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It had been a week since Callum had suggested the photoshoot, Ben had been debating it all week, Sophie and Christopher were one month old already , Ben couldn’t believe it his babies were growing too quickly, sometimes he still wished they were in his womb growing safely inside him, feeling them squirm and kick around.
Ben had to admit he missed being pregnant with the twins, as much as he hated it at times he wouldn’t ever trade it. His body was still changing, it was hard to get used to, yes Ben hadn’t been the most toned guy before the pregnancy but he wasn’t big by any means
No matter how many times Ben would cringe or call himself names, Callum would always be there to remind him that he wasn’t, at times Ben thought he really didn’t deserve Callum at all.
Callum also reminded him that he’s so happy being with Ben, if it wasn’t for Ben Callum would still be living a lie. No matter how many times Callum would remind him of that it still didn’t sink in properly, Ben still had some guilt.
Which was weird as Ben didn’t normally feel this way, but he felt slightly guilty for ruining Whitney’s life. But Whitney had moved on with her life and was doing great, she said it herself that she didn’t want Callum to be unhappy.
Callum was currently feeding and changing Sophie, she was such a daddy’s little girl. Callum was such an amazing dad, Ben thought he’d never be this happy again, especially after Paul.
His mum had to remind him that Paul would’ve wanted Ben to move on with his life but still remember him. Lexi had been amazing with her new siblings, she loves just looking at the babies fascinated by their small movements and is always alert when they cry.
She still begged for more siblings, which made Ben, Callum, Lola and Jay all give each other the same look. As much as she pleaded Ben had to remind her that he wasn’t getting pregnant again any time soon and neither was Lola.
Ben was looking down at Christopher, He was such a cute baby. It dawned on him that they wouldn’t be babies for very long. Ben cherished every moment with Christopher and Sophie, he’d missed out on this with Lexi and felt incredibly selfish and bad.
All those loving moments he’d missed, all those huge milestones he’d missed. He just felt blessed that he could do it again and this time he could do it properly. Christopher had brought him out of his trance by smiling. Christopher was smiling!
“Callum! Come quick!”
Callum ran in as fast as he could carrying Sophie being careful with her
“What!”
“Look! Christopher is smiling at me!”
Callum nearly cried with tears of joy, their son was smiling at them, this was amazing. No one ever told them that they would experience such joy this early but they were wrong.
“I can’t believe he’s smiling at us, this is amazing Ben.”
“I know our little boy is happy!”
Soon after a moment Sophie did the same as her brother
“Aww Ben Sophie has joined in!”
Ben and Callum couldn’t believe it, their children were smiling up at them. No matter how hard it is with newborns, they would never ever trade this.