Hyde and Laurie moved to WB's estate in Milwaukee. Hyde didn't completely trust Laurie yet but she was great with the baby. He needed to be in Milwaukee to run the business or least be the head of the company. It's what WB wanted him to do. With Hyde had moved the group really saw him. He became what he always hated a suit or the man.
The old Burkhart estate had fallen into disrepair since no one wanted it. The city council decided to pay the bank for it and turn it into a park. For Jackie it was a fitting end to that loveless house that meant nothing to her now. She had everything she needed in Eric and the baby she was growing. She had great friends in Brooke and Michael. Fez wasn't bad but he was Fez.
Jackie used the money her father had left in the trust fund to make the house the way she wanted quickly. Nothing against Kitty but Jackie had her own style. Eric never argued over it. He actually liked Jackie's style. Jackie had the back of the house extended and connected to the garage with a second floor added to the garage. That gave Eric and Jackie a true master suite and four bedrooms which she had decided would be filling those bedrooms with children. While yes they did make the house bigger but it was still a house built on love. It took a few months for the house to get finished. Finally everything was done and Jackie was satisfied with the quality of work. She and Eric had been staying in old den which was going to be Eric's office.
While the construction was going on Kitty made a huge fuss over Jackie, who kept getting bigger, and Red making sure the dumbass construction workers were actually working. He wanted to make sure they didn't mess with his daughter in-law. Red was fond of the loud one and glad she was now a Forman.
Jackie loved that Kitty and Red fussed over her like Kitty used to do to Eric. She knew it was all out of love but sometimes they could be a bit much. Eric had tried to tell his mom not to arrive until 8:30am but nothing he said would keep his mom from being there at 7:30am with breakfast. Eric did have to admit having his parents with Jackie during the day made him less nervous.
Eric loved teaching. His students loved his teaching style. He rewarded them if they accomplished the goals he set up for the week. The students almost always reached those goals.