After Caleb was dressed, he asked for his daddy. "He's downstairs honey. Let's go and find him." As we headed down there, he smiled at him. "Hey buddy." Paige was colouring at the table. "Mommy. Look at my picture." I marvelled at it. "You are quite the artist baby girl." I kissed the top of her head. Heading into the kitchen, my handsome man stared at me. His eyes were so bright and cute. 'Hi you two." Caleb giggled. "What's so funny buddy?" I then got his highchair from the car. As I set it up, I placed it near the kitchen table. Giving him a few toys, he bashed his cars about. "Oom! Oom!" He was really noisy. Heading back upstairs, I heard Ariel.. she was crying. "Sweetheart. Could I come in? Please?" She wasn't usually one to cry.. "Yeah Mom. One second." As she opened the door, she crashed into my arms. "Ahh.. sweetie. Shhh.. shh.." As I closed the bedroom door, we sat down on her bed. "Deep breaths.. in and out. In and out." She followed my instructions.
"There we go. Are you feeling better?" She nodded. "It's just.. the flashback just set me off. My old mom never cared about me. I was just another worker of hers. I felt so.. fucking shit." I'd never heard her swear like that before. She apologised. "It's ok. I get it. My mom wasn't great." I hugged her. "That's why when I met your father, I promised myself that I would be open minded." I held her tight. "We all love you so much. Finn told me that he loves you like a niece. Amanda said that she adores you. Jessie and Billie love you lots. Barba is super proud of you. Your uncle Carisi thinks you're awesome. And your gran thinks that you're so strong."
After comforting her, she thanked me. "I'm your mom. It's in my job description to care."
As we both headed downstairs, her siblings were stuffing their faces with pizza. "Paigey!" I giggled as I sat with the kids. "What are you grateful for?" Dad asked me. "I'm grateful for having a fab mom and dad." I grinned. "We're grateful for you." Paige then said that she was grateful for her birthday party. And her family. "It was the best thing ever." I kissed her forehead. "I'm grateful for my wonderful man, my friends and you 3 monkeys." As we giggled and listened to what dad was thankful for, we all cooed. "I'm grateful for your mom. For sticking by me. And I'm grateful for your gran and my brother."
Once dinner was finished, we sat down and had cuddles. "This one is going to walk tomorrow. Aren't you sweetie?" I tickled my little boy as small giggles came out of his mouth. "Alk! Alk!" We all loved each other very much. I was lucky.💗
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