The Nursery That Was Ready Before the First Breath

In 2019, Maria and Carlos Espinoza spent four months transforming a spare bedroom in their San Antonio home into a nursery. Carlos sanded and painted the crib himself — soft white, with their family name stenciled along the headboard. Maria chose the wallpaper: tiny yellow finches on pale blue. They hung wooden letters above the window spelling "Sofia." They folded impossibly small clothes into dresser drawers.…