Chapter 25
Turning his head as well, he kissed her on the forehead before replying, "As many or as few as you would like my love."
"Really? Because your house only has the one guest room that I am using. Where would we put these children?"
"Well as soon as we are married I am hoping you plan to move into my room with me so that the guest room could then become a nursery when we need it. If that isn't enough room there is also the office/den that I so rarely use. I would have no problem giving that up." His smile widened and he added, "And if that still isn't enough room this house sits on ten acres of land, we could build on as many rooms as you would like!"
She giggled at his grand ending to his statement and then replied, "I would like to have both a boy and a girl, but I had a friend when I was stationed in Flordia that had six girls before she had a boy.
AJ's eyes glazed over just a bit at that information and told her, "Well maybe we will be more lucky than that have one of each before we have our own basketball team."
She giggled and said, "I guess we will see."
"Yes we will. I hope that you want to start soon because I will be getting pretty old by the time our sixth or seventh gets out of high school."
"Aslo if we have that many I might have to quit the Navy. Will we be okay without my income?"
"Amica I have had very little to spend money on for the last several decades. I have a heafty savings account that would see them all the way through high school at least. I'm not sure I could put that many through college but maybe they will be smart enough to get a few scholarships."
"Or maybe they will go into the Navy as well and we can let Uncle Sam put them through college."
"Great idea! Now maybe we should get back to the movie or we will miss the happy ending."
"Oh we don't want that."
Talk of babies would wait for another time so the wound't miss the end of their movie.
On Saturday Amica, driving AJ's Escalade pulled up in front of Harriett's house to pick her up to go shopping.
Once Harriett was in the car Amica asked for directions to where she was going. She was unfamiliar with the area and didn't know where the bridal shop that Harriett had recommended was.
They managed to get a parking spot just a few doors down from where they were going. As Amica put coins in the meter she couldn't help but start into the baby shop they were parked in front of.
Seeing the dreamy look on Amica's face Harreitt asked, "Are you and the Admiarl planning on having a family?"
Amica laughed and shocked her new friend by saying, "Oh yes! AJ's been talking about adding onto the house for the six or seven kids that we are going to have!"
"Six or seven!?" Harriett squeaked.
Nodding Amica solemly added with what she hoped was a straight fact, "He promised we would keep trying until we got both a boy and a girl, even if we ended up with our own basketball team!"
Harriett laughed, "Well in that case I think I will start investing in baby stores right now!"
They had arrived at the bridal shop when Amica told her, "Good idea!"
After describing the kind of dress that she wanted to the consultant that was helping her, Xander smiled at her and suggested, "I'd like to recommend a new style we got in a few weeks ago. It's really unusual but after what you said you wanted I think it might be perfect for you. It has a sweetheart neckline and the underdress reaches to just above the knees, this part can easily be dyed so it can be worn again after the wedding as a cocktail dress. The over skirt is three teirs of shear lace. The best part of all since you said you didn't want to spend a fortune on the dress is the price! It's just under $150!"
To be continued…
