Morbus agreed to stay on as the band’s bodyguard. He thought it would be a great opportunity to hang out with some cool people and still get to use his skills. He thought of it as a win- win.
A month after moving into the house, David and Brie set the initial appointment for the surrogacy. The doctor wanted to give Karyn a check up in order to see if she could carry the pregnancy to term. After that was done, Brie was given an exam to see if she had any eggs that could be fertilized left after going through menopause. Thankfully, there were a few left. David did his part with Brie’s assistance, and the appointment was set to implant the fertilized eggs for the following week. After that was done and it had been determined that the procedure took, Brie started giving Karyn a massage every week.
Plans for the wedding were coming along wonderfully. David and Brie were trying to find a way for each of their children to be involved. Jordan was going to be one of the bride’s maids. Maddie, Meagan, and Makayla were going to be flower girls. Malachai and Jacob would be groom’s men. Maya had asked if she could be involved in the ceremony. Malachai was going to accompany Maya; Jacob was going to accompany Jordan. James and Jeremiah were to be the ring bearers. It hadn’t been decided which of the boys would carry which ring, but it had been decided that they would carry the rings.
Brie, of course, wanted Nicole, Kristen, and Tina to be Bride’s maids but couldn’t decide which of them should be her matron of honor. Finally, she decided that NONE of them would be. She called Angela and asked her. Angela, of course, accepted the honor.
David was making his little brother fly over from Israel to be his best man. Danny, Mikey, and John were all going to be groom’s men, but NOT the best man. That was an honor that David was only going to give to Ben.
They had decided on an outdoor spring wedding. They’d been bouncing from site to site, trying to find the perfect location for the wedding. It took a couple of months, but they finally found the perfect location for the ceremony in a quaint little park outside Chicago. David felt it necessary to have the wedding in the city that the band started in. Brie agreed.
Fitting for the dresses and tuxes was hell. It wasn’t a matter of what looked good or the dresses being hideous. It was a matter of getting everyone in the same city to get them all fitted. Brie had picked some simple pastel pink dresses for the women that looked marvelous when you could get the women in Chicago to be fitted. Brie’s dress was simple and white. The bodice was modestly beaded and embroidered with flowers.
The tuxes were simple black and white with black vests and black silk ties. Mike, being ever the jokester, spent a good portion of time trying to get David to agree to bowties, but David was adamant with the “no bowties allowed” decision. The discussion was one for the record books. “Brother, you should really give bowties a little bit of thought”, Mike said as he stood on the box and let the tailor take in the pant leg for his slacks.
“No. Bowties are hideous. They’re fucking ugly”, David said from where he leaned against the wall, watching the whole thing with a neutral face.
“Aw, come on, David. Bow ties aren’t that bad. They’re classics.”
“What about Brie and I is classic?”
“That’s just it, David. You two are a rather classic couple. I think I can speak for the other guys when I say
that we’ve never seen you two fight. You two are the perfect complement to each other. Why not keep with the classic?” Mike laughed, and then got stick with one of the pins.
David laughed. “And THAT, my brother, is what you get for trying to convince me to wear a fucking bowtie for my wedding.”
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The fittings for the women weren’t much better. Brie’s problem was that she couldn’t get Jordan to stand still so that the tailor could hem her dress. “Jordan Hannah, stand still, child.”
“Mom, this dress is uncomfortable. I don’t like it”, she complained.
“I don’t care, you’re wearing it. Now, get still, or I’ll have your father deal with you when we get home.” Jordan huffed, but she stood still and let the tailor do what he had to do. The hem of the dress was pinned up as Maddie, Meagan, and Makayla came into the fitting room. Brie smiled. “Don’t you three look adorable? I’ve got to send pictures of this to your Daddy.” She pulled her phone out of her purse and snapped a picture of them and sent it to David with the message, “Isn’t this the most adorable thing you’ve ever seen?” The response she got back was, “Holy fuck! Are those OUR girls? LOL.”
“Just wait until the big day when they have flowers woven into those brown curls ;)”
“Can’t wait!”
“What did Daddy think?” Maddie asked her mother.
“He thought you three were too cute.”
Jordan turned to her mother and showed the dress to her mother. Brie held up her phone and snapped a picture and sent it to David as well. David was shocked at how beautiful his oldest daughter looked in her dress. Seeing as the tux fitting was done, he went to the fitting room where the women had been getting their dresses tailored so that he could see what the girls looked like with his own two eyes. When he opened the door he looked from Jordan to Maddie, Meagan and Makayla and smiled. “My God, my God. What the hell did a guy like me do to deserve having five beautiful women in my life?”
The girls all blushed. Brie just smiled as she slid her arms around his waist and hugged him. “How do the boys look in their tuxes?”
“Nothing like me, that’s for sure”, he chuckled as he pulled his phone out of his pocket and showed her the pictures he took of the boys.
She smiled. “What did a girl like me do to deserve five handsome men in my life?” she asked, laying her head on his chest.
He smiled. “Girls, get out of those dresses so that we can go home and I can make dinner.”
“You’re cooking tonight, Dad?” Jordan asked.
“Yes, Jordan, I’m cooking tonight. Your Mom needs a break, don’t you think?”
She smiled at her dad. “Can I help you tonight, Dad?”
He shrugged. “I don’t see why not.”
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