"Mommy, Daddy wake up!" Heather said as she ran into our room and jumped on our bed.
"Good morning Heather." I said starting to wake up seeing it was only 7:45 Am "Why are you up so early baby girl?"
"I'm hungry mommy. Get Up!"
"Alright sweetie. What would you like to eat?" I said as I sat up in bed.
"Umm…. Pancakes."
"Alright. How about we go down right now and make it together. Sounds good?" She nodded. "Okay, get going down so you don't wake up your father. He has a big day today and he doesn't need to be up quite yet."
"Okay mommy." Heather said as she ran downstairs.
As Heather was leaving our room, I couldn't help but think how my life would have been if I never had gotten pregnant with her. I know for sure I wouldn't be living in Boston engaged to Spence, but would I be graduating college by now? Oh well I guess I will never know. I don't regret anything I did, I love my life and I love my daughter. Speaking of my daughter I better get going down before she comes back up all mad at me.
"Mommy hurry up!" Heather screamed.
"Don't yell Heather, there are still people sleeping." I said as I walked down.
"Sorry Mommy."
"It's okay. Now how about you help me by getting a big bowl out." I said walking into the kitchen with her.
"Here you go Mommy."
"Alright, so what kind of pancakes do you want?"
"Umm… Blueberry!"
"Good choice."
After cooking for about an hour, the food was finally done.
"Here Heather." I said putting her plate on the table. "Eat up."
"Thank you mommy!"
"You're welcome."
As I was cleaning up, I saw Spencer's parents walk down into the kitchen.
"Good morning Teddy, smells good in here. What did you make?" Mrs. Walsh asked.
"Well, Heather woke me up at 7:45 and told me she wanted pancakes, so here they are. Would you guys like some? I made enough for everyone."
"Sure Teddy, thanks." They both said.
"So how is my little Heather?" Mrs. Walsh asked her granddaughter.
She giggled and said. "Good!"
"That's good. You are such a big girl now! Just look at you."
Heather giggled. "Thanks."
"Here you guys go." I said handing them a plate.
"Mommy I'm ! Can I wake up daddy?"
I looked over at my phone and it said 8:37 Am. "Umm... not yet, in thirty minutes you may if he isn't up yet. How about we go get you dressed? Let's go up." When Heather and I walked up into her room, I asked her "Would you like to wear this dress?" The dress I showed her was a sleeveless multicolor chevron patterned dress.
"Yes!" Heather exclaimed.
"Alright well, take off your pajamas and I will help you get into it."
After I was done getting Heather ready for Spencer's graduation I decided I should probably get ready since it's already 9:15."
I walked into my room finding Spencer was still asleep so I decided I would take a quick shower before waking him up.
"Spence wake up." I said after getting out of the shower. "It's 9:30."
As Spencer was slowly waking up he said. "Good morning babe."
"About time you woke up." I said to him while I looked through the closet to see what I should wear.
"Baby, you took a shower without me? I wanted to join you."
I laughed and said, "Well that's what you get for not waking up."
"Well, I better get up and get ready to graduate again…"
As Spencer was in the shower, I found the perfect dress to wear. It was a blush color high-low lace dress. I decided to wear black heels and use a small black faux leather crossbody bag.
A few hours later was graduation so we all headed to BIPA for the ceremony.
"Are you excited to see Daddy graduate Heaths?" I asked my daughter as she sat on my lap.
"Yes!"
All the sudden the Graduation march started and hundreds of people walked out. It made me think about when Spencer was graduating high school and how bummed I was. After the speech was given, they started calling names to get their diplomas. All the sudden I heard them call Spencer
"Spencer Walsh."
This time I didn't scream all crazy like at his high school graduation. Instead I was just quiet clapping.
"Look Heather, it's daddy."
At the very end, everyone threw their hats in the air and music began to play.
"Heather let's go find Daddy and congratulate him." I said carrying my daughter.
When I saw Spence, he ran over to us and gave me a kiss.
"Congrats Spence." I gave him another kiss.
"Where's my parents?"
"Umm... Oh right there!" I said pointing over to them walking towards us.
"Congrats Son." Spence's dad said giving him a hug.
"My baby is all grown up." Mrs. Walsh said staring to cry.
"Mom, don't cry." Spencer said giving her a hug.
"How about we get a picture of all four of you guys."
"Okay now just one of Teddy, Spence, and Heather."
"Teddy do you mind taking a picture of just Spencer, my wife, and I?"
"Not at all." I said as he handed me the camera and I took the photo.
"How about we go out to lunch to celebrate?" Spencer's dad suggested.
"Good idea dad. I have to tell you and mom something anyways."
"Oh god, please don't tell me you got Teddy pregnant again." His mom said.
"Don't worry mom she's not pregnant. Well I don't think she is anyways." Spencer looked at me. "Teddy, are you...?"
"Yeah, I'm not…"
When we got to the restaurant we were quickly seated and ordered our meals.
"So what did you want to tell us Spence?" His dad asked as we sat at the table waiting for our food to arrive.
"Okay well, you both know how BIPA is a performing arts school right? Anyways a few weeks ago I audition for some major Music Agencies that were at the school. And I got an email back saying one of them is interested in signing me on."
"Oh my, Spence that's wonderful!" His mom exclaimed.
"I know, it is." He said smiling.
"That is great Son. Aren't you happy I convinced you to go to BIPA?"
"Yeah I am actually dad. The first year was a bit rough because Heather was just a baby, but here I am graduated with an amazing job opportunity!"
"We are so proud of you Spence." Both his parents said. "We love you and always will."
"Thanks, I will always love you guys too."
Just a side note, the story cover picture is supposedly what their daughter looks like. Just thought I'd mention that. Thanks for reading!