Chapter 22

Chapter 22


"Babe!" My wife called me rushing out of the bathroom.

Nagmadali rin akong puntahan siya dahil inakala kong may masamang nangyari. Kung ano-anong tumatakbo sa isipan ko dahil sa tono ng pagsigaw niya ay nabalot ng takot ang dibdib ko. As soon as I met her, I felt so relief when I found her she was okay, but seeing her face, it seemed like something was going on. 

"What happened, babe?" I asked. "Are you okay? What's going on? You're making me nervous."

A lot of things were going on in my head, but she laughed at me as if I was overreacting with my reaction. I was waiting for her to say something about it, but then she showed me something she was hiding behind her back. Nakatutok ang mata ko sa bagay na pinakita sa akin. 

"I'm pregnant!" she announced. "The reason I was feeling nauseous all this time was because of this!"

She was so happy and excited about it. Niyakap pa ako nito nang mahigpit dahil sa balitang natanggap namin. She quickly noticed my reaction as I didn't show much of it. I was surprised by this news. I know how she wanted a baby, but I didn't know it would come sooner than we thought.

"What is it, babe? Aren't you happy?" Unti-unti siyang humiwalay sa pagkakayakap sa akin. 

When I looked into her eyes, she was concerned. Agad naman akong umiling. "No, no. It's not that. I was just. . . You know, wow! This was such a good news for us. I was surprised. . ."

"Is that all?" I nodded to her question. Niyakap ko siya para maramdaman niyang hindi ako nagdadalawang isip sa pangyayaring ito.

There was no turning back in this one. It came and the only thing we needed to do was to prepare ourselves to be the best parents for our baby. I don't have any idea how to do it, but it would be a journey of discovery for me and I can't wait to do it alongside my beautiful wife and the mother of our future baby.

"This is it, babe. We're gonna be parents," I told her.

Nang umalis ako sa pagkakayakap sa kanya ay napansin ko naman ang pag-iyak nito. I was worried about what was happening, but then she told me she was happy and scared about getting pregnant. 

I told her she had nothing to worry about, but at the back of my head, I was shit scared, but I can't let her know about that or both of us would be scared for the rest of this journey.

When we talked about telling our parents about our pregnancy, we were both scared as if we didn't know they were already asking for grandchildren from us. We didn't prepare much, but before we met them all, my wife and I went to a clinic so we could have her for an ultrasound. We weren't still able to know the gender yet since the doctor said it would take a few weeks before they could give us a result for that. May inihanda na kaming plano for our baby gender reveal and I would let my wife handle it all as I don't want to mess with whatever ideas she has for the little party.

We decided to reveal this to our parents on separate occasions so both would have an intimate celebration. The first thing we met was my wife's parents. Sa totoo lang, kinakabahan ako at hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin ko. I let my wife do all the speeches while I handed out the shirts we thought would be funny if they wore them.

The shirt says I'm the best grandparent in the world!

No'ng una ay hindi pa nila na-gets kung anong nakasulat do'n hangga't sa nag-picture kaming apat at ako na mismo ang nagsabing we're pregnant!

It took them a while before they realized what I said and as soon as it clicked to them, they were so surprised and couldn't even process it all at once. Doon lang din nila na-realize kung anong nakasuot sa mga damit nila. 

As we were both expecting, they were so happy and excited for us. Mas excited pa sila nang malaman nila na magkaka-apo na sila. Makita lang sila na maganda ang reaksyon ay nakahinga ako nang maluwag. I was hoping my parents would feel the same way.

When it was time to let my parents know. Mas natatakot ako sa kanila. They knew me well and if I was man enough to raise a child of my own. We did the same surprise to them and my dad was quick enough to realize what was happening. Binasa niya nang maigi kung anong nakasulat sa t-shirt na binigay namin. I was holding my breath at the time he was reading it, but as soon as he raised his head with so much surprise and excitement, I was relieved.

Both our parents supported us and told us that if we needed something, they would always be right there for us.

Four months later, we invited our closest friends and families to join us for a little gathering for our baby gender reveal party. Synestine let her best friends from college work on the reveal. We tried so hard not to find it out. It would have been almost perfect if my best friend had been here. Tomas finally moved to Dubai with his family and I don't think he would come home anytime soon so it would take him some time before he could go back to the Philippines. I still invited him even though I knew he wouldn't be able to make it. Nagpadala na lamang siya ng regalo sa amin and we couldn't be more grateful for it.

Synestine and I knew we would be having one baby based on the ultrasound we did.

She was hoping it to be a girl while I was hoping it to be a boy.

Just like the traditional gender reveal party, Synestine and I cut a piece of the cake where it was color-coded. Blue if it was a boy, and pink if it was a girl. My hands were shaking while we were both taking a slice on the take. Kitang-kita ko naman ang pananabik sa mukha ng aking asawa. But as soon as we sliced the cake and raised it for the others to see, lahat ay naguluhan sa kanila. Nagkatinginan pa kaming dalawa ni Synestine dahil kulay dilaw ang loob ng cake.

Tiningnan ni Synestine ang mga kaibigan niya nag-asikaso ng cake, pero sila hindi nila alam kung anong nangyari. They were both sure na nasabi naman nila nang maayos ang direction for the gender reveal cake, so they tried calling the to confirm it.

But before anything could happen, we heard noises in a big box next to the tarpaulin that was set up by my wife's friends. I was about to check what it was, but something came out of it and my best friend, Tomas, who was wearing all blue showed up, shouting "It's a boy!"

At that moment, we only realized that it was the reveal we were all waiting for. I didn't expect Tomas would come home. Hindi raw talaga niya ipinaalam sa akin na makakauwi siya at nagdahilan na lang. Naging kasabwat pa siya ng mga kaibigan ng asawa ko at nagawa naman nila nang maayos at lahat kami ay hindi inaasahanan ang results.

My wife and I were extremely happy about finding out the gender of our baby. 

When we were deciding what would be the name if it were a boy, I let her name our baby, and I did the same thing for me if the baby came out as a girl. But now that we know what the gender of our baby is, mine's scrapped out as we would go with what my wife decided to name him.

Our baby, she named him, Limer de Amos. . . We can't wait to have you in our life.

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