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"We are"

At that, the limo drove off and weour new lives together as parents

Fro that happened over the past year -- the good, the bad, and the ugly, eathered the storer as a couple because of it

Epilogue

Luke

A month later

I loved being a father

Alexa was still healing but so far had no co with us, and had taken over all the cooking, cleaning and so both Alexa andthe day if we needed it It was a blessing to have her there

Candace went back to Manhattan after the first week, but made plans to come out for a weekend every month She intended to be Leif's Godmother and took that seriously

"I want him to know me from the start and be like a nepheant to be Crazy Aunt Candy," she said with a laugh, rocking Leif in her arms like an old pro "I don't expect I'll have any nephews or nieces of my own so your kids will have to substitute"

"They're yours," Alexa said "They couldn't ask for a better Crazy Aunt Dana is much milder than you”

On Leif's official due date, Alexa and I took a walk along the beach It was a fine day in May, the sky was cloudy after a brief rain, and the ocean cal

We were both exhausted

Leif, on the other hand, was bright eyed and looking around, a fist stuck in his ainstdistance He'd really put on weight since birth and was now up in the 90th percentile of babies his age

As alked along the beach near the house, I kept one hand on his butt and the other stroked his head, which was prettyaround his ears like he was an old bald man instead of one in his firstand both our blue eyes He was nursing every couple of hours all day every day, 24/7, which ot at ht