“Sweetheart, are you okay?” He wipes my sweaty brow and kisses my lips.
I pant out a hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo for the next two hours and then the first cry erupts from the delivery room, and it isn’t from our son. It’s from Cooper and it happens the very second he sees his baby boy.
Little Coop belts out a huge scream and is handed off to a nurse. I wince again and squeeze Cooper’s hand until his knuckles turn white. I bear down, and seconds later our daughter is born. Her name is Lily after my second favorite flower because naming her Sunflower would be ridiculous.
“Two?” Cooper walks to the end of the bed and looks between my legs as if expecting more.
“Surprise!” I call out just as our babies are placed into his arms.
He cradles them to his body. “Look at them, Ellie. They’re perfect just like their mother…” His lips curl into a sly smile. “…and their father,” he finishes.
Once I’m in the recovery room, my parents rush in. My mom is carrying handfuls of blankets and bonnets of various colors. Our babies are fast asleep in the side-by-side basinets.
“Oh sweetheart, they are so beautiful,” Mom says as she tucks one of her creations around each grandchild.
My dad pats Cooper on the back as if he’s just given birth, and by the look of shock and awe on his face it would seem he did. “Your mom made enough baby stuff for another dozen kids.”
Cooper turns to me and gives me his I-love-you smile. “When Ellie’s up for it, we’ll work on the next batch. If we can push them out in twos, we can have a dozen in half the years.”
Cooper beams with pride, but when he glances at me and sees the I’m-going-to-kill-you look he says, “Or maybe we’ll stop at two. It’s really up to Ellie, my beautiful wife.”
He’s my cocky cowboy, and he’s smart too.
Copyright © 2017 by Adele Hart
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