Brenda smiled a bit at the idea of Ivy not having to share her mother. "If he lives with you a lot, isn't that a little like having to share your mom?" She smoothed the gel over the last bit of Ivy's cheek and sat back. "No, he didn't adopt them. Their dad still has rights." Much as Brenda and Bill, not to mention the kids, hated that particular fact. "If we can ever get his rights terminated, though, Bill wants to adopt them. We talked about it before we got married. How do your hands feel?"