Jaden
We were still in the living room on the couch as the weight of our future hit me. We had spent hours talking about everything. Our baby, our lives, what we wanted, what we expected, and we had shared our fears, our hopes, and our dreams. We had even discussed every possible scenario of the kid's reaction. Now, we sat in silence as the kids were due to be home at any minute. I was, in short, a bundle of nerves. It was then that we heard the tires on the gravel of the driveway. The loud laughter and chatter as the kids piled out of the car. The slam of a door and then the hurried footsteps up the pathway to the front door. When the door opened, it was the usual chaos of laughter and sibling squabbles as they chatted loudly. The kids came barging into the living room, all smiles and e
