Chapter 14

Lilly had just gotten back home from her appointment a very short while ago. She set everything down, sat down on the couch,

and had just started flipping through a magazine when Scotty and Joshua walked through the door.

She got up and walked over to greet them. "Hey, how are the two most important men in my life doing?" she asked, wrapping

an arm around Scotty's waist before giving each of them a little kiss.

"We're doing great-he was absolutely perfect." Scotty replied, smiling at our son before returning her kiss.

"That's good."

"Hey baby, why don't you go play in your room for a few minutes. Mommy and Daddy need to talk, okay?" Lilly said

to Joshua. He nodded his head in reply. "Be careful." she added, as he carefully ran up the carpeted stairs as fast as

his little legs would allow.

"He sure is growing up fast-isn't he?" she asked, smiling. He didn't know it yet, but she was about to make him the

happiest man in the world-for the third time. One, if you count when they got married, and two, when they had found

out about, and had their son.

"Yeah, he sure is. So, what did you need to talk to me about?" Scotty asked.

"Okay, you remember how shortly after he was born, we talked about maybe waiting another year or so before trying

to get pregnant again?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, how would you feel if it was a little sooner than that?"

The realization of what she was saying all of a sudden hit him like a ton of bricks. "You mean..." he started, a hint

of anticipation in his voice.

"Yes-"she said, taking one of his hands and placing it on her still barely noticeable belly. "we're going to have another

baby."

Neither one of them had cried at all since Joshua had been born exactly 15 months before, but the joy of the moment

caught up with them, and they both started crying tears of happiness.

"When did you find out? How far along?"

"I actually found out earlier today. I'm already 2 months along." She went over, took the first ultrasound picture out of her

purse, and handed it to him. "You see that right there?"she asked, point to a small spot on the picture.

He nodded.

"That's our baby." she said. Of course, seeing this actually made them start crying a little bit more.

They both leaned in and shared a quick little kiss, before he picked up their son, and they all curled up on the couch

together-Joshua on his dad's lap, and Lilly snuggled up against Scotty, with his right arm around her shoulder.

This was our family-now, but that would all change in 7 months, when they would welcome a second blessed addition

into world, and into their lives.