Chapter 16
Up
July 5, 1998
"No!" I moved Cerise away from my potion shelf which she was trying to pull herself up on.
"Yaya!" She giggled.
"No, not yaya. You scared Daddy." I set her down at the door and she tired to stand again, using me as an anchor this time. She smiled as she felt herself move upward.
"Baddy?" Red came into the hall.
"I'm here. Cerise crawled away while I was trimming my beard." I explained.
"Ah. What is this?" She looked inside the room. It had things not meant to be around babies, besides the weapons and potions, like spell books who could do who-knows-what if they get chewed on and boxes of not so legal or personal things.
"My work room. I thought I locked it, but I guess not." I picked Ceris' up and we went to the living room where she could time with Mommy. I locked the room up and finished trimming my beard.
"Mama, Dada?" Ceris' asked for me.
"I'm here." I nuzzled the tiny baby's face.
"Yaya." She hugged my face then sneezed.
"Thanks for that, Sweetie." I got her to let go and I went to Red.
"She missed you." My wife smiled.
"I'll come back to get you guys when I know how the daycare is." I watched our daughter play with her toys, knocking some over in an attempt to grab Wolfie and Dollie. Dollie had a red, checkered dress on. Wolfie was a chubby grey wolf. Ceris' started crying when she couldn't reach Dollie.
"Look, Cerise. I moved it closer. No, you don't want to try now. That's ok." Red picked up the little girl and comforted her. Once she was ok, she wanted to play with Dollie and Wolfie. I got Wolfie so she wouldn't start crying again. She likes to have them together. She babbled and growled, making the toys talk to each other and us. And sometimes, she just shook them. Then Cerise wanted to get off the couch and crawl for a bit. She stayed close, but went under the coffee table a lot. I don't know why.
Then she wanted to nap and Red went to nap. We took turns doing things during nap time. I had to fill the dish washer. It wasn't fun. I wanted to cuddle. I whined a bit.
"Wahh!" Ceris' woke up and I didn't get a chance to cuddle.
"Mommy's tired. Shh." I went to go calm her down. She cried more.
"Baddy? Where'd you go?" Red woke up.
"In Cerise's room." I yelled.
"Come 'ere, Sweetie. Are you hungry?" Red sat down and fed her.
"I'll go shower." I left them alone and took a nice warm shower.