Chapter 11, Picking a Name
Tommy POV
A few months passed. I was no longer the size of a blueberry anymore, and in fact, mommy and daddy were finally able to find out what I was going to be. Mommy went in for another appointment, and founded out I was going to be a boy! But they kept arguing over what to name me.
End of Tommy POV
Didi was so excited to finally know the gender of her baby. She was so excited, that she gave Betty a call that night to give her the good news.
"Hey Didi, what's up? I have to tell you, Phil and Lil laughed for the first time today while I was nursing them. It was the best present they could ever give me!" Said Betty into the phone excitedly.
"That's wonderful news!" Replied Didi excitedly.
"So, how's Blueberry doing?" Betty asked.
"Well, Blueberry is a boy. And, we got a good picture of his spine, and, good news, he appears to be healthy, and doesn't have Spinebifita." Replied Didi excitedly.
"That's wonderful Didi! So, have you thought of a name for him yet?" Betty asked.
"Well, I've always been partial to the name Jace." Didi replied.
"Jace Pickles, come on Didi, that's no name for a child. It's just, too strange and I've never even heard of it until you mentioned it just now." Said Betty.
"Well, I just thought giving him a unique name would be good that's all." Said Didi.
The two women continued to talk about other things on the phone, everything from stuff to get for the baby, to places to start putting stuff down on a registry, and much more. Didi reminded Betty that they still had everything they were going to use for Spensor, so should this new child be a success, he'll get to use what Spensor sadly, didn't have the pleasure of using.
As time passed, the couple continued to prepare for the new baby, while Stu continued to work at Ziko Tam Industries. Unfortunately, it was a very stressful job, as seems he would get started on one idea they had in mind, only to have them scrap it the following day, giving him a new idea. He was growing frustrated, and was hoping that one day, they would finally decide on something and stick with it for longer than twenty-four hours.
"I know it's frustrating Stu, but hang in there. I'm sure they'll come up with something." Said Didi, in response to Stu complaining about work one night while they were at the dinner table.
"I know. So, have you thought of a name for our little guy? I was thinking, what about Zachary Michael Pickles." Said Stu with a grin.
"Zack is nice, but I'm still partial to the name Jace." Replied Didi.
Tommy POV
My mommy and daddy continued to argue over what to name me. And guys, I don't know about you, but I'm glad I didn't get named Zack, or Jace.
"No offense Zack, but I don't think that name is for me." Tommy said to Zack, while narrating the video.
"It's cool." Zack said with a nod and a smile.
End of Tommy POV
Later, Stu came in with the mail and put it down on the coffee table in their small living room, where Didi was looking through a package of stuff for the baby her parents had sent her.
"More stuff for the baby huh?" Stu asked.
"It's from my parents. My father wanted to send us a goat, but I told him no. I can be thankful they live four hours away. If we were closer to where they lived, I swear, they'd bring us one." Said Didi.
"Relax, what could they have sent us anyway?" Stu asked, as he peered into the package, to see several small wooden toys, some baby clothes, and packages of diapers and a package of corn startch.
"And what the heck is this corn startch doing here?" Stu asked.
"My parents tell me in the old country, you'd put corn starch in the baby's diapers rather than baby powder." Replied Didi.
"They're nuts. No son of mine is going to have crops growing in their under pants." Snapped Stu, as he took the package of corn starch out of the box, and tossed it across the room.
Just then, Didi looked over at the coffee table, to see the stack of mail that Stu had put down. She picked up the first thing on top, an invitation to Angelica's birthday party.
"Oh look at this, we've been invited to Angelica's second birthday party. But why are they having it in August? Her birthday isn't till September." Didi asked with curiosity.
"Well, Drew told me Charlotte has to go away on business, so they're throwing her birthday party early. And you're not due until September 3, right? So we can go to Angelica's party, and people can see you pregnant, one last time. Maybe we should even schedule the baby shower for while we're out there, this way, you can have it with all of your friends." Said Stu.
"That's a wonderful idea! I'll start putting together the invitations." Said Didi, as they headed into the other room to get dinner started.
At this point, Angelica had snatched the remote out of Tommy's hand, and paused the video.
"Hey! What did you do that for? I thought we agreed to not pause it until we were up to the part where I was bornded." Said Tommy.
"Well mellon head, since we're coming up on my birthday party, I'm telling the story for this next part." Snapped Angelica, as she unpaused the video, and continued.
And this, ends chapter 11. So what will happen at Angelica's second birthday? We'll find that out, in the next chapter.
Author's Notes: If you were wondering, my nephew Zack, was almost named Jace, as my sister-in-law was also partial to that name. I agree with Betty though, I think Jace is a stupid name! But could you imagine if Tommy had been named Zack and my OC and nephew was named Tommy? I agree with Tommy's narration on that part, I like how things turned out in the end. And yes, got the corn starch idea from an episode of Full House, when Jesse and Becky and their parents were fussing over how to raise kids.