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Post by Melimelo on Jul 31, 2006 15:48:36 GMT 10
"Going home" Part 1
Abby nervously dresses Jonah as Luka looks on... the buttons seem extra fiddly this morning and she can't quite fasten the last ones and she thows her hand up in the air in frustration. "How can we take him home today if I can't even dress him.." Luka smiles .... "Let me help you and then you can wrap him in his blanket.." Abby protests "Oh you think your giant man hands are going to do a better job than mine..." Luka rolls his eyes "My hands are not shaking as much as yours and I might be able to fasten quicker.....I know you are nervous Abby and so am I... we are taking our son home today..." Abby tilts her head to the side and smiles at Jonah. "I can't believe we are taking him home.... after all the drama of his birth and the last couple of weeks... I never thought this moment would come..." Luka cradles Jonah in his arms and gently rocks him and his eyes begin to close.... he carefully passes him to Abby and watches as she meticulously wraps him in a baby blue blanket. "Okay so now we can put him in the baby carrier and.... is there anything else we have to do Luka before we leave?" 'I don't think so ... I have signed all the paperwork and said goodbye to all the staff and we can probably just head downstairs." Abby sighs and bites her lip and takes one last look around the NICU and then follows Luka and Jonah out the doors, when suddenly a voice cries out "Hey Abby... " it was Kate one of the NICU nurses. "Your mother is on the phone... do you want to talk to her?" Abby stops and glances at Luka and turns back to Kate. "Tell Maggie we are going home ......all of us .... I will call her later and let her know all about it". Kate nods and heads back to the desk. Luka and Abby step into the lift and press the button for down. "You know when we get downstairs...... people are going to see us and we are going to get stuck here for another hour and It will be time for Jonah's feed and I still haven't really got that worked out ... and I really just want to get him home and........." Luka puts his hand on Abby's shoulder and pulls her closer. "I told them that we are coming and if they want to see us .... then it will be on the way out to the car...... they know how anxious we are to get him home and I think we will be fine. The lift door opens and Morris is standing there with a big fat cigar sticking out of his mouth. "So Luka... now the baby is going home .. how about we organize a celebration ..?" he wiggles the cigar in his mouth and Abby snatches it off him. "Gee thanks Morris .......maybe we will." she puts the cigar in the bin and watches Morris cringe. "That cost me $20 bucks Abby .... nice to see your woman has gone all kooky again Luka." Luka grabs Abby's hand and leads her out the doors before she can retalliate. "You are a parent now Abby ... you have to focus our child .... not that one...." They walk outside. Abby feels the fresh air in her face and and she breathes it in... finally they are going home.
to be continued......
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Post by hollygirl on Jul 31, 2006 16:04:02 GMT 10
Yay! Jonah is going home! Update soon!
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Post by jaana on Jul 31, 2006 16:58:16 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by Melimelo on Jul 31, 2006 22:42:21 GMT 10
"going home part 2"
Luka puts the baby carrier on the kitchen table and Abby looks at him funny. "Are you just going to leave him there to sleep?" Luka looks offended. "He looks so peaceful and I didn't want to disturb him...... I just want to sit and watch him sleep for a while" Abby sits down and rests her chin on her hands. "We have spent the last few weeks just staring at him Luka...... he is home now and we are still doing it.....when do you think we can stop?" Luka smiles at her. 'I will never stop watching him..... I am going to watch over him all the time...he is just so beautiful.." Abby scratches her head.... "So are we going to name him ....or are we going to keep his NICU name..?" Luka reaches for Abby's hand and squeezes it. "I have gotten used him being called Jonah and I think it is a strong name... let's keep it." Abby agrees.."What about a second name...?" Luka hesitates...."I was thinking of 'Michael' as a second name because it's my middle name.... but I thought that it might upset Neela." Abby shakes her head..."No ..... I think she would like it.... I like it too...'Jonah Michael Kovach'." As if on cue Jonah stirs and scrunches his tiny face up and Abby puts her finger up to her lips as if to signal Luka that if they be quiet ... he might go back to sleep. Jonah starts to cry and Luka picks him up and puts him over his shoulder and gently pats his back to soothe him. "There there little man....daddy's here...." Jonah continues to cry and Luka looks at his watch. "I guess he is ready for a feed..... do you want to try or shall we give him a bottle..?" Abby stands up and clasps her hands together..."I think we should go upstairs and try a feed in the rocking chair....if things don't work then I have some expressed milk in the fridge and you can organize a bottle." Luka follows her upstairs and hands her the baby as she settles into the rocker and tries to unhook her bra..."God these things are not as easy as they seem." Jonah fusses at first and doesn't want to attach and Abby becomes flustered as Luka looks on in earnest. "C'mon Jonah ...let your mummy feed you ..." Abby adjusts him into a different postion and tries again and rubs his cheek as she tries to get his mouth to open and attatch. "That's it baby.... a little bit more... that's it....Luka he is doing it , our baby is is doing it ... oh my god Luka I am breastfeeding... I never thought I would be any good at this ... but it seems like he is finally starting to learn.. that nurse was right... I just needed to relax." Abby looks down as Jonah gently sucks and draws out the milk and she is relaxed and content and she rocks gently in the chair. Unaware that Luka has left the room ...she is slightly startled as he re enters but doesn't flinch when he takes a photo. "I wanted to take a picture of this moment......you are so beautiful to watch when you are feeding him.... I had forgotten what it was like to see the mother of your child nursing and that special bond that it creates.... I want to catch every moment with him ...... all the precious ones." Abby is speechless..........she knew Luka was sensitive and caring...but this baby has brought out so many of his good qualities that she finds herself loving him more each day. "Why don't you set the camera up on the timer and take our first family photo ." Luka jumps up and immediately begins to configure the timer.. he puts the camera on the top of the drawers and checks the shot and then gets down close and and puts his arms around Abby and Jonah and waits for the flash to go off...
To be continued..
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Aug 1, 2006 0:07:41 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by lubyfan on Aug 1, 2006 0:40:21 GMT 10
Great updates!
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Post by *Natalie* on Aug 1, 2006 7:14:42 GMT 10
Glad they finally were able to take him home natalie x
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Post by Melimelo on Aug 1, 2006 20:02:45 GMT 10
"Yes"
Abby rubs her eyes as she gets out of bed... she glances at the clock it's 3am and Luka is not in bed. "Luka ...where are you ?" she calls him . 'Are you playing with the baby...?" Abby walks over to Jonah's room and she can hear Luka babbling in croatian and opens the door wider to see what he is doing. "Hey you two is this a private party..?" Luka is changing Jonah's diaper and turns to face Abby. "He peed on me..... I bent over to open a new bag of diapers and when I came back up he peed on me ..." Abby laughs ..."You should know to watch out for that by now ". Luka scoops him up and hands Jonah to Abby. "I am going to change my shirt... you can hold him.. but watch out because I think he still has a bit of wind." Abby puts him over her shoulder and rubs his back to coax any wind up...... Jonah slowly drifts off to sleep and Abby puts him back in his crib. "Sweet Dreams my little man...". Luka has his back to Abby and is looking for something in his cupboard when she walks back in the bedroom. "What are you looking for Luka..." He continues to move things around as she walks over to him. "I had a picture of my kids and Danjiela in an envelope and I can't find it.... I thought it was in here.." Abby opens a bag from inside a drawer. "Is this what you are looking for.." Abby hands him a picture frame and it has two sides ... on one side the picture is of his family and on the other side a picture of her and Luka with Jonah. "When did you do this Abby.... it's beautiful." Luka kisses her and admires the photos. "This photo was taken at the beach close to the place where I had proposed to Danjiela... it was very special to us." Abby hugs him. "Tell me how you proposed to Danjiela" Luka looks surprised and raises his eyebrows....Abby waits for his response. "I asked her to go for a walk on the beach and I had put the ring in my pocket and as we strolled along the beach I kept playing with it in my pocket .... we must have walked for ages before I had the courage to propose and I took a deep breath and went down on one knee and I asked her to marry me..." Abby studies his expression and sees the gleam in his eye. "What did she say?" Luka smiles "She jumped on me immediately and I fell backwards and she kept saying yes over and over and I lay there in the sand until she realised I couldn't get up unless she got off me and then I put the ring on her finger and we raced home to tell our parents." Abby bats her eyelashes at Luka and allows herself to lean into his body. "Yes" Abby repeats the word again."Yes" Luka pulls away from her "What ... what did you say..?" Abby clutches his hand in hers. 'You proposed to me the other night and .... I have thought about it and thought about it and I say yes...Luka I want to marry you ...."
to be continued.
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Post by charlieluby on Aug 1, 2006 20:42:41 GMT 10
Awww! So sweet!
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Aug 1, 2006 22:18:58 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by Maryna on Aug 1, 2006 23:13:11 GMT 10
update soon!
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Post by *Natalie* on Aug 2, 2006 6:04:57 GMT 10
Yeh!! Great chapter!
natalie x
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Post by Andie on Aug 2, 2006 6:19:10 GMT 10
Update again please!!!!!
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Post by Melimelo on Aug 2, 2006 18:43:00 GMT 10
"The fight."
Luka was so taken back by Abby's change of heart about getting married that he almost forgot to give her the ring. "I can't believe it..... finally we are getting married..... I have had this ring for ages and finally I get to put it on you " Luka produces a whitegold ring set with a small cluster of diamonds and places it on Abby's finger. "Will you marry me....?" Abby teases him and pulls her hand away. Luka frowns at her .. "C'mon Abby let me put the ring on and make it official.." Abby puts her hand out and let's him glide the ring on her finger. "It's beautiful Luka.... I really like it.......Um I need to say something though.." Luka suddenly feels his stomach drop..... what could she have to say and why does she look serious. "What is it Abby..?" Abby admires her ring in the light. "I want to marry you Luka... but I don't really want a wedding or a white dress... maybe something small ... like you, me and a celebrant." Luka shakes his head and heads to the shower. "Abby I'm having a shower ... It's too early too argue and I have to go into work early any way." Abby follows him "Its only 5am Luka you have plenty of time and I need to know that you are not going to plan some big surprise wedding and I don't find out until the last minute...!" Luka starts the shower and undresses. "I will marry you anyway you like Abby ... but wouldn't it be nice if my father and brothers and your mother and our friends could be there to see it ." Abby watches him get in the shower and gives up on talking and heads back out to the bedroom. Luka walks in wearing a towel and picks out clothes to wear and begins to dress. "I guess we can talk some more when I get home." Luka kisses Abby and heads downstairs to make breakfast and she rolls over and tries to ignore the urge to run downstairs and tell Luka she is sorry......maybe she needs to take some time to think about it. Luka prepares his coffee or "Turkish Mud as Abby calls it. Married or not married they are always going to have arguements, sometimes they just have different views and eventually find a way to compromise. Luka turns on the radio and finds himself listening to a song.
(Last night on earth -by Delta goodrem)
Its the last night on earth before the great divide My hands are shaking time was never on our side and there's no such thing as a beautiful goodbye As an ordinary day I prayed for you a thousand times It's never enough No matter how many times i tried to tell you this is love
If tomorrow never comes I want you to know right now that i I am gonna love you until the day I die If tomorrow falls asleep you can hold me first I'm gonna love you like it's the last night on earth Like it's the last night on earth
A penny for your thoughts a picture so it lasts Let's knock down the walls of immortality Your fingers on my skin only you can hear my fear Only you can help me heal I see forever with you
It's never enough no matter how many miles stand between us love
If tomorrow never comes I want you to know right now that I I'm gonna love you until the day I die If tomorrow falls asleep can you hold me first I'm gonna love you like it's the last night on earth It's never enough
The afterglow the horizon line The shadows fall Will you still be mine
If tomorrow never comes I want you to know that I I'm gonna love until the day I die If tomorrow falls asleep you can hold me first I'm gonna love you like it's the the last night on earth.
Abby appears on the staircase and stops halfway. Luka puts his coffee down and runs over to her. "I love you Abby and I don't want to fight with you" They hug on the stairs and hold each other until Abby pulls away first. "I want to marry you Luka and maybe we can just have a small wedding and I think I will be okay with that" Luka pulls her back in and thinks about all the years they have known each other and how long he has wanted this to happen......finally he and Abby will be married.
to be continued.
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Post by Maryna on Aug 2, 2006 19:24:27 GMT 10
update soon!
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