"Aww, she's so adorable! And to think, she wouldn't even be here if you hadn't kissed my old boyfriend Kyle," Bridget Hennessey said as she held her newborn neice.
"Bridget! When are you going to give that up?" Kerry moaned from her hospital bed.
"Jeeze Kerry, I'm just kidding. I hope little Gabriella here isn't a big stick in the mud like her mommy."
"So what, she should take after you and be self-obsessed?"
"I'm going to let that go, seeing as you just had a baby and you're all hormonal and stuff," Bridget explained, handing the baby back to her sister.
Just then, Cate and Rory entered the room. Cate rushed over to see her granddaughter right away, while Rory stayed on the sidelines.
"Oh Kerry, she's so beautiful!" Cate gushed excitedly. After a few minutes of cooing over the newest member of the Hennessey family, the room quieted down.
"I wish Papa H was here," Kyle said with nostalgia.
"Kyle, you're 27. You can say Mr. Hennessey," Kerry mumbled, fighting away the sadness.
"It just – doesn't sound right," Kyle replied, putting his arm around his wife.
"I can't believe all my kids are grown up already. You all still act like you did in high school," Cate said, trying to get off the topic of her late husband.
"Just around each other," Rory stated.
"You all have such amazing lives – Bridget, you're a major fashion designer. Rory – you used your strange obsession of monkeys to run an entire zoo. And Kerry – you have your own art gallery, you're married – and now – now you're a mom," Cate sobbed.
"Oh mom," Bridget said, her eyes glistening with tears.
"Kyle, take the baby," Kerry instructed between sobs. The three Hennessey kids wrapped their mother into a group hug, all four faces wet with tears. As they sat there, they all heard the same whisper from an unknown source whose voice was identical to their father's saying, "I love you."