Joneses – 3.6 Welcome to the Club

Around dinner time one evening, the Pruetts received an unexpected visitor. It was Eliza. Seeing as how she recently gave birth as well (and another reason), Asia was surprised to find her on their doorstep.

“Eliza! What are you doing here? You should be home with the baby!”

“She’s in good hands with Robert. He’s taken to her quite well. Besides, I knew you would be busy with Kolby and the new baby, so I thought I’d come to you.”

“Well…that’s very kind of you,” Asia said. “Come in! I’ll get you two introduced.”

Eliza followed Asia up the stairs and into the nursery. She never actually had seen their upstairs before and thought it was nice. Kaiden was awake. Asia picked him up and cradled him.

“Here’s my wittle bubby wubby,” she said her baby babble voice. “Ohhhh you’re such a cutesy wootsy wittle thing! Say hi to Ms. Eliza. Say ‘my name is Kaiden!’”

Asia continued cooing over her son while Eliza watched the spectacle. She thought baby talk was ridiculous, but she couldn’t help how well Kaiden responded to it.

“Another son, huh? Too bad,” Eliza said. Internally she was gloating. She had what Asia wanted.

“No, don’t say that. We’ll just try again until we get her! So…tell me about your little one.”

“Well, her name is Breann—

“Oh Eliza! You have a daughter? How nice!”

“Yes, well…she’s more nice when she’s not screaming like a banshee, but that’ll be over soon enough, right?”

Asia shook her head. “Don’t wish away the baby days, Eliza! You’ll miss them when they age up. It’s nice that they can potty and feed themselves, but they get so independent so fast! You’ll miss holding her like this.”

Asia really needed to get dinner started, so she put Kaiden back in the bassinet. She looked at Eliza who looked like she was actually listening to what she was saying. She could only imagine how much her world changed since becoming a mother…and how much she would have to change to get it right. Yet and still, differences aside, Asia was proud of her.

“Oh Eliza,” she embraced her. “You’re a mom now! I know we don’t always agree, but I hope you know that I’m here for you,” Asia continued. “Us moms have to stick together you know!”

For just a moment, Eliza was a wee bit choked up. It was one thing when Eliza simply wanted to be in the mom club, but to be met with genuine support and love? She was not expecting that. It touched her and she didn’t know why.

“I appreciate that, Asia.”

“You know what this means, right?”

“What’s that?”

“It’ll be time for another one soon!”

“I beg your pardon? No. One is enough for us.”

“I’m not sure Bob will agree. You know what they say… If you have one, you’ll have two!” That tickled her immensely.

“Ok, I think I’ve had enough ‘mommy bonding’ for one day. Enjoy your dinner,” Eliza said as she exited the room.

“I’m just saying,” Asia called after her. “You’re gonna love this mommy thing!”