LYRA*The last two months had gone by so quickly it made my head spin. Vega and I decided that September was too long to wait to get married. So Vega and I set our wedding date for May twenty-fifth.Vega and I were currently at Kathleen's for a dress fitting. She has both dresses almost completed. It was starting to feel so real."Alright, Vega, I need to let your dress out a bit. It's snug around your tummy and bust area. Never fear this type of thing happens all of the time with brides, with stress eating, and so on," Kathleen said as she adjusted the pins on Vega's dress. Vega turned beet red and nodded and then looked at me with a horrified look on her face. I wonder what had gotten her panties in a twist.Kathleen helped Vega out of her dress and then came over to me."It looks like I'll need to take your dress Lyra. You have lost weight or toned up a bit since you were last here," Kathleen said as she adjusted the pins on my dress. I had gained weight, but it was all muscle; I w

VEGA*Everyone clapped and cheered excitedly as blue confetti blasted out of the balloon and rained down on the tarp that covered the floor.The little alien bean is a boy," I screamed in excitement as Jace ran over to pick me up and kiss me."A little mini-me will be running around pretty soon; How exciting is that, everyone?" Jace cried and hugged me tightly in his arms."Time for cake," Mom and Diana yelled as they ran off and returned carrying a large blue cake and set it on the table, which held all of the snacks and drinks. Where did they have that monstrous cake hiding?By the end of it all, I was utterly exhausted and hungry for some real food, so Jace took me out on a dinner date while everyone else stayed behind to help Diana clean up. Dr. Stevenson had told me the exhaustion should go away once I hit the fourth month of pregnancy. So hopefully, in a couple more weeks, I'll have more energy.I was craving McAlister's, so here we were, and I'm m eating my usual. A McAlister's

LYRA*Blaze took me back to the house the next day after church. Blaze and I talked about the bricking and what color to paint the trim. We decided on Rocky Mountain Tumbled Oyster Grey Stone instead of traditional bricking, Charcoal grey for our roofing, and Suede Grey for the siding and frame of the home. Blaze took me to see the finishing touches to the outside of the house yesterday after I had gotten home from school, and it was gorgeous. How Blaze and his cousins finished the home's exterior in under a week was beyond me. Work on the interior has halted until after Blaze and I had gotten married.This coming week was for getting pampered, school, and getting the backyard ready for our wedding. Blaze will be working on the backyard while I clean the inside of our home. We only invited close family to our wedding, so we will all eat inside. Vega had over fifty people at her wedding, versus mine, which will only have around twenty, Blaze and I are okay with that. Neither one of us

LYRA*"Ok, Lyra and Blaze, last chance to back out before taking your implant out? Once out, you are fertile and could become pregnant soon afterward?" Dr. Stevenson asked Blaze and me just before removing the Nexplanon.Blaze and I glanced lovingly at each other and nodded in agreement at Dr. Stevenson."You both can start trying once you arrive home if you would like. There are also ovulation tests you can get over the counter that will tell you when you are ovulating," Dr. Stevenson said." I think we prefer being surprised and letting things happen on their own," Blaze said, and I nodded in agreement."Alright then, good luck to you both; hopefully, we will see you back here in a couple of months," Dr. Stevenson said as we made our way out of the door.***Blaze and I didn't get a chance to start trying for a baby right away because my appointment was on Thursday during lunch for Blaze and a period break for me from school. Unfortunately, Blaze had to get back to work, and I

TWO YEARS LATER*LYRA* The last two years have been a whirlwind of activity in the Cunnigham family. Vega and Jace had another boy and are now expecting their third baby, which happens to be a girl. Vega and Jace are both stoked about that. After having two boys that were only twelve months apart. They wasted no time at all getting pregnant again after having baby Jackson. Blaze and I are expecting as well, with only one baby this time, thank goodness, and we just found out that the baby is also a girl. Vega and I are both due around the same date in May. Wouldn't that be crazy if we had our babies on the same day? I'm not sure how we managed this, but we did; I'm sure even though they will be cousins, they will be close like sisters. Adelaide is excited to be getting a baby sister after being surrounded by boys for two years; poor thing. Vega and I are about to receive our Doctorate, though I'm not sure how we pulled it off with having a growing family. Having twins wasn't an easy