My husband of almost two years is the singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes. Together, we have a three month old little girl, Rose Lucille Mendes. I woke up in the morning to the smell of pancakes and smiled. Shawn wasn't in bed with me though. I got up and went into Rose's nursery. She wasn't in there. She must be downstairs with Shawn. I slowly crept down the stairs and stopped when I heard Shawn talking to his daughter who is so beyond precious to him - and to me too.

"So Rosie, the plan is to make these pancakes, and then we'll make her some coffee, and then we're going to put it on a tray and give her breakfast in bed. Then, after she has breakfast, I'll give her my present, and you'll give her your present. Sound good?" He asked. There was no response besides her babbling and making cooing noises.

"Ah, ah, ah." Rose said and I smiled.

"That's right." He said. I smiled and went upstairs and got back into bed. It sounded like they wanted to surprise me, so I stayed in bed and grabbed a book. I read it while I waited for them. I then heard someone clear their throat. I looked up to see Shawn somehow holding the tray with just one hand, but he held Rose in his other arm. He smiled at me.

"Hello my sweets." I said with a smile. Shawn walked over to me. I put the book aside and took the tray from him.

"Hello there babe. Happy first Mother's Day." He said and I smiled.

"Thank you honey. I had actually started to go downstairs but then I heard you talking to Rose about your plan, so I came back up here." I said. Shawn smiled as he sat on his side of the bed and put Rose on his lap.

"Yeah, I got a few things up my sleeve." Shawn said as I sipped my coffee.

"Oh really?" I asked. He nodded.

"Yup." He said.

"Like what?" I asked. He chuckled.

"I can't tell you babe, and obviously neither can Rosie." Shawn said. I laughed.

"Hey, she's a smart baby, maybe she will tell me." I teased.

"I dare you to ask her what I have up my sleeve." Shawn said. I looked at Rose and rubbed her cheek with my thumb a little.

"Hi precious girl. Do you know what your Daddy has up his sleeve?" I asked. She smiled at me.

"Ahh." She said as she clapped her hands together, causing Shawn and I to laugh.

"See, I told you that she can't tell you." Shawn said as I went back to my delicious pancakes.

"It was worth a shot." I said and Shawn chuckled and nodded.

"Yup. I love you so much honey. You're such an amazing mother to Rose." He said. I smiled at him.

"Thank you babe. I love you so much too, and you're such an amazing father to Rose." I said. Shawn smiled at me and then at our daughter.

"Well she's my little princess. You may be my queen, but she's my princess. How does that sound Rosie? Princess Rose Mendes." Shawn asked. She just looked at him and then reached out and touched his cheeks.

"Awwww." I said. I quickly grabbed my phone and took a picture.

"I love you Rose. Give Daddy kisses." Shawn said. I majored in psychology, so I laughed when I saw Shawn pucker up his lips.

"Shawn, babies aren't typically able to do behaviors like kissing until they're about a year old." I said. Shawn frowned but then shrugged.

"Okay. Well at least I can give her kisses." Shawn said before peppering her face with kisses. I smiled as I watched this happen and listened to Rose's beautiful laugh. Shawn then pulled away and smiled at her.

"That was so cute babe." I said.

"Well she's a very cute baby." Shawn said. I smiled and nodded before I began to continue to eat my food and drink my coffee. I showed Shawn the picture that I had taken of Rose holding his face.

"Mind if I post this?" I asked.

"It's Mother's Day. Shouldn't I be the one to post about you?" He asked. I giggled.

"If you want, but this was really cute and I want to post it." I said. He nodded.

"Okay babe. Are you all done eating?" He asked. I nodded and then went to Instagram to post the photo. I wrote my caption.

"My two favorite people made me breakfast in bed for my first ever Mother's Day, and I couldn't help but take a picture when Rose reached out for Shawn's face. She did this after he called her Princess Rose Mendes. Shawn and Rose, I love you more than words will ever be able to describe." I captioned it. Shawn smiled and liked the photo. He then looked at me.

"Come on babe, let's go downstairs so I can give you your presents." He said. I smiled.

"Okay, but do you mind if I carry Rose?" I asked.

"Not at all babe. Here." He said as he gently handed her to me. I smiled at her.

"Hi precious girl. Your Daddy has something for me, so you're going to come with us downstairs." I said. I slowly went down the stairs as I carried her.

"Sit on the couch and close your eyes wifey." Shawn said and I did as told.

"Okay, they're closed." I said. He then did something with the television.

"Okay, you can open them." He said. When I did, I saw his face on the tv screen and it was a YouTube video titled "Happy Mother's Day Mrs. Mendes!" which caused me to smile.

"Oh Shawn." I said. He kissed my cheek.

"Ready to watch it babe?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yeah." I said. He then pressed play and he began talking in the video.

"Y/n, my love, if you're watching this, then it's your first Mother's Day. I wanted to make this video for you to show you, and the world, how much of an amazing mother you are, because let me tell you something: you're the best mother ever. Rose loves and adores you. I've put these clips together to show how wonderful and amazing these past three months have been. Happy Mother's Day honey. Rose and I love you." Shawn said. I looked at him.

"Oh Shawn." I said. He smiled and then pointed at the screen. I looked and it was when I was in labor with Rose. Shawn had filmed a little bit.

"Y/n has been in labor for three hours now. I feel bad because she's in a lot of pain and I wish that I could take all of that pain away." Shawn said. I reached out for him in the video.

"Contractions." I said. Shawn held my hand and I screamed as the contraction hit.

"She'll be here soon honey, you're okay." Shawn said. The next clip was one that Manny, my father in law had taken. I was holding Rose soon after she was born and Shawn had his arm around me.

"So who's this precious little one?" Manny asked, wanting us to say it so he could record it. Shawn and I looked at him and then back at Rose. I turned Rose a little bit so Manny could record her better.

"This is Rose Lucille Mendes. She was born an hour and a half ago and she weighs a whopping eight pounds and five ounces." I said with a smile. Shawn kissed the side of my head in the video.

"You did so great babe. I'm so beyond proud of you." He said.

"Thank you." I said. The next clip showed us carrying Rose into her home for the first time. Karen, my mother in law, had taken this video.

"So Rosie, this is your home. Do you like it?" Shawn asked as I held her. Rose obviously didn't respond. Shawn then turned to me. "Mind if I show her around?"

"I think that she's sleeping honey." I said with a smile.

"Okay. I'll show her around her new home when she's awake. Let's bring her up to the nursery. Mum, please don't go up the stairs backwards." Shawn said.

"Well how do you want me to do this?" Karen asked.

"Um, go to the top of the stairs and then we'll come up." Shawn said. It then cut to me carrying Rose up the stairs carefully. I remembered being so afraid that I was going to drop her. We then headed to her nursery.

"Rosie, this is your nursery. Look, your name is even on the wall." I said. Shawn was right behind me with a huge smile on his face.

"Yup, and I put it up there because I didn't want your Mommy helping out with the nursery." Shawn said. Shawn rubbed my back as I put Rose in her crib for the first time.

"There you go sweetie. Sleep well." I said. Shawn waved at Rose even though her eyes had been closed. It then cut to a live stream that Shawn had done. He looked very tired.

"I've been a father for about a week now. I'm exhausted, my wife is exhausted. But..." Shawn said before smiling. "Rose is worth it. Oh look, there's my wife."

"Hi baby. Want to come back to bed with me and we can rest while she rests?" I asked as I sat down next to him. Shawn nodded and ended the live stream. The next clip showed me holding Rose as I rocked back and forth in the rocking chair gently. I then smiled at Shawn in the video.

"My girls." Shawn whispered. Then, it was showing little clips of Rose and I. In one of them, I was in the kitchen as I held Rose in my arms. Shawn had been videotaping and when I noticed him, I smiled.

"Look Rose, it's Daddy." I said. Shawn walked closer as I picked her hand up gently and made her wave at Shawn.

"That's so cute." Shawn said as he chuckled. It then showed some pictures of just Rose and I, and others of Shawn, Rose, and I. I smiled as I watched the video as some music played, In My Daughter's Eyes by Martina McBride. The song was perfect. Shawn kept his arm around Rose and I as we watched the video that he had made and I smiled.

I loved looking at the pictures. It showed pictures of me smiling at Rose as I held her close to me when we were still in the hospital. It showed me laying down with her on my chest.It showed both Rose and I wearing flower crowns. It showed me holding Rose as Shawn and I kissed. I loved all of the pictures and when the pictures stopped, Shawn's face came on the screen again.

"Y/n, you're the best mother ever to our sweet little Rosie girl. Rose and I love and adore you. I hope that you've liked this video darling. I love you honey, Happy Mother's Day." Shawn said, and then the video ended. I turned to him with happy tears in my eyes.

"That was beautiful. I loved it so much Shawn, thank you for that." I said. Shawn kissed my cheek.

"You're welcome babe. I have something else for you." Shawn said.

"You didn't have to get me anything else." I said. Shawn chuckled and put his hand on my back and rubbed.

"Oh, my sweet and silly girl, of course I did. You carried our little girl for nine months, spent ten hours in labor with her, and you've been an amazing mother to her. The best, excuse me." Shawn said as he got choked up with emotions.

"Oh honey." I said.

"Sorry. You're the best mother ever and I'm constantly in awe of you. You got appendicitis about an hour after you gave birth to our little girl. You don't mind waking up in the middle of the night to feed her, or if I'm spending time in her room, you come in and check on us. You amaze me constantly, so of course I had to get you more than just one thing." He said. I smiled.

"I love you." I said.

"I love you too. I'll be right back." He said as he stood up.

"Okay." I said. I smiled at Rose who was already smiling at me. Shawn soon came back down and handed me a bag.

"I'll take her, you take the bag. Does that sound good?" Shawn asked. I nodded.

"Yeah." I said. He set the bag down and gently took Rose. "Got her?"

"Yup." He said as he smiled at Rose and then at me. His smile gave me butterflies.

"My love, your smile gives me butterflies." I said. Shawn's smile widened.

"Your smile gives me butterflies too." He said. I then looked in the bag and pulled out a box. It was a 5" by 7" Atrium Acrylic Block with a photo of Rose, Shawn and I in it. I smiled.

"Oh my gosh I love it. Thank you so much." I said.

"You're welcome darling. Do you like the picture that I chose?" He asked. I nodded. It was a picture of Shawn and I gazing at Rose as we smiled.

"I love it. Oh Shawn, did you get me more?" I asked as I looked in the bag.

"Of course I did. You're so silly." He said and I laughed. It was a necklace that had an R. I smiled.

"It's beautiful. I love it Shawn. Thank you so much." I said as I looked at him. He smiled at me.

"You're welcome babe. Sorry I didn't get you more but -" He started.

"Are you insane? These are perfect." I said.

"Oh! We made you cards." Shawn said as he handed me the cards. One of them was from him.

"Should I read it out loud?" I asked. He nodded.

"Yeah." He said. I began to read his card out loud.

"To my amazing wife, happy Mother's Day! You're absolutely amazing with our little girl. I love watching you interact with her, whether you're breastfeeding her or you're playing with her. You've made me a father, something that I've always dreamed of being, and with you that dream became possible, so thank you for that. I love you more than words will ever be able to describe. Happy Mother's Day honey. Love, your husband." I read. I looked at him and smiled.

"Do you like it?" He asked.

"That was beautiful. So Rose made a card too?" I asked with a smirk. Shawn chuckled as he handed me a card.

"Well, I wrote with my left hand, but she made a scribble at the bottom. Read it out loud babe." Shawn said. I smiled and opened it.

"Dear Mommy, I love you so much! You've always taken such good care of me and I can't thank you enough for that. You're the best Mommy ever! I love it when you read to me and when you rub my back and cuddle with me. Happy Mother's Day Mommy! Love, Rose." I read. Tears were in my eyes.

"Why are you crying honey?" Shawn asked when I looked at him.

"I'm so happy. I'm the luckiest girl in the world. Can I have a kiss please?" I asked. He nodded.

"Of course babe. Come here." He said and our lips met. I felt my heart race as if I had just run a marathon, I felt butterflies erupt and fly around in my tummy, and I felt sparks shoot through my body. We soon pulled away.

"Magical. I love you." I said. Shawn smiled.

"I love you too babe. Mind holding Rose and I'll take a picture and post in on Instagram?" He asked. I gently took Rose.

"That's fine babe. I love holding our little girl." I said. Shawn stood up and I sat sideways as I kissed her belly a few times, causing her to laugh. Soon, Shawn had made his post and I read the caption.

"Happy Mother's Day to all of the mom's out there, but especially this one. Y/n, you're the most amazing mother to our little girl. Rose and I love and adore you so much. I know that I've told you that a million times already today, but I'll continue to tell you. I'm so glad that you liked your presents. Thank you for making me a father honey. I love you and Rose so much. Happy Mother's Day!" Shawn captioned it.

"I love it. Thank you babe." I said. Shawn smiled and the three of us spent the rest of the day together. Overall, it was an absolutely amazing day. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

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