Beautiful Girls
Horatio smiled as he looked the small baby in her crib. It was still sinking in for him that he and Aimee had two beautiful daughters.
"Good morning, precious," he said, picking her up in his arms, resting the baby's head on his shoulder and rubbing her back. Horatio kissed the top of Cheyenna's head. "And how are you, this morning? Are you ready for breakfast?"
The father smiled, listening to the eight-day-old make noises as he changed her diaper. This would be Horatio's first morning alone taking care of a toddler and newborn solo. He wanted to let Aimee sleep. He was sure last night was the first full night of sleep she had in months, considering the last few months of her being pregnant it was hard for her to find a comfortable position to sleep in.
By the time he was finished feeding the baby her bottle and was putting her in infant carrier Rachel was awake and running into the room. She would be two years old next month but already spoke quite well.
"Dada!" She exclaimed, loudly.
"Hi ya, sweetheart," he replied, smiling. Horatio picked the toddler up and kissed her face. "We have to be a little bit quiet, all right? Mama's still asleep."
"Mommy sleep? 'Eakfast?" Rachel asked.
"Daddy will get your breakfast. Do you want some cereal?"
Rachel nodded.
"Okay. Cereal it is," he said, placing her down in her chair with the boaster seat.
"Dada? Baby eat?" Rachel asked Horatio looking at her sister in the baby seat on the counter.
"Yes, your baby sister ate her breakfast before you got up," he said, tussling Rachel's hair.
Horatio was already good at multi-tasking. He placed Cheyenna in her baby seat on the bathroom sink and then ran Rachel's bath so he could have two of them in his sights at the same time. Cheyenna seemed ready for another nap by the time he had Rachel dried off and dressed for the day. Horatio had changed her again and she was dozing off in her swing by the time Horatio and Rachel was laying on the floor, coloring.
Aimee woke up just before 11. She smiled to see her husband barefoot in blue jeans and white t-shirt on the floor coloring pictures of princesses.
I have quite a man, she smiled.