“You better believe later.”
Ellie made her way to the back door and opened it with a huge grin on her face. “Hi, Jack and Grace!”
My parents walked in and each kissed Ellie on the cheek. “Hi, darling. How are you feeling?”
“I’m feeling wonderful!” Ellie responded.
Reaching my hand out, my father and I shook hands first before he pulled me into a quick hug. One good slap on the back and he took a seat at the table.
“Hey, Mom,” I said with a smile and drew her in for a hug.
She sat next to my father and gazed up at me with a smile. “Hello, darling.”
Ellie put the apple pie in the middle of the table with a few plates. “Homemade apple pie if anyone wants a piece.”
Of course my father immediately dug in. “Well, I was raised to never turn down homemade apple pie.”
A smile tugged at Ellie’s mouth. “And it’s Gram’s recipe.”
With a laugh, my father responded, “Even better.” No one could ever pass up something that Grams had created in the kitchen. Not even her own son.
I took a seat and looked between my parents. “So, what brings the two of you over here, and after Alex is asleep?”
Folding her hands neatly across her lap, my adorable mother flashed a huge grin.
“Well, your father and I wanted to talk to you both about something.”
I lifted my brow. “Sounds serious.”
“Well no, it’s not really too serious.”
Ellie took the seat next to me. I reached for her hand and held it as I watched my father shovel in the apple pie as fast as he could. “That pie good, Dad?”
“Mmm hmm. Don’t tell, Mom, but I think you have mastered the recipe, Ellie.”
Ellie squeezed my hand. Glancing to her, I couldn’t help but smile as her eyes lit up with happiness. She was so damn beautiful.
And mine.
Dad sighed and pushed the plate away from him. “So anyway, kids, let’s get right to it.”
I motioned for him to keep talking.
“Grace, would you like me to be the one to ask?”
My mother nodded.
“Drew, Ellie, we love spending time with Alex. Beyond words love it. Now we know she is four months and that is young. But, we’d love to be able to have her spend some more time with us. Maybe spend the night again. We had so much fun with her.”
I couldn’t help notice how my mom was looking between Ellie and me. Waiting to see our reaction. There would be no way Ellie and I would ever deny my parents time with Alex. I wanted my daughter to have the same relationship with her grandparents as I did with Grams and Gramps.
With a huge grin, Ellie said, “There isn’t anyone I would trust our daughter to be with more than you two.”
My mother returned Ellie’s smile. “That makes me so happy! We thought maybe if y’all would like to get things caught up around the ranch, or the house.”
“How about for the weekend?” Ellie blurted out.
“What do you mean for the weekend? Keep Alex for a whole weekend?” My parents turned and gave each other goofy as hell smiles.