Christmas is just around the corner, and Elisa can barely contain her excitement as she helps her mother put the babies to sleep.

“I can’t wait!” she says enthusiastically.

Once the twins finally drift off, mother and daughter leave the nursery and head out to the veranda. With the baby monitor screen on, Denise isn’t worried about leaving them alone.

Outside, Saulo is stretched out in a hammock, looking like a man who has survived a battlefield. He has spent hours trying to soothe one of the b