I knew I was crying and even though I was still in pain, all I cared about was my beautiful little girl. She had a full head of hair and just stared up at me. Conner kept kissing me while looking down at her. "Camille Madison Healy, I'd like you to meet your daddy." I handed Conner his daughter and watched the toughest man I knew break down with tears of happiness. Her little fingers wrapped around one of his and he kept kissing her over and over.
We knew our family was coming and they would soon be fighting over her and passing her around like a little sack of potatoes. This was our little private moment. Conner put her back on my chest and kissed me again. "She's so perfect."
"Yeah, she sure is."
Chapter 34
Conner
I never would have thought that my life would change so drastically after Cammie was born. That little girl became my world. We moved into our house on the day of her turning three weeks old. I will never forget what it was like to carry her up to her pink camouflage decorated nursery. I may have had to coax Amy, but it was worth it to me. Sure, I had agreed to a whole week of poop diapers and a few sexual favors, but with Amy breastfeeding and being up all night, she wasn’t exactly in the mood to order me around. In fact, by the time I got home from working, she was ready for bed.
Our schedule could have used some work at first, but after the first two months, we were getting the hang of things. Cammie was starting to sleep at least six hours at night and I was getting to spend time with my other woman.
Since things had just been so crazy, we decided on having a very small wedding in our backyard. I built a gazebo and painted it white for the event. The family flew in, including Colt and Van’s newest addition, Addison Hope. She was the spitting image of her siblings and the family couldn’t get enough of her. She’d been born three weeks before Cammie and we all knew that they would grow up being close, just like all of us were.
Van did her usual picture taking, every chance she got. I swear, Amy and I never needed to have professional pictures done or anything; not when we had Van around. She’d even agreed to take the pictures for the wedding.
Amy wasn’t like other girls, who dwelled on having this humongous wedding. She wanted things to be as simple as they could be. Even though she wouldn’t let me see her dress, I knew it wasn’t anything fancy. We agreed on it. In fact, it was hard enough for me to not wear a baseball cap. The only reason I’d done it for Colt and Randa’s services was because my mother paid me fifty bucks. At the time, that bought a lot of booze.
Most guys get nervous on the big day, but not Conner Healy. Yeah, I referred to myself. I wasn’t nervous because I knew without a doubt that this was exactly what I wanted to do. Every single time I looked into my daughters eyes I knew that her mother was my forever.
On that big day our families started rolling in, taking their part in our service. Colt surprised us and took some class to become an ordained minister, so he decided that I was to be his first marriage. It was pretty cool, so Amy and I didn’t even think about saying no.
She’d been pretty secretive about something and I knew it had to do with the big day, so I couldn’t wait to see what she had in store.
She was going to be pissed, but I wore my best jeans and my cowboy boots, along with a white button up shirt. Ty told me that it would look fine with what she was wearing, so I knew she was going to look hot.
It was about that time, where she would come walking out of the house and take my breath away, except when the music started, she didn’t come out of the house. Instead, she came walking around the side of the house, pulling a decorated radio flyer wagon. Inside was the prettiest little thing just looking up at the sky. Her mother took my breath away. Amy had curls mixed with little white flowers stuck throughout her hair. She was wearing a little white sundress with my favorite cowboy boots. She had a bouquet of white daisies and a smile that was bigger than I had ever seen. In that moment, it didn’t matter who was sitting in all those chairs. The only thing I saw was my girls. When she reached me, I pulled her into my arms and kissed her right away.
I could hear the crowd of family laughing at my rudeness. Colt tapped on my shoulder. “I know this is my first ceremony, but I’m pretty sure that comes last, cuz.”
I pulled away and looked right into Amy’s eyes. “You’re so beautiful.”
She smiled and looked into the crowd. “Sorry!”
Colt grabbed the fabric of both of our clothes and forced us to turn around and look his way. “Did ya’ll want to be married today, or stand around and make out.”
I looked down at Amy and she smiled. We looked back at Colt, and at the same time we said, “both!”