The Christmas Sleeper by Libra &

Chapter 1
Chapter 01

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Chapter Description: The Christmas Sleeper Mary, Spouse of Josh Milton was busy with some early Christmas shopping when her eyes saw some men’s sleep wear. Mrs. Milton hurried forward for a closer look. It was green with a Christmas tree pattern printed all over it. To her it appeared to be the pants and shirt. Picking it up she discovered it was fixed tightly to a hanger. Next her eyes saw the price and thought it was a more than fair pair. Hardly a few bucks and looked brand new. "Good choice. I can gift wrap it for you." A sales woman voice came from Mrs. Milton’s right side. Turning to face the sales woman and Mrs. Milton wondering how this woman could just appear beside her. Nicely dressed woman with a Christmas hat smiled warmly at her. "Yes, It’s perfect." Mrs. Milton found herself saying not knowing exactly why she was so eager to buy it. After a short wait at the registrar the sales lady return with the wrapped package. "Any problems just bring it back.

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Mary, Spouse of Josh Milton was busy with some early Christmas shopping when her eyes saw some men’s sleep wear. Mrs. Milton hurried forward for a closer look. It was green with a Christmas tree pattern printed all over it. To her it appeared to be the pants and shirt. Picking it up she discovered it was fixed tightly to a hanger.

Next her eyes saw the price and thought it was a more than fair pair. Hardly a few bucks and looked brand new.

"Good choice. I can gift wrap it for you." A sales woman voice came from Mrs. Milton’s right side. Turning to face the sales woman and Mrs. Milton wondering how this woman could just appear beside her. Nicely dressed woman with a Christmas hat smiled warmly at her.

"Yes, It’s perfect." Mrs. Milton found herself saying not knowing exactly why she was so eager to buy it.

After a short wait at the registrar the sales lady return with the wrapped package.

"Any problems just bring it back. No thirty day limit" The lady said as she took Mrs. Milton’s money.

"Okay." Mrs. Milton said handing an exact number of bills over and taking the gift wrapped package.

"Receipt is in the bag and come back soon." The sales lady called as she left.

Mrs. Milton thanked her and felt the need to go home. There was her husband to get back too. No doubt waiting for her to do an early exchange of Christmas gifts. A tradition done from their early years of marriage.

Home at last. Mrs. Milton did not even have time to hide her gift when her husband came with shopping his bag from the bedroom.

"I got your gift." Josh said in excited tone.

"Oh, Yours is under the tree. " Mary said pointing to a red wrapped box.

"You mean the portable DVD player?" Josh said in monotone voice.

"Josh?" Mary said accusing tone in her voice.

"I saw it in a shopping bag last week. What is in that bag?" Josh said and giving his wife a kiss on the cheek.

"Since you peaked at your last gift. I think I make this one our early exchange gift. " Mary Milton said reaching into the bag and pulling out the wrapped package.

They exchanged gifts.

"Clothes?" Josh said feeling the package then tearing it open.

"Another sexy silk nightie. " Mary said and grin of joy on her face. She loved attention and knew sexy outfits made her husband drool over her.

"Cute. " Josh said undoing the sleeper outfit from its folds. Now seeing off the hanger and being undone it look like a huge Sleeper outfit for a child. Complete with a zipper in the back. The entire thing just one big piece of clothing.

"Honey, I swear I didn’t know. Must be a joke item. " Mary apologized then was surprised by Josh’s face.

"Don’t. It feels very warm and looks comfortable. " Josh said feeling it.

"Just don’t let anyone see you in it. " Mary said amused by her husband’s reaction.

"Maybe, I been a naughty boy. " Josh said holding the outfit close to his body and trying to sound like a child.

"And mommy disciplines naughty little boys?" Mary asked knowing where this was going to lead.

"Well, it is Wednesday and only a hour or two away from bedtime. " Josh said moving away and grinning.

"Fine, you get into your outfit and get into mine. " Mary said and hint of excitement in her voice.

So the couple role played until a short few minutes later Josh striped his outfit and slowly undid Mary’s sexy outfit.

Mary couldn’t believe Josh’s skills of sex that night. It was like he had become a younger man in the few minutes they toyed with each other dressed in their presents.

Mary exhausted laid back with cover wrapped around her.

Josh awoke naked a few hours later and shivering. Annoyed by his wife hogging the covers. Josh put on the only thing near to hand. The giant sleeper outfit. His adult arms fumble with the zipper and pulled it up.

Laying back down he fell asleep into a warm feeling and haze of childhood memories. Every tender touch and every soft thing he could remember filled his thoughts.

Mary awoke to someone moving in their sleep.

"Josh. " Mary said not opening her eyes and feeling over for her husband. Empty space was all her hand found. Slowly she reached to feel hair, but her not her husband’s hair she knew. This hair was wispy and soft.

Mary sat up and reached for the lamp. Nearly knocking it over in turning it on.

Mary stared in shock for a full 30 seconds. Toddler in green sleeper outfit with the same pattern of Christmas trees laid there sleeping. Her eyes studying the face knew this had to be her husband. Hair was the same color and his hair grew in the same way.

"Josh, Wake up. Something happen to you. " Mary shouted and shook him a little to make him stir awake.

"What!?" A mumble reply came and Josh awoke to what seemed a nightmare. A giant version of his wife was looming over him.

"Josh, your a toddler. " Mary said her words trailing off.

"We both dreaming that’s all." Josh said sitting up and looking at his pudgy hands then around the room. It felt strange enough to be a dream. Warm feeling over his body made it feel that way.

"Cold water, splash some in your face. " Mary pleaded and watched as he slide off the bed. Mary pinched herself as he left.

Josh walked sleepy to the bathroom door and around the door to stare at the mirror on the other side. There he saw a child version of himself he could remember in photo albums.

Eyes looked huge in his head and baby fat was everywhere. Perhaps 3-years-old or less. As he watched he seemed to get younger.

"Ma-wee" Josh cried out.

Mary ran to the door and opened it slowly. Toddler version of Josh wasn’t there. Instead a baby on sitting on his butt was staring up at her with fear or shock.

His hair just a thin layer on top of his head. His innocent looking eyes tearing up.

"Shhhhhhhh, Mary is here. " Mary said in motherly tone and picked him up to hold close to her breast.

"Helwep me" A tiny babyish voice said muffed against her chest.

Mary thinking it out and quickly realized the sleeper was the cause of the trouble. The clothing had after all changed along with her husband so if the outfit was removed. He go back to being his normal age she reasoned.

Baby Josh was taking deep shuttering breaths as he laid against her left breast. He was trying not to bust into tears.

"Josh, I think the sleeper did this. I need to get it off of you. " Mary said and pulling him away from her body. Gentle she let him stand on the bathroom counter. As long he held onto the wall or her he could stand up. Mary suspected he wasn’t old enough to walk yet.

Gently she pulled the zipper down and stripped her baby husband naked. Cherub angel was adorable to behold and even cuter then Mary could imagine any child they might of had.

First few minutes nothing happen. Josh shiver and Mary put a towel to wrapped him in if he just gotten out of the baby bathtub.

Mary carried him into the bedroom and they sat on the edge of the bed. Josh in her lap looking at his hands for signs of change.

"Oh, honey I’m sorry. If it means anything to you. Your the most beautiful baby I ever seen. I make sure we see the best doctors until your back to normal. " Mary said nearly in tears now.

Josh looked up his wife and patted her leg with his right hand. Josh then arched his back to slide off her lap. Mary caught him by the arms and let him slide to the floor.

His legs gave away under his weight and he was now on all fours. He crawled out of his blanket then a small circle then looked back up her with a smile.

Mary laughed weakly and scowled at him with her eyes.

"Is my naughty little boy trying to cheer me up?" Mary said tickling him. Josh stood up and took a few steps toward her.

"Baby, you walked. " Mary said in shock.

"I feel stwonger. Owder. " Josh said grinning.

Maybe it takes more time to grow up then down. Like a elevator. Mary put the towel around Josh’s waist and held him in her lap. She held him so long her leg feel asleep and when she shifted him to sit on her other leg he did feel heavier then before. Mary had laid back with her baby husband by her arm for second before sleep over took her.

Late noon on their 2nd day of Christmas vacation when Mary awoke again. No baby or adult Josh by her side. Mary looked around and around. The sleeper outfit was on the bathroom counter where she left it.

"Josh?" Mary called out.

"Here and back to normal, honey. " Josh said and poked his head into the room.

"What happen last night?" Mary asked not sure what had happen was a dream.

"Before or after my second childhood?" Josh joked and gave her a amused smile.

"Did that really happen?" Mary asked wondered if she talked in her sleep.

"I woke up ages ago. My young body full of energy. Lucky for me I was old enough to answer the call of nature then shower off. I was handsome teenager until a few hours ago. " Josh said smiling at his wife’s confused face.

"Just so hard to believe. " Mary said looking at him. It had been a game to him.

"Perhaps I should try on the outfit again?" Josh said walking toward the bathroom.

"Well, seeing is believing. " Mary said not excited, but fearful in her tone.

Josh for the 3rd time put on the outfit and went to the living room to watch TV. Wasn’t till an quarter of a hour past that Mary noticed any changes. Within a hour the change to his body was very noticeable. Josh had become the man Mary had married. He was young man with no wrinkles around the eyes. No extra weight around his waist.

By now Josh had notice the change himself.

"Nice to see this old body back to being fit again. " Josh said stretching out. Mary could only busy herself with breakfast and look in on him every so often. She was too worried and concern of the long term effects.

Josh ate at the table looking every bit of a teenager and before he finished eating he looked like a child. He had to stand now to see over the table.

In less then 45 minutes he had went from being adult to become a small child to young to stand on the chair.

Mary help him down and knew he be a toddler in a few more minutes. Before too long he was a baby crawling on all fours much like last night. The exception of being fully clothed this time.

Mary had fun playing him until he feel asleep in her arms as they watched cartoons. Mary study the face as he sleep. Painful memories of the miscarriage came back and Mary started to consider keeping her husband like this.

His arms were too short to unzip the sleeper himself. All she have to do was make sure he kept part of his body touching the clothing. If Mary asked Josh he happily stay as a baby just to see his wife with joy.

"No. " was the answer Mary told herself. She never accept losing her husband just for the chance to have a baby. Besides her personal feelings. There was bills to consider. As for her job she could quit without losing too much in their income, but if Josh stopped working she lose the house for sure.

A funny smell and wetness was creeping up on her senses at that moment. Looking down she realized her husband had wet himself as he slept.

Mary laid him down on the floor with a thick towel underneath and decided to reclaim the supplies of baby stuff in storage down in the basement. Even with the damage done to Mary so many years ago. Her and Josh had talked about adoption. Naturally she store the baby stuff away for that time to come.

Somehow that time never seem right for both of them. Mary was glad they used the big plastic storage bags. The cloths and diapers for the baby’s first year was stiff, but useable. There was also a crib, playpen, and even travel accessories for mom’s on the go.

Mary had forgotten about most of the items down here. Mary decided on the playpen and diapers first. Rest of the stuff she have to wash and clean up before using.

Mary was amazed her husband was still asleep as she came back upstairs. The wet spot visible as he laid on his back with a towel under his body.

Mary worked fast in cleaning up her husband. Mary decided a diaper slightly too big for him and a baby shirt one size larger then he was now. He grow a little bigger now being out of the sleeper.

After wiping down the playpen she put her husband in it for safe keeping. Mary then decided to wash the green sleeper for later use that day.

A wonderful idea crossed her mind as she went back for the rest of the diapers. Maybe she could kept him like that just for the holidays. He didn’t have to go back to work until January. Mary then decided take everything baby related item out of storage.

Josh wouldn’t mind if it kept her happy. He seem to enjoy the experience anyway. Mary thought thinking it over.

Within a hour Mary had transform their master bedroom into a make shift nursery. The 2nd bedroom being half full Christmas boxes they used for storing the tree and decorations.

When Mary picked up the sleeper out of the dryer. It had changed to a slightly larger size.

Mary had return to the living with the green sleeper in hand all wash and dry when she noticed Josh was awake. Already adjusted to his new nylon mesh prison he look he been awake for a while.

Mary went to him instantly and cooed over him for a minute. Then she check his diaper and started to explain her idea to him. She was happy to see Josh look like he wanted it as much as her. She noticed his diaper and shirt very snug on his body.

"Lets get baby back in his warm sleeper. " Mary said feeling the strange heat in the clothing. Josh’s slightly older body would go back being a little baby very soon. Once the sleeper was back on him. Mary knew it would shrink back to it’s little size once more.

Mary had a fun time over the next two weeks. Beside cleaning up split up messes and dirty diapers she loved having a baby around the house.

Mary made sure the sleeper outfit was always on Josh. During diaper changes it be dangling on his feet. Right after each bath she put it back on him.

Even if Josh had a crib and playpen. Mary preferred keeping him close. During baths she climbed into the tub after him. At night he sleep on her chest his little hand gentle playing with one nipple.

When Mary had changed clothing one morning she noticed; when she was topless. Josh had started to suck on his thumb. Mary fixed that by giving him pacifiers. After his morning feeding then down for his nap Mary removed the sleeper outfit for it’s weekly cleaning.

Once again it was a larger size by the time it came out of the dryer. Curious about how it feel on her body. Mary decided to wear it. The sleeper seemed to grow much faster then before. Mary shocked wonder if it sensed her thoughts. First of all Mary locked every door and made sure all the windows blinds were down before trying it on.

Mary was excited slipping her body into it. Warm feeling that should of faded away after being taken out of the dryer didn’t go away. It be some time before the changes were noticeable in the mirror. Inside her own body felt changes taken place.

Mary return to the living room to rest herself on the sofa.

With each passing minute her body felt slimmer more toned up then before. After Josh awoke from his nap he noticed right away what Mary was wearing.

He giggled when he looked.

"Yup, In a few minutes you have a playmate. I think maybe ten years old. " Mary grinned as she noticed her arms and hands were different.

Taking Josh out of the playpen she went to the mirror in the bathroom. There a teenager and toddler reflected back. Before too long Mary had set Josh down. Either he was getting too heavy or she was getting weaker.

Pre-teen stare back maybe a little fearful. Mary felt her chest collapse for the finally time in on itself. Her hip also had a funny feeling about it.

"Maybe I should take it now. " Mary said once her body was that of a child. With her chest small and flat she felt small. There was a odd feeling of being naked between her legs. Same feeling down her legs.

As Mary reached for the zipper she discovered a problem. Her little arms were too short for the zipper. As a adult or teenager she could each for it, but once she was a child there was no way she could touch it.

"Josh, help me. " Mary said beginning to panic. She was losing height and losing in a series of reverse growth spurts.

Josh made a grabs for the zipper, but she was still too tall for his little arms.

Mary sat down and using the reflection in the mirror saw Josh moving the zipper down now for her. Two toddlers were now in the mirror’s reflection.

Mary got tangle in the lower half of the sleeper in trying to remove the sleeper. Further she felt herself shrank again. Wiggling free of the leg coverings Mary noticed very chubby and pale skin.

Josh was standing over her not looking so small at the moment.

Mary try to stand and fell back. She looked at the mirror that stopped just at the bottom of the door. A baby rug-rat version of herself stare back with shock.

Cute nude little baby girl with curls in her hair and innocent look in her face.

Josh had disappear after he help her out of the sleeper. He return with a diaper in his hand and gave it to her. Mary realized she was naked and accepted it.

After a few clumsy attempts she got it on with a little help from Josh and looked at her husband. Little older during his hour away from the sleeper. Walking age at least and looking amused.

"Bee hwours before I am be a adult. I was luckwe to get diaper, Clothwes out of wearch. " Josh said and offer the sleeper back to Mary. Mary was sitting on the cold tile decided to enjoy her babyhood in warm comfort.

Josh help her back in the sleeper. Mary realized her mistake a little too late, but decided to live with it for a while. She had been taking care of Josh. Maybe Josh should care for her for a while. She thought with a devilish grin.

Besides there were strange feelings of being warm and thoughts of soft things in her mind. Fuzzy bears and fluffy rabbits mixed with her thoughts.

Minutes later they build blocks in the living room. Josh slowly getting older. By what would be late noon. Josh was a boy again. Maybe seven years old or older. Wearing one of his normal shirts like a night shirt.

Moving around chairs he fixed baby bottles and got everything they needed. Both children went down for a nap and slept till sunset.

Mary awoke in the crib she so often put Josh in. A Josh in his late teens now hovered over her. Soon he look like the man she married. Mary wonder what the next week be like.

Regular feedings and diaper changes went by in a dull routine. Baths and play time was what Mary looked forward to more then anything.

Now knowing what a baby’s life was like she had to admit it was fun. When Josh took her out for shopping for food people cooed over her. Small smiles and little waves. It was rather like being a movie star.

She was center of attention at most places. Sometimes she be shy and be very bashful. Those moments just made her more cuter in the end.

Finally back home and being end of the week. Josh gave her a bath and didn’t bother putting the sleeper back on her. Instead he waited for her to grow up again. With one of Josh’s old shirts she grew that evening. A quiet little shy girl in Josh’s lap. She didn’t want to be sitting on his leg naked under the shirt with a underdeveloped body.

For Josh he now only wore some old sweat pants with no shirt since Mary had borrowed it.

Before long she was too big to sit in his lap and instead laid her head and shoulders on his chest while the rest of her body lay beside him. When she reached maturing age she excused herself to disappear in the back bedroom.

She had just taken the shirt off when Josh had walked up behind her. She was at the tender age of being a girl where she be coming a woman. Mary shriek a little and try to cover herself with her hands.

Josh smile and sat on the bed and gentle removed her hands with a slow and lovingly touch.

"Let’s see how this little flower blooms. " Josh said in a whisper. Mary sat beside him feeling her chest expand with each breath she took and prickling feeling at her crotch.

Puberty was short lived and soon she was trembling for reasons hard to explain. A sixteen year old Mary so nervous being next to the man she loved. Her husband now leaning in for a kiss.

"Your shaking like a leaf. " Josh said now his lips only inches away.

"Well, I sort of a virgin at this age. I didn’t date till I was eighteen. " Mary said blushing.

"Perhaps my love we shall fix that. It has been two weeks since we made love. " Josh said with one hand going down her back and the other hand undoing the strings on his pants.

"Gently. " Mary whisper as she laid back and Josh took his position.

"Always." Josh whispered back.

Morning came in a haze of waking up tired. At first Josh didn’t know why he was awake so soon. He thought after last night he sleep till noon.

Loud knocking at the front made his mind go into alert. He looked at Mary in bed half naked and return to being a adult woman once more.

"Mary, wake up and get dress. " Josh said shaking her a little to wake her.

Josh threw on his old sweat pants and a shirt next he tossed on his bath robe.

Another knocking and this time a voice called out his name. He knew that voice.

"Mom. " He said opening the door and hugging her.

"Sleeping in late?" She said giving him a look over.

"Well, we are on Christmas vacation. " Josh said letting her inside.

"I’m sorry for dropping in like this, but you know a lonely old woman has to do something. " She said walking into the living.

Instantly she spotted the baby stuff. Play pen was hard to miss and so was the newly opened baby toys.

"What is all this?" She said gesturing to the baby items shatter about.

"A little baby-sitting. " Mary said as she came around the corner into the living now dress in her bathrobe and looking far better in appearance.

Josh saw his mother’s face fall a bit. Perhaps she thought she get the surprised they had adopted.

"I guess it’s too much to hope for a grand-child so soon? " She said looking at her son.

Mary turned away and walk past them into the kitchen. His mother never said it out loud, but Mary knew she blame her for the miscarriage that damaged her body beyond having another child ever again. They never be able have a child again.

"We been talking about adopting again. I have a good job now and Mary could stay home. " Josh lied and figure this was best to drive out his mother’s ideas being a grandmother.

"Help me to the couch. It’s been a long trip and that taxi driver was a bit slow in driving. " His mother said and Josh helped her down to sit as he sat beside her.

"Just a shame to see our family tree end. Perhaps I’m a little bit to proud, whatever you decided I live with it. " Widow Milton said patting her son’s hand.

Josh couldn’t blame her for nudging for grand children. She was getting older everyday and she couldn’t wait.

"Staying in town?" Josh said decided to get her mind off the current idea.

"Local Hotel. It’s a nice place. Thought I come by early for Christmas. " Miss Milton said looking around the room.

Josh looked to see a messy house.

"Been doing much?" His mother question still eyeing the mess.

"Not a whole lot. It’s like Mary said a little baby-sitting on the side. " Josh said excusing the mess.

"How many?" She asked seeing boy’s and girl diapers by the playpen.

"Just one at a time. Sometimes the boy and sometimes the girl. Lets eat some breakfast. " Josh said as he heard plates being removed from the cabinet. By now he knew Mary would have eggs and bacon ready. The smell very strong now.

Miss Milton knew her son was hiding something, but what? she wonder. She smiled at the memories of him trying to lie to her. He had always been a terrible at lying to her.

She didn’t pressed the subject of grandchildren or adoption the rest of the day.

They spent a few hours talking about everything else. Catching up over what had happen over the year. She was please to hear Josh had gotten a raise and Mary gotten a better job then her last one.

They talked nearly to lunch. Miss Milton laid down for nap in the guest bedroom they cleaned before she laid down.

Few hours before sunset Miss Milton got up and to her surprise her son and her daughter-in-law had clean the house. They had also changed into some better clothes.

Miss Milton firmly told them she spent far to much of their time and she return to her hotel. Josh suspected she liked the room service more then anything. Miss Milton was a somewhat rich woman after all.

Miss Milton suspect their faces showed somewhat relief almost if they didn’t want her around.

Saying her goodbye she left and planed to return only after dark. Whatever they hiding she would find out.

Mary finished cleaning the house with vacuuming and her husband finished by taking out all the trash bags.

Josh didn’t even mention the sleeper until well after dinner time. Mary eager to have the upper hand in the bedroom this time.

Josh threw on his bath robe over the sleeper to hide the odd outfit.

By dark he was teenager and even got Mary to dance with him as Christmas songs that played on the radio. She was in a robe as well and prepared for a fun night.

Miss Milton return at that very moment and peaked in through a window she made the sure the blinds were slightly up. She was going to find out what they were hiding from her.

Spark of angry hit her as she saw her daughter in law with a younger man. Lord save her it was just a teenage boy. Miss Milton cried out in her thoughts.

Being tall for his age Josh hadn’t notice his wife now was taller then him.

"Josh, Time for you to remove the sleeper. Not even old enough to drive I bet. " Mary said amused she was slightly taller then her husband now.

Before he could answer a bang of knocks came from the door.

"Hide. " Mary said and fixed her bath robe to concern as much as possible.

Josh ran for the master bed forgetting the sleeper’s effects on his body. His bathrobe slowly engulfing him.

"Miss Milton!?" Mary said as she open the door after she peaked through the window to see who was there.

"I can’t believe what I saw. " Miss Milton said storming into the room.

"You saw everything? " Mary asked feeling her stomach go cold and empty.

"Yes, I now know everything. " Miss Milton said her cold eyes on Mary.

"Maybe it’s best if Josh explains. I don’t know if you believe the whole story. " Mary said and turned toward the hallway to the master bedroom.

Miss Milton was confused and if Mary hadn’t turned away from her at that moment she would of saw the confusion.

She waited and Mary return with a child. A boy no older then thirteen or so.

"Hi mom. " He said and Miss Milton stared. Bath robe and green PJ’s looked the same the young teenager had on.

"Josh?" Miss Milton said and felt dizzy. She was able to get to the couch before passing out completely.

"Don’t worry, Josh. Just shock. I think she believe I was cheating on you with another man. I assume she saw you getting younger through the window. " Mary voice seemed to come from very far away to Miss Milton.

"Well, It’s not we can hide it now. " A child’s voice said and Miss Milton felt a hand on hers. Small warm fingers on her palm.

Slowly she opened her eyes.

"She coming around. " Mary said and Miss Milton looked at Mary’s face in a blur for moment before her eyes focused.

"I’m all right. " She said seeing the worried face on Mary. Slowly she looked over to see a sheepish looking little boy beside her.

"How is this possible? " Miss Milton said and touching his face with teary eyes. It had been decades since she saw her son this young. She often looked at the photo albums and seeing this image come to life was almost too much.

Over a few strong cups of tea for Josh. Then coffee for Mary and Miss Milton she heard the whole story.

Over the time she been there he lost a few more years. The bath robe behind him and dress in the magical sleeper outfit.

Josh soon became small enough to be held in her lap. She held him around the chest.

"My darling little boy. " She said looking more then happy to see her little boy back again.

Mary meanwhile turned off the radio and went to kitchen to clean the dinner dishes. She stayed in ear shot if they needed anything. Mary was also enjoying the conversation.

Rest of the night they all sat down and watched a movie. Now it was bedtime for toddler Josh. He was put in his play pen by Miss Milton.

Josh not happy about being a toddler with his mother around. Mary amused by her husband’s situation. Josh stayed awake while they watched the rest of the movie. Miss Milton was warming up to Mary in friendly way she wasn’t use too.

"Would there be any harm in keeping him like that? " Miss Milton said not keeping her voice down.

"Shouldn’t be any harm. He was a baby for a whole week and didn’t affect him. " Mary said enjoying this more likable Miss Milton.

"Maybe longer what was I was thinking. " Miss Milton now looking at Mary.

"Till Christmas?" Mary said thinking it would be a laugh he be stuck like that for weeks. Josh face showing more worry as he listen from the playpen.

"Why not years? Be nice to have a baby around wouldn’t it? Maybe till I pass on. " Miss Milton suggested in a friendly way.

Mary scoffed for a moment then looked at Josh. His big baby blue eyes staring at her with wonder and fear.

"Just think. A little baby boy with Josh’s features. I be happy to pay for bills and such while your caring for him. " Miss Milton said and put a hand on Mary’s shoulder.

"Well, it be great, I miss my Josh too much. " Mary said getting up and picking up the baby hold against her body.

"Forgive a old woman’s passing idea. End of Christmas then? Think of it has my Christmas wish. " Miss Milton said if the idea she just suggested was nothing.

"I don’t think he mind till Christmas. I had the same idea myself once. Keeping him like this. " Mary said looking at Josh for a second then back to Miss Milton.

Miss Milton smiled a little then sigh.

"I know Josh would give up his adult life for me in a heart beat to give me a little joy. I couldn’t let him do that. I love him too much. " Mary said holding him a little tighter.

Josh nodded and blush red then buried his head into her breasts to hide his face.

"I think in the end he wouldn’t have mind. I see how much he loves you now. I admit I was a little jealous. My vain attempt to get some time with my son was I wanted. A child is a perfect excuse to come over. " Miss Milton her eyes watery, but not crying.

"Na-na!" Josh shouted and reached for Miss Milton. Mary was surprised by his acting job. He sounded like a baby.

"I guess I’m Na-na. " Miss Milton said getting up and holding the baby boy.

"I don’t see the harm in pretending for a while. You can spoil him and take care of him when I have to go out. I care for him in the meantime. " Mary said giving her baby husband a pat on the back.

Josh giggled as he hugged his mother.

Miss Milton dropped in nearly everyday for the next few days. Josh was hardly out of his sleeper for more then a hour. He spent most of his time crawling.

Josh suffered from very embarrassing moments of baths and diaper changes from his mother for a while. After a while of her praises and lullabies combine with the magic in the sleeper he found himself accepting this care.

Mary had a interesting effect herself. Guessing it was the magical clothing or her close contact to her baby husband she started to producing breast milk. Her breasts were larger and the nipples hurt a little.

One night she found herself breast feeding him. Josh looking a bit to happy in sucking her nipples. He always loved her breasts.

One night during one of her visits. Miss Milton walked in on her. Josh covered with a blanket and half asleep didn’t hear her come in.

His mother stared in disbelief and looked at Mary’s chest. She smiled and put her index finger to her lips as she backed out of the room.

Josh himself had to behave like a good little boy around his real mother. She had even taken to spanking him when he fought her during bed times and eating the horrible baby food vegetables she bought.

Mary rarely step in to rescue him. Josh suspected she enjoy watching his face with every bite.

"Carrots was his least favorites, but growing boys need their vegetables. " Miss Milton remark more then once.

Josh didn’t hold any grudges against them. He looked glad it would be one less time.

Whenever he got mad or frustrated then hit at Mary for not letting him cop a feel or carrying him she took up Miss Milton’s advice of "Spare the rod, spoil the child."

Mary didn’t think much of his harmless hits at her legs or chest, but saw the fact he thought he was still in power. Mary decided to teach a little respect. She had only to smack his behind once.

"Nearly Christmas. I think we should let him out of that sleeper. He should spend the day before Christmas Eve as a adult. " Miss Milton said as she help fix Josh’s second morning bottle. She had stay over that night to help out.

Mary sat at the table with Josh in her lap still sucking on his first bottle. She taken to bottling the breast milk now. Josh lay cradle in her arms looking every bit like the innocent baby. His eyes moving sharply between them.

"Not easy thing to have a baby around. You both need the rest. Each of you know what it is caring for a baby. " Milton said in a wise way.

"Yeah, from different sides of the coins too. " Mary said getting up. Her eyes were red from lack of sleep. Josh woke up at night crying out because of hungry. His little body forcing him to cry out for food.

Mary knew it take a while for him to change back. Taking him to the living for a finally diaper check she started to unzip his sleeper.

It had become worn in places where he crawled and sat. Josh sat on the floor still as a mouse waiting.

"Zipper is stuck. " Mary said jerking it down and up again to loosen it. Josh felt a jerk on his sleeper and heard her stumble back.

"Damn, that zipper tag. It broke off. " Mary said and saw she had torn the sleeper a little, but it was loose enough for Josh wiggle out of with her help.

Mary tossed the sleeper in a old shopping bag deciding to fix it later. She looked around for the zipper tag, but it had flown off when she lost her balance.

After a while Josh got worried. He watched morning cartoons and nothing seemed to happen. He felt naked with just a diaper on and two women in the house. He wanted to walk again and dress.

Mary checked her watch and the kitchen clock. Two hours passed and Josh remained a baby. Miss Milton noticed this as well.

"Maybe it takes longer since he was a baby for so long. " Miss Milton offered ringing her hands in worry.

At the three hour mark and almost lunch Josh and silently crying his eyes out and sniffing back a running nose.

"Shhhhhh. No reason to get upset. " Mary said holding close to her body again. She even often her breast as a pillow for his head.

Noon came and went with no change to baby Josh.

"Mary, Do you think you find that store again where you got the sleeper? " Miss Milton said putting on her coat.

"Sure. We go back and get the old sleeper fix or get a new one. " Mary said and cheering up Josh.

Mary didn’t want to think about what might happen if they didn’t do something soon. Would Josh stay a baby forever or would he have to grow up. She shutter to think of it. Either way she didn’t like.

She couldn’t stand the thought of never seeing her adult husband again or being a old lady when he finally grew up again.

Mary handed Josh over to his mother and ran off to dress.

Miss Milton comforted her son and had a short wait.

"I think a taxi would be best. You shouldn’t drive while your both upset. " Miss Milton and had a Taxi waiting outside.

Mary figured she called them while she dressed.

Ride was a quiet and short in Josh’s memory.

Finally in front of the mall and all three calm they went in after Miss Milton paid.

Josh had been poorly dressed by Miss Milton. He was only in a diaper under his baby coat and coat pants.

They hurried through the overcrowded mall. Other people going here and there shopping.

Mary with Josh in her arms lead Miss Milton into the Department store. There was the woman wearing the Christmas hat has before. Her store was nearly empty of customers.

"Hello, back so soon. " The sales woman greeted them if she just left.

Gasping for some air and chance to calm down. Mary went into the accident they had with the sleeper. The sales woman face frowned a little.

"One moment. " Sales woman begged and left her place behind the counter.

As the last few people left her store. Sales woman went to the door and locked it. Next she flipped a sign saying ?out to lunch’ so it faced outward. She closed the curtains next so only displays could be seen from the outside windows.

"Sleeper, please. " The sales woman said taking it as she pass Mary and went behind the counter.

"Dear me, A lot use and worn down in places. " Sales woman said looking it over.

"Can it be fix or make my darling Josh a adult again?" Mary asked filling her worries getting the best of her.

"The magic I put into the sleeper was design to form a link when someone wears it. The link is broken when person removes the clothing. Since the zipper was the key to the link it bonded with your husband instead. " The sales woman explained.

"I can fix it, but there is a price. " The sales woman said quickly to prevent Mary from going into a panic.

"Price?!" Mary and Miss Milton said.

"Simply, really. I cast the magic I used before and sleeper we be fixed. But the next adult that puts it on. The effects are much more stronger. The magic I put in was to ease any adult in getting use to the sleeper will change. The newly cast sleeper effects will alter the mind and body. That adult would lose their themselves almost instantly and they have to grow up all over again in years. Naturally I have to take it back so there no danger to you. " Sales woman calmly explained.

Two women watched as she waved her hand over the sleeper. Fabric seemed to renew itself. Then it grew in size and even big enough to fit any adult and when she turned it over it had a new zipper on it.

"I will change him back now, but you might want to take him in the back to the dressing rooms. Since those clothes weren’t under the sleeper they won’t changed with your husband. I delay the magic for a few minutes. Let me show where the men’s changing room is. " Sales woman said leading the way.

Miss Milton lagging behind with the sleeper tucked under her arm. As they got close to the changing rooms Miss Milton then turned the wrong the way into the woman’s section of the store if to hide.

Mary went into the stall and in a great hurry undid all his clothes. She left him naked standing on his clothes while the sales woman hurried to the men’s section and picked out a few things for him.

Before she return Josh had started to grow and at an amazing rate. Blushing Josh was already in early teens when the sales woman return passing his new clothes to Mary over the stall door. Mary help him dress to modest level at least, before leaving the stall herself. She was running out of room fast in there.

Josh was back to being a adult, but a lot younger then before.

"Didn’t think you mind. I took a few years off of you both during your time in there. " Sales woman said waving her hand toward the stall. Josh coming out made a few adjustments and felt the clothes if he had worn them before.

"Where did my mother go?" Josh asked looking around.

Mary and sales woman looked as well. Very small sound could be heard. Sounded like crying if came from a child.

The group ran to the source. There in the toddler section they found a little girl wearing a very familiar sleeping silently crying and looking in fear at them. There was a bruise mark on her head slowly healing. By the looks of things she must of tripped.

"Josh, its her as a little girl. " Mary said approaching the child.

Little girl got up and back away from them. The three tall adults was a very scary sight to her. She couldn’t remember who she was or who her parents were.

"Don’t scare her. If she runs off we might not get to her in time. Allow me. " The sales took off her hat a pair of pointed ears showed. One close look and Josh knew they weren’t fake.

The elf if Josh’s eyes moved around a clothes rack and appeared to shrink. Instead of growing younger she only lost height and her limbs thinned a little.

The now child Miss Milton smiled at the elf. She had read fairly tales of such creatures.

"It’s okay. You fell down didn’t you. " The elf girl asked and reached out one hand to her.

Josh and Mary could only watched as she nodded.

"Must be hot in that sleeper. Let me help you out. " The elf said and unzip the back. With a little help the little girl wiggled out of it and stepped out of it.

Josh looked to see she was dress in child version of clothing his mother had put on that morning.

"Where my mommy and daddy? " The little girl asked her question directed at the elf.

The elf girl only giggled at first and pointed to Josh and Mary.

"Bumped your head and forgot everything didn’t you. " The elf chimed and seemed to relax the little girl.

"I’m Shelby. " The little girl said looking annoyed in being taunted.

"Shelby. " Josh said feeling strange calling out his mother first name.

The little girl looked at him unsure then to Mary with the uneasy eyes. The concern looks told her that they loved her.

"Was I being bad? " Shelby asked backing up a little more her hands going to her back if to protect her butt.

"No, baby. You just wondered off and got hurt. Your head just feels funny because you hit it. " Mary said in a motherly tone.

Elf girl walked back around a clothes rack and changed back into the sales woman complete with her hat and sleeper in her hands.

"Is daddy mad at me? " Shelby asked taking a few steps toward Mary if to hide behind her legs.

"No." Josh said quickly and saw Shelby take a few steps toward him.

"I’m sorry I wondered off. " Shelby said in brave big girl’s voice.

"I just happy your okay. " Josh said and thinking over what his mother had done. In a strange way she made sure the blood line wouldn’t be broken and she had given herself to be his daughter.

"I wanna go home. I feel dizzy and tired. " Shelby whined and reached up for Mary to carry her. Slowly and with gentle touch Mary picked her up and held her like a sleepy child.

"Don’t worry. She be completely healthy in the morning and take care of everything else. " The sales woman winked.

Josh picked up his mother’s purse she dropped by the front counter and motion for his wife they should leave. Shock of everything left him slightly dizzy himself.

They caught a taxi afterwards and all three feel asleep on the master bed.

Next morning Josh was awaken to screams of delight and joy of little girl about six or seven years old. Mary was awaken being dragged away from the bed.

"Santa came!, Santa came!, Santa came! " Shelby said leading her mother into the living room. Over night the house had changed a lot. There was huge Christmas tree with homemade ornament like baby’s first Christmas on it. Under the tree was gifts for all of them. Even a few from Grandma Milton and close friend to Santa.

"Josh, look. " Mary said looking at the book selves. As Josh looked he saw baby pictures and pictures of Shelby riding her tricycle.

To Josh it looked if someone digitally put him and his wife into the photographs with Shelby, but they looked to real to be fake.

Josh explored the rest of the house. Only other big changes he saw besides the new photo albums was the guest bedroom and been changed into a room for a little girl and nursery tucked into the corner of the room.

Mary had joined Josh to admire with him in awe at all the changes.

"You know. I think our love did all this in a strange way. In a funny way we were giving a chance to have a child and one way or another it happen. " Josh said smiling at his wife.

"Could be children. Look at me, Josh. I’m younger then the woman you married. I think we could have another. " Mary said and getting very close to her husband and started to kiss.

A giggled from behind stopped them.

"Yuck. " Shelby said then ran off to open more presents.

"Lets hope we get some time to ourselves. " Josh said and took his wife’s hand to the living room.

New Year’s eve was a strange one that year for the Milton Family. Hospital records showed that little six and half year old Shelby Milton had injured her head and had been released just before the Christmas holiday.

A elderly woman matching Miss Milton’s identification was found in a hotel room a few days later. Passed away in her sleep so the paper said.

Josh Milton was given the bad news by the local police. After seeing the body he knew somehow the elf woman had most likely given someone a dying Christmas wish.

Few hot meals and roof over her head was all that this old stranger wanted and gotten it. Josh claimed the body was that of his mother and funeral was a short one. Shelby couldn’t remember her Grandma Milton very well. All she could remember was warm feelings about her.

Shelby had done something that last Christmas that was very special for her parents, but no matter how hard to try to remember she couldn’t think of what it was. Much to her dislike a few months later. Her mommy announced she have a baby brother just before coming Christmas.

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