Episode 10:
Flashback
Rick, Kris, and Tracy are in Tracy's room with two boxes. One box is marked 'Keep', and the other box is marked 'Sell'. The boxes referred to whether a book should be kept or sold to the used bookstore downtown.
"Oh, this is definitely a keeper.", Kris says as she holds Tracy's baby book in her hand.
As she looks through it, she comes across a picture. In it was a very pregnant Kris on the phone.
"Who's on 'da' phone?", Tracy inquires as she points to the picture.
"Actually, I was calling people to come to Pop's and my Halloween party when I went into labor.", Kris tells her.
Turning the page, they come across another picture.
"There's Pop, covering you up in your crib on your first night home.", Rick tells her.
"'Banket.'", Tracy exclaims, excitedly, as she points to the picture.
"Blanket, that's right.", Rick tells her, "and who made you that blanket?"
'"Gamma Harrit.'", Tracy exclaims excitedly.
The photo displayed Rick covering Tracy up in a green and orange, knitted blanket that Grandma Harriet made for Tracy. She wanted to do a Halloween themed blanket, since Tracy was born six days before Halloween.
(Flashback Scene)
Harriet is on the phone talking to Rick.
"That's wonderful, wha'd you name her?", she asks. "Those names are both pretty and creative.", she tells him. "OK, well pass this on to Kris. Congratulations and I hope everything works out.", Harriet says, a hint of sadness lurking in her voice.
"What did Rick and Kris name their baby girl?", Ozzie inquires once she hangs up the phone.
"How do you know they had a girl?", Harriet wonders.
"The words, 'Wha'd you name her kind of gave me a clue."
"Oh yeah. Her name is Tracy. T-r-a-c-y and her middle name is Kristine. That's spelled like Kristin with an 'e'. Rick and Kris middle named her after their actual names. Kristin and the 'e' comes from Rick's actual name. Eric. Tracy weighed only 4lbs. 130z. She was slightly premature. So, the doctors want to keep her in the hospital for a couple weeks to have her checked out."
Harriet leaves the room, only to come back with two colors of yarn: green and orange.
"I'm gonna knit Tracy a blanket. I chose these colors since her birthday's so close to Halloween.", she says, then proceeds to start on her knitting.
(Flashback Scene)
The day Rick and Kris bring Tracy home, they take her in her room. It was a room with pink wall paper, with pastel colored blocks on it, with the word 'Baby' on there, written in white. One letter for each block.
"Mommy picked out this wallpaper.", Kris tells her. "Now putting the crib together was Pop's department."
"That's right.", Rick tells her as he takes her out of her carrier and puts her in a light tan crib. "Well, Pop's, Grandpa Ozzie's, and Uncle David's, anyway."
Ozzie and Dave had traded off days to help Rick put together Tracy's crib.
"What? You don't like it?", Rick asks, referring to the crib when Tracy started crying hysterically.
However, her crying was quelled once Kris gave her her bottle of formula milk.
"Say, 'I just wanted my bottle, that's all, Pop'." Kris replies, talking to Tracy.
(Flashback Scene)
June comes home with a card in her hand.
"Dave, we're gonna have to give Rick and Kris a new card for Tracy."
"Why?", Dave inquires.
"Because, I was just over at the Randolph's and Clara showed me the card that she and Joe are giving them.", June tells him.
"So?", Dave replies, confused.
"So? It's the exact same one as this one."
"I don't think that's such a big deal. Grandma and Grandpa Hilliard gave Mom and Pop the same card when Rick and I were born. We both ruined them when we were toddlers. I tore mine up and Rick scribbled on his with the new crayons he received for his second birthday. Mom and Pop didn't really care though. 'As long as he's not scribbling on walls or furniture, it's OK with me'." Dave says, quoting what his Mom said several years ago.
"Ever since I was a kid, I had to have everything different." June says. "In second grade, both me and the girl that sat next to me had red erasers that went on top of our pencils. They looked and smelled like a cherry. The girl kept hers on her pencil during class, but because I had to be different, I took mine off and put it on at home when I did my homework."
"OK, if it means that much to you, we'll give Rick and Kris a new card for Tracy."
"Thanks Dave.", June replies excitedly. "I'll go shopping after lunch."
(Flashback Scene)
Rick comes into the malt shop holding Tracy in her carrier. Wally gets up from a booth with a pineapple malt in his hand.
"Hi Rick.", Wally greets him. "Is that your baby?"
"Yes, this is Tracy.", Rick tells him. "Tracy, say hello to Wally."
"Hi, cutie.", Wally says enthusiastically. "It won't be long before you're old enough to get a malt."
He then accidentally drops his, causing the malt to spill all over Tracy.
"In a way, it looks like she already got one.", Rick replies. "There's extra clothes in her diaper bag here."
He was wearing the diaper bag on his shoulders like a backpack, so he could carry that and Tracy in her carrier at the same time.
"Oh, you want me to pick out another outfit for her to wear?", Wally asks as he searches through the diaper bag.
"I also want you to dress her in it.", Rick tells him.
"Why do I have to dress her in it? You're her Dad."
"Yes, but you're the one who spilled the malt on her."
"Oh alright.", he replies exasperatingly.
Wally dresses Tracy in a turquoise blue sleeper with a dark colored rainbow patch on the side.
"There. She's all dressed.", Wally says as he hands Tracy in her carrier back to Rick.
"There's something else I want.", Rick tells him. "What's that, Tracy?", he asks, once he heard baby sounds coming from her. "You want Wally to get Pop a chocolate malt? Good idea.", he says as he takes fifty cents out of his pants pocket.
"Fine.", Wally huffs as he takes the money. He then goes up to the counter. "Jack, can I get a chocolate malt for Picky... I mean Ricky over there?"
"Sure.", Jack replies, "and what kind do you want?"
"What makes you think I want one?", Wally wonders.
"Because, I know you would after spilling your malt on Tracy."
"Jack, you know me only to well. Another pineapple malt would suffice, thank you."
"One chocolate malt and one pineapple malt coming up.", Jack replies.
Wally takes the malts and brings them over to the booth where Rick and Tracy are.
(Flashback Scene)
June comes home with a card in her hand.
"Dave, look at this.", she tells him enthusiastically. I found the cutest card to give Rick and Kris for Tracy.", she says as she hands it to him.
Dave reads the card out loud that's titled, 'A Baby Girl'. When he opened it up, there was a poem, which he also read out loud.
" 'A Baby Girl that's adorable and sweet, is precious and cuddly, from her head to her feet.' That's really nice.", Dave tells her.
"Thank you.", June replies.
She then proceeds to write a small message in the card that said:
Rick and Kris,
I hope you enjoy this card for Tracy.
Love,
Dave, June, and Danny.
All this was written in a pen that showed up in blue ink.
"I'm gonna bring this over now." June says. She then hears crying from the other room. "After I check, on Danny, of course."
(Flashback Scene)
The doorbell rings and Kris answers it to June and Baby Danny, who had a small bag of Sour Cream 'N Onion potato chips in his hand.
June gives her the card, which just like she expected, Kris thought, was adorable and claimed she couldn't wait to show Rick when he came home.
" 'Day' good.", Danny tells Tracy as he holds a chip out to her.
Luckily, Kris was there to prevent him from doing anything else with it.
"Oh no, honey.", Kris tells him gently. "She can't have those yet. OK?"
" 'Day ships' ", Danny tells her.
"Dave and I are in the process of teaching him how to say 'chips' and right now it's coming out like 'ships'.", June explains.
"I know they're chips.", Kris tells him with a smile on her face. "My favorite kind, by the way. But Tracy's just a tiny baby right now. The only thing she can have is formula milk."
Tracy starts making baby sounds in her carrier on the floor.
"I wouldn't be surprised if she said, 'You're a really considerate cousin for trying to share your chips like that.' ", Kris continues.
After saying good bye to Kris and Tracy, June and Danny leave.
(Flashback Scene)
Ozzie and Harriet are in the kitchen and Harriet is making cookies for Rick and Kris, regarding Tracy. They were sugar cookies with the words, 'It's a Girl' on them, frosted in pink. As she finishes up putting an 'L' on the last cookie, the doorbell rings and she goes to answer it.
When she's not looking, Ozzie snatches four cookies. The ones that have the letters, 'G I R L' on them.
"That was Clara Randolph at the door.", Harriet explains as she comes back in the kitchen. "She just brought back the steak knives she borrowed for dinner last night."
Just then, Harriet realizes something.
"What happened to the cookies?", she inquires.
"Right there on the plate.", Ozzie says as he points to them.
Harriet then takes a spatula and starts taking them off the plate and back onto the tray. She was doing this in order to count the cookies.
"Just as I thought.", she replies as she scoops them back onto the plate. "There's some cookies missing."
"Oh, alright.", Ozzie admits sheepishly. "I took some cookies... and they were good too."
"You know what would also be good?", Harriet tells him as she takes a new batch of cookies out of the oven. "As soon as these cool, you could frost the letters on the cookies of the ones you snatched. And I'm gonna stand right here and watch you do it." Harriet continues.
As soon as the cookies cool off, Harriet watches intently while Ozzie reluctantly frosts the cookies.