The next great milestone in my little babies life was just six weeks later. Emmett and I went hunting but after just a few deer we came back because we couldn't bare being away from Bella. When we walked through the door, Bella was sitting on Esme's leg holding Eddie the Bunny.

Over the past few weeks she had become attached to that bunny. Wherever she was, she had to have it with her. One day, Esme took it while she was asleep to wash it. When Bella awoke and saw it wasn't with her she immediately went into a fit. We all tried to calm her while Esme rushed to finish washing the bunny but it was no use. She would not stop crying. Even when Edward held her she continued with her fit. Only when Eddie the Bunny was back in her hands did she stop crying.

Anyway, when we walked through the door she looked up and smiled. She stared at Emmett for a moment before she said,

"D...da...dada!" The face Emmet made could only be described as euphoria. He immediately walked over and scooped her into his arms while Alice snapped pictures. While I was very excited, my self-centered side couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

That quickly passed though because she looked at me and said sweetly,

"M...mo...ma...momma!" I welled with extreme joy. I walked over to her and stroke her hair. I cooed,

"Aw sweetie!" this moment was amazing. Now it really seemed like I was her mother, and not just the girl that wanted to be. As Emmett and I gathered around Bella I think I truly saw what we were. Something I had always wanted but never thought possible. A family. A mother and father with a beautiful daughter.

I was brought out of my thoughts by Alice's trilling voice,

"Maybe we should get her some story books for her. We could read them to her to help her learn more words." Carlisle said in his doctor voice,

"That's a good idea Alice."

"Yeah, it does," I agreed. Truthfully, my only thought was how nice it would be to read Bella bedtime stories at night. Alice asked excitedly,

"Do you know what that means?" I sighed happily,

"Shopping."

After I fed and changed Bella I grabbed her diaper bag and Alice, Bella, and I headed to the local bookstore. It was about a ten minute drive and then I got Bella out of her pink carseat and walked in to the little brown bookstore.

The bookstore was small and the children's book section was only three shelves. They had books like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, The Berenstain Bears, Arthur, The Rainbow Fish, and Dr Seuss. We were both so excited we just couldn't decide what to buy! So we bought one of each.

When we went to the check-out counter the lady there gave us a weird look. For a moment I was mildly concerned. Did we buy too many books? Then I realized she was probably just looking at us because of our pale skin and amazing beauty.

As we drove home little Bella sneezed. I shrugged it off, assuming it was the dust or something. But the closer we got to home, the more she sneezed. Her little nose was getting red and her eyes were watering. I got a tissue from the diaper bag and reached back to where she was in her carseat and dabbed the area around her eyes. She started crying which made me feel dreadful.

I looked frantically over to Alice. She saw my look and tried to sooth me,

"Don't worry, Rose. It's just a common cold. Carlisle will help her when we get home." While that made me feel a little bit better I suddenly felt as though the car was moving at the speed of a snail. I growled,

"Well drive faster." She sped up a little. But only a little. I sighed and looked back at poor Bella. She was no longer crying but was now sniffling. I didn't know what to do! I had never felt so helpless in my entire vampire life. I had never been around a sick baby and wasn't sure what the protocol was. Was there some sort of medicine you gave babies? How long did a cold last? I wasn't sure.

Even though the car ride was only ten minutes it felt much longer. Every second felt like minutes and ever minute felt like hours. The click of the clock on the dashboard was pure torture. When the car pulled into the driveway I sighed in relief.

The moment the car stopped I had Bella out of the car and I dashed into the house. When I reached Carlisle, who was leaning against a window in the living room I stopped. I suddenly couldn't form words. I looked from him to my sniffling Bella. Him to Bella, him to Bella. He looked confused but then looked at Bella and comprehension crossed his face and he switched into to doctor-mode.

"Rosalie, give me Bella and lets go to my office." I nodded and extremely reluctantly handed my little Bella to her. We both headed upstairs to his little office. Alice came up and sat a high chair up and then left. Once Bella was in the highchair he took her temperature. He mutter, "100.2 degrees fahrenheit." I sighed and stroked Bella's hair. My poor, poor Bella.

He did a few more things before he turned to me. He looked very sympathetic. I asked,

"What's wrong with her?" He explained,

"It's just a common cold which is good news. There are a few things we can do. First, around fifteen minutes before you feed her we need to give her saline drops up her nose to help her breathe while she feeds. We can rub petroleum jelly around her nose to help the redness and she's old enough that we can give her water to keep her hydrated which will help her fever go down. It's also important that we try to get her as much sleep as possible. Other than that we need to let her body heal itself."

I nodded and we began a long, long night. Poor, poor little Bella.

Author's Note: Here it is! I really hope you like it. Please Review and let me know:

Should I skip ahead a little? If so, how far?