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“Nah,” I tell her

“No more trains and planes are too noisy anyway,” I re the rest of the way,” I warn her and she orders me to take it back

“Just saying,” Iback onto the dirt road I know leads us home

“As long as we have fresh tires before our next big day,” Natasha reain as she puffs air out of her cheeks

“You alright?” I ask, reaching over for her

“Yeah Just this little guy’s really taken toin her seat a little before settling again

“Little guy?” I ask “Girls can kick way better than any boy,” I say as if it’s coe

I press the brakes, easing us back onto the soft shoulder of the road

“Wait Did you just say, little guy?” I ask slowly, noticing her growing s

“I know you wanted it to be a surprise… so… surprise!” she says, excited but tired at the same time as she produces a little blue velvet box

“What’s this?” I ask, shutting off theemotional before I even open it

“It’s his ultrasound ie… I know you wanted to wait to find out, but I couldn’t I had the jeweler set a little holographic ie of it into a pendant”

I open the box, gasping as I see a three-di on a chain set with a single diamond

“Oh, baby… It’s beautiful,” I cough, kissing away her tears and adding a few of my own in the process

“I didn’t think ere getting each other anything though?” I ask her, feeling like I should’ve

Like I would’ve if I’d known she was gonna do this

“You’ve already givenmy hand over our son inside her belly

The sight of the homestead as ind our way ho I’ll cherish

With all our lives from now on only filled with moments like this

The house, the ies of our son

Holding hi my wife for the first time as a mommy herself

These are the things that make me the richest man in the world

And it’s nothing to do with zeros or commas