My Little AJ

                                                                              My Little AJ

At about 9:30 a.m., I woke up to Applejack shouting "Mama!". That was the first time I heard her ever shout "Mama" without "Dada" added to it! I got up, but the baby didn't want me to and it moved around. "MAMA!" She screamed. I ignored my stomach and went into Applejack's nursery.

"What is it, AJ?" I asked her. She looked at me with those little green eyes, I knew what was wrong, and I picked her up, and carried her downstairs. She was only 7 months old, so her eyes haven't fully shaped yet, and she was still a baby. After I took care of her, she fell asleep again. I laid her down, and I lied back down in bed. Austin was completely lost in sleep, so I didn't wake him up.  I could only think about how AJ was getting so big, so fast.

It is finally July 2nd! Applejack's birthday! She finally turned 1 year old! I'm 8 months pregnant now, and its getting harder to move around. AJ has finally been toilet trained so we don't have to deal with that anymore! I'm so glad that my pregnancy is almost over, and AJ is looking forward to becoming a big sister. She knows the difference between our species, and she is very close to learning how to fully communicate with Austin and I. She's not drinking from a bottle anymore, she is drinking from cups now! I remodeled her old room to have that "child her age" feel to it. Her old crib is going to the baby, and her old toys aren't as entertaining to her as they used to be! She's happy, and Austin and I are, too.

This cannot be happening! Just when I had tucked Applejack in that night, I felt the baby give me a sharp kick. I'm only 8 months, and I didn't want my baby to be premature! This isn't good! I turned 23 only a month ago, and Austin was already 25 (I know, quite an age length), and now, Applejack might be sharing a birthday! As I lay here, in the hospital bed, I can only hope it's a false alarm, again!

Oh, how was I sadly mistaken! Applejack was back at home with her "Aunt" Ella and "Uncle" Harry. Before Austin and I left, we left a note of instructions for AJ.

Ella & Harry,

I advise that you follow these instructions, because AJ tends to get upset when Austin and I are gone (talk to Emily, Alex C. and Jay about it). Anyway, here is all you need to know:

1: If she starts to wonder where we are, just tell her that we had a meeting with the manager.

2: When she starts to buck the punching dummy we got for her (she needs to be strong), make sure one of you observe her, she tends to miss, a lot

3: Don't worry about getting her to go to sleep, she'll eventually get bored and go to bed on her own!

       Sincerely,

               Jade & Austin

I could only wish that they follow the instructions, Ella has a, say "Rainbow Dash" set heart and mind and tends to do things her way. Harry, on the other hand, has to keep her from doing such, due to what she tends to get herself wrapped into!

After a day without AJ, I could only hope she could accept her baby sister, well, not her biological sister, but her sister. Austin and I named her Blossom. She was a quiet baby for the most, but when she needed a bottle or needed to be changed, that is another story! I just hoped that Austin could explain to AJ what had happened and how Blossom got here, even though she was only a year old, she looked like she did in the episode "Cutie Mark Chronicles". As we drove home, I sat in back so I could watch Blossom. Austin knew that this was going to be kind of similar to baby AJ, just, Blossom doesn't mature as fast!

As we entered the house with Blossom in my arms, we found that AJ threw a fit and started bucking around, literally! Ella and Harry had fallen asleep on the couch. As he awoke, he realized that AJ had gotten a little bit ticked, and bucked around. "Holy mother of God!" He exclaimed, nudging Ella to wake up. She sat up, and just stared at the room.

"I swear to God Applejack said she was going to bed!" Ella swore. Austin looked at me, then at his agitated sister's face, then looked upstairs, where Applejack was in her room, bucking her dummy.

"Applejack!" He yelled. She gulped at the sound of Austin yelling. "Get down here, NOW!" He added. Her ears fell as she trotted downstairs.

"Yea, Dad?" She said, with her country tang in her voice. Austin knew he couldn't stay angry at her, after all, he was the one that bonded with her most. He slightly smirked behind the frown. He looked around the room, when AJ realized what was going on. "Oh, heh, thayt," She added. She couldn't pronounce long words, so her vocabulary was limited.

"AJ, did you buck everything in here?" Harry asked her. AJ explained why she did that. I looked over at Austin. She had said that she got thirsty, and what she thought was apple juice, was actually fizzy apple cider! Oh god, she must've gotten drunk by accident and bucked out of will. Harry and Ella's mouths were left agape. I gave Austin the look I give him when he does something like that, and he rolled his eyes.

"Its my fault, AJ, I put the apple cider too close to the apple juice, and that was why you bucked everything," He laughed. She smiled and galloped back upstairs. I'm quite surprised that she didn't notice Blossom in my arms. After getting the living room straightened up again, Ella and Harry left back to Sacramento. Applejack didn't know that she drank an alcoholic beverage, but in the episode "Super Speedy Cider Squeezy Six-thousand", well, you saw those foals in line! So it had no effect on her emotions or anything.