"come here," Eddie said as she kneeled on the floor in front of Amelia. "Come here," she cooed again.
Amelia sat on the other side of the rug about 3 feet away from Eddie. Lately, she had been trying to get Amelia to crawl to her. Amelia would just sit there and laugh at her.
"Come here," she said again as she did peek-a-boo for the thousandth time today. "You want your giraffe?" She questioned her as he eyes went wide in excitement. "Come to get Giraffe." She played as she moved the stuffed animal around.
Amelia just watched, used to her mom just giving her the toy. "You little stinker," Eddie laughed as she gave Amelia the stuffed animal. "You're so spoiled," Eddie said as she smothered Amelia with kisses.
The door to the house was rattling as the key was being put in. "Who's that?" She said as she adjusted the baby on her side. "Who's here?" She asked again. Jamie opened the door and revealed a clapping Amelia. She laid her head on Eddie's chest in embarrassment. "Aww sweetie," she laughed.
"Hey," Jamie said sweetly to Eddie and gave her a kiss.
"Hi," she said to him and then faced the baby, "look who's here," she said ecstatic to Amelia "Dada,"
Jamie dropped his work bag on the floor and swiftly took Amelia and placed her in the air. He quickly brought her down and smothered her with kisses. "You look just like mommy right now." He said to her which made Eddie smile. "Yes you do," he cooed and tickled her belly.
His attention made its way to Eddie after greeting the baby. "Did she crawl at all?" He asked. All week long, they sat with her and tried to make her come, but nothing seemed to work. They were hoping to get her to crawl before tomorrow at family dinner to show everyone, but things never go as planned for them.
"Nope," she said as she made her way into the kitchen to feed the baby and give Jamie his food, "I tried that giraffe, for a good 20 minutes, she just sat there and stared at me like I was nuts." She laughed.
Eddie moved to placed Jamie's food on the table. She took the baby from Jamie and feed her her dinner across from Jamie in the highchair. "She's a tough one to crack." Jamie smirked and looked down, "I wonder where she got it from," he said quietly.
"Hey!" She responded immediately while laughing. "That's my kid your talking about."
Jamie looked at her with a smirk, "and mine...takes two to tango." He pointed out as Eddie gave Amelia another bite of food.
She shook her head in the midst of smiling.
"Jamie, did you finish?" Eddie asked as she wiped down the counter of her father-in-law's house.
"Yep, all done." He said as he closed the dishwasher and Eddie put the cloth in the sink. He came up behind her and wrapped his hands around her. "You know I love you." He said.
She put her hands on his and leaned her head back. "I had no idea." She said joking.
"Yeah, you had no idea." He rambled on and turned her over in a twirl to kiss him.
"I love you." She said to him as she was held in his embrace.
"Hm really," he said to her as he kissed the top of her head.
She smacked his butt, "oh my god will you," she laughed.
Amelia was on the floor with Nicky playing with her giraffe, again. Nicky sat about 2 feet away from her holding the giraffe, waving Its face back and forth.
"Oh my god, she's adorable," Nicky said as Amelia had a smile on her face. "Look at her," she said as she put the toy down and grabbed another one.
"That's Amelia," Jamie said next to Danny while drinking a beer.
Danny took a sip, "I miss those days, it was so much easier,"
"Yeah, the attitudes, slamming of doors…" Erin's said to her daughter.
Eddie laughed, "yeah, well that's not an issue for us just yet."
Frank walked into the living room after receiving a call from Garrett to remind him about his appointments. "What'd I miss?" He asked as he stepped on the rug getting ready to sit down.
All eyes were on Frank, even Amelia. She wanted her Grandpa. He giraffe seemed to be right next to his foot, so she took the leap. She got on her hands and knees and carefully made her way to Grandpa and giraffe.
Nicky went back to focus on Amelia when she wasn't in front of her anymore, "where's Amelia?" Nicky asked in a panic.
Eddie immediately sat up straight and bolted when she heard Nicky say that. All eyes went to the floor when they heard Danny, "look who's on the loose," he pointed as the baby made her way to Grandpa.
Eddie took out her phone and started videoing her little girl as she was lifted into her Grandpa's arms. "My princess," she said as she stood up and walked over to Frank.
"This one doesn't slam doors, she runs away," Jamie said and everyone laughed.
hey guys! As you can tell, I skipped a few months to get the story going. I really didn't think I was going to add on, but I thought it felt incomplete. Last chapter I had a bit of writers block, but this just popped in my head and I absolutely loved it. More chapters to come, but it might take some time, because school and work. Lemme know what you think! See you guys soon!
