Hearts & Rockets

Worth It

This leg of the tour was harder. Between navigating the time change, and trying to enrol Sutton in some programs, I was still trying to write material for a new album. I had my band over three nights a week for rehearsals and Amy would come by to help with Sutton.

"Let's take a ten minute break," I looked at my watch, "I've gotta get Sutton to bed." I headed out of the studio and saw Amy helping Sutton clean up her toys.

"Look, I told you mommy was coming," Amy said sweetly as she closed the toy box lid, "I think its bed time." I nodded and followed Sutton upstairs for her routine. Brush teeth, wash face, pick a book. I've been letting Sutton pick one book on top of reading Hunter's book, her vocabulary has been growing rapidly. Once she was tucked in, I took the monitor and turned off the lights. Amy and I headed down to the basement together to fit in a little more rehearsal time. 

February was wrapping up, and between Sutton's activities, I had managed to come up with eight new songs for an album. I was hoping Hunter would have a song or two up his sleeve when he got home later today. I packed up Sutton and we loaded up into the escape, heading down to the studio to pick up Hunter. We pulled around the building to see the bus being unloaded and Hunter gathering his things. I parked the car and took Sutton out of the back seat. 

Her unmistakeable voice, "DADDY!" Hunter crouched down with his arms open and caught her in a big bear hug. 

"Sutton. I think you grew again!" I smiled and walked up, arms open for a hug and kiss from my husband. I chuckled, he had some stubble along his jaw line.

I placed my hand on his cheek and rubbed my thumb along the stubble as he kissed me, "I'll shave tonight." he laughed.

"Don't," I winked, "its kinda sexy." I whispered in his ear. He pecked my cheek and I went over to say hello to Matt, Devon and Sam. 

"Is that Sutton!" Matt exclaimed, "Look at how big you are!" He put a hand up for a high five, "You're pretty like your mama, look at the curls." Sam and Devon said their hellos and we talked quickly before the clouds darkened, threatening rain. 

I put Sutton in her room for a nap and put a baby gate across her door. She's in a phase of not staying asleep the whole two hours, so I've been lenient about letting her play quietly alone. 

Once she was down, I found Hunter in our room, unpacking his bags, "I think this can wait," I stood behind him, massaging his shoulders, "I missed you." He turned, kissing me softly, holding me close. He guided me up on the bed, his hands worked around my body, my hands found his belt buckle. I worked his jeans off as he got me out of my leggings. I was over top of him, holding him in my hand, moving up and down slowly, gently nibbling his lip. When he decided he had enough of the tease, he guided me over him. Neither of us lasted very long, but it was nice to be so close again. We heard one of Sutton's toys singing and decided we should probably get our selves tidied up. I went to the bathroom to fix my hair and Hunter walked in, gently spanking my butt. 

"I love you Jenn," he stood beside me, watching me tie my long, wavy hair into a somewhat managed braid, "I can't thank you enough for supporting me while I was on that tour. I know it was hard, especially for Sutton."

"You've helped me achieve things in the past five years I would've never been able to do on my own," I turned toward him, bringing my arms around his neck, "being your wife and a mom is the greatest thing I could've hoped for. I still got to work on a lot of my own stuff too." I kissed his nose, he smiled, his eyes were sparkling.

"Well, I'm here for the foreseeable future, I want to spend it with you and her." We walked hand in hand to fetch Sutton from her nap before we got dinner going. Hunter showed me pictures from his adventures, "It was great being in some new places, but I missed your cooking " he smiled as I set down lasagna and Caesar salad. 

"Well, I am happy you're here to enjoy dinner with us," I smiled at Sutton, pasta sauce smeared across her face, "I know you mentioned about spending more time together... I signed you up for Me and My Dad Soccer. It's indoors."

"That will be fun, how did you come across that program?"

"We did a free trial a few weekends ago, I found it online." I passed Hunter some garlic bread. "I think she enjoyed herself."

"I'm looking forward to it." Hunter smiled as Sutton, "Are you and I gonna play soccer?"

Sitting clapped, food filled her cheeks. "I think that's a yes!" We both laughed, enjoying this time together.