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I was woken up on this very warm, and sunny day of July 4th, by my 4 month old baby's cry. I groaned and got up from my bed, heading straight for the nursery. If you didn't know by now, I'm Bella Cullen, 24 year old, author of many award winning books but also an army wife. My husband, Edward, was deployed before our little angel was born. A lot things around the house are different, quiet, and lonely. I miss him so much, more than my life.

I walked into the baby's nursery, picked her up, and rocked her back, and forth so that she would calm down. "Ssh, Heather, it's okay, mommy's here." Heather was born on April 3rd and looks exactly like her daddy. She has curly bronze hair, emerald green eyes, and the cutest dimples the world has ever seen. Edward has never seen Heather before only in pictures. It brakes my heart to know that he wasn't there to see his baby being born.

I went to the bathroom to give Heather a bath, so that we wouldn't be late for Carlisle and Esme's 4th of July picnic. I dressed her up in a white sundress with little starfish on it, and also a red, white, and blue bathing suit. I left her curly hair down and put a red bow in it. You can say she was dressed for the occasion.

I loaded her in her car seat and we were off to celebrate our first 4th of July without my loving husband and father. I got out of my SUV and took Heather and all of her baby necessities up to the house. "Hey Bells! Ready to celebrate! How's my little Heather Feather?" Emmett bellowed. Heather made a little giggling noise, that made all of us burst into laughter.

"Em, do really insist on calling her 'Heather Feather'. Edward would strangle you." I said chuckling.

"No way Edward would be able to beat me!" He said while flexing his muscles.

"Hey Bells. The twins are in the pool if you want to see them!" Rosalie said. Rose and Emmett have twins, Evan and Ella. They were the first of the grandchildren to be born and are 4 years old.

"Oh! Look at my little granddaughter! She is just precious." Esme exclaimed. "Hello Bella," she said happily while giving me a hug," did you hear anything from Edward?"

"No. He hasn't called lately."

"Well, he's probably making our country proud wherever he is." Carlisle said. Heather started flailing her arms toward Carlisle. He laughed and started bouncing her on his hip. Alice and Jasper came later with their 2 year old son, Casey, who I was the godmother of.

"Hey Bella!!!" Alice exclaimed in her little pixie voice.

"Hi Alice, Jasper!" I said as cheerfully as I could, trying to match her pixie-like attitude. "How's my little bear?" I asked Casey. I call him bear because I gave him a little stuffed teddy bear the day he was born and has been clinging to it ever since. He leaned up to kiss my cheek. Alice snapped a picture of that moment for her scrapbook she was making of him through the years.

"Okay everyone it's time to eat!" Carlisle yelled over the music that was playing. After we ate, we swam in the pool laughing, joking, and having a good time when suddenly a vehicle pulled up into the driveway. We all wondered who it was, asking if they invited anyone else. But when I saw unruly bronze hair step out of the car in knew exactly who it was. "Oh my God!" I screamed and ran through the yard trying to reach him. He turned around and the grin on Edward's face was so wide it ear-to-ear. I jumped on him putting my legs around his waist while we kissed like we never kissed before.

"I'm so happy your home, Edward!" I cried into his shoulder.

"Ssh, love. Don't cry I'm home."

We heard everyone scream as they all ran to greet Edward. But there was someone I really wanted him to see, his daughter. After everyone was done greeting Edward, I took Heather from Rosalie and said, "Edward, meet your daughter, Heather Grace Cullen." I swear I saw a tear streak down his face as he held our baby for the first time.

"She's so beautiful." He said

"She looks just like you."

"That may be but she has a lot of you in her too. Like your beauty, charm, and of course you dimples." He said chuckling.

"Come on guys its time for fireworks!" Emmett yelled.

We watched all of them in awe. All of the pretty pinks, blues, and yellows made Heather reach her little hand up and try to catch them before they disappeared. Edward and I chuckled, while I snapped a picture of her doing that. I took several pictures of Heather and Edward who were sharing many moments to make up for the ones he missed. "Thank you." He said.

"For what, Edward?"

"For giving me Heather." I felt the tears pour down my cheeks as he tried to kiss them away. We said our goodbyes and went home. He changed her diaper and put her into her pajamas. He both put her in her crib and we both kissed her on her head. He stroked her cheek and smiled when she giggled. We both watched her as she fell into a peaceful sleep.

"I love you both more than my own life." He said

"I hope that our lives will always be like this."

"It will because I'm not going back. I'm staying here." I started to cry happy tears as he kissed my head.

"I love you, Edward."

"I love you too, Bella."

Our life together couldn't have gotten better than that.

The End

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