"Oh really, honestly it isn't.." Aoife doesn't have any more excuses, so she falls back on the most bland platitudes.

"How have you been, the all of you? It must take a lot of adjusting right now, doesn't it? Did everything go well during Erin's time at the hospital? There are so many things a baby needs, Joel. Even if I would have a clue about what was absolutely necessary and what simply frivolity, I wouldn't be able to make a decision on anything. Adorable of course, all of it."

She sits down on the edge of the couch, giving the both of them all the space they need or would need. Babies this young didn't move around yet, did they? "I haven't even seen the baby room!"