Chapter 106

"She's beautiful..." I murmured, cradling the little bundle of blankets in my arms as I sat in the uncomfortable armchair which had been placed in Sophia's room by my request. After nine hours of labour, she'd finally managed to pop out a little girl. A bit of a surprise considering we'd been expecting a boy. "Have you thought of a name yet?" I enquired, managing to spare a glance at my exhausted yet joyful sister as she sat up in bed while staring adoringly at her daughter. Looking back down at the tiny baby in my arms, I smiled as she yawned a small 'O' and two little fists began to poke up from beneath the pink cotton. I had yet to see her eyes, but considering all newborns were born with blue ones I kind of took she had the same. After they cleaned her up a little bit, we discovered she had a fine dusting of white hairs on the top of her head; a clear indicator that she'd inherited her mother's natural almost bleach blonde hair. Sophia let out