Rebecca turned and looked at Shawn as she swung her legs over the table and sat up. “Are you sure you’re okay with this baby?”
Shawn laughed and took Rebecca’s face between her hands. “What could be better than two babies that are a part of you? I love you so much.” She kissed Rebecca and then said “Hurry up and get dressed! We have two times the shopping to do now!”
They left the doctor’s office a few minutes later. Rebecca was on her cell phone calling her mom and Shawn was dialing Sam.
“Sam! Oh my God Sam, we just left the doctor’s office. What? No, nothing is wrong. Hush and let me talk! We are having twins!” Shawn laughed with joy. “No, I’m not joking. A boy and a girl, isn’t it fantastic?”
They both hung up the phone as Shawn parked in front of large baby store. They looked at each other with enormous smiles. “I can’t believe this. I can’t believe we are having two babies. I am so excited I want to tell the whole world!” Rebecca was glowing with joy. “I never thought I’d have a child and now I’m having two. I never thought I’d be with you either and now here you are with me and we are having two babies!” Tears formed in her eyes.
Shawn reached out and brushed them from Rebecca’s cheeks as they rolled down. “Rebecca, I am so glad that I pulled my head out of my ass and realized that you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. We have so much to look forward to and I’m not going to waste another minute worrying or letting someone else’s issues burden me. I love you. Now let’s go shop for our babies!”
The two strolled through each and every aisle, looking at everything possible. “Wow, I had no idea there were so many things we would need. It’s a little overwhelming!” Shawn said as she picked up a pacifier. “Seriously, who knew there were so many different sizes and shapes of pacifiers, not to mention whether they are silicon or whatever this other material is. How in the world do you know what to choose?”
Rebecca smiled. “Well, the important things we will research and see what’s best. It’s not like we both aren’t obstetric nurses, we can figure this out. I know what you mean though. Look at all these different types of bottles and nipples. And if I breastfeed, we have all these different pumps to choose from.”
Shawn laughed. “Maybe we should focus on the big things first like cribs, bassinets, car seats, strollers, etc. Maybe we can get a few small things today and keep track of other things that we like by taking pictures of them so we can add them to our registry when the time comes.”
“I love you and your organized mind you know that?” Rebecca kissed her quickly. “Let’s start with cribs and bassinets, then go from there. We can get those picked out so they can be delivered to the house, unless you’re too impatient to wait and want to load them in the back of the Armada?”
“I think maybe we should have them delivered. We have to get the room painted before I can put anything together or it will just be in the way.” Shawn came to a stop in front of a dark colored crib. “Do you like the white, light or dark colors?”
Rebecca did a 360 looking around at all the different colors of wood for cribs. “I think I’m partial to the darker ones like the one you’re standing in front of.”
An hour later they had picked out cribs, dressers, mattresses, bassinets and moved on to look at car seats. “Do you think we should just decide what we want and leave the rest for the registry?” Rebecca asked as she inspected infant car seats.
“That’s probably a good idea. We can always go buy anything that people don’t get for us later.” Shawn smiled as she watched Rebecca’s face. “Let’s pick out a few more things and take pictures of them so we remember what we liked, we’ll grab a few small things to buy today and then let’s go get some lunch.” She pulled Rebecca close and kissed her. “I have to make sure my baby mama has enough to eat.” She laughed as Rebecca rolled her eyes at the term.
They both jumped when they heard a voice behind them. “Excuse me. I don’t mean to intrude.” They turned to see a middle aged gentleman standing behind them. “I was hoping you could help me. I’m trying to find this for my son and his husband. I’m not having much luck.” The man held out a printed registry page to them.
Shawn took the page and glanced at the circled item on it. “I think I just saw this stroller on the other side of this aisle.” She said as she walked around. “Yep, here it is. Your son and his husband have great taste, this is a cool stroller.”
The man chuckled. “When are you two due? My grandson is due next month.”
Rebecca smiled. “Congratulations. It sounds like you’re excited. I have fifteen weeks to go yet, well that is if I make it that far. We just found out today that we are having twins!”
“Well congratulations to you both! And thank you for helping me, I appreciate your kindness.” The man said as he pushed the car away with stroller box teetering awkwardly on top.
The two finished picking out a few small items to buy in celebration and headed towards the checkout. Shawn looked down at the tiny onesies she held in her hands, one pink and one blue. “This makes it feel so
