April 17th, 2005
Carlos was determined to show Kim how much he appreciated everything that she's been doing for him. He had an amazing wife. She was an amazing mother. Catherine came and took the children for the day so Carlos could spend time with Kim.
Carlos had thrown red rose petals all over the house and lit candles leading up to the bathroom where he had made a rose petal bath for Kim. He opened a bottle of wine up and poured two glasses for them. He stripped and climbed into the bath.
"I'm home." Kim said walking into the house. She stopped when she saw the rose petals and candles. She grinned brightly. "Carlos?"
"Follow the trail, Sweetheart." He called out. Kim's heart thumped in her chest as she followed the petals up the stairs. The house was mighty quiet. The children must be gone.
"What have you got up your sleeve?" Kim asked.
"Just a little rest and relaxation for the woman I love." Carlos said. Kim walked into the bathroom and saw Carlos soaking in the tub with a glass of wine. "Come in with me."
"Why all the romance?" She asked.
"The children are gone for the evening. We haven't been together in a long time." Carlos extended his hand.
"I won't say no." Kim began to get undressed. Alone time with her husband...that was a rare thing. She climbed into the bathtub. She snuggled into Carlos. His arms wrapped around Kim.
"I've missed you." He whispered.
"I've been here all a long." Kim said, "Sleeping next to you."
"I know, but with all the kids, I never get to see you. After work we're both so tired." He said. Kim nodded with a sigh.
"We'll need to schedule more us time I think." Kim whispered.
Kim groaned loudly laying back down next to Carlos. The sex was wonderful with him. She'd never grow old of it. No matter how many children they adopted. Heir love for each other would still be strong.
"Can you believe in a couple of months It'll be our one-year anniversary?" Carlos asked.
"We've been through so much this year." She said gently caressing his chest. Carlos nodded.
"We have a strong marriage. Don't you think?" He asked.
"Definitely." Kim said softly, "I love being your wife. I love growing old with you." Carlos couldn't help but to groan.
"We're not old yet are we?" He asked. Kim smiled softly. She sure hoped not.
"I still feel like I'm sixteen years old when I lay here with you." She said.
"Good." Carlos smiled. It really was great being married to Kim. He did feel younger when he was with her. He knew his life with her would forever be wonderful.
April 24th, 2005
Kylie ran down the hallway screaming in the middle of the night. Kim sat up in bed as the child ran into the bedroom and jumped into the bed.
"MOMMY!! DADDY!!" She screamed.
"We're right here." Kim grabbed Kylie, "What's wrong?"
"I...I...bad...dream." Kylie sobbed.
"Oh, sweetheart." Kim rubbed the child's back, "it's all right. It was just a dream. bad dreams can't hurt you." Carlos opened his eyes.
"Is the house on fire?" he mumbled. Kim shook her head.
"No, Carlos. Your daughter had a bad dream." Kim said lying back down with Kylie in her arms, "What was it about?"
"Orli and me got eaten up by a lion." She whimpered. "He already eaten up Erra and Becky. Joey was tied up and you were squashed like a bug." Kim suppressed her chuckle.
"A lion?" Carlos asked looking at her. "Why did you dream about a lion?"
"I dunno." Kylie whimpered. Kim gave Carlos a look.
"Why do you dream about swimming in an ocean of cheerios?" She asked, "You don't know."
"I like Cheerios." Carlos mumbled. Kim rolled her eyes as she snuggled with Kylie in bed.
"I like Cheerios too." Kylie said. Carlos opened his eyes with a smile.
"They're great huh, baby?" He asked. Kylie nodded.
"Well, the two of you can eat Cheerios in the morning, but right now Mommy is very tired. Becky and Sierra are sure to get up soon and I want to get some sleep in before they do." Kim said.
"okay. Okay." Carlos said kissing the tip of Kylie's nose.
"Night, Daddy." She whispered.
"Sleep tight." Carlos said.
"Shhhh." Kim said.
"Sorry, Mommy." Kylie giggled softly. Carlos winked. he wrapped his arm around his two girls. God, he loved being a dad and a husband. he finally had the perfect life. Except he didn't like waking up so early to deal with nightmares.
May 1st, 2005
School would be over for the semester soon, but already they were going school shopping for the next school year. Joey was going to middle school, Orlando was starting kindergarten and Kylie was starting preschool. It was a big step for all of them.
"They all need new clothes. Except Sierra and Becky." Kim said pushing the cart down the aisle. "They need bathing suits though."
"Bathing suits. Okay." Carlos looked at Rebecca in his cart.
"You can go get the bathing suits." Kim said, "Rebecca needs a three to six months. Sierra needs a six to nine months. Kylie needs a 4t."
"I want a purple one." Kylie said.
"Okay." Carlos said, "Orlando, come with me." The child ran over to him as Carlos went over to the bathing suits.
"Get Becky and Erra matching ones." Orlando said.
"Which ones?" Carlos stared at the racks blankly. Orlando rolled his eyes and walked over to the baby bathing suits.
"How about these?" He pulled out two red ones with white dots, "They'll look nice on their skin colour."
"Are they the right sizes?" Carlos asked.
"Ah huh." Orlando put it in the Carriage.
"Now Kylie wants purple." Carlos scanned the racks and saw there were a few purple ones left. he pulled on out that looked like a ballerina's outfit, "Do you think Ky will like this one?"
"That's cool." Orlando smiled skipping on over to the boy's swimming trucks, "Can I get one?"
"Don't you have some?" Carlos asked him. Orlando shook his head.
"I need some." He said pulling out some superman ones. Carlos looked at the happiness in his son's eyes.
"Okay, throw them in." Carlos said.
"Thanks!" Orlando smiled.
"No problem." he said glancing behind him, "Let's go to the pink clothes section and find Mommy and the girls." Orlando and Carlos walked down the aisle. He saw Kim holding up three frilly purple dresses and heard Kylie squealing.
"I WANT IT!!!" She yelled.
"Hush please." Kim said trying to ignore the child. "How do you like these?" Carlos stared at the dresses.
"I think they're a little too small for me." He said.
"Not for you. For the girls." Kim frowned.
"They're fine." He said.
"I'm hungry." Kylie whined.
"me too." Orlando said.
"We'll get something later." Kim said putting some t-shirts into their cart. Carlos looked at Rebecca. She sucked in her lower lip. her chin began to quiver. her face began to grow red and then the ear-piercing scream started. Carlos winced.
"Daddy's here." he said rubbing her stomach.
"Keep her quiet, Carlos." Kims aid, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Sierra started to scream. Kim and Carlos stood there with two screaming babies and two screaming kids. They looked at each other. They hated this part of parenting.
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