"I can't believe they're ours." i say softly as I'm holding Noah after Em fed them both.
I have my eyes set on his lovely face as his large eyes look up at me and I brush my finger over his little strands of hair.
"I know, me too." I hear Em say as we continue to marvel at our two new, adorable children.
I finally have a son.
I watch as Noah yawns and he extends his pink arms and his eyes look so heavy as he fights off sleep, but I can tell it's near. He starts to cry and I frown and stroke his cheek and rock him.
"Do you think he already needs a diaper change?" I ask Em as I stand up and bounce him and I walk around the room and she shrugs and tells me to check him.
I check him and sure enough he does. I sit back by Em and put him between my legs and unwrap him to finally see his little pink body for the first time. He continues to wail as I carefully and delicately change his diaper and I try to hurry but I don't want to hurt him. I finish and pick him up and lay him on my chest and rub his back as he's covered by the blanket and he stops crying after a minute as I still rub his back and rest my cheek on his small head. I move him so he's higher on my chest and comfortable and I lean back into the bed and continue to rub his back as his dark eyes dart around and wander. I run my fingertips over the dark strands of hair on his head as my other hand has a firm grasp on his back.
"I miss when Charlotte was this small." I mumble as I remember her first weeks and my first time being a father and taking on all those challenges for the first time.
"So do I. Speaking of her should we have her come and meet them then? We've both been glued to them since they were born." she says and I giggle with a grin and sit up while trying not to stir Noah.
"Will you be okay with the two for just a minute?" I ask her and she nods and I put Noah in her right arm as he moves around and finds Em and stares at her as he's content being in his mothers arms.
I kiss Em and leave the room with my hands in my pockets as I walk down the long hall and come upon the waiting room that holds: my dad, Anna, mike, Em's parents, Charlotte and claire whose about to become a pre teen.
Wow I feel old with her getting so big.
Charlotte turns to see me standing there and bounds for me and I pick her up and hug her.
"Hi honey bear." I say softly to her as I hug her and she snuggles her face into my neck.
"Hi Papa bear." she says and I giggle at her nickname.
She moves away and I look at her precious face and brush her dark hair out of her doe eyes to look at my gorgeous, young daughter.
"Do you wanna come meet yer siblings?" I say as I don't reveal the genders just to build more anticipation for her and she immediately nods.
"Are they healthy, son?" my dad asks as he looks up from reading the paper and I nod with a proud grin.
I cover Charlotte's ears to tell them and just so she can be more surprised.
"A healthy 5 pounds and 10 ounces baby boy and a 6 pounds and 2 ounces baby girl." I announce with a proud smile and I watch as smiles appear on their faces and they all congratulate me. I thank them and say bye and walk to the room with Charlotte.
"Why'd you put your hands over my ears, Daddy?" Charlotte asks curiously as I carry her.
"Because mummy and i want you to be really surprised!" I say and she scrunches her nose and rests her head on my shoulder.
I rub her back and kiss her hair as I walk to the room and I set her down when I walk in. I notice Noah is crying and Em has a weary look on her face and I walk over with a smile and pick him up and bounce him to get him to stop.
"Come 'ere Charlotte, come and meet yer little brother." I say as I sit down in the rocking chair in the right corner next to the window.
Her eyes get wide and she shuffles over to stand by my shoulder and i watch as she peers down at Noah who is sleepy and is stretching with his pink arms exposed.
"Look at his hair, babe. You had even more when you were born." I say as I remove his hat and I look to see her smile as she has a look of admiration and love on her face. I stand up so she can sit down but she doesn't know to sit down.
"Wanna hold him, babe?" I ask her she nods excitedly and sits down.
I place a pillow under her arm and place him in her arms and I kneel by her as she holds him and they catch each others gaze.
"Noah, this here is yer big sister Charlotte." I coo to my baby boy as I stroke his cheek and his eyes go to me and then back to Charlotte after a few seconds.
"Talk to him, babe. Tell him who you are and how excited you were to have a little sibling. Noah will be yer little brother forever." I say and she nods with a big smile and begins to tell him her name, favorite color, favorite cartoon, favorite food and her favorite book.
I smile at the sight of my children interacting and I leave them two and go over to Em whose observing in aw while holding Halley, my sweet Hal.
"What about the other baby, Daddy?" she asks me and I widen my eyes at Em and she nods and I take Hal from her and I walk over to Charlotte and bend down by her.
"This is yer little sister, Halley." I say and she gasps excitedly since she really wanted a sister and I chuckle as Halley rubs her eyes with her tiny hands and she yawns sleepily.
AN: Thoughts?
