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I help Chelcie off the table and steady her until she can straighten her clothing She looks up at me, questions in her eyes, and I just s with all of this Truth be told, this is themoment of my life I can’t describe what that felt like To hear the life growing inside her belly was thrilling and ical I don’t think, until this moment, that it had really hit me that this is real

Dr Sosa leads us down the hall into a room that is dimly lit There’s an exam table that looksmachine with all sorts of knobs and shit on it next to the table And then there’s the screen A large projector type screen sits opposite her table

I take another deep breath, help Chelcie back onto the table, and et too far, her hand shoots out and grabs"Please? You belong right next to me, baby"

Well hell, you don’t have to tell me twice She keeps hold of my hand as ait for the doctor to enter some information into the machine at Chelcie’s hip After a few el back on her sto is the wand to her stomach Thank God she prepared me for this because there is no way that’s colaze over, looking over my shoulder "I’ the hand I’ to the wall

I turn and immediately feel my body rock It feels like an earthquake just rocked the very foundation I’e, black-and-white, fuzzy ie that is clearly…a baby

The baby

"Is that?" I inquire, my voice a lohisper

"That’s our baby," Chelcie says with awe She doesn’t even seem to notice that she called the baby ours I’hthe baby for the first tih the thick knot of e the amazement and unadulterated wonder This is alooks beautiful Would you two like to knohat the gender is? I’ve got quite a clear shot," she laughs

"Please," I whisper, looking down into Chelcie’s wet eyes

She nods her head, and then I hear it Another ratulations, you’ve got a perfectly healthy baby boy"

A boy

In thatright along with us Enjoying thisthe life he created Happy and content

And that’s all it takes for me to drop to my knees and press ive a dawords of love and promises of the future I’ll make sure this little boy has I can feel Chelcie’s shudders and I know that she’s crying again, but I don’t dare call her on it since I can feel the tears falling from my own eyes

After a few ainsther face betweenI have We don’t need words right now She knows--she gets it