Hey babes! Here's the second chapter of this little number that I absolutely loved getting to write.
I've never had kids of my own, but my mom babysat a lot when I was younger, so I had to do a lot of googling to make sure that I got things right as to the milestones within a child's first year of life. Hope I did alright with it.
Either way, I think to think it's pretty fun.
Enjoy!
That first year spent with their little girl is definitely one they won't be forgetting anytime soon. Especially because Grant takes so many pictures to commemorate every single moment they spend with their daughter. She's seriously a little concerned about it; his Instagram is literally just pictures of Jessica. There's the occasional one of her mixed in there, or some of the two of them or all three of them, or stuff related to his bar, but for the most part it's just Jessica.
All their friends and family love the pictures though, especially her parents. Her dad is always sharing the photos with his friends at work, telling them all about his precious granddaughter. Skye can't really blame him, though. Her daughter's a pretty cute one.
The first holiday that pops up after their beautiful baby girl is born is Easter.
They don't go too all out because Jessica's only a week old by this point and is still way too young to actually remember anything about the holiday. They do get her a few baby toys in an Easter basket and a special new Easter dress that of course they take her picture in and send to their family and friends. And of course her parents get to see their granddaughter in the dress in person when the family gets together for the annual Easter celebration/barbecue that Skye's godfather Nick puts on for only a select few.
Skye's known Nick her entire life because of her parents and knowing how stoic and unemotional he is on a day-to-day basis, she really has no idea how in the world he came up with having an Easter celebration. But it's free food so she really can't complain too much.
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About two weeks after Jessica is born they release official photos in a magazine spread, the same photographer from their wedding takes the photos. They do an interview along with the photos, and this time around Grant joins in on the interview with his wife. He'll take any opportunity he can to gush over his daughter and how much he loves her.
The photos range from posed to candid shots and Skye's in love with just about every single one of them. There's some of just Jessica by herself, some of Jessica and Grant, Jessica and Skye, and some of the three of them together.
The interviewer asks them all the standard questions in the interview; what it's like to be new parents, what their favorite and least favorite thing about parenthood is, what they're looking forward to most in the coming years, etc.
Just like with the magazine about their marriage, the one about their baby completely flies off the shelves in every store that stocks it.
Her dad buys a copy of it and takes it to work to show it to all of his coworkers that'll pay attention. He's so proud to show off his beautiful granddaughter.
Mother's Day is the first holiday with their baby girl that they really take the time to celebrate in its fullness. It's Skye's first Mother's Day, and Grant does everything he can to make sure the day is one hundred percent extra special for her.
He gets up a little bit before Jessica starts to stir and takes care of her dirty diaper before they go downstairs and start on their plans. The two of them spend some time in the kitchen before waking Skye up with a homemade breakfast in bed; pancakes shaped like hearts, scrambled eggs, bacon, and a glass of orange juice, with a single red rose lying across the top end of the tray.
She can't help but smile at the sight she sees when she wakes up. Her husband is standing next to the head of their bed, their daughter strapped to his chest in the baby wrap sling they got at the baby shower, a wooden tray filled with breakfast foods in his hands. She immediately takes their daughter from him, mainly because she needs to feed the little girl, but also because she loves getting to cuddle with her baby.
They spend pretty much the entire day in bed, just snuggling up together and being a family. There are a lot of quiet talks between husband and wife, and making faces at Jessica trying to get the little girl to smile at them. She doesn't smile at them, but they still have fun anyways.
Later in the day Skye posts a photo she took from an above angle while she was breastfeeding Jessica for breakfast, the side of the baby's face and her own bare breast barely visible in the photo. Spent the whole day cuddling up with the special little girl who's my entire reason for getting to celebrate today. :) I love you so very much, my sweet angel. #JessicaKatherine
Father's Day arrived next and, like Grant did for her, Skye made sure it was an extra special day for him. She woke Jessica up and took care of her diaper and then fed her while she made breakfast for Grant. She's pretty proud of herself for getting so good at being able to do things with one hand because she's got a baby in the other, usually breastfeeding.
They took the breakfast to him in bed like he did for her on Mother's Day, a breakfast consisting of French toast, eggs, bacon, and orange juice. She loved getting to see that wide smile on his face when he saw them walk in the room.
Just like on Mother's Day, they spend most of the day cuddled up in bed together, eating the breakfast she made for her husband and talking quietly to one another and their little girl. Jessica's about a week shy of turning three months old and is still very much the number one joy in both of their lives.
Considering Grant's Instagram is completely full of pictures of Jessica, it's no wonder at all that he posts a photo of him and his little girl; it's naptime for their baby, Skye too apparently as she's fast asleep right next to him, and Jessica's lying asleep on his bare chest, her tiny mouth parted as she breathes, one tiny hand balled up into a fist by her mouth. He's smiling up at the camera with nothing but love in his eyes. First Fathers Day of many. So glad I get to celebrate this amazing day with my beautiful little girl. I love you so much, Jess. Thank you for making me a dad.
The first time she finally smiled at them it was definitely an exciting occasion. It wasn't anything special or extravagant, either. Just a normal day at home when it happened.
Skye's just lounging around at home because she doesn't have any projects currently in the works, mainly because she wants to spend time with her daughter, while Grant's at work at his bar. He wanted to stay home too, but he has a business to make sure stays afloat.
She's on the couch watching TV and Jessica is lying comfortably on one of her many blankets on the living room floor, a few of her toys scattered around her. It's the middle of the morning and she's wide awake, batting at the objects hanging above her from the play set.
At some point in the morning Skye ends up lying on the floor next to Jessica because she really can't resist not being near her baby. She knows it's going to suck so bad when she eventually has to get back out there and do something for work.
"Part of me wishes you could talk already so I would have someone to have conversations with while we're here. But another part doesn't want that because I want you to stay my little angel forever. Your daddy does too. We both just want you to stay our baby for as long as possible, angel."
Jessica simply turns her head towards her mom and then her eyes light up as the corners of her tiny mouth turn upwards and she squeals, waving her arms in the air.
Skye honestly feels like her heart is going to leap out of her chest at the sight. She immediately texts Grant to tell him the news because he probably can't answer a phone call since he's working.
Once Grant gets home from work she greets him at the door and reiterates the good news to him about how Jessica smiled at her earlier in the day.
Grant immediately grins and takes Jessica into his arms, telling her how proud he is. Then she smiles at him and she swears he's going to cry. He starts making faces at her, trying to get her to smile wider and then the most amazing thing happens. She laughs.
The both of them can't help but laugh as well as they listen to Jessica laugh at the faces Grant makes at her. It's their new favorite sound.
July is a fun month for a few different reasons. Skye's birthday, the Fourth of July, and a wedding.
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They don't do anything too crazy for her birthday. She just wants to spend it at home with her family. Of course, that doesn't stop her parents from coming by the house to wish her a happy birthday. Though, she's pretty sure her dad has ulterior motives, namely a baby called Jessica.
Jemma stops by as well because even though Skye's married with a kid now, it won't stop her best friend from coming by the house to have a little bit of fun together.
Skye gets lots of 'happy birthday' wishes from her fans on Twitter and Instagram that entire day. Her fans are the sweetest. She's lucky to have them. And her husband, daughter, parents, and friends.
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Just two days after her birthday is the Fourth of July. Jessica is still very young, just a little over three months old now, so of course she won't remember anything that happens that particular day, but that doesn't mean Grant and Skye can't have some fun of their own with the holiday.
The little family of three gets dressed up and goes to a pool party that Trip decided to put on at his place. Skye recognizes a lot of the people there as some of the cast and crew of the movie she worked on with him. Jemma and Fitz are there because Trip invited them after having got on so well with them at the wedding. Mack and his family are there because apparently Trip had met them once before the movie he worked on with Skye and then got to know them better during the wedding. There are also people there she doesn't recognize, probably friends of Trip's. All in all it's a really great turnout.
They choose to put Jessica in a cute little sundress and sun hat that they got as a gift at one point. She can't remember if it was from the baby shower or sometime after Jessica was born. But either way, her baby girl looks absolutely adorable in the ensemble.
Grant just goes with a simple pair of navy swim trunks, a grey t-shirt, and some flip flops. Skye's glad it's a short sleeved shirt because she really loves seeing those arm muscles of his.
Skye decides on wearing a patriotic bikini that hugs her nicely underneath a pair of denim shorts and a navy tank top, a pair of slip on Converse on her feet, and her hair pulled up into a tight bun on top of her head. One would think she'd have worn the shorts and shirt the whole time because it hadn't been that long since she'd given birth, but as soon as she found a lounge chair, the bikini came out in full force.
She hasn't been self-conscious of her own body in a very long time; she has no problems showing off a little skin when the occasion calls for it. Plus, there is an added bonus of Grant not being able to keep his eyes off her boobs most of the time. Also, she just gave birth three months ago so why should she be ashamed of showing off her body? It's not the same as it was before she got pregnant, but she literally pushed a whole human being out of her lower extremities without the use of drugs. She wanted to go au natural which is a decision she regretted almost immediately.
The party consists of food and a few different lawn games for the various kids in attendance at the event. They have fun catching up with friends and meeting a few new people.
The night caps off with an incredible fireworks show put together by Trip and a couple of pyrotechnics guys he knows in the industry from a smaller movie he did when he was just starting out.
Skye gets Jemma to take a picture of their little family for her to post. She and Grant are sitting side by side in their chairs, one of his arms wrapped around her with her head resting on his shoulder. She's holding Jessica facing against her chest because the little tyke fell asleep earlier in the evening. She honestly thinks it's one of her favorite pictures. Happy Fourth from the Ward's [firework emoji] #JessicaKatherine
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The end of July brings Bobbi and Lance's wedding. Skye's one of the bridesmaid's, of course, considering she'd been friends with Bobbi for a few years and is the one who introduced the two of them after all.
The whole ceremony is absolutely beautiful and she's pretty much crying by the end of it because she's remembering her own wedding to Grant and she loves these two friends of hers and is so happy for them. The two can bicker and argue all they want, but Skye could see how much love they have for each other when they spoke their vows to each other and shared their first kiss as husband and wife.
The reception afterwards is fun too; the food is great, the music is great, and Jessica hardly gets fussy at all, which Skye counts as the real blessing here.
She asks Bobbi at one point during the reception when the two plan on having any kids and Bobbi chokes on her drink. Apparently, the other actress wants to wait a little while before having a family. She's got a few big projects in the works and just wants to focus on those first.
All Skye can think is 'Bless her heart'. Pregnancy can pop up when you least expect it. Like it did for her. But she loves her daughter so she can't complain too much.
By the beginning of August, Jessica's began babbling a whole lot more. Grant's super convinced that she's going to start speaking not too soon after because of it.
"She's going to talk, Skye, I can feel it."
"Babe, she's barely four months old, I really don't think she's going to start talking complete sentences yet."
"If you talk like that and discourage her then of course she won't."
She rolls her eyes at him, but the smile is still on his face. She loves how much he loves their daughter.
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August also meant the Los Angeles premiere for the movie she filmed right at the beginning of her pregnancy.
In all honesty, she had kind of forgotten about it in all the excitement of having a baby and being a new mom. She didn't go on the majority of the press tour across the globe the last couple of months or so because she needed to be there with her baby since it's only been a few months since she was born. She went to as many press events as she could in the states though, Grant tagging right along to take care of Jess, hoping that people would ask her more questions about the movie than about her personal life. Thankfully, she only got a small handful of personal questions.
But by the end of August, it's time for her to get all gussied up for the big Hollywood premiere.
Grant agreed to be her date, of course, and the two of them got all dressed up and headed out. They left Jessica at her parents' house for the afternoon while they're at the premiere. She knows her parents are going to have the live streaming footage up on their computer so hopefully that'll appease her baby girl.
She walks along the carpet, posing for photos and smiling the whole time while Grant stands off to the side and watches her with nothing but love in his eyes. She wanted him to join her on the carpet, but he wanted her to have this moment for herself. It's her first big Hollywood event since Jess was born and he didn't want to detract any attention away from her.
Eventually she gets to the end where the main carpet interviewer is waiting for her.
"Welcome, Skye. Thanks for joining me up here."
"Thanks for having me."
"So, big movie premiere today, nothing too new or strange for you, except that things are a little bit different for you this time around being here."
"Yes, that is true."
"You are a new mom."
"I am."
"How old is your daughter now?"
"She'll be five months in just a few days and I absolutely love being a mom. It's such an incredible experience. I never thought I could love someone so much until I saw and held my daughter for the first time in the hospital."
"That's great. And I understand you were pregnant during the filming of this movie."
"I was for a little while, yeah. I found out I was pregnant right after they cast me, and when I told them in case they wanted to recast my part, they said it would be fine and that they'd just work around it. Thankfully it wasn't too action heavy, and my bump didn't really start showing up until later in production so it didn't end up creating too many problems for the filming process."
"I'm sure everyone was grateful for that."
"They definitely were. But they were also very excited for me. This is my first kid so the whole thing was definitely an experience."
"I'm sure it was. And what can you tell us about this film?"
"Well, this is obviously my first time watching the movie after it's all been cut together. But we filmed some really great stuff that I can't wait for everyone to see."
"Well we can't wait to watch it. Congratulations on the movie, and your baby, and have fun inside."
"I will, thank you."
After the interview it's time for the movie. She meets up with Grant again right outside the theater and he takes her hand and gives her a quick kiss, telling her she did great. Then they go inside to watch the movie.
The whole movie turned out to be a lot better than she initially thought that it would.
It does super well it's opening weekend in the box office too. The reception from the fans is incredible.
When September hits, Jessica becomes a lot more fussy and irritable during the daytime and is constantly rubbing at her face. Skye grows extremely concerned about her baby and tries everything she can to get her to calm down.
Only two days of it and she's just about running herself ragged because she can't figure out what's wrong with her own daughter. So on the third day of all of this, she finally calls up her mom, begging for her help because she doesn't know what to do and is about to lose her mind.
Her mom shows up and she immediately thrusts the baby into her arms, begging for her to figure out what's going on. It takes Melinda only a matter of seconds to figure out what's going on: Jessica is teething. And Skye instantly feels like an idiot because how could she have not figured that out?
"Don't beat yourself up over it, Skye. You're a first time parent."
"But I could have Googled it. I don't know why I didn't think to Google it."
"You know as well I do that the internet is not always reliable. And it makes sense why you wouldn't think to do so. Your mind was elsewhere."
"So she's really just teething?"
"Mm-hmm. She's just upset because her gums are hurting and she wants it to stop."
Skye frowns as she watches her daughter gum on one of Melinda's fingers.
"Oh, my poor baby."
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By the end of September their daughter is six months old and she gets her first two teeth before the month is out.
By the end of October, Jessica is seven months old and it's time for Halloween.
Skye insists on dressing her daughter up as an angel, since she is their little angel after all. She puts her baby girl in a simple white dress with gold trim around the edges of the dress, white stockings and little white booties, and a gold fabric headband to symbolize a halo.
She and Grant take a bunch of photos of Jessica sitting up on the couch. She just looks way too adorable in her costume and they can't resist. Of course they send the photos to their close friends and family. Everyone loves the photos.
When they get back to their house after a couple hours of trick-or-treating, Jessica is completely asleep. They end up leaving her in her costume for bedtime, neither of them wanting to risk her waking up when they go to change her into her pajamas. They just remove the stockings since they have to change her diaper.
Skye can't help but to post a picture of her sleeping angel. Her head is turned to the side and one hand is curled into a fist by her mouth. Apparently first Halloweens can be very exhausting. #JessicaKatherine
In the middle November, Jessica starts crawling. Like, actual crawling across the floor on her hands and knees. Before that she'd just been wiggling around on her stomach. Now she's full on crawling.
They're both so excited for their baby, and Skye manages to get it on video so she can send it to her parents. She knows they'd love to see it.
Of course, Jessica crawling now means that it's time to really baby proof the house. The last thing either of them wants is Jessica getting hurt because she got into somewhere that could have been prevented.
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Not long after she started crawling, Jessica came down with a really bad cold.
Skye absolutely hates that she can't just take away her baby's cold, she doesn't like seeing her little one so upset. It only lasts a few days at the beginning of the month, but it feels like forever. Jessica is completely miserable and that results in both Grant and Skye being slightly irritated during the day and getting snippy with each other over the smallest things.
They're both extremely thankful when Jessica eventually gets over her cold and is their happy girl again.
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Skye's always loved Thanksgiving, getting to be with her close family and celebrate the holiday. It being Jessica's first Thanksgiving makes it even that much more special for her and her family.
She hosts a big Thanksgiving dinner like she did the previous year. Things are even more exciting because she has a daughter now. Her parents stay with them for a few days, mainly because they want to spend time with their granddaughter.
Skye swears her dad would spoil that little girl every day of the year if he could. He spends pretty much the entire holiday holding Jessica, and playing with her, and talking with her, trying to get her to say 'Papa'. No matter how hard he tries, all Jessica does is mumble incoherent nonsense and reach out to grab at his nose. And she also tries to grab at everything sitting close enough to her at the kitchen table. So they have to get her favorite elephant doll and give that to her, which helps for a little while.
Even though she's barely eight months old, Grant and Phil try to get her to take a few steps across the living room carpet while they hold tightly to her hands. All Jessica really does is squeal and push hard off the floor with her little legs.
Skye can't help but smile and laugh as she takes a video on her phone of the sweet sight as Grant bends down to blow raspberries on Jessica's cheek, making the little girl laugh even harder.
The dinner goes off without too many problems. Jessica only has a couple of meltdowns because her gums are constantly sore due to more teething. Skye's heart honestly breaks a little at having to watch her baby be in such pain. For some reason, it's worse to watch than when Jess had her first shots. She's pretty sure her daughter inherited her hatred of needles.
Either way, dinner is a success and she's excited to do it again the next year.
December means Christmas, Skye's absolute favorite holiday of them all. And she's pretty much determined to make sure her daughter will be able to share that love when she's old enough.
They go out to get a tree and Skye spends a good amount of time making sure it's the absolute perfect tree for their little family of three to have in their home.
When they get home and actually start decorating, Skye makes a point of blasting Christmas music all through the house, much like how she did the year before, though she hangs a significantly less amount of mistletoe this year. She even pulls out some Santa hats for her and Grant to wear while they decorate their home.
At one point, she picks Jessica up from where she'd been lying on the floor and dances around the living room with her, singing Christmas songs to her and tickling her tummy, making the little girl laugh.
Grant posts a video to his Instagram of the two girls dancing around. Getting ready for Christmas with my two favorite girls. :)
Christmas Eve morning they go out and get Jessica's picture with Santa. Skye's very grateful that things go smoothly and Jessica doesn't throw any kind of fit or anything since she's still teething. Things go pretty smoothly and Skye's absolutely in love with the photos they got.
That night they put Jessica to bed and then curl up together on the couch to watch Christmas movies while drinking hot cocoa, praying that their little girl will stay asleep all night. Thankfully she only wakes up once.
Christmas morning is an eventful day for them. They wake Jessica up first, and have a warm breakfast of pancakes and bacon, along with some orange juice. Then they move on to actually opening their presents in the living room.
Jessica plays more with the bags and wrapping paper that her presents came in rather than the actual presents she received. Skye's not that surprised though, her parents say that she did the same exact thing for her first Christmas.
They go over to her parents' house later in the day, once Jessica has had a nap, so they can spend some time with them, and so the older couple can play with their granddaughter and give the little girl her Christmas presents.
Jessica falls asleep before they can even get her in the car afterwards and they're both really hoping she'll stay asleep. Thankfully she does and they can get her inside and in her bed.
Skye posts a photo later in the day of little Jessica from earlier that morning, sitting up in front of the Christmas tree a wide smile on her face. Hope everyone had as good of a Christmas as this little angel who is nine months old today. Why does time have to go by so fast? I don't like it. #JessicaKatherine
All in all, it's a pretty good holiday for the Ward family.
Obviously Jessica doesn't stay up all night on New Years. She's asleep pretty early on in the evening so it's just Grant and Skye celebrating the New Year. They don't really mind though. They curl up on the couch together, drink champagne, watch the ball drop in Times Square, and share a midnight kiss.
It's a pretty good evening for them; they have fun celebrating the New Year.
Grant even posts a side view photo of the two of them kissing right at midnight to his Instagram. Ringing in the New Year right with my favorite person in the world.
Skye reposts it to hers a few minutes later.
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Early on in January, Jessica stands up all on her own.
Right in the middle of the living room floor, surrounded by her favorite toys, she uses the coffee table near her for support to pull herself up into a standing position.
Skye's lounging back on the couch, reading through different audition possibilities on her tablet, and Grant is going over the books for the bar on his laptop when it happens. Neither of them are quite sure what's going to happen next, but that doesn't stop Skye from switching to the camera on her tablet and pointing it at her daughter, hoping for something.
But…nothing happens. Jessica just stands there for a moment, lifts one foot as if she's going to take a step, lets go of the coffee table, and then promptly falls back down onto her diaper covered butt. Even though she doesn't walk, she still has figured out how to stand up all on her own and they're pretty excited about it.
The best part is that it happens on Grant's birthday. He's never been a huge fan of celebrating his birthday, which is something Skye found out pretty early on in their relationship, but this year his birthday has a little bit more meaning to it.
February brings Valentine's Day.
Even though it's Valentine's Day, they somehow manage to rope her parents into watching Jessica for them so they can have a nice night out together. Skye hopes beyond all hope that the paparazzi doesn't find them that night; all she wants is a nice night out with her husband without the paparazzi finding them.
Thankfully, they are able to get that.
The dinner is amazing and they have a wonderful conversation just the two of them. They exchange gifts at the restaurant too, both gifts being super meaningful to them and their entire relationship. Skye falls a little bit more in love with him in that moment.
In the car on the way home, she texts her parents and asks them to keep Jessica for the entire night and through into the morning because she plans on showing her man just how much she loves him when they get home.
She doesn't even need to check her phone to know that they said okay.
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By the end of that month, just after she's turned eleven months old, she says her first word and they're both completely overjoyed about it; they'd been going back and forth for a while, debating on if she'd say 'dada' or 'mama' first.
They're hanging out with Skye's parents when Jessica actually does say her first word: Nana.
If they're being honest, Grant and Skye are actually a little offended she didn't say 'mama' or 'dada', considering they are the ones who gave her life. But they don't stay offended for too long considering their baby girl said her first word and it was one of her family members.
Melinda is beyond thrilled, immediately taking Jessica into her arms and kissing her all over her tiny face. Jessica says 'Nana' again as she places her hands on Melinda's cheeks.
Phil's a little bummed that Jessica didn't say 'Papa' first, but he loves the happy smile on his wife's face as she talks with their granddaughter so he can't complain too much.
Neither of them were ready for the end of March to arrive. Not in the slightest. The end of March means their little girls' first birthday and Skye honestly didn't think she'd be able to handle that when it arrived. She swears every day in the week leading up to it that it feels like not that long ago when she was in labor to bring that precious little angel of hers into the world.
But there's absolutely no postponing whatsoever of the inevitable. It's their baby girls' first birthday; they're going to have a party with their closest friends and family to celebrate the momentous occasion.
It's just a smallish gathering at their house because, even though their baby is turning a year old, Jessica won't remember any of it and so there's no point in making it too crazy of a party.
They wake their baby up that morning together and Grant makes her some pancakes that Skye deems 'special birthday pancakes' because Grant mixes multi-colored sprinkles into the pancake batter. Jessica absolutely loves the colorful pancakes.
Skye gets a couple of cute pictures of her daughter happily tearing apart the pancakes and feeding herself. She can't help herself from posting a photo of her little girl, a wide smile on her face with bits of broken up pancakes stuck on her face and hands. Specially made birthday pancakes by daddy for the birthday girl. Think we've found a new tradition. #JessicaKatherine #firstbirthday #cantbelieveshesalreadyayearold #timeflies #pleasestaymybabyforever
The three of them spend the morning together, celebrating Jessica's birthday as a family before the party later in the day. They spend those few hours in the master bedroom, sitting on the bed and playing, some of Jessica's favorite songs softly playing in the back through Skye's phone.
Once they've eaten lunch and Jessica has had a nap, their house starts to fill up with those invited to the party. The guest list consists of mainly adults, considering Jessica hasn't really made many friends yet at such a young age. But there are a few kids there, like Mack and Elena's children, and her and Grant's nephews and niece through his sister. Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves fairly well throughout the whole afternoon, which Skye is especially grateful for.
The one thing she's not too happy about is that her daughter gets passed around like a sack of potatoes for the majority of the party. But she guesses it's because her daughter is loved so much by so many people. It really is amazing to her.
"Crazy, right?"
She smiles at the feeling of her husband's arms wrapped tightly around her waist. She leans back against him and lets out a content sigh.
"What's crazy?"
"That our daughter is already a year old."
"It is pretty crazy. I feel like just yesterday I was feeling her kick for the first time."
"She's growing up so fast."
"Yes she is."
A little while later they have cake. It's a chocolate cake with multicolored frosting and 'Happy Birthday Jessica' written across the top of it.
Everyone sings happy birthday to her while Skye and Grant keep her from attacking the cake before the song finishes. Once the song is done they all eat cake, though Skye's pretty sure that more of Jessica's slice of cake ends up on her face and in her hair rather than actually in her mouth.
After cake it's time for presents.
Jessica gets a lot of great presents from everyone in attendance. There are even a few presents sent to them by some of Skye's fans; just stuffed animals and the like. Nothing too crazy, thank goodness.
The only truly crazy present is from Grant. He is such a sucker for his little girl; there is no doubt about it. He got her a dog. An actual, living and breathing, dog. Apparently he got Kebo to help him with the whole thing and that results in a death glare being sent Kebo's way for the rest of the party.
She loves her husband and her daughter, but he really should have talked to her first about getting Jessica a dog. But it is a pretty cute dog. It's a beautiful, black, one year old, German Sheppard whose name is Max. She falls in love with the dog pretty quickly, though.
By the end of the party, after everyone's gone home, Jessica's exhausted from all the excitement and is fast asleep before Grant and Skye even get her in her bed.
She fell asleep against Max, lying on the living carpet. Max is still wide awake but he doesn't move as Jessica lies against him. Grant and Skye smile at the sight and neither have the heart to move her yet.
She posts a photo later of their baby girl snuggled up next to her from earlier in the morning. They're both smiling at the camera, their faces pressed together.
She posts the photo to her Instagram after they put Jessica in her bed. Can't believe it's already been a year since this beautiful little angel came into our lives. Daddy and I are so very lucky to have you in our lives, baby girl. But please stop getting older. I don't think your daddy and I can handle it. #JessicaKatherine
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