"Wren baby, he's not going to come back any faster if your keep staring out the window"

I leaned next to my little bat, pressing his cheek against the window, propped up on the armchair. His breath would fog up the glass every few seconds and he'd whine and wipe it away, only to fog it up again.

He was waiting for David to come back, excitingly with Louis. He surprisingly agreed to come to our party and wren was ecstatic. Last time he was here he made wren promise to stop being so good and wren was all too happy to tell Uncle Lou all his best work, sometimes with the help of his partner in crime.

"Buh I wanna see Uncuh Lou!"

"You will baby, but how about we get you dressed first, or are you attending the party in just your diapy"

Wren turned, showing his blushing face between the gaps in his fingers, now plastered over his face in embarrassment. He nodded and made grabby hands, bashfully looking down.

I swung him around as I picked him up, tickling under his chin to get him all smiley again. Carrying him off to the nursery, I asked my baby bear what he wanted to wear.

"I wanna wook pwetty"

"Any colours in mind baby?"

"Dunno"

He nuzzled into my neck and I patted his little padded butt.

"I'll make it easy baby, don't worry"

I gently set wren down on his tummy on the fluffy rug with his blocks on them, and he got right to playing. I opened both doors of the overflowing wardrobe and scanned till inspiration struck. Finally after a bit I pulled out some ideas.

"Wren, dada needs some help"

I kneeled infront of wren, who before was banging two blocks together to make a sound, giggling to himself. He leaned on his elbows and babbled, looking up at me.

"I cans helps!"

He said excitedly and I smiled.

"Well would you rather wear a dress or some pants today"

Wren got a bit bashful again and whispered.

"D'ess"

"Good choice baby bear, you look so pretty in dresses"

Wren giggled whilst I scooped him up. Carrying over to the changing table and sitting him down, I quickly checked his diaper and found it not too wet.

"That'll last you, won't it itsy bitsy bat"

Wren blushed a little again and I chuckled.

Scanning through wrens wardrobe for a nice party dress I found an adorable little dungaree dress, with kitten faces stitched into the pockets, deciding to pair it with a long sleeve white onesie.

"How's this baby?"

"Boo!"

"That's right, such a smart little boy"

I slipped the onesie on him and did up the snaps at the bottom. I pulled the dress over his head before added a few hair clips and two cute little socks.

Wren babbled and clapped his hands.

Next, wren picked out his pacifier. Opting for the special 'wren' one, I pinned it to his dress with a blue paci and marvelled at my little boy. I sighed.

"You're so sweet wren, I think I might just get a toothache"

Wren put his fists to his cheeks and shook his head from side to side, blushing and babbling. I awed and cooed over him some more as I carried him back to the sitting room.

Wrens bouncer and playmat had been put away to make a bit of room so I instead sat him back at the window seat, this time in my lap. I ran my fingers through his hair, relaxing him.

"Dada?"

"Yes baby bear?"

"Can whenny haves some wed milk?"

I instinctively cooed and he nuzzled into my neck, gripping my 80s print shirt with his fists.

"Course baby-"

I made a little cut on my neck, took out whenny's pacifier and held him to drink. Wren latched onto my neck whilst I hummed an old favourite song of mine, murming bits of the words.

"Oh he lives ina house..badadadadah..in the country...."

We weren't waiting too long until the familiar car pulled up in the driveway, wren ironically not even noticing as he was too busy suckling at my neck

I took wren off my neck and he whined before I pointed towards the two coming in the door. Wren squealed happily, scooting off my lap and waddling to the door with his hands outstretched to balance himself.

Louis smiled and bent down upon seeing wren. Wren quickened up and jumped at Louis.

"Hey squirt, how's it going? I heard you went and got turned. Are you a little vampire now?"

"Yah yah, am wike daddy and papa now.. Papa!"

Wren squirmed and wiggled about it Louis hold. Louis took the hint and let Wren down, to toddle off to David.

"So Ricky how's it been for you?"

"Its been hectic to say the least but right now we're doing alright. Wrens come so far, look. Wren sweetie-"

We looked to the other two in the room. Wren was in David's arms, pacifier dangling on its clip, chewing on David's fingers. David wiggled them around while wren snapped at them like a tiny piranha.

"You wanna show uncle Louis your special powers"

Wren beamed and started chanting.

"Ya ya ya!"

David set him down and wren toddled to the nearest wall. He looked to me and I nodded encouragingly, wren smiled again and began scaling the wall. Louis mouth hung open as wren reached the ceiling and he began to crawl around up there.

We all watched as he dropped down into David's arms in a fit of giggles, David not being as impressed.

"That was very good princess but you know there's no dropping down like that when your climbing, you could've hurt yourself"

"Buh Papa catch me!"

Wren said as if it was the most obvious thing.

"But what if papa didn't catch you?"

Wrens voice began to quiver as his pouty bottom lip did too.

"Why papa no catch me?"

David sighed and handed Wren off to me.

"Bubba you know thats not what I meant, just give me one second I'll be right back"

David kissed his forehead and walked off in the direction of the nursery.

"Well I for one would like to see this one climb a wall again, highly entertaining"

Louis cheered wren right back up and he was immediately back on the walls and ceiling, with me running around like a firefighter with a trampoline to catch him if he decided to do a jump.

David came back out and wren reached out with one hand to him.

"Papa catch!"

David frowned a little but still walked over to wren.

"Ok bubba, drop down"

Wren fell into David's arms and giggled as David nuzzled his face, when suddenly david swiftly slips two mittens over his hands.

"No! Papa no gwove"

Wren cried and weakly pushed at David's shoulder. David bounced and shushed him.

Louis nudged me

"What's with the gloves?"

"Oh- we used to have wren wear them to stop him hurting himself, then fidget toys proved to be more effective for that end of things, but then we found a new use for the gloves. Wren can't grip the walls when he's wearing them"

David continued what I was saying.

"Uh huh, no unsupervised climbing"

David brushed wrens hair with his fingers, wren now calmed down, sucking his paci on David's shoulder. Wren squirmed a little.

"Buh I wanna cwimb, ih's cool"

"Just for the party bubba, if you're real good, I'll take them off"

Wren huffed and burrowed back into David's shoulder.

Until the party started Louis kept wren occupied, or more wren kept Louis occupied by showing him every toy in the nursery, while me and David set the last few things up.

Specifically the old barbecue on the deck. David was craving meat so I, ultimate grill dad, decided on doing a barbecue. This has also led to plenty of 'meat' innuendos that David was practically begging me to stop. It was very fun.

The plan was, I would grill and we'd eat my varied grilled meats and such inside in the sitting room, probably with chat and I predict a kids movie in the background.

"My truest form... grill dad. This is going to be fantastic"

I hugged my ol reliable spatula. Daddy hugged me and the spatula from behind.

"And my greatest rival, that godamn spatula"

David tried to grab her out of my hands and I whapped him with spatula.

"Don't you dare"

We were cut off by the doorbell going off.

"Dowah!"

I heard wren yell. I skipped off to the door as David intercepted the toddling wren as he also tried for the door. Louis slipped in and onto the couch, David occupying the seat next to him.

I opened the door to Andrew and jam. Jam held Andrew's hand and dragged him in before Andrew could even say hello.

"Hold your horses jamjam, wrens not going anywhere"

Wren wriggled off of David's lap and met jam halfway. Jam let go of Andrew's hand and tried, key word tried to pick up wren. Wren squealed and they both fell over all giggly. Suddenly jam tensed up and hugged wren protectively. He whispered into wrens ear something I didn't hear.

"Dats uncah lou!"

He addressed Louis

"Uncah Lou, dis jammy. They my partnah in cwime!"

Wren told Louis excitedly.

"Wow buddy that's really cool"

Louis laughed a bit, as did the rest of us. Jam however was not convinced by wrens brief explanation of the new scary man in our house, and sized up Louis and looked him dead in the eye before spitting out.

"Fuff you"

"Jamie!"

Andrew rubbed his temples as Louis began to laugh, trying to stiffle it but failing horribly as jam went bright red. They obviously didn't intend the lisp, it just slipped out, poor baby.

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Jams daddy bent down next to them and spoke quietly.

"Now I'm hoping I didn't hear what I think I just heard"

Jam whined and kicked a bit as they were taken up into Andrew's arms.

"That's your second strike bambi. Don't push it"

I popped my paci back in my mouth (having to use both hands cause of the dumb gloves) and crawled back towards papa, wanting to escape the situation.

Papa picked me up and I rested against his chest, tuning out jams daddy and uncle Louis introducing themselves and the apologies for jams 'potty mouth', and just looking up at Papa's face. Papa smiled at me and I zoned out for who knows how long until I felt papa stand.

"Well be right back guys"

I whined, why were we leaving everyone? Sure I was zoned out but it was nice. Papa bounced me.

"Just a quick changie bubba"

I blushed hard, and papa carried me into the nursery. I whimpered and waved my arms around to show my discomfort as he changed me, until I was handed bearemy, who calmed me right down.

"Papa"

"Yes princess?"

"Beawamy says take da mih'ens off. He- he tink dey stoopid"

"Well I think bearemy would want you listen to papa, wouldn't he"

Wren huffed but nodded as I picked him back up.

"I'll take them off later bubba, you just keep up the good behavior. And later you can show jam and Alex and everyone your super cool powers"

Wren smiled and hugged me tight.

"Thankies papa"

The doorbell went again, I pointed and yelled out of the nursery to make sure Papa noticed, just like I did with uncle Louis. Papa chuckled and carried me out to party, really getting going now that Alex and Sarah had arrived.

I watched from Papa's arms as Alex ran around all hyper, while Sarah lay face down on the couch and groaned. Daddy outwardly laughing at his sister.

"Hi Uncle Ricky! Hi Jam! Hi Mr Jams Daddy! Hi Mr Louis! Hi Uncle David! Hi Wren!"

She giggled and ran around the couch maybe 5 times before Sarah spoke through the it.

"Alex sweetie, cool it down a bit"

Alex jumped on top of her, making Sarah let out an 'oof' sound. She turned onto her back and struggled to hold the squirming toddler still.

"Ricky, if you couldn't tell Alex is a bit hyper. Where can I release her?"

"Here-"

Daddy composed himself, walked over and opened the back door. Sarah let go of Alex and she shot out the door. I giggled a bit and daddy smiled at me

"Wren, sweetie you wanna play outside with Alex?"

I nodded and Papa set me down. Daddy took my hand and walked me outside. Andrew followed behind us with jam fussing quietly on his shoulder.

Alex was already on top of the slide and going down. She giggled wildly and ran over to me, pulling me away from Daddy and into the grass. Andrew set down jam and he ran after us.

Daddy and Andrew moved up to the porch to keep an eye on us, while laughing over Daddy's big metal postbox, no idea what it does but I saw daddy hugging it earlier so I must be special.

I played chasing with Jam and Alex but jam and I could never catch up with Alex, she was too damn fast.

"Babies can' catch me!"

Jam whined and stomped their foot, I too not being too of called babies(though a quick glance at me and jam would prove her statement all too accurate). I waddled over and whispered in their ear a master plan.

I hid under the slide and and jam laid down in the grass. Alex ran by and I jumped out and grabbed her legs and Jam sprang up onto her back. Alex screeched and fell over, hard. I was a little scared she'd start crying but instead Alex was laughing her head off.

She threw an arm around us both and squeezed us in her iconic death grip hug. I let out a strangled giggle while jam tried to thrash out of Alex's grasp. They were unsuccessful as Alex giggled harder.

I thought we would've been trapped forever until I heard Andrew coming over.

"Hey alex, can you let go of the babies"

Alex pouted but released us and jam huffed, covering their face in embarrassment.

"M'noh a baby!"

"I know puppy"

Andrew kissed jams forehead

"Oh wren- your friend's here"

I gasped "Finny!"

I pulled myself to my feet and stumbled off, just overhearing Andrew reassuring jam while bouncing them on his knee.

"I'm sure he's gonna be nice jam, no reason to get so fussy"

I toddled over to the porch where Papa lead out Finn and his papi. I waved enthusiastically and finn grinned and let go of his Daddy's hand to run over to me.

"Heya wren"

"Hihi Finny! Come 'ere, chu see mah fweinds"

He followed me over to Jam and Alex, Andrew supervising. I turned back just to check where Daddy and Papa were. Daddy had temporarily abandoned the metal postbox and was talking with finns papi in the doorway, Papa having returned inside. It's not fun when I loose track of them, I just feel a little better knowing where they are.

"Guyses dis is finny, he weawwy nice an um- dis Awex, she my cuznin an an- dis Jam. They is non binawy! Theys cool"

Jam smiled a little and Alex bounced on her toes. Finn nervously waved.

"Cool um... what are we playing?"

Alex bounced higher

"Chasin!"

Jam frowned

"Can we play sometin else?"

Alex deflated a little but nodded. When she suddenly got a lightbulb.

"We can pway house!"

My face dropped, I hated playing house. I was always the baby, which meant I was more sitting there doing nothing than playing.

"I can be da mommy, finn be da daddy and wren n jam be da babies!"

She beamed after presenting her perfect idea. Aparently jam, just like me did not think that was a great idea.

"Noh! Dats dumb"

Andrew intercepted before jam got too heated.

"Jam that wasn't very nice thing to say, you wanna try that again?"

Jam flushed a tiny bit.

"Oki.. I don weally wanna pway house"

I spoke up

"Ya I don wanna either"

Alex got deflated again as we shot down her second idea. She let out a sad "oh" and I panicked a little bit, not really knowing what to do as Alex looked down sadly.

"How about hide and seek?"

Finn suggested and everyone jumped at the idea.

"Ya! Hide n seek really good!"

Alex seeked first, which cheered her right up. Sadly I was found first, but no biggie, then jam, then finn. Next up Finn searched. He immediately found me which was a bit annoying but anyway, then Sarah, then jam.

The cycle continued with everyone always finding me first so I never got to be seeker, irking me a bit.

"Found you Wren!"

Jam yelled and pulled me out from under the slide again, first again. How was this happening, whenever I play with daddy and papa, they take ages to find me cause I've got really good spots!

I sat on the grass and waited for jam to find everyone else, pouting a little.

Soon enough everyone was found and brought back for another round, Andrew continuing to watch, leaning on a slide.

When suddenly a voice came from behind me

"Ooo ooo ooo we playing hide and seek? I wanna play too!"

Out of nowhere, Daddy's friend Donna appeared behind me. I screamed as she spooked me and she profusely apologised. I just giggled cause everyone else was too.

Donna squatted down next to us.

"Hi everyone, for those who don't know, I'm Donna, wrens Daddy's bestest friend... apart from wrens papa of course!"

From that, everyone just sorta excepted Donna as apart of the group, especially Alex who went straight for her hair.

"Pretty colours"

Donna laughed

"Hey kiddo!"

I heard yelled from the deck, I turned to see Kai and Emma waving at me. I waved back, happy that they wanted to see me.

I turned back to the group when they started talking to Daddy, Finns papi now gone inside.

"Hey um...... Andrew right?"

Andrew smiled at Donna and nodded

"Yeah thats me"

"Well I can take over if you'd like, watch the tiny humans"

"Fine by me, bambi I'll be just inside"

Andrew ruffled jams hair as he went past and jam mumbled a "bai".

Donna clapped her hands together to get everyone's attention

"So little babas, can I be seeker this round? Since I'm new in?"

Everyone said yeah when I whispered quietly to no one in particular.

"I no be seekuh yet"

Donna whispered back in my ear.

"I'll see what I can do"

She winked at me

"Ok!-"

Donna stood, holding her arms out dramatically.

"-lets make this interesting, You have 100 seconds to hide. Make them really good spots cause I'm a really very ultra good seeker. 3...2...1 HIDE!"

Donna covered her eyes and we spanned out.

Everyone looked around for a second before running off. Finn in the direction of Daddy and Emma, Kai being replaced by Papa,who had appeared out of seemingly nowhere. They were all laughing at Donna's over the topness.

I spun around looking for a spot and whimpered, none of the ones I could think of would be good enough for a really very ultra good seeker like Donna. Until that is, I had my best idea yet.

The roof.

No one would think to look up there! It was genius. But there was one problem, I can't get up there with these stupid gloves on. Bearemy was right to want them off.

I didn't have time to ponder as I ran towards my castle where Alex was hiding.

"Awex!"

I whispered shouted to her.Alex poked her head out over the ladder up.

"What wren?"

"Take off my gwoves pwease!"

I smiled innocently but Alex frowned.

"No"

Alex was about to hide away again but I pleaded.

"Awex pwease, take em off"

"Wrenny no, your daddies said you gotta wear em, I don wanna get in trouble. Go hide!"

Alex shooed me

"Buh- buh pwease"

"Uh uh"

Alex shook her head and hid back in my castle. I whined and looked around, I'm not gonna find another spot as good as that one.

"Wren!"

I heard hissed at me from the grass. I looked and saw jam, back lying down in the grass.

"I take off the minnens!"

They whisper shouted at me. I smiled and hastily held out my hands. Jam fiddled with a strap and pulled off my gloves. I flexed my fingers happily and have jam a quick hug.

"Thankies partnah!"

Jam saluted and I ran off.