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Later that day.
I've told Rolfe. It's a good thing I waited till after dinner, because if I told him then I
think he would have choked! He might even be more excited than I am! We've a
already started to pick out baby names. We want the gender of the child to be a
surprise, so we are picking out girl and boy names. Tomorrow we are going to tell
the rest of the family. I told mother that she can tell father, but she said that she
would rather wait until I was there so I could tell him. When she said that, she had a
mischievous look her eye. I know she's up to something! Rolfe and I are so exited
that we can't get to sleep. We talk through the night about the baby. We have
decided that is shall sleep in our bedroom till it's older, then it shall have the room
next to us. The room down the hall shall be changed into the nursery. We have
decided to let Frau Vogel deliver our baby. She is also the nurse midwife who
delivered me. After many hours, we finally fell asleep.
* * * * *
I am awakened by the smell of breakfast. I glance at the covers beside me and
realize that Rolfe had gotten up before me, even though today was a Saturday.
I shower. After I get dressed, I head to the dining room. Rolfe is sitting at the table,
reading the morning newspaper. When I enter, he sets the paper down.
"Good morning, Darling. I told the cook to go ahead and start breakfast."
"Good, I'm starving!"
I sit down at the table. A few moments later, the cook comes in and serves
breakfast. I start eating.
"Do you want to go over after breakfast, or do you want to wait, Liesl? If you don't
feel like it, I'm sure they would understand if we waited a few hours."
"I think we should go after breakfast, I don't think I could wait any longer to tell
them!"
Rolfe smiles, and leans over to kiss me.
After breakfast, we leave. It is a lovely spring day today, and the walk down the
street was very refreshing.
Rolfe rings the doorbell. I hear footsteps through the door, then someone opens it.
"Liesl, Rolfe! The children have been waiting. I told them that you have a surprise for
them, and they been trying to guess what it is for the last hour! Liesl, I also have a
surprise for you."
"What is it, Mother?"
"The Lord will show you in his own good time." She replies with a smile.
Rolfe and I enter the parlor, arm in arm. Everyone is gathered there. Father is
sitting in his favorite overstuffed chair. He is reading a book and trying not to look
excited. But I know that he wants to know what it is just as much as my brother and
sisters.
Rolfe and I sit on a loveseat that is against one of the walls.
"Liesl, Rolfe, what is your surprise?" asks Isabell.
"Well, Izzie, you are going to have a new playmate!"
Everyone starts talking at once.
"A new playmate?"
"Liesl's going to have a baby!"
Briggita exclaims, "We are going to be aunts and uncles!"
"I hope it's a boy this time, we have too many girls!" says Kurt, who was hoping that
Isabell would be a boy.
Mother interrupts them.
"Actually, you are going to have to new playmates!"
What?! Mother is going to have a baby! This is so exciting! Father has actually
dropped his book! He is really excited.
"But, Maria, you never told me!"
"I didn't find out until yesterday afternoon."
Father and Mother kiss, even though all the children are present. That is something
that they rarely do in front of the other children, mostly because mother is so
modest. The children aren't paying much attention anyways, they are too busy
talking about the babies. Rolfe and I kiss, too, and I can hardly wait until this baby
comes.
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Later that day.
I've told Rolfe. It's a good thing I waited till after dinner, because if I told him then I
think he would have choked! He might even be more excited than I am! We've a
already started to pick out baby names. We want the gender of the child to be a
surprise, so we are picking out girl and boy names. Tomorrow we are going to tell
the rest of the family. I told mother that she can tell father, but she said that she
would rather wait until I was there so I could tell him. When she said that, she had a
mischievous look her eye. I know she's up to something! Rolfe and I are so exited
that we can't get to sleep. We talk through the night about the baby. We have
decided that is shall sleep in our bedroom till it's older, then it shall have the room
next to us. The room down the hall shall be changed into the nursery. We have
decided to let Frau Vogel deliver our baby. She is also the nurse midwife who
delivered me. After many hours, we finally fell asleep.
* * * * *
I am awakened by the smell of breakfast. I glance at the covers beside me and
realize that Rolfe had gotten up before me, even though today was a Saturday.
I shower. After I get dressed, I head to the dining room. Rolfe is sitting at the table,
reading the morning newspaper. When I enter, he sets the paper down.
"Good morning, Darling. I told the cook to go ahead and start breakfast."
"Good, I'm starving!"
I sit down at the table. A few moments later, the cook comes in and serves
breakfast. I start eating.
"Do you want to go over after breakfast, or do you want to wait, Liesl? If you don't
feel like it, I'm sure they would understand if we waited a few hours."
"I think we should go after breakfast, I don't think I could wait any longer to tell
them!"
Rolfe smiles, and leans over to kiss me.
After breakfast, we leave. It is a lovely spring day today, and the walk down the
street was very refreshing.
Rolfe rings the doorbell. I hear footsteps through the door, then someone opens it.
"Liesl, Rolfe! The children have been waiting. I told them that you have a surprise for
them, and they been trying to guess what it is for the last hour! Liesl, I also have a
surprise for you."
"What is it, Mother?"
"The Lord will show you in his own good time." She replies with a smile.
Rolfe and I enter the parlor, arm in arm. Everyone is gathered there. Father is
sitting in his favorite overstuffed chair. He is reading a book and trying not to look
excited. But I know that he wants to know what it is just as much as my brother and
sisters.
Rolfe and I sit on a loveseat that is against one of the walls.
"Liesl, Rolfe, what is your surprise?" asks Isabell.
"Well, Izzie, you are going to have a new playmate!"
Everyone starts talking at once.
"A new playmate?"
"Liesl's going to have a baby!"
Briggita exclaims, "We are going to be aunts and uncles!"
"I hope it's a boy this time, we have too many girls!" says Kurt, who was hoping that
Isabell would be a boy.
Mother interrupts them.
"Actually, you are going to have to new playmates!"
What?! Mother is going to have a baby! This is so exciting! Father has actually
dropped his book! He is really excited.
"But, Maria, you never told me!"
"I didn't find out until yesterday afternoon."
Father and Mother kiss, even though all the children are present. That is something
that they rarely do in front of the other children, mostly because mother is so
modest. The children aren't paying much attention anyways, they are too busy
talking about the babies. Rolfe and I kiss, too, and I can hardly wait until this baby
comes.