//Lisa's Bedroom//

Lisa bounced around the room gathering all the items she was going to need for Aethen's bath. I hope Jewel is alright. With her charming eyes locked on the glass bedroom mirror a worried looked stares back at her, cleearly She was still worried about Jewel. Forcing a smile on her face the priestess turns to face her handsome man. "I hope your ready for your bath mister." She says in a motherly and friendly voice.

She glides over across the snow colored carpet back towards the bed and the awaiting youth. With arms open wide she reaches down and lifts him into her arms., "Boy your getting bigger and bigger everyday. Going to have to change that diet around."

Aethen looks up at the woman he calls Mommy with a huge grin. True, he'd been going through a growth spurt lately. BUt it's what babies do. There was nothing he could do to stop that, no matter how much his diet is curbed. But when she mentions bath, he really perks up and grins more. "Yes, badt!" He says as best he can't. HE still doens't quite have the English language down yet, but he's working on it.

His now nearly three year old looking body is actually quite small for that age, even though he's actually only a few months old. But since Lisa's not used to babies growing so fast, she'd natually believe he's just growing too much.

Lisa couldn’t help but smile and laugh at Aethen’s failed attempt to pronounce bath. “Good job. Bath time and then its nightly night for you mister.” Then going to give Jewel a call to see what is going on with her. It’s been way too long since she left for the Shoppe. With Aethen on her hip she gathers up all his bath stuff and turns towards the bathroom door, where her half open bedroom window lie open for all to see within the walls of her home. She looks outward noticing that the snow had finally stopped raining and the dark sky was lit with burning stars.

Taking long strides across the white carpet that flowed through the house she paces herself as she heads towards the bathroom with baby Aethen in hand.

With Aethen firmly in her hands Lisa glides into the room, with the awaiting crib sat in silence. It was nearing the young boys’ bed time, and Lisa was looking forward to it. She had a very long and emotional day since the moment she woke up this morning. Having to deal with older Aethen dying, Jewel running off in the middle of the night, and the store being run and operated. It was just sometimes too much for one woman to handle yet she was finding a way to stay strong for all those close to her, knowing they too had their own problems to deal with. Man the world seems to be upside down because of the curse being lifted. It’s going to take some time to get used to it.

Moving across the floor she rested her son on the bed, with a gentle smile growing across her face. “You ready for bed. “ She bent down and blew on his belly as she tickled him on his sides. “Who’s ready for bed? Huh! Who’s ready for bed?” She laughed as she kept blowing on his belly.

Aethen sees the crib and makes a funny face. He didn't know how to say it, but he was ready for a big boy bed now. But obviously he couldn't express himself. So that was out of the question. But he knew what was about to happen. He shakes his head with a mischievous grin on his face. "No bed!" He shouts loudly. But his objections are ignored and washed away as his new mother tickles him endlessly. "Ahhahahahahahaaa!" He wiggles all over, trying to get away. "No beeed!" He tries to object again, unable to stop laughing.

Lisa just kept tickling and blowing on his soft chubby belly as his laughter filled the room. After a few more seconds of bed time play Lisa gentle lifted her lips from his stomach, quickly dressing him in his big boy pajamas. Man they sure are growing up fast these days. At the rate baby Aethen was growing she was going to have to invest in a much bigger bed and room just for her handsome baby boy. Cutting her eyes towards the crib she forced her lips to part and allowed her voice to be free once again. “Alright noy mister its nighty night time for you.”

She picks him up into her arms, nearly having trouble carrying such a growing child. Man is he heavy. Dancing across the soft carpet she had begun to hum while rocking him back and forth in her arms, hoping that he would soon drift off into slumber land so she could take a break for a few hours. Ever since the day she was freed from the water demons grasp she always dreamed of having a child and now she had one, and nothing in the world was going to keep her from raising him.

"No!" Aethen objects with a devilish grin on his face. "No bed!" He objects again through the shirt being pulled over his head. He pushes out his bottom lip as far as it would go, trying to look cute for his new mommy, hoping she would give in and let him stay up and play.

Oh, playing was so much fun! So many things to learn, see, enjoy. It was so fascinating. But as Lisa rocks him gently, humming to him, he starts to rub his eyes and lets out a little yawn. He moans a little, mumbling something along thelines of no bed, a final protest. He rests his head on her shoulder, wrapping his arms around her neck, face nestled against her neck. His fingers play with the blonde locks of hair as he looks at all his toys over her shoulder.

Lisa just smiled as the young baby tried to fight against getting his bed time clothes on. She loved children, no matter how bad they seemed to act. It just took a little bit of extra love and care to get them to obey and follow orders. However, she wasn’t above physical discipline either but it was more of a last resort for her.

While she rocked him against her bosom and sand out the soft sweet melody. “Rock my baby in the tree tops when the wind blows the cradle will rock.” She gentle held him close to her until she could feel his heart beating against her chest. Hopefully he’ll be sleep in a little bit. “When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, And down will come baby, cradle and all.” While she sang the last lines of the old song, her mother sang to her, she danced across the floor towards the baby crib.

Looking at the size of it Lisa just knew it was almost time for a big boy bed. Aethen was growing so fast and big, that it just blew her mind. It would be just a matter of days before he would be a handful when he awakened his powers, which only the gods could her her then. She rocked and rocked him waiting until he was asleep before she would place him down for the night.

Little Aethen wrapped his arms around Lisa tightly when she picked him up, mestling his head on her shoulder gently as he did every night. Tha twas the thing with babies. They needed a routine. If you screwed with their routine, you were screwed. So far Mom and Auntie Jewel had done a fairly good job. There had been the odd time that his routine was disrupted, but h ewas quickly put back on track.

As Lisa rocks him, his eyes look at all his toys as he nibbles on his left thumb. He was clearly tired and ready for bed, despite the little rebellious outburst earlier. He knew it. Lisa knew it. He didn't like it, but he coudl feel sleep washing over him like a blanket. Even though he's not quite sleeping yet, the little boy is definitely ready to be put down to bed to fall asleep. His mother should know by now that he wouldn't fall asleep as long as she was in the room.

Lisa's voice soon faded into a gentle humming sound. Lifting the young boy from her arms she lowered him into the tad bit too small crib. We'll get you a big boy bed tomorrow. Resting his head on the white pillow the young mother pulled the covers over him, standing over him for a few seconds. "Good night." Leaning over she places a kiss on his forehead. Turning away she heads out into the hallway, making sure to turn the lights off.