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Rachel's sitting on the floor playing with Liam and she notices the things she read were signs that a baby will start crawling soon. Of course, she's getting very excited , it is going to be Liam's first major milestone. However, sometimes it makes Rachel sad to see that her little boy is growing up so fat. She's so proud of him though, he's such a bright little boy, he's always figuring out new things and looking at them with his wide and curious eyes. She smiles when Liam grins at her while gripping one of his favorite toys.
"Are you going to start crawling soon, I think you are. You won't quit squirming, you are my little monkey, aren't you?" Rachel says teasing Liam. Then he moves his tiny hand forward and then his foot, he's going to crawl, Rachel knows he is, and then, it happens.
"Oh Honey, you're crawling, you're such a big boy Mommy's so proud of you!" Rachel says proudly. Liam inches himself forward slowly crawling and then, he falls over, hits his tiny head on the floor and starts crying his head off."
"I'm sorry Sweetie, aww you fell and hit your head, you poor thing, you'll get it next time, I promise." Rachel says taking Liam's head in her hands and comforting him until he finally quits crying. When she sets him back on the floor Liam starts crawling again and this time he doesn't stop.
"There you go ,that's it, I knew you could do it Sweetie, now come on, crawl to Mommy I know you can do it!" Rachel coos encouragingly. Liam suddenly starts speed crawling and he makes it to Rachel in practically no time at all.
"That's my little boy! You did such a good job. I'm so proud of you. You are such a big boy, I can't believe you're crawling this well already." Rachel praises .Liam falls asleep on the floor, poor thing wore himself completely out from crawling around so much. Rachel's kind of surprised that Liam is still asleep when Finn gets home from taking care of some stuff with the bills.
"How long has he been asleep?" Finn asks
"Quite some time actually, he started crawling today, so he's sort of worn himself out." Rachel replies.
"Are you kidding? He started crawling and I missed it! I am such a horrible father!"
"Hey, listen to me, you are not a horrible father Finn, you are an amazing father. You have every right to be upset about missing the first time Liam has ever crawled, but that absolutely does not make you a horrible father, alright."
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to be here for that and I feel really bad that I wasn't."
"I know you do, but trust me, he'll crawl several more times today, he's a very active little boy."
"Good, now we just have to wait for him to wake up so he can show me."
"It won't be too much longer."
"Liam wakes up a few minutes later and immediately stares up at his daddy.
"Hi there Buddy, Mommy told me that you started crawling today, you want to show me how good of a crawler you are, you want to show Daddy?" Finn teases.
It takes him a minute but Liam finally decides that he wants to crawl. He sort of darts over to where his daddy is.
"You're a little speed demon, aren't you, Buddy." Finn tells Liam.
"Isn't he just adorable when he crawls?" Rachel says beaming
"Yeah he totally is, he's pretty good at it for the first day." Finn replies.
"He'll fall sometimes too though, especially when he crawls a little too fast."
Rachel must have jinxed things because just a few minutes later Liam falls again, but this time Finn is the one to help Liam.
"Oh goodness, come here Little Man, I don't want you banging your head up anymore, that must have hurt pretty badly, let's just go over here and you can sit with me for a little while, okay, Buddy." Finn says picking Liam up and taking him over to the couch.
"I think his head is scratched, but it's not bleeding so he should be okay." Finn informs Rachel.
"Poor thing, he's kind of clumsy."
Finn smiles a little. "Yeah, he totally gets that from me."
"I'm sure he'll be a good athlete though, I mean he has always been a pretty active baby."
"If you actually let him play sports."
"Who says that I won't?"
"You are very, very, protective of him you know."
Rachel laughs. "I know, but he's my little boy, I can't help but worry about him."
"I'll make sure he doesn't hurt himself I promise."
"Good, you think he's going to want down here in a minute.
"Yeah, his head should be feeling a lot better, it's been several minutes."
"You're really good at calming him, you know that Finn. He was hardly crying as soon you picked him up."
"Yeah, he wants to crawl again. I can tell, he won't stop squirming."
"I think you are right."
Rachel sets Liam on the floor and he starts crawling a minute or so later. He's a pretty fast crawler and both Finn Rachel a very, very proud of him. Rachel takes like twelve pictures of Liam crawling and of course, Finn just sits there with the world's widest proud father grin on his face, Rachel is also smiling, well at least while she is in between crying a million happy tears.
"Yeah, he's definitely our future quarterback." Finn says smiling.
"But Honey, what if our son doesn't want to be a quarterback? What if he wants to play soccer or something, will you still be proud of him then." Rachel asks.
"Rachel Babe, don't be ridiculous of course I will still be proud of Liam. Hell, I'll be proud of him if he wants to be a golfer, and I hate golf."
"Good, but just so you know, as much as I don't want our son to hurt himself playing football, I think you are right, I do think he will end up being a quarterback."
"Isn't he such a little speed demon?"
"He is, he's your son for sure, we all know that I cannot run to save my life."
"Rach, shut up, I like your running, it's adorable." Finn teases.
"Baby, you think my everything is adorable."
"Touché, darling touché."
"Since when have you ever called me darling?"
"Since now."
"Stop the romance in front of our son, Finn, you are tempting me so badly right now it's not even funny."
"Can we-"
"Later Finn, later."
"Fine, I'll be waiting."
"Okay, maybe I should go feed Liam, he's probably really hungry after all of that crawling that he's done."
"Yeah, he's probably starving."
"You can come sit with us if you want to."
"No, I'm fine, you two need your Mommy-Liam time, it's okay."
"Alright, well feel free to change your mind.
Rachel's sitting in the nursery feeding Liam. When she burps him he's louder than usual. Rachel smiles, he really is the cutest baby and he's all theirs.
"Whoah there Pumpkin, slow down you are going to choke yourself or something and Mamma doesn't want that to happen. That would not be any fun at all." Rachel tells Liam.
"Alright, let's go and sit with Daddy, Honey. He's probably missing us right now." Rachel says and she carries Liam into the living room.
"There you are! I thought you two would never come out of there." Finn says
"Yeah, I'm sorry. Liam why was like super hungry so it took quite a bit longer to feed him then it usually does."
"Well, he's used a lot of energy crawling, and he's a growing boy so I'm really not surprised."
"Maybe he won't be so teeny after all, maybe he'll take after you."
"I highly doubt it Rach, he's pretty tiny."
"Yeah, he only weighed six pounds when he was born."
"But he's growing well so that's very good. I remember when we were worried he'd have some problems, but he's perfectly healthy."
"Yeah, you were always right about that though, I was the one with doubts."
"He's gotten so big it's crazy, I cannot believe he's four months old already."
"I know right, Liam Sweetie, quit growing up so fast you are making Daddy and I sad."
"Mostly just Mommy." Finn teases
"Shut up Finn!" Rachel retorts, playfully smacking Finn on the arm.
"What? You cried this morning when Liam crawled for the first time you told me so."
"So, you were the one sobbing like a baby the first time you held him."
"I couldn't help it, he's so perfect and cute that it made me melt inside."
"You are such a sap, Babe."
"I am not."
"You are."
"I am not, I was just happy and so were you."
"Oh we were, it was the best day of our entire lives."
"It totally was, it feels like just yesterday."
"I know, Liam, don't grow up you can just stay this teeny forever, alright my sweet Prince." Rachel says, totally unaware that Liam has fallen asleep in his Daddy's arms.
"Um Rach, he's asleep." Finn points out.
"Oh. He is, my bad."
"Yeah, all of that crawling must have tired him out."
"He did work pretty hard today, he's such a determined little guy, every time he fell, he would get right back up."
"He gets that from you, you know."
"I suppose he does."
"You want me to put him to bed tonight?"
"Yeah, you can, but I'm coming with you."
"Only fair I guess."
Rachel watches Liam sleep, he's so peaceful to watch, he'll fuss from time to time in his sleep but Rachel thinks it is the most adorable thing in the world.
"Goodnight Sweetheart, Mommy's so proud of you for crawling today Little Lion. Sweet dreams and sleep with the angels, Mommy loves you so much." Rachel says, kissing Liam's forehead.
"I'm really proud of him, I never knew he could make me so proud." Finn says
"That's kind of the cool thing about being a parent, everyday your child does something new to make you fall more and more in love with them and even prouder of them then you were the day before."
"He's an amazing kid."
"We got lucky."
"Well, with us as parents, I kind of expected him to be the best ever.
"You are such a dork sometimes, Babe."
"That I am, but you love it."
"Oh, I do."
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