You're Beautiful To Me

The next week passes in a blur of photo shoots and taking care of Anna and a lot of napping, my morning sickness almost non existant with the medication I'm on and Frank takes me to the doctors office for a check up. The doctor runs a few tests and gives me the all clear, telling me I look better than the last time I fell pregnant and Frank and I leave the office excited and smiling so wide our faces hurt. When we get home I lay on the living room floor with Anna and she gurgles to me while playing with her own feet, making little "ga" and "hee" noises and I encourage her by talking back like she's using real words. I lean over her and hold my hands up infront of my face before taking them away and she squeals and smiles so I do it again, playing peek a boo with her and she waves her arms around, making little fists at me as she gurgles and shrieks in amusement at the game. After a few minutes I give up and pick her up, standing her in my lap and she presses her feet down against my legs as she reaches out for my face and I lean in and nibble at her fingers, making her squeal again. I blow raspberries at her and her little forehead crumples as she tries to do it back but she just drools all over me and I laugh, causing her to smile at me and pat at my cheek.

The day after my check up Anna comes to work with me and the models spend more time cooing over her and passing her around than they do posing and by the end of the shoot I'm exhausted and my stomach feels unsettled. Two of them are hanging around nursing Anna who is dribbling and babbling to them and when I walk over to take her they ask if I'm ok. "Yeah I'm alright, the second one is just taking it out of me." "Oh my god you're pregnant again?" One asks and I nod which makes them squeal excitedly and Anna starts to cry at the loud noise. I take her back and cuddle her to my chest. "Hey hey baby it's ok" I tell her softly as I bounce her around and she soon quietens down, becoming distracted by the button on my shirt, her little fingers grabbing at it. I let her play for a few minutes while I talk to the girls before I put her back in her pram and take her out to the car, loading her and my stuff in and heading over to the bar, wanting to see Frank. When we get there I don't bother putting Anna in her pram, just carrying her in my arms, her little fingers tugging at my button again before she leans in and tries to put it in her mouth, causing me to laugh as I walk in the door and try to pull her back from it but when I do I still have a slobber patch on my shirt. "Crazy girl, you can't eat buttons" I tell her as I hold her out from me, my hands wrapped around her sides and she shrieks and her little arms and legs flail out, a huge smile on her little face. I bring her back into my chest before holding her out again and she squeals and claps her hands together and Frank says "Who's the little girl making all that noise huh?" And Anna's head snaps around to look in his direction, a little gurgle coming from her mouth. "Yeah baby, it's daddy" I tell her and she holds one little hand out to him as I walk over to the bar and he takes her from me, settling her against his chest as he presses kisses all over her face, causing her to shriek again. I take a seat at the bar and Ray comes out, Anna stilling as he takes her for a cuddle and she stares wide eyed at his hair. Frank laughs hard as he says "Dude, you silenced her, she's rarely silent." Ray tells him to shut up before turning his attention back to Anna and makes faces at her, bringing a little smile to her face again.

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