Total pages in book: 97
Estimated words: 94072 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 470(@200wpm)___ 376(@250wpm)___ 314(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 94072 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 470(@200wpm)___ 376(@250wpm)___ 314(@300wpm)
Our babies, two gorgeous little boys bundled tightly in pale blue cotton, rest in their elevated cots next to my bed.
My husbands hover between the bassinets and me, taking turns admiring the perfect little lives I just delivered before coming back to pepper me with kisses. Laney perches on the edge of the bed, half-asleep yet determined to stay, while I drift in and out.
Slowly but surely.
“You were incredible,” Kellan says, planting a sweet kiss on my lips.
“Bless that doctor for allowing all three of us in the delivery room,” Oscar says, dragging a chair beside Laney and me. He lovingly takes my hand in his.
I smile weakly. “Bless Janet for keeping an eye on Laney for so many hours…”
“You pulled through,” Alex says, gazing down at our sons. “By the stars, they’re beautiful.”
“A little red-faced right now,” Kellan says with a soft laugh. “Birth knocked the wind out of them. I thought they’d be louder already.”
Oscar laughs lightly. “Oh, give them a day or two. It will begin soon enough.”
“What about your parents?” I ask.
“They’re on the way. Janet’s going to take Laney back to the farmhouse to greet them,” Alex tells me. “They’ll be here in the morning.”
“Good… Good…”
“You’re beautiful, you know that?” Oscar says, unable to take his eyes off me.
“Bu-bu-ful…” Laney mumbles, stretched across my blanket-covered legs.
I reach out and caress her curly brown hair. “You’re bu-bu-ful, too, honey… And a big sister, now, too.”
“Big sis!” she declares, her eyes still droopy.
“It’ll be lights out for Laney, soon enough,” Oscar concludes.
I give him a long, thoughtful look. “I cannot believe we pulled through…”
“YOU pulled through,” Kellan reminds me. “All we did was help out with the logistics.”
“Oh, I’d have gone bananas without the three of you,” I reassure him. “Thank you.”
“No, no, thank you, Kay, for being the incredible woman you are,” Alex says. “The only way is up from here, remember?”
“UP!” Laney chimes in.
I reach my hands out. “Give me my boys…”
Kellan and Alex gingerly pick them up and bring them over. With two eager arms and despite the exhaustion, I cradle my twins and let the love shine through, filling me to the brim. I can almost feel myself glowing from within.
“I wonder which one of you did this,” I quip, holding back a laugh as I admire my perfect little men, their eyes closed and their cheeks plump and pink, both sporting fine tufts of dark hair at the top of their heads.
“We all did,” Oscar says. “And I know I would do it all over again.”
“So would I,” I reply, genuinely considering the possibility. “Raising a family with you three has been nothing but fun and wonderful… and exhausting.”
“I admire the enthusiasm,” Alex replies with a wry smile.
I crinkle my nose at him. “I’ll need a minute, though.”
“Good grief, Kay. You just gave us two more children. Hold your horses,” he laughs. “We’re good.”
“Hold your horses,” Laney also advises.
“Your daughter makes sense,” I reply, looking at my husbands. “I will hold my horses. We’ve got all the time in the world, don’t we?”
“All the time in the world,” Oscar agrees.
All the time in the world. All the time to keep building, to keep turning our dreams into a beautiful reality. All the time to enjoy this precious moment, to watch my daughter swooning over her baby brothers, to witness my husbands as they shower me with so much love and affection.
All… the… time.