Lyon
Chapter 125

It felt like I’d only just closed my eyes when it was time to get up again. Caitlin was making a racket and demanding attention. Her mom was asleep next to me not moving an inch so it was daddy time.

I slid out of bed after kissing my Angel on the head and went after my little tiger. “Morning princess, daddy’s here you can stop it now.” She had that excited look in her eye like she knew today was a special day.

I told them my baby was smart. She knew what was going on. I lifted her out of her crib and cleaned her up before taking her back to my bathroom so I could get a little cleaned up myself before heading downstairs for breakfast.

Elena was taking care of Xmas dinner this year but Kat wanted to get over there early so she could help in the kitchen. Last year this time she was pregnant, now we have our little one and if I was right there was another one in there already so it was going to be all about my baby girl this year.

I fed her some cereal while having a cup of coffee. Each time the memory of yesterday tried to enter my head I pushed it aside, there was no way. Today was Caitie bear’s day and nothing and no one was going to interfere with that shit. We sat in front of the tree with the fire lit and the music on low until her mom woke up about an hour later.

“You two are up early.”

“Seven o’clock on Xmas morning is not early for a kid babe.”

“Colt she doesn’t know what day it is.”

“Of course she does, look at her she’s excited. Hurry up and get your coffeewait no coffee for you. Get some juice and let’s get to her presents.”

“Why can’t I have coffee?”

“The other day remember? I nailed you.”

“So? He or she is like a pencil dot a little coffee isn’t gonna hurt.”

“No coffee Angel hit the OJ and let’s get cracking.” I got my camera ready and set my little terror on the floor. I was recording the first Xmas family tradition for the Lyon family.

Caitlin was only too happy to tear into paper wrapping and go to town. She bypassed all the dollhouses and stuff animals in favor of the paper and the bows that came with the gifts.

“Your turn mama bear.”

Kat was just as excited as the baby when I gave her-her special gift. Simon had outdone himself on her bracelet and necklace set. The stones were hers, mine and Caitie bear’s birth stones, but he had them wrapped in strands of gold like a vine or some crap, f**k I know.

“Now this never comes off your wrist okay it’s like your rings, after I put it on it stays on. I got one for the baby to match, hers stays on her hand too and I have one to match.”

She stared at that thing with a big silly grin on her face for a good five minutes. I’m glad she liked it because it was going to be a part of her until death. I couldn’t wait to try it to make sure it worked but I wasn’t about to do that shit in front of her, that’ll defeat the purpose.

“You gonna open the rest of your stuff babe or look at that thing all day?” I’d gotten her some handbag that cost about a year’s mortgage because mom and Carol swore every woman wants one, and some other female crap that she went nuts for.

She flew at me and covered my face with k****s and the little one wanted in on the fun so she pushed her way between us to get in on the action.

She gave me some new embossed Harley leather with my name across the back and boots and a kickass helmet. I made out like a lark. The rest of her gifts were just more jewelry and shit that was under mom’s tree.

I got her a spa date for her and her girls and some other shit that women like so much because her mom and mine swore it was the way to go. It turned out to be a pretty decent morning after all, no lingering feelings from the day before, just what I’d wanted.

“Colt I’m sorry”

“It’s dead babe leave it, today we don’t let anyone or anything in that we don’t want. It’s all about us and this moment and the ones we’re going to have from now on. We spent way too much time on her already I don’t want to even hear her fuuh name again.”

“Okay.” She gave me one of her sweet smiles and we went back to watching our kid try to stick the bows to her head.

We were on the road an hour later headed for moms and the pothead’s. It was going to be a long day. Elena had invited everybody and their mama, literally.

I just hope there weren’t any last minute runs to be made because my a*s is dragging and chances are Daniel will be too high to go take care of his wife’s last minute pickups.

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ELENA

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“Daniel we have to get up, we’re going to have a houseful of people in a few hours and I need to get started cooking.”

“Just one more and I’ll let you go down.”

“Okay but just one more and then we really have to go.”

I rolled around the bed with my horny husband for another thirty minutes before we headed for the showers together where he got frisky again. He’s still got it.

I had a smile on my face the rest of the morning, as I got ready for the day and night to come. It was going to be a great day. We were going to have all the family and some friends over for the holiday and my daughters and daughter in law were going to be helping me cook for forty people.

Tina was coming over in a while to lend a hand as well. She was turning into a really good friend, which was good since my son was totally gone over her daughter. It helps that we all get along so nicely.

Drake and Daniel were as close as two men their age could be and then we have Cy. I’m so proud of my little family and how great everyone was turning out.

Aside from the little trouble here just lately things have been just swell. I got my new daughter in law and granddaughter in one year thank you very much and all was right in my world.

Colt was a little nuts but he was cute with it. He was so gone over his family it did a mother’s heart good to see. After years of despairing that the boy would ever settle down it did me proud to see the man he’d become.

I don’t think he sees himself though, and it was fun listening to his father tease him but he himself hadn’t been much better. Like father like son but I wasn’t going to be the one to tell them.

The tree was overcrowded with gifts, half of them for the baby. I admit I might’ve gone a little overboard with that one but who can blame me? She was my very first grandbaby and I don’t know how long it was going to be before I got another one.

I got breakfast ready for Carol and Daniel before I set about getting things ready for the big dinner. I had goose, duck and turkey along with tenderloin and some Cornish hens. Everybody had different tastes and when you invited a whole host of people over for such an important occasion you have to cater to their needs.

“El baby what you got going on here?” Daniel came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my middle. It still gives me butterflies to be held in his arms after all these years.

This is what I want for my kids; that love and joy that transcends everything. Char had given me an early Xmas gift when she told me the night before while at Colt and Kat’s house for the impromptu party that those two were going to be happy for a long, long time. I couldn’t ask for more than that.