To get to this point has meant enduring a sixteen hour flight with the woman sitting in the window seat insisting on a bathroom break at every hour and Cam bawling over every single movie available in the flight entertainment system’s repertoire. Five minutes ago he would have said the experience was about sixteen hours too long, but right now… right now he’s willing to do that flight another sixteen times over just to get to this moment.
Cam is cradling the baby – their baby – with such gentleness and adoration, like he’s been meant for this his entire life, and Mitchell feels so full and light and deeply in love.
As he holds his arms out for her Cam says, “Say hi to your daddy, Lily!” and he doesn’t even have time to register what that means before he’s totally and completely in awe of this tiny little life he’s holding. She looks back at him calmly, bright-eyed and curious, one delicate little hand with five delicate little fingers tugging at one pretty, tiny ear. He marvels at her adorable, perfectly formed nose and her little mouth, suddenly stretching itself into an O-shaped yawn.
“So, what do you think?” Cam asks, tapping her cute nose button fondly with one finger.
“She’s perfect,” he manages to breathe out.
“Well of course she is! But I’m talking about the name, Mitchell. I just took one look at her and there it was! BAM! ‘Lily’.” He fans his hands out like he’s performing a magic trick, and Mitchell can’t help smiling.
There’s only one way to tell Cam the approval he’s waiting to hear.
“Hi Lily,” he says to his daughter, “I’m your daddy.”
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2/2 - Modern Family - Mitchell/Cameron - Two Approaches to Baby-Naming
Date: 2010-11-11 11:55 am (UTC)Cam is cradling the baby – their baby – with such gentleness and adoration, like he’s been meant for this his entire life, and Mitchell feels so full and light and deeply in love.
As he holds his arms out for her Cam says, “Say hi to your daddy, Lily!” and he doesn’t even have time to register what that means before he’s totally and completely in awe of this tiny little life he’s holding. She looks back at him calmly, bright-eyed and curious, one delicate little hand with five delicate little fingers tugging at one pretty, tiny ear. He marvels at her adorable, perfectly formed nose and her little mouth, suddenly stretching itself into an O-shaped yawn.
“So, what do you think?” Cam asks, tapping her cute nose button fondly with one finger.
“She’s perfect,” he manages to breathe out.
“Well of course she is! But I’m talking about the name, Mitchell. I just took one look at her and there it was! BAM! ‘Lily’.” He fans his hands out like he’s performing a magic trick, and Mitchell can’t help smiling.
There’s only one way to tell Cam the approval he’s waiting to hear.
“Hi Lily,” he says to his daughter, “I’m your daddy.”