"One more month," I said to Daphne.

"Yeah," She responded.

"One more month until Ajani arrives," I told her.

"We've got a bag packed and ready in the car?" She asked.

"Yeah we do," I responded.

"You put a dress in there?" She queried.

"A dress and flats," I answered.

"Even something for Ajani to wear?" She questioned.

"Uh-huh," I nodded.

"Well I guess that about covers it," She said.

"Mhm," I responded.

"If he come three weeks early, are you prepared?" She inquired.

"Yes I am," I nodded.

"You sure?" She looked at me.

"I am positive. I am ready for any and everything," I replied.

"As for bringing him home, we have to make sure we can get Dave and Cristian to that point of where they know that Ajani is a new baby and that they have boundaries when it comes to him," She explained.

"Why?" I asked.

"To be honest, I trust those two not to do anything drastic like hurt Ajani, but you can never be too careful," She answered.

"I guess you're right," I agreed.

"I love those two and they are my first babies, but Ajani comes first over anything," She told me.

"So how do we set boundaries for them for when Ajani comes home?" I asked curiously.

"I had read this article online that said we should bring a burp cloth or any item with the baby's scent on it before we bring Ajani home and we let them sniff it from a distance. The article said that this tells dogs 'this item belongs to me and you will have to follow my rules when around it'," She informed.

"Alright. Sounds easy enough," I replied.

"So you'll have to do this as soon as we get home from the hospital with Ajani," She murmured.

"That's fair," I nodded, "What else do you have to do?"

"The second thing you...hold on. Can you grab my laptop?" She said. I got out of the bed and walked over to the night stand. I picked up her laptop and handed it to her. She opens it and types in her password. I got back into the bed and laid beside her. Daphne goes to Google Chrome and types in something for a website.

"This second step says to establish boundaries around the nursery, which means that you set an invisible boundary around the nursery that they are not allowed to cross. It also says that 'eventually, you can allow your dog to explore and sniff certain things in the room with your supervision', but in our case it's dogs," She read from the article.

"Okay. What's the next step?" I asked.

"The next step is to take them both out for a walk to drain most of their energy so that when they officially meet Ajani, they're both calm and we can allow them to sniff Ajani at a distance. For this you, or me, have to be calm because they both can mirror our emotions," She stated.

"That's gonna take me at least an hour because of Cristian," He told me.

"Oh yeah. You've got your work cut out for you," She chuckled.

"And what will you be doing while I'm preparing our sons for the arrival of their new brother?" I questioned.

"Taking care of our human son," She answered in a 'duh' tone of voice.

"I forgot," I said.

"How do you forget that I'm going to be taking care of Ajani while you're training Cristian and Dave to be around him?" She asked.

"I forgot. Damn," I replied.

"Don't you curse at me, Samuel," She sternly said.

"What are you gonna do about it?" I challenged.

"Well considering how it takes six weeks for my vagina to heal after pushing something the size of a watermelon out of it, let's just say you'll have to use your hands, some lotion, and a tissue to fulfill your needs," She smirked evilly at me.

"I'm not the one who always come into my office during my lunch break so she can get her daily dick fix," I shot at her.

"Dick fix? Really, Sam?" She laughed.

"It's true though," I shrugged, "You just come to my office for a dick fix like I'm some damn dildo."

"At least my vibrator doesn't get into his little moods some nights and says 'no, Daphne, I'm too tired' or 'Daphne, is sex the only thing you think about'," She countered.

"i have half a mind to tie you and put a dildo inside of you on high," I remarked.

"You are into some kinky stuff, Sam," She chuckled.

"Only for you," I responded.

"Better be," She joked.

"Oh no. You're the only one I can do those type of things with," I said.

"That's because your exes were probably the types of squeal and shit like some damn pigs and complain about not wanting their extensions pulled out," Daphne rolled her eyes.

"That was so accurate it's scary," I muttered.

"Eh. It's a gift," She shrugged.

"Back to the matter at hand, what else do we need to do?" I changed the subject.

"Well this next step is for when Ajani gets into that stage of where he's crawling and starting to talk," She replied, "And all we have to do is teach him that bothering Cristian and Dave or yanking their tails and such is a big no-no."

"How do we teach him that?" I asked.

"Umm...probably by hitting him on his hand to show him that doing those things is very bad, and we can probably do the hitting of his hand for when he does other bad things," She explained.

"That sounds reasonable," I commented.

"If we have a another baby, we probably need to do these same things again because we have to make sure our kids know their boundaries when it comes to Dave and Cristian," She said.

"Oh so you want more kids?" I grinned.

"Out of all that I just said, that is the only thing you heard?" She massaged her temple.

"No I was listening, but the fact that you want more kids is a little surprising," I replied.

"We'll see, Sam," She sighed.

"A year after Ajani is born, I'll be ready when you are," I beamed.

"You're so annoying," She groaned.

"Only to you, Daph. Only to you," I chuckled.

"Hey. Do you mind going downstairs and grabbing the Ben & Jerry's ice cream from the fridge for me please?" She politely asked.

"Sure. Do you need anything else?" I got out of the bed.

"When you come back, can you rub my feet?" She looked at me innocently.

"Fine," I smiled softly.

"Thank you, Sam," She gushed.

"No problem, Daphne," I said. The things I do for this woman, this woman that I love with every fiber of my being. This woman that I would die protecting and this woman that I would always be at her beck and call. This beautiful, intelligent, and kind woman who is carrying the beautiful we created. This queen of mine who never fails to amaze me every single second, minute, hour, day, week, month, and year. To some I may sound like a sap, but I don't care because I am in love with Daphne Audrey Marilyn Gaines and I don't care who knows. I will keep loving Daphne, the mother of my child and my wife to be for all eternity.

Since I was downstairs, I had decided to take Dave and Cristian outside one last time before getting Daphne her ice cream. Once that was done, I brought them both back inside and locked the back door. I washed my hands and dried them off before grabbing the ice cream and a spoon. I grabbed a Hershey's bar from the pantry because I knew that Daphne would probably want to put extra chocolate into the ice cream. I headed upstairs with Dave and Cristian at my heels. I walked into Daphne and I's bedroom where she was watching television. Currently, she was watching Bob's Burgers on the Fire Stick. I climbed onto the bed and handed her the ice cream and the chocolate bar.

"Can you put the laptop up for me?" She asked as she took the ice cream and chocolate bar from me.

"Only if you give me a kiss," I responded. She giggled and kissed me softly on the lips.

"Another," I said.

"Another one?" She smiled.

"Mhm," I nodded.

"Fine, Sam," She chuckled. She kissed me again and I pulled away. She hands me the laptop and I get off the bed to put it on the dresser. I get back into the bed with her and get under the covers. I decided to watch Bob's Burgers with her until we both dozed off.

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