Grand-Parental Visit
8:00 came the next morning and there was a knock at the door.
"MOM!" Cory exclaimed.
"Hi Cory! Topanga, Shawn, Angela...how is everybody?" Amy asked.
"FINE!"
"Where's Dad?" Cory asked.
"He had to stay at home, someone has to be around and keep an eye on Morgan," Amy said.
"Isn't she coming?" Shawn asked.
"She's out with the flu, Shawn," Amy replied.
"Sorry to hear that," Shawn responded.
"Well she's doing better, I told her about you and the babies, I think that perked her up a bit," Amy said.
"I'll bet she's just too gosh darn excited about being an aunt," Cory said.
"She's taking it well, but Gabrielle is a bit confused," Amy explained, "so, where's Eric?"
"You mean he didn't come with you?" Angela asked.
"Hey everybody, I'm here!" Eric came in the doorway.
"Eric, where were you?" Amy asked.
"Hi Mom! I got stuck in the elevator between the 3rd and 4th floor," Eric explained.
"What happened?" Topanga asked.
"Some old couple was bickering on which floor to stop at," he said, "hey Angela, I did some thinking the other night, what's one thing you need for a nursery?"
"A crib?" Angela asked.
"Well yeah but......I'll be back in a second."
Eric went out into the hall and dragged something in.
"What is it?" Topanga asked.
"It's a miniature set of swings for the kids, you know, small baby swings, strap them in and they don't go real high, just back and forth a bit, I thought it would come in handy if I got a multiple set seeing as how you two are probably going to deliver around the same time," Eric explained.
"You sure this is still your brother?" Topanga asked Cory.
"When I first saw him again, I thought aliens kidnapped him, but apparently, this is just a side of Eric NO one's ever seen before," Cory said.
"Eric, you've lost a lot of weight!" Amy noticed.
"Oh yeah, I was reeeeal stumpy in college, put on a good 30 pounds by the end of the 4 years. Took a while, but I finally slimmed down, lost 23," Eric said.
"Well, we are so proud of you!" Topanga said.
"Oh yeah? How come you didn't mention it last night?" Eric asked.
"We didn't notice between you painting the nursery, having dinner, putting wallpaper up in the nursery and leaving," Angela said.
"Isn't it a bit early to be working on the nursery though? I mean, the regular gestation period is 9 months," Amy said.
"But some babies come earlier, and we don't know how far along Angela and Topanga really are, and we're going to be doing so much working the next few months, we don't want the kids to move into an unfinished nursery," Cory said.
"Which reminds me, I was doing some thinking about what you said Eric, about putting down carpeting so they won't fall and get hurt, so I called a couple of professionals to do it, they said they can get the job done in a couple of hours," Shawn said.
"Really?" Eric asked.
"Yeah, all we need to do is move the furniture," Shawn answered.
"How much is this going to cost?" Amy asked.
"It's not important," Cory said.
"It is too, you have 2 babies on the way, you need all the money you can save...I'm going to pick up the charge for this one," Amy said.
"Mom, you don't have to," Cory said.
"That's right, I don't have to, but I want to, and besides, I'm doing it partly because I'm going to be a grandmother, and that's my job, when parents say 'no', grandmothers get to tell kids 'yes'," Amy said.
"That reminds me, Mom, you got to talk to the kids last night, could I have a word with them?" Eric asked.
"Sure, they say a baby should come to recognize voices while still in the womb," Topanga said.
Eric chose to speak with Topanga's baby first.
"Hello fetus, when you're ready, come out and meet us," Eric said.
"You've been watching Lifetime again, haven't you?" Shawn asked.
"Just the Nanny and Golden Girls," Eric answered.
"You know, if the people are coming to put down a carpet, we better get to work, they could get here pretty soon," Angela said.
"Good idea, I'll get the dresser, Shawn, you get the table, and Eric, you get the trunk," Cory said.
"And I say we go out to eat," Angela said, "I'm starved."
"That's natural, have you gotten any strange cravings lately?" Amy asked.
"No, but my obstatrician said that's just for movies and television," Angela replied.
"I always had some strange craving when I was first pregnant, of course, that was with Eric...Cory, it was a little odd, Morgan and Gabrielle were just fine," Amy said.
"Did you have morning sickness?" Angela asked.
"3 times, each time was great in the end, it was always an easy birth, Gabrielle there was a little trouble with, but as you can see, he's just fine these days," Amy said, "that reminds me, I brought over a home video from last week, we can watch it before those people come."
"Great, I was wondering what's been happening this month," Cory said, as he put the dresser down.
For 3 & 1/2 hours, they saw Morgan bringing home straight A report cards, Gabrielle learning to read and write, and putting together a castle and complete kingdom with his building blocks, Alan bringing home larger paychecks than he used to make, the family throwing a retirement party for their neighbors of 13 years, and they edited in a video postcard from Mister Feeny, who was on honeymoon in BoraBora with his new wife, Samantha. Everyone had been to the wedding, but Mister Feeny had been sick for a while, so they weren't able to go on honeymoon right away...
After Shawn sent the men to work on the nursery floor, they decided to go out for a couple of hours for a good time. They saw a movie and went out for lunch, then came back, Amy paid the men for their work, and they started working on the baby furniture.
"Crib," Topanga read.
"Check," Cory answered.
"Changing table."
"Check."
"Baby swing."
"Check."
"Toy box."
"Check."
"Playpen."
"Check."
"High chairs."
"Check."
"Why do you have high chairs in here?" Shawn asked.
"There're only staying in here until we decide where to put them in the kitchen," Topanga replied.
"Well, I've had a great time, but I really should be going," Amy said, "goodbye Topanga, goodbye Cory, goodbye Eric, goodbye Shawn, goodbye Angela, good luck with the babies."
"Mom, you are coming back, aren't you?" Cory asked.
"Oh yes, I just mean that sometimes, women have problems before the full gestation period is up," Amy replied.
"Well, we're going to the doctor's tomorrow to see how everything's going, goodbye Mrs. Matthews!" Angela said.
"Goodbye," Amy stepped out.
"Eric, are you going too?" Cory asked.
"Yeah, I have to, I told my wife I'd be gone for most of the day, but she's going to bite my head off when I get back, so I better get a head start, bye guys!" Eric called.
"It sure was good having them here," Topanga said.
"Yep, but I'm glad they're gone now," Angela said, "Cory, you have a wonderful mother, but sometimes she gets on my nerves with all of her information on being a mother."
"She gets that way, she always gets excited when someone's expecting...Once our neighbor Mrs. Waters, got pregnant, she threw a baby shower and invited every female in the neighborhood," Cory explained.
"Well, I'm going to bed, I'm exhausted, goodnight Shawn," Angela said.
"Goodnight."
"Same here Cory, goodnight."
"Good night!"
Everyone went their ways for the night, Shawn was in bed reading a book when Cory came in.
"What're you doing?"
"Reading "How to Plan the Perfect Family", I know rightaway the title's a big lie, but it might give us a few pointers," Shawn said.
"I don't know about you, but I can't wait until I become a father," Cory said.
"I'm pretty excited myself, I wonder what our families will be like in 8 months," Shawn said.
"Forget 8 months, I wonder what our families will be like in a few years," Cory thought.
"Maybe we should sleep on it," Shawn turned out the lights.
"Not a bad idea," Cory said.
End of chapter 6.
8:00 came the next morning and there was a knock at the door.
"MOM!" Cory exclaimed.
"Hi Cory! Topanga, Shawn, Angela...how is everybody?" Amy asked.
"FINE!"
"Where's Dad?" Cory asked.
"He had to stay at home, someone has to be around and keep an eye on Morgan," Amy said.
"Isn't she coming?" Shawn asked.
"She's out with the flu, Shawn," Amy replied.
"Sorry to hear that," Shawn responded.
"Well she's doing better, I told her about you and the babies, I think that perked her up a bit," Amy said.
"I'll bet she's just too gosh darn excited about being an aunt," Cory said.
"She's taking it well, but Gabrielle is a bit confused," Amy explained, "so, where's Eric?"
"You mean he didn't come with you?" Angela asked.
"Hey everybody, I'm here!" Eric came in the doorway.
"Eric, where were you?" Amy asked.
"Hi Mom! I got stuck in the elevator between the 3rd and 4th floor," Eric explained.
"What happened?" Topanga asked.
"Some old couple was bickering on which floor to stop at," he said, "hey Angela, I did some thinking the other night, what's one thing you need for a nursery?"
"A crib?" Angela asked.
"Well yeah but......I'll be back in a second."
Eric went out into the hall and dragged something in.
"What is it?" Topanga asked.
"It's a miniature set of swings for the kids, you know, small baby swings, strap them in and they don't go real high, just back and forth a bit, I thought it would come in handy if I got a multiple set seeing as how you two are probably going to deliver around the same time," Eric explained.
"You sure this is still your brother?" Topanga asked Cory.
"When I first saw him again, I thought aliens kidnapped him, but apparently, this is just a side of Eric NO one's ever seen before," Cory said.
"Eric, you've lost a lot of weight!" Amy noticed.
"Oh yeah, I was reeeeal stumpy in college, put on a good 30 pounds by the end of the 4 years. Took a while, but I finally slimmed down, lost 23," Eric said.
"Well, we are so proud of you!" Topanga said.
"Oh yeah? How come you didn't mention it last night?" Eric asked.
"We didn't notice between you painting the nursery, having dinner, putting wallpaper up in the nursery and leaving," Angela said.
"Isn't it a bit early to be working on the nursery though? I mean, the regular gestation period is 9 months," Amy said.
"But some babies come earlier, and we don't know how far along Angela and Topanga really are, and we're going to be doing so much working the next few months, we don't want the kids to move into an unfinished nursery," Cory said.
"Which reminds me, I was doing some thinking about what you said Eric, about putting down carpeting so they won't fall and get hurt, so I called a couple of professionals to do it, they said they can get the job done in a couple of hours," Shawn said.
"Really?" Eric asked.
"Yeah, all we need to do is move the furniture," Shawn answered.
"How much is this going to cost?" Amy asked.
"It's not important," Cory said.
"It is too, you have 2 babies on the way, you need all the money you can save...I'm going to pick up the charge for this one," Amy said.
"Mom, you don't have to," Cory said.
"That's right, I don't have to, but I want to, and besides, I'm doing it partly because I'm going to be a grandmother, and that's my job, when parents say 'no', grandmothers get to tell kids 'yes'," Amy said.
"That reminds me, Mom, you got to talk to the kids last night, could I have a word with them?" Eric asked.
"Sure, they say a baby should come to recognize voices while still in the womb," Topanga said.
Eric chose to speak with Topanga's baby first.
"Hello fetus, when you're ready, come out and meet us," Eric said.
"You've been watching Lifetime again, haven't you?" Shawn asked.
"Just the Nanny and Golden Girls," Eric answered.
"You know, if the people are coming to put down a carpet, we better get to work, they could get here pretty soon," Angela said.
"Good idea, I'll get the dresser, Shawn, you get the table, and Eric, you get the trunk," Cory said.
"And I say we go out to eat," Angela said, "I'm starved."
"That's natural, have you gotten any strange cravings lately?" Amy asked.
"No, but my obstatrician said that's just for movies and television," Angela replied.
"I always had some strange craving when I was first pregnant, of course, that was with Eric...Cory, it was a little odd, Morgan and Gabrielle were just fine," Amy said.
"Did you have morning sickness?" Angela asked.
"3 times, each time was great in the end, it was always an easy birth, Gabrielle there was a little trouble with, but as you can see, he's just fine these days," Amy said, "that reminds me, I brought over a home video from last week, we can watch it before those people come."
"Great, I was wondering what's been happening this month," Cory said, as he put the dresser down.
For 3 & 1/2 hours, they saw Morgan bringing home straight A report cards, Gabrielle learning to read and write, and putting together a castle and complete kingdom with his building blocks, Alan bringing home larger paychecks than he used to make, the family throwing a retirement party for their neighbors of 13 years, and they edited in a video postcard from Mister Feeny, who was on honeymoon in BoraBora with his new wife, Samantha. Everyone had been to the wedding, but Mister Feeny had been sick for a while, so they weren't able to go on honeymoon right away...
After Shawn sent the men to work on the nursery floor, they decided to go out for a couple of hours for a good time. They saw a movie and went out for lunch, then came back, Amy paid the men for their work, and they started working on the baby furniture.
"Crib," Topanga read.
"Check," Cory answered.
"Changing table."
"Check."
"Baby swing."
"Check."
"Toy box."
"Check."
"Playpen."
"Check."
"High chairs."
"Check."
"Why do you have high chairs in here?" Shawn asked.
"There're only staying in here until we decide where to put them in the kitchen," Topanga replied.
"Well, I've had a great time, but I really should be going," Amy said, "goodbye Topanga, goodbye Cory, goodbye Eric, goodbye Shawn, goodbye Angela, good luck with the babies."
"Mom, you are coming back, aren't you?" Cory asked.
"Oh yes, I just mean that sometimes, women have problems before the full gestation period is up," Amy replied.
"Well, we're going to the doctor's tomorrow to see how everything's going, goodbye Mrs. Matthews!" Angela said.
"Goodbye," Amy stepped out.
"Eric, are you going too?" Cory asked.
"Yeah, I have to, I told my wife I'd be gone for most of the day, but she's going to bite my head off when I get back, so I better get a head start, bye guys!" Eric called.
"It sure was good having them here," Topanga said.
"Yep, but I'm glad they're gone now," Angela said, "Cory, you have a wonderful mother, but sometimes she gets on my nerves with all of her information on being a mother."
"She gets that way, she always gets excited when someone's expecting...Once our neighbor Mrs. Waters, got pregnant, she threw a baby shower and invited every female in the neighborhood," Cory explained.
"Well, I'm going to bed, I'm exhausted, goodnight Shawn," Angela said.
"Goodnight."
"Same here Cory, goodnight."
"Good night!"
Everyone went their ways for the night, Shawn was in bed reading a book when Cory came in.
"What're you doing?"
"Reading "How to Plan the Perfect Family", I know rightaway the title's a big lie, but it might give us a few pointers," Shawn said.
"I don't know about you, but I can't wait until I become a father," Cory said.
"I'm pretty excited myself, I wonder what our families will be like in 8 months," Shawn said.
"Forget 8 months, I wonder what our families will be like in a few years," Cory thought.
"Maybe we should sleep on it," Shawn turned out the lights.
"Not a bad idea," Cory said.
End of chapter 6.