5 months later...
"Yum, yum." I cooed to my daughter who was now looking at me like I was insane. "Yum, yum. Take a bite for mommy?" I pleaded with my five month old. The baby food jar was 1/2 empty, so I guess at least she ate some of the green beans.
"Try the bananas." Edward told me as he came in our kitchen, fresh from his evening shower. "Give her a few bites of bananas, then switch back to the green beans." He took a seat next to me at our table, then started to play with Annalea's hair. You'd think Edward was a celebrity, because when he entered the room, Annalea's eyes followed his every move. When Edward looked her way, she'd blush bright cherry red. When he spoke to her, her smile would stretch, ear to ear. And the feeling was mutual. Edward was just as much in love with Annalea, as Annalea was in love with Edward.
"How do you know that?" I asked Edward as I popped open a jar of mashed banana baby food.
"Usually I mix a fruit in with her oatmeal, but this morning, she wasn't having any of that." He kissed her on her forehead, then turned to me. "So I alternated. One bite of oatmeal, followed by a bite of pears." He kissed my cheek before heading to get some water. "She eats more that way."
"Is that right?" I cooed to my daughter. Annalea was busy with seeing just how much food she could spread on her highchair. "Or is it just that you eat more for daddy?" I laughed. At the word 'daddy', her head shot up and then she searched the room for Edward.
"I'm right here sweetheart." Edward took his place back at the table with us. "Are you gonna eat now?" He tickled her.
The past 5 months had been more than I expected. I found myself in a total bliss. How was it that I got everything I ever wanted, and yet, some people, had nothing? I was blessed to have such a caring, understanding and loving husband. My friends were as loyal as they come. My parents loved me, unconditionally. My brother, who I found mostly annoying at times, was the best big brother and uncle in the world. And then, to top it all off...I had the sweetest, most adorable little girl to call my own. I felt pity on those who spent their lives alone. Didn't they realize what they were missing?
"Rosalie's ready to pop." Edward broke my attention. "Emmett's driving me crazy!"
"Emmett drives everyone crazy." I reminded him, I put the baby food away, and started to clean up Annalea. "But, what in particular is bothering him now?"
"Rosalie. He hates that she's so uncomfortable. He hates to see her like that. But at the same time, he's so stressed out worrying about her, that he hasn't been sleeping. And well, Rose hasn't been sleeping, with the baby kicking all night." He picked up Annalea from her high chair and sat her on the floor, next to her stack of toys. "We all know how they are when their sleep deprived, and well, now it's worse because of the stress of the baby."
I looked down at my daughter, in the crawling position, ready to make a 'run' for it. She was growing so fast, just last week I could have sworn I heard her say 'daddy'. "It's worth it though." I sat down next to Annalea on the floor. "They'll realize that soon. You remember? All the stress goes away when you give birth...it makes it all worth it."
"Oh," Edward sat next to me on the floor, patting his lap in motion for Annalea to craw to him...she did. "I know it's worth it." He kissed Annalea's cheek.
I was about to remind Edward that Annalea didn't need to be wound up this late at night, but the sight of my perfect 5 month old daughter sitting happily in her father's lap, made my heart swell and nothing, not even Annaleas's bathtime, could have ripped me away from my family at that moment....except a long green mash that was caked into the back of her head. 'Now, how did that get there?' I wondered.
"Annalea," She scooted off of Edward and started to make her way towards me. She crawled pretty well for a 5 month old, well...if you can call it crawling. Basically it was Edward and I "guiding" her around on the carpet, and Annalea being the spoiled little princess she was, loved the idea of the two of us doing all the work. "You've got to have a bath. There is food in your hair!" Annalea's head shot up, if Edward was her favorite thing in all the world, taking a bath was second. The sound of my voice must have started her, becuase he jolted right back towards Edward.
"Let's get you all cleaned up before bedtime ok?" I stood from the floor and held my arms out so that Edward could lift her to me, but instead as doing as I wanted, he stood, still having Ananlea craddled in his arms and made his way to our bathroom. "Edward?" I questioned.
"You want daddy to give you a bath tonight?" He asked Annalea...of course she gleamed at the idea.
"Edward you don't have to." I knew with Edward's busy work schedule, and the added stress of Emmett's constant groaning, plus all the stuff I made him do around the house, (lifting heavy boxes, taking out the trash, fixing that stupid cupboard in the kitchen that was 2 cm. lower than the rest of the cupboards) I knew that with all the things on Edward's plate, he was a tired man. So, I tired to do as much as possible with Annalea. All Edward had to worry about was making sure she got her "daddy play time" fill before bedtime.
"It's no problem Bella." Edward called from the bathroom as I was chasing them down the hall. "Honestly I enjoy doing this stuff. I feel like I don't do enough." He admitted.
"You do plenty." I reminded him.
"Doesn't feel that way." He sat Annalea down on the rug on the floor of our bathroom and then went to the tub to start her water. "I feel like I'm just a part time dad. It's makes me feel so bad."
"You are in no way a part time dad Edward." I reached out for his arm, trying to get his attention. "You go to work everyday. You work hard to provide for her. For US. That's makes you a million times better than most of the male species already."
Edward just smiled at me. "Well, there is always more to be done. I don't want her growing up thinking I couldn't ever make enough time for her."
"Edward, " I was getting mad now. How could he think such horrible things about himself. Didn't he see all the wondering things he did for us. "She will not think those things. She'll know how much you love her and that's all that matters."
"Still," Edward shrugged as he slipped Annalea out of her dirty clothes, "Even when I'm not around her, I think about her. When I'm not at home....all I think about is the two of you." Well damn! So much for me being mad at him. That was sweet.
"Edward..." I was going to tell him how much I appriated everything he did. I was going to tell him that I knew his career was important to him. I was going to tell him how much I loved having him as a husband, how much I loved having him as my daughter's father. But just as I opened my mouth, the phone rang.
"Go get it." Edward told me, his eyes on Annalea as he carefully placed her in the warm watered tub, filled with bubbles and toys. "And would you bring me some more of her strawberry shampoo when you come back? I think this bottle is almost empty."
"Sure." I told him as I exited the bathroom. If he thought our conversation was ending there, he was dead wrong. I had a whole lot of beautiful, wonderful things to say to him.
"Hey Rose, what's up?" I saw her cell on the called ID.
"Bella?! OMG! Bella!" Emmett's voice was strung out, almost like his heart was working overtime, which left him breathless.
"Emmett? What's wrong?!" I went into panic mode.
"It's Rose! She's in labor!"
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