A few months after they had started discussing it and decided to get started on the process, Blaine and Kurt got a call from Kurt's friend. Kurt put the phone on speaker and he and Blaine watched each other as he asked, “Did you take the test?”

“I did,” was all she said. They waited for more.

“Well? The suspense is killing me,” Kurt whined.

He could hear the smile in her voice when she said, “Calm down, Daddy. It's positive. Congratulations.” She told them that she had scheduled an appointment to verify and that, while it would probably be boring, they were welcome to come along.

After the initial appointment, when they were sure that she was indeed pregnant, they went ahead and told Damian and he was excited. “Is it going to be a sister?”

“We don't know yet. We'll have to wait a few months and see.”

“What if I changed my mind and want a brother now?” Damian asked.

Kurt and Blaine looked at each other and laughed. Kurt knelt down so that he was eye level with Damian. “When you have a baby, you don't get to choose whether it's a boy or a girl. You just have to wait and see.”

“But can't you just go pick one out?”

Shaking his head, Kurt said, “Not when you get one this way. If we had decided to adopt a baby it would take a really long time before we would get to bring them home. And if we chose someone a little older, closer to your age, we might bring them home sooner, and then we could choose whether we brought home a boy or a girl.”

“So why didn't you do that?”

“Because your daddy got to experience all of your firsts. Your first word, your first steps. I didn't get to do that and I want to. And your daddy is willing to go through it all again,” he smiled up at Blaine. “Just for me. So I can have that chance.”

Damian frowned and wrinkled his nose. “But what about stinky diapers and crying? You want all that?”

Kurt nodded. “Yeah. I do.” His smile brightened. “I really do.”

Damian heaved a sigh. “Then I guess I do, too. And it doesn't matter if it's a brother or a sister.”

Pulling Damian into a hug, Kurt said, “Good. I love you, Damian.”

“I love you too, Dad.”