Chapter 173

“You did not have to wake him up like that,” I say as I try to stifle my laugh while holding a sleeping Jake in my arms. He is getting heavier and heavier as he ages, and that reminds me that my baby is getting grown.

I am the type of mother who sits in her free time and thinks about my child going off to college and leaving me. I am not also looking forward to his teenage years, his father would have to be in charge by then because teenagers can be a handful.

“He does it to me every time!” Robert argues with me and I smile as I wag my head slowly.

When everyone is awake and out of the car, we all head to our rooms in the house. I carry Jake to his room and I take his outside clothes from him. Usually, I would have to wake him so he could brush his teeth and so I could bathe him, but tonight he looks so tired and angelic.

When he is tucked in his bed, I leave and I leave his door open slightly, just the way he likes it. He agrees that he is a big boy and he can slee