Every Saturday Night (Firsts and Forever Stories Book 6) by Alexa Land

Author:Alexa Land [Land, Alexa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

The party was a whirlwind. Owen was lit up with excitement and barely stopped moving. I managed to corral him long enough for everyone to gather and sing “Happy Birthday.” Then he smeared a slice of vanilla cake all over the high chair tray before I quickly cleaned him up and set him free again.

After that, it was present time. The baby didn’t get the concept of unwrapping, but he thought it was hilarious when his Uncle Lark made a big show of tearing the colored paper off each gift and tossing it in the air. He got all kinds of cool toys, games, and puzzles, then started playing with two gift box lids, which he banged together like they were cymbals.

Our guests went home in the early afternoon, and Hal and Lucky joined my housemates and me in the living room. I sat down on the floor in front of the screened off fireplace, and Lucky sat down beside me and said, “I noticed you barely ate anything at the party, so I made you a plate and stuck it in the fridge.”

I leaned against him and kissed his cheek before saying, “Thanks, that was nice of you.”

“Want me to bring it to you? Owen looks like he’s going to be busy for a while.”

“In a little bit,” I said. “I think he’ll go down for a nap pretty soon. They’re usually hit or miss, but that was an awful lot of excitement for one day.” Owen was sitting on a blanket a few feet away, having finally switched from the box tops to an actual toy. He was taking apart a new wooden block puzzle and banging the pieces on the board. Percussion was a big thing with him.

Lark was sitting on his boyfriend’s lap across the room, and he reminded me, “There are still some presents to unwrap, and they have your name on them, Logan.”

Lucky asked, “Is that a family tradition, bringing gifts to the parent on the baby’s first birthday? I really like that idea and wish I’d known. I would have brought you something.”

“JoJo came up with it and wants to see it sweep the nation.” I gestured at my friend, who was curled up on the couch with her fiancée.

“It really should become a tradition,” she said. “Just look at what parents go through in the early years, between horrific diaper changes and missed sleep and constant worry. They should all be issued a bottle of wine, some chocolate, and a set of comfy sweats annually. Spoiler alert, that’s exactly what’s in the gift bag from Yo and me.” JoJo flashed me a tipsy smile.

“New sweats, thank god,” Hal muttered. He was curled up in a chair with his third or fourth Bloody Mary. “Now you don’t have to go running in your gross junior high P.E. sweats, Logan. Also, nobody told me we were getting daddy gifts, either. I would have been all over that.”

“You coming here this weekend was my gift,” I told him, which made him roll his eyes.

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