WHO: Louisa, Severus, Bronte, Sabine, Katharina, Walden, Benjamin WHAT: Bronte is 1! WHERE: Katharina and Walden's house, to take any pressure off Louisa WHEN: today, Sunday WHY: you have to mark it somehow WARNINGS: post-natal depression, Walden glowering
Louisa had been reluctant to have a party for Bronte's birthday, but she had also felt that they needed to do something to mark such a milestone. She definitely didn't want a load of babies around, and she certainly didn't want anything as big and noisy as Penny had thrown for the triplets not so long ago. Eventually they had decided to have a small family party, but Louisa wasn't sure that Severus had thought through who counted as family in this scenario before he agreed to it. She wished that Severus' mother had still been around, so there could be someone there for him. She knew that if Severus counted anyone as family it would be Lucius Malfoy, but Louisa had long detested the man, and she felt that they certainly didn't need anyone else there to wind Walden up - which Lucius would probably do on purpose, for a laugh.
Whilst Severus did some Headmaster thing or other, Louisa dressed Bronte in their quarters, and told her who she was going to see today. The therapy had been helping Louisa be slightly less depressed, and to bond with Bronte. So had the baby massage. So also had Bronte herself, who had become decidedly less foetusy and more like an actual person. She even said words now! Not many, admittedly - it wasn't as though you could hold a conversation with her, but she did seem to understand more of what you were saying, which made Louisa feel like less of an idiot talking to her.