At least she made her grand arrival quickly. Our baby girl. It happened in what felt to me like minutes, but Alex told me later it was almost two hours. First there was pain, and then worse pain… but after that, our beautiful baby was here, and it was all worth it. She was a treasure. She was perfect. Tiny, but healthy and safe. With big, bright blue eyes and a full head of light blonde hair. An adorable combination of my and my husband’s features. The fight he and I had been having… of course it had been put on hold. Our daughter was here at last, and I was just so glad. She was perfect. And Alexander was over the moon. He got to hold her first, and I was jealous. But he brought her right up to me. And then when the three of us were together, his big hands still on the baby, c

