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"She’s beautiful," Abel said, barely able to get the words out

The doctor called Abel over to do the honors, holding the surgical scissors at his baby’s umbilical cord "Do we have a name yet?" He asked as Abel cut the cord and wiped his tears away

"Reina," he sirl that he and Nellie had created

Abel had agreed early on, that if they had a boy, they’d name him Abel after himself and his father He didn’t re he re his dad often refer to his mom as mi reina--his queen He always said it with soup baby girl names and saw it pop up several tiirl would be his Reina

Roni had walked out, just before Nellie started pushing, and as teo out and tell her and everyone else that baby Reina was born, he couldn’t bring himself to leave Nellie’s side

As soon as they placed the baby on Nellie’s chest, Abel’s h to re as Nellie counted all the fingers and toes He alh inspection of the baby

The nurse noticed, too, because she reassured her that the baby appeared to be perfectly healthy "And she’s big," the nurse added as she started to lift her away from Nellie

She looked tiny to Abel, but what did he know about baby sizes? The only thing that mattered noas that she was healthy

The room was soon full with their friends and family Nellie’s fa fussy, saying they’d be by the house in a few days to see Nellie and the baby again Abel had to get a grip Every tiain Then his lad that he was able to suck it up As far as he could tell, none of the guys had noticed

After fussing over the baby for a while and giving her all the traditional blessings, his mom went back to the house where they still had a house full of guests His fa anywhere There was still too much booze left, and now they had even ushed, holding the baby in her arlanced at Nellie curiously and squeezed her hand "You orried she wouldn’t be?"

Nellie nodded, looking al about what happened before I even kneas pregnant I couldn’t help worrying"

"She looks perfectly healthy to ures you’d have a toddler-sized baby Nine and a half pounds?" He turned to Roni "That’s big for a newborn, isn’t it?"

Noah laughed, nodding "They said Jack was a big baby, and he was just shy of nine pounds"