We both wake up once or twice to change Charlotte but otherwise we all get a lot of sleep luckily.
"Yer such a beautiful woman." I say to Em as I wrap my arms around her middle from the back as she stands in front of the mirror in our bedroom as she has a red sun dress on.
"Really? I feel so yuck though because my stomach is so disgusting." she says as she again expresses how she's self conscious about her stomach.
"Darling, you just gave birth to Charlotte two weeks ago. Your body isn't going to bounce back overnight." I say softly and she nods as my hands rest on her stomach and her hands are over mine.
I'm so nervous for tonight, it hit me this morning how big of a thing it'll be and it has to be perfect, what if she doesn't say yes?
]"Do you still find me pretty and cute?" Em asks me and I smile at her question.
"Of course I do, darling." I say being completely honest.
"Thanks." Em says as she turns around to face me and we wrap our arms around each other.
"Welcome." I say and I kiss her cheek.
"I love you." she says and I smile at her saying that.
"I love you too, so very much." I say and I press my lips against her pink lips and we kiss for a little bit.
I love her so much and I actually look forward to tonight.
Charlotte starts to cry in her bassinet beside the bed interrupting our little moment. I kiss Em one last time and walk over to Charlotte.
"Hi baby girl, why're you crying, sweetheart?" I coo to her as I take her pacifier and try to get her to take it and she does and I pick her up and rest her against my chest and softly kiss the top of her dark haired head.
She looks a lot different from when she was first born. Her head isn't cone shaped like it was from being born, her eyes are a grey blue even though we don't seem them all too often since she sleeps so much, she's gaining more weight and my poor baby was burdened with my chubby cheeks as much as Em finds them cute. I go to change her on the bed as her diaper feels heavy and I hear a knock on the door and I look to Em to see her apprehensive and nervous face.
"It'll be okay." I say trying to make her feel better and she nods and yells for them to come in.
I hear footsteps, shoes being taken off and Claire's little babbling voice as she talks about her Teddy bear.
"Are you ready to meet yer grandparents, honey?" I coo to Charlotte as she looks up at me and begins to cry and I frown.
Em gets her to take her pacifier as I put on a new diaper and put her purple pants back on.
"There you guys are." Emily's mum says as they come into our bedroom which is slightly messy from packages of diapers, Charlotte's dirty clothes, our dirty clothes and just not having time to clean.
Our flat in all isn't all too clean even though we tried our best to clean it this morning but it didn't last long as Charlotte was having a fit this morning and laundry and the dishes didn't get done yet. Tons of Charlotte's things are in the living room, toys, blankets, pacifiers, her car seat, her little bouncing seat and another bassinet of hers that stays in the living room.
"Hi." Em and I both say as I gather Charlotte into my arms and rest her on my chest.
"Emmy!" Claire squeals as she sees Emily and runs over to her and into her arms.
"Hi Claire, I missed you so much. How are you, honey?" Emily says as she sounds like when she talks to Charlotte, she's a wonderful mother, the best a baby could wish for.
"I missed you too." I hear Claire say back as they continue to hug and Charlotte starts crying again and I put her nook back in her mouth and stand up and bounce her to get her to stop.
"Whose this little one?" Jenny says and she walks over to me and stays behind me to see Charlottes pink face staring back at her with her curious eyes looking around.
"This is yer granddaughter Charlotte Marie." I say proudly with a smile as Em stands up and holds Claire as her heads rests on Em's shoulder.
"Look at that hair." I hear Jenny say as I crane my neck to look at the two as Jenny smiles at the sight of her granddaughter.
"Hi there, Charlotte." she coos to my daughter and I look over to Em and smile at her and she smiles back.
"When was she born?" Em's dad says making his presence known and I remind myself to ask him for his blessing, it couldn't hurt to ask.
"May 7th at 8 in the morning, weighing 6 and a half pounds." I answer and he nods and walks over to see Charlotte and I watch as they both seem to love her already.
"She's a doll." her dad says and I nod and kiss the top of Charlottes small head.
"Would you like to hold her? She loves to be held and almost always has to be." I say truthfully since she always has to be held by somebody or moving in her little bouncer or else she cries.
"Yeah, I'd love to." Jenny says and I look to Em and she nods quickly telling me silently that it's okay for her to.
I hand Charlotte to her as she cries softly since she's being held by somebody new but she'll be fine and I walk over to Claire.
"Hi Claire Bear, do you remember me?" I ask Claire as I poke her stomach.
"Paul!" she says and reaches for me and I take her and hug her.
"I've missed you little Claire Bear." I say as I look over to Em's parents as they have their eyes intently set on Charlotte as she's in Jenny arms looking up at the two very curiously.
"I miss you too." she mumbles into my shoulder and I kiss the top of her hairy head.
"Is that a baby?" Claire asks as she looks over to Charlotte and Em walks over and stands beside me.
"That's your niece, Claire." Em says and Claire looks confused.
"Whats a niece?" she asks.
"Paul and I had a baby, Claire and that makes you an aunt." Em says trying to explain it to her but she just rests her head back on my shoulder.
"Her name is Charlotte." I say and Claire nods slowly and I walk over to her parents to see my daughter moving her arms and looking up at Jenny as Claire leans over to get a look at Charlotte.
Charlotte starts crying from being so overwhelmed by these new people and not really knowing where her mum and dad are and Em takes her and bounces her and she calms down.
"Sorry, she's crabby today." Em apologizes and her parents say it's completely alright.
We all walk out to the living room and I let Claire down and take Charlotte from Em and sit down in the recliner and rock her as she falls back asleep.
"How has it been going for you, honey?" Jenny asks as her and Em are in the kitchen not too far from us and Tom is sitting on the couch with Claire on his lap.
Emily says it's being good and I can tell from how she said it she's hiding that part of her wishing her mom was here to help her.
"How do you like being a father?" Tom asks me as he looks away from the football match on the telly and I look down to Charlotte as she's sleeping peacefully on my chest.
"I love it, aside from being deprived of sleep." I say with a soft laugh and he nods with a chuckle.
"Yeah, that'll soon past though. It goes by fast and before you know it they're a little lady." Tom says as he gestures to Claire who is fingering a bracelet on her wrist as she murmurs to herself and I smile to myself.
Two weeks has already gone by too fast and I hope Charlotte won't grow up fast, I want my little girl to stay a baby forever.
"I erm had a question for you, Tom. But I'm not sure when to ask. I don't want Em to hear." I say quietly and he nods and moves closer to me and I take a deep breath.
"Could I have your blessing to marry your daughter?" I ask quietly making sure Emily wouldn't hear and see the look on his face as he probably didn't expect that.
"Have you asked her yet?" he asks me.
"No. I was planning on doing it tonight." I admit and he nods.
"I know how happy you make her and how you obviously do a wonderful job of taking care of Emmy and yer daughter, so yes you can have my blessing." he says to my surprise.
"Thank you." I say with a smile and he nods with a smile.
"Good luck, son. I'm sure you'll win her over." he says and I nod hoping so too.
"I hope so, the ring I bought was bloody expensive and I luckily got the bloke to lower the price just for me." I say and I reach into my pocket while keeping a hand on Charlottes back and I get the ring box out and hand it to him as Ems back is turned to me.
"Paul, this is a stunning ring, son. I'm sure she'll love it. Don't be too nervous because then she'll probably think something is up and ruin yer cover." he says admiring the ring and he hands it back to me and I place it back in my pocket.
"Thanks. I hope I won't be because I already am. Actually I'm afraid that she'll say no, but I can only hope she won't." I admit.
"You'll be fine. She really loves you, I know it. She told me before she got pregnant that she would love to marry you one day, she thinks your the one." he says and I smile a bit but think about how I cheated on her and how that has maybe changed her thoughts.
"But what if she doesn't feel that way anymore? She only forgave me 3 and half months ago from cheating on her while drunk that one time." I say worriedly.
"I see the way she looks at you, Paul. A look of love and her eyes light up just seeing you or when you look at her, I can tell you both really love each other." he says and I nod and look over to my lovely Emily as she talks to her mum as they do the dishes together.
"I really love her, sir. I'm in love with your daughter and I have been since that day we talked for the first time." I admit and he nods with a proud smile.
"It'll all turn out for the better, don't fret." he says and I nod with a sigh and I go on to tell him how I plan on doing it and having dinner here together and he readily approves which I'm glad for.