Chapter 2
As Amy, Penny, and Bernadette were trying on clothes in the fitting rooms talking to each other Julia tugged on Amy's shirt.
" Mommy?", Julia asked.
" What is it Julia?", Amy asked.
" Can I have a portable cd player with headphones? I really liked that song I was listening too.", Julia asked.
" Holy crap on a cracker! Did she just seriously ask for a cd player?!", Penny interjected from the fitting stall next to Amy.
" Yes she did Penny and yes you can Julia. I'll get you one when we leave this store.", Amy said.
" Amy are you sure that's a good idea? You know that Julia is just a baby right?", Bernadette asked.
" Yes I know that Bernie but she asked me for it and I don't want to disappoint her.", Amy said.
" Yeah well Sheldon's probably not going to be too happy about it Amy.", Penny said.
" Yeah well he could either suck it up or excuse my language, kick my a** later if he wants to.", Amy said.
" What's that mean mommy?", Julia asked.
" Nothing Julia all you need to know is that it's a very bad word that mommy shouldn't have said in front of you.", Amy said. Once she got redressed she said, " Now I what I think we should do is go find a bathroom." before picking up her purse and the diaper bag.
" Where are you going?", Penny asked.
" I just said I'm going to find a bathroom.", Amy said. Then she turned to her daughter and said, " Come here Julia, let's go change your diaper."
" No diaper!", Julia exclaimed.
" Yes, I think you peed again and I don't want you sitting in a urine-soaked diaper on the way home.", Amy said as she picked up Julia and carried her out of the fitting room.
" Excuse me is there a bathroom in this store?", Amy asked the clerk.
" Uh yes there is. It's toward the back, down the hallway and the first door on the left.", the clerk said as he pointed toward the back of the store.
" Ok thank you.", Amy said as she walked to the back of the store and walked into the bathroom. She set down the diaper bag on the edge of the changing table and placed a changing pad on the table before laying Julia down on it. Amy unbuttoned her daughter's shorts and pulled them off before removing the diaper. Julia squirmed a little as her mother wiped her clean and powdered her. Amy then grabbed a fresh diaper out of the diaper bag and wrapped it around Julia's abdomen before putting Julia's shorts back on.
" There you go, a fresh diaper for the car ride home. Now let's go find Auntie Penny and Auntie Bernie.", Amy said after she picked up Julia and the diaper bag.
" Ok mommy.", Julia said. Once they all left the store they made a quick stop at another store to get Julia a portable cd player with headphones. Amy also got a Kidz Bop 12 cd and on the way home Julia asked, " Can I have my player when we get home mommy?"
" Yes you may but only for a few minutes Julia. It's almost your nap time.", Amy said.
" I don't want to take a nap!", Julia whined.
" I know but you need to. Your daddy and I don't want you to be cranky later.", Amy said.
" Ok.", Julia said.
Sheldon and Amy's apartment
" Oh good you're home. How was shopping with Julia today?", Sheldon asked.
" Pleasant. How was work?", Amy asked.
" Great.", Sheldon said.
" Daddy you have to see what mommy got me! Can I have it now please mommy?!", Julia exclaimed.
" Yes you may Julia just give me a few seconds to get it out of the packaging.", Amy said as she pulled out the cd player and cd from the plastic shopping bag.
" What is that?! Is that a portable cd player with headphones?!", Sheldon asked.
" Yes it is Sheldon.", Amy said as she tore open the packaging of the player and cd.
" Amy why did you get that?!", Sheldon asked in concern.
" Because Julia wanted it.", Amy said as she placed batteries into the player and looked at the tracks on the back of the cd case before putting the cd into the player.
" Amy she's just a baby! She'll end up chewing on the cord of the headphones and electrocute herself!", Sheldon exclaimed.
" You weren't there with me Sheldon to see what she was doing!", Amy shot back at her husband as she pressed play on the player before handing it to her daughter.
" Of course I wasn't there Amy, I was at work! What was she doing?!", Sheldon asked. Amy took her phone out and Sheldon the video that she took of their daughter. Sheldon's eyes went wide.
" Yeah, she was listening to a children's song and she loved it! You should at least be greatful that she took an interest in something other than just being a baby!", Amy exclaimed as she then stormed off to the bedroom and slammed the door.
" Amy!", Sheldon called out but got no response. Instead he turned to look at his daughter who was listening to the music on the cd player dancing to it giggling happily and singing.
' What the hell am I doing?! I'm acting just like my father by screaming at my wife and being harsh with my daughter! I don't want to be like that, I'm nothing like my father! I need to go apologize to Amy!', Sheldon thought and walked toward the bedroom.
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Amy opened the door and stood there with her arms crossed.
" What?", Amy asked with an angry sigh.
" I'm sorry for screaming at you, that was uncalled for. You're right I should be greatful for the things our daughter is doing, I just got a little too concerned about her safety.", Sheldon said with a sigh.
" Look, Sheldon, it's ok for you to be a little concerned because you're her father but don't be too concerned. Someday when she's 18 you can freak then but right now she's just a baby, she's 3 years old.", Amy said.
" I know that.", Sheldon said. The two parents walked back into the living room to see their daughter yawn struggling to stay awake.
" Looks like that's our cue to put her down for a nap.", Amy said. Sheldon agreed with her. Amy picked up the cd player and wrapped the headphones around it as Sheldon picked up Julia.
" Nap time Julia.", Sheldon said as he carried his daughter to her room and laid her down in her crib. He covered her with her blanket, kissed her head and walked out shutting the door to a crack.
" Is she asleep?", Amy asked as she put her daughter's cd player away up on the shelf in the living room.
" Yes, she's out like a light.", Sheldon said.
" Good, what do you say we go do that too? I'm exhausted.", Amy said with a yawn.
" Well you can go take a nap if you want to, I still need to work a little bit on my laptop.", Sheldon said.
" Sheldon you've been working all morning and I've spent all morning taking care of Julia. Just come with me to our bedroom, we'll both feel much better after a nice long nap.", Amy said.
" Alright if you insist.", Sheldon said. They walked into their bedroom and crawled into their bed. Then a few hours later they woke up and Amy went to check on Julia. Julia started opening her eyes indicating that she just waking up from her nap.
" Time to wake up sweetheart.", Amy said.
" Yay! Nap time over! Play time?!", Julia exclaimed.
" Yes right after you have your diaper changed and you eat lunch first.", Amy said as she carried Julia to the changing table and laid her down. After Julia was cleaned up and put in a fresh diaper Amy picked her up and carried her out of the room.
" Now then what do you want for lunch?", Amy asked.
" Macaroni and cheese!", Julia exclaimed. Amy opened up a kitchen cabinet and pulled out a box of Kraft macaroni and cheese. She boiled the noodles over the stove and drained them before she added the cheese. As Julia sat in her high chair Amy then placed the bowl of mac and cheese in front of her.
" Thank you.", Julia said as she picked up her little fork and started eating. By the time she was done eating she had made somewhat of a mess and had cheesy lips.
" Julia did you make a mess?", Amy asked as she was cleaning up the kitchen.
" Yes I did! Yay mess!", Julia exclaimed as she threw her cheesy hands in the air before slamming them down.
" No not yay mess because now daddy and mommy have to clean it up. And you, little miss pretty princess, will need a bath later.", Sheldon said.
" No bath!", Julia exclaimed as Amy started cleaning up the mess Julia made and Sheldon began wiping his daughter's face and hands.
" Yes bath Julia. We don't want you going to bed all dirty.", Sheldon said.
" Ok.", Julia said. Then she asked, " Can I go play now?"
" Yes you may.", Amy said as she picked Julia up out of her chair.
" Yay!", Julia exclaimed as she ran off to play.
Later that evening…
" Bath time Julia!", Sheldon said as he picked up Julia off the floor of the living room before carrying her into the bathroom. He turned the water on in the tub and plugged the drain letting the tub fill up with water before stripping Julia's clothes as well as her diaper off. Once the tub was full of water Sheldon placed Julia into the tub and began wetting her hair down scrubbing shampoo and conditioner into it. As he started washing his daughter's body with soap Julia started splashing the water with her hands giggling happily causing some of the water to splash out of the tub all over the floor.
" Yay! Water everywhere!", Julia exclaimed giggling happily as she continued to smack the surface of the water with her hands.
" Julia don't splash the water out of the tub! That's not where it goes!", Sheldon exclaimed.
" Yes it does daddy! Earthquake!", Julia exclaimed as she continued splashing giggling her little head off. She was having so much fun that she ended up splashing Sheldon right on the front of his shirt.
" Ah Julia!", Sheldon exclaimed.
" Yay! Daddy wet!", Julia exclaimed giggling happily.
" What are you doing in here?!", Amy laughed as she stood in the doorway.
" Look mommy, I got daddy wet!", Julia exclaimed.
" You silly goose! The water's supposed to stay in the tub, not on the floor and your daddy!", Amy laughed.
" I know! I'm funny!", Julia exclaimed.
" Yes you are Julia. You are a silly little princess.", Sheldon said as he rinsed Julia off and drained the tub.
" Yay! I'm a princess!", Julia exclaimed as Sheldon pulled her out of the tub and dried her off with a towel. Then when Sheldon walked out of the bathroom for a second to grab one of Julia's t-shirts as well as a clean diaper Julia ran out of the bathroom and began running around the living room naked.
" Come here Julia, it's time to get ready for bed.", Sheldon said as he came walking out into the living room.
" No diaper!", Julia exclaimed as she continued running around the apartment.
" Come here, you need your diaper so you can go to bed. You're not going to bed naked, you'll just get cold and sick.", Sheldon said as he chased his daughter around.
" No daddy, I don't want to!", Julia exclaimed as she continued to run away from Sheldon.
" Alright I guess you win, I give up.", Sheldon lied but then he snuck up behind his daughter, grabbed her and said, "Bazinga! Got you!"
" Hey no fair daddy!", Julia exclaimed as her father carried her down the hallway to her room.
" What's not fair Julia?", Amy asked as she walked into the room.
" I didn't want to wear my diaper mommy so daddy Bazing-ed me!", Julia exclaimed as she was laid down on the changing table. Sheldon wrapped the diaper around Julia's abdomen before he slipped the t-shirt on her.
" There, all clean and comfy. Now it's time to go to sleep.", Sheldon said as he picked up Julia and placed her in her crib before covering her with her blanket.
" Night night mommy and daddy. I love you.", Julia said as she drifted off to sleep.
" Good night Julia. We love you too.", Sheldon and Amy said as they kissed their daughter's forehead before they shut the light off and walked out. But in the middle of the night Julia woke up crying after she began hearing a noise that was scaring her.
" What's wrong Julia?!", Sheldon exclaimed as he walked back into his daughter's room and picked her up.
" Something's scaring me daddy!", Julia cried.
" Shhh, it's ok. What is it that's scaring you?", Sheldon asked as he held her in his arms.
" Alert tone!", Julia cried. Sheldon listened and followed the sound which lead him to the living room. It was coming from the NOAA weather radio sitting on the shelf next to Julia's portable cd player.
" Oh is this what you heard?", Sheldon asked showing her the radio.
" Yeah, what is that sound daddy?!", Julia cried.
" It's just the Emergency Alert System tone sweetheart.", Sheldon said.
" It's scary! I don't like it!", Julia cried.
" I know it sounds scary but they use it to alert us of severe weather Julia.", Sheldon said. He looked at the screen to see what it said.
" It's just a Flash Flood Warning. Nothing to be afraid of.", Sheldon said but Julia still continued to cry so Sheldon gave his daughter her pacifire. Julia began to suck on it as she fell back asleep so Sheldon carried her back to her room and put her back in her crib. 30 minutes later she woke up again but this time it was because she needed her diaper changed. Julia was given a fresh diaper and then put back to sleep.
The next day Amy suggested that her husband and their friends take Julia to a park to play with some other kids.
" Why would we take Julia to a park Amy? It's full of germs and contagious pathogens that I don't want to expose our daughter to. Who's knows what kind of deadly diseases are out there that could very greatly effect our daughter's health.", Sheldon stated as he stared at his wife.
" Sheldon she needs to socialize with other kids or else she'll develop an anti-social problem and become a bully to other children. Do you really want that on our conscience?", Amy asked.
" No of course not Amy but I also don't want her getting sick either.", Sheldon said.
" Sheldon I don't either and neither does any other parent but this will be good for her. She might even make some friends.", Amy said.
" Oh alright I suppose we can take her to the park. I'll see if Leonard, Howard and Raj are in the mood for some kite fighting.", Sheldon said grabbing his kite.
" Great while you're doing that I'll be watching Julia and talking to Penny and Bernadette.", Amy said.
" Fair enough.", Sheldon said.
" Come here Julia, we're going to go to a park.", Amy said grabbing her purse and the diaper bag.
" Yay! Park park park park!", Julia exclaimed jumping up and down with excitement clapping her hands together.
When they got to the park the guys split up from the women to kite fight while Julia played at the play escape. As Amy was talking to Penny and Bernadette she kept periodically glancing at Julia to make sure she was still within eyesight. As Julia was running around the play escape she was suddenly approached by another 3 year old girl with long curly brunnette hair.
" Hi I'm Michaela Baxter, what's your name?", Michaela asked with a smile.
" Julia Cooper, nice to meet you Michaela.", Julia said smiling back.
" Nice to meet you too Julia. Hey, you want to play tag?", Michaela said.
" Sure!", Julia exclaimed.
" Tag, you're it!", Michaela exclaimed as she tapped Julia on the shoulder before running away laughing.
" I'm gonna get you!", Julia exclaimed as she chased after her new friend laughing as well.
" Aww Amy look! Julia made a new friend!", Penny exclaimed as she pointed at Julia who was chasing Michaela around the play escape.
" Aww that's so cute! I'm so glad we brought her here!", Amy exclaimed as she saw how much fun her daughter was having.
" Yeah look at her, she's smiling!", Bernadette exclaimed.
" Is that your daughter playing with my daughter Michaela?", a woman asked Amy.
" Yes that's my daughter Julia. She's 3.", Amy said.
" My daughter's 3 also. Hi I'm Theresa Baxter.", Theresa said.
" Dr. Amy Cooper, nice to meet you Theresa.", Amy said as the two women shook hands with each other.
" Nice to meet you too Amy. And who are these two women?", Theresa asked.
" Oh this is my bestie Penny Hofstadter and my other friend Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz.", Amy said.
" Hi I'm Theresa Baxter, nice to meet you Penny and Bernadette.", Theresa said.
" Nice to meet you too Theresa.", Penny and Bernadette said shaking hands with her. The 4 women continued talking to each other.
Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj
" Wolowitz is trying to outflank us again! Let out some string, add altitude and I'll go under and cut his line!", Sheldon exclaimed at Leonard as he was holding his kite string.
" Why didn't you want Amy bringing Julia here Sheldon?", Leonard asked as he held his kite string.
" Focus Leonard focus! The heat of battle is upon us! The dogs of war unleashed!", Sheldon exclaimed.
Julia and Michaela
" Got you!", Julia exclaimed as she tapped Michaela on the shoulder and ran off.
" Aw nuts! I'm gonna get you back!", Michaela exclaimed as she chased after Julia. The girls continued to chase each other around until their mothers called out to them.
" Julia!", Amy called out.
" Michaela!", Theresa called out.
" What?!", Julia and Michaela exclaimed.
" Come on we're going to go to the bathroom!", Amy said.
" Aw nuts!", Julia and Michaela exclaimed as they followed their mothers to the bathroom.
Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj
" Oh they think we're flanking again, they're playing right into our hands! On the count of three we execute the flying scissor! One, two, thr…", Raj said but was interrupted when that same chick who smiled at Howard before ran past them again.
" Did you see that?", Howard asked.
" No what?", Raj asked.
" That same chick smiled at me again.", Howard said.
" No she didn't.", Raj said.
" Yes she did.", Howard said.
" Come on, scissors scissors!", Raj exclaimed.
" Hold my line!", Howard exclaimed as he shoved his kite line into his friend's hand again before running off after the woman.
" What are you doing?! I can't do scissors by myself! Howard come back!", Raj screamed as he tried holding both lines but they went down and Sheldon exclaimed, " Victory!"
" Son of a bitch, you did it to me again! You are such a sucky friend Howard!", Raj angrily shouted after Howard as he threw the kite lines on the ground.
Bathroom
" Mommy look, I made a new friend!", Julia exclaimed as her and Michaela were laid down head to head on the changing table.
" I see that Julia and I was just talking to her mother.", Amy said as she unbuttoned her daughter's shorts and pulled them off.
" Yeah it looked like you two were having a lot of fun.", Theresa said unbuttoning Michaela's shorts too before removing them.
" We were mommy! We were having lots of fun!", Michaela exclaimed as her diaper was removed.
" Yeah we were playing tag and we were chasing each other!", Julia exclaimed as her diaper was removed also. As both girls were cleaned up and put in fresh diapers they reached up behind their heads grabbing each other's hands exclaiming, " I like you, you're crazy!" before laughing their little heads off.
" Ok that's enough you silly gooses!", Amy said as she put Julia's shorts back on her.
" Can we go back to playing now mommy?", Julia asked as she was set down on the floor next to Michaela.
" Yes but only for a few more minutes Julia. It's almost time for your nap.", Amy said.
" Same goes for you too Michaela.", Theresa said to her daughter.
" Aw but we don't want to leave yet! We want to play!", Julia and Michaela whined.
" Michaela can come over later after nap time.", Amy said.
" Really?!", Michaela exclaimed. Then she asked her mother, " Can I mommy?! Please?!"
" Well I don't see why not.", Theresa said as she looked at Amy.
" Yay! Playdate!", Julia and Michaela exclaimed before they ran off to play with each other. Then after a few minutes Amy and Theresa called out, " Julia, Michaela, it's time to go!"
" See you later Michaela! Have a good nap!", Julia exclaimed as she waved goodbye to her new friend.
" You too Julia! See you later!", Michaela exclaimed as she waved back.
" Come on you guys we're leaving!", Penny exclaimed.
" Good because I don't want to be anywhere near Howard right now! He ditched me again to chase after another woman!", Raj angrily said as he stormed off toward the car.
" What?! Come here Howie, I'm going to kick your a**!", Bernadette shouted as she chased after her husband.
" Oh Jewish hell, Bernie no! Get away from me!", Howard screamed as he ran away from his angry wife.
" Is Auntie Bernie ok?", Julia asked her mother.
" Yeah she's fine sweetheart. She's just a little upset at Uncle Howard right now because he did something stupid.", Amy said.
" I feel exhilarated right now!", Sheldon exclaimed as he dragged his and Raj's kites behind him.
" I don't.", Leonard said.
" Well, sucks to be you then Leonard.", Sheldon said.
" Let's just go home Sheldon.", Leonard said.
" Yeah we need to go home anyway because this little princess right here needs her nap.", Amy said as she laid Julia's head against her shoulder.
" I know that Amy. I have an eidetic memory.", Sheldon said as they began walking toward the car.
" Son of a bi**h, Bernie calm down! You guys, wait up!", Howard screamed as he chased after the moving car.
" You can run Howard Joel Wolowitz but you can't hide!", Bernadette screamed at Howard as she chased him down the road.
To be continued…