Lee gently tapped on Amanda's room door as he gently swung it open.

"Knock, knock" he said as he peeked into her room. A beautiful smile greeted him as he found Amanda sitting up in her bed. A gigantic smile, complete with those dimples, broke out across his own face as he saw her.

"Good morning, Sweetheart!"

"Good morning, Mama!"

Lee crossed the room and presented Amanda with the biggest bouquet of flowers he could buy.

"Oh, thank you! They're beautiful", Amanda said as she leaned towards Lee to give him a kiss.

"So are you" he whispered into the top of her head. Lee looked around the room and saw that someone was missing. "Where's the baby?"

"Don't worry, sweetheart. The nurses took her a little while ago to do some tests. She'll be back any moment now", Amanda replied as she smelled the lovely smells from the bouquet.

"Tests", he said in an alarmed tone as he sat on the edge of Amanda's bed. "Is Jenny ok?"

Amanda sweetly smiled at Lee as she took his hand.

"She's just fine. In fact, she's better than fine. She is amazing! They do some standard tests on all newborns, like listening to their heart, checking their hearing….things like that."

Lee looked more relieved. He took the flowers from Amanda and placed them on the bedside table. He took both of he hands in his and ran his thumb gently across her knuckles.

"How are YOU feeling, Amanda? You were sort of out of it last night when I left you. Were you able to get some sleep?"

Amanda let out a soft laugh.

"Well, some….but not much. My incision hurts but I suppose that's normal. They brought Jenny in to see me several times last night and this morning to nurse her. At first, she didn't want anything to do with nursing, but then about 2:00 this morning, she figured it out and is feeding like a champ."

Lee smiled.

"I'm so glad to hear that, but sorry that I missed it."

"Oh, don't worry. You will get plenty of chances to watch her nurse. Are the boys excited?"

Lee smiled broadly.

"Oh yeah! They couldn't stop asking questions about her, and when they could see her, and who does she look like, and when will you and the baby be coming home. Your mother and Harry are bringing them around 11:00. Dotty thought it would be nice for you and I to have some bonding time with Jenny before everyone got here."

"Oh, Mother…always looking out for us."

"And….she said she has a surprise for us."

Amanda's eyes lit up.

"Oh, Lee! I completely forgot! Did Harry ask her to marry him?"

"Well, I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure he did, and I would bet that that is her surprise."

"Oh, I hope so! Although, I don't know how Mother could handle a new granddaughter and an engagement in the same say! She must be beside herself!"

"I said the very same thing to myself after I spoke to her!"

Lee and Amanda both quickly turned their head to look towards the sound of a crying baby being carried through the hospital room door. The sandy-haired, 40-something year old nurse was happily carrying Jenny wrapped tightly in a white blanket and wearing a little pink cap.

"She's hungry again, Mrs. Stetson!"

"Thank you, Janice", Amanda said with outstretched arms. Amanda cradled Jenny and gave her a soft kiss on her forehead. "It's ok, Jenny. Mommy's going to feed you right now, then your daddy's going to hold you for a while. He missed you."

"You must be Mr. Stetson. I'm one of Mrs. Stetson and Jenny's nurses."

"Very nice to meet you", Lee said. "How did Jenny do on her tests?"

"Passed with flying colors! The doctor will be in a little later to talk to you both. Do you need anything else, Mrs. Stetson?"

"Maybe some more water?"

"No problem! I will bring you some when I roll the basinet back in."

Lee watched Janice leave the room. By the time he turned back to Amanda, Jenny was already latched on and nursing.

"Wow! Amanda….that was fast! She wasted no time getting nursing."

"Yup, I told you! Once she got the hang of it, she was an old pro. Take a look."

Amanda repositioned Jenny slightly so Lee could get a better look at his daughter being nursed by his wife. This was an entirely new experience for him, and he was both amazed and in awe of it all.

"Amanda!" Lee said with very wide eyes. "Your….."

"Yes, I know. My milk came in…..they look rather large, don't they?"

Lee nodded his head with that smirky smile he made when he was feeling particularly playful with Amanda.

"That is one way of putting it!"

Neither of them spoke as they watched Jenny. Amanda's hand perfectly cradled her daughter's little bottom as she gently rubbed her back. Jenny's little fist rested on Amanda's breast as she drank, creating little gulps and squeaks as she got her fill. Lee was in fascinated by it all. All these months of waiting and she was here. He was still having trouble believing it was real.

"Does it hurt?" Lee said after a long moment of silence.

"A little, but that will go away once I am more used to it."

Amanda gently pulled Jenny off her breast and switched her over to the other one. Lee could see a little dribble of milk on her chin and mouth as she began to protest being interrupted. The fussing stopped immediately as a new supply was offered.

"She really is hungry, isn't she!"

Amanda softly laughed in her throat.

"I think so. She seems like a healthy baby", Amanda said with a catch in her throat. "We are very lucky."

Lee grabbed Amanda's free hand and kissed it. He didn't dare try to speak. If he did, the emotions caught in his throat would pour out and he would rather not let that happen just now.

"Did you get a chance to look at her last night?" Amanda asked.

"I did. She and I spent a little time together after you fell back asleep. She opened her eyes for a few minutes and then went back to sleep. It was a rough day for you both."

Amanda softly smiled at Lee as she examined his face.

"When she's done with her breakfast, we can look at her together and see who she looks like. I already know there's a lot of her daddy in her, including those killer dimples."

Lee's eyes opened wide with excitement.

"She's got my dimples? How do you know? My dimples only come out when I smile, and I thought babies don't smile for a while."

Amanda could hear the happiness in his voice.

"When she was having trouble latching on last night, I tickled her cheek a little. She did a little half smile and there they were! I would know them anywhere."

Lee beamed with pride that Jenny inherited something of his. He hoped that she would only inherit the best parts of him and not what he perceived to be the worst. Amanda gently pulled Jenny away from her chest and handed her to Lee.

"Here you go, Daddy. Why don't you burp her and then we can check her out!"

Lee got a slightly terrified look on his face.

"Burp her? I don't…maybe you should do it." He said as he tried to hand Jenny back to Amanda.

"Don't be silly. Put this cloth over your shoulder and hold her up like this."

Amanda winced from her c-section incision pain as she moved too quickly in the wrong direction. Lee quickly moved Jenny to his shoulder.

"I've got her. Lie back down. Don't hurt yourself", he said with concern. "Ok, now what?"

"Rub her back in little circles. Give her a little pat every now and then."

Amanda's heart began to swell watching Lee with their daughter. She didn't realize that she had so much more love to feel for her husband. Lee rubbed Jenny's back very tentatively at first, afraid he would hurt her. Amanda encouraged him to pat her a bit to get things moving. Suddenly, Jenny let out a very loud, very satisfying burp. Lee and Amanda both began to laugh.

"Wow! That was loud!" Lee said as he took his daughter from off his shoulder.

"Yeah! She gets that from you, too", Amanda said teasingly.

Lee pretended to be offended and then smiled.

"Put her down on the bed so we can unwrap her and good a good look at our daughter together. She probably needs to be changed so we can do that now, too."

Lee laid Jenny down on the bed atop of Amanda's legs. Carefully, Lee opened the swaddled package and found his little girl dressed in a long-sleeved white t-shirt, diaper, and little pink socks. Her skin was a healthy rosy color. Her arms moved in a semi thrashing gesture as she stretched with arms she didn't quite have control over yet. Jenny's legs were curled up against her, bent at the knee like a little frog. Lee and Amanda both laughed as they tried to straighten her legs and she would immediately bend them back into a little ball.

"That's how she was inside. She doesn't know yet that there is room to stretch out" Amanda said lovingly as she rubbed the velvety soft newborn skin of Jenny's thigh.

"Did you see how much hair she has", Lee asked as he pulled off her little pink cap and gently caressed her head. "Beautiful dark brown, just like yours."

"I hope she keeps it. Sometimes babies lose their newborn hair. Philip did. He looked like a little, old, wrinkled man", Amanda said with a laugh. "The morning of his professional baby pictures, I gave him a bath, and all the hair on the top of his head fell out. He looked like he had male-patterned baldness."

Lee caressed Jenny's little head again and she involuntarily smiled.

"Oh! I see them! The dimples! You're right! She did get my dimples!"

Amanda loved watching Lee bonding with Jenny. It was a side of him she had not yet seen.

"I think she has your mouth and chin, too. But I think she has my ears, and maybe my eye shape. Hard to tell this early."

Lee looked from Jenny to Amanda and back again.

"Could be. I think she has your cute nose." Lee looked at Jenny for a moment. "You know, maybe I'm crazy, but she looks different than she did last night."

"You're not crazy. Newborn babies change every day during the first few weeks of their life. As the swelling in their face goes down from being upside down for so long, their true face begins to immerge. Jamie looked so chubby for the first week or so, but then suddenly, this little skinny faced baby appeared in the crib. It is so fascinating and fun to watch."

Jenny stretched and made a combination of noises that sounded like part bird and part purring cat. She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at her mother and father staring down at her.

"Hi, beautiful girl", Amanda said sweetly to her daughter as she gently touched her cheek. "Your daddy is here. He loves you so much."

Lee looked into the eyes of his daughter and drank in the moment. Jenny tried to focus on him making all kinds of different faces as she did. She looked surprised, angry, scared, confused and so much more. It was amazing to Lee to see how many different expressions he just witnessed from this tiny miracle.

"I think she has blue eyes", Lee said.

"They do look pretty blue, but it will be a few weeks before we know if they will stay that way."

Lee put his large hand on her little chest and marveled at how small she was. Jenny involuntarily moved her hand to his and grabbed his outstretched finger. Lee let out a contented sigh.

"Hi, Jenny. I'm your dad" he said to her as he ran his thumb over her little hand that was wrapped around his finger.

Amanda leaned in closely behind Lee and whispered, "How to capture a spy in 0.5 seconds."

Lee chuckled softly in his throat but did not take his eyes off Jenny.

"She really is pretty, isn't she, Lee?"

"She's more than pretty. She's….she's…."

Lee looked at Amanda with smiling eyes.

"I can't really find the right words. I'm just so amazed by her. She's so tiny, but so perfect", Lee said.

Amanda smiled and touched Lee's arm.

"She didn't seem so tiny these last few weeks! But, yeah, she's perfect. Look at her little toes!"

Amanda pulled off one pink sock. Jenny kicked her leg and splayed her toes. Lee's eyes opened wide as he smiled an excited crooked smile. He gingerly reached out and touched the tiny appendages.

"They don't even look real, they're so small! And cute!" Lee said excitedly. He leaned in closer and studied her foot closer. "Hey, I think she has MY toes!"

Amanda smiled. "I think she does, too! And I am betting she's going to have your long legs. Hard to tell right now as she is balled up, but I got a good look at them when I was changing her. She definitely has Stetson legs."

Lee smiled and ran his finger over his daughter's knee.

"Speaking of changing her, it's time to do that again. Want to do the honors?"

Lee suddenly got a horrified look on his face.

"Change her? Uh….I don't think I should. I don't want to hurt her."

"Lee, you're not going to hurt her. You're changing a diaper, that's it. I will talk you through it."

"Uh, ok" Lee said nervously.

Amanda showed Lee how to change a baby's diaper quickly and efficiently. Jenny showed her parents just how well her lungs worked by letting out an ear-piercing scream when her diaper was removed, and the cold air hit her naked skin.

"What did I do wrong" Lee asked with panic in his voice.

"Nothing, sweetheart. She just doesn't like the cold air. We just need to wrap her back up."

Amanda placed Jenny on her blanket and tightly wrapped her up like a burrito. She then popped the pacifier in her mouth and placed her in Lee's arms. Lee made soft shushing noises and rocked her slowly. Jenny soon calmed and began to fall back asleep.

"There you go! You'll be an old pro at this in no time", Amanda said as she settled back against her pillows.

Lee continued to rock Jenny as he studied her face. He was in awe. Amanda beamed at the sight of them both together. She knew in her heart that she just witnessed the forever bonding of father and daughter.