You & Me & The Baby Makes Three---Daniel

[LEILA ANN ZAKARIAN]

[atrb=border,0,true] all of these lines across my face tell you the story of who I am Leila hummed softly as she held her daughter to her breast, allowing her to feed. It had taken her a few days to get the hang of it but she was glad she had. They had to stay in the hospital a couple extra days because of it. That and because of Leila’s endometriosis they had scraped her uterus. To say Leila was in a lot of pain was an understatement. Pillows were propped up behind her for comfort as she had the bobby around the middle of her body while feeding Olivia. Olivia rose zakarian. She was just perfect in every way. Every new parent said that but Leila just knew Olivia was perfect. She ran her fingertip along her daughter’s soft cheek and smiled. A long labor but completely worth it. Twenty two hours after Leila’s water had first broken was when Olivia decided to make her entrance-five days late on July eighteenth. Leila had been miserable with the labor but every woman was. Daniel and her mother were by her side while lexi was her nurse. The poor girl. Leila was sure it had to be hard for her but lexi had volunteered. Leila tried to talk her out of it but lexi insisted. From what she heard lexi had a little break down after and Leila felt horrible. When they had some time, Leila would talk to her privately. Almost as soon as Olivia had been delivered, Leila was put under to begin scraping her insides. She had to deliver in an operating room because no one knew how delivery would go for her. The last month she had been having some blood pressure problems so the doctors had been cautious. At least they allowed her mother and daniel in there. Usually they only allowed one but since daniel had privileges at the hospital for his job they probably let it fly under the radar. Now here they were, four days later, at home. Leila’s mom would be staying with them for a few weeks while Leila recovered and to help her adjust to being a parent. Leila chuckled, seeing Olivia had fallen asleep while feeding. The nurses said newborns slept a lot and it wasn’t unusual for the baby to fall asleep while feeding. ”not yet sweet girl, you need to give momma a burp then you can sleep.” Leila broke the embrace and tickled her daughter’s chin to wake her, placing the seven pound, eleven ounce newborn against her shoulder and began to thump her back to elicit a burp. After a couple minutes she heard the little burp come out and she chuckled. ”there we go sweet girl.” Leila moved her daughter away from her shoulder, careful to cradle the head. she laid Olivia on the bed and set the bobby aside before she adjusted her nursing bra and dress. cautiously Leila moved to lay down on her side and pull Olivia closer to her. She made sure Olivia stayed laying on her back and didn’t bury her face completely in Leila’s side as Leila cuddled up close to her. She reached a finger down to stroke a path along her daughter’s leg, enjoying watching Olivia just sleep. Leila was exhausted from the pain and having gone through delivery but she wasn’t quite ready to get any rest just yet. All Leila wanted to enjoy these moments with her little family though if she knew her mother, she’d be coming to whisk aolivia away and telling Leila to rest. tag: daniel outfit: click! notes: ---

[DANIEL MARCUS ZAKARIAN]

[atrb=border,0,true] I see you and I know that I love you with all my heart Holy shit! It had only been almost a week and he still couldn’t believe it! Their daughter was here and he still wasn’t sure that he was ready. Okay he had held their baby girl and well he couldn’t feed her because Leila was doing that. This gave him the chance to get a ton of books and try to learn everything about taking care of a baby that he could. He was so nervous that he was going to screw this up and he didn’t want to. Everything was rushing through his mind as he sat in the study thinking about it. What if he screwed up? What if he dropped her? What if he accidentally put her down to sleep wrong and she died? Or worse, what if she grew up and hated him? No even worse what if she grew up and resented him? No still worse, what if she grew up and got pregnant as a teen? Wait still worse! What if she grew up, hated him and got pregnant out of spite? He was literally in tears trying to figure out how to be the best father he could be. When he closed the baby book he sat down and rubbed his eyes. He was so tired he hadn’t gotten any sleep the past few days. It was so good he had some help at the center or else he would have had to close it down and have his clients go elsewhere for the time being. But seeing as he had hired help he was allowing them to run the place while he took time off to spend with Leila and Olivia. She was such the bundle of love and joy he couldn’t help but fall in love with her the minute he saw her. It was then he knew he broke his promise to Leila when he told her he’d never love another woman as much as he loved her but Olivia was the other woman. Walking out of his office he made his way down the hall and slipped into the nursery to hope to see his little girl before he went to sleep but didn’t see her in the crib. Where was she? Oh! It must have been feeding time. Silently he slipped into the master bedroom and watched Leila feed Olivia and then burp her. No, he wasn’t going to interrupt the mommy and daughter time just yet. He wanted them to bond and grow closer to one another. When they lay down and curled up together he smiled. Silently he walked over and lay on his side to make sure Olivia was protected between them and he could look at Leila. “Do you know how beautiful you look?” He grinned and placed a kiss to Olivia’s head and then looked into Leila’s eyes. “And you look just as beautiful, even more beautiful when she’s with you.” Looking to the crib he saw the teddy bear he had bought Olivia the day she was born and smiled as he looked into Leila’s eyes. “I have to confess to you Leila….I broke my promise in saying I’d never love another woman as much as I love you.” He reached in and tenderly stroked their little girl’s cheek. “She’s so perfect.” tag: Leila notes: Love them!!!!

[LEILA ANN ZAKARIAN]

[atrb=border,0,true] all of these lines across my face tell you the story of who I am Leila couldn’t help but find it adorable how daniel was embracing fatherhood. there were moments she wondered if he would react well. She didn’t doubt his parenting abilities just if he’d get scared of not. Of course she had no idea what was going on in his mind, either. He could be in full blown panic mode and she wouldn’t even realize it. Besides Leila was wrapped up in getting the hang of breastfeeding, trying to heal from the delivery and the procedure. It certainly felt good to be in her own bed, though. Much more relaxing then the hospital beds no matter what anyone said. She would miss having nurses around ot help and had admitted that easily. Having her moma round would help Leila a lot and the staff for the house as well. So far they seemed excited to have a baby around the place after so long which was good. Anyone snooty about that wouldn’t do well for her. Leila hadn’t even realized daniel had come into the room but she still smiled at him as he settled down. Another shocker was how easily he accepted the breastfeeding. Some guys got squeamish about it. Then again society sexualized boobs so much that people found it totally disgusting. Not daniel or if he felt uncomfortable he hid it well. Her eyes followed as he laid down and kissed Olivia’s head. The action brought a smile to her lips. ”you must be really sleep deprived yourself. I am far from it right now.” the bracelet dnaiel had gotten Leila slid down her forearm as she rubbed Olivia’s tiny leg. She was so small and perfect. Her eyes drifted shut until daniel spoke up and she looked over at him while she chuckled. ”I think in this case it’s ok. And if we are ever able to have another baby and end up with a boy I think I’ll love him just as much.” Olivia moved between them and Leila chuckled. ”we should probably let her sleep before we wake her from wanting to just be close to her. Could you put her in the crib?” at first she thought a second, full sized crib was a dumb idea but right now she was glad for it so she wouldn’t have to always go to the nursery when Olivia needed a feeding. tag: daniel outfit: click! notes: ---

[DANIEL MARCUS ZAKARIAN]

[atrb=border,0,true] I see you and I know that I love you with all my heart Fatherhood: the moment in a man’s life when he finally realizes that nothing will ever be the same again. Not only that but when you have a daughter it’s the moment in his life when he becomes more protective over his family. Yes, he was protective when he married Leila and he loved her with all his heart and would do anything to protect her. When his daughter was born it was like a primal protective anger awoke inside of him. He would protect her so fiercely that nothing would ever happen to her. He would make sure that nothing happened to her, ever. That ancient primal protectiveness had awoken inside of him and there was nothing he would do to keep her and his wife safe. Some might call him perverted for sitting there watching Leila breast feed their daughter but there was something so beautiful about watching that bonding time with his two women. It was when she was done did he finally move and walk over to her and Olivia and lay down with them. This was only the start of his family. If they would risk it again he and Leila would have one more child at some point when Olivia was first starting school. The smile on his lips never faltered when he was in the room with them. Shaking his head his eyes finally locked with hers and he smiled as his hand came up and he stroked her cheek. “You will always be beautiful to me my love.” His hand slid down and he held her hand before letting it go and watching her rub Olivia’s leg. The perfect little bundle of joy between them. Smiling up at her he grinned. “I’m glad it’s okay because I don’t think I can’t love her. She’s so beautiful and well she stole my heart just like her mother did.” Leaning over he kissed her forehead and then looked to Olivia. “I hope we are able to have another baby at some point in the future, I don’t want Olivia to be an only child.” It would be bad for her to grow up alone but she would also grow up very spoiled by her father. Yes, he knew Leila would smack his head and tell him not to spoil her but come on, how can he tell her no? Watching her move between them he nods his head and sighed. “Yeah, she needs some sleep.” Sitting up he tenderly takes their little girl in his arms and walks her over to the crib and sets her down in it. Making sure she was okay and how Leila had told him to put her he smiled. “Sweet dreams my sweet little one.” Leaning in he kisses her forehead and then walks back over to the bed and lays down next to Leila. “She looks so much like you already.” Grinning he kisses her nose. “She’ll be a heart breaker for sure.” tag: Leila notes: Love them!!!!