“What color are her eyes?” I asked Taz since he was close to her face.
He bent down to look. “Blue,” he replied.
“We both have green eyes,” I whined.
“Honey,” the nurse interrupted, from down where she was assisting the doctor between my legs, “her true eye color won’t be evident for a few months.”
I nodded, watching my baby girl squirm around on my belly.
She was on a mission; that much was obvious. Her little head bobbed, her fists clenched in and out as she pushed her way up towards my breasts.
Taz and I watched fascinated as we observed everything we had seen in the videos that had been presented in the birthing classes we attended.
She moved towards my right breast, her fingers clutching the nipple as she pulled herself towards it. With strength and tenacity, she moved her head towards it, and her mouth opened wide as she latched on. She began to suckle contentedly, her tiny hands fisting my breast.
“Wow,” Taz said, “she did that in less than ten minutes.”
“I think she may be advanced,” I bragged, putting my arms around her bottom as she nursed.
She was making cute little sucking noises and baby sounds. The feeling of love I had for her was so overwhelming.
The nurse came over and placed a light blanket over the baby to keep her warm as she was pressed skin-to-skin against me. She put a pink knit cap on her head. The baby nestled in to me and I knew I was in love with my beautiful daughter. She smelled so good, so naturally sweet.
“Thank you, Trace,” I whispered, gently rubbing her back. “Thank you for my beautiful baby girl.”
“It was my pleasure, Lindsey,” he said, taking his place on the hospital beside me.
“So, are we good to go with the name we picked out for a girl?” he asked. “They’re going to want it for her birth certificate.
I looked down at her gently nursing.
“Absolutely,” I replied. “It fits her perfectly, don’t you think?”
“Harper Trace Matthews,” Taz said. “I like it. I’m glad we finally agreed on a name.
That had been our one and only argument ever, the baby’s name. Taz had been set on “Harley” for his bike. I said no flippin’ way.
I wanted “Harlow” after one of my favorite black and white movie actresses, Jean Harlow.
We had compromised both loving the name “Harper.”
“Harper Trace Matthews,” I said, "you are officially our daughter and we love you so much.”
Taz leaned over her, and brushed a kiss against her little bald head as she nursed.
“I think she’s going to be blond,” he said.
“Yep,” I nodded. “She’s going to be blond-haired with green eyes like yours, Taz.”
“Or yours,” he replied. “I love your eyes, Lindsey.”
Today was the beginning of little Harper’s life; for Taz and me, it was the beginning of our life together as a family. We were joined in love, and now, we were love plus one.
About the Author
Andrea Smith is an Ohio native and currently resides in southern Ohio. Ms. Smith is the mother of two grown sons and grandmother of four. The ‘Baby Series’ trilogy was Ms. Smith’s first self-published work. Having previously been employed a number of years as an executive for a large, global corporation, Ms. Smith decided to leave the corporate world and pursue her life-long dream of writing fiction. She credits her former employer in a large part for assisting her in making this career choice. Ms. Smith discovered that reality is often times stranger than fiction (in Corporate America.)
Her latest book, 'Diamond Girl' is loosely based on actual events that occurred in the summer of 2012 in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Indiana involving a wide-reaching federal bust for various criminal activities involving the Outlaw Motorcycle Club. The characters, along with other fictional clubs, events, companies, and business establishments depicted in this book are purely fictional.
The next book in the G-Men Series is Love Plus One – to be released June 12, 2013
If you liked this book, check out some other great books by Andrea Smith:
Baby Series:
Maybe Baby
Baby Love
Be My Baby
Baby Come Back
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgement
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50
CHAPTER 51
CHAPTER 51
EPILOGUE