Chapter 32
The next morning Kaitlyn sat in the waiting room of the doctors office, leafing through a magazine. She looked up and saw Gary standing in front of her.
"You're actually on time." She said surprised.
"I told you I'd be here." He said as he leaned down and kissed her.
"Mrs. Hobson." The nurse called. Kaitlyn got up and headed towards her. "We're ready. Mr. Hobson, I'll come back and get you in a few minutes."
"Okay." Gary said as he sat down in a chair.
Kaitlyn followed her into the ultrasound room. The nurse handed her a gown.
"You can take your blouse off, put this on and get up on the table. The technician will be in shortly. I'll bring your husband back with me."
"Okay." Kaitlyn said.
She was waiting patiently, when the door opened and the technician came in.
"Hi. I'm Nancy. I'm going to be doing your ultrasound." She said.
"Is this your first baby?" She asked.
"No this will be my third." Kaitlyn smiled.
"So you know the drill, huh?" Nancy asked.
"Yeah, but go easy on my husband. This is his first." Kaitlyn joked.
As if on cue the nurse opened the door and brought Gary into the room.
"You must be Dad. You can have a seat over there on the other side of the table." Nancy said. Gary walked over and sat down in the chair.
"Okay Mrs. Hobson, if you can pull the gown up a little bit, we'll get started." She said.
She started the ultrasound. Kaitlyn reached over and took Gary's hand. "Look up there." Kaitlyn said as she pointed to the television. Gary looked up.
"Is that an arm?" Gary asked.
"Yeah." Nancy said. "I'm going to go through the checklist here first and take some measurements. Then I'll point some things out to you."
"Okay." Kaitlyn said.
A few minutes passed before the technician spoke.
"I'm going to have the doctor come in to verify something for me." She said.
"Is something wrong?" Kaitlyn asked quickly.
"No. There is nothing wrong. I just want her to look at something." She said as she picked up the telephone and said, "Could you send Dr. Jeffries in please."
"Hi, Kaitlyn." Dr. Jeffries said when she came into the room. "How are you doing?"
"Okay." Kaitlyn said.
"Take a look at this." Nancy said as she moved the ultrasound conductor across Kaitlyn's stomach. "There is a heartbeat."
"There is another heartbeat." Dr. Jeffries said.
"She already said that." Gary said.
"Well, we said it twice because, there are two heartbeats." Dr. Jeffries said with a smile. "Kaitlyn, you're having twins."
"What?" Kaitlyn asked shocked. She turned and looked at Gary. "We're having twins."
"Really? You're sure?" Gary asked.
"Yep, there is definitely two babies in there." Dr. Jeffries said. "Congratulations."
"No wonder I'm so huge." Kaitlyn said.
Gary leaned down and kissed Kaitlyn. "Two babies." He said.
"Do you want to know what they are?" Nancy asked.
"No." Kaitlyn said right away. "We want to wait." Kaitlyn looked at Gary. "So, we could be having two boys, two girls or one of each." Kaitlyn said with a smile.
"Two babies." Gary whispered as he looked at the television monitor. He turned to Kaitlyn. "I told you I knew what I was doing." He said with a sly smile. Gary spent the next few months showing everyone he met the ultrasound pictures he carried in his wallet.