He had been sleeping peacefully on his back enjoying a moment of being allowed to sleep in, when a weight was placed on his chest. It wasn't hard to guess what that weight was, especially since it was wiggling about.

"Can you say wake up Daddy?" he heard a female voice say.

"Wake up Daddy." a second voice parroted back.

He opened his eyes a crack and a huge smile lit up his daughter's face.

"What happened to letting me sleep in?" he mumbled, not that he really minded being woken up by his two favorite girls.

"We let you sleep in a whole extra hour and decided that we didn't want you to waste your birthday in bed."

"No sleep Daddy." their little girl added.

"Who can argue with that logic."

"Can you wish your Dad a happy birthday?" she asked the toddler.

"Happy birthday Daddy." she said, though the th in birthday came out more like an f.

Without any prompting she placed both of her small hands on his cheeks and leaned down to give him a big kiss on his lips.

"Thank you Charlotte." he smiled.

He loved getting kisses and hugs from his daughter, especially when she gave them without being asked. Which was often because she was an affectionate little girl and was always looking to show somebody love.

"Guess I have to get up now huh?" he asked and tickled his daughter's sides.

"Yes Daddy up." she demanded between giggles.

He gave her cheek a kiss before picking her up and placing her on the floor. In her pink footie pajamas she ran off and out of the room.

"Happy birthday." his wife said and he turned his attention back to his first girl just in time for a proper birthday kiss.

"I guess I can't complain too much about being woken up early if this is how it happens." he mumbled into her lips."Why don't you wake me up like this every morning?"

"Because we have a two year old who enjoys waking up at the crack of dawn and I need my rest since your second offspring is still cooking."

"And how is this little guy doing?" he asked rubbing her stomach.

"Happy to be inside his mother's stomach and would really like to eat now. So why don't you get that cute little butt of yours out of bed and into our kitchen."

"Hey you can't boss me around, it's my birthday."

"I'm sorry. Will you please get out of bed so that we can have a birthday breakfast with you?"

"Bacon Daddy!" their daughter shouted peaking her head into the room making both of them laugh.

"Well if there's bacon."

He pushed himself out of bed and with a final good morning kiss to his wife he ran to the doorway where his little girl was still standing and threw her over his shoulder. He waited for his other girl to walk over to him and took her hand so they could walk downstairs together.