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Pierre and Alex were excited when they received an invite for baby Isla’s christening in the summer. Isla’s parents, George and Lando, had put out the invites in plenty of time since a lot of people were usually busy in the summer. Both Alex and Pierre had expressed interest when they had met up with George and Lando for dinner one night and the couple had mentioned it. Pierre knew that Alex was close to Isla since George was one of his best friends so he knew that his boyfriend wouldn’t be missing it for the world.
On the day of the christening, it was a nice day when they arrived at the church for the big day. Pierre and Alex had been staying with Alex’s parents for the weekend since the christening was taking place in London. When the couple arrived, George and Lando were already there. Alex cooed from afar when he noticed that Isla was sleeping as George held her. Pierre chuckled fondly as his boyfriend rushed over to his fellow Brit. The Frenchman was soon approached by Lewis and Charles who had been invited to the christening as well. It was nice for everyone to be wearing smart but casual clothes and Pierre was just grateful that he wasn’t wearing his race suit when it was such a nice day. He was forced to excuse himself when Alex waved him over. He went over and leaned into Alex’s side as George greeted him.
“I see that she’s tired already and we haven’t even started.” Teased Pierre.
George laughed.
“She tends to fall asleep in the car and we didn’t have the heart to wake her up.”
Pierre smiled as Isla was resting her head on George’s shoulder.
“She’ll get a shock later on though.” Said Alex.
The three drivers laughed.
Isla did wake up before the christening started and she was passed over to Lando who held her for most of it. She was well behaved until near the end when she became grumpy because she was hungry. Lando was able to give her a bottle of milk before everyone headed to a nearby hotel for a buffet lunch. He knew that if he left it that Isla would probably end up having a tantrum and then she would tire herself out. Thankfully, she didn’t kick up too much of a fuss when she received her bottle.
When George and Lando arrived at the hotel with Isla, they did allow their daughter to crawl around the floor and explore since she kept on crawling up to people for attention. She was something of a pass the parcel because everyone wanted to hold her.
By the time the food was brought out for the buffet, both George and Lando were grateful for the fact that George’s mum was holding onto Isla. They made the point of grabbing some food quickly since they had free hands. Eventually, George lifted his daughter out of Alison’s arms so that she could get something to eat. Isla wasn’t going to argue since she was in her dad’s arms.
Isla was the centre of attention when a cake was brought out for the special occasion and people started bringing out presents for her. She sat in the middle of the room with Lando and George who were helping her to open up the gifts. She appeared to be more interested in the wrapping paper than anything else but Lando and George were grateful nonetheless.
Later on, Pierre had nipped away to the toilet and when he came back, Alex was holding Isla on his lap. The Frenchman smiled as he walked over to his boyfriend and sat down next to him.
“I see you have a guest.” Said Pierre.
Alex chuckled.
“She should be getting her nap soon but George said we could have a hold before she gets grouchy.”
“She’s done well.”
“She’s been very well behaved, I think it’s because she’s been getting attention all day but then again, that’s what Lando said.”
Pierre chuckled. He reached out to take one of Isla’s hands and she held onto his fingers in a strong grip.
“She’s very strong.”
Alex snorted.
“Tell me about it, do you know how many times I’ve nearly had a t-shirt ripped because she won’t let go?”
“You’ll need to get used to it when we have our own kids.” Pierre remarked.
Alex stared at Pierre with wide eyes.
“You want to have kids?”
“Yeah, I mean we don’t have to have kids right now but I would love to have a mini me.” Said Pierre.
“Or a mini Alex?”
“I could cope with that, as long as it’s something that you want as well.”
Alex smiled.
“I would love nothing more.”
“We have plenty of time.”
Alex nodded.
“Yeah, yeah we do.”
The couple chuckled fondly as Isla struggled to keep her eyes open as she leaned back into Alex’s chest.
They would have their own mini me, one day, there was no rush.