Greatest Honor
Esteban’s reaction to the birth of Santi
Esteban looked around the sitting room. Isabel was giving birth to her and James’ first child. He knew that labor was long especially for the first child.
“Rollie, Isabel is going to be fine,” Miranda whispered to the pacing Roland. Esteban looked at the various family members waiting on the news on the new prince or princess of both Avalor and Enchancia.
“Isa just had our son, both of them are doing just fine,” James yelled running into the sitting room.
“What is his name?” Miranda asked.
“I’ll tell you now and Isa and I will explain it it you. His name is Santiago Raul Esteban Roland Winslow.”
Hearing the middle name of new prince Esteban cried tears of joy.
“Want to meet him?” James asked. The family went to Isa and James’ bedchamber and saw Isabel her hair messy looking absolutely exhausted holding a bundle of blue blanket.
“Santi, want to meet your familia?” Isabel whispered to her newborn son. Isa looked up from Santi to her familia.
“So the meaning of his name, Santiago is for Jamies since Santiago means Saint James. His middle names of Raul and Roland is for his abuelos, two great kings. And Jamies and I were having trouble coming up with his other middle name. There are so many great men to name him for. And after a lot of talking we decide to name him after a man who would anything for me. My cousin Esteban,” Isabel said looking at Esteban. He tried to hold back his tears of joy as he hugged his cousin and kissed her on the forehead.
“Esteban, want to be the first person to hold Santi,” James asked. Esteban nodded sitting on big comfy chair. James put Santi in his arms. It was not the first time he was holding a newborn. He held both Elena and Isabel when they were born, well abuela did help him when Elena was born and Isa was a few weeks old when he got to hold her. He did hold both Elena’s children Miguel and Ana when they were born. But this holding his favorite cousin’s newborn son who was named in of him. He looked into Santi’s tiny scrunched up face. He tried his hardest to hold his tears, but he couldn’t.
“Prince Santiago Raul Esteban Roland Winslow, you are the greatest honor in my life,” he cried.
“With all the darkness that I have done and has happened in my life I thought I never have such an honor. But now, you are here and mami and daddy decided to name you in honor of me. You are and will always be the greatest honor in my life, primo.”