Lindsay opened the door and wheeled the stroller inside. Becky closed the door behind them.
"Hey Liv." Danny plucked his daughter who had woken up on the way back but was happily sucking on her pacifier from the stroller.
"Nice to know where I fall in the pecking order these days." Lindsay commented.
"Sorry." Danny apologised and gave her a kiss. "Hey Becky."
"Danny, I'll go and check on Mom." She disappeared into the kitchen.
"Everything okay?" Danny inquired.
"It's fine." Lindsay yawned. "I need to get some more sleep when I get a chance."
"We bought some things for Liv."
"Speaking of things, you got a package."
"Do you want to open it?" Danny suggested. "I kinda have my hands full right now."
"Sure." Lindsay went and grabbed it, she opened the box. "There's a note."
"What does it say?"
"Danny, I heard the good news congratulations to you and your wife on the new addition. I thought you might appreciate this. Chris." Lindsay read. "Who is Chris?"
"A guy I used to play baseball with." Danny replied. "What is it?"
"Hang on." Lindsay dug into the box and smiled.
"Is it that a good smile?"
"That depends."
"On what?"
"How soon you're planning on teaching her to play baseball." Lindsay pulled out a mini baseball bat, ball, glove and a Yankee's uniform.
"You're never too young to learn to appreciate the game." Danny grinned. "What do you say Liv want to score a home run?"
"She can wear the Yankee uniform but the rest can go on a shelf in her room out of the way. She might fit into it before the season is over."
"Deal. But you're brother did send her a Colts uniform." Danny reminded her.
"He sends a uniform whatever team when any kid is born in our family its tradition."
"It's cute."
Olivia started to fuss.
"She's probably hungry." Lindsay suggested. "Let me have her."
Danny handed her over.
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"Shush, don't wake Mom." Danny whispered as he walked back in front of the window with Olivia trying not to wake Lindsay since it was the middle of the night.
"Danny?" Lindsay came to the bedroom door half asleep rubbing her eyes.
"Sorry." Danny apologised.
"Is she okay?"
"I feed her and changed her diaper." Danny pointed. They kept some bottles of expressed milk in the fridge so Danny could feed her in the middle of the night.
"Here let me try?"
"It's okay if you want to go back to sleep."
"I'm up now. Let me try."
Lindsay took Olivia and pulled the blanket tighter around her. She held her close to her body and rocked her.
"You look like you've done this before."
"You've meet all my nieces and nephews." Lindsay reminded him. "I've babysat most of them at some point."
"One good thing about nieces and nephews you can give them back."
"Do you want to give her back?"
"No. I think we'll keep her."
"You might want to invest in some earplugs." Lindsay suggested.
"We'll manage."
After a few minutes Olivia finally drifted back off to sleep.
"Let's put her to bed and see if we can get a few hours sleep before she wakes up again." Lindsay suggested.
"When did we get so grown up?"
"Almost five days ago when she was born."
"Any regrets?"
"No." Lindsay settled Olivia in her bassinet by the bed. "But I do miss sleep."
"She'll sleep through the night eventually right?"
"Once you get passed the teething. So give it a year or two."
TBC