A baby was the only solution for complicated lives Neil and Ellie Cavanaugh dreamed of, planned for and talked endlessly about having a child, yet Ellie's pregnancy seemed to happen at the worst possible moment. Her law career was taking off past the confines of Joplin, Missouri, and Neil was busier than ever at the hospital. Suddenly they were leading separate lives, and when they did manage to cross paths, they argued about everything. Everything, that is, except the baby. They still wanted the baby, and perhaps they needed a child more than ever. But they couldn't expect the baby to sort out their tangled lives, could they?