All I manage to find is a Winterfest Tree with decorations. Unfortunately, there are no holiday reefs, rugs, or festive table centerpieces, so this will have to do. I’ve done my best, I just hope that Me-Me likes what I did outside.
She enters the house and seems happy to see the tree.
Kai: I’m sorry I didn’t find many decorations. I guess my grandparents weren’t very big on holiday celebrations.
Melisa: It’s okay. We’ll just have to buy some of our own stuff over time.
Kai: How was your first day at work?
Melisa: It was good, but I – *sudden bout of nausea* I’ll be right back.
Me-Me hurries to the nearest bathroom. I feel so helpless to help her through the sickness.
Despite throwing up moments ago, Me-Me returns changed into her regular clothes and ready to decorate.
Melisa: *nostalgic* This was a very special part of the holidays as I was growing up. My family and I would always get together to decorate our holiday tree.
Kai: Our trees always seemed to be already decorated. It makes me wonder if ma just purchased them that way.
Melisa: Maybe she decorated them while you were asleep, as a surprise.
It’s possible. I wouldn’t put it past ma, but I prefer to do it this way – with my wife.
After some time standing on her feet decorating, Me-Me begins to feel tired. She’s ready to sit down and watch TV. My grandparents hung the TV too high up on the wall for some reason. I take a moment to mount it in a better spot, then finish up the decorating myself. I may be helpless when it comes to helping her through the rough parts of being pregnant, but there are little things like this that I can do to make things just a bit better for her.
After completing the tree, I head to the kitchen to test my newly learned cooking skills. I decide to try out an easy mac and cheese recipe that Chef Hailey pointed out to us on a cooking website. I follow the steps closely and hope for the best.
It actually looks edible, and I couldn’t be more excited. Other than my spoon getting stuck for a moment – there are no mishaps, and it’s soon ready to eat.
Me-Me gets up to grab a plate, although I offer to get it for her. She pauses at the window.
Melisa: It looks like we’ll be getting a white Winterfest this year. We always had snow during Winterfest in Newcrest.
Kai: Yeah, there’s been flurries all day, but it’s not sticking yet.
I give her a plate before she can make it to the kitchen. Then we sit down on the couch to eat.
We don’t talk much, but that’s the nice thing about Me-Me. Just having her next to me is enough. I feel close to her, whether she’s feeling chatty or not.
Our chance to talk comes later when we’re relaxing in bed.
Melisa: I learned the name of another star today.
Kai: You did? Let’s hear it.
Melisa: There’s Castor – it’s part of the Gemini Constellation.
Kai: You’ll have to point it out for me – when the weather is nice again.
Melisa: Okay
Kai: How are you feeling – about this pregnancy?
Melisa: Tired – all I wanted was a nap the entire time I was at work.
Kai: Yeah, I figured that. But how about emotionally? Do you feel ready for this – for us to become parents?
Melisa: I don’t know. There are moments when I’m super excited; I even started trying to come up with some names today. But then the excitement fades away, and I begin to feel scared. I’m nervous about the body changes. Giving birth terrifies me, and what if I don’t know what I’m doing when the baby is born?
I thought I was the only one that felt that way. But this is my chance to be here for her, so I keep my thoughts and feelings to myself. She continues…
Melisa: I wish my mother were here. I want to ask her how she managed with triplets. I don’t know what I’ll do if we have multiple babies. It can run in the family, you know?
I know, and it’s something that I’ve tried to work my way around as well. But what bothers me the most is that her parents live so far away. And I feel like it’s my fault that we live here.
Kai: You can always call her up. Once we break the news, I’m sure they’ll visit as much as possible.
Melisa: I know, but they have lives and careers of their own. They can’t just hop on a plane at a moment’s notice.
She’s right, and our plans of ways we could bridge the gap suddenly feel so naïve and unrealistic.
Kai: We’ll make it work. Everything will fall into place when the time comes.
Melisa: They already have. I don’t mean to sound negative about any of this. It’s all mostly just silly pregnancy hormones trying to steal my joy. Despite any fears and concerns, I’m happy that we’re having this baby – our baby. And that’s all that matters.
I repeat what she says, partially as a confirmation for myself.
Kai: Yep, that’s all that matters.
Me-Me shifts and gets up under the covers.
Melisa: I need some sleep. Goodnight, Kaby – *rubbing her belly* and little, Kaby.
Kai: Goodnight, Me.
I repeat it to myself one more time because Me-Me is right. The two of us and our baby, here together- that’s all that matters.
(Generation 3 Chapter Summaries)
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