Only Raileigh and Riley are mine...no one else... and no, its not over... i still have a few plot twists up my sleeve... hehehehe and to the few of you who know what they are... keeep your mouths shut...TT an I'm tossing the wedding chapter so I can move on, its easier to transition out of like this
Chapther 21: A Day In The Life...
Phil, Keely and nine-month old Raileigh were at the beach in Ocean City, Maryland. Luckily, they still had the use of the skyak's to get there faster. The past few months had been rather...hectic. Little Raileigh had recently mastered her crawling abilities, thus driving her parents nuts when she managed to move a few feet away without them knowing it. She could stand with help, but still hadn't taken her first steps or said her first words. She touched absolutely everything to figure out what exactly it was, and she loved mimicking people, which explains why they tried to avoid Pim as much as possible.
Keely had Phil were also effected, as one would expect, with Raileigh in their lives. Looking back on the past few months they realized just how much had changed. For one, they had become more mature. Riley had also given up on keeping Phil away from his daughter, and was even prepared to walk Keely down the aisle at their wedding last month. They had also decided to homeschool themselves so they could spend as much time with Raileigh as possible. As exhausting as it was taking care of the infant it was one hundred percent worth it. But, for the next week, they were enjoying Raileigh's first vacation.
"Come here, Rai!" Phil called, as the little girl crawled to her father. "Good, girl."
At his praise she made some undistinguishable sound and raised her arms, demanding to be picked up. He complied with her request and gently pulled her into his lap. "How's she doing?" Keely asked as she sat down next to him on the blanket. Little Raileigh held out her hands to her mother, who quickly took her into her own arms, laid her down across both of their legs and started tickling the child, who started giggling. She looked up at Phil with her chocolate eyes.
"Dada..." she cooed. Keely froze, Phil's eyes momentarily bugged out of his head. Raileigh wriggled out of her mothers grasp and rolled onto her stomach, crawling towards Phil. "Dada..." she echoed, sitting down in his lap.
By now, Phil and Keely had regained the ability to blink, and looked at each other. "Did she just say...?" Keely asked in shock. Phil nodded, still speechless. "Uh, huh."
"Hey, Rai, can you say 'Dada'?" Keely asked her just to make sure.
"DADA!" she said, rather loudly.
"Great job, Raileigh!" Phil praised her, sticking his tounge out at Keely, they had been wondering what she'd say first. "Can you say 'Mama'?" he asked her.
She shook her head and mumbled something that kind of sounded like her version of 'no'. Phil laughed.
"You want to go to the pool?" Keely asked him.
He nodded and grabbed the bags that were sitting on the blanket. Keely grabbed Raileigh and they headed off towards the hotel pool. It was only five feet in the deep end and they had Raileigh in a life vest the whole time. Keely walked Raileigh around while Phil swam a little. After a minute or two of lapping the pool, he stood in front of them again. He did a handstand, his feet sticking out of the water. Raileigh, being a little mischievous, grabbed his big toe and bit it. Luckily she released it fast when Keely said 'no' and Phil came up to the surface laughing and spitting water out of his mouth. By now, Keely had also burst out laughing, and Raileigh was giggling along, too.
"S---sorry, Phil..." she managed before continuing on her laughing spree.
Once they were back in their hotel room, Keely passed out on the bed, while Raileigh crawled around and managed to climb on the bed and cuddle up in her mothers arms, quickly falling asleep. "Too many beers..." he teased, grabbing the video camera.
That's it for this chappie... I got these things from past experience... like my dad did the too many beers thing to me when i was two... and when i was at the ocean a few weeks ago i saw the toe thing... i just thought it would be really cute fluff, reviews much appreciated... now to work on the next chappie!