I watched her as she slept peacefully. I studied the rise and fall of her chest & the way her little eyelashes fluttered as she slept.
I read the words encrypted on the side of the twin bed frame:
Averie Penelope Powers: Mommy's Princess & Daddy's Little girl
That's my little girl, my world, why I continue to stay true to who I am. She grounds me when I start to lose track of myself .
As I continued to take in the beauty of my sweet girl, I heard some heavy footsteps in the distance and immediately knew who was coming my way.
"Babe! Where are you ? You in Averie's room again?" my wife yelled, almost passing our daughter's bedroom in the process. She waddles in the room, snacks in hand of course and immediately takes a seat in my lap.
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"Ooh babe! I'm hungry, you want some of my pretzels ?" she says, letting out a deep breath, causing me to instinctively rub her growing belly—her favorite form of physical touch these days.
She's currently pregnant with our 2nd little girl and to say this pregnancy has been tough would be an understatement. We're cruising into month 6 & she's feeling so much better. For the past 5 months, I've been up early every morning to tend to her every need—just making her feel as comfortable and as loved as possible. Between the nausea spells, swollen feet and many bouts of high blood pressure, my lady has been going through a lot. It's a lot for me mentally, so I know her mental is even crazier.
Taking me out of my thoughts, she lays her head in the crook of my neck and kisses my collarbone gently.
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"Thank you, Keith." she murmurs into my neck, still shoveling pretzels into her mouth.
"For what?"
"Um, for taking care of me, duh. I know your filming schedule is super crazy and I just appreciate you for sacrificing for Averie and the baby. I know you don't really have to, but you do it because you want to. Even though I physically look like a whale, I really haven't felt like a whale this whole pregnancy because you go out of your way to make me feel so beautiful everyday.", she whispers against my skin, making me chuckle.
"I'm just so lucky.. our girls are so lucky. I'm lucky to have a husband like you and our girls are eternally blessed to have a daddy like you. I just wanted to give you your flowers.. that's all papa." She whispered, kissing my neck.
I smiled and silently took in all of the sweet things she expressed. I cupped her face in my hands and kissed her forehead.
"You are so very welcome my love. I wouldn't have chosen to make these sacrifices for any other woman ... my girls mean the world to me and so do you." I whispered back.
She blushed as I gently grabbed her throat and kissed her deeply—just the way she likes it, causing a gentle moan to slip from her mouth.
"You still hungry ?"
"Yea..but I'm not really in the mood for food anymore.." she whispers, winking at me.
my first imagine in 5 years OMG. 🥹 y'all probably don't even remember me.. let alone remember this book! However, im super happy to be back & requests are open until otherwise noted!
