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“I know you have And it’s not disgusting It’s adorable They’ll all think it’s sweet”

“I pro it”

I say kids, and yes, that means kids We were all shocked at that first appointment e heard not one heartbeat, but three Yes Triplets We didn’t just create one surprise baby, we created three After surviving the first year, we had to have another because everyone said three was a handful and four would be better So we did And noe’re blessed with two beautiful boys and two beautiful girls, all under the age of four Leandra says she was lucky She alanted a big fanant twice to do it The triplets weren’t an easy pregnancy, but the fact that she illing to roll the dice ontired, the not having her body to herself for nine , says just how much she loves her children

“I knohat you’re thinking You’re thinking that you can’t write do horrific it is when everyone gets together,” Leandra goes on, grinning despite what she’s saying “You can’t write about the tears and the blood, who pushed whom, who bit whom, who took off their diaper and painted poo on the wall, what shenanigans ed my brothers into or vice versa You can’t write how Milo is the sweetest and everyone’s favorite, or how Trent and Lindy’s daughter is baaaaad with a capital BAD, or hoell- I’ on all the dirty things that come out of Granny’s mouth, since she still hasn’t learned how to filter”

“I don’t know about bad I’d saywilled woman, and the world always needswith anti-heroes”

“What two year old kno to use the microwave, let alone use it to microwave a fork?”

“I’lad ours don’t, but I’m sure they’ve done the equivalent of a few terrible, nearly burn down the house, explode appliances kind of stuff”

I shift out of the chair, leaving the leather bound journal in the reenhouse and the boutique are still going strong, but we do a lot of the ers and other people in place now so that we can actually enjoy our lives and our children without working constantly and never getting to see theh not to have to work if we didn’t want to, and that our jobs were born out of passion for anted to do, it wasn’t hard to learn how to delegate Well, not as hard as we thought it would be

“Oh, but I do write all those things down Nicely, though, nicely Because I kno to filter I keep the funny bits, the bits that everyone will love to look back on You’re right I don’t put down that Milo is the favorite, and I do try and oodup for now Not for the day”

“Ahhh” Leandra twines her arood Semantics They make all the difference”

I guide her closer, kissing her lush lips fir the dice on another set of multiples?”

She pinches me at the back ofway Absolutely not I would say you’re crazy, but that doesn’t even start to cover it”

“You’re right But it’s fun to try, isn’t it?”

“We can try without trying for another set of triplets,” she responds dryly

“Why didn’t I think of that? Mark our hot date tonight down on the calendar Once the kids are in bed, and we’ve cleaned up the ans arrive, you’re all mine”

“Keep drea Thatdown that road of talking about all the da to have to be fixed”

“The broken as a one time deal, I’m sure”

Her brow arches up “Are you?”

“Okay, not sure, but what’s a little daht”

Leandra lets hly before she pulls away reluctantly “I left the kids downstairs with Granny Contained, but still downstairs I was just planning on being up here for a second I’er than a few minutes”