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He’s utterly smitten with Melina and very protective. There isn’t a moment she isn’t in Lincoln’s arms. Melina may never need legs, but I am sure it’s because he never wants to miss moments of her day.
He loves teaching her new things, making her giggle, and chasing her around the coffee table. She learned to crawl only a few weeks ago, and Lincoln has taken it upon himself to babyproof the house. It will take some time getting used to those stupid but necessary kitchen cabinet safety locks and I’ve broken several nails being overzealous opening them.
Tiptoeing across the plush thick carpeted floor, being careful not to wake the baby, I brush Lincoln’s cheek. “Hey,” I whisper.
Lincoln pops one eye open.
“She’s sleeping. Come back to bed.” Lincoln looks down at his cute as a button dark-haired baby girl.
“Are you sure she’s sleeping?” He looks down at her through tired eyes.
He doesn’t want to put her down.
“Yes.” I grin.
He lets out an if I must sigh.
The rocking chair stops moving when Lincoln places his feet flat on the carpet, then gently leans forward. His whole hand is almost the same size as Melina’s little back.
He cups the back of her head, slowly rises to his feet, and makes his way to Melina’s crib.
Gently laying her down, she raises her hands in the air and does a big stretch, then sucks the air for a few moments before she pops her thumb in her mouth.
“She’s so cute.” Lincoln looks down at our sleeping daughter.
I clasp the side of the wooden crib. “She is but we have a big day tomorrow and we need to sleep.”
“Do we?”
“I am making moussaka for your grandparents tomorrow.”
“Oh yikes. Yeah, you need to rest and limber up for that tomorrow.” He grins and wraps his arm around my waist, a simple gesture that sends tingles through my body every time.
Lincoln plants a kiss on my temple before I drop my head to his shoulder.
“I don’t think I was your missing piece.”
“No?”
I draw my head back and look up at him. “No, I think she was.”
We both look down at our sleeping cherub.
“She completes us,” he whispers.
She does.
But for Lincoln, she’s taught him the true meaning of unconditional love. Melina loves him without question, without conditions.
I do too and he loves us even harder back.
I am truly loved beyond measure by him, and it’s the best feeling in the world.
My life is perfectly complete.
