Noel's POV

"Say, Mama." Mommy claps her hands, "Noey, say Mama."

I open and close my mouth a few times then I start laughing, which makes mommy laugh.

"Baby, say mama." She again repeats.

"Mumumumum..." I dance as she claps.

"Awww...Noey." She tickles me, making me laugh loudly, "Say mama, please."

But I have said Mama... hasn't she heard?

"Ma. Ma." She slowly speaks as I stare at her face and try to repeat as she is saying.

"Yes, you are doing a good job." She smiles and nods her head, then repeats, "Ma. Ma."

I want to say, but I like the shiny thing in her ear.

Crawling towards her, I grab it and pull it towards me as I try to keep it in my mouth.

"No, Noel." Mommy holds my hand and tries to open my fingers so that I leave the shiny thing.

But, it is mine... I like this shiny thing.

So, I tightly grab it with both hands.

Now, she can't take it away from me.

"Noel, what is that?" Mommy says still holding my hands, "See." She waves something.

Leaving my shiny thing, I look at the big thing.

I take it from her hand and put it in my mouth because I know how to put everything in my mouth or make them go away. But I also know to pat pat and blow from my mouth and go behind the things. So I know to do a lot of things.

"Abigail, have you seen my mobile?" I hear dada's voice but he is not here.

I turn around to look for him.

Where is he?

I shout and search for him.

"I don't know." Mommy laughs quietly keeping her hand on her mouth, I don't why she is laughing, but even I laugh with her.

"It must be there, I have left my phone on the coffee table." Again I hear dada's voice, but he is not here.

Crawling, I go around to search for dada, then I see him coming to me.

I hurriedly crawl to him because I can crawl faster than him.

"Woah!" Dada gets surprised when I reach to him.

I laugh loudly and try to stand up holding his leg because I can stand now.

Wow! I can do so many things now.

Dada is so tall, sometimes I fall on my bum when I try to see his face. But then he picks me up then even I became tall as dada.

"You are getting stronger, Potato." He lifts me up.

"What are you doing with my mobile?" He asks as he looks at my big thing in my hands.

"Give it to me." He opens his hand.

No, mommy gave me this big thing... it is mine now.

Holding it tightly, I turn my face away so that he can't take it from me.

"Potato, give it to me." Dada turns me and looks at me.

No, I will put it in my mouth so that he can't take it.

"Don't put in it in your mouth!" He tries to take from my hand, but I shout loudly so instantly he leaves it.

"Calm down, monster." Dada laughs and pats my head.

"Noel, please, give me back my mobile." He quietly says and very slowly tries to open my hands so that he can take it from my hand. "I will give you a big car if you give me back my mobile."

When he holds the mobile and slowly pulls it from my hands, I become angry because I am playing with it. It is mine.

I shout and make the mobile go away.

"Potato." Dada shakes his head and blows air from his mouth when mobile makes a sound.

But now I want to hold dada's hand so I lean forward and hold his hand and then I put it in my mouth.

When he tries to pull back his hand, I cry and shout so that he gives me back my hand.

"Okay, so now my hand is also yours." Dada smiles and kisses my head as I chew my new hand.

Yes, it is my hand. My dada.

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"Noel, you know what, there is a baby in mommy's belly." Dada makes me sit in his lap and touches mommy's belly.

I look down and touch my belly, and Dada and mommy start laughing.

Why are they laughing?

"You are going to become a big brother, buddy." Mommy smiles and kisses my head.

I love it when she kisses me, sometimes it tickles.

"You will have a baby brother or sister to play with." She smiles and kisses my hands, "And to love."

I keep staring at her because I don't understand what they are saying.

What is a baby brother or sister?

"Baby brother or sister is going to love you so much, Potato," Dada says and looks into my eyes.

Okay, I don't know who they are, but even I will love them.

"Baby is going to be so small, so you will have to protect the baby." Dada says seriously, "You will be a big brother, so you even have to love and look after the baby."

"Oh God, Nathan, I can't believe he will be a big brother." Mommy cries, "My baby will no longer be only my baby, he is going to be a big brother."

I am her baby, then why this new baby?

"Cupcake, I know it is so weird...a good weird, that soon we will have someone smaller than Noel." Dada laughs.

Okay, we want someone who is small than me. Because I am not small, I am so big that now I can even stand up.

"I am so emotional." Mommy cleans her face.

I don't like when mommy is sad, it makes me sad.

Crawling into her lap, I hug her because when she hugs me I feel happy. Now, when I am hugging her, she will become happy.

"My sweet Noey." She hugs me tightly, "Mommy loves you a lot."

I love you a lot.

"Nathan, he is going to be such a good big brother." She kisses my face many times making me laugh as it tickles, "No, not good, actually, he is going to be the best."

Yes, I will be a good big brother.

But I still don't know what is a brother?

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