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“Co him up, I deposit hi up his show on the Internet television “Be shile Mommy showers!”

My shower is fast, and I listen for any changes in the bedroom as I step into jeans and pull on a loose, charcoal tee I tie my hair in a low, side ponytail, and drop a few necklaces over my head as I step into black ankle boots

Running down the hall, I stop at Dex’s roo-sleeved polo, and an extra diaper He can still wear the cowboy boots we bought hi yet, and we intentionally bought the He’s adorable in them

When I return to the roorossed in his favorite train show, and just like a little man, he doesn’t even look at et dressed”

“May, tank,” he says, twisting and pointing overroom

“Yes!” I nod “A blue tank”

Flipping on the flat screen, I’ on my back door “Guess who it is, Dexy? It’s Aunt Elaine and Laney!”

That sends hi hilass Shouts and squeals fill the kitchen as the boys greet each other and

“I tell you,” Elaine says, stripping off her coat and dropping it on the back of a kitchen chair, “After how cute they were in ine how they’ll look surrounded by the guys in their dress whites”

“Blues,” I correct “Derek toldit’s blues”

“Are you sure about that?” Elaine has a sour straw hanging out of her mouth “I think you have it backwards”

“Hell, you’re probably right I’ll have to double-check Properly addressing the invitations was enough to drive me crazy”

She followsin front of the television ine noises as he

Dex is parked in his tiny leather arht behind it Love spills through my veins as I pause to study his baby profile He looks so much like Derek

“So? Hoas the weekend getaway?” Elaine drops onto the couch