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Post by Mia on Dec 15, 2011 14:06:40 GMT -5
Naomi kept her eyes closed while Max spoke with his dad, giving him a sleepy nod when he spoke to her. Her breathing began to slowly even out then until she was fast asleep. A few minutes later, the nurse was leading Mia and Shane in, along with Arielle. "Dada!" She squealed the moment she saw her father, only to put her finger to her lips and go, "shhh" when she saw Naomi asleep. "How is she?" Mia asked, looking from Naomi to Max.
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Post by Tori on Dec 15, 2011 14:15:31 GMT -5
Max just laid there with Naomi, his thumb stroking the top of her hand for the silent moment that they had together for now. The next thing he heard was Arielle's squeal, causing his head to shoot back up, smiling wider when he saw his daughter, along with his mother-in-law and Shane. "Hey guys." he said, simple and quietly, glancing down at Naomi before looking up again. "She's fine, just really exhausted." he explained to them, noticing Arielle squirming in Mia's arms now, reaching her short little arms out towards her daddy. Max chuckled, not moving from his spot, but moving his arms out from around Naomi so he could hold Arielle in his arms next. "Hey, baby girl. I've missed you so much." he cooed, kissing her cheek.
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Post by Mia on Dec 15, 2011 14:20:26 GMT -5
"Awi miss dada." Arielle said, pressing her mouth to his cheek as well. Mia smiled a bit, going over to stroke her daughters cheek gently. Naomi stirred a bit but didn't wake, instead pressing herself even closer to Max. "It's good that she's asleep then. What happened? Do you know why the baby came early?" Shane, who had been standing quietly against the wall this whole time perked his head up, looking around the room. "Where is the baby? Is he okay?" He asked.
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Post by Tori on Dec 15, 2011 23:26:30 GMT -5
Max grinned wider, hugging Arielle closer, glancing back over to Naomi and Mia then with a nod. "Yeah, she deserves a good rest. After all she's been through, she needs it." he said, furrowing his eyes at the first question asked. "Um...we're actually not exactly sure at the moment, but to answer Shane's question, the nurses did take him to one of the incubators to do a few tests just to be sure he's still healthy despite his size and all." he explained, looking down at Arielle as she began cooing for attention. "Whewe baby bwotha, dada?" "You're baby brother is in another room right now, Ari. You'll see him soon though, don't you worry." Arielle nodded, laying her head back on Max's chest again, looking back at her sleeping mommy whilst sucking her thumb.
Soon enough, Toni arrived in the room with his niece Lauryn, but also David and Brooklyn not far behind. "David? I..I thought you were busy getting your band together.." Max said, his eyes wide with shock. "Well, I couldn't put down the moment of seeing my little nephew for the first time!" David shouted in quiet tones seeing Naomi was asleep. "Ari!" Brooklyn squealed, at the first sight of her cousin who merely started squirming in her daddy's arms again until she got freed onto the ground, nearly tackling down Brooklyn for a hug. "So, where's the baby?" Toni piped in, curiously. "He's getting tested in the other room in an incubator the nurses have him in. They'll be calling us in one by one real soon hopefully."
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Post by Mia on Dec 19, 2011 17:41:06 GMT -5
Mia looked over at her daughter again, gently sitting on the bed next to her. She stroked her hair again, sighing lightly. "It's probably because of her appetite...or lack of." Shane moved a bit closer to the bed, his eyes showing concern. He turned to the door when Max's family walked in, moving back against the wall with his arms crossed.
Not too long after, the nurse walked back in with a clipboard in her hands. "Mr. Tanner?" She glanced at Naomi before looking back up at Max. "May I talk to you for a moment?"
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Post by Tori on Dec 20, 2011 1:30:45 GMT -5
Max nodded, regretfully. "Unfortunately, that could be it." he frowned, looking down at his sleeping wife before up again at his own family who seemed to be enjoying each other's company of just being there. Lauryn, Toni's niece, couldn't stop jumping up and down repeatedly asking her uncle where the new baby was. Arielle and Brooklyn were laughing and playing in a corner together, and David was pretty much by Max's side the entire time, that proud smile stuck on his face.
Then the nurse had called Max in. He got up, careful not to wake Naomi, and headed into the other room with the nurse where baby Matthew was laying in the incubator. "We're thinking the baby is going to need to stay here a couple more days. Due to his size, and how early he came, its pretty difficult to see how healthy he is right this moment. He's not fully developed, to be technical. Does that make sense." Max nodded at everything the nurse had threw at him. He did understand what was going on. He was concerned and afraid for the baby. What if he wasn't healthy? What if something was wrong? There was no way he could tell Naomi if something was wrong with their baby. She would probably have a heart attack!
After seeing his newborn son for a while, Max returned back to the room where his family and wife waited. The nurse had told him that only the parents and maybe grandparents would be able to see the baby, due to what and how much was going on back there. Which sucked, cause he knew David and maybe even Shane would want to see their nephew. "Hey guys.." he greeted back with a small wave, not showing too much enthusiasm in his voice. "So..the nurse said that only me, Nai, and Mia and my dad could see the baby." he took a breath, closing his eyes for a moment before reopening them again. "And they're gonna have to keep him here for a couple extra days for some tests they gotta do. They say he's still pretty undeveloped and its hard to tell how his health is at the moment." he paused again, looking at every face in the room before giving out a soft sigh. He noticed Lauryn pouting a little bit. She really wanted to see the baby, giving how much she loved babies. Max was just really anxious to see Shane's response, really.
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Post by Mia on Dec 20, 2011 17:55:56 GMT -5
Mia watched as Max left the room, sighing softly and turning back to her daughter, who had shifted a bit from Max moving away. It was pretty quiet in the room, save the girls playing in the corner. It wasn't long before Max was back though, giving them the news. Mia nodded lightly, standing. She wanted to see her newborn grandson. "Why can't we go?" Shane demanded. He didn't really want to see the baby, but being Shane he felt like he needed to ask anyway. "It would probably be too much commotion for him. Stay in here in case Naomi wakes up." Mia said lightly. Shane didn't answer, instead turning away to look at his still sleeping sister. Mia went and followed the nurse out of the room then to see Matthew.
Shane waited until everyone was gone before going over to sit on the bed with Naomi. The movement caused her to shift, and then she was blinking, looking up at him. "Shane?" "Hey sis. Sorry I woke you." Naomi rubbed her eyes, turning slowly onto her back. "When did you guys get here?" Shane shrugged, glancing at the clock. "Dunno. A while ago. Mom and the others went to go see the baby. How are you?" "Sore." Naomi bit her lip. "He's so little Shane. What if something's wrong with him? It would be all my fault." Shane quickly shook his head when he noticed tears filling her eyes. "I'm sure he's fine Naomi."
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Post by Tori on Dec 20, 2011 21:39:29 GMT -5
Max led his father and Mia down the hall and into the other room to meet the baby; leaving David to watch over the little ones, and Shane to watch over Naomi.
Back in the baby room, Max was the first to get up close to the tiny baby lying in the incubator while all covered in wires and such. Max pulled on the gloves he was handed from the nurse in order to get a feel for his newborn son. "Hi, Matthew." he greeted the baby, stroking the baby's tiny arm down to his fingertips, grinning wider when the baby responded back with a grasp on Max's finger. "I bet you know who I am, huh?" he chuckled lightly. "I'm your daddy. And...and your grandpa, and grandma are here with me too." Max turned to face his father and Mia; Toni stepping up closer to give Matthew a small wave. "Hey there, Matt." Toni had said quietly with the widest smile he could give to him.
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Post by Mia on Dec 27, 2011 14:17:58 GMT -5
Mia watched the men talk to the newborn baby before following suit, pulling on some gloves and walking over to the baby. "He's so tiny." She breathed, stroking her finger down his leg to his tiny feet. "He could fit into the palm of my hand." A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door and then Shane's face rounded the corner. "Hey, uh, I know I'm not supposed to be in here but, uhm, Naomi is awake."
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Post by Tori on Dec 29, 2011 20:29:01 GMT -5
Max nodded. He felt like he could cry from how tiny his son was, but he didn't. He knew it wasn't Naomi's fault, nor his. Though he did take some responsibility over it. If only he'd contact with Naomi more often than he did, if only he'd help Naomi with her lack of eating a lot sooner...it was too late now, and he already knew what was the cause of Matthew's lack of size and weight was. He turned then, hearing Shane's voice. His frown stayed put as he nodded over to him, and led his father and mother-in-law back into the room where Naomi laid awake in bed. "Hey Nai..." Max mumbled out, crawling back in bed cuddling next to her again, and pressed a soft kiss on her temple.
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Post by Mia on Jan 1, 2012 17:43:35 GMT -5
Naomi looked up as she heard everyone coming back into the room, wincing a bit as Max climbed back into the bed with her. "Hey." She said, looking up at him. "How is he? Is he okay?" Shane had lingered behind in order to look at his nephew. He was so tiny, Shane had no idea someone could be so small. He frowned a bit, gazing down at the baby with a sigh.
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Post by Tori on Jan 2, 2012 1:07:26 GMT -5
"He's fine. He's...well, he's tiny, but he's doing just fine." Max reassured Naomi, kissing her on the cheek this time, just as softly. That's when he noticed Shane wasn't back yet. He looked around the room, but no Shane. "Hey, David. If you want, I'm sure they'll let you see the baby. I'm pretty positive Shane snuck into the room anyway." David nodded, leaving the younger kids to the other adults, except Lauryn, who wanted to see the baby too. She kept begging Toni to let her see the baby. "Come on, Laur, you can see him with me."
David wandered over in the other room with the little eight year old by his side the whole time. As soon as they spotted Shane next to the incubator, Lauryn was the first to press her nose against the glass in awe. "Hey, Shane." David greeted, patting a hand over his shoulder. He looked down at the tiny baby too, and was of course just as excited but also shocked to see how small the baby really was. "Wow..he really is tiny." he mumbled under his breath, his tone showing some worry in it.
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Post by Mia on Jan 2, 2012 2:13:47 GMT -5
"I'm glad..." Naomi bit her lip. "Hey, Naomi. I'm gonna head home." Mia said then, walking over to her daughter and kissing her gently on the forehead. "I'll be back first thing in the morning. Get some rest, alright?" Naomi nodded and watched as her Mom went to grab Arielle, bringing her back over to Naomi. "Say bye bye to mommy Ari." "Bye..." Arielle gave a tiny wave, causing Naomi to smile lightly. "Bye baby. Mommy will see you tomorrow." After Arielle got a chance to say bye to Max, Mia turned and left out of the room. She didn't worry about Shane, she was sure he wouldn't want to leave anyway.
Shane looked up after hearing David's greeting, replying with a simple "Hey" before turning his attention back to his nephew. It bothered him that Matthew was so small, and that Naomi was so tired. It was the same thing that had happened all those years ago... Shane shook his head, going to sit in a chair and placed his head in his hands. This can't happen all over again...
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Post by Tori on Jan 2, 2012 13:46:43 GMT -5
Max nodded to Mia, saying his goodbyes to Arielle and kissing her gently on the forehead. "Yeah, I should get going too, Max." Toni added in. "I'll grab Lauryn on my way out." he added in, Max nodding again. "Alright, see you later, dad." Max gave him a quick hug before letting them out of the room. All that was left in the room now was Max, Naomi, and Brooklyn who just sat in the corner. "I wanna see the baby too." she pouted to her Uncle. "Alright, Brook, I'll go ahead and take you in there. You're daddy should still be in there anyway." he told her, although, right as he said that, David came back in telling Brooklyn the same thing. "That's alright, Max, I was coming back to get her anyway." he grinned, holding out his hand for Brooklyn to grab and headed back out of the room. Max grinned wider. "Well, I guess we have the room to ourselves again." he kissed her cheek.
David returned back to the room with Brooklyn bouncing on her toes all the way there. He picked up his daughter in order to see her new baby cousin in the glass box. "He so tiny." she murmured at first sight of him. "Yeah he is..." David said, frowning with worry again. He noticed Shane sitting on the other end of the room looking even more worried and scared, but he decided to not bother him, for he looked like he could use some time alone anyway.
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Post by Mia on Jan 2, 2012 13:59:59 GMT -5
Naomi gave a small nod, pressing closer to Max. "Mhmm..." She shifted a bit, wincing and looking up at Max. "I hope Shane's okay..." She knew about what happened with his girlfriend, she'd been there when it happened. And she knew her situation was similar. Naomi couldn't imagine what could be going through Shane's head.
Shane glanced up as he heard more people walking in, but he didn't say anything since they didn't say anything to him. He just continued to sit by quietly, millions of thoughts running through his mind. He tried quieting them down, but it wasn't working very well.
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