"I'll get it!" Rachel shouted over the cartoon as she sprinted through the apartment.

"Hello?" She picked up the phone.

"Hey Rach!" Monica shouted excitedly. "How are the kids doing?"

"They're great." She began.

"Aunt Rachel, is that MOMMY?!" Madeleine hopped up and down in enthusiasm. Rachel nodded as she attempted to talk to Monica over her begging. "I wanna talk! I wanna talk! Oh, please, please lemme talk to mommy!" She shouted, tugging on Rachel's shirt.

"Oh, you know what, Madi is standing right here, and I think she just might have a heart attack if I don't let her talk to you...so here she is." She chuckled and handed the phone to Madi.

"HI MOMMY!" She yelled into the phone.

"Hi sweetie! Are you having fun with Aunt Rachel and Uncle Joey?"

"Yeah, we went to the park and we saw a movie!" Rachel grinned and heard the oven timer go off. She waked into the kitchen to take the roast out of the oven.

"And..." Madeleine announced. "Guess what Aunt Rachel bought me?"

Rachel heard this and sprinted over to Madeleine to try to stop her, but it was too late.

"She bought me a kitty!" She screamed in excitement. Rachel gasped and clutched her forehead as she heard Monica's screaming through the phone. Joey just laughed. Rachel glared at him.

"What? Did you really think she wasn't going to find out?" He asked.

"Well, no. But I was just hoping to live until they got back anyway."

"Aunt Rachel, mommy wants to talk to you." Madeleine handed her the phone.

"Hey Mon. So...how's your mom?" She unsuccessfully tried to change the subject.

"You bought my daughter a cat? A live cat? Are you crazy?" She shouted mercilessly.

"Oh, come on, Monica. Is it really that bad?" She tried to calm her down.

"Of course it's that bad! Cats leave furballs everywhere and their litterboxes smell and they walk on the table!"

"Well if it's that big of a deal, I'll just keep it for her over here, at our apartment." She suggested.

"Okay, okay that might work." She panted.

"Okay."

"So can I talk to Dylan?" She requested once she had clamed down.

"Sure. Hang on. DYLAN! YOUR MOTHER WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!" She shouted, hoping the noise would be enough to rip his eyes from the nintendo game.

"Hi mommy!" He grabbed the phone. "When are you coming home?"

"Soon, I hope." She lied, knowing that considering the condition her mother was in, it could be a while.

"Okay, I have to go. Me and Joey are playing video games and I beat him at three in a row!" He exclaimed in pride.

"Wow! Good job, buddy! Do you want to talk to your daddy before you go?"

"Sure." He sighed, as if it was some chore to take thirty seconds out of his schedule to talk to his father.

"Hey, Dylan. How are ya?" Chandler asked excitedly.

"Good." He tried to keep it short so he could get back to his game.

"Well from what I understand you're in the middle of a game so I'll let you go."

"Okay, bye." He handed the phone to Rachel and scurried into Joey's room to play the video game.

"They miss you terribly." Rachel joked.

"Yeah, I can tell." Chandler laughed. "So how's Blake?"

"Oh, he's great. OH! I almost forgot to tell you! Blake said his first word today!" She shouted into the phone.

"Really? That is so great!" Chandler exclaimed. "What did he say?"

"No. It was so cute. Hang on, I'll see if I can get him to say it for you." She picked up the baby and held him up to the phone.

'Mon, come here. Blake can talk! Listen to this!" He shared the phone with her so she could listen.

Chandler could hear a muffled Rachel coaching him in the background. "C'mon, Blake. You can do it. 'no' say 'no'."

"No." the baby mumbled and grinned at Rachel's excitement.

"Did you hear that?" Did you hear him?" Rachel shouted.

"Oh, my God, I can't believe he talked!" Chandler exclaimed.

"I know!" Rachel laughed.

"Hey can I talk to Madeleine?" Chandler requested.

"Sure." She replied. "Madi! Your dad wants to talk to you."

Madi galloped over and took the phone from her. "Daddy! I miss you so much! Can you come home now?" She pleaded.

"I'm sorry, honey. I wish I could, but grandma is very sick. As soon as she gets better, I promise mommy and I will be back as soon as we can...with presents!" He added.

"Yeah!" Her disappointment immediately transformed into excitement once she heard the word 'presents'.

"Bye sweetie!" Chandler said.

"Bye, daddy." She laid down the phone.