The early morning light peaked through the kitchen window and fell on to a pretty brunette woman holding a toddler. Davis stood there in the doorway, soaking in the scene as his wife popped a few pieces of toast into the toaster and moved to put their daughter into her high chair. Emma was their youngest chid, and was the only pregnancy the couple had not planned on. After Parker and Preston, Davis and Harper had all but decided the addition of twins to their already family of three was more than enough to keep them busy. Life happened, though, (as well as a few bottles of wine) and nine or so months later Emma was born. She was the only girl, a delicate little thing thrust into the chaotic household that included her three brothers. Emma was always the center of attention, and it was hard to believe that Davis and Harper had ever considered their family complete without the little girl.
“Good morning,” Davis finally greeted as Harper slid Emma into the high chair. He grinned ear to ear, snaking his arms around Harper’s waist and pulling her into him. “Now tell me, how is it that you are as perfect right now at this very second as you were the first time I saw you in high school?” Somehow managing to kiss Harper while keeping a smile on his face, Davis felt his heart flutter. To this day Davis still sometimes had trouble processing the fact that Harper Adams, the girl he had a crush on for his entire high school career, had fallen as madly in love with him as he was with her. Everything about Harper captivated Davis, even after four kids and almost two decades of being together. The ups, the downs, and everything in between had only made him love her even more. Just the very brush of his skin against Harper’s sent his heart raising and fireworks going through him as it was their first kiss in her pool all over again.
Leaning in close, Davis kissed the tip of his wife’s nose, unable to keep his lips off of her…it was no wonder they had ended up with the bonus baby. “You know, I’ve been thinking that we should take a trip…renew our wedding vows with the kids there…maybe Hawaii? Somewhere nice and warm.” The idea brought Davis back to the night he proposed to Harper. It was incredibly unplanned. He had just gotten back from his semester abroad, it hadn’t even been two weeks since they’d been back living in their apartment together, when it hit him. Why the hell was he waiting to propose? Davis knew even that at 19, hell he knew when he was 16, that Harper was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. Come hell or high water they were going to be together. Davis went out and drained his savings account to buy a ring he thought was suitable and then had her come and meet him in their special spot right near campus. Nervous as hell, scared that she would think he was rushing into things or worry about what his parents would say, Davis proposed. They were young. He knew that his mother and father would want them to wait, to finish college, but he just didn’t care. What was the point in waiting when in his heart he knew he had found the one?
The thumping of little feet came just before Davis was about to share his reminiscing with his wife, interrupting the quiet morning peace. “PARKER STOLE MY LIGHT SABER!!!!” “MOMMA IT WAS MINE TO BEGIN WITH!” “DAD CAN’T YOU KEEP THE TWINS OUT OF MY ROOM?” Normally Davis would have shook his head, feeling exasperated, but today he kept the smile on his face. “Boys, mom and I have no idea what you’re saying when you’re all talking at once alright? Sit down, I’ll get you breakfast and then we can just go and buy new light sabers, alright? One for everyone. Even Emma,” turning to pour all the cereal, Davis gave his wife a wink. Maybe bribery wasn’t the best parenting technique, but he was in a good mood.
Pouring milk over the bowls of cereal, Davis looked up to find his family laughing, a rare moment of total peace in the Baker home. How lucky he was to have not only this family that loved him, but his parents and twin brother as well….life was very good in the Baker family, that was for sure.
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