Birthday Girl

Brandon looked so determined it was almost comical, watching Lacy as she had her arm around Maddie as she talked to Ellie. "Down, daddy."

"Okay." he said as he put Brandon down.

Brandon walked (stalked) over to Lacy and Madison, climbing onto the couch and planting himself on Lacy's lap, hugging her around the neck. "Hi mommy," he said possessively while simply giving Maddie a look that said "back. off." Subtlety was not his strong point. lol.

Madison looked over at Brandon and frowned at him, but continued to hold onto Lacy, not backing off.

Phil looked on in amusement, as did Ellie. "Lord."

"When did I become a jungle gym?" Lacy asked as Brandon had climbed onto her and both kids held onto her for dear life it seemed.

"I love my mommy." Brandon kissed her cheek while continuing the glare a whole in Madison's skull.

"I love your mommy too. She's my Layley." she said as she kissed her other cheek.

"Guess they both want your attention."

"Uh.. I love you both?" Lacy chuckled.

"I had her first!" He didn't. lol.

"Nuh uh! I did!"

"Uh, guys? A little help here?" Lacy chuckled looking at Phil and Ellie.

"Hey, I'm entertained." Phil said.

Ellie rolled her eyes and put Ajay down for a second to crawl around. "Alright Madison, off of Lacy." she said as she took her off.

"But she mine!"

"Yeah, off MY mommy." Brandon glared as he held on to Lacy.

"Aw, he does love me." She smirked.

Amidst all of that, Allison had woken up from the noise and started to cry. She was a cranky little fart when she woke up too.

"Well now anyway." he chuckled.

Madison sulked and just held onto Ellie, not wanting to look at Brandon since she was mad. "Oh gosh, you might wanna get Ally."

"For that, Phil can go get her." She smirked. "Aw, it's okay Maddie, I love you too."

"Well one kid ignored me, might as well." he said as he went to check on Allison.

"No, silly Brandon." she muttered.

"Well.. your mommy loves you?"

Allison continued to cry in her crib.

"Hmph." she said as she stayed by Ellie.

"Maybe...she should come over when Brandon is not around." Ellie chuckled.

Phil went to Allison's crib. "Alright sweetheart, calm it down." he said as he picked her up. "I'm here now."

"What? I cool." Brandon grinned at Ellie.

Lacy snorted.

Allison sniffled and clutched onto Phil's shirt as she stopped crying a little.

Ellie laughed a little. "Cool like your daddy?"

"Good girl." he said as he rubbed her back and kissed the top of her head.

"Daddy cooler." Brandon nodded. "But I get there."

"This is what they talk about when Phil comes home." Lacy chuckled with a shake of the head. "Not teaching him his ABCs or his numbers, but how cool they are."

Allison's crying had come pretty much to a stop as she looked up at Phil with watery eyes and her voice was still shaky. She said her first word because some people are morons and forget how old their children are, "Da?"

"Boys will be boys." Ellie shrugged.

Phil...yeah okay, so he wasn't around most of the time...but...he was pretty sure, er well last time he checked, Allison couldn't talk. "What?"

"Mommy cool. Ellie cool. Maddie not cool." Brandon smirked.

"Brandon," Lacy admonished him. "Stop it."

Allison blinked, confused at her dad's reaction, so she tried again. "Da..."

"I cool!" Madison said.

"Yeah, I'm Da." Phil smiled then went downstairs with Allison. "Uh...does she talk yet?" he asked Lacy.

"Nuh uh," he poked his tongue out at Madison.

"Huh?" Lacy asked as Phil walked downstairs with Ally. "Uh, no. She doesn't."

Madison stuck her tongue out at Brandon too. "Okay guys, cut it out." Ellie said.

"Well...she does now." he told her. "She said Da."

"She start it."

"What?" Lacy blinked as Ally held onto Phil. "No way," she chuckled. "That girl is a mute."