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A/N: Since my last chapter was pretty much just a father/daughter chapter I thought that I would do a mother/daughter chapter. Also I just watched the movie Wicker Park which stars Diane Kruger along with Josh Harnett and is actually really good if any of you get a chance to watch it.
Abigail could not believe that it had been three months since Kathryn was born. At the same time, she found it hard to remember her life without her daughter. Kathryn had grown so much that Abigail could hardly believe it and wished that she could slow down time and keep her little forever but also loved to watch how much more Kathryn interacted with people and her surroundings. Abigail, who was reading a parenting magazine, heard Kathryn over the baby monitor waking up from her nap. Abigail went upstairs and into her room where Kathryn was still sleeping because Ben wasn't quite done with the nursery yet. Abigail silently hoped that he didn't finish it anytime soon she liked knowing that her daughter was within her reach if she needed her.
"Hello baby girl, did you have a nice nap?" Abigail asked Kathryn picking her up out of the bassinet and laying down on the bed with her. Kathryn made a long string of baby sounds which Abigail found hilarious. "Is that so, well thank you for telling me that story. I wonder where your daddy has gotten himself off to? Knowing him and Uncle Riley it's nowhere good." Kathryn responded with yet more cooing and Abigail bent her head down and gave her a soft kiss on the nose. Kathryn reached up her tiny hands and placed them on either side of her mother's face.
Ben was standing in the doorway watching his fiancée and daughter share a genuine mother/daughter moment. Kathryn continued to coo and Abigail opened up the little pink onesie that she was wearing and checked to see that her belly button was healing ok.
"Looks good to me," Abigail said redoing Kathryn's onesie and softly tickling her tummy. As she did this Kathryn cooed more and also let out what Abigail thought was a small smile but couldn't be sure so she tickled her tummy again and sure enough Kathryn smiled.
"Did my baby just smile for the first time?" Abigail asked excitedly. At this Ben had to go over and see for himself his daughter's new found talent.
"Word around the town is that somebody was caught smiling today is that true?" Ben asked sitting down on the bed on the other side of Kathryn. He proceeded to tickle her tummy and get a smile as well. Ben and Abigail spent the next fifteen minutes laughing and smiling along with their daughter. Riley, who had been raiding the kitchen for something to eat had come upstairs and saw the scene that was going on in his friend's bedroom. He quietly took his digital camera out of his bag and took a picture of the family. It was moments like these that made him wish he was as lucky as Ben.
"Smells like someone needs a diaper change to me," Riley heard Ben say, and it was times like these that he was happy with his life just the way it was.
"And that's my cue to leave." Riley said.
"You know, Riley hasn't changed a dirty diaper yet." Abigail said coyly.
"Don't even go there Abigail." Riley said.
"Come on Riley, it's all part of being an uncle." Ben said scooping up Kathryn and handing her to Riley.
"Mind her head Riley." Abigail said sitting up.
"Changing table is right through there, knock yourself out chief." Ben said patting Riley on the back. Riley was in the process of taking off Kathryn's onsie and undoing her diaper when he made a face and scrunched up his nose.
"You must not want a best man at your wedding because this may kill me and what the fuck are you doing?" Riley asked Abigail who had the video camera going.
"Watch your language around the baby!"
"This is not funny!" Riley said as he reached for a wipe and proceeded to change Kathryn's diaper. Abigail was almost doubled over laughing but had managed to get the whole thing on film. Riley handed Kathryn back over to Ben.
"You're pretty good at that actually Riley." Ben said. "At least I know when I'm old there will be someone there to change my depends."
"Wiping your kid's ass is as far as I go." Riley said and practically ran out of the house and floored his Ferrari.
"You enjoyed that didn't you?" Ben asked Abigail who was still laughing.
"Like you didn't?" Abigail said putting the camera back in the bag with their digital one.
"Your mommy can be very mean." Ben said jokingly to Kathryn.
Later that night when Abigail was feeding Kathryn her bottle she remembered something.
"What were you and Riley doing today anyway?"
"Guy stuff." Ben said in a macho voice. He wasn't about to tell her that they had had a meeting with the president concerning the treasure.
"Do I want to know what that would include?"
"Just some strippers and mass amounts of jose cuervo," Ben said jokingly.
"Uh-huh," Abigail smirked burping Kathryn. Ben smiled back and headed upstairs to take his shower. When he came out he was shocked to see that Abigail hadn't put Kathryn in her crib yet and when he went back downstairs to see why, what he saw melted his heart. Abigail had fallen asleep on the couch with Kathryn on her stomach also fast asleep. One of Abigail's arms was wrapped around her daughter and her free hand held her daughter's smaller one inside of it. Ben smiled and grabbed the camera and snapped a picture before going downstairs and picking Kathryn up and kissing her softly and whispering "I love you" before putting her down in her crib. After that he went back downstairs and picked Abigail up and carried her upstairs. He kissed her head as well and also whispered "I love you" and laid her down in their bed and curled up beside her holding her close and falling asleep to the sounds of his fiancée and daughter's breathing.
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