Create a New Forum Admin Login Member Login Contribute to Voyager Search VoyForums Help Desk VoyForums Exchange VoyForums Directory/Categories VoyForums Homepage VoyForums News FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1 ]

• It was often around this time of day that he scooted home from work for a couple of hours, or sometimes for the rest of the afternoon to finish things up from work - mostly because he loved to walk in on that scene, of the two of them konked out on the couch. He had never suspected her to be such a family oriented, domesticated woman, but motherhood had done something amazing to her, and he really liked it. He let himself in quietly and crept to the couch, bending over the pair to press a kiss to the baby's cheek and Aly's forehead, trying not to wake them. (NT) -- Charlie, 12:01:46 01/22/07 Mon

  ---

• Aly had taken to sleeping very lightly since she'd had Anabel , and his kiss prompted her eyes to flutter open. A smile flickered at her lips sleepily and she closed her eyes softly again- just for a moment or two as she came around "Hey you..." She murmered softly, under her breath so as not to wake their daughter. She was an angel except when she was woken up- they she just screamed bloody murder. (NT) -- Ari, 12:27:07 01/22/07 Mon

  ---

• He had become the world champion at extracting the little sleeping girl from her mother's arms and putting her in her crib without stirring her - he was precise and smooth at it and he offered his hands as though to take her. "want me to put her in the crib?" He whispered so he didn't wake her and leaned to put another kiss on Aly's forehead. "hey baby.. have a good morning?" (NT) -- Charlie, 12:31:34 01/22/07 Mon

  ---

• She nodded softly and smiled as he lifted her silently from her chest where she had been snuggled into the comfort of her mothers breast and the the softness of the robe. She waited for him to return before answering "Mhm... had breakfast... cleaned and tidied... and took a bath with her,,, then we napped... it was a very unstressful, happy little existence and she loved it- far more than she ever would have imagined she could. (NT) -- Ari, 12:45:17 01/22/07 Mon

  ---

• He picked the child up and nestled her against his own chest for a moment. It never failed to amaze him, how soft her skin was, how fluffy her hair, how tiny she was still... it near took his breath away everytime he picked her up, and he cradled her lovingly against his chest for a moment, brushing his hand down her back easily. "One sec, baby..." He said to Aly as he carried the baby down the hallway to her crib, laying her ever so carefully in her bed and then making his way back to wind his arms around Aly in an affectionate hug. (NT) -- Char, 12:48:09 01/22/07 Mon

  ---

• She squished over intot he couch to make room for him, curling to his side as he lay down with her, resting her head on his shoulder and closing her eyes once more, her legs locking with his as she snuggled up close to him. She'd lost pretty much all of her pregnancy weight over the last four months, but had practicly lived off healthy food to do so (though that wasn't unusual for her- she was used to having to keep her weight down very low for the sake of her dance partner.) "Did you have a good day?" she murmered sleepily, trying to be interrested in him and not sleepy. (NT) -- ALysia, 10:41:37 01/23/07 Tue

  ---

• He laughed as she curled up and could read the sleeping in her voice. He tucked her under his arm and nestled her close like he always did - their relationship was filled with physical affection - and not just sex - he loved her and even if he didn't say it regularly, which he did, she would have known just through the way he handled her physically. "Yes, but boring without you, as always." He grinned and leaned to press a kiss to the top of her head. "You're sleepy... poor muffin. What we need is a nap." (NT) -- Char, 10:56:30 01/23/07 Tue

  ---

• She yawned softly and nestled allt he more closely to him, letting her face dip into his neck as he tugged her closer "Napping is good... " The thing about a four month old baby was the sleepless nights- and he was less lucky than her because he had to go to work the next day whereas she could sleep whenever Anabel did here at home- and when they'd had a particularly restless night and Aly looked shattered Mali or one of their moms always offered to take the baby for a couple of hours so Aly could nap a little. "She's done nothing but eat and cry and poop all day long..." She murmured, , pressing a tender kiss to his pulse in his neck before nuzzling in again. (NT) -- Aly, 11:01:13 01/23/07 Tue

  ---

• He grinned a little bit at her words and stretched himself out, suit and all on the couch, dragging her along with him and balancing her on his hip, an arm around her shoulders, his fingers playing in her blonde curls lightly. "Just wait until all she does all day is eat, cry, poop, and chat nonsense to you all day. You'll be starving for adult companionship." He laughed a little bit and let his eyes close, a deep rumbling "mmm" echoing through his chest as he felt the wash of sleep coming in from the sides, staving it off long enough to chat with her. (NT) -- Char, 11:14:51 01/23/07 Tue

  ---

• She smiled and opened her blue eyes as he drew her ontop of him, letting her lips brush a soft kiss to his lips before resting her head back down on his chest, her fingers finding his free hand and linking her fingers in to his "Thats where my bestest friend Mali comes in..." She explained, her eyes sliding closed sleepily again. "You know as soon as we fall asleep she'll start crying and want more food...." She sighed playfully- though in all honesty she loved being a mother and she adored her daughter- even will all the eating and crying and pooping. (NT) -- Aly, 11:27:38 01/23/07 Tue

  ---

• He grinned, sliding his eyes open at the touch of her lips, and drawing a hand down her back easily, resting it in the small of her back and drumming his fingers there lightly. "I know, but you love it... " She had settled into motherhood so easily. "How is Mali, anyways, you seen her today?" They had a great friendship with Mali and Danny and often used the same babysitter so they could all go out together - well, as much as 'out' was to them these days - out for dinner and home before 9pm. (NT) -- Char, 11:39:25 01/23/07 Tue

  ---

• She smiled secretively against his chest as he remarked that she loved it- he knew her so well. "Went to breakfast with her and her mom to my mom's... Saw Jasmine too..." Her older sister was usually off busy with her own life- she wasn;t into the family thing so much yet but she loved her neices and bought them amazing gifts. (NT) -- Aly, 11:45:42 01/23/07 Tue

  ---

• "Sounds like you had a good day then..." He hated the time away from the house, but he was doing what he was doing for a reason - he had paid off his debt to his father, but he was now wanting to save up, they would want a house eventually, no more apartment, and he liked being able to really provide for her, since moving into the studio wasn't happening as quickly as he would have liked. "Why don't I take tomorrow off and we spend it as a family?" It was only the middle of the week, but he enjoyed being able to take those liberties. (NT) -- Char, 12:06:50 01/23/07 Tue

  ---

• She grinned a little and nodded into his chest, bringing her face up to see him, resting her chin on his chest "Sure that sounds great.... I think she'd gonna start rolling over soon... I was playing with her today on her mat and she was reaching for her toy and she nearly rolled over when i teased her with it... she'll be crawling before we know it" She'd been going a lot of reading up about babies developement and what stages Anabel should be at (NT) -- Alysia, 06:08:44 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He made a bit of a face, and laughed. "Maybe I should cancel our lunch reservations then and get to work on babyproofing the house. You know you can pay people to come in and do that? They'd think of things we wouldn't..." He liked Anabel right now because she was easy - she didn't move around unless they moved her so they could pretty much keep her safe, but when there were two dogs and a child in the mix, underfoot, sticking tongues and fingers in electric sockets... he was going to be going bald. "Pretty soon we're going to have to unvelcro the fridge everytime we want to open it, and take an elastic band off the drawers to get into them!" (NT) -- Char, 06:13:54 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• She grinned a little and shook her head "No way are we paying people to baby-proof our house... you were so raised with a silver spoon in your mouth" She teased "I have a book... tells us everything we need to remember." The dogs were no trouble- they kept each other company and she walked them once a day so they were happy- but she was very wary of them with the baby- especially Desi- just with her being the kind of dog she was- and she was into everything, whereas Hugo was very content to laze around all day minding his own business. "I'm scared Ana will start bugging desi and piss her off when she gets to five or six months..." She voiced quietly, looking up at him. Desi was his dog- his and his ex girlfriends old dog- and she was getting old- and grouchy. (NT) -- Alysia, 06:19:12 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He looked over at her, then over at Desi who was curled up near the heater minding her own business - the love of his life, until Aly had come along of course - and the entire reason he had met Aly in the first place. He frowned, his brow furrowed. "She'll be fine.. " He had a bit of a niggling worry, but he wouldn't allow it to voice itself as Desi was as much a part of his life as Aly and Anabele. "We'll just teach Ana to leave her alone... and we'll teach Desi to be more tolerable." His reasoning was childlike at the best. (NT) -- Char, 06:21:38 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• her brow furrowed gently and she lowered her gaze, knowing it was a hard topic to approach- she adored Desi too- but she couldn;t completely trust her... she was unpredictable. "Desi is pretty old baby... pretty set in her ways.... and Ana is very young ... and she'll get very inquizative..." She let her brow furrow softly before shaking her head, lifting her gaze back to him with a smile "But this is kind of premature... " Aly was always sure never to leave desi or Hugo in the room with Ana when she couldn;t be there watching. (NT) -- Aly, 06:32:15 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He frowned again and looked back to the dog. It might be premature, but this would come - he could tell by the resolve in Aly's voice, and it worried him. He'd had Desi since she was a pup - she'd been with him through thick and thin, it hardly seemed fair to toss her aside after she'd given him her whole life. He kept his lip tight though, not interested in an argument right now... if she was saying it was premature, he knew there would be plenty of time to rehash it later on, so now he could just build up his argument. He did work in a law firm, afterall. "Brandon called about some studio time.." He opted for changing the subject altogether. "So now you have to help me pick a few original pieces that might work for a demo." (NT) -- Char, 06:37:23 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• She hated argueing with him too... and she wouldn;t except this might be their daughters life they were talking about. She let it drop, not wanting to work him up yet. She arched a brow softly at his news, a smile dancing over her lips brightly "Really? thats so exciting! You totally know which ones I'd choose ..." She had a few favourites that she always made him play for her. (NT) -- Aly, 06:46:21 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He nodded a bit and broke a big grin - there were a few favorites - though she claimed that she liked everything. "And he said he knows someone from XRV radio that is itching for some new talent to play on his show... so he thought he could get me in there as soon as we cut something and polish it... I could be getting radio play as early as next month if things work out right." He loved his music - but it was a definition of his personality, not his livelihood, or he had never allowed himself to believe that it could, someday be his career.. this was new territory for him - just like fatherhood, just like a law firm - he was all about forging new frontiers. (NT) -- Char, 06:58:44 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• She had always supported him and had faith in him- and she'd always let him know it, but these were steps he had to take himself. "Thats amazing... are you excited?" She was starting to wake up a little more now, she'd rather be chatting to him than sleeping anyway- she never tired of his company. She worried sometimes that he wasn;t happy- that he was unfulfilled and discontent, music had always been what he had planned when she'd met him and then one thing had led to another and because of her he;d ended up doing something he didn;t enjoy- and now he was continuing to do it to provide her and the baby with material things that he seemed to think were important. Aly and her family had never had a lot of money- but they'd been fine- mostly happy. (NT) -- Aly, 07:10:28 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He nodded a little, thoughtful for a minute... he didn't usually allow himself the luxury of thinking what it would be like if he did ever launch as a musician... tourbuses, late nights, screaming girls... and where would Aly and Ana fit into all of this? He wasn't ever quite sure, but he knew he'd make them fit, like he'd made them both fit his life, or rather made his life fit them, and was glad to do it. "It would certainly be something different, that's for sure, from working in the law firm..." Working at the law firm was his father's dream.. Marco had always hoped for something big for him and the lack of real direction that Charlie had had up until a year or two ago had troubled him. (NT) -- Char, 07:16:46 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• She grinned a little and leant to kiss him lovingly "Will I have to compete with screaming fans who throw their panties at you?" She grinned a little, leaning up a little bit as her bright eyes took him in "Cause you know... if I have to... I can throw my panties at you... if thats what it takes..." She grinned playfully before dipping her head down to his to kiss him, brushing her blonde curls out of the way. (NT) -- Aly, 07:42:29 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He grinned, cupping the back of her head with a hand and tangling his calloused fingers in her blonde curls as he often did. "I don't think you'll have to go quite so far." He grinned again, looking up at her, his dark eyes flickering over her face. "We can set you up on a stool on the stage and I'll just sing to you the whole time. How does that sound?" Hr grinned - there was no competition for her, and she knew that. (NT) -- Char, 07:55:26 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• She laughed softly at that, her bright eyes playful and loving as she kissed him adoringly once more "I like that Idea... but your fans and manager might not... might kinda ruin the image maybe..." She murmered against his lips, sighing contently "How about I just stay home and make babies for you instead?" She questioned. They hadn;t really brought up more babies before- she had been reluctant to have Ana yet- but there had been no planning for her and they were left with no choice. But she was deifnately getting used to this mommy thing... and she wouldn;t mind staying home and making babies for him for a long time to come (NT) -- Alysia, 08:00:49 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He raised a brow when she said 'making babies' - Italian families were notorious for their large broods of children but he hadn't expected her to be gung ho for it after all the convincing it had taken for her to have this child in the first place. "Really? Cause if you're gonna do that, I'll stay home and help you." He grinned - he supposed he had always imagined that they would forever have one child but he liked to envision himself with a whole brood running around. (NT) -- Char, 08:21:00 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• She laughed at his reply, her eyes sparking over his as she grinned gently, watchig him. Her fingers played in his dark hair affectionately as she gazed down at him "Mm... really... I kind of love this family game..." She murmured, her lips dropping to press to his jaw tenderly "Making Ana was .... amazing... and no dance ever made me feel as good as I did when I looked at her for the first time..." (NT) -- Alysia, 08:25:26 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He smiled so broad he thought his face might crack when she said those things... he had always known that once she saw Ana, once she knew what motherhood was, she wouldn't be so afraid of it and resistent to it - not that he had expected a motherly urge to have as many children as she could, but he had always worried that she might not want to nurture or mother Ana. "I'm glad you feel that way... cause I want... at least eight more kids." He grinned as he teased her. (NT) -- Char, 08:35:49 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• Her brows shot up at that and she pulled her head back to look at him, half taking him seriously for a split second before she saw the teasing in his eyes and laughs softly, pressing a kiss to his lips and murmuring all the while "Very funny... Lets implant a watermelon inside you and see how fun it is for you to push it out..." She grinned playfully, her eyes dancing over his "I was thinking three... maybe... " Four kids was more than enough by her standard... (NT) -- Aly, 08:40:41 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• "Well we need to have an even number so that no one gets left out and for bulk buying purposes... so three more, not just three total." He grinned and pressed a kiss to her forehead. "But we have a long time to work on that, let's enjoy Ana, and make all our mistakes on her so we'll know how to do it right the next time around." (NT) -- Char, 08:43:29 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• "I meant three more" She grinned a little, laughing gently at her husband at his final comment "Poor Ana... she'd gonna be the screwed up one I just know it." She teased, just as the cries began "Well at least we weren't trying to nap." She grinned and got up out of the couch, going to fetch their little girl, coming back about five minutes later after a fresh change, but still a whimpering little girl "She's so your daughter... all she wants to do is eat" She sat down in the couch with charlie with Ana in her arms "Can you get me a bottle for her?" (NT) -- Aly, 09:04:47 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He laughed when she made the remark about eating but got up, pressing a kiss to the baby's forehead before he went - he couldn't get enough of her. He moved about the kitchen, preparing the bottle, and grabbed himself a hunk of cheese to eat, only proving Aly's inference about the child being his own. He came back to the couch, handing her the bottle and nestling back down beside them, an arm over Aly's shoulders as he tugged his little family tight - content with just the three of them now, no matter how large they grew. "With your nose stuck in all those childrearing books, there's no way we'll screw her up." (NT) -- Char, 09:10:52 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• She grinned a little bit at that, arching a brow and glancing up to him "you know what? Next month she should recognise her name... and she'll start cutting teeth soon... but that wont be so cute... and then we can put her on some solids... which will make diaper changing even less fun." She grinned playfully. She was really amazed at how much their baby could do already. She could laugh and smile and make noises when Aly talked to her- almost like she was trying to talk back. She reconized their voiced and watched them while they talked... it was pretty amazing to her. (NT) -- Aly, 09:22:13 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He was proud of her for knowing those things - things that had been lost on him - not because he didn't care but maybe because he was so caught up in the miracle of fatherhood, of a child. "She's already growing up right out from under us... this is crazy." He shook his head, a hand reaching out to touch the tuft of hair on the child's head gently. "You're an amazing mother though, that's not crazy. I always knew." (NT) -- Char, 09:32:31 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• She looked dawn at the little girl, who's blonde hair she'd had as a baby had darkened, her dark eyes watching her daddy unblinkingly as she gzed up at him, a hand resting against the bottle while her other tiny hand reached for him. Aly thoguht she looked so much like Charlie already, Aly smirked a little and tipped her head to him "Always?" She hadn;t shown much promise when she'd first found out.... but once she'd settled in her mind that she wanted Ana, when she;d nearly lost her- she had become obsessed with being a good mother. (NT) -- Aly, 09:39:35 01/24/07 Wed

  ---

• He nodded to reaffirm his point. "Always. You just didn't have much faith in yourself." He gave her shoulders an encouraging squeeze and pressed a kiss to the side of her face. "Besides, I knew no one could resist the charming lure of a baby who looks like me." (NT) -- Char, 10:01:55 01/24/07 Wed