Will finally pulled into the driveway. It was a little past 2 am when he opened the door to his house. Setting his keys down, he walked into the house and saw his wife, Emma, lying on the couch asleep. He assumed that she had attempted to stay up for him to come home.

Earlier that day, Will had taken a friend to the airport, and had encountered horrible traffic on the way home that was caused by a crash involving a semi due to all the ice.

He made his way across the dark room and turned of the TV, that was playing on mute. Turning now to his wife, he picked her up to take her to bed. He walked slowly and gently up the stairs and placed her carefully in their bed. Her eyes briefly opened, then closed as a sleepy smile spread across her face and sleep overcame her again. Will stood admiring how beautiful she was as she slept. Then, he turned when he heard whimpering on the baby monitor. He smiled, and left the room to try to comfort his son, Caleb, so he wouldn't wake Emma.

"Hey little man", he whispered as her entered the nursery.

Will picked up Caleb and took him over to the white rocking chair in the corner of the light blue room. The rocking chair had belonged to Will's parents. He remembered it's presence all throughout his childhood as he coddled his own child in his arms.

Caleb was his child. His and Emma's. He was still getting used to that. And Caleb was the most beautiful child Will had ever seen.

After about a half an hour or so, and after Caleb had drifted into sleep, Will decided that he should go to sleep, realizing how late it was.

He placed Caleb carefully in his crib, stroking Caleb's sandy blonde hair-admiring him one last time, and made his way to his own bedroom.

He quickly changed into clothes fit for sleeping, and climbed into bed, falling asleep almost instantly.

The next morning,Will woke up, squinting his eyes at the sun leaking through the blinds. He turned his head towards Emma, only to find an empty bed. He smiled at the fact that she had woken up early, probably because of Caleb.

Will tossed his feet over the bed and glanced at the clock. It read 11:34 AM.

Had he really slept in that long? He must've slept through all of Emma's morning business.

Will slowly made his way downstairs, peeking into the nursery on his way down to see if Caleb might be there. He wasn't, but Will didn't expect Emma to leave him there all morning.

He made it to the kitchen and found a note that Emma had written him saying:

Good morning honey!

I'm at the grocery store with Caleb.

Be back around noon.

I love you!

Will smiled at the note, then poured himself a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice.

After he finished eating and putting his dishes away, he heard the door open.

"Honey, I'm back!" Emma said while pushing the door open with her foot. She was carrying Caleb in one hand, and a bag of groceries was slung on her arm along with her purse.

"Let me help you with that" Will said as he took the groceries and kissed his wife.

"Thanks" She replied with a smile.

Will set the groceries in the kitchen and went to the car to grab the rest.

Emma watched him from the doorway, and a smile spread across her face. She'd been married to the love of her life for 4 years now. And a little over a year ago, they'd had a little boy. She remembered how nervous she was when she found out she was pregnant. She thought about all the times that Will had comforted her when she woke him up crying in the middle of the night. And he would listen to her worries about carrying a child. All in all, she was terrified of having a baby. A person. A human being, who was totally dependent on her. Will had convinced her that everything would be fine. And it was. Caleb was the joy of their lives. And Emma had some news that would hopefully bring that same joy again.

"Caleb finally went to sleep" Emma whispered as she came down the stairs and sat on the couch next to Will.

"I don't know what was up with him tonight," Will replied, "he never takes that long to fall asleep."

"He took a pretty long nap this morning on the way to the doc-" Emma stopped mid-sentence. "grocery store."

Will gave her a confused look.

"Were you at the doctor's office this morning, Emma? Are you okay? ...Is Caleb okay? What happened?"

By now, he was standing up and every worst-case scenario he could think of was swarming through his head.

Emma stood up laughing and took his hand in hers.

"I'm fine, Will! And Caleb is fine, too."

"What happened, then?" Will replied, still worried.

"I was going to wait to tell you, but two weeks ago, I was supposed to start my period, and I realized that I'd skipped it. So... I took a pregnancy test and it was positive", Emma continued as Will's face began to light up, "But, I didn't want to get your hopes up until I was sure. So I scheduled an appointment with Dr. Milligan, for this morning, and he confirmed."

"Emma!" Will practically yelled as he pulled her into a tight embrace and spun her around the room.

Emma began to laugh, burying her head in his chest, and Will set her down. She pulled away from him and he looked her in the eyes with the most loving, sincere look. Emma smiled and whispered to him with a laugh, "Shh, you'll wake the baby."

Will pulled her back into his embrace and kissed her forehead.

And she was certain that they both felt that same joy she had longed to feel again.