After 3 Boys, We Gave Up Our Dream of a Daughter—Then My Husband Called Me to the Hospital and Said, “There’s a Baby Here”

I laughed.

“You know me too well.”

He waited.

I looked toward the backyard.

Maya was standing between her brothers, shouting instructions about a game she had apparently invented.

The boys were obeying.

Of course they were.

I took a breath.