Ch. 13: Family Time

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A/N: I was told that some one was unable to get to chapter 12. (Which is really a shame. Good chapter!) Please let me know if this continues, and I'll re-load it. Thanks!

The next few days flew by for the Kinkirks. Kevin took time off from work to be home with his wife and daughter. Lucy and Kevin loved the fact that they were now a family. They took every opportunity to sign things: The Kinkirk Family: Kevin, Lucy, and Melissa. The Camdens loved to visit their new grand daughter and niece. Ruthie insisted that Melissa call her Aunt Ruthie, even though she was only 5 days old. Annie waited upon Lucy and the baby at every chance, but for the most part, Kevin had taken over that job.
Mary only got to stay in town until the day after Melissa was born, but she called every day to check on her sister and niece. Lucy's favorite baby announcement was when she got to call Sarah and Matt. They were so exited. They wanted to fly out to see Melissa immediately, but because Sarah was pregnant, they scheduled a visit for after her baby was born. Now Sarah was ecstatic about her the birth of her son. She counted the days until her due date. Matt loved to see his wife so happy. Then one day, Lucy received a call from Sarah in the afternoon. "Hello?" Lucy answered "Lucy, it's Sarah!" She told Lucy. "Sarah!" Lucy cried into the phone. "How are you?" She asked. "I'm good." Sarah answered. "So is the baby. I had another appointment today" She told her. "Is everything going as is supposed to?" Lucy asked. "Yeah" Sarah began. "Perfectly. But." "What?" Lucy cried. "Tell me! What's going on is the baby all right?" Sarah laughed. "Fine. My due date just got moved up again." She said excitedly. "To when?" Lucy asked happily. "September 3rd." Sarah said. "It's 11 days sooner." "Awesome!" Lucy told her sister-in-law warmly. Now you can come out to see us even sooner! "Yeah."Sarah said unconvincingly. "What's wrong?" Lucy asked. Sarah didn't respond for a few seconds, but slowly she answered. "How bad does it hurt?" Sarah asked, speaking of labor. Lucy laughed apologetically. "Do you really want me to answer that?" Lucy asked with another laugh. "Not really" Sarah told her. "Oh I have to go, Lucy. Matt's home. We're going out to dinner" "All right. Tell my big brother that the baby and I say hi" She said warmly. "I will." "Ok. Bye" Lucy said "Bye"
Lucy hung up her phone and turned to her husband who was standing behind her. "I just put Melissa down for her nap" He told Lucy.
"Nap time for mom too." Lucy said, and laughed. Melissa had kept them up all night.
She entered her room quietly. As she lay down on her bed she looked over at her small daughter sleeping in her bassinet on the floor. 'That's my baby' she thought to herself. 'My little girl.'