My Other Half...

Chapter 38: Already 4?

~Taylor~

I was so pleased with my family right now. I didn't think there was any other place that I wanted to be. My family, to me, was perfect and nothing in this world could change that. I loved all my beautiful children. Four perfect little humans that I got to call mine. I made them, with the man I also call mine, and I couldn't be more happy than I am right now. I loved my life, I used to dread the future, but now I can't wait to see what it holds for us. Tessa is working so hard in school and dance. She loves her passions and always strives for perfection. In some ways, she is like a little firecracker; in other ways, she's a quiet breeze. I like both sides of her. Melanie, was thriving and she was as beautiful as ever. She was my little fighter. Always so independent and courageous; that was Zac's doing. Brennan was 1 1/2 now and he was taking his time with things. He is a late bloomer, but I guess that just means that he'll be quiet and will keep to himself when he's a bit older. Which is perfectly fine, that's how I was when I was younger. I saw so much of me in my kids and so much of my kids in me. I didn't want them to ever grow up, but they are and they will. That's the one thing that I don't like about having kids. The time goes by too quickly. I wish they could stay little forever. 

I walked downstairs and saw Eleanor and Brennan playing together in the play pen. They were speaking some secret language to each other.

"Hi angels, I need a picture of you two!" I took my phone out and took a picture of my beautiful little babies. They giggled and then continued playing. 

"N-nelle." Brennan squeaked. I smiled big. That's such a cute nickname, "Nelle". That was gunna stick, I just know it. I was looking at them when Hanna came down and ran between my legs, almost knocking me over. 

"Hey, you lunatic!" I bent down to pet her and then she wagged her tail in contentment. She gave my fingers a lick and then went off in the other direction. 

I decided to call my family down for a picture. I went up to my room, got my nicer camera from my closet and came back downstairs. I got the tripod from over in the corner near the bookshelf and set it up. 

"Guys! Come downstairs please!" I yelled to everyone.

They all came down and up one by one. First Zac and Tessa came up from the basement, then Melanie came downstairs from her room. 

"Zac could you please grab Brennan and stand in front of the fireplace?" I asked him. "I wanna take a family picture." I said smiling at him.

"That's a nice idea." He smiled back at me. I couldn't stop smiling at him so he came over and kissed me giving me a placid feeling in my heart. I kissed him twice and then walked over to the play pen to grab Nelle. 

"Come here angel." I said as I picked her up. She giggled and placed a hand on my cheek. 

"Hi, you." I kissed her cheek a few times and then went over to the camera to set a timer.

"Okay, girls, can you guys stand in front of the fireplace where daddy is?" I asked them, looking over towards Zac and Brennan. They nodded and then stood over by him. I came over with Nelle, pressed the shutter button and hurried over to them. We all smiled til the camera flashed. I went over to play the picture back and loved what I saw. We all looked so happy and Hanna somehow managed to sneak in at the right time. A little photo-bomber. My picture perfect family.

~3 Years Later~ (Taylor)

"Mommyyyy!" Brennan yelled to me from the trampoline. I got up from my lawn chair and went over to him. 

"What's up little man?" I asked him, leaning against the frame of the trampoline.

"Watch how high I can jump!" He said joyfully. He began jumping up as high as he could, which was pretty high actually. He smiled proudly every time his feet left the tramp.