New update! I know we haven't met all the characters yet, that is coming, I promise, but I'm still completing my story maps for the other storylines (which won't be as extensive in this fic as The Parental Ambition, but I do still want to acknowledge that other characters are still around and living their lives despite the focus not being on them) and I promise we will see them soon!

Now on to this chapter. I own Savannah and Iris, but remember, not Gilda. The writers created her, whether she made it to the show or not.

"Now," the speaker asked in a businesslike manner, gathering her medical tools in her arms, "anything you want to get looked at today?"

"Well, I'm very concerned about my heart," Penny said, shifting her weight and adjusting her maternity shirt over her stomach. "I think you might want to check that out, Doctor."

"Okay, Aunt Penny!" Iris said, putting her little hand on Penny's belly.

"Her heart is in her chest, stupid!" Savannah said from her mother's other side, taking the toy stethoscope from the older girl.

"Savannah!" Penny said. "Language!"

"I know where her heart is, stupid!" Iris said, snatching it from her. "I'm six! Your brother's kicking!"

"Iris! You shouldn't say that either," Penny said.

"My sister's kicking?" Savannah said, putting her hand near Iris's.

"No no," Penny said, giving up correcting them and putting her hand over both of theirs, sliding them slightly farther toward the center and down. "Feel it better?"

"Aaaah!" The girls shrieked, jumping up and down. Iris, who didn't get to feel the baby move as much as Savannah, clapped.

"Don't drop the stethoscope!" Penny said. "I need you to check my heart!"

Iris put the item on and placed the chest piece on the center of Penny's chest. "Here?"

"Little to the left, girlie," Penny said.

Iris adjusted the chest piece. "There?"

"Very good," Penny said, putting her hand on the girl's head.

"Mommy, is it a brother or a sister?" Savannah asked. "I want a sister."

"We don't know what it is," Penny said. "She's still in here, we can't see her to know."

"You knew Savannah was a girl," Iris said.

Savannah stopped putting the toy blood pressure cuff on Penny's right arm. "You did?"

"Yep!" Iris said.

"Mommy," Savannah started. Penny knew what she was going to ask, but let her finish. "Why did you know I was a girl but you don't know about the baby's?"

"Well, Savvy," Penny said, lifting her hand up to put her daughter's hair behind her ear. "You were our first baby. Remember how on your first day of school you were scared, and I walked you all the way to your classroom?"

"Uh-huh."

"But now," Penny said, "you want to be a big girl and I just take you up to the school door, right?"

"Yes," Savannah said. "And Olivia and I walk to Mrs. Anderson's all by ourselves!"

"Exactly," Penny said. "But the first time, you wanted to be extra extra careful, just like Daddy and I when we were going to have you. This time we want if it's a boy or a girl to be a surprise."

"I like surprises," Savannah said.

"Me too!" Iris chimed in.

"Did someone say 'surprises'?"

"Daddy!" Savannah ran around her mother's recliner and jumped up against Leonard.

"Whoa, easy there," Leonard said, using one arm to hold his daughter while holding a plastic bag out of the way. "Don't break your surprises."

"He really has surprises!" Iris said, handing the stethoscope to Penny and running over to Leonard. "Please! Please!"

"Hang on," Leonard said, opening the bag. "This is for you," he said, handing a plastic toy to Iris. "And," he said, handing a second toy to his daughter. "This one's for you, Savvy."

"A gun?" Savannah asked.

"No," Leonard said.

"A hair dryer?"

"No no!" Iris said, pointing to the words on the cardboard backing. She was two years older and could read better than Savannah. "Voice…voice changer."

"Leonard Hofstadter," Penny started.

"Buh-ba-ba!" Leonard said, holding his hand up. He crouched down near the girls. "Press one of these buttons and talk into them."

The girls tried, and then squealed with delight.

"Hey beautiful," Leonard said. "Do you check out?"

"My heart is fine," Penny said. "I wouldn't know about my blood pressure," she said louder.

Savannah skipped over and looked at the cuff. She put the voice changer up to her mouth. "Ten over ten," she said. "You're perfect."

Leonard burst out laughing. "Why don't you and Iris go in your room and play with your surprises?"

"And don't jump on the bed again!" Penny called as they dashed off.

"Blood pressure, ten over ten," Leonard said. "That's…"

"Perfect," Penny said. "Nurse Savannah said so." She looked up at him. "How was work?"

"Work was fine," Leonard said, squeezing her hand. "How are you feeling?"

"Relieved," Penny said. "Turns out my heart is just fine."

Leonard smiled. "I mean really."

"I got to spend the day with Savannah and Iris," Penny said. "I was happy as a clam. Like a boy at a baseball game. Gilda in a room full of boards."

"They took good care of you, huh?"

"Perfect. We should hire them out. Make some extra money."

Leonard chuckled. "I don't think we're that desperate financially."

"Not at the moment," Penny agreed. "That plus my ten over ten blood pressure…I don't see how it gets better."

Leonard laughed and leaned down to kiss her, and then the top of her stomach, and then he and Penny smiled at each other. She reached over and took his hand, squeezing it. "I love you," she said up at him.

"Right back at you," Leonard said, smiling.

Penny smiled back, and then shifted her weight. "Come in!" she called in response to the knock at the door. "Hey Gilda."

Gilda surveyed the toy medical equipment around Penny. "You didn't make them pick up their toys?"

Gilda had always been more particular about teaching the girls neatness than Penny or Leonard was, and as a result, Iris was neater than Savannah. "The apple didn't fall far," Sheldon and Gilda both agreed.

"They are off celebrating my ten over ten blood pressure," Penny said. "I'm sure Iris will tell you all about it during your Board Time before bed."

"About that," Gilda said. "When she spends the night over here with Savannah, I'd appreciate – or rather, Mark and I would appreciate – if you make sure she spends some time with her board before bed. We accept that you guys have story time, but I don't want Iris to fall out of her habits."

Leonard was staring at her with an eyebrow raised. "Really? You and Mark would appreciate that?"

Gilda pressed her lips together and looked at Leonard. "Exactly."

Leonard shook his head teasingly. "Whatever you say."

"Iris!" Penny shouted, causing the adults on either side of her to jump. "Your mother is here!"

Like a mini stampede, Iris and Savannah ran out of the bedroom, 'riding' on toy stick horses, neighing into their voice changers.

"Hey," Penny said, clapping her hands to get them to quiet down. "No galloping indoors!"

"What have you there?" Gilda asked as Iris ran up to her. "A voice changer, huh?" She smiled. "I think we could do some great graphs on the sound range from this thing on the board tonight, does that sound like fun?"

"Can I use my new markers?" Iris asked, a grin coming over her face.

"You sure can, baby girl," Gilda said, touching her daughter's nose.

Savannah had fallen silent, standing by her mother's chair. Leaning over to Penny, the stick horse's nose bumping against Savannah's baby brother or sister, the girl held her hand up to her mouth and said in a stage whisper. "I don't understand, Mama."

"It's okay, baby girl," Penny said, reaching over to curl her arm around her daughter's shoulders. "We don't get it either."

Hope you guys enjoyed it! As said above, we'll find out more about Howard, Bernadette, Raj, Raj's girlfriend, and more Shamy in later chapters. And yes, the meaning of the title is very relevant to the fic, but no, you won't find out the relevance until much later. :) See? Proof I plan ahead. ;)

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