"#1 Dad."
Justin's P.O.V.
I woke up at 2:37 am from crying coming from the room accross the hall. I knew exactly who it was. It was mine and Brittany's daughter, Ali. I looked over at my beautiful wife who was sleeping peacefully on her side of our bed. She's been getting up with Ali for a week now and she recently started to complain about not getting enough sleep and she needed rest. Since I knew she wanted to sleep, I decided to take care of Ali for a change.
I got up and walked accross the hall, trying to be as quiet as possible so I wouldn't wake up Brittany. I quietly opened Ali's bedroom door and headed to her crib. I grabbed her and asked her, "What's the matter, Babygirl?" She just kept crying. I raised her up a bit and smelt her diaper and I knew it... I quickly changed her diaper and put her pj's back on. She then started to catch her breath from crying and settle down.
I craddled her and brought her downstairs to make some milk. While I was waiting for the milk to get warm, I grabbed the remote from the table beside the couch in the living room and went to an all-time children channel with shows such as, Barney, My Little Pony, Obie, Seseme Street, and much more shows. I placed her on the couch gently so she can watch TV while I got the milk ready for her to have. I walked back into the living room, where she dazed into the TV at the talking puppets. I sat down beside her and craddled her into my arms and fed her the bottle.
As I was watching her, I started to think, "When did I ever get this lucky to have such a beautiful baby girl?" She was the cutest baby I've ever laid my eyes on and I've seen A LOT of babies from tour, family, friends, and so on. But I've never seen anything this beautiful; She definitely got her looks from Brittany, that's for sure. She had her mother's nose, mouth, cheeks, but the rest was features was all me. Once Brittany and I started to get serious with our relationship, I tried putting mine and Britt's pictures side by side and imagining how our baby would look like someday. I've never thought of nothing like this- Ali was something I could never imagine... She's just perfect. I knew the day that when Brittany and I found out we were having a girl, I just knew that I had to protect her from everything bad. I would fight for her and be there for her, unlike some of those other so called, "Dads" these days. I'm proud to be Ali's dad.
'Bout the time I got finished thinking about how much I love my beautiful daughter, she was finished with her bottle, but she wasn't asleep. I soon turned the TV off and craddled her while slowly walking up the stairs, heading to Ali's bedroom to put her to sleep. I kept her in my arms while I was sitting in the rocking chair that we kept in the bedroom and decided to sing, "Be Alright" to her. She can never go to sleep without that song playing, rather it being on my Believe album or me singing it face-to-face with my gutair. Brittany has tried to sing it before, but it doesn't seem to work for Ali.
I tried my best to sing quietly so I wouldn't wake up my wife, but still try to hit the high notes and so far, so good. Right after I sang the part, "For you I will walk a thousand miles.." She started to shut her eyes completely, but I continued singing just to be sure she wasn't going to wake up. Once I got finished singing the song I kissed her forehead and gently and quietly stood up and placed her into her crib. She was still asleep and I was glad, because I was starting to get tired. I whispered, "Sweet dreams, Ali. Love you. Goodnight, Babygirl."
I quietly started to shut Ali's door and walk into mine and my wife's bedroom and shut the door a little. I climbed back into the bed to go back to sleep. I faced towards Brittany's back and placed my head on her pillow. I kissed her shoulder and wrapped my arm around her and closed my eyes. Right before I fell into a deep sleep, I then began to feel a tight grab on my hand and I looked at Brittany and she had her eyes open a little and a cute grin on her face. "I love you, #1 Dad." I smiled to myself and replied, "I love you more, #1 Mom." Life couldn't get any better than this.
