The sound of crying woke her. Ginny glanced at the bedside clock and felt kind of like crying herself. 3:41 a.m.

The twins were nearly impossible to put to bed now that they'd reached three, and it seemed as soon as Leo and Julian went to bed, Cissy woke up. It was a cruel cycle every night.

Before she could drag herself out of her warm cocoon in her blankets, she heard her husband groan and roll out of bed. Silently she thanked Merlin for small mercies.

The volume in the babies wails grew slightly quieter, but it was enough to keep her awake. It had been a mistake to give the nanny the holidays off.

After almost twenty minutes of lying down but not really sleeping she felt the weight shift on the bed. Rolling over she found Draco resting against the headboard, his head fallen back and his eyes closed, with two month old Cissa asleep in his arms.

Ginny felt a smile curling her lips up as she watched them. Her husband, even when tired and unkempt, was beautiful. He was different then when they had first began dating. More mature, and older. But then, so was she. Her eyes swept over the laugh lines around his eyes and mouth, thinking that they alone made him even better.

But watching as his strong arms cradled the tiny baby carefully to his chest, her adorably chubby cheek resting on his shoulder, and his thumb gently caressed Cissy's smooth skin on her back, it was her undoing.

Ginny felt a tear slip down her cheek. She knew she was acting too sentimental, and that it was the result of too many sleepless nights and stress, but at that moment she didn't care. All she wanted was to capture this tender moment in her mind forever. This perfect moment between father and daughter.

Carefully she scooted over to his side, and gently wrapped her arms around them. She felt a hand lightly fall on to her head, fingers sliding between her hair, and she felt familiar lips press a kiss to her forehead.

Smiling as she drifted off to sleep after glancing once more at the clock. 4:12 a.m.

A merry Christmas, indeed.

A/N: Let me know what you think.