Emma's POV
Dominic is already awake. I can tell by his breathing.
"Your turn," I say into the pillow.
"It's Christmas."
"That's not an argument."
A pause. Then he gets up without further negotiation, which is a thing I love about him, he doesn't make leaving the warm bed into a production. I hear him in the nursery, his voice dropping into the quiet register that settles them, and for a few minutes they're actually quiet.
I close my eyes.
Six minutes later all three of them appear in the doorway. Dominic has one girl on each hip which he makes look easier than it is. Ava is holding his ear for balance. Sophia sees me and lunges forward with full confidence that someone will catch her.
Someone does.
I pull her into the bed and she immediately begins investigating my hair with the f
