Amanda and Nick went up to her room and saw her looking up at them with a smile. Her hands reached up to both of them and giggled as Nick picked her up. He lifted her up in the air and put his face by her tummy and made funny noises. Savvy couldn’t stop laughing. Amanda felt so lucky to have a man like Nick. She looked at him and thought to herself that he was hers. He was her husband. She pushed the happy thoughts aside and put her arms around him from the side. She looked at her daughter and realized how much she looked like Nick. Savannah reached down with her arms to try and grab Nick’s nose. Nick took her fingers in his mouth and pretended to bite them with his lips. Savvy giggled and kicked her feet in the air. Nick put her down on the floor and sat above her tickling her tummy and making her laugh. After a while Nick and Amanda brought Savvy down stairs.It was two in the afternoon and they were hungry. Nick got on the phone and ordered a cheese pizza. He hung up the phone and saw Amanda sitting in one of the kitchen chairs nursing Savannah. Nick smiled as he watched. He couldn’t believe he was a daddy. He couldn’t wait to hear her first word. Right when the pizza arrived, Amanda had finished breast-feeding Savvy. They set the table and ate. After they ate, Amanda and Nick took Savvy for a walk. Amanda was beginning to lose weight plus get her four-pack back from doing sit-ups. Clouds started to form from above, so they quickly walked back home as to not be caught in the storm. They got home just in time. So Savvy wouldn’t catch a cold, Nick brought her upstairs and put her in a warm pink nighty even though it was only three. But before he put her in her nighty, he gave her a nice warm bath. He brought her downstairs and cradled her as Amanda rested her head on his left shoulder. The three of them watched TV together. Savannah soon fell asleep, so Nick brought her up to her nursery. He kissed her little head and went back downstairs.
When he got over to Amanda he turned on the baby monitor. Him and Amanda listened to Savannah’s soft breathing. Nick kissed Amanda temple as they both fell asleep on the couch. Nick lay back with his head resting on the armrest and Amanda’s head on his chest. They were both so tired cause now that Nick was off from tour for two months they had a new baby to take care of and feed, bathe, dress, walk, etc. Thirty minutes later they were waken by Savannah’s cheery screech. They both made their way up the stairs to Savannah’s room. She was lying in her crib with her arms outstretched as if reaching for the stars. She smiled her toothless smile when she saw her loving parents. Nick and Amanda smiled at their baby girl. Amanda picked up Savvy and held her. Savannah’s grip became tighter when she heard the loud boom of thunder. She buried her face in the nape of Amanda’s neck as if to protect herself from the world that lay without. Nick reached over and took Savannah from Amanda. She giggled, but her grip was nevertheless tight and secure. She began to whimper out of fright. She was too scared to look from the fright of the thunder; so just to make sure she was in her daddy’s arms, she reached her right hand up and felt Nick’s face. When she felt her daddy’s lips kiss her hand she giggled and looked up. They stayed in her room for a while until the phone rang. Amanda got it and handed it to Nick. He went out into the hall and started yelling,
“No...No, she’s my daughter...No, I do not want photos of my baby in a magazine...Look, if you do that, myself and my wife will sue you for everything you’re worth...Clear?...Good!”
“Who was that honey?” asked Amanda.
“Paparazzi wanting pictures of Savvy,” answered Nick. Amanda nodded her head. Her and Nick didn’t want them taking pictures of their daughter and printing them in magazines. Savannah was their baby and they wanted her to live as much of a normal life as possible. They know she may have to be tutored instead of public schools, but they would be sure to get her involved with other kids.
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