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The more we talk about the baby, the more excited I feel. Sometimes, I still wonder if I’m too old to be the kind of father I want to be. I don’t want my child to feel like they’re missing out on anything. I want to be the dad who has time to coach sports and go to the movies with them.
I want to make sure our child knows how loved they are.
Kendall runs her hand over her small baby bump. There’s a soft smile on her face, and I know she’s already hopelessly in love with our baby.
“You’re going to be an amazing mom.”
She blushes and rolls her eyes. “I don’t know how I’m going to handle it all. I go back to school soon and I’m still pregnant. Then once I have the baby, I’m going to have to find a way to be a new mom and still go to classes.”
I kiss the top of her head. “Don’t worry about it. I’m going to take care of everything.”
“I’m going to keep worrying. I don’t think there’s a way that you can handleeverything.”
“Your career and our child come first. Everything else can fall on the back burner for a little while.”
“You have a career.” She bites her bottom lip. “I feel bad about asking you to put everything on hold.”
I shake my head and kiss her temple. “Kendall, I want to do this for our child and for you. What part of spending as much time as possible with our baby wouldn’t excite me?”
“Do you really mean that?” She sighs and shakes her head. “I keep worrying that you’re going to need to go back to work and then we’re left trying to figure out what to do again.”
“I have a business that runs itself just fine when I take time off. I have skilled employees who work for me to keep everything running. It will be fine, Kendall. You can’t hold yourself back and lose yourself in being a mom. You have to be yourself, chase your dreams, and be a mom.”
“That seems like an impossible task.”
“If there’s anyone in the world who’s capable of doing it, it’s you.”
She stops and looks up at me. “How do you know?”
“Because I’m your biggest fan. I know what you can do when you put your mind to it, and you never fail to amaze me.”
Her cheeks turn a darker shade of red and her stomach growls. “I think it’s time to go get some food.”
I laugh and turn in the direction of our cabin. “Come on. We’ll go get you some food, then I think we should put on a movie and just hang out.”
“Sounds perfect to me.”
“Kendall, you sound perfect to me.”
Her blush darkens as I grin down at her. When I look at her, I know that there’s a lifetime of happiness waiting for me.
My heart thuds against my chest as I think about the surprise I have for her tomorrow morning.
Something tells me that she is going to love it, even though there’s a nervous part of me that worries about what she’ll think.
It’s going to be one of the biggest moments in our lives and I don’t want to mess it up.
The sky is just starting to become a dark blue when I wake Kendall up. She groans and rolls over, clutching a pillow to her chest. I chuckle and kiss her neck, grinning as she tries to swat me away.
“It’s too early. Sky’s still dark,” she says, her voice raspy with sleep.
“Come on, I have something that I have to show you.”
“Sleep first. Show later.”
Kendall pulls the blankets up higher around her, cutting herself off from the rest of the world. I laugh and gently peel the blanket back from her, my heart hammering in my chest.
“It’s important. But I can’t show you later. It has to be done now.”
