The last few days, after moving house, Niels had often been in touch with his brother-in-law, Rico.
Together, the two men had been working on creating a nursery for the newest van Loon boy. Rico’s artistic eye combined with Niels’ vision of what his new son’s nursery had to look like was an interesting concept. It was something the two men had to work on, especially when they went to the nursery section of the furniture store. Sometimes their ideal pieces of furniture weren’t present, and they would need to adapt. But they managed to do so, and the items they selected all went together well. After all the painting had been done, they could finally assemble all the furniture. That wasn’t the hardest task they had to perform though. The hardest was keeping Amanda from walking into the nursery. Time after time Amanda tried, but Niels and Rico kept her out. At nights Niels even locked the room, so that his curious wife wouldn’t enter it. But all the waiting would soon be over for Amanda. The entire room had been finished, and now it was ready to be revealed to her. Niels made sure to invite Ceci and the kids over as well, since Rico had been a big help during the last few weeks. Once everyone was there and they had enjoyed some beverages and snacks, Niels winked at Rico. “Time for the mummy-to-be to see her youngest’s nursery…” he said, playfully pulling out a blindfold. Amanda did complain for a moment, especially since she would have to scale the stairs. Much to her surprise, Niels allowed her to go up the flight of stairs before he stopped her once more. “Do I have to?!?” she asked, giving him a look that showed she’d rather not do it. But as usual, Niels managed to convince her to put on this blindfold, especially since it would only take a few moments. After that, he led her into the nursery. Exclamations of admiration left the kids’ mouths as Niels was removing the blindfold. And Amanda’s reaction was just like that. She gasped, looking around with big eyes. “This is amazing,” she finally managed to say, “You two have done such a nice job… Thank you so much!” She wiped away a tear, being overly emotional even this late in her pregnancy. She went on to give her husband a sweet kiss and her brother a big hug, thanking them over and over. She smiled, taking a snapshot of the room on her phone. That way, she could show it to her friends if they asked about it.
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