You're Beautiful To Me

The next day Frank goes to work at the bar and I enjoy my last day off before I'm heading back to work, the magazine putting me on leave while I was away and I spend the day with Anna, catching up on all the little things she can do that she couldn't before and I am amazed at how much she grew in such a short time. I'm sitting on the couch while she crawls around on the floor when she crawls over and uses the couch to pull herself up onto her feet, stumbling across to me and clenching her hand in my pants as she uses her free hand to smack at my leg as she babbles out "Da da da" rather loudly. "Yes little miss?" I ask as I reach down and pick her up, standing her in my lap. "What can daddy do for you huh? What's all the noise for?" "Da" she exclaims, like the one little sound explains everything before she leans in and rubs her face against mine. I press a few soft kisses to her lips which pulls a delighted little squeal and giggle from her along with little "mwah" noises and I smile so wide my face hurts. "You know daddy loves you so much and he would do anything for you baby girl. And I'm so sorry I had to go away for a while but I promise daddy will never leave you ever again. I'll always be here for you, no matter what." "Da" she says again, drawing it out like its a question and I bring her closer to cuddle her to my chest, her hands clenching in the front of my shirt and her face burying in the fabric. When she's done with cuddle time she squirms around until I help her back onto the floor where she crawls off, crossing the room to get her teddy bear before coming back over and holding it up for me to see. "Wow baby that's a great teddy bear" I tell her in a chirpy voice, encouraging her and she drops it to clap a few times, me clapping back at her and her face breaks out into a wide grin.

By the time Frank gets home that afternoon Anna is asleep in her crib, the baby monitor set up as I lay in our bed, on the verge of sleep aswell. Frank comes into the room, keeping quiet and he climbs onto the bed with me, leaning down to kiss me softly before guiding me to roll over onto my side facing away from him. Once I've rolled he settles behind me and starts massaging my aching muscles and I smile lazily as I slur out "Mmm baby what did I do to deserve you?" Frank starts to speak, his voice low and soft but my brain is so sleep fogged his words don't really register, they're just noise and I stop fighting it and let myself fall asleep. I'm woken a few hours later by a warm wet sensation on my bulging stomach and when I open my eyes Frank is kneeling over my legs, his hands braced either side of my bump as he has pushed my tshirt up to expose it and he's pressing gentle open mouthed kisses all over it. "Mmm babe" I groan softly, alerting him that I'm awake again. "Hey beautiful, sorry to wake you when you look so peaceful and I know you need the rest but Mikes is here and dinner is ready and I thought you might have trouble sleeping later if you slept much longer now." I let out a soft groan as Frank helps me sit up before rubbing at my eyes, clearing them of sleep before running my fingers through my messy hair and yawning loudly. "Come on babe" Frank says as he helps me onto my feet and grabs my robe, wrapping it around me and helping me get my arms in the sleeves before taking my hand and gently linking his fingers through mine as he leads me out into the kitchen where Mikey is feeding Anna in her high chair, food smeared all over her face and hands and in his hair and I can't help but laugh at the sight.

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