"Ahhhh." I screamed in complete and utter pain. The sweat was falling down my face in pools. I was so tired I could fall asleep right now. 

"Ugghh." I screamed and gripped the sides of the bed. This pain is unbearable, "Ahh." I screamed louder this time.

"Push Issy." The doctor said to me.

"I'm pushing." I shouted with anger. "Ahhh."

"push." Says the doctor again. I've been in labour from early last night and now it's late evening. I don't know how women do this so often.

"Push Isabella." The doctor said. 

I felt someone hold my hand and I looked quickly and saw Mariano smiling encouragingly at me. "Push baby, you can do it." He cooed to me while rubbing my hand soothingly.

I sucked in a deep long breath and made one big push screaming in pain "AAHHGGG."

"I can see the head, push Isabella." Said the doctor again.

My breathing was heavy and rugged. I felt like I would pass out any second now. I made one more big push that took all my strength away and then I heard crying.

I fell back onto the bed gasping for air. The loud crying of my baby boy filled the room. My eyes began to close and the crying began to sound distant.

"You did it baby." Mariano said and that along with the distant crying was all I heard before I fell asleep.

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I opened my eyes and looked around the room I'm in. I saw Mariano sitting in the chair holding our baby boy.

He was staring at our baby with the most love I've ever seen. I relaxed a little and watched them together. 

He looked up and saw that I was awake and brought my baby to me. He gently rested him on my chest as I lay there looking at him. I looked down into his eyes that were wide open, he has Mariano's beautiful eyes.

There was a knock at the door and the doctor walked in.

"I see you're up." She said smiling.

"Yeah." I nodded.

"Have you thought of a name for him?" She asked looking at my son.

I looked over to Mariano and he nodded at me.

"Yes, we have," I smiled down at him then looked back to the doctor, "his name is Alessandro."

"What's his full name?" She asked.

"Alessandro Isaac Marquise Adalardi."

"Interesting name." She said.

I smiled down at my llittle boy who was staring at me with the slightest interest.

The doctor exited the room and left the three of us alone.

"Hey little man, I'm your mommy." I said to Aless with a big smile on my face. He looked at me and smiled, as if he understood what I had just said. 

Then out of nowhere he started to make up his face, he began to cry.

"Here, let me take him." Mariano said reaching for Aless, "You should get more rest." He continued.

I nodded and watched as he spoke to Aless softly asking if he's hungry. I smiled at that.

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"Everyone is eager to meet Aless." Mariano told me from the front seat of the car. I came out of the hospital today and I am excited to go back home. Aless is now 2 days old and is looking as adorable as ever. He's asleep in his car seat. He was dressed in a onesie that Mariano bought for him. It said 'ofcourse I'm cute look at my mommy'. He bought him a bunch of onesies like those. My personal favourite is the one that says 'Mommy's new man'.

Mariano pulled up at the gate and it opened. He drove down the long driveway and stopped infront of the house. 

"I have surprises for you." He said turning around to look at me in the back. 

"Surprises? With a 's'?" I asked raising an eyebrow.

"You'll see, but first let's give our parents some one on one time with their grandson."

"Our parents?"

"Yup."

I smiled and exited the car so fast I think I got whiplash. I rushed inside the house and was greeted by my parents and Gabby.

"Mom, Dad, Gabby." I hugged them all in a big family hug. 

"Hey baby, uhm, where's my grandson?" My mother said as soon as the hug ended.

"Right here." Mariano walked in holding Aless in his car seat. He walked over and placed the car seat on the couch. Aless was still sound asleep.

"Omg, he's so adorable." Gabby cooed.

"He's so handsome." Said my mom.

"Finally, someone to play catch with." My father said.

"Not for now dad, he has a few years." I said laughing at my dad's comment.

"I can wait."

"Mrs. Marse I'm gonna show Isabella the surprise now." Mariano stated.

My mom smiled mischievously and replied, "Ofcourse, I'll watch Aless."

"It's time for surprise number 2." Mariano took my hand in his and led me outside to the car.

We drove for a while until we pulled up to a gate. There was a security guard there and he came to the car. Mariano took a card out and showed it to him. He nodded then went to open the gate. We drove into a beautiful community, when I say beautiful I mean beautiful. 

"What are we doing here?"

"You'll see." He smiled. 

We drove further into the community, then we stopped at a gorgeous house. In the front yard there was a for sale sign that had 'sold' stamped onto it. Mariano parked in the driveway and took key from his pocket. We exited the car and walked up to the front door. He opened the door and I stepped into the beautiful home.

"I bought a house for us." He said.

My mouth was hanging to the floor. I turned to him and ran into his arms and hugged him. " I can't believe you did this."

"Yes, I did this." 

After I released him he handed me a card. I looked at it, it had my picture on it and the name of the community and some other things. "You'll need to show that to the guard to get inside, so try not to lose it." He said.

"Okay."

"Let me give you a tour." He said.

After the tour I loved the house even more. It has four bedrooms incase there are anymore children. One of the four bedrooms is turned into a nursery for Aless, there is enough space for him to grow up comfortably. It's not too flashy and it's just right for raising a child. The backyard is big enough for him to play in when he's older. That's good.

"I love this house." I said. "And I'm glad there isn't a pool in the yard, even though there is a pond."

"Yeah, I thought of that. But there are about three pools in the community. They're community pools, and there's a park." He said.

"Oh. So, when do we move?"

"Whenever you want to."

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"Hey there little man, you're awake." I said taking him from his crib. He smiled at me and it melted my heart. "Yes, you know your mommy don't you." I spoke in a baby voice.

He flashed his little hands about and it hit me in my face. I laughed. He made little sounds as he continued to flash his hands.

"Okay, mow I think you're trying to hit mommy on purpose." 

I walked out of the room holding Aless close to me. "You've been sleeping for a while, you must be hungry baby." I said as I walked into the kitchen. I saw Abigail in there and she rushed over and took Aless from me. 

"Hey handsome." She cooed.

I smiled and sat on the stool and watched Abigail with him. After a while he began to get fussy and Abigail handed him to me. I breast fed him until he started to fall asleep once again. 

"Eat, sleep, poop. That's all you do." Abigail said jokingly.

I laughed.

When he was fully asleep and stopped sucking, I took him back to his crib then I finished packing my things then started packing his.

There was a knock at the door as I was folding his clothes.

I turned around and saw Mariano walking in, "Oh, you're home." I said and he kissed my forehead.

"You're still packing I see."

"Yup."

He sat on the bed and began helping me to fold Aless' clothes.

"I'm done packing. So, what did Aless do today while I was gone?"

"He slept, then he pooped, then he ate, then he slept again and then he ate, then he pooped again and stayed awake for a while then went back to sleep then I fed him a little while ago and he fell asleep again."

"repeated cycle." He laughed.

"Yeah, oh and he hit me in my face." I said and then laughed.

We were finished packing his stuff after a while and then we stayed in the room with Aless and watched a movie.

"Tomorrow is moving day." Mariano said.

"I can't wait."

The movie was interrupted by loud cries. I sighed and was about to get my baby but Mariano stopped me. "I'll get him, just relax." He said and then got out of bed.

He picked him up from his crib and checked him diaper. "He needs to be changed." He said.

I was about to get up but Mariano once again stopped me. "I got this." He stated.

I held in a laugh, "Okay baby, you got this."

He placed Aless on his changing station and took off the dirty diaper and wrapped it up. He looked confused as to what to do next.

"You have to clean him." I said.

"Yeah, I knew that." 

He took the baby wipes from the drawer and began to clean him up. When he was done, he tried to put on the diaper. 

"You look like you're struggling." By this time Aless was no longer crying.

I took over from Mariano and put the diaper on my baby. 

"There you go booboo, you're all clean."

He made little sounds in response. 

We kept him on the bed with us as we continued to watch the movie. He jsut laid there staring at any and everything.