Victor looked around as he and Anita were moving everything into their new house. What a great place to raise their children, he thought. It seemed big enough to accommodate a family of five. The rooms seemed spacious, the walls and floors were clean (though they wouldn't be for much longer; the kids would make sure of that), and the furniture looked nary out of place. Anita was especially impressed, making sure to note how spacious the backyard was for her little ones. The only downside to this new place was Victor's mother not living nearby. Still, Victor and Anita both knew they could count on her or Lucy Woo to look after the kids whenever they needed to. All in all, the young parents felt that they'd made a good decision in purchasing this home.

Anyhow, once Victor and Anita had moved all of the furniture they could into their new home, they decided to look around and note all the things that would need to be unpacked within the week.

"Man, this is going to be a long week for us, huh?" Victor asked Anita.

"I bet," Anita replied. "I wonder how Professor Professor and the others are adjusting to us moving house."

"Probably as well as most of the other people back at the old flat complex. No worries, though. Things will get better for us later."

"What about your mother? She seemed pretty sad when we told her we'd be moving house. What do you think she's going to do now?"

"I don't know. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Though I did tell her she could still come and babysit whenever we're at work."

"How did she take it?"

"Pretty well, I guess. She actually seemed pretty happy about it."

"That's good. Alright, look around. Which of these do you think we need to unpack first?"

Victor thought about it for a moment before stumbling upon an idea. "Okay, so first things first, I think we should start unpacking the bedroom furniture."

"Why do you suppose that?"

"Well, obviously, we can't sleep on the floor tonight, right?"

"I guess not. Though I would rather we unpacked the mattresses first before we unpacked the bedframes."

"That's fine. What about the twins?"

"Don't worry. I think I know what to do there. We can just have them sleep in our room in cardboard boxes."

"Why cardboard boxes, exactly?"

"Well, a cardboard box reduces the risk of infant death brought on by sleep-related causes, like SIDS. It also makes it easy for all of us to sleep in the same room tonight. Plus, because it's easy to take around, it can also be used for naps and playtime."

"So is that something we could do for the baby, too?"

"Yes. I've heard that the best place for a baby to sleep until 6 months of age is in the same room as the parents, so it might be a good idea to test it with the kids now before trying it with the baby."

"Alright, sounds like a good enough plan."

Soon, the day of the second appointment arrived. Anita had been trying her best to follow everything Dr. Pertwee had advised of her, including taking her prenatal vitamins. Now Anita was showing a lot more, which was something to be expected now that she was about twenty-two weeks along. Just like last time, Victor came with her to the appointment, and the two of them had Mildred babysit the kids while they were gone.

Once they had arrived at the hospital for the appointment, they proceeded to wait patiently in the waiting room. While they did so, Anita got a call from Scrumpy the Sheepdog.

"Hello?" Anita asked out loud.

"Oh, hello, Anita," Scrumpy the Sheepdog said. "I guess you're waiting for your second sonogram right now, eh?"

"Yeah, Victor and I can't wait to see what we're having."

"Well, at least count your blessings it's not twins again."

Anita rolled her eyes in slight irritation. "Ha ha, very funny."

"Anyway, for reasons of security, my name is Changed Daily. Today, you may call me..." He paused while he read over what his new name was. "Oh, for the love of... Scrotie McBoogerballs."

Anita and Victor just laughed at this for a good five seconds.

Anita began speaking again. "So how are things holding up over there, Scrotie McBoogerballs?"

"Things have been fine, for the most part," said Scrotie McBoogerballs. "Work hasn't really been the same since you got pregnant again. However, Delphine Rambeau is a blast to have around. She's an exceptional agent over at our French counterpart, so it stands to reason that she would be an exceptional agent here. She even figured out Doctor Doctor's plan to encrypt everyone's computers with ransomware and put a stop to it before she could set it in motion. Did Victor tell you about that?"

"No, I don't think he did."

Victor shook his head. "Yeah, I don't think I said anything about it."

Scrotie McBoogerballs cleared his throat. "Anyway, Delphine has been a fine replacement. We miss you, though, of course. We already can't wait to have you come back to work once you've had the baby."

Anita chuckled nervously. "Me neither."

"Mr. Volt, Mrs. Knight?" the nurse called out to the couple.

"Alright, we'll talk later," Anita told Scrotie McBoogerballs. "I hope everything goes well."

"Same here," said Scrotie McBoogerballs. "Goodbye for now."

With that, Scrotie McBoogerballs hung up. Victor and Anita both got up and followed the nurse into the the sonogram room, where she did some tests. They waited a bit before Dr. Pertwee walked into the room.

"I can see how anxious you both are to get this over with." Dr. Pertwee chuckled. "Alright, alright, let's just get this show on the road." He then turned on the scanning device and let it start up. "I hope you haven't been too nervous to find out what you're having."

"Don't worry," Anita just said. "I can assure you that we weren't too nervous to find out."

Dr. Pertwee just smiled. "Good. Now let's get started."

With that, he performed the sonogram in just a few minutes. He applied the gel and then the scanning device to Anita's abdomen. It took a few minutes, but a fuzzy image of the baby appeared. The outline on the screen had something of a vaguely humanoid appearance, which was pretty typical at this stage. Victor provided a few comic sound effects for the device; some things never changed. In a few minutes, the sonogram was done and over with.

"Congratulations, Victor Volt and Anita Knight," Dr. Pertwee said with a smile. "You two are going to have a little girl."

"Wow..." Anita muttered to herself. "Another girl..."

Victor himself just stood there in awe, trying to take in the news as best as he could. "Wha...? For real?"

"Yep," Dr. Pertwee replied. "Can't you tell?"

"Well, yeah. It's just that I'm still in shock, is all."

"Good. Well, anyway, everything looks healthy so far."

"I should hope so, Dr. Pertwee," Anita said. "I don't know how much longer I can wait."

Dr. Pertwee chuckled low. "I'm sure Victor can't, either. Alright, have a nice day now."

"You too, Dr. Pertwee."

And with that, Victor and Anita were on their way back home. Now they would have figure out a way the best way to tell their families and coworkers the news... but how would they go about it?

"Wait a second," Anita said after several minutes of brainstorming. "I think I have an idea."

"Do tell," Victor replied.

"How about we throw one of those gender reveal parties we hear so much about?"

"I don't know, Anita. Aren't those dangerous?"

"Only when they're thrown by stupid people who don't know what they're doing."

Victor laughed sheepishly. "Oh, okay. I guess I was starting to think the ones where people died were the norm."

"Now there's a lot to be done when planning these things. Erm, first of all, we need to set up a date for when it would actually happen."

"Right."

"On top of that, we still need to get to work on the nursery. We're going to need to help on that front."

"Uh-huh."

"And we're going to have to figure out who we can invite."

"I'm not inviting Professor Professor to this thing. Who knows how long it would be before he started using me for his latest experiment?"

"I don't want to invite him, either, but if we don't invite him, we'll never hear the end of it."

"Goddamn it. At least we can count on Ray to be there."

"Yep. Lastly, we'll have to figure out some sort of theme for this party. It helps if everything is consistent."

"Yeah. Everything has to follow a coherent theme."

After several days of planning and preparation, it was finally time to hold the gender reveal party. Anita, Victor, Liam, and Millie were all wearing casual dresses and suits for the occasion, hoping to help bring some life to this admittedly self-centered gathering. Anita wore a pink maxi dress with puffy sleeves and a billowing, free-flowing skirt. Victor wore a two piece Alice blue suit, complete with a white dress shirt and matching leather shoes. The outfits the toddling twins were wearing were much simpler, at least in comparison to what their parents were wearing. Millie wore a pastel pink dress with a pleated skirt and no sleeves, matching pink dress shoes, and white socks. As for Liam, he wore an outfit identical to the one Victor was wearing: a two piece Alice blue suit, complete with a white dress shirt. The only difference from his father's outfit was that Liam wore pastel blue tennis shoes and plain white socks.

"Almost time," Anita said. "You want to do the honors and invite everyone in?"

"Oh yeah, sure," Victor quickly said. "Just as long as Professor Professor doesn't try to experiment on me..."

"Don't worry, I'll see to it he doesn't lay a finger on you."

"Thanks, Anita."

"No problem, Victor."

And so the gender reveal party was underway. Everyone they knew was there: Professor Professor, Scrotie McBoogerballs, Lucy Woo, Ray Mondo, Special Agent Kowalski, Kent B. Trusted, Mildred, Anita's parents, Delphine Rambeau, Marlon Zen, Stacy Stern, and lastly The Kid (the head of U.Z.Z. and therefore their boss). They all had a great time, just chatting and catching each other up on everything that had happened to them lately. A couple hours passed before it was time to reveal the gender by way of a cake Anita and Victor had baked themselves. They both had the knife at the ready, simultaneously nervous and excited.

"You ready, Victor?" Anita asked her husband.

"Ready, Anita," Victor immediately replied.

"Alright." Anita took a deep breath. "One... two... three!"

The knife seamlessly sliced into the cake, revealing a pink interior.

"It's a girl!" Victor and Anita announced at the same time. "It's a baby girl!"

There were roars of congratulations and hoorahs for the couple all around. In the meantime, Victor dipped down to kiss Anita's baby bump of approximately six months. Almost everyone smiled at how cute this was.

"Hey, little princess, it's your daddy," Victor said. "I can't wait to meet you!"

Anita just smiled while everyone helped themselves to some cake and ice cream. Once Victor was done talking to her baby bump like the baby had already arrived, he and Anita sat down with the rest of the guests to have some cake and ice cream as well.

"So..." Mildred began. "What are you going to name her?"

"Huh?" Victor asked, confused.

"I asked what you and Anita were going to name her."

"Oh..." Victor wasn't quite sure what to think. "We actually haven't thought about names yet. We've been so busy trying to prepare for her arrival and all that that names haven't really come up."

"Victor's right," Anita chimed in. "Names haven't been all that important to us so far. But maybe you guys can help."

"Well, I'm sure you'll give her a better name than what I've got right now. That reminds me... for reasons of security, my name is Changed Daily. Today, you may call me..." Scrotie McBoogerballs got a notification beep from his cellphone. "Oh... Snorts the Duckbilled Dinosaur..."

Everyone laughed for a few seconds.

"Anyway..." Snorts the Duckbilled Dinosaur continued. "Why not go for something old-fashioned like, erm, Florence or Agatha?"

"We're trying to name a baby, not a grandma," Victor interjected.

Anita glowered at him. "Victor."

"What?" Victor innocently asked. "I'm just saying."

"Well, what about Theophania?" Professor Professor suggested.

Victor groaned, facepalming. "Oh God, no! That sounds awful."

A few other guests gave out their own baby name suggestions before Victor had to stop them and veto all the suggestions. Anita wasn't sure what name she wanted to use herself until she got an idea.

"Victor," Anita suddenly said.

"What is it?" Victor curiously asked.

"Do you remember when we were first looking at this house on Zillow?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, I distinctly remember seeing some flowers that were kinda of a light pink color. I think I remember reading about how they're known as surprise lilies or resurrection lilies because their flowers spring dramatically from the ground in mid- to late summer."

"Where are you going with this?"

"I think I figured out the perfect name for our daughter... Lily."

"Lily?"

Anita smiled lovingly at Victor. "Yes, Lily. She's like those flowers I saw. She appears when you least expect it, looking to be nothing but something that might cause problems, only to turn out to be something amazing and beautiful."

Victor smiled back at her, laying his hand flat against her belly and kissing her cheek. "That's... actually a good idea. I like that."

Anita couldn't help but blush. "Me too."

In the days that followed the gender reveal party, Mildred and Lucy rushed to help finish up the nursery for Victor and Anita's soon-to-be-born third child. Anita's parents purchased a lot of funny toys, especially ones that weren't exactly marketed towards babies. Everyone else made their own little contributions for the nursery, whether they actually pertained to being appropriate for babies or not. Soon, as if in no time at all, the nursery was finished. Anita looked around the finished nursery, eyeing every nook and cranny within her field of vision. Like the rest of the family, it was now waiting for their baby.

Anita sighed a little bit and sat down in the rocking chair. "Just three more months, sweetie. Then your father and siblings and I can finally meet you."

"You can't wait, can you?" she suddenly heard Victor ask.

She turned to see Victor sitting down next to her. She just shook her head.

"Yeah, me neither," Victor said in response. "I can't believe how close we're getting to becoming a family of five."

"Me neither," Anita rejoined. "Shouldn't be that much longer." All of a sudden, she felt a sharp pang against her stomach. "Lily just kicked."

"Ooh, can I feel it?" Victor asked excitedly.

"Of course you can." Anita laughed a little bit and she grabbed Victor's hand, placing it on where Lily had been kicking.

"Wow, she is going to town..." Victor muttered. "I bet Lily will be just like you, kicking ass whenever she can."

"Well, I don't know about that, but it is amazing, isn't it? We're having another little us, someone for Liam and Millie to protect and cherish at all times."

Victor nodded his head. "Yeah..."

Anita couldn't believe it. As if out of thin air, she'd forgotten why she was so worried about this pregnancy. Despite her fears, nothing outwardly bad seemed to have happened so far. It seemed like everything would turn out great in the end.