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After dinner we’re both tired so we head up to bed

With a baby

This is crazy

I fix Xael in her rocker bassinet in our roo my arms

“I hate it when she cries,” Xander confesses

“Me too,” Iher “It breaks my heart”

Xael flails her arrab her if we need to After a couple minutes her cries quiet and she falls asleep

I sh five

I’ to revel in the good moments e have them

Xander and I cliainst his chest and he runs his fingers through my hair

It isn’t long until I fall asleep listening to the soft sounds of Xael’s breaths

I wake up a short ti over to

“Thea?” Xander asks sleepily “What are you doing?”

“I had to check on her,” I explain “I orried”

I count her breaths, pleased every time her little chest rises and falls