Meeting the rest of the family
Nevaeh's first day at home was a bit of a whirlwind, but a happy one. The baby got to meet her aunt and godmother Natasha as well as her grandparents. Nana and pop-pop Delko were going to come and help out during the next week but would be leaving in the evening. They knew what it was like to want to have your newborn all to yourself during the night, no matter how tired you were.
Calleigh was happy that so far both she and Nevaeh were at ease with breast-feeding.
"C'mere mi princesa hermosa," Eric said to the baby, picking her up when she woke up. "You're hungry, aren't you? I see you trying to eat your fingers." Nevaeh had her dad's mouth as well as his eyes.
Eric had enjoyed having his family over but was glad to have his family all to himself again. Calleigh was sitting on the couch. She smiled at Eric when he bought the baby to her.
"You want anything?" He asked, giving Calleigh a peck on the forehead as she began to nurse their daughter.
"You could sit with us," she said with a smile.
"My pleasure," Eric said, propping his wife's legs up on his lap. "You two are a beautiful sight, you know," he said to Calleigh.
"I still can't believe we finally have her," she said, rubbing the soft hair of her daughter's temple. "She has my nose but she looks like you, you know."
Parenthood was still surreal to Eric as well. He had always dreamed of being a father. After he survived being shot in the head, his desire for a family of his own, and his love for Calleigh Duquesne grew immensely. Then when Calleigh was ambushed, kidnaped and threatened with death, he realized he couldn't live without her. For years he kept his love for her a secret, afraid it would destroy the friendship he valued so much. Though he dreamed of her love, Eric would rather have had Calleigh's friendship than nothing. He couldn't stop himself from telling her his deepest feelings once Calleigh was rescued and to everyone's relief, unharmed. It floored him and made him the happiest man in Miami to hear she had felt the same for him for a long time. It had taken seeing Eric laying in the bed in the ICU with a bullet fragment in his brain for her to realize she was in love with him but she hadn't told him till now. Conceiving their daughter, the greatest gift both had ever given on that same night was a true sign to both they were meant to be together.
"What ya thinkin' about?" Eric asked.
Calleigh seemed lost in thought.
"Just how it took so much for me to admit to myself that we were a fit and to get to this point," she said.
"Hey," her husband replied, rubbing her thighs. "Don't think about that. All that matters is now, right?"
His wife gave him a smile.
"You're right," she replied. "And don't you even try to apologize for me going through childbirth. You have nothin' to apologize for; you were there and did everything for me you possibly could."
"Okay," Eric chuckled.
Translations
mi princesa hermosa - my beautiful princess
