Rose Anne had been laid down in a small woven basket lined with as many blankets as she could find that were soft enough. Keziah was still working through her grief but having the baby was helping her keep focused on what mattered, not what happened. Keziah was in the middle of preparing a simple dinner - rabbit stew with extra potatoes and carrots. It was her father's favorite. She was also cooking up some apples in a bit of sugar and butter. Keziah had taken off her cap, it was slung across the back of a chair, and she hummed softly when the baby started to stir.

Her father had come in a little bit after William had. He was smiling warmly at her and he put a large hand on her head. "So much like your mother when she was your age. Is the little angel giving you any problems?" He asked with a slightly sad smile. He'd lost his son and daughter in law not too long ago but had gained a granddaughter so it was a little bittersweet. 
Keziah shook her head. "No papa. She is a wonderful angel." Edward studied his daughter for a long time. She resembled her mother greatly but there were some traits of him in there. It was hard to believe that the woman in front of him was once as small as the baby in the basket. 

"Papa?" 

The sound of his daughter's voice brought him out of his daydreams and he simply smiled at her before giving William a look from the corner of his eyes. While they may have had a chuckle in the yard, he would be watching him closely around his daughter. Keziah didn't need a fool to promise her everything but fail to deliver. Just because he had done what was asked of him didn't give him a free pass. "I was just thinking. That is all." Edward said, turning back to his daughter. He tugged on the end of her long braid when she turned around to stir the stew. 
"We shall have a service for your brother and sister. Samuel was well known here in Lexington." Edward said. His voice was laced with sorrow and his daughter could only nod. 

When Rose Anne started to cry and Keziah made a move to get her, Edward shook his head and scooped her up instead. The baby was beautiful and he couldn't help but to wonder if Samuel had felt the same love for his daughter when he held her the first time, as Edward had holding his own daughter for the first time. He considered the Hessian for a moment before moving closer with the baby. Edward would still be hard on him. He was a stranger and yet Keziah seemed taken with him, but if he proved himself then things would be different. 

((Excuse the short post again. Dreadfully tired. Anyways feel free to control Edward in any way you see fit, so long as he's shown as a bit traditional. He isn't as strict as most father's were but he's definetly got some ground rules he has to lay down.))