I was in the kitchen doing the dishes when I heard a thud followed by some crying from the other room. Sighing I put the dish towel down and headed into the living room. Walking in I saw Kendall and Jace both holding their heads, Kendall crying, Jace just rubbing his head. I walked over to them and squatted down to their level.
"guys, what happened?" I asked, looking between my two kids.
"we-we were playing and bonked heads" Kendall cried.
"aw, my poor babies, come on, lets go get some ice for those bumps."
Picking up Kendall and carrying her into the kitchen, Jace following close behind, they found seats at the kitchen table, and I handed them both an ice pack, talking to them while I continued with the dishes.
I stayed at home with Derek and I's two lovely rays of sunshine, Jace and Kendall. Jace was 4 and Kendall was 3, and I loved being able to spend the days with them while Derek was at work, and Derek often had at least 3 days off during the week so we would always do family stuff, or he'd take over watching the kids and tell me to go out with my friends, so I usually went out with Delany or something.
Derek and I have been married for a little more than 3 years, but we've been together for 6. After I found out I was pregnant the first time, it was a bit of a shock to both of us. But after raising Jace together Derek decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me and our son. Jace wasn't exactly planned, and he was such a handful, Derek and I were totally okay with him being our only child. But the night Derek proposed I guess we got a little excited and a month later when I missed my period we found out we were pregnant again.
We didn't exactly go on a honeymoon, since we had our wedding after Kendall was born, he just took a month off from work and we stayed at home together. It was nice, and I mean, California is already so beautiful. And if we do ever go anywhere I wanna go with my whole family, kids and all.
After Kendall, Derek and I talked and decided I'd just be a stay at home mom. We figured it'd be best, instead of hiring some nanny. And Derek did make plenty of money for us, so it almost seemed like the obvious answer, for me to just stay home with our kids.
Derek usually got home from the studio around 5, or if he was doing a photoshoot he'd get home earlier, like around 4, but I wasn't sure what time he'd be home today.
It was around 4 now, so I figured he'd be home around 5, so I started dinner while the kids were in the living room watching cartoons. I was just finishing up when I heard the kids yell.
"DADDY!" which let me know that Derek was home. I heard a bunch of laughter and when Derek walked into the kitchen I knew why. He had the kids thrown over his shoulders. He set them down and walked up to me, looking me up and down with a silly smile on his face.
"damn mami" he like, growled out, coming up to me and wrapping his arms around me and placing a kiss on my lips.
"ewwww" Kendall and Jace both whined, which caused Derek and I to laugh and smile.
"hey, there's nothing ewwww about daddy showing mami some love." he spoke, mocking the kids voices when he said 'ew'
He had his arms around my waist from behind now and leaned over and kissed my cheek excessively, causing the kids to pull a face and me to laugh.
Dinner was nice. Derek talked about his day and he kept looking at me with this look in his eyes. He also kept playing footsie with me under the table since we sat across from one another to help the children eat and behave. I couldn't help but laugh and smile. I loved when Derek was all cute and lovey like this. It was sweet.
