“Exactly – little peanut couldn’t decide, I guess,” Rowan laughed softly. She rubbed her stomach as Asher spoke to their baby, laughing softly, “Well… in the little one’s defense, I was waiting up for you. I like it better when you’re here, next to me,” she easily admitted to her husband. “I do know you, and I figured you were going to say that,” she playfully huffed at him, but she understood the protectiveness, “Babe, I don’t need the entire last three months off. I’ll go stir crazy. Compromise, I’ll take the last month off. Besides, if you try to get me to take that much time off, I’m just going to end up at the bar anyways checking on things – or just to see you,” she challenged. A smile formed, giving a small shrug, “Probably not, even though she is definitely a daddy’s girl.” When he returned from the closet, she shook her head slightly, “My mom was too excited to guess, remember? It was dad that said – it’s a boy, definitely a boy,” she jokingly mimicked his voice with a laugh. “I told him if he keeps guessing boy, he’s bound to be right some of the time. He was right twice with Xander and Ava - their two sons,” she commented, referring to her brother. "Oh! Did I tell you they found out the gender of the twins?" she offered, referencing the fact Ava was also currently pregnant.
"Little peanut needs to learn about protein," he teased, nodding knowingly as she said she was waiting up for him. He slept better when she was in bed next to him so he knew what she was talking about. He sighed as she argued, knowing his wife well enough to know that she couldn't be idle that long, but he'd hoped she might take it easier this time around. "I'll settle on a month so long as the doc says it's still safe for you to be on your feet that much so close to time to give birth. Who knows what this pregnancy is going to be like as it winds down towards the end?" he reasoned. He chuckled at the comment, "What can I say, she's my little princess," he shrugged, climbing into bed and cuddling with his wife. He laughed at her impression of her father and nodded, "That's right, I knew one of them got it wrong. Meanwhile my parents just keep saying that 'one of each would be perfect' which, yeah, but I also don't mind spoiling my three girls if it comes down to it," he admitted. "How you two keep getting pregnant at the same time is beyond me," he laughed, "And no, you didn't tell me. Please tell me Ava has some much needed girl power growing in that belly of hers."
