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“Come on, you don’t have anyone you’d like to name the baby after?”
Levi thought long and hard before saying, “Well, there’s my grandfather, Theodore. What about the name Theo?”
“I love it,” I said, letting the name roll over in my head. “What about Theodore Thomas? Or is that too many Ts.”
“T-n-T… we could call him dynamite.” I shot him a look and he added, “Or not.”
We both laughed so hard it caused a cramp in my tummy. I bent over and cried out, but I kept laughing through the cramp.
“We’re going to totally nail this parenthood gig,” Levi said.
“Oh totally! We’re going to be the coolest parents alive.”
“I mean, how many kids get to grow up around kangaroos and emus?”
“I think we should keep Birdtha far away from our kid, at least until he or she is old enough to defend themselves.”
Levi grinned. “I think she’s getting better.”
“Oh yeah?” I cocked an eyebrow.
“Yeah. She came up to the fence when I was feeding her the other day.”
“Did she try to peck your eye out?”
“Well, yeah, but I think she just wanted attention.” He winked at me to let me know he was kidding.
“Oh Levi,” I laughed some more. “Never a dull moment with us, is it?”
“Never,” he said, pulling into the parking lot of the clinic.
He rushed over to help me out of the truck, and I slipped down from my seat into his arms. His green eyes stared deeply into mine, and for a moment, we just stood there like that, completely smitten with each other.
“We have an appointment.” I reminded us both.
He placed me down on my feet and took my hand in his. We rarely went anywhere without holding hands. Maybe it was still the honeymoon phase of our relationship, but I loved that he was so affectionate with me. I hoped we would grow old together, holding each other’s hands well into our nineties.
We didn’t have to wait long before we were called back for the ultrasound. Just like with the one for my IUD, they put a cold gel on my belly and moved the wand around. At first, the doctor didn’t say much. She muttered, “Interesting…”
“Interesting?” Levi and I asked at the same time.
“Yes. I just want to verify a few things first…” The doctor moved the wand, and a smile broke out on her face. “Ahh yes, it’s confirmed. Congratulations you two, you’re expecting twins.”
“Twins?” Again, Levi and I echoed each other.
I leaned up and tried to see the monitor clearer. “You can tell?”
“Yes, we can. Two heartbeats, and if you look closely, you can see Twin A here and Twin B.”
Levi’s hand tightened on mine, and I turned to look at him. He was grinning larger than I’d ever seen him grin before.
“Wow,” I said, relaxing back onto the exam table. “Twins. That’s…going to be a handful.”
“But we can handle it,” Levi said with complete optimism.
“They look very healthy, and everything seems to be coming along just fine. We will of course want to monitor you more often due to being at higher risk with twins.”
Twins. It still didn’t feel real to me.
