-Joseph-
Cora has been sound asleep for a few hours, and while I want to take her and Peter outside, I don’t have the heart to wake her. I don’t think she’s been sleeping well, and I refuse to ruin the sleep she’s getting now.
Peter is getting fussy, though. I changed him when he woke and have been distracting him with toys, but I don’t think I can hold him off much longer.
“Mama,” he says, reaching toward where Cora is asleep on the couch.
He said Mama, and she’s asleep. s**t. She’ll be devastated that she’s missed his first word. “Shhhh… don’t say that yet. Wait till she’s awake.”
“Mama,” he says again, straining to get out of my arms and to her.
I sigh. I can’t let her sleep any longer. Sitting on the coffee table, I place Peter in my lap and gently shake my mate awake. “
