Open Your Eyes

The Crappy Things

16 months before the crash

2 days after Meredith delivered Kendall we were allowed to bring her home. I left Meredith at home while I went to pick up some supplies and the kids from Lexie's.

When I arrived home I unpacked the groceries and told the kids to be quite because of the new baby. They had resorted to staying in the kids' room and playing with their toys.

I headed up the stairs to the bedroom and opened the door. I stood in the doorway and saw Meredith and Kendall asleep on the bed.

As I got closer I could hear the out of sync snoring that the two of them were doing.

Out of three kids we had one snorer and she was like her mother.

I covered Kendall and Meredith with a blanket then left the room closing the door.

"Hey kids do you want to see something cute?" I asked the kids entering the play room.

"Okay daddy."

I led the two kids upstairs to the bedroom and opened the door. I showed them their mother and Kendall's snoring. Like mother like daughter.

The kids snickered with laughter then I lead them from the room and went and played with them.

When Meredith woke up Sophie had started telling her how Kendall is a mummy's girl.

"Well she has mummy's eyes so of course she is a mummy's girl." Meredith said tickling Sophie.

Sophie broke out into a fit of giggles. Over the years we discovered her laugh was just like Meredith. She laughed like Meredith but she didn't snore.

I found it cute that a woman of Meredith's size could make a noise that loud and the size of Kendall could make a noise that big.

Later when Meredith and I were in bed she sat nursing Kendall.

"So we both seriously snore?" She asked.

"Yeah you do. It's quite charming."

"Kendall is only what 3 days old and she snores like a trucker." Meredith says. "She's going to have a lot of stories told about her snoring when she is older."

"Her, I bet you snored like Kendall when you were that age."

"I asked my father and I did. It's quite sad." She said smiling at me.

Kendall was asleep and we sat admiring her. She had a mane of black hair covering her head. She was absolutely gorgeous just like Patrick, Sophie and Angus.

All the kids were born with a mane of black hair covering their heads and blue eyes, Kendall had the green eyes though.

I patted her head and ran my hand smoothly over it. I kissed her crown and took her from Meredith.

"I'll put her to bed."

I got up so carefully from the bed and went and placed her in the bassinet. I covered her with a blanket and watched her sleep. This was one of those moments I loved. Sitting and watching the kids sleep when they were just born. They all had their ways of sleeping and it was beautiful.

I joined Meredith in bed and we cuddled each other.

"I'm hoping if we have another kid it won't be born on the highway." Meredith had told me.

"Maybe we should stay at the house in town when we know that will happen so we can get to the hospital. Or we could just live at the hospital."