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"And then me and Papa Mario played with penguin" Addison said, Sidney smiled "mommy I forgot him at Papa Mario's house" she frowned dropping her fork

"We will get him this weekend sweetie"

"But I want him now" she whined

"Addison please" Jessica said getting annoyed

"It's ok, I stopped over on the way home. I got him" Sidney said, Jessica looked across the table. Addison squealed

"Thanks daddy, I love you" she cheered as she leaned her head on the table. Sidney smiled at his wife as she gave him a tired smile

"Thank you" she said

"No problem, Mario called earlier and asked how Greyson was doing and told me then. I figured if iceburgh was still there, you didn't realize and she hadn't remembered she left it there yet" he said

"Penguin daddy. Iceburgh is the dog" Addison giggled, Sidney smiled at his daughter and leaned down to kiss her head

"Penguin, I stand corrected" he said, they all stopped as Greyson began to cry, Jessica began to get up but Sidney beat her to it. "I got it, you eat" he said, she sat down and as he walked passed her he stopped. She looked at her husband. He put one hand on the table, and one hand behind her on the back of the chair "I love you" he said leaning down to kiss her

"I love you too" she whispered softly, as Sidney walked away she looked down at her plate, tears filled her eyes

"Mommy" Addison said, Jessica wiped away the tears quickly and looked at her daughter "don't cry mommy, daddy loves you" she said, chuckled smiled

"I know baby" she said "are you done?"

"Yes!!"

"Yes what?"

"Yes ma'am"

"Good girl, go get your toys ready for bath time, I will come to get you when I'm done"

"Yes ma'am" she said running off, she heard heavy footsteps coming down the stairs so she started to clean.

"He fell back asleep after I changed his diaper" Sidney said

"Was he happy to see you"

"Seemed like it, here go sit down I'll get this" Sidney said

"No I got it, I gotta do this, get Addison bathed, give Greyson his medicine, feed the dog, take the dog out, clean the play room, put Addison to bed"

"Jessica" Sidney said, she stopped at looked at him "baby you're exhausted....please let me help" he said, she looked at him

"It's that noticeable" she asked, he nodded his head

"I'm home now, please let me help. If you want to do the kitchen let me get the kids to bed, I'll feed the dog and take him out. I will clean the play room, finish up here and go lay down. Please Jess" he said as he moved towards her, he ran his hand gently across her cheek

"Fine" she said quietly "Addison's bubbles are..."

"In our bathroom. I know. Relax please" he said kissing her head "Addy bath time in 5 minutes get ready" he yelled running up the stairs. Jessica looked around her kitchen and ran her hands through her hair

*****

After giving Greyson his medicine, feeding and changing him, Jessica changed and crawled into bed. She could hear Sidney telling Addison a bedtime story through the monitor, she stopped to listen

"Was she pretty daddy" Addison asked

"She was the most beautiful woman in the entire world" he said, Addison giggled

"What was her name daddy was she a princess"

"She was my princess, her name was Jessica Adams" he said, Jessica smiled

"Mommy" Addison squealed

"That's right"

"I love mommy"

"Me too princess" he said

"I thought mommy was the princess" Addison said, Sidney chuckled

"She was until our little princess was born, then she became the queen" he said, Jessica giggled before turning off the monitor letting Sidney and Addison continue with their alone time.

She rolled over and bet iceburgh "it's going to be ok ice" she said softly, the dog moved slightly and she quickly fell asleep. Sidney walked into the room and stopped at the door. He sighed at the sight of his wife sound asleep, small snores escaping. He smiled at the petite woman infront of him. His love for her seemed to grow more and more everyday. She was his entire world, his everything. Nothing was going to change that.