April 1, 2008
Kamryn slept through the night and woke up around 6 am the next day. It wasn't unusual for her to be up that early but Jay was definitely not ready to get up and get ready.
"I got her," he mumbled, pushing himself off the bed and heading toward the youngest Halstead's bedroom, greeting her as he walked in. "Morning Kammy,"
"Dada!"
"Hi baby," he smiled a little, lifting her out of the crib, changing her diaper, and heading right back for his and Hailey's room.
"Mama!" She squealed, reaching for Hailey as soon as she saw her.
"Hi baby girl," she mumbled, wrapping her arms around the toddler as she snuggled up to her mother.
"Mama," she smiled, playing with her blanket as she sucked on her thumb. They had never had much luck with the pacifier and Hailey thanked their lucky stars for that.
"When do you have to go in?" Hailey asked, looking over at Jay.
"I don't," he smiled, looking at the most recent message on his phone, "I sent an email to my boss about the accident and he said to take a few days off while you can't work,"
"You know you don't have to," Hailey groaned, still holding onto Kam as she had fallen back asleep against her.
"Yeah well. You have a concussion so. Not happening and I'm definitely not leaving kam alone while you have all of this going on," Jay told her, laying back again as he set his blackberry back on the nightstand.
"Yeah yeah," she chuckled, settling back to sleep with Kamryn in her arms now.
They all slept for a little bit longer before Jay got up with Kam and decided to make some breakfast in bed for Hailey.
"Wanna make some pancakes?" He asked the little one.
"Wafas!" She giggled, wanting waffles as she reached for the mix.
"Just like your mommy," he chuckled, especially at the fact that Kam was a basic carbon copy of Hailey. Her attitude was all Jay, but her personality screamed Hailey.
"Mama?" Kamryn asked, looking around the room for Hailey.
"Mamas sleeping still baby, her head hurts,"
"Mommy owie?" She asked, looking at Jay curiously
"Yeah, mommy got an Owie," Jay nodded, holding her as he got out the milk and other ingredients. "You wanna color while I make these?"
"Yesh!" She answered, kicking her little feet as he walked to her high chair.
Jay set her down in her chair with a tray full of crayons and her paper. He then made waffles while the TV played cartoons in the background for Kam before putting it all on a plate and getting Kam out of her chair and up to the bedroom again.
"Hail, wake up," Jay smiled, shaking her gently as he went to set the waffles down on the nightstand.
"Hmm?" Hailey mumbled, waking up slowly as Kam climbed onto the bed.
"We made you breakfast," Jay said as he set the plate down and made sure their daughter got onto the bed without falling.
"Waffles?" Hailey asked, smiling as the smell of her favorite breakfast filled the air.
"Yes ma'am," he nodded, helping her sit up before taking the plate off her nightstand and handing it over to her.
"Did Kam help you?" She asked as she kissed Kamryn's head, who had cuddled up to her mom again.
"Of course, she did, huh baby?"
"Me do it!" Kamryn grinned, looking over at Jay before up at Hailey.
"You did it all by yourself?" she asked, smiling down at the child.
"I do it!" She insisted again, giggling as she stood up to jump on their bed.
"She helped a lot. Great assistant," Jay chuckled, sitting Kamryn on a towel with her own plate of pancakes.
"Yeah, you like helping mommy cook huh?"
"Yeah!" Kamryn clapped, waiting impatiently for Jay to finish cutting up her pancakes.
"Alright bugger, time to eat," Jay chuckled, giving her the baby fork before he got his own plate and started eating.
They watched cartoons for the time being as Kamryn was in the room but knew they could watch their usual TV shows when Kamryn went down for her nap.
"How's your head?" Jay asked, looking over at his wife again.
"Would you stop freaking out? You're acting like a mother hen," She chuckled, taking a bite of her waffles as Kamryn was glued to the TV.
"I just worry Hailey," he chuckled, knowing she'd get annoyed by him asking again.
"I know, but i'm okay," She promised, watching Kamryn as she finished her plate.
They played on the bed with baby dolls for a little bit and colored before both Kamryn and Hailey went to bed for a while. Hailey stayed in their room while Jay took Kamryn to her bedroom. Kamryn put up a little fight as Jay tried to get her down for her nap, screaming and crying until she fell asleep.
Jay soon came to the bedroom, ready for a nap himself as Kamryn had really put up a fight and he was now exhausted.
"She give you a run for your money?" Hailey asked, chuckling a little at how Jayy had flopped into their bed.
"I didn't realize our toddler was that strong...And could kick that hard," He mumbled into the pillow.
"She's a fighter, just hope she stays feisty as she grows up," She chuckled.
"I hope she calms down. I don't want a sassy kid," he mumbled into the pillow he'd let himself collapse on.
"She's partly you Jay, She's gonna be a little sassy," Hailey chuckled, both of them settling into the bed.
"I guess," he chuckled.
Both Hailey and Jay took an hour and a half nap while Kamryn did in her room. Jay was the first one to wake up to Kam starting to yell and cry for them as she wanted out of her crib.
"I got her," Jay mumbled, getting out of their warm and comfortable bed, "Daddy's coming Kam!"
"Dada!" Kamryn whined, jumping in her crib as Jay came into her room.
"Hey, no jumping baby. You ready to go play?" He asked, lifting her out of her crib and laying her on the changing table to change her diaper.
"Mama!" She whined, kicking her legs as Jay tried to change her diaper.
"Okay well let me change you and then we will go see mommy, okay?" Jay asked, getting the child to stay still for 2 seconds before he picked her up and took her to the bedroom.
"Mama!" She squealed at Hailey who was still half asleep.
"Hey baby," She mumbled, holding her arms out for her. Jay carefully set her down and let her snuggle in her mother's embrace, where her thumb was put right back in her mouth. "Someone just wanted some cuddles,"
"Looks like it," Jay chuckled.
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Later on in the day, Kamryn and Hailey were playing in the living room while Jay worked on some of his cases in the other room. The 2 were having a tea party and hearing Kamryn's laugh was music to both parents' ears. She was always a happy little girl and their perfect one.
They decided to go get some dinner at their favorite mom-and-pop diner across town. Kamryn got her usual pancakes, shaped like mickey mouse ears. Hailey got her favorite waffles and Jay got his usual burger and fries.
"Dada ot!" Kamryn squealed, wanting to steal a tater tot off his plate.
"You want a tater tot?" He asked, looking at the little 2-year-old beside him.
"Peash!" She asked, signing please to him.
"Alright, since you're cute," he chuckled, taking one of the tater tots off his plate and feeding it to the little one.
"Ank ou!" She giggled, taking small bites of her pancakes after she'd finished eating the tater tot. "Wafa?"
"Here baby," Hailey nodded, feeding her a small bite of her waffle, "Good job baby,"
"Ank ou!"
"We definitely made a cute kid," Jay chuckled, ruffling Kamryn's little head of blonde hair.
"We did,"