Sorry for the uber long wait for this chapter. I was have a very bad case of writers block. I know where I want to go with the story the trouble is just getting there. I don't know how long it will be before I get the next chapter up. Please just be patient with me. I am really really really sorry it took so long. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

oh one more thing I did a little editing for the previous chapters so if you want to go back and reread you can. It however doesn't effect where the story is right now.

Chapter 7: Jeremiah Jacob

Leah sat in the living room sewing some new fabric. She was humming Hush little baby when she felt a little kick inside her. "Ow…" she paused and placed a hand on her swollen stomach. "Do you have to kick mommy like that baby?" She asked her belly.

Leah remembered the day eight and a half months ago she was told she was going to have a baby.

Flashback

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Longacre, I'm Dr. Wilson. How are you feeling?" the doctor asked as he walked into the room.

"Well to be perfectly honest I would feel better if I wasn't here. So could you tell me what to do to get better so I can leave?"

Dr. Wilson gave a smile chuckle. "Well for someone with your medical history it is understandable why you don't like hospitals." He gave the young woman, who lay in the bed in front of him, a smile. "Well there is nothing to get worried about everything is fine."

"Then why did she collapse?" Camille asked. She had called Eli who was on the way to the hospital with Ethan. Her boys sat in the waiting room.

The doctor's smile widened. "I have some excited news for you, Mrs. Longacre. You are going to have a baby."

Leah sat there for a moment in shock as she took in the information. "Wow, a-are you sure?" She stuttered out her question.

"I am absolutely certain" he answered "you my dear are pregnant."

"Wow" she whispered to herself. She had totally not expected that.

"Well I will be back in a little bit to do an ultra sound to make sure that everything is alright." He said looking down at the file in hand. "Then you can leave. How does that sound?" He asked looking up with a smile.

"That sounds great doctor, thanks" She replied softly.

Dr. Wilson walked out of the room. Leah and Camille sat there in silence for the next few minutes.

"Leah!" She looked up to see Ethan at the door with a worried look on his face. He was out of breath from running in to see her.

"Ethan, Hi"

"Are you ok, Leah? Has the doctor been in yet? Is everything ok?" He pummeled her with worried questions.

"I think I will leave the two of you alone for this one" Camille said smiling and leaving the room to meet Eli and the boys.

"What is going on, Leah?" Ethan asked.

Leah smiled for the first time since finding out the news. "Whoa, Ethan chill, everything is ok." She said placing her hands on his shoulders. "Ethan, we…we're going to have…a baby." When she said that her smile widen as she watched Ethan's face go from worried to shocked to happy all in a matter of seconds.

"A baby, we're going to have a baby?" He smiled at her.

Leah nodded her head. Ethan had a few tears of happiness falling from his eyes. He kissed his wife and pulled her into a hug.

'A baby, we're going to have a baby." She thought, embracing her husband.

End Flashback

"Leah!" Ethan called walking in and interrupting her thoughts. "What are you thinking about darling?" he asked moving to her.

"Oh nothing much" She replied with a little sigh "just thinking about the day we found out about the baby."

"That was a great day indeed, wasn't it?" He bent down in front of her. "We shall not soon forget it shall we" Ethan asked kissing her gently.

"No I don't believe we shall." Leah laughed kissing her husband again.

"What are you making?" he asked.

"An outfit for the baby"

"Well…" He took the object from her hands, "I have something to show you" He pulled her up gently "Time to take a break."

"Ok" Leah said giggling and letting him pull her along.

"It's in the barn." When they reached the barn he stopped. "Alright close your eyes."

"Alright" She sighed her replied and closed her eyes.



He opened the barn door and guided her in "ok open them"

Leah opened her eyes and the sight she saw made her cry out "Oh Ethan it's beautiful." She was looking at a little wooden cradle that Ethan had made himself. "I love and I am sure the baby will love it too because he or she is jumping for joy right now." She laughed "here feel" she placed Ethan's hand on her belly.

"Wow that is an amazing feeling."

"Yeah, but it can be quite painful at times" They laughed together.

"Well I am going to start dinner why don't you move that into the house and then get cleaned up." Leah told him.

"Alright my Leah" They kissed and then Leah walked out to start dinner while Ethan moved the cradle.

The next few weeks passed quickly for the couple as they adjusted thing in the house to make room for the baby. Then the time came. Leah gave birth to their first child; a boy whom they named Jeremiah Jacob.