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Post by Alex Vipond on May 15, 2016 19:06:46 GMT -8
Alex Vipond: They'd arrived in Miami Friday and had been kicking it around town most of Saturday. Today was not to be missed however, and even though there were still some clouds hanging around, it was not to be missed. Alex may have looked a little goofy in his gray cargo shorts, his pirate kitty t-shirt and the fedora on his head. The clincher though was the pale assed, hairy legs and leather sandals. It just didn't get any more dorky. Fortunately Alex had better sense when dressing Grayson and he was totally rocking the blue and orange. One might think he was a Broncos fan but nope, he was just a HUNK OFF DUTY, and he drew more attention than Alex did, fortunately.
Ian Lighter: :: Ian grinned and for a moment.. just for a moment mind you! he wished he had a Tee shirt that declared him to be the "hunk ON Duty". He did enjoy the girls that the kid drew, but he had to keep his distance to enable him to monitor the people that came up to Alex and the peanut..there were some who had no clue who Alex was, too. They just liked the kid.l Go figure.::
iittleredwolf: It only could have been nerdier with the addition of some good ol' tube socks, huh? Tube socks and sandals, fashion's worst combination. It wasn't like Lotus was all that much better. Red haired, pale skin; you can bet she bought SPF-500000 to keep the sun from raping her skin. That cliche smell of sun screen hung in the air around her. Could they really not make the stuff smell better yet? Regardless, she had come to the beach looking for a good time. You didn't live in Miami and ignore the beach. She even pulled out a 50s style one piece bathing suit. It had a skirted bottom. The entire suit was covered in a black fabric with a red cherry print. The style worked for her, though she was concerned that not wearing a body suit would result in some rad sun burns. She didn't know Alex--hell, she barely knew anyone here. For now, she was just the petite young woman seated on a Frozen towel desperately applying sun screen to her pale legs. Sighhh. (D)
Alex Vipond: Grayson was happily rolling around as best he could on his tummy on the towel, that little hat on his head and yes, he too was slathered with copious amounts of baby safe sunscreen. Alex had his rattle in hand and was waving it in front of the baby and watching as Grayson tracked it with his eyes. "You know, it's amazing watching them grow and discover things. I never really got that when my sister was born, but then I was only four when that happened. Never really got to see this stage of her, just knew she was the noisy one the nanny took care of." Picking Grayson up, he rested him on his thigh, one arm cradled around him as the other hand offered the rattle out to the baby - which was promptly reached for and brought to his mouth. Fortunately there was no sand on it.
Ian Lighter: ::how the heck that happened was beyond him!:: Yeah it’s fun watching babes.. I mean babies.. :: His gaze was enjoying the panoramic vistas..::
Alex Vipond: Alex smirked and looked at Ian, then chuckled as he looked around. Yes the scenery was plentiful. "You know, if you want to take a break or something..." Wasn't like he had screaming fans chasing him down at the moment. Of course that could change in an instant, first time someone actually recognized him, but so far they'd managed to stay low key.
Ian Lighter: You know, we oughta get and put up a shade canopy and a play pen thing... ::his gaze shifted from scanning the area to tracking a pair of very skimpy bikini clad women walking along the shore line::
Alex Vipond: "You think he's getting too much sun?" Alex looked back down at Grayson tipping his hat up to get a look at his face and then he looked around. "Think they rent those canopies?"
Ian Lighter: I dunno, want me to check at the hotel office. SOme places rent chairs and umbrellas, why not?
Alex Vipond: Pausing, Alex pulled his phone out of his cargo pocket and did a google search. "We could get one at Walmart, and take with us. We'll need it at Sol Linda anyway."
Ian Lighter: True that... while youre at it, get some lawn chairs and tent stakes and one of those outdoor rugs,, that people use::he smirked::
Alex Vipond: Chuckling, Alex made a list. "We're going to be camping, a hundred feet from the house."
Ian Lighter: ::he laughed:: Hey you cant rough it anymore...not for a while.. Say Alex :: gonna ask while Adrienne isnt around:: Is.. there anything I need to know about Grayson? I mean.. given his parents... is he going to start eating meat early or something?
Alex Vipond: "Nope, can't. Roughing it now consists of large amounts of gear, and an RV." Smirking, he contemplated all the gear they had already purchased, and knew more was on the way. When Ian posed his question, he shook his head. "No, he's going to develop normally," his voice was kept low, between them, and as he paused, he looked around to make sure no one was watching them before he continued. "Puberty is when the inherited gene will kick in." Or at least he hoped so.
Ian Lighter: Oh man.. puberty is really gonna suck for this little guy... ::he murmered:: Especially if he inherits from both of you..
Alex Vipond: "Like he doesn't have enough shit to worry about, right?" Alex contemplated that but then shook his head. "Doc tested him before he was born and it doesn't look like he has any of the markers of ... my condition."
Ian Lighter: How is that possible?
Alex Vipond: "I think maybe it has more to do with the fact that my DNA was mutated as an adult, while Adrienne's was inherited from birth. But he does show the markers of her line so hopefully he won't have any of my issues." Because that would just suck. Maybe literally.
Ian Lighter: :: Nods:: I gather he's like the first kid ever with this..heritage..
Alex Vipond: "I don't know if he's the first but he's sure as hell the first I've ever heard of." Alex shrugged. "Until we got pregnant, I didn't know it was possible."
Ian Lighter: Gonna try for another?
Alex Vipond: "Oh yeah. And I've banked sperm just in case we can't do it the old fashioned way, but my temp is still riding above ninety six so..." He shrugged. "We decided it might be a good idea for Adrienne to get back on the pill once she's done breast feeding."
Ian Lighter: ::he rose with a grin after a duo of girls sauntered by.. with a grin he looked to Alex:: Im gonna go get la.. wet! I mean wet!
Alex Vipond: Laughing, Alex nodded. "You do that. Don't forget your wet suit!" Smirking, he looked down at Grayson. "Watch Uncle Ian in action. You might learn something."
Ian Lighter: :he rose to his feet and meandered down to the water, tipping his ball cap to girls, going into the surf , he rose, torso dripping, and then meandered down the beach ,trolling::
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Post by Alex Vipond on May 16, 2016 0:44:21 GMT -8
Wrinkled Black: A phone call had kept her at the hotel longer than she had anticipated, but eventually Adrienne managed to find Alex at the beach. She couldn't help snickering, watching Ian wander off to chat up some ladies. Then she crept up behind Alex (or tried to, anyway) and swept his hat off his head so she could wear it herself. Seemed someone's been spending too much time with hat theif Sawyer. "Are my two favorite boys in the whole wide world enjoying themselves?" That last bit rose into baby speak as she kneeled down on the blanket to give Grayson a barrage of kisses.
Alex Vipond: Chuckling as his hat was stolen, he reached out to give Adrienne's ass a swat, mostly because it was an excuse to touch it in public. "Yes, we are. Ian's out wowing the ladies. I told him he should take a break. I think we're safe from the masses." Of course now that he said that... And as that thought crossed his mind, he smirked, he looked at Adrienne. "Don't say it, you'll double jinx it."
Wrinkled Black: Adrienne held up her hands, chuckling as she shook her head. "Wouldn't dream of it. Though I'm surprised you didn't let him take Grayson with him. Chick magnet that he is." Surprised, but glad that he didn't. Especially since she was scooping him up and into her lap as she sat cross-legged, snuggling the hell out of him. She may have also been doing a sniff test, and was pleased to smell sunscreen. She can't help it.
Alex Vipond: "At this point, I think most of the chicks on the beach think we're a gay couple." Alex chuckled as she stole da babbeh, and then leaned over and dropped a kiss to her cheek. And yes, he caught the fact that she was sniffing their son. "He's changed so there shouldn't be any funky smells."
Wrinkled Black: She grinned, leaning into the kiss. "Just making sure he wasn't in need of some more sunscreen." She wasn't reaching for the bottle, so she was satisfied. "I'm....honestly not gonna complain if that's what they're thinking, if it keeps them from trying to tempt you." Her grin at Alex was full of cheese.
Alex Vipond: Cracking up, he leaned in again to drop another kiss, to her lips this time. "Then you just have to worry about the boys chasing me." And he got that too. He had fan boys professing their love as well as fan girls. "There's only one fan girl who can tempt me." He grinned at her. "Ian was asking questions, about Grayson and his future and what might be expected and if we're going to try for more."
Wrinkled Black: "You know what? Oddly? Not nearly as concerned about the fan boys." She chuckled, smiling down at Grayson. "It's going to keep us on our toes, that's for damn sure. Isn't it, Little Man? Or Little Leo-pard, or whatever it is you want to be." Yes, she pronounced that leeo pard.
Alex Vipond: Chuckling, Alex gave Grayson a finger to grab onto. "Oh, just wait until he starts walking... I'm sure it's going to be one of those things where we wish we could keep him leashed at all times." Although, a leash in public... "They do make those, don't they? Kid leashes?"
Wrinkled Black: Her eyes rolled, but she nodded. "I think the more PC term is 'harness'...but yes, they make them. I don't know, though..." Her nose scrunched. "They seem kinda cruel. Maybe we could look into it for very crowded places. Like, y'know, Disneyland, or the airport or something."
Alex Vipond: "Yeah, I just worry in public you know? He's not going to want to be carried all the time, and short of literally having a wall of security around us, which will only draw more attention, I think one of those would be ideal."
Wrinkled Black: Adrienne leaned so she could drop her head to Alex's shoulder while Grayson gripped both of their fingers. "I know I tease you every now and then about being a worrywart, but I'm really glad that you are." She can be, too, even if she tries not to be obvious about it. But she has good reason.
Alex Vipond: Leaning his head against hers, he smiled. "It's only going to get worse from here. He starts crawling and then walking, I'm going to be tempted to put him in full padding and a helmet."
Wrinkled Black: "We should see if there's any baby proofing consultants in Seattle, have one come to the house." Chuckling, she lifted Grayson and turned him so he was facing them. The smile on the kid's face melt her heart. "Bubble wrap. Padded room. Never letting him out of the house. I mean, look at that face!" Alex Vipond: Alex was cracking up at that point. "Giant inflatable hamster ball." He nodded. "If he can survive the humiliation, he can survive anything." because face it, Alex wasn't above taking pictures of that kind of shit, just to tease him with, later in life.
Wrinkled Black: "You know, they say that it's the girls that have to worry about their daddy's toting the shotgun around the house when they've got a date. His girlfriends are gonna hate me." Maybe even Grayson, from time to time.
Alex Vipond: Alex chuckled. "Gonna have to be a special girl indeed to get momma's approval." Alex smiled and kissed her temple, his arm sliding around her shoulders. "And hopefully he'll understand that we're only looking out for his best interests and not trying to ruin his social life."
Wrinkled Black: Adrienne leaned into him, her smile fading a little. "I'll be honest, I'm worried for him. If he is like me...if any of our children are...is he doomed to live a lonely life like we did for so long?" Hard to grow old with someone when you can't grow old. "I mean, having your family around forever is great, in theory. But it's just not the same."
Alex Vipond: "Where the heart is willing, there is a way." He smiled at her, his head lifting and turning so he could look at her. "And there are others out there, I'm sure of it. But even if he does fall for someone who is human, there's no reason why he can't love her for as long as he has her. Will it be easy? No. But then nothing in life is. I mean look at the problems we had just getting him here..." he smiled as he looked back at their son. "All the scary stuff we went through, and now... with him here, it doesn't even really register. He's here, he's healthy and he's fucking awesome."
Wrinkled Black: "I tried being with a human once. It...didn't end well." She flinched as she thought about it, shaking her head before focusing on Grayson. He in turn was focusing on her bikini top. Not because of boobs, but because it kind of contrasted against her skin. "Here's hoping when he tries, she--or he--can know the truth without freaking out."
Alex Vipond: "It's not easy, even if they do know what they're getting into, when they're getting into it." His ex-wife, case in point. "In the end, you're not sure why they stay. Is it the novelty? Is it fear? Are they deluding themselves into believing, and in turn you, that it's real?" Alex shook his head. "I don't know. What I do know is that good things do happen, when you least expect them to." He smiled at her.
Wrinkled Black: Adrienne nodded as she listened, unable to keep a serious face because Grayson kept reaching for Alex's hat. "Exhibit A. Sure didn't expect him to happen, but now I can't imagine my life without him. Without either of you." With a smile, she leaned up to press a kiss to his lips.
Alex Vipond: Alex chuckled, watching Grayson reaching for that hat and when Adrienne leaned to kiss him, he gave her shoulders a gentle squeeze and returned the kiss. "I would so turn the diner into a national landmark if I could."
Wrinkled Black: She laughed, even though the baby had ended up grabbing her hair instead. Ow. "I don't know about that, but at least you could swoop in to save it should it ever come into financial hardship." Flinch. "Ow, buddy, leggo..." , she was trying to pry his chubby little fingers off her hair.
Alex Vipond: "That I will definitely do. There's no way we can let that place shut down." Chuckling, Alex reached to help extricate Adrienne's hair from tiny little fingers. "Boy's got a grip on him, that's for sure." Of course it sounded like fer shure, because face it, he may not be LA by birth but he may as well have been.
Wrinkled Black: Snickering, she shifted Grayson again--once her hair was free--so that he'd be facing the waves. "That's why I cut it, you little booger, so you'd stop doing that!" Like she could really be mad at the kid. Though she was giving Alex a playful stink-eye. "Pain in my ass, just like your Daddy."
Alex Vipond: "Hey, you never complained before when I pulled your hair." Smirking, he leaned away from the expected elbow, and then looked around. "You want a shaved ice? I can grab us one from the little vendor there..."
Wrinkled Black: "I'm complaining about your being a pain my ass, not pulling my hair. I like when you do that." Liptwitch, before she was beaming at him. "I would love one!"
Alex Vipond: Laughing, he nodded, dropped a kiss to her lips and then rose, taking a moment to slide back into his flip flops before heading off toward the little stand that sold syrup flavored ice. Whoever came up with that concept oh so many years ago was a fucking marketing genius. Once he reached the stand, he looked back at Adrienne and Grayson and smiled, before he rooted around in his cargo pocket for his wallet. He traded cash for a couple of cherry ices, and then headed back toward their blanket.
Wrinkled Black: Grayson started to fuss when Alex got up and left, so Adrienne lifted him up to her shoulder where he could watch him. "See? He's not going far, he'll be right back." A kiss was pressed to his chubby cheek, followed by a razzberry, that got a giggle out of him. When Alex returned, she was smiling at him over her shoulder. "Thanks, babe."
Alex Vipond: Smiling at the pair of them, Alex dropped back down on the blanket, one of the shaved ice cones handed over to Adrienne. "You are welcome. What me to take him? Can he have some or is that something that's too soon yet?" It wasn't the ice he was worried about, it was the syrup.
Wrinkled Black: "He shouldn't, but... I kinda wanna see his reaction..." Mom of the year over here. Grinning, she settled Grayson back into her lap before taking the cone from Alex and holding it in front of his face. His eyes crossed a little as he stared at it and reached for it. Snickering, Adrienne held his hand to keep him from grabbing a fist full, but held it up closer to his mouth. She had to press it lightly to his lips for him to realize what was going on, but finally he got a bit in his mouth. And then he spazzed. Head dropped back, face made, but too shocked from the cold to actually cry. Adrienne, meanwhile, was trying so hard not to crack the hell up.
Alex Vipond: Alex was trying not to laugh but he was snickering, lower lip bitten to keep the mirth in. "Oh we're bad.... we're so fucking bad." And then he was pulling his phone out to take a picture. "Do it again..."
Wrinkled Black: "Oh my God, babe..." Adrienne was laughing now, wiping some of the syrup off of Grayson's chin before offering it to him again. He seemed hesitant at first, but eventually took another 'bite'....only to do the exact same thing all over again, which is when Adrienne lost it.
Alex Vipond: Alex was cracking up, and yes, a picture had been his first instinct but he was really glad he'd decided video was the way to go. Laughing, he shook his head as he caught Grayson's spaz. "Oh man, that has to go into the Grayson's Greatest Hits video."
Wrinkled Black: "Okay, that's enough torture for one day." Shaking her head (but still cracking up) she waited for Alex to put his phone away before handing him her cone, so she could settle Grayson on his tummy for a bit. "Sorry, buddy." Sorta kinda not really.
Alex Vipond: The phone was slipped back into his cargo pocket, and then he took Adrienne's cone to hold while she got Grayson settled. Once her hands were free, he handed her the cone back. "Is he going to do that every time he gets something new or just something cold?"
Wrinkled Black: Taking her cone, she took a bite from it, her eyes widening in her own little mini spaz. "I dink ish da cold.." Said around the ice in her mouth, before she chuckled and finished off her bite. "That and he's not used to anything but breastmilk, so I'm sure we'll have some great footage once he starts eating baby food."
Alex Vipond: Alex chuckled at her slurred response and then went about eating his own, before asking, "Is it totally nerdy of me to be in awe about the prospect of him learning what he likes and dislikes?"
Wrinkled Black: "I don't think so." She smiled as she watched their son. "He's his own person, forming his own opinions and learning his own capabilities. It's fascinating to watch."
Alex Vipond: "And that's it, he's totally this little individual, and I can't help but be amazed. And I keep looking at the things he looks at and wondering what he things about it. Like when we were at the Farm, I was showing him his horse and I couldn't tell if he was thinking really hard or he had to shit but it was totally fucking cool."
Wrinkled Black: Adrienne laughed around another bite of her snow cone. "Depends on if he was grunting or not." Babies were so classy. "I know there's a lot of risk involved, but I want him to see as much of the world as he can while he's still young. To see it with a child's innocence."
Alex Vipond: Smiling as he took another bite of his own, he nodded. "Me too. He's got plenty of time to get jaded later. For now, I want him to explore... everything. I don't know, maybe I just want to be able to look at things through his eyes, see them as if they're new."
Wrinkled Black: "And maybe if we're lucky, we can get him eating the local foods of all our homes at an early age. That'd suck if he ended up being one of those kids that'll eat only mac 'n' cheese and nothing else." That would particularly suck at Sunday dinners.
Alex Vipond: "Oh hell yeah. We have to get him used to eating a very wide and varied number of foods before he can form an opinion of I don't like it." Because the park was full of parents lamenting about their kid's picky eating habits.
Wrinkled Black: Adrienne grinned, leaning forward to readjust Grayson's hat to make sure it was covering his face well enough. "It'll be our luck that he picks to eat the some food that neither of us can stand. Like...liver or something.." Shudder.
Alex Vipond: "oh no... we can avoid that by not feeding it to him in the first place." Because just no.... "And no blood sausage or blood pudding. There's really not a lot of difference there." The mere thought of all that blood, congealed.... gross.
Wrinkled Black: At that, Adrienne cracked up. "Says the vampire..." It was muttered behind her snow cone so no one around them could hear. But the vampire with super hearing could.
Alex Vipond: "yeah, baked, congealed... gross." he nodded, finished off the last of his snow cone and then tipped it up to get all the flavored syrup water out of the bottom of it. Then he crumpled it up and reached into Grayson's bag for a diaper wipe because who knew these things could be used for more than just diapers? They were awesome on the fly. Cleaning his hands up, he offered it out to Adrienne.
Wrinkled Black: "Well, shit, now I almost want to introduce it to him just to gross you out...” She grinned cheekily as she took the wipe, dabbing at her fingers before tipping her head back to get the rest of her snow cone. "We should probably head back, Little Man's been out in the sun a long time."
Alex Vipond: "Yep." As she tilted her head back, he leaned in and dropped a kiss to the side of her neck, and then he was taking up the trash to throw away, dropping it all in a grocery store bag that he pulled from Grayson's diaper bag. Then he was gathering up their things and packing it all away.
Wrinkled Black: It was the kiss, not the cold ice, that made her shiver. When Alex got up to start packing, she watched him with a grin. "Oooh, Grayson.. You're so going down for a nap so I can molest your Daddy." She was then scooping him up to put him in his stroller, before gathering up the blanket.
Alex Vipond: Chuckling Alex smiled and tucked Grayson's bag in the bottom of the stroller, after the blanket was laid in, and then he was taking hold of the front end to lift while Adrienne grabbed the handle because face it, pushing a stroller through sand... So not happening. "A long nap at that, Little Man. Your Daddy has a lot of things he wants to do to your Mommy."
Wrinkled Black: Adrienne laughed, slipping her hand through the safety strap and taking hold of the handle. "Ooo, such as?" Cheeky grin!
Alex Vipond: "Things best not mentioned in public." he waggled his brows at her and then continued back up to the walk so they could set the stroller down and head for the rental car.
Wrinkled Black: "Oooh, that means the really good stuff. Maybe worth hiring a sitter for..." While tempting, nah. Grayson will just have to deal.
Alex Vipond: Chuckling, Alex hit the unlock button on the rental and then moved to pull the stuff out of the bottom of the stoller and lay it into the trunk. "I figure a nice bath, some room service, a massage...." For starters.
Wrinkled Black: Adrienne, meanwhile, picked Grayson up out of the stroller and into the waiting convertible car seat. He pitched a fit, as was expected, but she kissed his forehead and closed the door. "With any luck, he'll wear himself out."
Alex Vipond: "One can hope." Chuckling, Alex folded the stroller and added it to the trunk before he closed the lid and moved to slide in behind the wheel. "You want to stop and pick something up on the way back to the marina?"
Wrinkled Black: Looking over her shoulder as Grayson wailed and flailed in his seat, she smirked. "Let's make it drive-thru?"
Alex Vipond: "Yeah." Alex looked over his shoulder as well at their son and chuckled. "Definitely drive through." Backing out of the space, he headed for the marina and whatever fast food joint lay between.
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