Ok, I had to repost the chapter as I realised I made an error, this has been corrected
New Years day for some of the friends turned into a day of rest as the grandparents realised that the parents needed to sleep off hangovers so took the Children and animals out to the park. Bernadette had abandoned her plan of having an open house and joined them with Rose, leaving Howard in bed, Sheldon and Amy only woke at 2pm in the afternoon both slightly hung over and hungry
"Last night was good hey Amy" asked Sheldon who was awake but hadn't opened his eyes
"Oh yes, what time is it anyway?" asked Amy struggling to look at the clock
"Late probably, anyway Mom said to me yesterday she and Meemaw would take Marie out for the afternoon, so I presume that's what they have done as it seems very quiet"
"That was nice, but I think we better get up, I don't want them to think we are taking advantage" said Amy
"I would like to take advantage of you right now Amy but I don't think I have the energy" said Sheldon
"Maybe later then" said Amy cuddling up to her husband and kissing him
"Come on let's go down and find something to eat" said Sheldon
"Shower first I think" said Amy
Once dressed they went downstairs and found Missy curled up on the couch, sipping a cup of tea with a blanket covering her
"You ok Missy? Asked Amy noticing Missy was very pale
"Not really, I think I ate something that disagreed with me because I didn't drink that much, George was still asleep when I left the annexe 10 minutes ago"
"Missy I saw you drink a bottle of wine by yourself and that was just after we got there, so you were probably as drunk as the rest of us" replied Sheldon
"Oh look its Mr Eidetic Memory" said Missy sarcastically
"Either of you two want anything to eat? Asked Amy
"Yes please" said Sheldon as Missy shook her head
As Amy was preparing a quick snack for herself and Sheldon, Mary and Meemaw arrived back with Marie and the dogs
"Mary thank you for taking care of Marie today, that was a big help and I hope you don't think we are taking advantage" said Amy
"Of course your not, living so far away from my granddaughter means I want to spend as much as I can with her" said Mary lifting Marie out of the pushchair and cuddling her
"Do you fancy a cup of tea? Sheldon and I were just having one?
"Oh yes please, are Missy and George up yet? Asked Mary
"Missy is in the lounge feeling ill and George is still sleeping" replied Sheldon
"As tomorrow is your last day here is there anything you would like to do? Asked Amy
"Just being here with my family is good enough for me" said Mary
Everybody returned to work on the 5th of January and several of the group found that they had been requested to have meetings with President Siebert, Howard was the first one to be seen
"Howard, I trust you had a good Christmas and New Year?
"Yes thank you and yourself?
"Good, now you will probably want to know the purpose of this meeting but first of all when you made the Waste Disposal System for the space station did you make a spare?
"Yes everything I make I double up on, why?
"The current one is due to be replaced and you will be going up in the next mission with your spare one that you made"
"Oh no, please don't put me through that again" said Howard
"What do you mean?
"Last time, I ended up staying for longer than necessary and I hated it"
"This time you will only be there for a week maximum"
"When is the next mission? Asked Howard
"At the end of February, you will also need to go a training course like you did last time, all the details will be sent to you in due course, you can go now" said Siebert dismissing Howard
The next people in were Amy, Sheldon and Leonard
"Good morning to you all, now the reason for this meeting is something that you bought up a while ago Dr Fowler, we didn't have the funds at the time but now we can implement it"
"What idea was that? Asked Amy trying to rack her brains
"The one where you go to schools of kids under 10 and teach them a little about the sciences, do some experiments for them and try to encourage them, all three of you are excellent at talking about your work and Dr Fowler the last conference you went to, people were talking about how good you were"
"Really?
"Yes, now we will be starting you off at one afternoon a week and if it goes well then maybe two days a week, I know you have families and I will take that into account" said Siebert
"When does this start? Asked Leonard
"The second week of February, I already received your emails requesting holiday for the first week so that's why it's starting afterwards" said Siebert to Sheldon and Amy
"Ok thank you" said Amy
"Ok good you can all go"
Once outside Amy took Leonard and Sheldon to her office to apologise for roping them into it
"Amy actually I think I will enjoy teaching little kids, it's the older ones that scare me" said Leonard
"What about you Sheldon?
"I have no problems with it Amy and Siebert was right about one thing though, you rocked that Neuroscience conference" replied Sheldon
"Thank you"
Penny had her own things to deal with as her manager Claire phoned her up saying that OK magazine wanted to do a full several page spread of her at her stores and then at home with Leonard and Archie, they were also offering a lot of money
"Claire it's not about the money, it's about trying to maintain my privacy"
"Take the money and give it to a Charity of your choice then, making sure that the magazine prints that the money is going to Charity and you can choose whether or not you bring them to your house"
"Let me think about it, I need to talk to Leonard as well" said Penny
"Ok but they told me earlier that if you want to do it then you have until the end of the week to say yes otherwise the spread will miss the deadline for next weeks issue"
"I will call you tomorrow with an answer" said Penny
Later on back home at Bernadette and Howard's house, he was fretting about how to tell her he had to go to space again, he waited until Rose had gone to bed before bringing the subject up
"Bernie can you sit down a moment, I need to talk to you"
"What's the matter?
"President Siebert told me today that I will be going to space again, this time at the end of February, I will be gone for a week only thankfully"
"Why do you have to go?
"To fit the new waste disposal system, I'm not happy about leaving you so soon into your pregnancy and Rose"
"Howie we will be fine, this is your career and it's important to you" replied Bernadette
"Thank you, I just have to tell my mother now" said Howard
"Well at least this time you know what it will be like and hopefully you won't have any bullies"
Penny and Leonard spent most of the evening talking about the magazine spread and Penny was glad that Leonard was not happy about it, so they both rejected the idea
The same week, Amy was at home alone in the evening and Sheldon was working late at the University with Leonard when there was a knock at the door, going to the door she saw Stuart there, she called Daisy to her side, clipped her lead on her harness and opened the door, showing Stuart that she wasn't scared of him and told Stuart to go away only for him to offer his apologies for his behaviour at the party
"Amy I am so sorry, Dale told me what I said and I can only remember bits of it"
"So you didn't mean what you said then because usually when alcohol is involved the truth comes out" said Amy
"Some of it may have been true but I was still wrong to speak to you like that, your not going to set your dog on me are you? Said Stuart edging away as Daisy started to bare her teeth at him
"No she is here for protection in case you tried something stupid" said Amy
"What's going on? Asked Penny having heard them talking from her bedroom she was now in her own garden looking over the fence
"Stuart was giving me an apology though he meant what he said but didn't mean to tell me, if that makes any sense" said Amy
"Amy I will go and I hope we can forget about this" said Stuart as he walked off down the garden and out the gate
"Do you want to come over? Asked Amy to Penny
"Yes why not, let me just get Archie" said Penny
4 weeks later
Amy and Sheldon were on the last day of their trip to Alaska and it was early morning, Amy was currently in the en suite bathroom throwing up, being that this was the second day running it had happened she realised that she had missed her monthly cycle for January, she and Sheldon had been trying for baby number two and she hoped that she was pregnant, once she finished being sick, she went brushed her teeth and went back to the bedroom and woke Sheldon up
"Sheldon I think our plan to have another baby has worked" said Amy excitedly
"How do you know? Have you taken a test? Asked Sheldon
"No but the last two mornings I have been sick and my cycle didn't happen so that's how I think its worked, I can get a test though"
"There isn't a pharmacy anywhere until we get back to Anchorage, unless they have a doctors office in the hotel?" said Sheldon
"I can always ask reception" replied Amy
"Go on then"
Amy rung reception and was told they could get a doctor in but for emergencies only
"We will be back home tomorrow, do you think you can wait until then? Asked Sheldon
"Yes but I hope that we are pregnant" said Amy
"I agree, come back to bed for a little while, its still early" said Sheldon, Amy got back into bed with him and he pulled her closer to him and kissed her, this led to more kissing and soon they were making love not in their usual slow way but in a frantic I must have you now way
"Well if I wasn't pregnant before, I probably am after that" said Amy afterwards as she and Sheldon lay back in bed cuddling
"True, come on we need to get up and dressed and packed and ready to leave" said Sheldon
"Its only 8am and our flight is not until 4" said Amy
"Yes I know but I would still like to get to the airport on time and I don't think we should mention the pregnancy to anybody until we get it confirmed" said Sheldon
"Ok"
The next day they arrived back home in Pasadena after flying to Texas and picking up Marie who Mary said was fine during their trip away, Amy stopped at a pharmacy on the drive back from LAX and after settling Marie into bed and collecting the dogs from Leonard and Penny, Amy went to the en suite bathroom and took the test, she had bought three just in case and used all three, she and Sheldon were currently in the bedroom sitting on the bed holding hands and waiting the allotted time to pass for them to know the result.
"Sheldon 3 minutes must of passed by now? Asked Amy
"Yes but I am just as nervous about this as you" said Sheldon
"Oh lets just look" said Amy looking at the tests "All three say positive!" said Amy jumping up and down with happiness and cuddling Sheldon
"Brilliant news" said Sheldon beaming
"Ok I think we should wait until we are a bit further along before we tell anybody, If I was to guess then I am probably about 4 weeks" said Amy
"We can start thinking of names soon as well then" said Sheldon
"Yes but as I really wanted Marie, you can choose this time" replied Amy
"Thank you but I want us both to have a say in this" said Sheldon
"Ok, I will book a doctors appointment in the morning just to get everything confirmed" said Amy
"Sure, also I take it we will be having a birthday party for Marie's first birthday?
"Oh yes, actually you know by the time her birthday comes around I will be about 7 weeks pregnant and it might be ok to tell people then, make it a double celebration"
"Ok, have you got everything ready for the school visit tomorrow?
"Yes, I made sure Grace got everything set up for me as she is coming as well"
The next day at the school, the three scientists discovered that the children were all very enthused by the work they did, especially so when Amy started cutting into a human brain, the children came closer to her to watch
Over the next few days, Amy had more morning sickness and after a visit to the doctor the pregnancy was confirmed and a scan was booked for the same day, which confirmed that Amy was 5 weeks pregnant, back home Amy realised something
"You know Sheldon as I am 5 weeks then I probably got pregnant on our wedding anniversary or at least as close as because that's when we started trying"
"I am glad that you changed your mind about waiting Amy"
"It made sense to anyway, look its only two weeks till Marie's birthday we need to start organising" said Sheldon
"Do you think your family would fly out again so soon after Christmas?
"I don't see why not, I can always ask them"
Over the next two weeks Amy with help from Penny and Sheldon managed to organise the party, Sheldon's family were coming and Barbara made the birthday cake, Marie was making good progress with trying to walk unaided, sometimes using the sofa to walk round and even using Daisy to hold onto, Sheldon's family were only staying for three days as both Mary and Meemaw had appointments to get back to and Missy and George had work they couldn't miss
The day of the party arrived and their friends minus Howard who was still in space all came, Barbara who was Marie's babysitter had been taking her to a nursery with agreement from Amy and Sheldon twice a week and a couple of the children from there were also invited, Rose and Archie were in the pool being supervised by Raj and Leonard. Kelly was watching from the side of the pool, she was now 7 months pregnant and had a huge bump, she and Raj had also decided on naming the baby Chandra
Everybody was enjoying the food and drink and some were swimming in the pool when Sheldon and Amy brought out Marie's birthday cake, everybody sang happy birthday to Marie who then tried to blow out the candles and more celebrations were had, at the end of the party only the immediate friends and family were left and it was getting close to the children's bedtimes, everybody was in the garden, Amy looked at Sheldon and nodded and then they made their announcement
"Seeing as everybody we love and care about is here, we just wanted you all to know that Bernie and Kelly are not the only ones having a baby" said Amy
"That's great, how far gone are you" asked Penny
"7 weeks so by the end of August, baby Cooper will be here" said Amy
"That will be two babies in born in August then" said Penny
"Yes, imagine if this one is born on Archie's birthday" said Amy laughing
"Well done Amy, I know I doubted you two from the start but this is one occasion where I am glad I was wrong, look at you now, successful career and married with a baby and another on the way" said Barbara hugging her daughter with tears in her eyes
"Shelley I do hope that you will be coming to Texas for Christmas this year, you will be able to show off your beautiful family" said Mary, Sheldon looked at Amy who nodded her agreement
"Of course we will"
"Everybody is invited of course, Penny make sure to ask your parents if they want to come, there can be never be too many you know, your mother as well Leonard" said Mary
"Thanks Mrs Cooper" said Leonard
"Thank you Mrs Cooper I will ask them nearer the time, Amy stand up lets see if you have a bump yet" said Penny
"I don't really have a bump yet" Said Amy standing up and showing off a flat stomach
"Shelley have you thought of any names yet? Asked Missy
"Some but until we know what we are having, there is no point deciding just yet" replied Sheldon as Marie waddled up to him waving her empty bottle then resting her head on Sheldon's lap
"Think somebody is ready for bed" said Amy as she noticed Marie was falling asleep standing up, she started to get up but Meemaw stopped her
"You stay there and I will sort Marie out" said Meemaw taking Marie's hand and walking inside with her
"Are you going to speak to Howard later? Asked Amy
"Yes it's his last day tomorrow and I shall tell him your news" said Bernie
Later on after everybody had left and everything had been cleared away, Sheldon and Amy had retired to bed and were talking about the party and other things
"You know Sheldon I am glad I told everybody today, there has been so many times over the past few weeks when I have just wanted to shout it from the rooftops"
"I know the feeling, ok now we need to get a builder in and see how much it would cost to convert the attic from the one long room it is now to something a bit more special" said Sheldon
"Well there is a lot of space up there, so why don't we make a large bedroom and bathroom and move the office up there and then we will have 4 bedrooms on this floor again" said Amy
"Yes I like that and if we need to in the future, we can put an extension on the back of the house, we have a big and wide enough garden to not worry about losing space" replied Sheldon
"Sure and that was nice of you to agree to go to Texas for Christmas" said Amy
"It pleases my mom and if I just say yes then she won't nag" said Sheldon
"Sure" said Amy yawning
"I can see you are tired, you had a busy few days" said Sheldon leaning over and kissing her
"I feel now how you felt on new year's day, exhausted and too tired to have fun time and I have an early morning meeting as well" said Amy
"Another time perhaps" said Sheldon as Amy snuggled into him and kissed him again
"Good night Sheldon" said Amy falling asleep
Chapter 13 up soon