Moving back on-board part 2

Gopher was shocked when he saw gates up on the staircases throughout the ship so that made him feel better about Gretel running as fast as her little legs could carry her and she could not enter the steps and get hurt as well

"Thanks Captain cause once this little one comes, I will have to have really look at where Gretel is" Gopher says

"No worries I set up a special baby area by the pool and each pool has a baby pool area set up so she can splash, and I am going to have a net up so she can't go into the big pool unless she has a life jacket on, or someone is with her" Merrill says cause he got Marisol and she was quite happy to be on board once again and his brothers will be coming on board and getting settled in their cabins before they sail

"Okay I think a walk on the new deck is in the card for you, me, Vicki and Emily" he says as he was going to see if Emily and Vicki were up for a walk on the new deck before dinner that night

"I am going to check on Julie and get Gretel settle who knows we might see you guys on deck" Gopher says as he was going to go to his cabin and check on Julie and see if she wants to go for a walk

Once Marshall and Milo were on board, they were going to join their brother and his girls on deck for their walk

(Later)

"Guys I want you to see this" Merrill says as he pulls out an engagement ring out of his pocket of his black coat

"Are you going to pop the question to Emily?" Marshall asks him

"Yeah, I plan on doing it at dinner and we will be planning the wedding and expanding the family I cannot picture being a dad ever" Merrill says as he was thinking of Vicki and Marisol as well cause those two girls were his world

"That is one pretty ring" Milo says cause Marisol wanted to go to her Uncle Marshall for a minute

"I know it is and we will get married in one of the ports of call or on the ship if the weather is not good" Merrill says to his brothers

"What time is dinner Merrill?" Marshall asks him

"Six and we are going to be eating as a family I invited dad to dinner tonight so we can catch up and just have family time I want Marisol to know her grandpa from the beginning" Merrill says as he was paged to the bridge

Marisol wanted her daddy and be with him and Merrill hated to have her cry out for him like that

"Okay sweetheart you can come up with me to the bridge cause the day after tomorrow we sail" Merrill says as he carries her to the bridge

(Vicki's room)

"Okay now to think of games for the baby shower" Vicki says cause she was going to have the shower while in port one day cause it was easier on Julie's mom and Gopher's mom to come and she was able to talk her dad into throwing Gopher a shower as well, so he was not left out

Vicki was able to get the food planned out and got to work in the invites cause she had to think of where the shower was going to be and she had to think of games for the shower and she was going to go with the baby food game, and she had to think of three more games before the shower comes and she had a while to go so she could take her time with the games and everything and she was going to have Gopher come as well cause she hated to leave him out, and she was going to have her dad come as well just to help out and keep her calm as well

(That night)

"Vicki you ready?" Merrill asks as he knocks on the door to her cabin cause he was going to take his favorite girls to dinner that night and all of the Stubbing's were going to be at the captain's table for dinner that night

"Coming dad" she says cause she was settling back in, planning the baby shower, and helping Gopher with Gretel's first birthday party cause Gopher was scared he was going to mess it up and Julie was going to hate him

Vicki opens the door and Vicki wasn't ready at all for supper

"What have you been doing?" Merrill asks her as he sees her in her street clothes

"Planning the baby shower, Gretel's birthday" Vicki says as she was going to get dressed for dinner that night

"Didn't you pay attention to the clock?" he asks her

"I lost all track of time cause I was planning the food for the shower as well as the games that are going to be played, and trying to get a jump on Gretel's birthday as well as Marisol's birthday" Vicki says as she was getting ready as well

"Wait you are planning Marisol's birthday too?" Merrill asks her

"Yeah, in six months she turns one and I want to give my sister the best birthday" Vicki says as she comes out in her dress

"Vicki, have you put on weight?" Merrill asks her when he saw that she was heavier then normal right now cause she has been skinny this whole time and now she has put on some weight so Merrill was worried for Vicki

"Yeah, it's been from the stress of being up with Marisol off and on cause she is in anew stage where she wants her mom and not you hence why the baby monitor has been gone from your room" Vicki says cause she had to come up with someway to cover up for the weight she had put on out of the blue

"I was wondering where the baby monitor went" he says as he saw the baby monitor on Vicki's desk right now

"I had it dad don't worry this stage is about over and she will want you more again" Vicki says as she went into the bathroom

Merrill was going to take her to see Doc once dinner was over to see what was going on with Vicki