It's beautiful weather for a stroll, and we're taking advantage. I needed to get out of the house and move again, and you wanted to enjoy the nice weather after the past three days of rain.
And I can't take my eyes off you.
You're walking a little bit ahead of me, just a few steps, because I stopped to look at some flowers for sale on the corner. When I look up, the sight in front of me takes my breath away.
You're walking sure and strong down the street, your leather jacket accessorized with a diagonal cross of cloth over your shoulder and back, our bundle of joy wrapped inside in front of you.
You look like such a proud mama that I think my heart stops beating.
Baby, you look so perfect.
Your hips are still swaying like always.
Your hair still fluttering behind you in dark ripples like always.
Your steps still so confident like always.
But now, now there's a cloud of indescribable joy around you. An aura.
I'm drawn to you in ways I never was before.
Your hands are wrapped around our son in his moby wrappings, holding him steady, keeping him safe. Watching you hold our baby, wrap him up, sing to him, kiss his little cheeks, is my favorite part of this whole journey.
The way your eyes light up when you look at him, like they do when they look at me, makes me melt.
Makes me love you even more than I ever thought possible.
I stay a few paces behind you, enjoying the view, enjoying the warmth it brings me.
Watching you with the baby, the one who came out of my body but who is utterly and wholly yours takes my breath away.
You seem to notice that I'm no longer beside you. You seem to notice what I'm watching. You seem to put more oomph in your steps.
You turn around with a twinkle in your eye and a smirk on your face, "There you are, B." You stretch out your hand for me and I don't hesitate to catch up and slide mine into it, interlocking our fingers and kissing the back of yours.
"Here I am."
A/N: Just a little snippet here. Big stuff coming up for the one year anniversary! Thanks guys!