Avenger(72)

“Well, Beau,” I tickled his cheek, “I guess it’s time for you to meet the rest of your family.”

Caeden helped me up from the chair and then worried over me as I walked down the steps with Beau in my arms.

“Honestly, Caeden, I’m not going to drop him. You don’t need to walk like that in front of me,” I grumbled.

“Sorry,” his cheeks flushed and he turned around.

We found everyone waiting for us in the family room. I ran straight into Gram’s arms, bursting into tears.

Beau made a quiet sound of protest at nearly being squished to death and I felt like the worst mom ever. Hopefully I’d get the hang of this whole parenting thing soon. Obviously I wasn’t one of those people who had a kid and seemed to automatically know the right thing to do all the time.

“Let me see that precious baby boy,” Gram cooed, reaching her arms out for Beau.

I didn’t want to release the baby, but I figured I better get used to it. Everyone wanted to meet the baby.

I handed Beau to Gram and smiled as she beamed at the baby. “He’s perfect, Sophie,” she whispered.

“I know,” I smiled proudly. I knew I was like all parents, thinking their kid was the cutest and smartest baby to ever grace the face of the earth, but I didn’t care. I’d almost lost Beau, and that made him even more special.

Despite the fact that Beau was only a newborn, I already found myself worrying about his future. I wondered what kind of responsibility he’d have to face with his special ability to shift already. But like Caeden said, we’d cross that bridge when we came to it.

For now, I was going to live every day with a smile on my face, because the war was over before it even started, I had the best baby and husband in the whole world, and I had my family to keep me strong. I couldn’t ask for anything else.

“What are you thinking?” Caeden whispered in my ear, wrapping his arms around me from behind.

“I was just thinking about how thankful I am, for everything.” I closed my eyes, letting his warmth envelope me in comfort. “Travis is gone so we don’t have to worry about him anymore, and we have these awesome people surrounding us. Our life is pretty amazing,” I smiled as his lips brushed my jaw.

“You bet it is, and its barely even started.”