Eddie and Jamie sat in the waiting are of the doctor waiting to be called. Eddie was seventeen weeks and she was anxiously caressing her belly. Today they hopefully find out if they were having a boy or a girl.
"Are you sure you don't want to find out right away? I know you, and you are going to get anxious about if they get it wrong or whatever." Jamie asked while he took his wife hands and slowly rubbed a finger trying to ease her nerves.
"No I really want to do the cake reveal. I want the family to be there when we find out. I can wait for Sunday, today is Friday afternoon anyways. Getting the cake and picking it up will keep me busy. "
"Eddie Regan,"
"Here we go." Jamie stood up and offered his hand to his wife. Eddie took it and they walked over to the room.
"How have you been feeling, Mrs. Regan."
"Better, I'm not vomiting anymore. My stomach likes me again. Although I'm eating all sorts of weird food. I was never fond of salads and suddenly I give girlfriend here a run for his money eating salads." She laughed at Jamie rolling his eyes but giving her a smile.
They remain silent while the nurse took her blood pressure. Jamie gave Eddie a reassuring look as they noticed a furrowed brow in the nurse.
"Your blood pressure is a little higher than I think it should be. First it was too low and now is a little high. However, I will let the doctor decide what he wants to do. He may want you to come instead of every three weeks, maybe two weeks but let's see how the little one behaves."
Eddie's eyes instantly watered up. The nurse noticed and immediately handed her a tissue. "Oh no, no crying! Your baby is fine, we just want to monitor her, or him, more closely, okay. No need for tears." She gave Eddie and reassuring squeeze on her hands and left the room.
"I'm going to be a terrible mom!" Eddie bursted out tears streaming down her face.
"No you're not! Babe you're pregnant. You are creating a human being, your body has to go crazy. Stuff like this can't be easy." Jamie came and hugged her as Eddie sniffled on his neck. A few minutes later the doctor came in.
"Good afternoon Mr and Mrs Regan." She was looking at Eddie's chart, she put it on the table and turned to look at them. "I'm doctor Perez and I'm filling in for doctor Murray. Oh no why are we crying?"
"She thinks she's going to be a terrible mother because her blood pressure is too high and before was too low." Jamie said before Eddie could open her mouth. "Would you mind doctor explaining this whole thing to us. She's freaking out."
"Off course! Oh you poor thing! Why don't we start with what you came here and we see your baby. This way you'll see him, or her, and see that they are fine and you have nothing to worry about. Lie down here and pull your clothes all the way down." Eddie did as she was told sniffling every step of the way.
"This is gel is cold so get ready." She squirted the liquid on sat next to them waving the wand looking for the little one. Seconds later he found the baby happily sucking on it's thumb. "There it is! Aww, we have a thumb sucker!"
Eddie started laughing, tears streaming down her face. She turned to look at Jamie who was tightly squeezing her hand. He had a hand over his mouth and was quietly crying.
"How, Umm is doing?" Jamie asked almost choking on his words. Eddie squeezed his hand back.
She kept on moving the wand and taking measurements. "Umm, so far this baby looks great. You two want to know the sex of the baby? I'm surprised you haven't realized it already."
"We do, but we want you to write it down so we can do a gender reveal with a cake. We want to share the moment with our family." Eddie requested.
"Off course, we have cards and envelopes here for that." The doctor stood up and went to the cabinet. She took a pen and wrote something on a card and put it in an envelope and closed it. "Here you go! Signed, sealed, and delivered. Let's hear the heart beat now." The doctor went back to her task and in a few minutes the room was filled with the sounds of their baby's heart beat.
"Oh my God! That's our baby's heart!" Jamie exclaimed. "Wow, it's fast!"
"New batteries! Momma your baby is perfect. I'm going to take a few pictures so you can take it home and show them off to everyone."
"Thank you," Eddie said blowing her nose in the tissue on her hands.
"Now about your blood pressure. I'm going to have you come every two weeks. My concern is about you momma. I want you to cut back on salt, and to take it easy. We are going to see each other in two weeks and we are going to keep a close eye on that. I'm also ordering some routine blood work. So as you can see your baby is fine and your husband is right. Another human is growing inside of you and it does put a lot of strain on your body. Give yourself a break, okay. You're doing fine."
"Thank you, I'll keep an eye on her." Jamie said as he helped Eddie sit up.
After the visit they went for lunch and then pass by the bakery to order the cake. They were filling up the order when the shop owner came in.
"Jamie! Ordering the cheesecake for tomorrow? Mrs. Regan what a pleasure to finally meet you. Call me Sam."
"Um no, actually we are ordering a cake. We want to do a gender reveal tomorrow."
"That's right! Congratulations on the new addition! You done filling it out? I want to do this myself. Henry is very excited about this grandbaby. I want everything perfect on that cake."
"Yeah, we are done. Thanks so much Sam."
"I'll have it ready by tomorrow morning."
They paid for the cake and went home. All thru the ride Eddie looking at the pictures trying to figure out if it was a boy or a girl.
"We should have found out at the doctor's office. You're going to go crazy looking at those pictures."
"I'm not looking for the sex of the baby. I just can't believe we created a baby."
"Neither can I. It's the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I can't wait to have it here."
Sunday dinner arrived faster than they expected. With the remodeling almost done they were so busy they didn't have time to dwell. However, once the day arrived everyone seemed so eager to find out that they almost had to do the dessert first. Finally the time arrived to cut the cake.
"Wait, wait before you cut it we need to know. What do you two wish for?" Erin asked getting dirty looks from the rest of the table.
"Who cares! We are about to find out anyway?" Danny said.
"No, wait I'm curious." Frank smiled
"I honestly don't care. I just want this baby to be healthy. I think we both think the same way, right Jamie." Eddie answered. Jamie remained quiet with a small smile on his face.
"Oh, how did I miss this! You actually have a preference!" Eddie was surprised.
Jamie looked as if he had been caught with his hands on the cookie jar. "Okay, I do want it to be healthy. Boy or girl I will love it just the same. But I would love if it was a girl."
"Really?" Eddie's eyes instantly watered up.
"I hope it looks just like you." He gave her a kiss on the cheek and grabbed her hand. "But you're right I just want it to be healthy."
Eddie wanted to kiss him senseless. Then again the Regans probably wouldn't find that acceptable for Sunday Dinner. She instead grabbed the cake cutter. "Okay, let's do this."
"WAIT, wait!" Danny yelled from across the table. We should count down to three and then cut it.
"Yeah, it adds to the suspense!" Jack added.
"How do we know what it is?" Sean asked
"Pink for girl and blue for a boy. It's color dye they add. Ready?" Everyone nodded.
"All right, On my count!" Danny raised his hand with his fist closed. Eddie and Jamie grabbed the cake cutter. Jamie and Eddie sliced the cake cutter inside the cake. They looked at each other and they cut it again this time a little more careful.
"Okay now we count," Danny announced. "ONE, TWO, THREE!" Everyone screamed in unison.
Jamie held on to the plate while Eddie brought the piece out.
"IT'S PINK! Ahhh! There's going to be another girl granddaughter!" Nicky screamed from the other side of the table.
"IT'S A GIRL!" Several of the Regans screamed at the same time as Nicky. Everyone at the table seemed to be screaming and cheering. Jamie pulled Eddie into a hug, she was still covering her mouth still surprised and excited. It took several minutes for the excitement to die down.
"Let's have some of that cake!" Henry said passing more plates. "Oh I have been saving a bottle of Riesling. I think this is the time to finally open it!"
"Pops, considering Eddie can't drink you think that is a good idea." Frank pointed out. Henry paused and turned around to sit as if he hadn't thought of that.
"Oh no don't worry, go get it. You all can enjoy a glass on my name. I won't mind IF someone can find me more of this juice."
"I bought two gallons just for you. Jamie told me your latest craving was POG juice so I searched for it and order some." Henry said pleased with himself. He grabbed Eddie's glass and turned towards the kitchen. Jamie couldn't help laughing and rolling his eyes. Henry had become a regular softie with Eddie and made sure that every pregnant whim was satisfied.
"Did you have any names picked out if it was a girl?" Erin wondered.
"We discussed a few but we didn't make a list. We wanted to find out the sex of the baby first." Eddie replied. "I guess that's our next step. That and finish painting the house."
Henry came back with an open bottle in one hand and Eddie's juice in the other. He handed her the glass and filled everyone's glass.
"To the health of my future great granddaughter!" Henry said raising his glass as everyone raised their glass also.