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Rachel has always liked taking Liam to the park with her, plus, she's convinced it's Liam's favorite place in the world, he's always smiling when she takes him there. today though, they are all going, Rachel, Finn, and Liam. It's the end of August and Finn starts back at work for the start of the new school year. So of course Rachel decides that they should have a nice little day out before all of that happens. And what better place could there be to do so than Central Park. After all, it is a magical place for their family.
"So, my handsome little guy, how should we dress you up for the park today?" Rachel asks Liam.
"Hmm, red or blue what do you think, Pumpkin?" Rachel says as she pulls two of Liam's dress shirts out of his closet. His eyes go straight to the blue one, so Rachel figures it's the best choice.
"Blue is your favorite color, huh?" She says.
When Rachel takes Liam down to the living Room, Finn is patiently sitting on the couch waiting for them.
"Wow, I feel underdressed." Finn says.
"Don't worry, you still look handsome as handsome as ever." Rachel says kissing Finn on the cheek.
"Thank you, no let's get going."
"It's such a perfect day for this. It is gorgeous out today."
"Yeah it is, I know our son does not like to get chilly so it'll really nice to have nice weather."
"Oh, that reminds me, don't forget to back his sun glasses, we don't want his little eyes to hurt."
Finn smiles. "Don't worry, I won't."
The three of them are sitting on a picnic blanket when Liam starts to crawl off of it.
Rachel picks him up. Oh no, Liam Sweetheart, you can't do that you'll run off and Mommy will not be able to find you, I'll be so worried." Rachel says kissing Liam's forehead.
"Rachel, just let him crawl around for a little while, it's not going to hurt him. Here, I'll even keep an eye on him for you." Finn says.
"Alright, I guess I can't really do anything to stop him anyway."
"He'll get tired after a bit though, then he'll fall asleep and stay like that for a while."
"I like to watch him sleep."
"I know, he's adorable
"So are you ready to go back to work next week?" Rachel asks Finn
"No, not really, I will miss you two way too much." Finn replies.
"Aww, we will miss you to, I'll take pictures of Liam and sent them to you, okay?"
"Sounds good."
Rachel has always thought that Liam is the most adorable little boy in the whole world, but watching him playing happily in the grass, everything is ten times more adorable, his daddy-inherited crooked grin so bright, and his tiny blue sunglasses making him look so grown up.
"Isn't he just the cutest little thing in his little sunglasses?" Rachel says grinning.
"Yeah, he totally is. I told you that he was going to be a little charmer, didn't?" Fin replies, an equally large grin on his face.
"Yeah you did, he really is your son."
"He so is, my mom says he's practically the clone of me when I was a baby."
"He does, have you forgotten that when we went on our first date when we went over to your house and your mom literally showed me all of your baby pictures."
"You remember that?"
Rachel smiles. "Like it was yesterday."
"I haven't forgotten either, my mom just would not stop picking on me."
"Come on Finn she loves you and you know are a mama's boy."
"Yeah, I guess I gave that to Liam."
Liam falls asleep again before the day is over. Rachel just lets him lay there and she watches him, she sighs.
"Finn, he's growing up way to fast, I don't want him to grow up this fast." Rachel says, tears filling her eyes.
"Rachel, please don't cry, he will always be your little boy. He's not going to a big kid yet, we've got several more years before he grows out of all this cuteness." Finn says gripping Rachel's hand,taking Liam and Rachel in for a hug.
"Awww, I love our Hudson family group hugs."
Finn smiles. "I know you do, so do I."
"I think Liam does too, you love us, don't you Liam, you love Mommy and Daddy."
"I don't want to leave him and go back to work next week." Finn says sighing
"I know, I know you don't, but you have to,."
"But I don't want to."
"We'll stop by and see you though, I promise, I'll even bake you cookies."
"Aww, you don't have to do that for me."
"Are you kidding, yes I do."
"I love you so much, you're the best."
"I love you more."
"Are you sure about that?"
"I'm positive, and Liam loves you too."
After a while they get home and then Rachel feeds Lam.
"You are very, very, hungry today aren't you?" She coos.
"Rach? " She hears Finn call.
"In here Finn."
"God, does it always take you this long to feed Liam?" Finn teases
"He's super, super, hungry."
"Is that right ,Liam are you really hungry?" Finn says smiling.
"He's always hungry, I swear he would eat all day if I would let him."
"I know, he's a good eater, and to think, you didn't think he would be."
"Oh, I think he wants you. He's trying to break out of my arms."
"What's that Liam, you want your Daddy. Well then come here Buddy."
"He loves playing with you, you always but a big smile on his face."
"He loves my animal noises. I like doing them for him, I'm pretty sure they are his favorite."
"I know, I like them too."
"Do you want me to keep doing them or are they bothering you?"
"I don't mind them, I think it's cute."
"You know, he really is the world's happiest baby."
"I know, he always has a huge smile on face."
Finn sits in Liam's room that night. Staring at him, he loves his sweet son more than anything in the whole world. Watching him sleep is an incredibly beautiful thing. Sometimes the fact that he really is Finn's son just does not seem real.
"Hey Buddy, I don't want to wake you up, but I just want you know how much I love you, Daddy loves you so much Liam, so, so, much. Don't you ever, ever forget that, Daddy will always love you. I promise Liam. You just sleep well okay, and Daddy will see you in the morning."
Seconds later, Liam wakes up crying.
"Oh I'm sorry Liam, I didn't mean to wake you up, Daddy's sorry, I'm gonna hold you for a minute alright, you need to get some sleep."
"Shh, shhh, it's okay Buddy, Daddy's got you. You're alright, you can stop crying everything's going to be alright."
"Why are you still crying? You need to go to sleep Buddy.""
Finn smiles in great relief as soon as Liam falls aleep.
"Sweet Dreams."
When Finn goes back into the living room Rachel gives him a knowing smile. She heard Liam crying his head off, but Finn of course, insists that he is fully capable of putting an extremely fussy Liam to bed.
"You finally get Liam to fall back asleep?" She asks
"Yeah, it was pretty difficult to get him to stop his crying. I wonder if he'll miss me when I go back to work next week."
"Of course he will! I know you don't believe me but he really does miss you so much when you aren't home. I think he thinks you are more fun than I am."
"If you think that now, just wait until he gets into Hotwheels, dinosaurs, and superheroes."
"if you think he won't play with me that is so not true, we can color and watch his favorite cartoons and stuff like that. He loves his Mommy, I'm sure he'll find something that he'll always ask me to do with him."
"Yeah, he's going to ask me for a football by his 4th birthday though. I can almost guarantee you that."
"Alright, I will be sure to remember all of that."
"Good."
"You know, we should go out, we haven't gone out on proper date, it's been ages sine the two of us have gotten some time to ourselves, plus I can't even remember the last time I saw you in a proper suit, it has been way too long."
"Or we could just go to our bedroom, and you know."
"Yeah, that could be nice too. I'm up for that."
Finn smirks. "I knew you would be."
"I've missed this, I feel like we've hardly had time to be even the slightest bit intimate since Liam was born." Rachel says when she and Finn are wrapped in each other's arms
"I love you so much, you know that right ?" Finn says
"Oh Finn, don't you be ridiculous, of course I know you love me and I love you too."
"So, maybe we should go to sleep. I don't think our kid is going to be sleeping much if how long I took to get him to fall asleep is any decent indication."
"But Finny, don't you want to stay up and cuddle, it's been ages since we've done that."
He smiles at her. "You had me at cuddle."
"I knew that would work on you, it always does."
"It's quite seductive." Finn smirks at her.
"And so is that smirk so you need to quit smirking." Rachel counters.
"Never."
"Don't make me make my adorable pouty face, I know how much you love it."
"No! not the Rachel Pouty Face!" He teases
"Oh yes, I will go there if I need it."
"No you won't."
"You care to take a bet."
"No."
Rachel smiles, she knows how much it saddens Finn that he has to leave his family to go to work next week but yet he still manages to make everyone smile, and that's what she adores the most about him how much he cares for this lovely little family they have. Finn must know exactly what she's thinking because he just smiles at her and laces his fingers with hers, and they fall asleep exactly that way."
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