with Alex. But as Tom leaned forward this time, he got his knees under him. Then he put his right hand out first to lead his crawl. Before long, Tom had crawled to climb into my lap.
Stella started to crawl after Tom settled into my lap. She took her time as she made her way to her father who was helping me cheer her on. She climbed into Alex's lap settled in and started tapping on Alex's tattoos on his left arm. I think she admired the colors of the ink.
"They finally crawled. I was so impatient five months ago. I tried rushing them," Alex beamed with pride.
"I think they were waiting until they were both ready to crawl and for you to be home for a longer period before finally trying to crawl. I'm so proud of these two," I gushed with pride at my son and daughter finally crawling.
Now I was dread their days of walking since I know that I'll be chasing these two around the house. I also worried that some of the house wasn't safe enough for them to learn to walk. Then there were Baz and Peyton that would possibly knock them over and hurt them while they tried to even stand up. But when the time comes, Tom and Stella will walk like champs and make me and Alex even more proud.
"Hey Juli, how've you been," Jasmin greeted as I let her in. She visited often to check on me and help me out around the house with the twins. Plus baby Jack has taken a liking to my twins. I could see him being best friends with Tom when they're older.
"I've been good. Tom is still a fussy baby and Stella's still being fussy. Since Alex had to leave for tour, those two won't stop crying until I tell them bedtime stories from the collection Micah gave me," I told her as I rubbed my neck.
"Have you gone to the spa yet," she asked.
"No, the twins keep me busy. Along with Alex's skype calls," I told her.
"When the boys get home, Alex is going full on daddy duty so you and I can go out for a day of relaxation and no babies," Jasmin smiled.
When Jasmin left so she could take baby Jack home for his nap, Alex called in on Skype from just outside Perth which was the last Soundwave show. I had my laptop on the floor in the nursery while I rested Tom and Stella against me. His face when he saw his whole family was priceless.
"Well hello my loving family. How's everything been going since my last call," Alex asked, beaming at seeing our little twins sitting against me.
"We've been good. These two are sitting up on their own at last now. They're just growing up so fast," I gushed with pride at my smart babies.
"Hopefully they'll wait on trying to crawl until I'm in town during the spring tour. I don't want to miss out on their first crawl," Alex sighed.
"I'll be filming the memories for you if they crawl before you're home again," I told him.
I was in the living room with my little wonders when I heard the front door open and I saw Alex walk into the living room and collapse on the couch. He looked exhausted. I crawled over to the couch and kissed him softly.
"Hey how was tour," I asked. It was the end of July now and Alex was returning from South America.
"Exhausting. I missed you three," he sighed.
"Well they still aren't crawling yet. But I know they're close," I told him.
"I can see Stella got my messy curls," Alex noticed Stella long locks were everywhere as she sat up against her lounge pillow.
"Tom got it too but I combed his hair again five minutes ago and I haven't gotten to brushing Stella's yet," I replied.
"She looks beautiful like that. Just like you too," he smiled and kissed me again.
After being home for a week, we noticed that Tom and Stella are both starting to attempt crawling. I've been encouraging them to try along with Alex. But as Tom leaned forward this time, he got his knees under him. Then he put his right hand out first to lead his crawl. Before long, Tom had crawled to climb into my lap.
Stella started to crawl after Tom settled into my lap. She took her time as she made her way to her father who was helping me cheer her on. She climbed into Alex's lap settled in and started tapping on Alex's tattoos on his left arm. I think she admired the colors of the ink.
"They finally crawled. I was so impatient five months ago. I tried rushing them," Alex beamed with pride.
"I think they were waiting until they were both ready to crawl and for you to be home for a longer period before finally trying to crawl. I'm so proud of these two," I gushed with pride at my son and daughter finally crawling.
Now I was dread their days of walking since I know that I'll be chasing these two around the house. I also worried that some of the house wasn't safe enough for them to learn to walk. Then there were Baz and Peyton that would possibly knock them over and hurt them while they tried to even stand up. But when the time comes, Tom and Stella will walk like champs and make me and Alex even more proud.
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5/23/13