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The next afternoon, Ashley giggled as she listened to one of Erin's many stories. She had had every intention of staying home and just waiting for Randy to come home, but Erin called and was persistent on going to lunch. When Erin was persistent, there was no way in telling her no.
"Ash, what's the matter?" Erin asked as they pulled into the restaurant. "You look upset or sad?"
"I just miss Randy, and yesterday was horrible. That's why I really didn't want to come-I would have rather just stayed home and wait for him to come home."
"Now how would that help you? It would just make the time go by slower, and this way your out and making the day go by faster," Erin pointed out as she shut the car off. "Don't worry, your going to have lots of fun!"
As Erin and Ashley walked toward the front door, Ashley swore she saw both Elaine and Becky's cars, but thought nothing of it. When they walked inside, Ashley was kind of suspcious why Erin just walked right past the hostess.
"Umm, Erin don't we need to tell her how many to seat?" she asked suspicously.
"Nope. She knows who I am, and knew I was coming."
Ashley thought nothing of it, and continued following Erin to a back party room. As Erin was opening the door andAshley was about to question what she was doing, she saw the room. It was decorated in lots of pink balloons and flowers, and in the corner was a cake and lots of gifts.
"Surprise!" they all yelled.
"Oh my God!" Ashley screamed as Elaine and Becky came up to hug her. "Now I know why you were so persistent on lunch!" she teased as she also hugged Erin.
As Erin and Ashley broke the hug, it was then she also noticed her sister. "April! Your supposed to be on your way to Hawaii!"
"I couldn't miss my sister's baby shower! Besides, Matt is at the hotel suite now, and we are leaving later."
"Thank you!" Ashley smiled.
As soon as Ashley was done saying hello to the rest of her family (her mother's side-that was still talking to her), Randy's family and some friends, she was seated and everyone munched on appetizers as Ashley began to open gifts.
"Aw! What an adorable bedding set!" Ashley exclaimed as she admired the pink and chocolate brown polka dot bedding. "Thank you grandma!"
Within a few minutes, she had most of the gifts un-wrapped, and loved all the clothes, bath stuff, crib and bassinett, bottles, etc. "This is all great! Thank you everyone!" Ashley exclaimed.
"Are you happy with everything?" Elaine asked.
"I love it, and I'm sure all of it will be put to good use," Ashley replied. "By the way, thank you again for that adorable quilt. It's beautiful and I love that it has her name on it."
"What name did you choose?" April asked.
"The baby's name is going to be Kaelyn Mackenzie Orton."
"That's such a pretty name!" April and Ashley's grandma said. "It has a nice ring to it."
"By the way, I have one more gift," Erin said as she walked up to the guest of honor's chair. "This is for you though, not the baby."
As Ashley took the bag, she noticed the playful grin on her friend's face, and was almost scared to open it. When she started pulling out the contents, she instantly wished she wouldn't have. Inside was a book on different sexual positions to try, a black lace nighty and some lotions and toys. Ashley could feel her face turn beet red as she heard her family and friends giggle and ooh and aww.
"Obviously this is for after the baby is born!" Erin giggled. "But the nighty you can wear now!"
Ashley also giggled. "Thank you so much!" she said in an almost sarcastic like manner. "I'm sure Randy is going to appreciate that. Speaking of Randy, I wish I would have driven his truck here. I don't know how I am going to get some of this stuff home."
Elaine and Becky then walked up to the front of the room. "We also have one more surprise, but we promise it isn't anything like this!" Becky exclaimed, pointing to Erin's gift.
"Ok, where is it?" Ashley giggled.
"You have to close your eyes," Elaine instructed.
Ashley didn't like the idea, but ultimately agreed. Elaine and Becky then quietly opened the party room door, and motioned for Randy to come in, but not before motioning to the other guests to not say anything.
As Randy walked closer to his wife, a smile spread across his face and Ashley couldn't help but feel a little nervous. "Can I open them yet?"
Randy took his place in front of Ashley, getting himself ready for what was about to happen. "Yeah, you can open them," he answered.
She opened her eyes, and her jaw literally dropped as soon as she noticed Randy standing before her. Ashley literally started squealing as she jumped into his arms. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but what are you doing here?"
"Well, I'm only here for the day, but Raw is taping in Wisconsin tomorrow, and I didn't have to do the house show today, so I thought I would fly home and see my baby," Randy replied as they quickly kissed. "I guess I just wanted to see how you were," he whispered in her ear.
"I feel alot better now that your home!"
"By the way," Erin said as she walked up to the reunited couple, "Randy, you might want to take a look at my gift to your wife."
Randy took the bag and raised an eyebrow once he saw the contents. "Wow!" he smirked. "We'll definitely get some use out of all this, baby!"
Within the hour, guests began to leave the restaurant and all of the gifts were loaded into Randy's Hummer. On the way home, Randy called his dad and brother as well as April's new husband Matt to help him un-load it all into the nursery.
"Thanks everyone for your help!" Ashley said as Randy and his dad carried in the last load. "We really appreciate it."
"Your welcome. Now, we hate to do this, but Matt and I have a plane to catch," April said as she hugged her sister.
"Thank you so much for today, and have a great time!" Ashley exclaimed.
"Your welcome, even though I really didn't do anything. I was just told to show up," she giggled.
After everything was un-loaded and everyone left, Randy pulled Ashley closer to him and passionately kissed her. "I love you," she smiled.
"I love you," he said, kissing her again.
"So, when do you have to leave?" Ashley asked after breaking the kiss.
"Well, if I am driving, I need to leave later on tonight. If I can get a flight scheduled, probably not until tomorrow morning."
"Have you tried getting a flight?" she asked hopeful.
Randy nodded. "I have."
"Well...when do you have to leave?"
A sly smile spread across Randy's face. "You know what, I think I am going to get that crib put together," he chuckled, starting to walk away.
Ashley instantly grabbed his arm. "No I don't think so. At least not yet. When do you leave?"
"I have to be at the airport at 5:30 tomorrow morning," Randy finally said as Ashley hugged him even tighter.
"Yay! So your here all night?"
Randy nodded. "I have an idea. Why don't you go relax while I put the crib and changing table together. Then we can have an early dinner and just be with each other afterwards."
"I like your idea!"
All afternoon, Randy worked hard putting together the pieces of furniture while Ashley washed baby clothes and continued putting things away. When she woke up from a nap a couple of hours later, she could still hear comotion from the next room.
"Damn crib! Go in the hole you son of a..."
Ashley couldn't help but giggle as she shut their bedroom door. Then she noticed Erin's gift bag still sitting on their dresser, and an idea came to her head.
Back in the nursery, Randy had just finished screwing in the last screw on the crib when he heard Ashley walk behind him. "Hey everything looks great! You did a good job!"
Randy turned around and was about to give a sarcastic remark, but couldn't. He knew that Ashley was in the doorway, but didn't expect to see her in a lace nighty. A seductive smile spread across her face as Randy visibly swallowed.
"Do you like it?" she asked as she twirled around. "It was in Erin's gift bag from my baby shower, and I thought I would try it on."
"You look...uh that looks...damn!" he finally stuttered as Ashley took his hand and led him to their bedroom. When she opened the door, he instantly noticed the lit candles around the room, and the hot bubble bath waiting in the master bathroom. "What's all this?"
Ashley shrugged as she wrapped her arms around Randy's waist. "I know that you have to leave in the morning, so I thought we could make the most of our time together. Plus, you've been working so hard in the nursery...I thought this would be a great way to get you totally relaxed. Do you agree?"
Randy smirked as he leaned down and passionately kissed his wife. "Yes I would definitely agree. You have found the true meaning of total relaxation!"