Gabriel sat up, despite the pain, and stretched out his arms. The doctor carefully handed him our little bundle. Maybe the hormones were rubbing off on me, because as soon as I saw our baby’s face, I almost begantocry.
“Gabe,” I murmured. “He’s sobeautiful.”
“I know… Look at his soft cheeks.” He sighed. “He smells sogood,too.”
“He does smell good.” I chuckled. “I can’t get enough of that babysmell.”
Gabriel nuzzled our baby’s head ever so slightly. He had a tiny amount of hair, dark like mine - but when he frustratedly peeked an eye open, I saw that he possessed the same gorgeous amber eyes asGabriel.
“Well?” Dr. Lynden prompted. “Did you two decide on a namealready?”
“We did,” Gabriel said, unable to stop smiling. He kissed our baby’s forehead. “Welcome to theworld,Noah.”
