The Anvilette's Bird
"You know Jim" Ellie Neidhart said softly as she was cradling their newborn baby, Natalie, in her arms "I really think Elisabeth is taking a liking to her little sister.
Jim smiled. "I was hoping so. She did always say she wanted a younger sibling to play with and teach them how to be strong like her."
Ellie laughed a bit. "Our daughter is definitely a tomboy."
"But she's still like you Ellie. Hopefully, little miss Natalie will be like her daddy." Jim took his daughter out of Ellie's arms and cradled her close, sitting down on the couch while watching his daughter sleep. Then a knock came on the front door and Ellie went over to get it. "Oh hey Bret!" She said with a soft smile.
"Hey Ellie, just stopped by to bring your precious daughter back and to see my new neice." Bret said with a smile before a little blonde girl ran inside the house. Bret and Ellie laughed a bit before they both walked inside and went over to Jim and the girl were at. "Hey there Elisabeth. Did you have fun at Uncle Bret's house?" Jim asked, smiling at his daughter.
Elisabeth nodded happily. "Yep! I did! It was so much fun. He and Uncle Owen showed me wrestling moves!"
Ellie and Jim looked at Bret who just shrugged. "She wanted to know how the Sharpshooter worked so I just showed it to her. She didn't do it to anyone though."
"Luckily." Jim and Ellie said in unison as Ellie sat down. Beth crawled onto her mother's lap and looked over at her new sister with a bright smile. She was glad to have a new baby sister around to teach and have fun with. She had never been excited about anything in her life! "Daddy?"
Jim looked over at Elisabeth. "Yes sweetheart?"
"Can I hold my sister?"
"Of course you can but you have to be very careful, okay?" Elisabeth nodded and her gently placed Natalie in Elisabeth's hands, putting the child's hands where they're supposed to support Natalie's head. The adults smiled at the early sister bonding and Jim got up to quickly get a camera. When he did, he quickly walked back and positioned himself properly and took a picture of Elisabeth holding Natalie. Elisabeth looked up when she saw the flash and just smiled before Jim took another picture of her smiling. "There's a picture to put in Natalie and Elisabeth's scrapbook." Jim said with a light laugh.
Bret stayed for a while but he had to get back to his own family and bid the family goodbye. Ellie was holding Elisabeth while Jim held Natalie and the child was slowly falling asleep in her mother's arms and Ellie knew it. She picked up the girl and walked down the hallway and into Elisabeth's room, helping the girl with her pajamas and putting her into bed. "Mommy?" Elisabeth called in a tiring tone.
"Yes Elisabeth?"
"Can I be like daddy when I get older?"
"You mean being a wrestler?"
Elisabeth nodded her head on the pillow.
"If you want to, you can. Daddy and I will always support you in what you do, okay?" The child nodded and Ellie kissed the top of her forehead, "Goodnight my little blue jay."
"Goodnight my eagle protector." Elisabeth mumbled before falling asleep. Ellie smiled and turned off the bedroom light and closed the door a bit with a little crack in the door before going off to her bedroom. She saw Jim putting Natalie in her cradle. She walked over to him and rested her head on his shoulder. "Tired Mr. Neidhart?"
Jim chuckled and nodded. "As always Mrs. Nedihart. Our youngest daughter keeps us up at all hours almost."
"During the day yes, but at night she's so quiet. I think we're fortunate for that, huh?"
"Of course we are" he kissed his wife's lips "Let's get in bed and rest. We have a long day tomorrow."