online was saying that she’s never seen holes that big before.”
“Holes?”
“In her walls.”
I smother my rising laughter. “I’ll believe it when I see
it.”
“Don’t tempt fate.”
“Okay, I won’t. But who knows? They could grow up
to be perfect angels.”
We both look at each other and grin. Yeah. We know
that’s not likely.
“That’s okay if they’re not. I won’t mind. It freaked me
out when I found out we were having two babies and they
were both boys, but I’ve had time to prepare for it. I’m good
now. I’m ready.”
“How did I get so lucky? I have the most beautiful
babies and the most beautiful wife. I love you all so much that
there are so many times when I feel like I could burst. I’m
going to be heartbroken when I have to go back to work.”
Adley took the full maternity leave. I took a month off,
which the school was very gracious to allow. Adley now
works for my parents’ company. My dad and brother had no
trouble finding her a position in communications and she was
a rock star from the beginning, exactly like I knew she would
be. With two babies, I’m not sure when she’ll be going back.
Finding childcare for two kids is expensive, and two spots at
the same place can be hard to come by. When she does want to
go back, she’ll for sure have her job waiting, not just because
she’s part of the family, but because I don’t think anyone else
could fill it the way she does.
“You’re going to be tired is what you’re going to be,”