Part 48 of baby daddy Matt!
Summary: you and Charlotte surprise Matt in bed with birthday pancakes, and Charlotte makes him a birthday picture.
Read the rest of the series, HERE.
Matt’s birthday had barely begun, but the house was already awake. Millie was peacefully asleep against your chest in her little wrap carrier, her tiny cheek pressed against you, completely unaware that today was a very important day. Every now and then she’d make the tiniest sleepy sigh, settling back into the warmth against you.
Meanwhile, Charlotte stood on her little step stool at the kitchen counter wearing mismatched pink pajamas, her messy bedhead curls sticking out in every direction. She looked up at you with the biggest grin.
“Today’s Daddy’s birthday.”
“I know,” you whispered dramatically. “Think we can surprise him?”
She slapped both hands over her mouth to stop herself from squealing before nodding so hard her little pigtails bounced.
You pulled the pancake mix closer while Charlotte proudly poured in the pre measured ingredients. Some of the flour missed the bowl completely, dusting the counter instead.
You laughed quietly. “That’s okay. Birthday pancakes don’t have to be perfect.”
“They hafta be yummy,” she corrected seriously.
“They definitely have to be yummy.”
Charlotte carefully stirred the batter with both hands gripping the spoon, tongue sticking out in concentration. Every few seconds she’d glance toward the hallway leading to your bedroom.
“We gotta be sneaky mommy.”
“We’re being very sneaky.”
She giggled so loudly that you both immediately froze. “Was that too loud?”
“I think we’re okay,” you whispered.
Once the pancakes were cooking, Charlotte insisted on helping flip one herself. It came down slightly folded and crooked. “I made a funny one.”
“I think Daddy’s going to love the funny one the most.”
“I’ll eat the broken ones,” she decided generously.
“That’s very kind of you.”
While the pancakes cooled slightly, you slid a blank piece of paper onto the table with a little box of crayons. “Before we wake Daddy..”
Charlotte immediately knew. “A birthday picture!”
She climbed into her chair, grabbing the biggest yellow crayon first. “I’m drawing Daddy.”
You watched her carefully colour, making a very round person with stick legs, enormous brown hair that took up half the page, and a smile that stretched from one side of his face to the other. “And who’s this?”
A much smaller stick figure stood beside him.
Another figure. You pointed toward the tiny pink scribble beside everyone.
Charlotte smiled proudly. “Baby Millie.”
She added a huge blue sky, a crooked rainbow, and several hearts floating everywhere before writing what looked like a collection of backwards letters across the top. “It says Happy Birthday.”
She beamed, completely believing you. “I made it all by myself.”
“I think Daddy’s going to keep this forever.”
That made her sit up even straighter. “Forever ever?”
Charlotte carefully carried the picture with both hands while you balanced the breakfast tray. Two stacks of pancakes, strawberries, bacon, coffee, and a tiny candle stuck into one pancake that wasn’t lit yet.
Millie was still asleep against your chest, her little hand curled into the fabric of your shirt. You both tiptoed toward your bedroom.
Charlotte looked back every few steps. “Shhh.”
“I’m not making any noise baby.”
You exaggerated tiny tiptoe steps until she nodded approvingly.
When you quietly pushed the bedroom door open, Matt was still fast asleep on his stomach, one arm stretched across the empty side of the bed where you’d gotten up earlier. Charlotte whispered much louder than necessary. “Daddy?”
No response. She looked at you. “I think he’s still sleeping.”
She climbed onto the bed as carefully as a nearly three year old possibly could, crawling over to him until she was sitting beside his shoulder. She gently patted his arm. “Daddy.”
Nothing. Another little pat. “Daddyyyy”
Matt let out an exaggerated sleepy groan before slowly opening one eye. Charlotte gasped dramatically. “He woke up!”
Matt blinked a few times before smiling the second he saw her. “Well, good morning, baby.”
“Happy birthday daddy!” She launched herself into a hug around his neck, nearly knocking him back onto the pillow. Matt laughed immediately, wrapping one arm around her while reaching over to squeeze your hand with the other. “Best way to wake up.”
Charlotte pulled back quickly. “I made you something!”
She held out the drawing like it was the most valuable thing in the world. Matt took it carefully, his smile growing bigger with every second he looked at it. “Oh my gosh.”
He looked between the picture and Charlotte. “Is this me?”
Charlotte nodded proudly. “She’s tiny.”
Matt laughed. “She is tiny.”
Matt pointed at the purple figure in the corner, and said “is that you char?”
She smiled very proudly, “yes!”
He looked back at the picture for another few moments before kissing the top of Charlotte’s head. “I love it so much.”
“I coloured really hard.”
“I’m going to hang this up.”
Her eyes became huge. “Really?”
He looked over at you with a smile. “Forever baby.”
Charlotte practically melted into his chest. “I love you Daddy.”
“I love you too sweetheart.”
Matt leaned over to kiss your forehead before carefully brushing one finger over Millie’s tiny back. “And thank you to my littlest birthday girl for the cuddles.”
Millie stayed completely asleep. You laughed. “I think that’s the only gift she has planned today.”
The four of you stayed piled together on the bed while Matt ate pancakes one handed because Charlotte refused to leave his lap. Every few bites she’d remind him which pancake she’d flipped herself.
“That funny one is mine.”
Matt picked up a tiny piece of his pancake on his fork and gave it to Charlotte “try a piece.”
She looked at Matt with a big smile, “I made good pancakes.”
You and Matt laughed, “you did.”
After breakfast, Charlotte insisted on helping Matt get dressed for the day. She picked out a baseball cap that didn’t remotely match his shirt because, according to her birthday people wear hats. Matt put it on without a second thought anyway, earning the biggest smile from her.
By late morning, the four of you loaded into the car for lunch. Millie slept peacefully in her infant car seat the entire drive while Charlotte sang Happy Birthday on repeat from the backseat, changing the words every single time.
“Happy birthday dear Daddyyyyyy”
“Happy birthday dear pancakes”
“Happy birthday dear Daddy and Millie..”
Matt couldn’t stop laughing. “I don’t think that’s how the song goes.”
You ended up at one of your favourite family restaurants, the kind with crayons already waiting on the table. Charlotte immediately claimed the entire colouring sheet while Matt held Millie against his chest after she’d finished her bottle. She fit so perfectly against him that he barely wanted to move, smiling down every few seconds just to watch her tiny sleepy expressions. Charlotte eventually slid another drawing across the table toward him. “It’s another birthday one.”
“So you have extras daddy.”
Matt looked over at you, completely soft. “I think I’m officially the luckiest dad ever.”
Charlotte reached across the table to hold his hand. “No”
“You’re the best birthday Daddy ever.”
Matt laughed, squeezing her tiny fingers. “I think that’s even better.”
You watched the three of them together, Charlotte chatting happily between bites of pancakes she’d insisted on ordering because Daddy had pancakes already today, Millie sleeping soundly in Matt’s arms, and Matt looking at both of his girls like nothing else in the world existed.
Birthdays used to be about presents. Now, Matt was pretty sure he’d already opened the only three gifts he’d ever really needed.
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