Parker wasn't kidding when he said the place was small. It was small but just the right size for Katy and Michael and the baby.
"Not a bad size eh?" Michael said. Katy looked fascinated at the apartment. It had little features such as a kitchen divider.
"Yeah it's a good size. Perfect."
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By the time Katy was 23 weeks pregnant, she and Michael had fully moved into the apartment and gotten the furniture for it. "You know we have a doctor's appointment tomorrow?" Katy asked while they settled to watch the TV.
"Yeah we get to find out what the baby is." Michael said smiling.
"I don't know Mike, I kind of want it to be a surprise."
"Katy, it can go either of 2 ways. It would be a surprise if it came out a chicken."
Katy rolled her eyes and settled back to watch the TV. "Chicken." she murmured.
"How about I get told and I won't tell you."
"That sounds fair, but you have to buy unisex clothing. That way you have to keep it secret."
"Ok, I promise."
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The next morning Katy was lying on a bed with a probe on her bump and the tech moving it around looking for the profile of the fetus.
"There we go. There is your baby." the tech pointed to the screen and Katy and Michael smiled in awe.
"Well, it's gotten bigger." Michael said.
"Well I didn't think my stomach was growing for no reason." Katy stated shaking her head. The screen flashed images of the baby's hands, feet and head.
"Would you like to know the sex?" the tech asked.
"He does." Katy nodded her head over to Michael.
"Are you sure?"
"Well, it's not a chicken is it?" Michael asked. The tech gave a odd look. "Private joke, sorry." The tech wrote on a post it note and handed it to Michael. He observed the note and his eyebrows raised "Really?"
"About 95%" the tech answered.
"Well Kate, are you sure you don't want to know?" Michael said nudging her a little.
"I don't want to know. Unlike certain impatient people, I can wait a few months. And if you don't stop nudging me, I'll sit on you."
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Something that they were waiting to do was to paint the baby's room. Seeing as the furniture was already bought and waiting to be put together, they may as well get started on the decorating as long as Katy didn't stand on ladders.
"Ok. So the colors we have are orchard or cheesecake." Michael said showing Katy the swatches he had done on the wall.
"Or green and yellow." Katy said.
"Come on Kate. Think about it. What color."
"Well, the green."
"Why not the cheesecake?"
"Because, I never understood why yellow is gender neutral. Pink and blue don't make yellow. It has no legitimate common sense."
"You sounded just like your mother then."
"I don't get why pink and blue are for girls and boys respectively. I know some boys who like pink and some girls who like blue. It's gender stereotyping from birth."
"Hi Aunt Brennan." Michael joked. Katy gave him an evil look and returned to the wall.
"Besides green's a nice color. It's calm and relaxing and pure. Like the Garden of Eden."
"What about Eve for a girl and Adam for a boy."
"No Michael."
"Ok, just a suggestion. Your right. Green is relaxing. We want to let the baby live in a calm environment."
"Calm being the operative word."
"So let's get the room painted and get the furniture in place before Peanut arrives." Katy smiled at the term of endearment. At the first scan he noted that the baby looked exactly like a peanut. Though he said he wouldn't eat it.
"Good, because I'm not hauling all that when I'm the size of Mount Everest. "
The concept of painting went out the window and it turned into a splatting war about 3 minutes later and soon both were covered in green spatters. "Ok this is a mess." Michael said.
"I don't know. I think it's artistic." Katy said.
"Really. How about adding the yellow?"
"Doesn't sound too bad. Yellow is optimistic. And we want the baby to live in a calm and positive environment."
"So between the crying and the lack of sleep, you want us to be calm and happy?"
"I've read the baby book and there was a section on painting the baby's room and they gave emotions behind the colors. They said pale colors provide a calming environment for a child."
"Ok, but what do you think, not the baby book."
"I think that we should try and get more colors for the wall, make it more abstract."
"Right can we get cleaned up before we do anything that will make us even more filthy."
"Sure. Fancy having a shower?" Katy raised her eyebrow and Michael ran as fast as he could towards the bathroom and Katy rolled her eyes and patted her bump and felt the baby kick at the touch. "Hey I'm here." she said softly.
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About an hour later and with both of them clean they lay sprawled on the couch with popcorn and watching a film.
Katy smiled when she looked at the tattoo Michael had on him arm, even though she nearly went ballistic at him for doing it. Though she was touched that he would scar himself for life for her.
"How is your arm?"
"Still a little sore, but it was worth it. For you." Michael kissed her head and stoked her hair.
"Did Billy actually make you do it or did you do it voluntarily?"
"Voluntarily. I actually planned on doing it a long time ago. I just never go round to doing it?"
"Do you want me to get some I for that?"
"Nah. It'll be fine. It's just a little sore. Nothing to worry about."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. I should be more worried about you."
"You don't need to worry about me. I'm fine."