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"Oh she's just beautiful. Phil are you looking? Look how cute she is!"
"Dan she's perfect."
The new parents sat side by side in awe of their new baby girl Rosie. She had golden hair which was likely to turn to brown, and the prettiest green eyes.
It was a long process of filling out paper work and so so much waiting, but she's finally here. Her mother couldn't afford to care for her all on her own so she turned to adoption. Luckily Dan and Phil were there, just waiting on a call from the agency.
"What do you think her first words will be?" Dan said turning to look at Phil.
"Probably existential crisis knowing you."
Dan laughed and looked back at his new daughter.
"It will probably be papa, or dad whichever one."
"She really is perfect isn't she?" Phil said, wrapping his arm around his husband pulling him in closer.
"She will always be to me."
"Welcome home." Phil said.
For a while the house was quiet. Rosie sat sleeping in her bassinet until around 1 am and she woke up screaming as loud as her tiny lungs would let her.
"Dan remember when we said she was perfect?" Phil said turning so he was on his back, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
Dan rolled out of bed and rushed over to the bassinet.
"You shut up she is to perfect, even when she's crying like she just lost a limb or something."
It was two hours until the two could get her back to sleep, parenting is not as easy as it seemed in the books.
"Is this the rest of our lives?" Dan asked.
"I think so." Came the reply.
"Are you ready?"
"More ready than I've ever been in my entire life."
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"Happy birthday Rosie!"
Everyone cheered as the small girl blew out her candles.
It was her 5th birthday and she was having the time of her life. Of course everything to a 5 year old is amazing.
"Do you want the first- oh okay you're just going for it aren't you?" Dan laughed as she reached her small hands into the cake and grabbed a piece for herself.
"Dad I'm five years old! I can do things by myself now."
Phil chuckled, "You're all grown up now are you? I guess you don't need me and daddy anymore?"
She jumped off of her chair and threw her cake covered hands around the pairs necks.
"No! I don't want you to go! I can just do things by myself is all."
"Oh alright then. Don't worry my little Rosie we aren't going anywhere." Dan said laughing, wiping cake off of the neck of his shirt.
"Why don't you go off and play? Me and your dad will clean up." Phil said, affectionately wiping a bit of cake Dan had missed from his shirt.
"Okay! Bye dad bye daddy! Hey Jakob wait for me I want to play too!"
The two waved to her and watched their little girl go off to play.
"Time flies doesn't it?" Dan said, cleaning up extra cake and cups.
"Soon enough we'll be shipping her off to Uni." Phil joked.
Dan spun around quickly, Phil's hands grabbing his hips.
"Don't you dare say that! She's only five Phil don't make me cry!"
Phil chuckled, his glasses falling down slightly as he did so.
Dan pushed them up, a grin slowly forming on his face. He leaned in and gave him a quick peck.
"Ewww! Kissing!" A few of the kids said before turning away to continue their game of tag.
"Yeah Phil, gross." Dan fake shuddered.
"Oh stop it you love it."
"I do you caught me."