April 12th, 2003

Week 16

Faith sat down on the living room couch. Charlie grinned resting his head on Faith's stomach. It was getting obviously that she was pregnant. These past two weeks, she had just exploded. She looked like she had swallowed a cantaloupe.

"Can the baby hear me?" Charlie asked. Faith smiled, running her hand over her son's head and nodded.

"Yup. The baby can hear everything, even when you and Emily fight." She said.

"Opps sorry." Charlie said to the baby, "Hi. It's Charlie. I hope you're a boy." Faith chuckled.

"You want a brother?" She asked. Charlie nodded.

"Yeah. It'd be super cool. We can gang up on Em." He grinned.

"Oh lord." She swatted Charlie, "And what if I have a girl?"

"We can still gang up on Emily." Charlie said. Faith shook her head.

"You're impossible." She smiled, "You know, you're going to be a big brother so you're going to have a lot more of responsibilities. You're going to be this baby's role model." Charlie thought about that for a moment.

"I might be able to do that." He said, "But you know, I have baseball and school so a lot of my time will be taken up. I could pencil the baby in." He said as he sat up.

"Pencil him in?" She snickered, "Is your personal so busy you cant fit family in?" Charlie nodded.

"I do have a life, Ma." He said. Faith snickered.

"Hopefully, you don't have a girlfriend." She said. Charlie wrinkled his nose.

"Um, no. That's gross." He said.
"You know, buddy. Someday you're going to love girls."

"Someday maybe, but not today." Charlie said. "They're gross."

"Hey!" Faith laughed, "I'm a girl."

"No you're not. You're a mom." Charlie chuckled. "An old Mom."

"I am not old, Charles." Faith said.

"You're older than me so you're old." He said.

"I'm not thirty-five yet, so I'm not old." Faith said.

"So, when you're thirty-five you're old?" Charlie asked knowing he was teasing his mother. Faith groaned.

"No. When you're ninety-five you're old, until then you're young and beautiful." She said.

"I never said you weren't beautiful." Charlie said. Faith smiled slightly.

"So you think I'm beautiful?" She asked.

"Jeez, you're my ma." Charlie blushed.

"I'm your mother so tell me." She snickered.

"Yeah. You're beautiful okay?" Charlie groaned blushing. Faith laughed hugging her son.

"You're good for the ego, you know that?" She asked.

"Is an ego a bad thing or a good thing?" Charlie asked.

"Both, I suppose." Faith said.

"Oh. Okay." Charlie shrugged as he rubbed Faith's stomach.

"Go see if Emily has walked Noelle and if she has the I want the two of you to clean your rooms, okay?" She asked. Charlie groaned as he got up.

"Fine. Fine." He muttered shuffling out of the room. Faith chuckled rubbing her stomach.

April 26th, 2003

Week 18

Bosco felt sick to his stomach. Going to the ob-gyn always did this to him. The fact that they were going to try to find the baby's sex out was even more nerve racking.

"Are you going to help me?" Faith sat in the car looking at him.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" Bosco went to back to the car and extended his hand, "I forgot."

"It's okay." She said, pulling herself out. "It's just getting harder to maneuver lately."

"Yeah, I know. You'll need to remind me to help every now and again." Bosco chuckled leading his wife into the office; "This is my first pregnancy after all."

"So you keep telling me." She winked. Faith signed in and sat down.

"Why do these kind of offices always have vaginas on the wall?" He asked.
"Because that's what they specialize in." Faith giggled.

"Man. I should have became an OBGYN instead of a cop." Bosco winked. Faith shook her head and read through a magazine.

"And you keep reminding me why I married you." Faith winked as Dr White stepped out of his office.

"Boscorelli." He said. Faith and Bosco got up.

"Here we go." Faith said. Bosco smiled nervously.

"Faith. Maurice. How are the two of you doing?" Dr. White asked as They walked in.

"Oh I'm fine." Faith smiled, "Just tired and sore. It's all the usual stuff."

"Yeah it is." Dr. White chuckled as he helped Faith up onto the table, "And you, Maurice?"

"Oh. Ah. I'm okay. Still getting used to the idea of being a father I suppose." He said. Dr. White chuckled.

"That's normal for first timers." He said, "Well, today is the day we're going to try to find out the sex correct?" Faith nodded.

"If the baby is cooperating." She said. Dr. White chuckled softly lifting up Faith's shirt.

"Very true." He said. Bosco smiled softly at Faith.

"This is exciting.' He said.

"Wait until you see how much the baby has grown since the last ultrasound." Faith smiled.

"All right. Let's see." Dr. White said moving the ultrasound around. "There's the baby."

"Wow." Bosco smiled, "It looks like a real baby."

"It is a real baby." Faith chuckled.

"It looks very healthy. Heartbeat is strong. It's waving at us." Dr. White smiled. Faith's heart pitter-pattered.

"Can you see the sex?" She asked.

"Hold on." Dr. White chuckled. "Are you sure you want to know the sex?"

"I do. Really, I need to know." Faith said.

"I don't think I could wait any longer." Bosco said, "I've been waiting long enough." Dr. White chuckled.

"In that case. You…are….having…. A boy." Dr. White said. Bosco's heart stopped.

"I'm having boy?" Faith asked, "Are you sure?"

"Ninety-nine percent sure." Dr. White said.

"That's so great!" Faith grinned brightly, "A boy. Bosco, we're having a boy." He nodded slowly, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." He whispered. Faith chuckled as she got up.

"Shell shocked." Faith smiled. "Same time next month, Dr. White?"

"Of course." He chuckled. After a brief conversation with Dr. White, Faith led Bosco out of the office. Bosco was still silent.

"Sweetie, are you okay?" She asked. Bosco's arms shot around her and started hugging her fiercely.

"A boy! We're having a boy!!" He cheered swinging Faith around.

"Oh lord!!" Faith giggled wildly. "I take it you're happy."

"Happy doesn't describe it, Faith." Bosco was grinning from ear to ear. "Thank you, Faith." He kissed faith, "Thank you so much, sweetheart."

"Well, it wasn't just me who got me pregnant." Faith chuckled, "If that happened to women, there would be like a billion more people on this Earth." Bosc laughed.

"That maybe true." Bosco kissed Faith again. "A boy. I am going to have a son."

"Charlie will be happy." She said.

"I think Charlie will be as happy as me." He laughed, "Let's go tell them." Bosco took his wife's hand and walked to the car A boy. Things were great.