It's Ellie who swoops in first and Joel sees it happening from across the room and wonders how long he should wait before saving Raleigh. His mother is a wonderful woman, but she has a lot of energy and she's more like Joel than Charlotte, a little less likely to smile, a little harder. The result is that sometimes that energy comes off as disapproval even when she doesn't mean for it to.

Hopefully that won't be the case today.

"Raleigh, right?" Ellie asks as she reaches down to help her with the bags. "My god, these two are the most spoiled soon to be parents I have ever seen. Let me help you with those."