This chapter might seem familiar to some of you. It was stolen! It actually was the epilog of Baby! Baby! and it will fit nicely here and bring us up to date in the story line.
Chapter 21
Monday, May 26, 2003
Memorial Day
1000 EST
Chegwidden home
McLean, Virginia
'The past year has definitely been a full one,' Kara thought as she prepared for the annual JAG picnic/pot luck, softball game. She had resigned her commission shortly after her wedding to AJ so she could remain at home and raise their children.
At Thanksgiving, AJ, Kara, and the twins, had gone to Italy to visit Francesca. Then a month later, she came to the states for Christmas, and attended the holiday party AJ threw for his staff.
On New Years Day, Becky and George Wood became the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. They named her Victoria Pearl, after their mothers.
It had been a rough year for the Robert's family, with Bud losing his leg and his fight to remain at JAG, but things were looking up now, and Harriett was pregnant again.
The twins were on their feet and, not walking, but running everywhere! AJ Roberts, now a healthy four-year-old, took every chance he could get, to be around the twins. When the three were together, it reminded Kara so much of her relationship with Andi and Jerry. Harriett later told Kara, that after his birthday party, her son had informed her that he was planning to marry Andrea Chegwidden someday.
Her mind was brought back to the present when the phone interrupted her thoughts. Kara put the phone down with a smile, as AJ came into the room with a twin under each arm. They were kicking and squealing, and as happy as they could be! Both loved being carried around like that by their daddy.
"Who was on the phone, Darlin'?"
"It was Woodie," she replied, sometime in the last year Kara had picked up AJ's nickname for her doctor, George Wood.
"Is that old seadog trying to make time with my wife? He warned me once to leave his wife alone, sounds like I might need to return the warning!" he grinned to let her know he was kidding.
"No, he just called to give me the test results," Kara told him, as she took one of the twins and headed into the nursery to get them changed for the picnic.
"Test? What test?" he demanded, following her with the other twin still tucked under his arm.
"The one that I passed…or is it failed? I've never been quite sure, since they stopped saying, 'the rabbit died'?" she admitted with a huge grin. Kara popped Andrea into her playpen as she went to get clothes.
AJ hurriedly put Jeremy next to his sister, as he lifted his wife into his arms and started to swing her around the room, "Kara! Darlin'? Do you mean to tell me we are going to have a baby?"
"No, darling, we are not going to have a baby…" she said, pretending to be sad. Just as the excitement began to fade from his face, Kara added, "Not A baby, AJ, Baby! Baby!"
To be continued…