Daddy Niall Series

The day Niall heard his baby’s heartbeat for the first time was the day he officially became a dad. He wanted to know everything now. He’d already decided that going to every appointment with you was a must but the man couldn’t get enough information. He wanted to know every little bit about what was happening inside you. Suddenly the miracle of childbirth was his number one subject. You would chuckle to yourself whenever he walked past a rack of magazines and left with an armful of every baby and parenting one they had. The list of things he said you guys needed was already a mile long and ever growing.

Today was no different. You were in the kitchen fixing some lunch for the two of you. ‘No cold cuts and no tuna. You can’t have those anymore.’ You’d been not so subtly reminded by Niall for the umpteenth time. After that nothing had really sounded all that great until you’d stumbled upon a jar of creamy peanut butter. Your mind could think of nothing more delicious than a pb&j and a glass of milk. Yes, today you would eat like a child and enjoy it immensely.

When you’d started lunch Niall had made himself comfy on the couch, an article about the size of the baby compared to fruit week by week open on his phone. As much as it made you laugh to see the things he was reading, it made you love him, even more, to see him so excited.

You’d just grabbed the plates to bring in when you heard him call from the couch. “Babe! Listen to this!”

Niall came rushing into the room just then, phone clutched in his hand. “So your eight weeks, right?” You nodded, a smile on your lips. “Did you know that our baby is the size of a cranberry bean right now?”

You laughed, “I can’t say that I did know that. I’m not even sure I know what a cranberry bean is actually.”

He held up his phone to you. A picture of a little brownish red bean on the screen. “That’s so tiny! Isn’t that small?”

Before you could answer Niall dropped down to his knees in front of you. He put his large hand on your still flat stomach and stroked it softly. “Hey little bean, it’s your Da. I know you’re still so small in there but I can’t wait to watch you grow. Next week you’ll be as big as a cherry but you’ll be my little bean for right now.”

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