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The first time you hold your newborn is amazing, and I’m looking forward to it.
Sarah just wants the baby out.
She’s not sleeping well and is exhausted. I don’t even know how she’s going to cope with giving birth. But if there’s one thing I know about my wife, it’s that she’s a fighter and one of the toughest women I know. If anyone can pull this off, it’s her.
She’s been out with Jeni today doing the girl thing—shopping—and I think they each got a manicure and pedicure or some beauty shit like that. Who knows? But I told her to have a fun day and to buy whatever she wanted.
I’m making her favorite meal tonight, and I plan on pampering her. I’ve got a month off work starting yesterday, so I expect to spend every minute I can making Sarah as comfortable as she can be.
I light a couple of her favorite scented candles and put them up high so Ethan won’t be tempted to touch. My little guy is sitting in the living room watching cartoons and generally behaving himself which is a good thing. I guess now that he’s five and a half, he’s not as much work. Just turn on the television and you’re set for at least one hour before he gets bored.
“Daddy, I’m hungry,” he calls out from the living room.
Guess my hour is up!
“Okay, buddy, we have to wait for Mom to get home, and then we’ll have dinner, okay?”
Ethan sticks out his bottom lip in disapproval, to which I can’t help but laugh. He’s picked up that little trick from his mother.
“It’s not funny, Dad. I’m shrinking away here,” he states, making me laugh again. Sometimes kids say the weirdest shit, and you wonder where the hell they get it from.
Then I think, probably from me. I chuckle at myself.
“You’re shrinking away, are you?” He nods his head emphatically. “Right, well, we can’t have that, can we?” Ethan shakes his head and smiles knowing he’s won. He’s just like Sarah, I can’t say no to him.
I turn toward the cupboard as he runs over and pulls out a packet of Oreos. He smiles brightly and sticks out his hand.
“Right, only a couple before Mom gets home. Don’t need you filling up on snacks before dinner.”
“Thanks, Dad,” he mumbles.
Sarah will probably kill me for giving him a snack. I turn around and continue cooking my chicken curry. I’ve made it extra spicy as they say it can help bring on the baby. Plus, my kid is a legend, and he loves spicy food. I stir the pot as I hear the front door open with a fit of laughter from Sarah and Jeni. Even though I saw Sarah this morning, I’ve missed her today.
Man, I’m whipped!
I try to look busy in the kitchen to hide the fact that I’m desperate to see Sarah, and she walks into the kitchen with Jeni carrying a shitload of bags.
I look at her and laugh. “I said you could buy anything you want…” I wave my hands around at the bags, “… not the entire department store.”
She rolls her eyes as Jeni giggles. “Just so happens that anything I want was everything in the department store,” she replies with a smirk. She walks over, stretching up to kiss me quickly.
“Did you have a good day?” I ask.
“Sure did. Jeni made me laugh so hard at the salon,” Sarah chuckles.
Jeni glares at her with that ‘don’t you dare tell Chris’ look.
Bad move!
That will only egg Sarah on, and I know she’s definitely about to tell me. “She wanted her pubes waxed into a love heart for her and Aiden’s anniversary—”
“Shut up, Sarah!” Jeni shrieks.
I don’t know why she’s shocked, she knows as well as I do that Sarah’s a blabbermouth. “Shh… Jeni. So anyway, she’s never had a wax before.” My eyebrows rise as I look at Jeni, who’s blushing relentlessly. “She’s a shaver,” Sarah tells me, explaining my unspoken question. “You should’ve heard the swear words coming out of her pretty little mouth. The whole shopping complex probably
heard. She was all ‘fuck this shit’ and got off the table with her panties around her ankles and a half a love heart waxed on her vag…” Sarah starts laughing hysterically. “Funniest. Shit. Ever!”
I smirk at Jeni, knowing she’s majorly embarrassed, but I decide to make it worse because I’m an asshole like that. “So, now you have half a va jay jay covered in pubes and the other half is nicely sculptured. Yeah, Aiden’s going to love that.” I chuckle, she scoffs then laughs.
