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Post by sarahlovesdoctors on Feb 27, 2011 17:51:14 GMT 1
It was time for Zara and Daniel to go home. they had to get up quite early. Daniels phone alarm went off, and Zara stirred. She hated getting up early. Daniel was already up and went over to Zara. "Good morning, beautiful," He said. "Morning? Middle of the bloody night more like!" Zara said, sitting up. Zara got dressed and put her makeup on. They then left as they had a taxi waiting.
Daniel and Zara checking in their suitcases and sat in the airport."Lets get a coffee?" Zara suggested. They still have a couple of hours to kill, so they went to the nearest kiosk. "How can me help you?" The woman on the kiosk asked. "2 coffees, please," Daniel said. "Well here is me problem. me come into work this morning and i see this. me got milk, me got tea, me got white sugar, me got demarara sugar, me got water, me got paper cups, me even got Fire to make the heat. But me got no coffee!" The woman said. "Well that is... disastrous." Zara said, struggling to keep a straight face. "Me having to close early! But no worry, me get a plane to london to see me sister. Praise the lord for the flight for 50p!" The woman said. Zara looked at Daniel and they quickly moved away.
Daniel and Zara found another place to have their coffee. They sipped them quietly. Zara was clearly half asleep but hopefully once the caffeine had kicked in she could stay awake for the whole plane journey this time. They finished their coffee and started making their way over to the gate. They sat waiting until their flight was eventually called. They started boarding, and got good seats. Zara sat by the window and clung onto Daniels hand.
The plane was about to take off. Zara absolutely hated this part, and was clinging on to Daniels hand so hard she could have broken it. The plane took off and Zara buried her head into Daniels chest. She hated this. Daniel put his free arm around her and held her. Zara was shaking. "Hey, dont worry, we're fine," Daniel said. Zara looked up. Daniel squeezed her hand reassuringly.
Daniel and Zara were on the plane, and had managed to get the giggles. They were discussing Mrs Tembe. "When she nearly met the queen, it was hilarious," Daniel said. "She got brought down, im surprised they didnt get her tasered down and kept under close watch." Daniel imitated Mrs Tembe "Your majesty! your majesty! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Zara was in hysterics, "I think she wears a wig," She said. Daniel burst into fits of laughter. "No seriously, her hair gets shorter then the next day she has it in her bob/wig style," Daniel burst out laughing. "When she got held down by the security guards, her hair did look a bit lopsided!" Daniel said. "Im surprised it didnt fall off!" Zara and Daniel were both in hysterics.
The plane had landed and Daniel and Zara got off it. They collected their suitcases and then went to the main bit of the airport, and got a taxi. "Home first or get Poppy first?" Daniel asked. Zara hesitated. "As much as im desperate to see Poppy, we should dump our cases at home first, and then drive to Pink Palace." Zara said. Daniel burst out laughing again. They climbed into a taxi and the taxi drove them home.
Daniel and Zara pulled up outside Jimmi and Cherrys. They rang the doorbell and Jimmi answered. "Well hello there, tanned people!" Jimmi said. Daniel and Zara both laughed, and went inside. "Wheres Poppy?" Zara asked. "Oh she just woke up, Cherrys upstairs with her now," Jimmi said. Zara walked up the stairs and into the room Cherry and Poppy were in. "Hi Zara," Cherry said, smiling at Zara. She handed Poppy over to Zara. "Hello Poppy," Zara said, holding her baby. Poppy stopped crying - her mummy was here now. Zara rocked Poppy gently. "Wow your a natural, i had to hold her for ages to stop her crying," Cherry said. Zara smiled at Cherry. "Shes probably missed me and thats why. Was she okay whilst we were away?" Zara said. "Yeah she was absolutely fine, a pleasure to have. She does wake up during the night but that doesnt matter." Cherry said. Zara nodded. "Shall we go downstairs?" "Yeah, okay, i cant wait to hear about your holiday, your tan is gorgeous by the way." Cherry said. They went downstairs, Zara holding Poppy.
After filling Cherry and Jimmi in about their holiday, Zara and Daniel rounded up Poppys things. They found everything and headed home.
After eating, Zara settled Poppy down. She was wide awake so it took a while. Zara sat on the end of the bed with Poppy. "Mummys here now," She whispered. "And Daddy is aswell." Poppy fell asleep and Zara tucked her i
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Post by sarahlovesdoctors on Mar 1, 2011 20:30:18 GMT 1
Daniel had to go back to work after their honeymoon. Zara was still on maternity leave, and was at home with Poppy. Zara was folding up babygro's and putting them into Poppys chest of drawers. Poppy was asleep. Zara looked over at Poppys cot and smiled. Poppy opened her eyes but didnt start crying. She just looked around the room and looked at Zara. "Poppy" Zara said. Poppy looked over to her and Zara gently picked her up. She sat down on the floor and put Poppy on her lap. She held Poppy tightly, and continued folding the babygro's. Poppy kept trying to reach out to the babygros. "Hey," Zara said, holding on to Poppys little hands. " Mummys been spending a long time folding those up." Poppy looked at Zara. "Come on you, cuddle your teddy bear," Zara said, standing up and getting Poppys teddy. She gave Poppy her teddy and Poppy held on to it tightly. Zara smiled and sat Poppy on her lap. Poppy couldnt quite sit up yet but she was nearly there. Zara put the last babygros in the drawer and shut them.
Zara got out of her car. She went round the car and got Poppy out. She carried her in her car seat into the Mill. Mrs Tembe was on the reception desk and Cherry was there aswell. Must be Zara's lucky day. "Dr Carmichael" Mrs Tembe said, smiling, "How is your baby?" "Shes fine," Zara said, sitting down. She put the seat next to her.
Poppy started crying. Zara stood up and picked up Poppy. She held Poppy, and Poppy cried on her shoulder. Zara paced up and down reception gently rocking Poppy. Daniel came out at this moment and watched Zara. Poppy stopped crying and Zara cuddled her. "Hello," Daniel said. Zara turned around and gave Daniel a quick kiss. "And Hello You!" Daniel said to Poppy. Poppy turned around and looked at her daddy. Zara gently handed Poppy over to Daniel. Daniel held on to her. "How's she been?" "Yeah shes been good, she woke up and i just sat with her for a bit." Zara said. She picked up Poppys car seat and they walked into the staffroom, Daniel carrying Poppy. Julia was in there, sitting on the sofas. "Wow Zara, you have an amazing tan!" Julia said. Zara smiled. "4 days of hot sun and swimming with the man i love," Zara said, putting the carseat down. Julia smiled. "And hows Poppy?" Julia said. Poppy now understood that that was her name, so she turned around and looked at Julia, "Hello Poppy." Zara smiled as Poppy reached her arms out to Julia. Daniel carefully handed Poppy over to Julia. "Aww, shes lovely, you two must be so proud," Julia said, holding on to Poppy carefully and giving her a cuddle. Surprisingly Zara let Julia hold Poppy. After a short while Julia handed Poppy back to Zara. She had to go off as she had a mountain of paperwork to get on with. Daniel and Zara sat down together with Poppy. Zara got a bottle out for Poppy and started feeding her. Elaine wandered through at this moment. "Hi," She said, smiling at the Granger clan. "How was your honeymoon?" "It was lovely, we had a brilliant time, very sunny," Zara said. "I can tell by your tan! Was Poppy okay with Jimmi and Cherry?" Elaine asked. "Well she seems okay, but obviously spending any length of time with Princess Pinky would be slightly terrifing," Zara said. Daniel started laughing, and so did Elaine. Elaine picked up her coffee, said her goodbyes and walked off. Zara and Daniel ate their lunch in silence. "Oh Daniel ive run out of things to do with Poppy, ive taken her shopping, taken her to the park," Zara said. "Stay here" Daniel said. "What, stay at the Mill and see patients?" Zara said. "No, stay at the Mill with Poppy and, well i dont know you can stay in the staffroom with her or do some work in your office with her," Daniel said. "Okay." Zara said, smiling. "Poppy?" Zara looked down at Poppy. "We going to stay at mummy and daddys work this afternoon!" She said. "Daniel, can you hold her for a second whilst i get her teddy and a dummy from my car?" "Of course i can," Daniel said. Zara gently passed Poppy over to Daniel. "Hello Poppy," Daniel said, cuddling his daughter. Zara got up and walked out to the car. "You going to be a good girl for mummy this afternoon?" Daniel said to Poppy. "We're going to see your sister Izzy in a few weeks aswell,"
Zara came back from the car with a dummy, a teddy and a couple of clean nappies. She came back in and sat opposite Daniel and Poppy again. Poppy saw her teddy and her big blue eyes widened. She reached out for her teddy but she couldnt reach. Daniel and Zara looked at each other and smiled. Zara went round the other side of the table to Poppy. "Here you go Poppy," Zara said, giving Poppy her teddy. Poppy held onto her teddy protectively. Zara laughed "Noones going to seperate Poppy and mr teddy," "Aww," Daniel said. Zara picked up Poppy and sat on Daniels lap. She then put Poppy on her lap and put her arms tightly around her. Poppy was holding on tightly to her teddy.
Zara was in her office making a start on the mountain of paperwork. Poppy was in her carseat, looking around the room whilst holding her teddy. She watched her mummy writing. Zara looked up at Poppy. "Mummys been off work for a long time so shes got lots of work to do," She said. Poppy smiled. She was still teething.
There was a knock on the door. "Come in" Zara said, putting her pen down. She had done half the mountain of paperwork. Daniel walked in. "Ive got a spare 20 minutes so i thought id come and see you two." Daniel said, Leaning down and kissing Zara. Zara put her arms around him and they passionatly kissed. When they finally broke away, Daniel kissed Poppy on the forehead. Daniel pulled up a chair and sat down. "Zara, i think you've done enough work for one day, why dont you take a break?" "Ive had lots of breaks, feeding Poppy, changing her nappies," Zara said. Daniel nodded. "Well why dont you take her to the staffroom and see if shes anywhere near crawling yet." Daniel suggested. "Okay," Zara said, putting the pen back in the penpot. She put all the finished paperwork in a pile and stood up. "Come on Poppy, lets go to the staffroom." Zara said, Picking up the carseat with Poppy in it. Zara and Daniel wandered through to the staffroom and sat on the sofa. Zara got Poppy out of her seat and put her on the floor. Zara sat on the floor with her daughter and Daniel watched them. Poppy rolled over onto her tummy. Zara smiled "Clever girl," She said, kissing the top of Poppys head. Poppy couldnt crawl yet but she was slowly learning. Poppy tried to crawl - she couldnt do it yet though.
Daniels shift had finished and he went to the staffroom to see Zara and Poppy. Zara was sat with Poppy, cuddling her. "Well hello you two, had a good time?" Daniel said, sitting down next to them. Zara nodded "We've had much more fun then we would at home, havent we Poppy," Zara said, kissing the top of Poppys head. "Ready to go home?" Daniel asked. Zara nodded, and Picked up Poppy. "Come on you," She said, holding on to Poppy and putting her in her carseat. Zara strapped the seat to the car and drove home. Daniel got into his car and followed suit.
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Post by sarahlovesdoctors on Mar 2, 2011 0:52:21 GMT 1
oppy had started crawling. Zara and Daniel had swiftly installed stair gates, they didnt want Poppy to fall down the stairs. Zara was at home with Poppy and Daniel was at work. Poppy was crawling around the house, and following Zara some places.
Zara sat on the sofa, keeping an eye on Poppy. Poppy had toys out all over the room. Zara watched her daughter crawl around. She got down onto the floor. "Poppy," Zara said. Poppy looked round. "Come to mummy sweetheart," Poppy did as she was told and crawled to Zara. Zara gently pulled her onto her lap. "Clever girl," Zara said, kissing the top of Poppys head. Poppy tried to crawl away from Zara, but Zara held onto her. "Hey you trying to crawl away from mummy now?" Zara said, cuddling Poppy. "Its lunchtime, food time i think,"
Zara stood up, still holding Poppy, and carried her into the kitchen. Zara put Poppy in her high chair. "Lets keep you clean," Zara said, putting a bib on Poppy. She gave Poppy a plastic spoon and a pot of baby food. Poppy was still mastering the spoon, and Zara sat with her. Poppy tried to get the spoon into her mouth, but most the time she ended up with it on her nose or cheeks. Zara smiled at this, and gently took the spoon out of Poppys hand, "You havent got the hang of it just yet have you?" Zara said. She fed Poppy, and then cleaned her up as she had food all over her face. Poppy yawned. "Naptime," Zara said, picking up Poppy. She carefully carried Poppy upstairs and lay her down in her cot. Zara put a couple of blankets over Poppy. Poppy fell asleep very quickly - she was very tired. Zara sat on her own bed, she was exhausted. Zara eventually fell asleep aswell.
Daniel unlocked the front door. "Im home!" he shouted, putting his bag down. He looked into the lounge and kitchen and then went upstairs. He saw Poppy fast asleep in her cot and Zara asleep on her bed. Daniel got a blanket out the wardrobe and Put it over Zara. He kissed Zara on forehead and went downstairs.
THE NEXT DAY Zara and Daniel were in Birmingham, shopping. Poppy was in her pram as usual, wide awake. They were strolling along quite freely until, out of the corner of his eye, Daniel saw a familiar face. "Zara," he said, holding her arm. Zara looked at him. "What is it?" Daniel nodded at a shop. "Oh wow, thats been there for ages Daniel, whats the excitement?" Zara said sarcastically. "middle till, look whos on it." Daniel said. Zaras jaw dropped to the floor. "No way," Zara said, trying not to laugh. "Yes way. Shall we go in there?" Daniel said. Zara nodded and they went inside, looking around. It wasnt that busy in there, the customers probably saw Lisa and ran out of the shop immediatly in fright.
Zara and Daniel were down the drinks aisle. Zara didnt exactly relish being in this shop, as most of it was strange brands noone had ever heard of going cheap. Zara found a baby clothes aisle and found some of the clothes down it hysterical. There was a blonde girl down the aisle aswell, She looked about 14. "I hope she's not got a baby she looks far too young," Zara thought. The girl smiled at Zara and Zara politely smiled back. "Do you shop here often?" The girl asked. "Nope, this is the first and last time I've ever been in here, we're only here because my husbands ex is working on a till and its quite comical," Zara said, "You?" "Well, I don't live round here so I don't come in here often, but back home I come in these shops. I'm with my friend Katie and we find the stuff in here hysterical!" The girl said. Zara nodded. "My daughter wouldn't ever be seen in any of these clothes in here, its an insult to her beauty," Zara said. The girl smiled and looked in the pram "Aww she's lovely," She said. Zara smiled. "I'm Sarah by the way," The girl said. "Oh I'm Zara, and my daughter is Poppy," Zara said, smiling. At this moment, Sarah's friend, Katie came round the corner. "Sarah, I've found some walking sticks in here going cheap!" She said. Sarah and Zara started laughing. "I better go, nice meeting you both," Zara said, pushing the pram round the aisle that Daniel was standing down. "Oh my, Daniel, they sell some hideous baby clothes in here!" Zara said. "I'm sure. Right I've got us a drink each, shall we go and pay?" Daniel said. Zara smiled and nodded. They walked straight to the middle till and queued.
"Hello Lisa, what you doing, working on a till in 99p Stores?" Zara asked, putting the drinks on the counter. "I thought you worked in Selfridges?" The 2 Zara had seen earlier, Katie and Sarah, were standing in the queue behind them and tried hard not to laugh. "Well I got bored of selfridges, so I thought I'd come here instead, its 99p per hour I get payed," Lisa said, smiling. Zara glanced at Daniel and put some money on the counter. Sarah and Katie were in the queue in hysterics. Zara and Daniel said goodbye to Lisa and left. They both started laughing, Even Poppy laughed a bit, her cute baby laugh was like music to Zara and Daniels ears.
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Post by sarahlovesdoctors on Mar 3, 2011 22:08:06 GMT 1
Zara and Daniel were lying in bed together, having a lazy sunday morning. Poppy was asleep, she had managed to sleep through the whole night. Zara rested her head on Daniels chest. "Zara, have you given any thought as to when your coming back to work?" Daniel asked. "Ive given it a little bit of though - Poppy will have to go to a nursury during the day, im a bit worried about leaving her on her own though," Zara said. "Well, I know Izzies nurserys very good, we could send her there, i know Izzies well looked-after there, and Poppy gets to see more of her sister aswell," Daniel suggested, "And its not too far away from here, the campus or the mill, its in the middle." "Thats a good idea," Zara said, "And ideal, its our nearest nursery," Zara said. "When are you coming back to work?" Daniel asked. "Well when Poppys a year old at the very least. Probably a couple of months after then," Zara said. "She'll be in good hands at the nursery. I know they'll look after her well," Daniel said. "Ill worry about her though," Zara said. "Of course you will, its natural." Daniel said, "If there is a problem though, i will have to drop work as soon as possible to go and get her," Zara said. "Thats understandable, Julia would understand, she knows how much Poppy means to you," Daniel said. Zara nodded, and Daniel stroked her hair. Zara shut her eyes.
Poppy woke up and immediatly started crying for attention. "Oh someones hungry," Zara said, climbing out of bed and over to the cot. Poppy was sitting up in the cot and reached her little arms up to her mummy. Zara gently picked Poppy up and held her. Poppy stopped crying and grabbed Zaras hair. Zara carried Poppy over to the bed and sat her down on it, after prising Poppys tiny hand off her hair. Poppy sat up and looked at her parents. "Hello Poppy," Daniel said. Poppy looked at Daniel. Daniel picked her up and gave her a cuddle. "Shes getting big now Zara," Daniel said, "Arnt you Poppy? Youll be as big as your sister before you know it," "Yeah she is, feels like only yesterday she was tiny," Zara said. "She looks more like you everyday," Daniel said, "Shes got your eyes and face shape all right. Shes a mini you," "I like to think so," Zara said, smiling. Poppy crawled away from Daniel and went over to Zara. "Hello you," She said, picking up Poppy and sitting her on her lap. Poppy smiled at her mummy. "Aww, how cute is her smile," Daniel said, putting an arm around Zara. "Shes so cute, arnt you Poppy?" Zara said. Poppy put her arms up - she wanted a hug. Zara picked up Poppy and gave her a cuddle. "Come on, we better get up," Zara said to Daniel. Daniel got out of bed and the 3 of them went downstairs.
Zara and Daniel were sitting in the living room. "So when are we next seeing Izzie?" Zara asked. "A couple of weeks time," Daniel said. Zara nodded. Poppy was on her lapa, Trying to crawl away. Zara was holding on to her though. "Shall we go out anywhere today?" Zara asked. "Hmm where should we go, we could take Poppy to the park?" Daniel suggested. "Okay," Zara said. "I think we might all need to get dressed first though, we're not all going to the park in our pyjamas, surely?" Daniel laughed and Zara smiled. "Okay," Daniel said. Zara picked up Poppy off her lap. "Come on you," She said, "Shall we go and get dressed?" Zara took Poppy upstairs. She dressed Poppy then got dressed herself. Daniel eventually got dressed aswell.
Zara and Daniel were walking through the park together, going to the fun bit where there were baby swings. They had brought the camera with them, as they wanted to take some pictures of them at the park. Daniel and Zara arrived at the park, and Zara got Poppy out of the pram. Daniel took a picture of them together. Zara put Poppy in a baby swing, and swung her very gently. Poppy liked the swing. Daniel took another picture of Poppy and Zara. It was a bit cold outside and they were all wrapped up warm. Zara took Poppy out of the swing and gave her a cuddle. Zara carried her over to the other swings and she sat on one, putting Poppy on her lap. Daniel came and sat on a swing next to them. "I think Poppy likes the swings, dont you sweetheart," Zara said, kissing the top of Poppys head. "I Think she does aswell - shes like Izzie, Izzie loves the swings," Daniel said. Zara smiled. "Ive never felt this happy before Daniel, ive got everything ive ever wanted, Beautiful daughter, and Izzies my stepdaughter, and ive got a gorgeous husband that i love," Zara said. "Aww Zara," Daniel said, leaning across the swings and kissing Zara. Zara smiled held on to Poppy, who was trying to crawl away. "I think madam wants to go on the slide," Zara said. "I think she does too," Daniel said. "Shes not going down it on her own!" Zara said. "Well why dont you go down with her" Daniel suggested. "Me. Down a Slide. In these shoes? Have you completely lost it?" Zara said. "Oh youll be fine Zara," Daniel said. Zara picked up Poppy. "Come on then, lets take you down the slide," Zara said, carrying Poppy over to the slide and up the steps. Zara sat down and put Poppy on her lap. "Ready sweetheart?" Zara said, tightening her grip on Poppy. she wanted to keep Poppy completely safe. They went down the slide and Poppy smiled. "See it wasnt difficult Zara," Daniel said. Zara smiled, "I guess not,"
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Post by sarahlovesdoctors on Mar 5, 2011 1:10:07 GMT 1
It was another weekend for Daniel, Zara and Poppy. This weekend Izzie was coming to stay.
The doorbell rang and Daniel opened the door. Lisa and Izzie were standing on the doorstep. "Hello!" Daniel said as Izzie ran over to him. Daniel picked Izzie up and gave her a cuddle. "Hows Zara and Poppy?" Lisa asked. "Their great, their in the living room, do you want to come in for a bit?" Daniel said. "Ill pop my head round the door and say hello, im on a scedule today," Lisa said, walking inside. She walked through to the living room, where Zara was sitting on the floor with Poppy. "Hi Zara," Lisa said, smiling. "Hello," Zara said, picking up Poppy and sitting on the sofa with her. "How are you? and hows Poppy?" Lisa said. "Aww im good, never been happier, and Poppys doing fine aswell," Zara said. "Well shes certainly grown since the last time i properly saw her, how old is she now?" Lisa asked. "8 and a half months. Its amazing how fast they grow, seems like yesterday i was giving birth to her and now shes 8 and a half months old!" Zara said. "Oh i remember with Izzie... when she stayed with Daniel for a bit, when i next saw her, she was huge!" Lisa said. Daniel walked in with Isobel and they sat down, "Will Poppy have a 1st birthday party?" "Oh probably, " Zara said, smiling. "Nice. Anyway, i better be off, got a tight scedule today! Bye Isobel, be a good girl, see you tomorrow, Bye Daniel, Bye Zara, Bye Poppy," Lisa said. Zara stood up to see Lisa out.
Zara walked back into the living room. "Hello Izzie," Zara said, giving Poppy to Daniel. "Come and give me a cuddle," Izzie gave Zara a cuddle. "Aww, what a good hugger," Zara said. "Za-ra!" Izzie said. Daniel smiled, "Clever girl," He said. Zara and Izzie sat on the sofa with Daniel and Poppy. Izzie went over to Poppy and gave her a quick cuddle. Daniel and Zara found this adorably cute. "Just wait till their older, when their argueing over hair straightners and phones," Zara said, smiling. Daniel laughed.
Zara and Daniel were watching over Poppy and Izzie play with plastic building blocks. Poppy was sitting up. She started to build the tower, and Izzie stood up and build it higher. Poppy wanted to put a block on the top but neither her nor Izzie could reach. Zara got up and went over to Poppy. She picked up Poppy and helped her put the last block on top. Izzie clapped. "Aww, clever girls," Zara said. "Their clever because theyve both got Granger in them," Daniel said, smiling. Zara looked at him "Oh sure." She said, smiling at him, the going to sit back down next to him. Izzie and Poppy wanted to knock the tower down. "You push tower Poppy" Izzie said. Poppy pushed the tower with Izzie and it fell down. Poppy looked up at Izzie, who sat down next to her. Zara and Daniel watched the sisters and smiled. "Im glad they get along so well," Daniel said, Putting an arm around Zara. "Its good that in a few months they'll see eachother at nursery every day." Zara said, giving Daniel a quick kiss.
Zara and Daniel decided to take the girls out. Izzie was bored and Poppy was sleeping. Daniel strapped Izzie into her pushchair and Zara strapped Poppy into hers. Zaniel and Zara pushed the prams up the road, not entirely sure where they were going but there was no harm in taking them both for a walk. Zara felt so proud when she pushed her daughter through town. They decided to go to the ice cream shop they went to before. Daniel went to get Him,Izzie, and Zara and Poppy (They were sharing) an ice cream, along with coffees for him and Zara. Daniel returned with lots of ice creams and coffee. Zara put a bib on Poppy and fed her a bit of ice cream. Poppy liked it and tried to hold the spoon. "No Poppy, mummy give you more ice cream," Zara said, getting more ice cream for Poppy. She then handed Poppy the spoon - a bad idea and Poppy ended up with ice cream on her nose. Daniel smiled at this, and Zara cleaned her up.
They had finished their ice creams and coffees and were now wandering through town. Zara was carrying Poppy as she kept crying when she was in her pram. It was quite difficult pushing the pram and holding Poppy but Zara could multitask so everything was okay. They decided to go home.
Zara, Daniel, Izzie and Poppy were finally home. It had been the journey from hell for Zara. Poppy wouldnt stop screaming for no reason, despite Zara sitting down with her numerous times and gently rocking her. Poppy had finally become quiet, and Zara had put her down for a nap - She was probably tired. Daniel, Zara and Izzie sat on the sofa together. Lisa was due to come and pick up Izzie soon, and they were enjoying a cuddle on the sofa together. The doorbell rang. Zara got up. "Hello," Zara said to Lisa, who was standing on the doorstep, "Come in," Lisa walked inside and into the living room, where Daniel and Izzie were sitting on a sofa together. "Hello Isobel," Lisa said, as Izzie got up and gave her mum a hug. Izzie and Lisa said their goodbyes and left. Daniel and Zara curled up on the sofa together. Zara sat on Daniel again, and cuddled up to him. Daniel put his arms around Zara. "So, plans for this week?" Daniel said, "While im at work, what do you do?" "Well, i look after Poppy, feed Poppy, change Poppy's nappys," Zara replied. "Aww, Zara, Poppy is so lucky to have such a beautiful mummy like you." Daniel said, hugging Zara. "At least we know which side of the family she gets her looks from," Zara said, smiling. "Well, obviously it would be my side," Daniel said, "Well... Thats debatable," Zara said, smiling. "Oh really... Well i'd say shes got good looks from both sides of the family." Daniel said. Zara smiled and kissed him. They were kissing for a while until they heard a cry come from the baby monitor. Zara looked at Daniel. "Sounds like someones hungry," She said, reluctantly getting off Daniel's lap. Zara went upstairs, followed by Daniel, and into Poppy's room. "Hello Poppy," Zara said, picking up Poppy. "Mummys here, shhhh," Zara held Poppy, and glanced at Daniel, who went downstairs and made up a bottle of milk for Poppy. He returned minutes later with the bottle. Zara carried Poppy into her room and sat on her bed with her. She gave Poppy the bottle of milk and Poppy drank it. Zara smiled at her daughter.
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Post by sarahlovesdoctors on Mar 6, 2011 20:32:25 GMT 1
Poppy was now 10 months old. Zara was still off work with her.
Zara walked down the stairs, carrying Poppy. She sat on the sofa with her, sitting Poppy next to her. Poppy cuddled her teddy, over the past few days, Poppy and "Mr Teddy" had been inseperable.
Daniel got into the car and breathed a sigh of relief. He had been dealing with tons of elderly patients all day, and couldnt wait to get home to his beautiful wife and daughter. Daniel drove away from The Mill. The roads were surprisingly clear and he got home in almost no time at all.
Zara heard the key turn in the lock of the door. Daniel walked in a few seconds later. He dumped his bag on the stairs and went into the living room. Zara and Poppy were sitting on the sofa together. "Hello," Daniel said, bending down and kissing Zara. "Is there room for Daddy on this sofa?" "Oh im sure we can make room, cant we Poppy," Zara said, smiling at Daniel and Poppy. Daniel sat down next to Poppy and gave her a cuddle.
"Daniel, what shall we do for Poppys birthday?" Zara asked. "Well we should have a little party," Daniel said. "Well who do we invite, friends, family?" Zara said. "I think, my mum, your dad, Izzie, Lisa if she wants to come, and the mill gang," Daniel suggested. "Perfect," Zara said, smiling. "Where should we have the party? Hire a hall or something or have everyone round here?" Daniel said. "Have everyone round here - we're not exactly short of space," Zara said. Daniel nodded and put Poppy on his lap. "Arnt you a lucky girl getting a big birthday party," Daniel said, moving up next to Zara and putting an arn around her. Zara rested her head on his shoulder. "You look tired, Zara" Daniel said, stroking her hair, "Why dont you go to bed?" "Im fine Daniel, just been looking after a baby all day, thats all," Zara said. "No seriously you look exhausted. At least go and have a lie down," Daniel said. "What about Poppy?" Zara said. "Ill look after her, she's getting a bit restless so ill probably put her to bed soon," Daniel said. "Come on, have a rest," Zara rolled her eyes. "Hey - Doctors orders!" Daniel said. Zara smiled then got up and went upstairs. Poppy watched her mummy leave the room. "Poppy, mummys tired so shes gone to have a rest," Daniel said. Poppy tried to crawl off the sofa but Daniel stopped her as she'd probably fall. "Come here you," Daniel said, picking her up and sitting her next to him. Poppy yawned. "Oh your tired aswell," Daniel carried Poppy upstairs and changed her into her pyjamas. He then tucked her into her cot and kissed her goodnight. "Night Poppy," Daniel said, switching the baby monitor on. Poppys bedroom was only across the hall but Daniel and Zara always kept the monitor on anyway. Daniel left Poppy's door slightly ajar and crept into his and Zara's room. Zara had fallen asleep on the bed. Daniel got a blanket and put it over her so she didnt get cold. He had a couple of sheets of paperwork to do, so he went downstairs to finish them.
Daniel climbed up the stairs. Zara was still fast asleep. Daniel got changed and went to bed. He didnt know what to do about Zara - He felt mean just leaving her in a blanket, so he cuddled up to her and put his arms around her. He pulled half the blanket over him and fell asleep.
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Post by sarahlovesdoctors on Mar 8, 2011 0:17:56 GMT 1
"Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to Poppy, Happy birthday to you," Zara said, walking into Poppys room. Today was Poppys birthday and Zara was detirmined to make it a good day. Poppy was wide awake and sitting up. "Morning birthday girl," Zara said, picking up Poppy and giving her a cuddle. "Daddys being lazy and he's still asleep!" Poppy smiled and giggled a bit. "Awww," Zara said, smiling. "Shall we go and wake Daddy up?" Zara carried Poppy into Their room and put Poppy down on the bed. Poppy crawled around for a bit until she randomly poked Daniel. Zara tried hard not to laugh, and Daniel stirred. Poppy poked him again and Zara burst out laughing. Daniel sat up and turned around. "Whats with the poking?" Zara kept on laughing and Poppy poked Daniel again. "Ah, good morning birthday girl," Daniel said, picking Poppy up and giving her a cuddle. "Happy Birthday,"
Daniel carried Poppy downstairs, Zara following close behind. He put Poppy in her high chair and gave her a bottle of milk. Zara put a bib on her as Poppy couldnt drink it without spilling it. Daniel and Zara sat down at the table with coffee and cheerios. "So what did you get her?" Daniel asked. "Real uggs," Zara said casually. Daniel looked at her, "What?" Zara said, "Shes too young to remember this birthday, she loves clothes so i may as well get her what she needs," Daniel laughed, "Your unbelievable," He said, "Did you really need to buy real uggs?" "Yes, only the best for our little girl," Zara said, smiling. Daniel leaned in and kissed her, "Thats a good point," He said.
Zara carried Poppy down the stairs, She was going to work today to see everyone and to do a tiny bit of paperwork. She was sick of the sight of the same house every single day. Zara put Poppy in her carseat and put it in the car. She then went and got in the car herself. Daniel drove them all to the mill.
"Oh Hello," Elaine said as Zara carried Poppy into reception. "Hi Elaine," Zara said, smiling at her. "Back to work?" Elaine asked. "No, its Poppys birthday, as you know, and we've run out of places to go at home so why not come here," Zara said, smiling. "Aww. Poppy," Elaine called. Poppy looked round, "Can i have a hug?" Poppy reached out to Elaine and Zara gently handed her over to Elaine. Elaine held Poppy for a while, before giving her back to Zara. "Shes very sweet," Elaine said, "You should be proud. "Believe me, She is proud!" Daniel piped up, "We cant even go to the supermarket without Poppy getting all the "Awws". Zaras just beaming with proudness," Zara smiled at Daniel. "Well she is a very pretty baby so its understandable that she gets the attention," Elaine said, smiling. "Zara, i better go, ive got a mountain of paperwork, ill come and see you when im free though?" Daniel said. "Yeah thats fine," Zara said. Daniel leaned forward and gave Zara a quick kiss, then rushed off to his room. Zara looked at Poppy, "Come on Poppy, lets go to my room," Zara said. She carried Poppy into her room, and shut the door.
"Oh! Hello, Didnt realise you were in today," Julia said. Zara was sitting on the floor playing building blocks with Poppy. "Oh, i thought Daniel told everyone. Nevermind," Zara said, putting a block on the tower. "Yes. Anyway, how are you?" Julia asked. "Im Good, i guess, its quite tiring looking after this little one, but i dont mind," Zara said, kissing the top of Poppys head. "Aww, shes very sweet," Julia said, "How old is she now?" "Well its her first birthday today," Zara said, smiling. "Oh, Happy Birthday Poppy," Julia said, shutting the door and sitting on a chair. "What did she get?" "Well i got her some uggs," Zara said. "Real ones? Shes a lucky girl," Julia said. Zara smiled. "Shes so pretty aswell, She looks like you too," "Thats what everyone says, I like to think she does resemble me in some way," Zara said. "Id say its the eyes, definatly. You two have exactly the same eyes." Julia said. Poppy smiled a bit, "Shes got your smile aswell!" Zara laughed, as Poppy crawled off her lap and started crawling to Julia. "Hey, Poppy," Zara said. "Oh, Julia ive got a feeling she wants you to give her a cuddle," Julia picked up Poppy and sat her on her lap. Poppy smiled at Julia. "Hello Poppy," Julia said, giving Poppy a little cuddle. "Your a birthday girl arnt you?," Poppy smiled and held on to Julias little finger. "Aww!" Julia said. "She holds onto my little finger all the time, bless" Zara said, smiling "Or sometimes she holds onto my hair," "Aww thats sweet," Julia said. "Yeah until she starts pulling my hair. for a baby shes very strong," Zara said. "Babies usually are," Julia said. "Stronger than they look," "Tell me about it," Zara said, smiling. Poppy let go of Julias finger and started trying to crawl off Julia's lap. "Oh, no, Stop," Julia said, holding on to Poppy. Julia gently put Poppy on the floor. Poppy crawled over to Zara, and climbed onto her lap again. Zara put her arms around Poppy and held onto her.
Zara sat with Poppy on her lap, doing paperwork. Poppy was holding onto her teddy. There was a knock on the door. "Come in," Zara said. Daniel walked in. "Hello you," He said, kissing Zara. "Hows the Popster been?" "Her name is Poppy, not Popster," Zara said, "But shes been a very good girl," "Aww, she hasnt been bored stiff?" Daniel said. "No. we played building blocks for a bit and then shes been hugging Mr Teddy for ages," Zara said. "Aww," Daniel said. Poppy yawned at this point, and held onto her teddy. "Someones a bit tired," Daniel said, nodding at Poppy. "I think its naptime," Zara said, "But theres no cot here." "Zara, just put her on the bed in the corner." Daniel said. "What if she rolls over in her sleep and falls off?" Zara said. "Thats a point," Daniel said, glancing at Poppy, who was slowly falling asleep. Zara looked down at Poppy. "I know. Ill put her on the bed, but sit beside her permanantly until she wakes up," Zara said. "What if you need to go and get a drink or something?" Daniel asked. "Then ill pick her up and take her with me," Zara said, "Honestly Daniel its fine," "Okay, okay," Daniel said. He looked down at Poppy who was now fast asleep on Zara's lap. "Ill do that then," Zara said, gently lifting up Poppy and carrying her over to the bed. She lay Poppy down and put Poppys blanket over her. Zara sat on a chair next to Poppy. Daniel put his arms around Zara. "Its amazing isnt it," He said. "What is?" Zara said. "How quickly Poppys grown up, Feels like yesterday she was just days old," Daniel said. "I know, i cant believe it," Zara said. "Soon she'll be at nursery," Daniel said. "Shes growing up very fast," Zara said. Zara looked at Poppy, who was fast asleep.
Zara was still sitting beside Poppy and had been sat there for about an hour. She had managed to do some Paperwork whilst sitting there, but she was desperate for a drink. Zara sighed and looked at Poppy. She didn't want to wake Poppy up, but she didn't want to leave Poppy, even if it was only for a second. Zara sighed and picked Poppy up, being careful not to wake her. Poppy stirred a little and put her head on Zara's shoulder, then fell asleep again. Zara held onto Poppy and carried her through to the staffroom. Heston was sitting in there. "Oh hello Zara, didn't realise you were here, how are you?" He asked. "I'm fine thankyou," Zara said, picking up a bottle of water. Daniel came out of his room at this moment, and walked through to the staffroom. "Hello, she sleeping alright?" Daniel asked Zara. "Yeah she's been fine," Zara said. " "Ok, good," Daniel said, smiling, "my last appointments in 20 minutes," "Okay. Ill either be in here or in my room," Zara said, sitting on the sofa. Daniel left the room, so did Heston. Zara held onto Poppy tightly.
Zara walked back into her room, still carrying Poppy. Zara kept hold of Poppy Zara put Poppy back on the bed and sat beside her again. Poppy was only asleep for another 10 minutes, then she woke up and started crying. She was teething still and wouldn't stop crying. Zara picked her up and held her, walking up and down the room. Eventually Poppy stopped crying and Zara walked through to reception. Mrs Tembe was on the desk. "Dr Carmichael, I did not realise you were here," She said. Zara looked at mrs Tembe, "Well, i am," She said. "I can see that. And i hear your baby is a year old today?" Mrs Tembe said. "Yeah she is," Zara said. "Well maybe i could make some botswanan baby food for her as a treat," Mrs Tembe suggested. "Well, that is a very kind off but i think we'll pass," Zara said, walking off with Poppy.
Daniel walked into Zaras room. It was the end of the day. "Ready for hometime and birthday cake?" Daniel said, kissing Zara. he then kissed the top of Poppys head. Zara picked up the bag full of baby things, aswell as her handbag, and walked out the room with Daniel, holding Poppy. Daniel shut the door and they walked out to the car. Zara strapped Poppy in to the car.
Izzie was round, and she was staying over aswell, as it was a friday. Poppy and Izzie were playing towers again, having fun knocking them down and building them again. Zara had put dinner on, and Zara and Daniel were now curled up on the sofa together watching Poppy and Izzie. "Theyre both lovely," Zara said, smiling. "In a way, you have a daughter and a half," Daniel said, "Izzies your stepdaughter," "I know, she almost feels like my daughter," Zara said. "Poppy will start nursery in a couple of months so they'll see a lot more of each other." Daniel said.
They had all eaten dinner and were all on the sofa together. Poppy had fallen asleep in Zara's arms, and Izzie had in Daniels. It was quite late, so Zara and Daniel carried them upstairs. They changed them both into their pyjamas and put them to bed. Izzie now had her own room at Zara and Daniels.
Zara climbed into bed next to Daniel. "Night," She said, cuddling up to Daniel. "Night, love you," Daniel said. "Love you too," Zara said. They fell asleep. Everything was perfect, well, for now anyway... THE END!
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