"Let me guess , this was Dude's and Crystal's doing. " Astila looks at her and grins .
"Yep and Brayden was a little drill Sargent telling them exactly how many balloons they needed in each bundle. He reminded me of your Uncle giving orders. Wait till you see how he insisted the girls set the flowers. " Aisling did not need to wait long when the house came into sight . There was a rainbow in the front yard made up of flowers. And on each side of it was a white clouds of white roses. Aisling gasps at the sheer number of plants. Looking at her cousins when they get out of the car she asks.
"What am I to do with all of these flowers?" Eva tells her.
"We are going to plant them. Moll and Maureen's house needs a few plants and since you were pregnant you didn't get to plant your garden quite as big as you normally would so you have lavender, white and red rose bushes, calendula, butterfly pea flowers , marigolds, assorted herbs. We thought that it would be fun to give you some medicinal plants along with some that help keep pests away. We all know that you prefer your flowers and plants to have multiple uses and not just be pretty. "
Debra rolls her eyes at her cousin and tells her. "You don't have to make it sound so sarcastic, I loved my lavender sachets when I was pregnant. I always had a good sleep when I used them. "
Eva's eyes got big at the accusation that she was being sarcastic she quickly was trying to explain.
" I wasn't meaning it that way , I was just saying that we chose plants and flowers because of her preference. I even researched their different benefits so that she would have a use for them. It was meant to be thoughtful." Seeing Eva's dejected look Aisling just gives her a hug and tells her.
" we would like you to meet our daughters the names they will go by until they can choose for themselves is Lotus Grace and Liliana Sage, Uncle John is holding Lotus and Aunt Charlie is holding Lili. I know that they are not the most perfect names but I just could not think of them being anyone different from Lotus and Lili after calling them by those names for so long. So we had help with choosing their names uncle John said Grace from my mom's middle name. Sage is Astila's mom's middle name. So I hope that you all will love our girls like we do." Aisling looks at uncle John and he says the blessing over both the children, and dinner so they can eat. Charlie keeps Lili refusing yo give her up to anyone. She asks Remi when are Yona and her going to give her a beautiful dark baby. Remi looks at Yona and wonders if she should say something. Aisling seeing her hesitation taps her glass.
"Now I know that everyone came to celebrate the homecoming of our daughters but Remi has an announcement. " winking at Remi Aisling dits back down to give Remi
all of the attention.
Remi gives Aisling a I'm going to get you look and makes her announcement.
"Yona and I will be having a baby in Late October early November, before everyone starts counting I am close to six months pregnant. I will be going on bed rest as of tomorrow till the baby arrives. Crystal has already named to baby she has been calling him Alex. It is confirmed that we are having a boy . I know I'm taking all of the fun out of all of the things we normally do . I thought since I won't be allowed to do much it's better to just have a baby shower closer to time and leave it at that. I will leave the details up to my mom and the others." With that she sits down and places her head on Yona's shoulder. Charlie is so excited she starts planning with Aisling immediately, HeJin looks at her husband knowing he will be ready to leave soon but not wanting to. Steve glances at his wife he knows that it has always been hard on her not having a child of her own. He knows how much she adores his nieces, so he will leave the decision up to her. Astila's offer isn't going anywhere so they have time.
Charlie goes over to sit with Remi she wants to know more about why she is going on bed rest.
" Remi what is wrong that you need to go on bed rest?" Charlie watches her daughter closely so she will know if she is hiding something.
"I have been spotting since getting pregnant that is one of the reasons that I didn't think I was. Moll says that the placenta isn't attached well or that the blood supply is not in a normal position. So bed rest it is if I want to have my baby. I want this baby mom, I want to give Yona his son. He loves Crystal so much but I know he wants a child of his own. He is a wonderful father and he deserves to have a child that looks just like him. " Remi tells her mom with complete honesty and sincerity. Charlie holds her hand and tells her.
"You just let me know if you need anything, you know for being so far along you have not gained anything . Not even a small round of you me belly? Did Moll say anything about that?"
Remi let's her know yes and yes she needs to gain weight . Yona has decided that she is to eat every two hours hungry or not. Charlie chuckles at that and goes to get something to drink. Aisling comes to sit next to Remi.
"I think auntie Jin wants to stay till the baby comes, she has that worried look on her face. Having her here is a Godsend she is so good with babies. Especially since Salalali is leaving again soon." Remi nods and asks Aisling.
"What is it exactly do you and Yona know?"
Aisling's decides to tell Remi.
"Yona and I were sent into the future to save Salali and Randy's child. She will be born with a gift she will be able to predict anything that has to do with numbers and luck. They were in New York and she was taken by a man who heard her guessing the lottery numbers and was correct every time. He wanted to use her gift to get rich but he was also someone who liked little girls. So Morrigan came and sent us about five years into the future. If my calculations are correct she will be announcing her pregnancy not long after she gets back on the toad with Randy. Salali told me Crystal has already told her she will have a baby girl before next Easter. Isn't it scary that even with her powers bound that she still has gifts . I think we will need to start training her soon on how to use her gifts and to conceal them. If not she could be in some serious trouble." Aisling looks across the lawn at the little imp, wondering exactly what she is going to have to face in the future.
Remi lets her know .
" I already told Yona that we need to talk to Morrigan and to start teaching her when and where it is ok to show her gifts. That little imp told me that we were going to have seven children before she was twelve. I was terrified at the thought. She laughed so hard at me that she nearly peed her pants. I was so relieved that she was just pulling a prank. Could you imagine me with seven children."