Chapter 30 ()

I stood looking down at my baby girl and I couldn't believe she was turning three years old today. It was amazing how much has changed in the past three years but I wouldn't change it for anything in the world. "Good morning, my birthday girl, can you wake up for momma?" I asked her as I reached in the crib and patted her back softly. She had refused to sleep in a toddler bed until her 'bubby' did as well and now that we were expecting our third child I could just imagine the arguments she could come up with.

I smiled as she moaned and stretched before rolling over and looking up at me with her bright blue eyes. "Momma, I peepee." She said as she held her arms up for me to pick her up. I reached down and scooped her up out of the crib before taking her to the bathroom since we were in the middle of potty training.

I smiled when I heard the telltale tinkle as she peed. "Good job, baby girl. You wanna go wake daddy while I get brother?" I asked her when I had zipped her pajamas back up.

She nodded and took off down the hall and into our room. I smiled as I heard her giggles echo from our bedroom making a detour into the kitchen for a bottle before going into Rylan's room. It still amazed me every day that he was a year old as of a few weeks ago but he was such a gorgeous baby with my hair color but his daddy's wildness and eyes. I walked into his room to see him standing up running his stuffed tractor round and round the top of his baby bed. "Mama, I hungry." He said as soon as he saw me. It was nice to know that he was a momma's baby since Mia was a daddy's baby. I wonder what the next baby will be, maybe a split of both. I was just over four months pregnant and we were super excited to find out what the sex of the baby is but we were going to have to wait until tomorrow since that is when our doctor's appointment was scheduled for. Dr. Foster was our doctor again and she was mildly worried about me going into labor this time around since last time it had sent me into a coma for almost a month.

I smiled at my handsome little boy as he bounced up and down in his crib in excitement of getting to run free. "Good morning, sweet pea." I told him as I scooped him up in my arms and laid him on the changing table to change his diaper.

He chattered between chews of his fist as I changed his diaper. He was a hungry boy and I had his bottle waiting for him. As much as I had wanted to breastfeed him again, Edward and I decided against it since I was so weak from being in the coma and all of the medications I was on during it. "Let's get you fed so we can celebrate sissy's birthday today." I told him as I settled in the chair beside his crib and popped the bottle in his mouth. He only got a bottle of milk in the morning the rest of the day he was on sippy cups.

He sucked the bottle down greedily and went right back to chewing on his fist which was his way of saying 'Mom I'm still hungry'. I laughed at him as I scooped him up and headed in the kitchen. I sat him in his high chair with some sliced banana, apricots, and cheerios along with a cup of juice. "Who wants breakfast?!" I called towards our bedroom.

I immediately heard feet running down the hall towards the kitchen before skidding to a stop right at the bar. "We do! We do!" Edward and Mia both said loudly.

I laughed at them and went about making chocolate chip pancakes with a side of bacon. "Alright. Love, will you put her in her chair and give her a cup of milk please? Her pancake is almost done." I told Edward while making silly faces at Mia who got a huge grin on her face at the sound of her favorite food.

"Absolutely, after we say good morning to the baby." He said as he knelt in front of me with Mia in his arms and raised my shirt up to show my protruding stomach. I was huge this time around for only being four months pregnant but I just shrugged it off.

I smiled as I heard them tell the baby good morning and that they couldn't wait to find out what it was so they could quit calling it and it.

Breakfast was always fun around here as Edward helped Mia eat while I helped Rylan eat but it was our time alone as a family.

As soon as I sat the first dish down in the sink there was a knock on the front door. I just knew that it would be Alice who had turned into party planner extraordinaire with all of the birthday's we had in this family. "Come in!" I called out to them as I rinsed the dishes and put them in the dishwasher.

"Where's the birthday girl?" I heard Alice call from the living room.

"Aunt B! Aunt B!" Brooklyn and Alyssa chanted as Alice fought with them to take their shoes off.

As soon as they were turned lose they tackled my legs. I picked them up and sat them on the bar so we could bake Mia's cake for today. I had turned out to be quite the cook and I normally had loads of help from all the children.

"Eddie! Eddie!" Colton and Jackson hollered once they were turned loose from their mothers grip.

Once all their shoes were tossed in the basket designated for the Whitlock family Alice came into the kitchen and collapsed into a barstool. "Why did I ever agree to have more children when these four drive me insane?" She asked as she rubbed her rounded stomach. She was four months pregnant also. We had found out days apart from one another and our due dates were three days from each other so it was very possible for us to have these babies together.

I just laughed and shrugged because I loved both of my children and I was loving being pregnant again so that all of our kids were close in age. "I don't know, Ali." I told her as me and the girls measured and mixed the cake together. Alice had wanted to do a big designer cake but I had put my foot down and been adamant that my kids would at least always have a homemade birthday cake because Esme had always made sure Jasper and I had one growing up. "Have you heard from Ma lately?" I asked her because I hadn't heard from them in almost two weeks and I was wandering if they were coming today or not.

They had bought a huge Motor home a few months back and were exploring the world with it. Last I had heard they were in Florida playing in the ocean.

"No I haven't heard from them for almost a month now. I hope they are enjoying their travels they deserve it after being stuck on this ranch all these years and not having a single day off." She said as she finger combed Mia's curls that were down past her shoulders now. "Can you believe we no longer have that stupid demand of Charlie's over our heads as we celebrate everything this year?" She asked quietly and so far off topic it wasn't even funny.

I nodded in agreement but went with it anyways. "You know, it's funny that Charlie thought he was ruining all of our lives by demanding we all stay here for such a long period of time but he has really only enhanced all of our lives for the better." I told her as I rubbed my baby bump gently thinking of all the positive things that have happened since Charlie had died over three years ago.

She nodded just as Edward and all the boys walked back into the room fully dressed for the day. "I could have sworn I brought them over in pajama's, Edward?" Alice said as she looked at her fully dressed boys.

Edward nodded. "You left their clothes from the other night when they got into the finger paint. Remember?" He said motioning to the boys who were running circles around his feet. "I'm gonna go take them for a ride. Is that okay?" He asked just as Jasper walked in the door in the kitchen causing the boys to run and jump on him.

Alice nodded. "Sound perfect, that way I can get some decorating done while Bella cooks with the girls. Have fun." She said as she walked over and kissed Jasper and their boys' bye and bid them to have lots of fun but to stay warm.

Mia's third birthday was just as big of a blowout as her first and second ones was but all the kids had fun and the house was ransacked so that is all that matters. Unfortunately it was just Alice, Jasper, Edward, and I along with our kids because Rose and Emmett's kids had contracted chicken pox and weren't able to come but they sent presents anyways.

As much as we wanted to find out the sex of the baby we couldn't because it was being stubborn like it's momma and refused to cooperate. So we decided on a neutral themed nursery with white walls and one bright green wall along with white and gray striped bedding and decorations. We also came up with a name that would work for both a boy and a girl and also started with an 'M' since we already had that theme going on, Morgan Harper Masen would be out newest bundle of joy in just a few minutes it seemed like.

"Baby, are you okay?" Edward asked as he wiped my forehead with a cool damp cloth trying to soothe me the best he could.

I scowled at him. "In no way is that a smart question, Masen." I snapped at him as yet another contraction gripped my stomach causing me to clench my teeth and grip the bed sheets tightly in my hands.

Rosalie and Alice chuckled from the other side of my bed. "Edward, you might want to watch what you say if you want your balls at the end of this." Rosalie quipped as she rubbed my protruding taught stomach soothingly.

"Bella, do you want me to get Ma again?" Alice asked as she patted my hand once I released the sheets.

I nodded and took a few deep calming breaths as I thought about the changes that the past three years had brought upon me. "I think it's time."

Morgan's birth was going to be a family affair and I wouldn't have it any other way.