The Best is Yet to Come

@aera-jin

Aera Jin Age: 36 Former Pro on DWTS Luxury Interior Designer

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Jade: Thank you so much. I really appreciate your support for us and all you're willing to do around the townhouse.

Jade: Oh wow, that must be so exciting, even more so now being close to that date. I'm hoping that Rodrigo and I have a long life together and I have no doubt that he'll agree with me about making sure that no matter when your baby's birthday is, that he'll get gifts for that and gifts for Christmas.

Aera: NGL my bump is becoming my mug table. It's easier than having to reach over for it. So it's exciting but I"m also starting to be ready for him to get out.

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Fletcher: Do you want me to order a set? Or you can use my bluetooth speaker. It's in the bedroom on my nightstand.

Fletcher: I'm immune to little emoji puppy eyes.

Aera: I want to order a set just so I don't keep stealing yours.

Aera: Keep telling yourself that.

Aera: *sends selfie giving him puppy eyes*

Juniper: Ohh, okay, that's good to know. We can donate to the shelter.

Juniper: I hope you're doing well, getting closer to your due date!

Aera: I'm SO tired. And I got the most amazing chair and I think sleeping in it is comfier than the bed.

Hopefully they learn your boundaries with him! No matter how cute he inevitably is, the baby is yours and Fletcher’s, not theirs.

My family? Learn boundaries? You're hilarious.

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Fletcher sighed, carding a hand through his hair, "I didn't say I was stressed, Aera. Am I concerned about you and how much shit you're doing? Yeah, I am. And I don't want you to agree to this idea just to chill me out or whatever. I'd like you to find some middle ground with me here because of what I already said and I'd hope that'd be enough for you to wanna scale back some." He tried to keep his voice even as he explained himself, but it seemed to him like each time he was encouraging Aera to take it easy or easier than before she was pregnant, it fell on deaf ears.

Fletcher reached up to rub the fazed expression etched in his features but his fingers stilled across his forehead when he heard the proposed name. "Oh yeah? Drew as in just Drew or Drew as in Andrew?" he wondered. Regardless, their baby would be the namesake of his uncle--he knew that. "You know, I think once my uncle finds out, it'll be the first time I can think of that he'd be speechless."

"Listen, I am trying. I know it doesn't seem like I am, but I really am. I just...having trouble with being idle. It's like if I'm bored, I'm miserable," Aera admitted, "And if I have something to do, like Drew's room or the nursery, it just makes me feel useful. Because not being useful just...I know I shouldn't judge my worth on that, but I'm still working through that."

Aera smiled at the idea of the baby name as Fletcher processed it, "honestly, I was thinking just Drew. It's a unisex name so we could have named bug that no matter the gender. But with how amazing he has been for you, I thought it was the perfect way to honor that."

#fletcher #fall changes

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Fletcher: Ok. Damn. But good.

Fletcher: Hush, woman. You don't know that.

Aera: Anyway I am living here now. It's so comfy.

Aera: also I think I need to put speakers in here so I can play music for the little bug

Aera: 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Jade: It will be. Rodrigo and I will be there, along with his kitten and honestly, knowing that it's ours and we're heading towards owning it is going to make it special enough for me.

Jade: I think so too. He did rest a bit during his Thanksgiving Break, and he'll have Winter Break soon too. I know he'll enjoy that one even more if your baby's here by then.

Aera: That's fair. I'm just so happy for you two.

Aera: The little bug is due like 2 days before Christmas, so hopefully he'll be here by then. I do not want him to have his birthday ON Christmas.

Juniper: Ohh okay. Well if you do end up celebrating in some way, I'd be happy to be there! And Chris and I would certainly make a donation. Is there a certain shelter you'd like the donations to go to?

Aera: The Asian Women's Shelter. They actually helped me out a lot when I was divorcing J.

I don't think anyone will blame you for not putting him on social media. The people you want to see pictures of him, you'll just send them directly. I just hope nobody posts them without your permission. Just the thought is horrible.

I hope that nobody will either. My gut tells me that my sister will find a way to try and turn him into an influencer opportunity. And my Mom would try to turn him into a baby influencer since she still hates I walked away from the fame.

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Fletcher: You didn't move it upstairs, did you?

Fletcher: Because I swear, you're not getting a foot rub or massage tonight if you did. 😒

Aera: I did NOT. I paid the delivery guy $100 to bring it up to the nursery. AND to take it out of the box. And move it into the place I wanted it and then moved it to the other place I wanted to.

Aera: And then paid him another $100 for the trouble.

Aera: Liar. You'd still do both if I asked.

Text -> Fletcher

Aera: MY CHAIR ARRIVED

Aera: I FORGOT I ORDERED IT

Aera: BUT IT GOES WITH THE NURSERY PERFECTLY

Aera: AND IT FITS THE VIBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Aera: AND IT'S HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Aera: I made a mistake. I sat in it. I'm not getting up. I live in this chair now.

I understand that! Celeste and I didn't tell people what we were thinking of for names until it was absolutely necessary. There's so much that gets posted on social media and shared with the world. It's nice to have something that is just yours for a while.

It will be amazing to have giant playdates with all the kids! Oh, no?

Yeah, I do not want him on social media at all. I'm still wary about myself being on it, because I just had so much of my early life documented that it took years to finally not feel like I was in a fishbowl. So I'm not willing to go back to anything else.

Jade: If not, it's completely ok. It's our first home, and while I hope we're there for a while, I'm sure we won't be there forever.

Jade: Yes, although I can't talk much since I've been known to work a lot as well. I've been working on trying to have better balance though since mine and Rodrigo's relationship began. I know that it's easier said than done but try not to worry constantly about him. He does work hard, but he has breaks coming up and my schedule is light at this time. I'll make sure that he takes it easy.

Aera: I know, but I am a huge believer that your home should be special - no matter if it's temporary or your forever home.

Aera: Thank goodness for breaks, and then I think once his nephew is here I'll be able to bribe him away from his desk with baby snuggles because I know that he's going to dote on him.

Juniper: That's so good! Isn't it great when that feeling hits! It's hard when nausea or fatigue slow you down but when the energy is there, it's so fulfilling. I'm really glad to hear you're both healthy! Have you 2 thought of names? Do you need anything? Are you having a shower?

Aera: I don't think that we need anything, when I was sick I kind of went crazy and ordered just about everything that we could need, and so I don't think that we need a shower. But I'm happy to celebrate baby boy and then people could donate baby supplies to a shelter instead?

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"I know both of those things. But you're pregnant and you already know that looking out for your physical and mental health is doubly important these days because of it." He couldn't help thinking about how ill Aera had been for about two months straight. And now taking on the guilt and stress from moving and nursery prep sounded like going from one kind of worry to another. "Can we find some middle ground? Like you focus on the nursery since you like decorating and you can make it look exactly how you want it. And I can focus on Drew and getting him settled."

After opening the envelope and letting Aera know that they were having a boy, Fletcher held the photo out to his girlfriend, smiling a bit still. "Oh yeah? It's not Fletcher Jr. is it? Because I dunno about that. Little Fletch has dick nickname energy."

"Deal, if it will make you less stressed, you can focus on Drew," Aera said, figuring that it was a decent compromise. Especially since she still got to work on the nursery, which was the project she was truly the most excited about.

"It is not Fletcher Jr. Or Little Fletch, neither of those crossed my mind," Aera chuckled, "I was thinking that we could name him Drew."

#fletcher text #fall changes

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Fletcher: So that's a 'yes' to doing less work than you were before? 🤔

Aera: That is a yes. And I'm not taking on any new projects until I go back to work after my maternity leave.

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Fletcher: Be honest. Are you doing anything less work-wise now than before you were pregnant?

Aera: I have passed off HALF of my workload. And everything else should be completed by the time little bug is here.

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