Mi Princesa

Part One - Chapter Thirty-One: The Family Picture

Fernando yawned as he fed Bojan his bottle, a small smile on his face as he cradled his son thinking about how quickly the first couple of weeks of Bojan’s life had past; the couple had been so busy since their son had been born.

Fernando knew that their wedding plans were coming along nicely, he couldn’t believe that in nine weeks it would be his wedding day and he couldn’t wait.

Everything was slowly falling into place and Fernando was pleased with the progress that had been made for the wedding; everything was nearly done and Vanessa had a couple more fittings with her dress designer before the big day arrived.

Peeking at the clock Fernando sighed, today the couple were expected to pose for a royal picture of their family; he was glad that they hadn’t rushed into this and he just hoped that it would come out well.

It was still very early in the morning and Fernando was pleased that he had been the one to hear Bojan’s whimpers before they had woken Vanessa; she deserved to rest since she was doing everything for Bojan.

“Let’s hope your mama gets the sleep she needs,” Fernando whispered watching his son, it seemed odd to think that Bojan was now two weeks old; he still looked as tiny as he had been when he had been born.

Fernando pressed a kiss to the top of Bojan’s head, no one had seen a proper picture of the newborn yet and he knew it wouldn’t remain that way; the official family picture would be taken and everyone would want to see it.

***

Vanessa brushed her finger through Nora’s hair as she made sure that the five year old looked okay for the picture; she peeked nervously over at Fernando who was attempting to settle a fuss Bojan.

“Do I look okay?” Nora asked peeking up at Vanessa, she was wearing a multi coloured poppy print dress paired with golden glitter ballet shoes; she wanted to look pretty for the picture.

Vanessa smiled and pressed a kiss to the top of Nora’s head, she knew how stressful all of this was; they were taking the picture out in the garden since it was a lovely spring day.

“You look perfect,” Vanessa said smiling, she watched Fernando with Bojan and she hoped that everything would be okay; she smiled at the adorable red striped dog onesie that Bojan was wearing, it had been a gift from Flori when he had been born.

Fernando looked at his fiancée and smiled, he was glad that they had a nice day for the picture and he hoped that it wouldn’t take too long; he watched as Biscuit settled down by Nora with his chew toy.

Fernando moved to sit down next to her and Nora, he gently handed Bojan over to Vanessa; he couldn’t help but think she looked nice in her purple split back lace insert top and dark wash slim boot cut jeans paired with jewel detail ballet pumps.

Fernando could still remember the argument that Vanessa had had with Anoushka about wearing a dress; he was glad that she had decided against it since he wanted her to be comfortable.

Anoushka stood off to the side watching the happy family, she knew that Vanessa was happy but she couldn’t help but worry for her best friend; she just hoped that Fernando was ready for the future to come.

Anoushka was privy to information that the couple didn’t know about, she was sworn to secrecy and she wasn’t sure how much longer she would be able to keep the news from anyone.

“Shall we get started?” the photographer asked, he smiled at the couple a little honoured that he would be the one to take the official family picture; it was something that had come completely unexpected when he had been asked.

Vanessa cradled Bojan in her arms, she wasn’t sure who he looked like yet but he was so beautiful and she was sure that he would grow up to be like his father.

Nora settled down facing the photographer, she peeked at her baby brother glad that he was starting to fall asleep; she brushed her fingers through Biscuit’s fur making the dog wag his tail.

Fernando took a deep breath, he wanted to relax and he was sure that this would go faster than he thought; his mother had demanded a copy of all the pictures that were taken.

***

“They look good,” Vanessa murmured looking through the pictures that had been taken, she loved the shoots and was sure a couple would look good around the house.

Fernando nodded his head, he burped Bojan before handing him back to Vanessa; he loved doing his part when it came to his son.

“They do,” Fernando mused looking at the pictures, he smiled at the sight of the one of Nora holding Bojan; it was one of his favourite that had been taken and he was sure that they would look great on the wall.

Vanessa held Bojan close, she pressed a kiss to the top of her head and brushed her fingers through the soft hair that had started to appear.

Fernando watched her with a small smile, he had noticed the soft colouring of the hair and was a little surprised that Bojan had slowly started to show very light hair.

“I think he’ll have strawberry blonde hair,” Vanessa mused with a soft smile, she knew that Fernando dyed his hair and there was a very high chance that Bojan would be the same.

Fernando chuckled and nodded his head, he had never been fond of his real hair colour and his own hair was currently a dark brown colour; he gently moved to run his fingers through Bojan’s soft tuffs.

“It’ll look good on him,” Fernando whispered pressing a tender kiss to the top of Bojan’s tiny head, he had a feeling that Bojan was going to be his mini-me.

Vanessa nodded her head, she had seen Fernando with his real hair colour and she thought that it looked good on him; however he preferred to be blonde or brunette.

Bojan whimpered making his parents look at him, he cuddled into his mother’s arms making Vanessa smile a little; she had a feeling that someone was ready for their afternoon nap.

“I’ll go put him down,” Vanessa said quietly, she looked at Fernando who nodded his head before she walked away; he watched her go with a smile, knowing that this was the first time that things had been so relaxed.

Fernando took a deep breath, he closed the laptop down and ran his fingers through his hair; he smiled to himself thinking about his impending wedding.

Fernando was pleased that they hadn’t had any issues in the run up to the birth of Bojan and their wedding; he wanted everything to go well and he was sure that the morning of the wedding would be nerve wracking to him.

Fernando headed into the living room to sit with Nora who was watching television with Biscuit, she smiled at her father as he sat down next to her.

Nora was going to serve as a flower girl for the wedding and Fernando knew that she was excited about wearing her pretty dress which was being made especially for the big day.

Fernando hadn’t seen it since it was being held in the same place as Vanessa’s wedding dress, he would have to wait until the wedding to find out what everyone was wearing.

“I love you,” Fernando said pressing a kiss to the top of his daughter’s head, in nine weeks’ time he would be getting married and he knew that the time would pass in no time.

Fernando couldn’t wait until the moment that everything fell into place and his family was finally whole.