Living With Six Boys

Chapter 13

I was awoken by Chris and Cody jumping on my bed screaming Santa came! Santa came! They woke me up so I got out of bed and met the rest of the family by the tree.

Chris and Cody handed out everyone's stockings and we all looked through those first. I got an iTunes gift card and a few random little toys and some lipsticks.

We started opening our gifts and the twins got excited when they opened their Legos. Jack loved his baseball bat and Adam needed the guitar picks. Alex laughed at his shirt and he appreciated the thought. David loved the tool and Christina thanked me so many times for the gorgeous bracelet.

It was my turn to open something and I picked up the small box from Dylan. I opened it up to find a silver heart necklace with a picture of me and Dylan together. It almost matched the necklace my dad gave me. I started to tear up

"I love it, will you put it on me?"

"yes."

He grabbed the necklace and I held my hair up as he put it around my neck.

"I was hoping you'd like it."

"it's perfect," I said as I leaned in for a hug.

It was Dylan's turn to open something and he picked out my bag. He pulled out the sweethearts and laughed at them.

"it's so cute," he said.

He reached in the bag again and pulled out the jar. He examined it for a minute. He read the label and smiled. The whole family gathered around to see what it was. He started to pull out reasons and read them out aloud.

"I love you because your smile lights up my whole world," he smiled at me.

"I love you because you know how to treat a girl like a princess."

"I love you because when you kiss me I get butterflies all over again."

He set the jar down and walked towards me, I stood up and he grabbed me by the hands. He leaned forward and before he kissed me he whispered I love you. I closed my eyes and I got butterflies again. Every time we kissed there was a huge spark. It was the whole thrill of our relationship.

He stopped kissing me and leaned his forehead against mine and smiled.

"I love you Dylan Brooks."

"I love you more Madi Davis."

"Awwww." Christina commented.

"EW stop!" Cody and Chris yelled.

The two of them came over jumping on our backs pulling us apart. I looked at Dylan and he was laughing at the two of them. I smiled at his laugh.

"Okay come on rascals," I said taking Cody off my back.

I sat back down and Cody sat right next to me.

"I'm going to go make pancakes," David said.

He got up and walked to the kitchen. Christina started picking up wrapping paper off the floor. I got up and helped her. Before I knew it we were all picking up wrapping paper and it was done pretty quickly with six boys.

Christina turned on the TV and A Christmas Story was on, we all sat on the couches and watched it. I sat on the recliner and laid back. The boys were all squished together on the one couch and Christina laid out on the love seat.

Dylan got up and I was the only one watching him. He crawled into the recliner next to me. He snuggled into me, I craned my head into the crook of his neck.

Everyone laughed when the boy got his tongue stuck on the pole.

"Pancakes!" David called.

The boys sprung up and bolted for the kitchen. Christina lifted herself off the couch and looked at the two of us.