She slipped off her shoes and crawled right into their son's bed, pulling the covers over herself. “Babe, I think I've figured it out-Cooper must've hit his girlfriend. I'll call him tomorrow morning after I wake up. If he keeps this up, he'll never land a wife."

Henry wiggled closer, his little arms hugging her neck. "Mom, are you sleeping with me tonight?"

"Of course, honey. I'm here to snuggle you to sleep, right in Mommy's arms."

The three of them lay together, chatting away, laughter echoing softly around the room.

They planned a weekend trip to the aquarium.

Mia texted Molly: "Bring your kid and join us?"

Molly messaged back, "Mia, I can't. I've got to go to a gala with my mom on Saturday."

Chad was tied up that weekend too, so it ended up just the three of them heading to the aquarium.

At the show, Henry sat between his parents, eyes shining, clapping like the world's biggest fan. He zipped around inside the exhibits, grilling them with endless questions as he stared at the jellyfish-curious as ever.

When they reached the big display, Mia scooped Henry up while Andre snapped a photo of the two.

A snapshot from their trip ended up online-instantly sparking another round of buzz.

people even brought up the time

flew around like confetti, but just as quickly, most got

about how chubby and cute he'd been as a baby. Those baby pictures were

never really getting a chance to take Molly and their

that night, when he got home, his son was waiting at the door, grinning and bouncing on his toes, arms wide

dinner, Chad asked, "Mom, does Molly have any vacation coming up?" Coleen

smiled at Chad. "Chad, if you've got the guts, every day can be a holiday." Chad

a long shift at the station, Chad came home and asked over dinner,

a

did you

Officer Chad: "..."

still kids, Molly had begged her parents to get her brother a car

instantly started pestering him for road trips. Chad was always busy-he'd only take her on little weekend spins. He kept saying he'd take her fora

had almost forgotten about

cleared a whole week off. What about

looked at her mom, both

bold every day!"

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