sweet / CREATURE

Ayla Jordan. 23. Adopted daughter of Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris. Mother of Hallie Caroline Jordan.

[aylaajordan]

ofsapphiires‌

”does she remind you of anyone else , sweetheart? “ carol asked with raised eyebrows. carol loved taking care of hallie , she ADORED her. and if taking care of her meant that ayla got a good nights rest for once then it was a plus. “ do you want pancakes or waffles for breakfast ? hallie’s already been fed. “

“You’re an absolute angel,” Ayla smiled sitting up. Between school and taking care of Hallie, Ayla had been neglecting her sleep schedule over the past few months, and it was starting to catch up to her, so having her parents to help always made her feel better. “Definitely waffles.”

[aylaajordan]

livingshivld‌

“ do you want me to be honest… or do you want me to say what you want to hear ? “ aeron laughed lightly. 

“You can tell me the truth, I think I can handle it,” Ayla sighed. “She’s almost four months old and I don’t remember the last time I slept through the night.”

[aylaajordan]

onelcved‌

                  she’d been wading through baby clothes all morning,   clearly evident by the piles she held in her arms.   most people would   probably  be somewhat … reserved when baby shopping, but not melody, focused only on the tutus and ridiculous slogans – picking up one that read ‘ pretty eyes chubby thighs’ she held it up –    ‘ do you think this would fit my cat ? ‘     // @noreqviem

Ayla followed Melody around the store, Hallie on her chest in a pink baby sling. Realistically, there was no need to buy more clothes for Hallie, but Ayla had little to no impulse control when it came to baby shopping. “I think we could figure something out to make it work,” she laughed. Ayla gravitated towards a few tutus, “Is it too much if I get these for Hallie?” She asked.

[aylaajordan]

ofsapphiires‌

“ – wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey !! “

@noreqviem commented for a starter !

“Morning, Mom,” Ayla smiled. “Thanks for letting me sleep.. It’s like Hallie’s been revolting at night because she doesn’t want to sleep lately..” 

[aylaajordan]

ofpalmers

This was all new territory for them. They had been, in Adam’s opinion, great at being best friends. The very best of friends. And now- things were different. She was still his best friend, but they had Hallie. “alright.” He felt like he should stay up now, with her head on his shoulder and all. Adam readjusted, making his back more comfortable against the wall. “You rock at this, kiddo.” he said, sort of absentmindedly, on a fast track to being back asleep. 

“As nice as it’ll be when she start sleeping through the night, I sort of like getting up at night with her,” Ayla admitted as she looked down at her daughter in her arms. Throughout her pregnancy she had been worried she wouldn’t be a good mom. She didn’t have great parents, not until she came to earth and Hal and Carol found her. That fear still managed to creep into the back of her mind, but something about having Adam around made it easier on her to push those fears away. 

[aylaajordan]

hapjordan

“Well that’s kind of cute though, isn’t it?” Hal says, and smiles looking at the baby in his arms again. He looks back up when his daughter says something to him. “Well that IS exciting though. Classes going alright?”

“It really is. Her face almost lights up whenever she sees him, and it’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen,” Ayla smiled. “A lot better than I thought they would, actually. I’ve surprisingly been able to find time to work on stuff pretty easily so far, between her naps.”

[aylaajordan]

sugvrplum

the thing about babies that dot had never expected was how often she’d have to lipread in her own home. with her sister’s arms occupied, dot had to rely on her ability to comprehend english – which certainly made things difficult. 

sighing, the girl shook her head, trying to find an answer. she didn’t want to make ayla feel bad – or at least any worse – which was why she’d offered to leave. “no, it’s okay.” she signed. “i’m sure i’ve got some work to catch up on. if you were here all day, you may as well stay.”

While Ayla was usually good at signing to her sister, it was made difficult with a sleeping baby in her arms. She was sure her sister already didn’t want anything to do with her, now they couldn’t even have a conversation because Ayla with holding Hallie.

“It’s fine.. I can call Adam and see if he wants to get some take out, it’s not a big deal,” Ayla sighed. She just wanted things to be how they used to be with her and Dot, but she didn’t even know what changed or how to fix it.

[aylaajordan]

hapjordan

“Well there’s always room for her to learn to love sleep too.” Hal says fondly as he makes a silly face at his granddaughter. He looks up at the question. “You know – making lesson plans, grading papers, saving the world in-between. Nothing exciting, what about you?”

“I think she knows she has Adam wrapped around her little finger, and has only been sleeping if he’s holding her,” She laughed. “Oh, you know, writing papers, changing diapers. Super exciting stuff.”

[blairwarner]

requested by @polniaczek

[aylaajordan]

hapjordan

The smile on Hal’s face only grows as he takes Hallie from Ayla. “Hey there sweetheart. You look happy today. Excited to see grandpa weren’t you?” He says as he moves to sit down with her on the couch.

“If only she loved sleep as much as she loves coming to see you,” Ayla smiled seeing how her dad’s face lit up as he held her daughter. She moved to join the two on the couch. “What have you been up to?”

[aylaajordan]

ofpalmers

“Oh- alright.” Just for tonight, he was certain it was the tired version of her brain talking. Or maybe she was talking as a co-parent and knew that he would be more likely to get up with Hallie if he was here instead of on the couch. Either way, the tired version of his brain accepted. Just for tonight. Back to the couch tomorrow night. He went back to his side of the bed and gently climbed in. “I swear I’ll get up next though. Deal?”

“Look what Daddy brought you, Baby,” Ayla cooed, taking the bottle from Adam to feed Hallie before scooting closer to her best friend resting her head against his shoulder. “You’re fine, I promise.”

[aylaajordan]

sugvrplum‌

when dot had told her dad she’d be over for dinner, the nurse hadn’t realised ayla would be over as well. and with ayla came her daughter. [ @noreqviem ]

it wasn’t that she hated either of them, because she didn’t. she was incredibly jealous and the fact that there was a baby opened too many old wounds for dot, and so she was coping by not seeing them at all. she’d met hallie once, and left in tears, and so when she spotted her sister and all the baby things, all the nurse wanted to do was turn and run.

“i didn’t know you were coming.” she signed slowly when the two made eye contact. “i’ll go, if you want.”

Ayla wasn’t stupid, she could see that her sister was uncomfortable being around Hallie, and while she knew it had nothing to do with her daughter, it still hurt, she wanted Hallie to be able to be close to her aunt. 

“We spent the day with dad..” Ayla said, holding her two month old in her arms, “no, you don’t have to go, we can if you want."

[aylaajordan]

cfarayner

“Are you kidding? She’s an actual angel.” Adrianne insists with a grin as she looks down at the baby in her arms. She’s not sure how she just… took to the baby so easily but after being shown how to hold her and take care of it, the rest seemed to just make sense. And besides, Ayla needed the help - and Adrianne was more than happy for a reason to avoid her studies, god knows she’s a disaster with school anyway. “I’ll watch her whenever you need, just - don’t tell my dad, okay?”

Ayla laughed. “She loves you, Adri.” Ever since her daughter had been born, she’d loved seeing how she interacted with each her friends and her different reactions to all of them. Hallie was such a chilled out baby most of the time, it made it easy for Ayla to bring her around her friends something she was thankful for. “What, you don’t want your dad to know how good you are with babies yet?” she teased.

[aylaajordan]

hapjordan‌

“OLD MAN? I might even have a grey hair somewhere.” Hal teases as he pushes his fingers through his hair. He smiles though instantly seeing Hallie with Ayla. “I’m always happy to see two of my favorites, come on in.” He had tried to ground himself more since becoming a grandfather. He wanted to be around, and not miss anything important. “I’m good! You know, just finished grading some tests so I have the day free just for you two.”

Ayla smiled, and stuck her tongue out slightly, teasing her dad before setting Hallie’s carseat down and kneeling down to take the infant out before standing again. “Do you want to go to see Grandpa, Hallie?” she cooed before offering her to her dad.

[aylaajordan]

ofpalmers

He wants to question and point out that a brief nap does not make up for losing literal days of sleep since the baby was born. But Adam goes with it for now since everyone was awake and speaking, including a crying and hungry Hallie. “Keep me around, regardless, I hope” He replies on his way out. Minutes later, he’s back, warmed bottle in tow. “There’s something off about that bottle warmer-,” he muses, still groggy, “I’m going to take it with me tomorrow to the lab and look at it-,” It’s 1 am, he reminds himself. “Do you want me to take her? or-” show himself back to the couch, where he typically slept anyway. 

“I think we can do that,” Ayla smiled. Adam had been one of the first friends she had made on earth, in an odd way it almost felt fitting that they had a daughter together now. “There’s no reason you can’t sleep in here, Adam, I have a big bed for a reason.”

[aylaajordan]

“Hey, old man,” Ayla teased as greeted her dad, walking into the house, her daughter’s carseat in her hand. “Hallie woke up from her nap so I figured we’d come over and visit! How’ve you been?” Ever since Hallie had been born Ayla had been found herself visiting her parents more and more, not that she was complaining, and she was sure they weren’t either. [ @hapjordan ]

[aylaajordan]

ofpalmers‌

Adam’s first thought was how much he wanted to go back to sleep. But that’s what she wanted as well. He had gotten a handful of full nights sleep a handful of times since Hallie’s birth. Ayla likely hadn’t had any. He’d been reminding himself of this for the past 2 weeks, it was why he was so quick to jump up. He sat back down on the bed and scooted closer to them. “I can take her.” he whispered, regardless that all three were awake. “I’m not keeping track or anything but-,” he was. totally was. “-I think that I have something like, 2 hours of sleep on you.”

Cradling the infant in her arms, Ayla settled back into bed, leaning against her pillows. “I’m fine, I took a nap with her earlier when I got out of class. Can you go grab a bottle out of the fridge though? You just have to heat it up a little bit.” She reassured her friend before turning her attention back to her daughter in her arms. “Your daddy is such a worrier, baby girl, what are we going to do with him?”