Angelina woke up and found her daughter curled up beside her.
She smiled looking at her baby girl and then placed the other hand on her baby bump. She caressed her girl with one hand and then rubbed the baby bump with the other.
The baby kicked making her winch in pain but the smile on her face was telling a different tale.
"So hyperactive."
She smiled playfully peering at her belly.
The door creaked open and a man in his thirties entered. Angelina felt the movement beside her and looked at her baby girl who might have been disturbed by the creaking noise.
She glared at her husband who smiled sheepishly in return and covered the distance between them. He gave a chastise kiss to her and then kissed her baby bump earning a kick from the child in return for a kiss.
Edward looked at his wife and baby girl. He beamed at his small yet happy family.
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It was Evening now and the Lil girl was playing with blocks on the lawn when she heard footsteps and looked in the same direction.
She found her mother walking to her slow and steady. She immediately stood up and ran to her like an Asian bolt and caught her hand, taking the fruit salad in hers.
Her mother smiled at her helping nature.
The dog came barking from behind licking her feet. The Lil girl giggled and her mother sat on the metallic swing.
"Sumo stop licking my feet. ItIt's.ha...ha...twicklish."
Angelina simpered at her baby girl's incorrect pronunciation.
Although her child was only four. She has a high IQ as compared to other children of her age. And her ability to observe and grasp things are boon to her equally sharp mind.
"Mamma says Ahaa" The girl requested her mother and Angelina compiled.
The girl plopped two pieces of pears in her mother's mouth and one in hers. Soon the bowl of fruit salad was empty and Lil girl lay on the bare grasses.
It gave a very cool feeling and Sumo also laid just beside her placing his face on her tiny tummy. She patted her head and the dog enjoyed it.
Angelina laughed looking at them.
They were looking too cute. Without squandering any more seconds she captured the moment.
"What are you stealing Angel?"
She heard her husband's voice and looked at him ambling towards them.
"Dad."
Lil girl and Sumo both looked at each other and sprinted towards Edward. As though racing. They always do this. It appeared as if Sumo was competing with her for his master's attention.
Yes, initially Sumo was adopted by Edward but his baby girl also took a liking to the amazing creature and was fascinated by it. She tried everything in her to befriend him.
Sumo being sumo actually gave her a hard time but the girl didn't give up and now they are on a friendly basis with each though not best friends.
It was out of the question.
Edward swung up his baby girl in one arm and Sumo was still on the ground looking at his master with betrayed expression.
"Fine, fine."
And he took sumo in his other arm. Both, sumo and the girl huffed and turned in the opposite direction making Angelina roll her eyes at the fight of affection between the duo for Edward.
He walked toward his wife with an extra being dangling on him. She chuckled at that. He sat and left them on the ground to play. The girl ran and behind her was sumo chasing her.
"I was stealing the happy moment."
Angelina replied to her husband's question letting her head fall on his shoulder.