Spencer listens to Lou's friendly bit of lecturing with a fond smile, nodding along in all the right places as if all of this is brand new, as if he and Joel haven't already discussed that they have to help each other realize when they're at the end of their ropes. Caring for their baby is never going to be too much work for either of them, they've both wanted this for what seems like so long now that the mere idea that either of them could truly tire of being fathers is laughable, but Spencer knows there will be hard days ahead.
There will be times that one or both of them feel exhausted to the point that they can barely move from being woken up by the baby's crying in the middle of the night or Dane being too fussy to get to sleep, like he'd been earlier in the day until Ellie had suggested turning him over. But therein lies the solution, he thinks, they have help and there's no chance at all that either of them would be too proud to take it. Having Ellie and Brian, even Erin, around to give them advice has been a tremendous help, and Spencer will take as much of it as he can get because he wants the very best for Dane. He wants to make sure that everything they do is going to be the right thing, the right decision that leads to their son knowing just how loved he truly is.
He follows Lou and his family into the living room, trailing just behind Joel as his thoughts linger on Ellie. Spencer had said it to Joel the day after Dane had been born, that he wishes his mother could be here to see their son, and his husband had agreed with a gentle, reassuring squeeze of his hand. The nice thing is that he's come to gain so many good friends who will be here later to meet the baby and though nobody could ever take the place of his mother and brother, Spencer is more grateful for them than he could ever say.
"Take him, Lou," he says, lowering himself carefully on to the couch next to Joel and watching with an amused twitch of the corners of his lips. "I think we've reached that possible end you mentioned so you really have no choice but to hold him until we've recharged."
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There will be times that one or both of them feel exhausted to the point that they can barely move from being woken up by the baby's crying in the middle of the night or Dane being too fussy to get to sleep, like he'd been earlier in the day until Ellie had suggested turning him over. But therein lies the solution, he thinks, they have help and there's no chance at all that either of them would be too proud to take it. Having Ellie and Brian, even Erin, around to give them advice has been a tremendous help, and Spencer will take as much of it as he can get because he wants the very best for Dane. He wants to make sure that everything they do is going to be the right thing, the right decision that leads to their son knowing just how loved he truly is.
He follows Lou and his family into the living room, trailing just behind Joel as his thoughts linger on Ellie. Spencer had said it to Joel the day after Dane had been born, that he wishes his mother could be here to see their son, and his husband had agreed with a gentle, reassuring squeeze of his hand. The nice thing is that he's come to gain so many good friends who will be here later to meet the baby and though nobody could ever take the place of his mother and brother, Spencer is more grateful for them than he could ever say.
"Take him, Lou," he says, lowering himself carefully on to the couch next to Joel and watching with an amused twitch of the corners of his lips. "I think we've reached that possible end you mentioned so you really have no choice but to hold him until we've recharged."