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Post by hollygirl on Jun 25, 2006 1:51:01 GMT 10
love it! update some more!
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Post by Rach :) on Jun 25, 2006 6:09:13 GMT 10
im luvin this soooooooooo much btw >:(upd8 as soon as
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Post by crazylubyfan on Jun 25, 2006 14:10:18 GMT 10
heres the update! ill try to update again tonight or tomrrow night! im a night owl, as you all can see. hope you enjoy!
Chapter 10: The Grand Tour- Part 2
“Wait, Abby! I forgot to show you the master bathroom!” Luka shouted as she walked out the door.
“Oh, ok.” She said.
Luka walked her to another door and opened it. Inside was the master bedroom. There was a nice, big, Jacuzzi tub, tiled shower, and two sinks. Of course there was a toilet too.
“It’s really cool, Luka! I can’t wait to take a bath in here with you!” Abby said to him, half laughing.
“Ok, let’s go see the babies’ room.” Luka said.
“Ok.” Abby replied.
Luka walked Abby to the room next door. He waited a few seconds before he opened it. When he finally opened the door, Abby said, “Wait, maybe we should get Shelly since it is her room.”
“Ok.” Luka said. Luka went down the stairs to get Shelly. Abby waited outside the door for them. When Luka got upstairs he said, “Are you ready?”
“Yeah.” Abby said.
Luka opened the door to the nursery and walked in. He motioned for Abby to come in and she did. The room was painted a pale yellow. There were two cribs, both wooden, a light wood color. One of the cribs had lilac and pink bedding and the other crib had light blue and light green bedding. They both had Pooh bear mobiles and they were on opposite sides of the room. There was a changing table right in between the two cribs on the wall you face when you walk in. The changing table was also wooden and it had drawers for the babies’ clothes. There was a closet on the wall opposite the changing table, it was the wall where the door was. It was pretty long and was pretty empty. They hadn’t bought much clothes yet. There was also a rocking chair for Abby, it was wooden with blue padding.
“Luka, it’s beautiful! But, how did you know to get two cribs?” Abby asked him.
“I didn’t…I had the second one delivered yesterday and I bought the bedding yesterday. I put it all together today.” Luka told her.
“Well, it’s amazing.” Abby said to him and went over to him and gave him a nice long kiss.
“Well, I’d show you more…but, I couldn’t finish the other two bedrooms or the den. It was too much work to finish in so little time.” Luka said, looking sad.
“Don’t be sad Luka,” Abby began, “it’s so amazing that you did all of this for us. It makes me so happy that you care so much about us…our family. I love you.”
“I love you too.” Luka said and he kissed her once again. “But there is one more surprise.”
“I wonder what that could be.” Abby said.
Luka led Abby down the stairs and into the living room. He asked Maggie to hold Shelly while he took Abby through the kitchen. When they were in the kitchen, he pointed to a door. It was a clear glass door. Through that door was their back yard. Luka opened the door and took Abby outside. Luka opened the gate of a fence. There was a big fence around the pool, so the babies’ couldn’t get in without them knowing. There was a nice big pool and a Jacuzzi tub attached to the pool. The pool got up to eight feet deep and it looked to be about 25 feet long. The pool area was concreted and tiled. Abby turned to Luka, “This is so amazing!”
“There’s more,” Luka said to her.
Luka walked Abby down the stairs to go by the pool, “We can control the temperature inside in the kitchen.” He said.
“Cool.” Abby said.
Luka took her hand and walked her past the pool and outside the fence to the other side of the yard. There was a huge playset for their kids. It had two slides two regular swings and two baby swings, monkey bars, and a cargo net to climb. “This is so cool, Luka! You went way over the top!” Abby said to him.
“It’s for our kids. They need to know how to have fun, too.” Luka said.
“Ok, why don’t we go back inside and give my mom the tour now and tell her that she could stay here?” Abby said.
“Ok,” Luka said.
Luka and Abby went back inside and found Maggie on the sofa talking to Shelly. Shelly was sleeping in her arms. “Mom, you can stay here with us if you want. There’s a bedroom down here for you.” Abby said.
“Oh, that would be nice, but I don’t want to intrude on you two.” Maggie said.
“You won’t be,” Luka said, “Please stay, you’re only staying for a week anyway, so It won’t be a big deal. It will be our pleasure.”
“Ok,” Maggie said.
“Why don’t we give you the tour now and you could put Shelly down in her crib?” Abby asked her mom.
“Ok, sounds good to me,” Maggie said.
Luka and Abby took Maggie on the tour of their new, huge house. They put Shelly into her crib and went inside the kitchen to get some coffee.
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Post by crazylubyfan on Jun 25, 2006 15:22:07 GMT 10
here's another update! hope you all like it.
Chapter 11: The First Night
Luka and Abby decided to go to sleep early tonight. They figured that they would have a long night ahead of them. Abby jumped in the shower and Luka knocked on the door. “Can I join you?” he asked.
“Sure, come on in.” Abby said.
Luka got into the shower and immediately put his arms around Abby. She turned around and put her arms around his neck and kissed him. “I was trying to make this a quick shower, but since you’re in here with me, I’m guessing we’ll be in here for a while. I hope Shelly doesn’t wake up.” Abby said.
“I love you Abby.” Luka said very much out of the blue.
“I love you too.” Abby said.
“Can I give you a massage?” Luka asked.
“Of course.” Abby said.
When they were done in the shower they got out and began rubbing lotion all over each other. They brushed there teeth and crawled into their new king sized bed. The sheets were so soft. Abby got in first and waited for Luka to get in before she lay down. When Luka got in, he lie down and Abby put her head on his chest. She smiled and looked up at him. He smiled back and gave her a kiss and said, “Good night, but I have a feeling it won’t be for long,” he looked at the baby monitor.
“Yeah, I don’t think it will be a good night,” Abby said, “but maybe she’ll surprise us. Maybe tomorrow Luka, can we go shopping? We still need a lot of stuff we didn’t get.”
“Yeah sure, but do you want to bring Shelly?” he asked.
“I guess so,” Abby said, “let’s stop at the hospital tomorrow morning and visit with Josh first, then we can go shop for what we don’t have.”
“Sounds good to me.” Luka said, and with that Abby fell asleep and he looked at the clock: 11:20. Then he fell asleep. Abby awoke to the crying of Shelly. She looked over at the clock: 2:30. She rolled out of bed and Luka looked at her, “Do you want me to come with you?”
“No, that’s ok, there’s really nothing you can do, you don’t have a breast full of milk do you? And besides, I need a breast pump. We don’t have one yet. It’s ok, Luka, just go back to sleep, you can have tomorrow night, well tonight really.”
Abby walked next door and went to pick up Shelly. She sat down in the rocking chair and rocked Shelly slowly. Then she unbuttoned her shirt and Shelly began to feed. When Shelly looked about done, Abby buttoned her shirt back up and lifted Shelly onto her shoulder and rubbed her back to burp her. She heard a little burp after a little while and said, “Wow Shelly, that was a big burp for such a little baby!” Abby rocked Shelly to sleep and then placed her in her crib. She repositioned the rolled up blankets around Shelly to keep her from moving onto her stomach. Then she half covered her up with a tiny Pooh bear blanket and kissed her forehead.
Abby crawled back into bed at around 3:00. She cuddled up to Luka and fell asleep. She hoped that she could sleep at least another three hours before Shelly got up again.
Abby awoke again, this time it was 4:00. “She can’t be hungry,” she thought to herself. Luka rolled over and looked at Abby again.
“I’ll come with you this time,” Luka said, “I want to see her.”
“Ok,” Abby said.
They walked next door and Abby picked Shelly up. She went over to the changing table and began to change her diaper when Luka said, “Let me do this one, I don’t think she’s hungry. Go back to sleep, don’t worry Abby. I’ll put her down to sleep again. Go get some rest because she will be hungry soon and then you will be needed in here.”
“Ok, thanks Luka,” Abby said. She went back to bed and heard Luka come to bed a little while later. He curled up next to her and with the sound of his breathing, she fell asleep.
Abby woke up and heard Shelly crying again. This time it was almost 6:30. She got up and went to the next room. She picked up Shelly and said, “You must be hungry sweetie.” Abby went to sit on the rocking chair and started to feed Shelly. Then she saw her mom in the doorway. “Hey mom.” Abby said.
“Hi Abby,” Maggie said, “Is the baby keeping you up?”
“Yeah, pretty much. Did you wake up because of her? I’m sorry.” Abby said.
“No, I didn’t. I get up every day at this time.” Maggie said.
“Oh, ok.” Abby said to her mom.
“I’m going to make some coffee, do you want anything?” Maggie asked.
“Um…I’ll come down in a minute and have some coffee. Thanks mom.” Abby said. The night was over…finally! Abby finished feeding and burping Shelly, then she went downstairs to talk and catch up with her mom.
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Post by jaana on Jun 25, 2006 16:11:52 GMT 10
Great updates!
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Jun 25, 2006 22:40:40 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by Rach :) on Jun 25, 2006 23:27:15 GMT 10
kl upd8
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Post by crazylubyfan on Jun 26, 2006 13:28:34 GMT 10
here's the update! enjoy! I'll try to update again tomorrow!
Chapter 12: The Visit
Abby sat down at the kitchen counter across from her mom. Abby though for a moment about what she should ask her mom. The she said, “So, how’s Eric?”
“Oh, he’s fine, he’s so excited that he has a nephew and a niece now though. He’s on his meds as am I.” Maggie said to Abby, answering all of Abby’s real questions. Abby looked at her and smiled.
“I’m glad, mom…I really am. I’m so happy that you finally know that you should be taking your meds. It makes me feel so relieved that you are taking them. Thank you for that.” Abby said.
“No Abby, you should not have to say thank you to me. I should be the one that says thank you. You were always taking care of me, were always there for me, I am so lucky to have such an amazing daughter. I really appreciate how much you’ve helped me grow. I used to not care, but you made me care, and I love you, Abby even though I may not say it much, I do.” Maggie said, her eyes filling with tears.
“Thanks mom. I love you too.” Abby said.
Luka came down the stairs and into the kitchen. He looked at Abby and said, “Rough first night?”
“Yeah, sort of.” Abby said.
“Why don’t you go get ready and we can go visit Joshua.” Luka said to her.
“Ok,” Abby said, “and we’re going shopping after that right?”
“Yes,” Luka said.
Abby got ready and then went into the nursery and got Shelly dressed. She put on a little pink onesie and pink pants. The she packed the diaper bag and brought Shelly and the bag downstairs. She put Shelly into her carrier and strapped her in and called out to Luka and her mom, “We’re ready!”
“Ok,” Luka said.
Luka and Maggie came out of the kitchen and Luka picked up the carrier. Abby carried the diaper bag and Luka walked out of the house just after he set the house alarm. Abby locked the door and followed Luka and her mom up the walkway and into the SUV. Abby sat in the back with Shelly and Maggie sat in front. Abby made sure Shelly’s carrier was secure and they were off.
When they got to the hospital, Shelly had fallen asleep. Luka pulled out Shelly’s carrier and walked through the ER doors. Right when they walked in Morris, Neela, Ray, and Greg all came over to see the baby. “Hey Abby! How are you feeling?” Greg asked her.
“Oh, I’m ok, just a little sore,” she replied.
“She’s so adorable,” Neela said.
“Our little ER mascot!” Morris said.
“Morris, will you stop saying that? She’s is not our mascot and Joshua won’t be your mascot either!” Abby said.
“Ok, momma.” Morris said.
“Morris…” Abby looked at him sternly.
“Ok, ok,” Morris replied.
“She’s so tiny,” Ray said.
“Yeah, she is, but she burps like Luka!” Abby said, laughing.
“Thanks,” Luka said, “well, ok, we should get going, we’re going to see Josh and then we have to shop for a few things.”
“Ok,” they all said.
“Bye guys,” Luka and Abby said.
They took the elevator up to the NICU and walked through the doors. They walked right away over to Joshua. He was off the vent, but he still had an IV going. Joshua was still very small. “Hello,” Andrea said, “how was your first night?”
“It was very tiring,” Abby said, “but, I’m glad to be here with Josh now.”
Abby sat next to Josh’s incubator, while Luka put Shelly down next to her. Maggie stood by Abby’s side and then Dr. Coburn came up to Abby, and said, “He’s doing much better, his breathing is good, but he’s a little jaundice.”
“He is?” Luka asked her.
“Yes, he is, but he should be fine, we’ll put him on that machine and put him under the UV lights to get rid of it.” Dr. Coburn said.
“Can I hold him?” Abby asked.
“Yes, you can,” Dr. Coburn said.
“Ok, thanks, you know this will be the first time I held him.” Abby said.
Dr. Coburn opened the incubator and took Joshua out, she placed his small body into Abby’s arms, and Abby began to cry. “He’s so tiny,” she said.
“I know, he’s about three pounds six ounces now, you should be able to take him home in about a week.” Dr. Coburn said.
“A week?” Luka said.
“I don’t think I can wait that long.” Abby said.
“I know it seems so long, but he needs to be five pounds, I guess we can make an exception for you two, but he needs to be at least four and a half pounds for you guys to take him home.” Dr. Coburn said.
“Ok, thank you.” Luka said.
“I’ll give you guys some time alone.” Dr. Coburn said.
She left and Luka pulled up two stools, one for him, and one for Maggie, and they sat down around Josh. Then after about ten minutes Abby asked Luka, “Do you want to hold him?”
“Of course!” Luka said.
Then Shelly began to cry. Abby figured she was hungry so she got up and got her out of her carrier. Abby sat back down in the rocking chair and began to feed her. Luka looked over at her and realized how much of a family they really were. He smiled as he watched Abby watch Shelly eat. They stayed in the NICU for another three hours and then decided to go out and get the rest of the things they needed for the nursery, and whatever else Abby needed.
Maggie said, “Why don’t you two go and I’ll stay here with Josh until you’re done?”
“Ok mom, we’ll take Shelly with us and then we’ll come back to pick you up after we’re done shopping.” Abby said.
“Ok.” Maggie said.
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Jun 27, 2006 0:00:42 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by strizzy on Jun 27, 2006 1:25:20 GMT 10
Great update!!!
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Post by Rach :) on Jun 27, 2006 1:32:19 GMT 10
gr8 upd8!
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Post by crazylubyfan on Jun 28, 2006 11:58:13 GMT 10
hey! here's the update! hope you like it! sorry it's kind of short! i'll update again tomorrow.
Chapter 13: Shopping Spree
“Actually Abby, I need to get a few things. So maybe I’ll just come with you guys first and then maybe after we come back Luka could drop me off at the hospital.” Maggie said as they turned to leave.
“Ok, mom. If you want.” Abby said.
Luka, Abby, Maggie, and Shelly got back into the car and drove to Target. Shelly was getting fussy, so Luka decided that he would just go around the block a few times to see if she would fall asleep.
Abby and Maggie went into the store and got a shopping cart. Abby walked the aisles and then she lost her mother. “Where could she possibly be?” Abby thought to herself. Abby continued to shop and got all the things she needed. She got a breast pump, pads for her bra, Avent bottles, bottle warmer, nipples for the bottles, a double stroller (pale green and pale yellow with Pooh), two swings (one lilac and one light blue), two Pooh highchairs (one lilac, and one light blue), some outfits for the babies, a couple of toys, and two big Pooh bears.
Abby went to the checkout, and she saw her mom there. Her mom was checking out also. The cashier was just about done ringing her up, the cashier said, “Two-hundred, fifty five dollars.”
“Mom, what did you buy?” Abby asked her.
“Oh, just some stuff for my grandchildren, and something for you and Luka.” Maggie said.
“You didn’t’ have to do that! You can’t afford all of that!” Abby said.
“No, I can, remember I have a job now, and I will do anything for you and my grandkids.” Maggie said.
“Well, thanks mom.” Abby said.
“No problem.” Maggie said.
Abby was next at the checkout. The cashier started ringing up all of Abby’s things and the workers had to bring the larger items. Abby’s total came to a whopping five-hundred and ninety-nine dollars. Abby paid with her charge card and the worker helped her bring the stuff out.
Luka met Abby and Maggie in front of the store and helped the worker unload all of the things on the cart and put it in the car. When they were done Luka got in and to Abby’s surprise, Shelly was sleeping. Maggie got into the front seat and Luka drove off.
Luka pulled up to their house and said, “Go inside with Shelly, this stuff is too heavy for you.”
“Ok.” Abby said. She pulled Shelly’s carrier up from its base and went down the walkway and into the house.
“I’ll help you Luka.” Maggie said.
“No, that’s ok.” Luka said.
“No, I’ll help. I’ll get the little bags with clothes and stuff. You just get the big items.” Maggie said.
“Ok, thanks.” Luka said.
By the time they had gotten back inside, and finished all of the unloading, Abby had already put Shelly in the crib, had the baby monitor in her hand, and was fast asleep. Luka kissed her forehead gently and started putting together some of the things. He was so happy that Abby was resting.
“I think I’m going to go back to the hospital, Luka. I think I know my way there. Does Abby have her car?” Maggie said.
“Oh, okay, why don’t you just let me take you?” Luka said.
“Well, if it’s not a burden on you.” Maggie said.
“No, not at all, anyways I don’t want to wake Abby up.” Luka said.
“Ok.” Maggie said.
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Jun 28, 2006 12:02:34 GMT 10
Great update!
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Post by jaana on Jun 28, 2006 16:45:17 GMT 10
Great update.
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Post by strizzy on Jun 28, 2006 22:25:25 GMT 10
Great update!
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