“He’s perfect. My God…he’s breathtakingly beautiful,” I whispered.
Reed gently ran the back of his fingers across our son’s head. “Like his mother.”
I glanced up at Reed and said, “And his father. You have your son, Reed. Are you happy?” I smiled up at him.
He wiped away a tear and stared into my eyes. For a few brief moments, we were lost in each other’s gaze.
“I’ve never been so happy in my entire life. You’ve made every one of my dreams come true.” He leaned down and kissed me as our baby made the sweetest sounds I’d ever heard. When he pulled back, he said, “I love you, Courtney.”
I let a small sob escape before I looked back down at the baby and then back up at Reed. “I love you, too, Reed.” I slowly pulled my gaze from the man I loved more than life itself and stared at the new man in my life. “Walker Nickolas Moore, are you ready for this?”
Reed let out a laugh.
I looked up and asked him, “Are you ready to hold him?”
Reed nodded his head frantically and held out his arms. He reached down and gently took our son into his arms. I watched as the two of them just stared at each other while Reed gently stroked Walker’s face. Reed began walking around as he continued to carefully study Walker. He pulled the blanket back and looked at every single finger and repeated the same process with Walker’s toes, and I let out a giggle. Most of the people in the room were beginning to leave now, and we were down to the doctor and one nurse. Then, Dr. Miller talked to Reed and me for a few brief minutes.
I peeked over at Reed and Walker, and I fell more in love with my husband as the seconds passed by.
“I’m so glad to finally meet you, sweet angel. Thank you for giving Mommy a pretty easy pregnancy. You’re already a gentleman, I see.”
Oh. My. God. Swoon the shit out of me.
“Oh, man…Walker, there are so many things I have planned for us. I’m going to teach you everything there is to know about football, baseball, and golf. Layton and I are going to teach you all about the cattle business and everything about horses. I can’t wait to get you on a horse. You’re going to know everything about the trees and plants—”
I rolled my eyes and said, “Oh God, no!”
Reed looked up at me and smiled as he winked. My heart dropped, and I realized that just seeing my husband standing there, holding our child and talking to him about all of his plans for the future, turned me the hell on.
I looked at the nurse and asked in a hushed voice, “How long do we have to wait to have sex?”
She giggled and said, “Six weeks.”
“Six weeks!” I practically shouted.
Reed looked over at me and said, “Six weeks for what?”
“Nothing,” I quickly said. Shit. I had to keep that bit of information away from Reed because if he heard that, he would be a stickler for the rules and not touch me for six weeks.
I quickly looked back at the nurse and mouthed, Six weeks?
She laughed again and said as she looked at Reed, “It’s funny. Just seeing them hold our children, getting lost in that love they share, is a bit of a turn-on, isn’t it?”
I looked at Reed and smiled. “I’ll say. I’m going to have to be creative for the next six weeks.”
When I looked back up at the nurse, we both began laughing. Reed was now sitting down, holding Walker, and still going on a mile a minute. I felt my eyelids fighting to stay open.
As I was drifting in and out of sleep, I heard Reed say, “I love you, my sweet baby boy.”
I opened my eyes and saw Reed staring at me. He got up and placed Walker in his little bed, and then he walked up to me. He leaned down and gently kissed my lips.
“I could never love you more than I do in this very moment. You look so beautiful that you take my breath away. I promise you that I’m going to spend the rest of my life making you and Walker so happy. Thank you.”
I tilted my head and smiled. “For what?”
Reed ran the back of his hand down the side of my face, and my whole body trembled.
“For making all my dreams come true. I dreamed of one day being able to say that I found the perfect love. That night when you first smiled at me, you were the dream I had waited so long for, and I thank God every day for you.”