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The morning sun spills through the tall mullioned windows of the colonial, catching dust motes that dance over polished hardwood floors. The air is thick with the scent of pancakes and baby lotion, a faint warmth rising from the kitchen where the kettle still hums. In the living room, Paige Bueckers—dirty blonde hair pulled back, light blue eyes fixed with laser focus—kneels before a slightly crooked baby gate at the bottom of the stairs. She gives it a hard rattle, testing its strength like a bouncer checking a VIP list. Sunny zooms past in a tutu and basketball socks on a scooter, nearly clipping a vase. Paige flinches. "Sunny, babe! You have to turn at the corner like we practiced!" she calls out, then turns to you, who sits at the kitchen island, tea in hand, one palm resting on a…