She entered their apartment and put her stuff in the bedroom and pulled out
a pair of cotton shorts and spaghetti strapped top and went in to take a
shower before Bobby returned. The hot water eased the tension in her
muscles and put some life back into her worn out body. Fifteen minutes
later she headed into the living room and put on a soothing CD and lit some
candles around the living room and turned the
lights off so she could rest for a bit. As the music began to play she lay
on the couch thinking of the baby she was carrying and waited for Bobby to
come home.
Bobby couldn't wait to see Kim again. It had been torture on him to leave her for almost two weeks, but now he was back home. As he entered the dimly lit apartment, he saw her stretched out on the couch, illuminated by the soft glow of the candles she'd lit. He knelt down next to the couch and gently kissed her, bringing her out of her trance-like state. Her eyes fluttered open and smiled up at him as she sat up, making room for him to sit down. He noticed she looked paler than normal and immediately became concerned.
"Are you feeling ok?" he asked as he put his hand on her forehead to make sure she wasn't running a fever.
"I'm fine." she replied softly, happy to have him back and anxious to tell him the good news.
Bobby pulled her close and said, "God I missed you while I was gone."
"I missed you too." she replied quietly as she rested her head against his chest as he put his arms around her waist.
"How did things go for the two weeks I was gone." He asked.
"Pretty routine. Nothing out of the ordinary from what we are used to seeing. As well as being thankful I didn't have to put up with Carlos for two weeks." she replied as the stress of the past couple weeks was starting to catch up with her.
Bobby began to laugh and said, "He's not that bad. I'm sure you could have handled it if you had been working with him."
"Oh no, trust me. It would have been a knockdown drag out match," she said snickering, forcing herself to stay awake.
"Come on, you look exhausted, lets get you to bed." he said gently as he helped her off the sofa.
"I've got to tell him." Kim said to herself as she forced herself to stay awake, but her body had other plans.
She felt his arm around her waist, helping her slowly towards the other room. Almost as soon as she lay down she was sound asleep. Bobby thought it was kind of odd for her to be this wore out but didn't think anything of it, she probably just pushed herself too hard the past couple of weeks. Around two-thirty in the morning Kim woke up feeling extremely nauseated. She quietly slipped out of bed and headed to the bathroom trying not to wake up Bobby. Where she hadn't eaten anything since the day before all she had were dry heaves. After the heaves had past, she went into the kitchen to fix something to drink to try and settle her stomach a bit. As she sipped on a glass of water, Bobby came in a short time later and said, "What are you doing up?"
"Just felt a bit nauseous that's all." she replied, taking another sip of water.
"When have you last eaten?" he asked as he sat down beside her.
"Not since yesterday afternoon, the guys were cooking some god awful stuff at work that just about made me sick and I haven't been able to eat since." she replied looking over at him.
"Do you want me to go get something for you?" he asked, thinking where the nearest 24-hr grocery store was.
"I hate to ask you to, but if you wouldn't mind that would be great." she replied as another wave of nausea swept through her.
"Make a list of what you want and I'll go change." he said standing up to get dressed.
Kim grabbed a piece of paper and an ink pen and wrote down a list of thirteen items for him to bring back.
When he returned, she handed him the list and took another drink of water as he looked over what she'd written.
"What on earth is she going to do with Vanilla Ice cream, hot fudge and dill sandwich pickles and gummy worms and ranch dressing?" he asked himself as he scanned over the rest of the list.
He glanced over at her and said, "Is there anything else you need?" still trying to make sense of the list she'd given him.
"That's all I can think of for now, if I think of anything else I'll call you." she replied quietly as another wave of nausea past through her system.
He gently kissed her on the head and headed for the front door. Kim got up and searched through the cabinets and found some saltine crackers and began to nibble on them till Bobby got back. Ten minutes later she thought of six more things she might want to snack on later on and called his cell.
"I hate to do this to you but could you add a couple more things to the list I gave you?"
"Sure, what else needs to be added." he asked as he grabbed an ink pen.
"Potato chips, strawberry sauce, green peppers, jalapeno pepper sauce, ricotta cheese, Sierra Mist soda and apple cider." she replied.
He wrote down the list of things she'd told him and knew something wasn't right. "I'll be home in about fifteen minutes and fix you something to eat." He replied as he headed into the store with the most bizarre grocery list he'd ever seen in his life. He gathered everything on the list and headed to pay for the stuff and head home.
On his way home he saw Alex leaving Haggerty's and stopped and talked to her for a bit.
"Hey you, what's up?" he asked her.
"Not much, you?" she replied, noticing it didn't look like he knew anything was up.
"Late night grocery run," He replied; "I swear I've never seen such a bizarre grocery list in my life."
"Really? What all did she want?" She asked, trying not to let on that she knew what was going on.
"What would a person want with gummy worms and Ranch salad dressing?" Bobby asked her.
"Not a clue." she replied, the thought of eating that turned her stomach.
"I'd better let you get home." Alex replied as she got ready to head down the street.
"You want a ride?" he asked.
"Nah, I'll be fine. It's a short walk anyway and I could use the exercise." she replied smiling.
"Ok, see you later." Bobby replied as he pulled off.
Alex waved back and said to herself chuckling, "She still hasn't told him, although I'm surprised he hasn't figured something's out of whack with a grocery list like that."
A short time later he pulled up in front of their apartment and grabbed the bags from the passenger seat and headed back up to where Kim was. As he unlocked the door, he saw her sitting on the couch and headed into the kitchen to put everything up. After getting the stuff put up, he headed back to where she was and said, "What do you want me to fix you?"
"A little bit of ice cream with a drizzle of hot fudge and three pickle slices with some apple cider." she replied, leaning against the couch as she felt lightheaded again.
"All in the same bowl?" he asked somewhat confused.
"Yeah, why?" she asked as she massaged her temples briefly.
"Just a strange combination that's all." he replied as he got everything together for her.
A short time later he carried the bowl and glass of cider in and sat down next to her.
"Are you sure nothing happened while I was gone?" he asked puzzled by her sudden change in appetite.
After taking a bite of the ice cream sundae with hot fudge and pickles she said, "I meant to tell you this earlier but I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to say it."
"What's on your mind?" he asked as she lay across his lap still eating the most disgusting concoction of a sundae he'd ever seen in his life.
"Earlier in the week when I was working with Alex I got extremely lightheaded and we went back to the station when I just about got sick from what the guys were cooking. Later on it hit me what could be causing it and my prediction was right." she began to say.
"What were you right about?" he asked curiously.
She put the ice cream down and took his right hand and put it on her stomach and said smiling, "I found out we're having a baby."
"Did you just say we're." he broke off, unable to finish his sentence after what he just heard.
"Having a baby? You heard right." she said smiling, looking up into his eyes.
"How far along are you?" he asked as he wiped tears of happiness from his eyes.
"About four weeks." she replied as she took another bite of ice cream.
"Does anyone else know?" he asked as he tried to block out the smell of pickles and ice cream together.
"Alex does, but I told her not to tell anyone because I wanted to tell you first." she replied softly.
"Will your appetite get any stranger?" he asked curiously.
"Possibly, because of all the hormones, why?" she replied as she finished the last bit of ice cream.
"Just wondering, that way I won't be as surprised next time you hand me a bizarre looking grocery list." he said chuckling.
"Very funny." she replied giggling as she got up to take the dishes back into the kitchen.
He followed along, just incase she got lightheaded all of a sudden or incase she felt like she was going to be sick.
"Ready to head back to bed for a bit?" he asked, seeing that it was almost 3:30 in the morning.
"Sure," she replied smiling as she made her way into the other room with him not too far behind her.
A short time later she was sound asleep again and Bobby lay awake next to her for hours because all he could think about was the baby that was growing inside of her. He'd always wanted to have children and having her being the one carrying the baby made it much more special. As she slept on, he placed his hand on her stomach and whispered softly, "Las bendiciones sobre usted, mi bebé no nacido aún Seguramente dentro de dormido y tan entibiar, el Sueño debe venir fácil a los que son no nacido aún, Cuando el fabricante tan idea silenciosamente su forma. El sueño, mientras usted puede, así que aguado y entibiar, Para fuera de este mundo es una tempestad terrible, Pronto usted descubrirá el sabor de sus lágrimas, así que duerme ahora mi amó uno, mi Bebé, mi Estimado. "
After he'd finished he drifted off to sleep, with the thoughts of his future son or daughter playing across his mind. Morning came quickly for the two of them, but luckily both he and Kim were off this weekend so he let her sleep, because she needed all the rest she could get. He carefully got up and fixed a cup of coffee and sat back down next to Kim as she slept. He gently pulled her over towards him and cradled her sleeping form in his arms and began to wonder what their child would look like.
A short time later he dozed off with Kim in his arms when he heard the sound of the phone ringing. He picked up the phone and spoke quietly into it, hearing Jimmy's voice on the other end wanting to know if Kim was around because Joey wanted to ask her something. When he told Jimmy she was still asleep he became worried because he knew that she never slept late on a weekend. Bobby assured Jimmy she was fine, just really tired after last night's shift at work. Several minutes later Joey was on the phone, asking if he'd left one of his video games at the apartment. Bobby put the phone down and gently laid Kim back down and went to check on the video game Joey had asked about. When he picked the phone back up and told Joey it was here, he heard Joey ask if they could come over and pick it up. Jimmy got back on the phone and told Bobby if it were ok with him they'd be over to pick the game up shortly. He replied that was fine and he'd see them shortly.
He got up and put on a pair of windsuit pants and a clean shirt since they were coming over. Ten minutes later there was a knock at the front door and Bobby headed to let Jimmy and Joey in. Jimmy had warned his son to be quiet since his mother was still asleep so he wouldn't bother her. Bobby let the two of them in and Joey made a beeline for the video game he wanted. Jimmy looked in on Kim as she slept on, unaware that her son and ex-husband had come over. Jimmy looked over to Bobby and said, "What aren't you telling me? I know she was exhausted by the look in her eyes when I came to get Joey last night."
Bobby looked over at Joey and then over to Kim and said, "Last night she told me she's pregnant."
"Has she started asking for ice cream, hot fudge and pickles yet?" Jimmy asked grinning.
"Yep, that was what she wanted to eat at almost 3 in the morning." Bobby replied laughing, remembering the awful concoction that she ate that morning.
"Trust me it gets even better as time goes on." Jimmy said sarcastically.
Just then Joey came over and tugged on Jimmy's arm and said, "Can I sit with mommy for a bit before we leave?"
"Yeah, just be quiet so you don't wake her." Jimmy said quietly to his son.
Bobby and Jimmy watched as Joey rested his head on his mother's shoulder as she slept. Five minutes later Jimmy quietly called for Joey so they could go. Joey whispered something into his mother's ear and gave her a gentle hug and headed back over to where Bobby and Jimmy were standing.
"You two be careful." Bobby said as Jimmy and Joey prepared to leave.
"We will. Oh, will you have Kim call over when she gets up? Joey will probably want to talk to her." Jimmy asked.
"Sure thing." Bobby replied as he watched the two of them leave.
Two hours later after Jimmy and Joey had left, Kim still hadn't woken up and Bobby reluctantly went in and woke her up, knowing if he didn't she'd probably be up all night long. He sat down next to where she slept and said, "Hey Kimmy you should probably get up."
When she didn't stir, he got a cold can of beer out of the fridge and pressed it against the side of her neck. That did the trick and he watched as she rolled over and looked up at him.
"How long have I been asleep?" she asked as she carefully sat up.
"Close to fifteen hours." He replied as he held her close, thinking about the baby.
"You even slept through Jimmy and Joey coming over. Before they left Joey came in and sat with you for five minutes before he and Jimmy left."
"Why didn't you wake me up?" she asked as she curled up against him.
"You need your rest, especially now that your pregnant." he replied.
"Did you tell Jimmy?" she asked.
"Yeah, he knew I wasn't telling him what was going on." Bobby replied as he stood up.
"What do you want for breakfast."
"The same thing I had this morning, I think at the moment that's all my stomach can tolerate right now."
"Oh, Joey wants you to call him at Jimmy's since he couldn't talk to you when he was here." Bobby told her as he headed in to fix another ice cream sundae.
"Ok, I'll do that while you fix the ice cream." she said as she reached for the phone.
She dialed the number for Jimmy's apartment and after several rings she heard Jimmy pick up.
"Hey is Joey around?" Kim asked, as a wave of nausea swept through her.
"I hear your craving those freaky ice cream sundaes again," he said laughing.
"Word travels fast eh?" she said giggling, remembering Jimmy's reaction to the hot fudge sundae with pickles.
"You better believe it," he said as Joey came running over towards the phone.
Several minutes later Joey was finally able to talk to his mother on the phone.
"Hi mommy," the little boy said happily.
"Hi baby, how are you?" she asked him.
"Pretty good, you?"
"Much better. I'm sorry I wasn't up when you and your dad came over," she said as Bobby brought her the sundae.
"It's ok, you looked tired last night when daddy came in got me so I figured you'd still be sleeping." Joey replied laughing.
"Go tease your dad and ask for an ice cream sundae and see what he says." Kim said laughing to her son.
Joey turned his head and asked Jimmy if he could have an ice cream sundae like mommy. Jimmy's eyes got wide as dinner plates as he responded sarcastically, "I thought you'd grown out of that stage."
Joey and Kim laughed as they listened to Jimmy in the background. Five minutes later Kim said, "I'd better let you go so you can go eat lunch with your dad."
"Ok mommy, I love you." Joey replied as he twirled the phone cord through his fingers as he glanced at his dad in the kitchen fixing lunch.
"I love you too sweetheart. Behave for your dad and I'll see you on Monday after work." She replied.
With that they both hung up the phones and headed off to eat, Kim finishing her sundae and Joey eating lunch with his father.
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Spanish translation
Blessings upon you, my baby unborn
Safely inside asleep and so warm,
Sleep must come easy to those who are unborn,
As the maker so silently fashions your form.
Sleep, while you can, so watery and warm,
For outside this world is a terrible storm,
Soon you'll discover the taste of your tears,
So sleep now my loved one, my Baby, my Dear.
Bobby couldn't wait to see Kim again. It had been torture on him to leave her for almost two weeks, but now he was back home. As he entered the dimly lit apartment, he saw her stretched out on the couch, illuminated by the soft glow of the candles she'd lit. He knelt down next to the couch and gently kissed her, bringing her out of her trance-like state. Her eyes fluttered open and smiled up at him as she sat up, making room for him to sit down. He noticed she looked paler than normal and immediately became concerned.
"Are you feeling ok?" he asked as he put his hand on her forehead to make sure she wasn't running a fever.
"I'm fine." she replied softly, happy to have him back and anxious to tell him the good news.
Bobby pulled her close and said, "God I missed you while I was gone."
"I missed you too." she replied quietly as she rested her head against his chest as he put his arms around her waist.
"How did things go for the two weeks I was gone." He asked.
"Pretty routine. Nothing out of the ordinary from what we are used to seeing. As well as being thankful I didn't have to put up with Carlos for two weeks." she replied as the stress of the past couple weeks was starting to catch up with her.
Bobby began to laugh and said, "He's not that bad. I'm sure you could have handled it if you had been working with him."
"Oh no, trust me. It would have been a knockdown drag out match," she said snickering, forcing herself to stay awake.
"Come on, you look exhausted, lets get you to bed." he said gently as he helped her off the sofa.
"I've got to tell him." Kim said to herself as she forced herself to stay awake, but her body had other plans.
She felt his arm around her waist, helping her slowly towards the other room. Almost as soon as she lay down she was sound asleep. Bobby thought it was kind of odd for her to be this wore out but didn't think anything of it, she probably just pushed herself too hard the past couple of weeks. Around two-thirty in the morning Kim woke up feeling extremely nauseated. She quietly slipped out of bed and headed to the bathroom trying not to wake up Bobby. Where she hadn't eaten anything since the day before all she had were dry heaves. After the heaves had past, she went into the kitchen to fix something to drink to try and settle her stomach a bit. As she sipped on a glass of water, Bobby came in a short time later and said, "What are you doing up?"
"Just felt a bit nauseous that's all." she replied, taking another sip of water.
"When have you last eaten?" he asked as he sat down beside her.
"Not since yesterday afternoon, the guys were cooking some god awful stuff at work that just about made me sick and I haven't been able to eat since." she replied looking over at him.
"Do you want me to go get something for you?" he asked, thinking where the nearest 24-hr grocery store was.
"I hate to ask you to, but if you wouldn't mind that would be great." she replied as another wave of nausea swept through her.
"Make a list of what you want and I'll go change." he said standing up to get dressed.
Kim grabbed a piece of paper and an ink pen and wrote down a list of thirteen items for him to bring back.
When he returned, she handed him the list and took another drink of water as he looked over what she'd written.
"What on earth is she going to do with Vanilla Ice cream, hot fudge and dill sandwich pickles and gummy worms and ranch dressing?" he asked himself as he scanned over the rest of the list.
He glanced over at her and said, "Is there anything else you need?" still trying to make sense of the list she'd given him.
"That's all I can think of for now, if I think of anything else I'll call you." she replied quietly as another wave of nausea past through her system.
He gently kissed her on the head and headed for the front door. Kim got up and searched through the cabinets and found some saltine crackers and began to nibble on them till Bobby got back. Ten minutes later she thought of six more things she might want to snack on later on and called his cell.
"I hate to do this to you but could you add a couple more things to the list I gave you?"
"Sure, what else needs to be added." he asked as he grabbed an ink pen.
"Potato chips, strawberry sauce, green peppers, jalapeno pepper sauce, ricotta cheese, Sierra Mist soda and apple cider." she replied.
He wrote down the list of things she'd told him and knew something wasn't right. "I'll be home in about fifteen minutes and fix you something to eat." He replied as he headed into the store with the most bizarre grocery list he'd ever seen in his life. He gathered everything on the list and headed to pay for the stuff and head home.
On his way home he saw Alex leaving Haggerty's and stopped and talked to her for a bit.
"Hey you, what's up?" he asked her.
"Not much, you?" she replied, noticing it didn't look like he knew anything was up.
"Late night grocery run," He replied; "I swear I've never seen such a bizarre grocery list in my life."
"Really? What all did she want?" She asked, trying not to let on that she knew what was going on.
"What would a person want with gummy worms and Ranch salad dressing?" Bobby asked her.
"Not a clue." she replied, the thought of eating that turned her stomach.
"I'd better let you get home." Alex replied as she got ready to head down the street.
"You want a ride?" he asked.
"Nah, I'll be fine. It's a short walk anyway and I could use the exercise." she replied smiling.
"Ok, see you later." Bobby replied as he pulled off.
Alex waved back and said to herself chuckling, "She still hasn't told him, although I'm surprised he hasn't figured something's out of whack with a grocery list like that."
A short time later he pulled up in front of their apartment and grabbed the bags from the passenger seat and headed back up to where Kim was. As he unlocked the door, he saw her sitting on the couch and headed into the kitchen to put everything up. After getting the stuff put up, he headed back to where she was and said, "What do you want me to fix you?"
"A little bit of ice cream with a drizzle of hot fudge and three pickle slices with some apple cider." she replied, leaning against the couch as she felt lightheaded again.
"All in the same bowl?" he asked somewhat confused.
"Yeah, why?" she asked as she massaged her temples briefly.
"Just a strange combination that's all." he replied as he got everything together for her.
A short time later he carried the bowl and glass of cider in and sat down next to her.
"Are you sure nothing happened while I was gone?" he asked puzzled by her sudden change in appetite.
After taking a bite of the ice cream sundae with hot fudge and pickles she said, "I meant to tell you this earlier but I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to say it."
"What's on your mind?" he asked as she lay across his lap still eating the most disgusting concoction of a sundae he'd ever seen in his life.
"Earlier in the week when I was working with Alex I got extremely lightheaded and we went back to the station when I just about got sick from what the guys were cooking. Later on it hit me what could be causing it and my prediction was right." she began to say.
"What were you right about?" he asked curiously.
She put the ice cream down and took his right hand and put it on her stomach and said smiling, "I found out we're having a baby."
"Did you just say we're." he broke off, unable to finish his sentence after what he just heard.
"Having a baby? You heard right." she said smiling, looking up into his eyes.
"How far along are you?" he asked as he wiped tears of happiness from his eyes.
"About four weeks." she replied as she took another bite of ice cream.
"Does anyone else know?" he asked as he tried to block out the smell of pickles and ice cream together.
"Alex does, but I told her not to tell anyone because I wanted to tell you first." she replied softly.
"Will your appetite get any stranger?" he asked curiously.
"Possibly, because of all the hormones, why?" she replied as she finished the last bit of ice cream.
"Just wondering, that way I won't be as surprised next time you hand me a bizarre looking grocery list." he said chuckling.
"Very funny." she replied giggling as she got up to take the dishes back into the kitchen.
He followed along, just incase she got lightheaded all of a sudden or incase she felt like she was going to be sick.
"Ready to head back to bed for a bit?" he asked, seeing that it was almost 3:30 in the morning.
"Sure," she replied smiling as she made her way into the other room with him not too far behind her.
A short time later she was sound asleep again and Bobby lay awake next to her for hours because all he could think about was the baby that was growing inside of her. He'd always wanted to have children and having her being the one carrying the baby made it much more special. As she slept on, he placed his hand on her stomach and whispered softly, "Las bendiciones sobre usted, mi bebé no nacido aún Seguramente dentro de dormido y tan entibiar, el Sueño debe venir fácil a los que son no nacido aún, Cuando el fabricante tan idea silenciosamente su forma. El sueño, mientras usted puede, así que aguado y entibiar, Para fuera de este mundo es una tempestad terrible, Pronto usted descubrirá el sabor de sus lágrimas, así que duerme ahora mi amó uno, mi Bebé, mi Estimado. "
After he'd finished he drifted off to sleep, with the thoughts of his future son or daughter playing across his mind. Morning came quickly for the two of them, but luckily both he and Kim were off this weekend so he let her sleep, because she needed all the rest she could get. He carefully got up and fixed a cup of coffee and sat back down next to Kim as she slept. He gently pulled her over towards him and cradled her sleeping form in his arms and began to wonder what their child would look like.
A short time later he dozed off with Kim in his arms when he heard the sound of the phone ringing. He picked up the phone and spoke quietly into it, hearing Jimmy's voice on the other end wanting to know if Kim was around because Joey wanted to ask her something. When he told Jimmy she was still asleep he became worried because he knew that she never slept late on a weekend. Bobby assured Jimmy she was fine, just really tired after last night's shift at work. Several minutes later Joey was on the phone, asking if he'd left one of his video games at the apartment. Bobby put the phone down and gently laid Kim back down and went to check on the video game Joey had asked about. When he picked the phone back up and told Joey it was here, he heard Joey ask if they could come over and pick it up. Jimmy got back on the phone and told Bobby if it were ok with him they'd be over to pick the game up shortly. He replied that was fine and he'd see them shortly.
He got up and put on a pair of windsuit pants and a clean shirt since they were coming over. Ten minutes later there was a knock at the front door and Bobby headed to let Jimmy and Joey in. Jimmy had warned his son to be quiet since his mother was still asleep so he wouldn't bother her. Bobby let the two of them in and Joey made a beeline for the video game he wanted. Jimmy looked in on Kim as she slept on, unaware that her son and ex-husband had come over. Jimmy looked over to Bobby and said, "What aren't you telling me? I know she was exhausted by the look in her eyes when I came to get Joey last night."
Bobby looked over at Joey and then over to Kim and said, "Last night she told me she's pregnant."
"Has she started asking for ice cream, hot fudge and pickles yet?" Jimmy asked grinning.
"Yep, that was what she wanted to eat at almost 3 in the morning." Bobby replied laughing, remembering the awful concoction that she ate that morning.
"Trust me it gets even better as time goes on." Jimmy said sarcastically.
Just then Joey came over and tugged on Jimmy's arm and said, "Can I sit with mommy for a bit before we leave?"
"Yeah, just be quiet so you don't wake her." Jimmy said quietly to his son.
Bobby and Jimmy watched as Joey rested his head on his mother's shoulder as she slept. Five minutes later Jimmy quietly called for Joey so they could go. Joey whispered something into his mother's ear and gave her a gentle hug and headed back over to where Bobby and Jimmy were standing.
"You two be careful." Bobby said as Jimmy and Joey prepared to leave.
"We will. Oh, will you have Kim call over when she gets up? Joey will probably want to talk to her." Jimmy asked.
"Sure thing." Bobby replied as he watched the two of them leave.
Two hours later after Jimmy and Joey had left, Kim still hadn't woken up and Bobby reluctantly went in and woke her up, knowing if he didn't she'd probably be up all night long. He sat down next to where she slept and said, "Hey Kimmy you should probably get up."
When she didn't stir, he got a cold can of beer out of the fridge and pressed it against the side of her neck. That did the trick and he watched as she rolled over and looked up at him.
"How long have I been asleep?" she asked as she carefully sat up.
"Close to fifteen hours." He replied as he held her close, thinking about the baby.
"You even slept through Jimmy and Joey coming over. Before they left Joey came in and sat with you for five minutes before he and Jimmy left."
"Why didn't you wake me up?" she asked as she curled up against him.
"You need your rest, especially now that your pregnant." he replied.
"Did you tell Jimmy?" she asked.
"Yeah, he knew I wasn't telling him what was going on." Bobby replied as he stood up.
"What do you want for breakfast."
"The same thing I had this morning, I think at the moment that's all my stomach can tolerate right now."
"Oh, Joey wants you to call him at Jimmy's since he couldn't talk to you when he was here." Bobby told her as he headed in to fix another ice cream sundae.
"Ok, I'll do that while you fix the ice cream." she said as she reached for the phone.
She dialed the number for Jimmy's apartment and after several rings she heard Jimmy pick up.
"Hey is Joey around?" Kim asked, as a wave of nausea swept through her.
"I hear your craving those freaky ice cream sundaes again," he said laughing.
"Word travels fast eh?" she said giggling, remembering Jimmy's reaction to the hot fudge sundae with pickles.
"You better believe it," he said as Joey came running over towards the phone.
Several minutes later Joey was finally able to talk to his mother on the phone.
"Hi mommy," the little boy said happily.
"Hi baby, how are you?" she asked him.
"Pretty good, you?"
"Much better. I'm sorry I wasn't up when you and your dad came over," she said as Bobby brought her the sundae.
"It's ok, you looked tired last night when daddy came in got me so I figured you'd still be sleeping." Joey replied laughing.
"Go tease your dad and ask for an ice cream sundae and see what he says." Kim said laughing to her son.
Joey turned his head and asked Jimmy if he could have an ice cream sundae like mommy. Jimmy's eyes got wide as dinner plates as he responded sarcastically, "I thought you'd grown out of that stage."
Joey and Kim laughed as they listened to Jimmy in the background. Five minutes later Kim said, "I'd better let you go so you can go eat lunch with your dad."
"Ok mommy, I love you." Joey replied as he twirled the phone cord through his fingers as he glanced at his dad in the kitchen fixing lunch.
"I love you too sweetheart. Behave for your dad and I'll see you on Monday after work." She replied.
With that they both hung up the phones and headed off to eat, Kim finishing her sundae and Joey eating lunch with his father.
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Spanish translation
Blessings upon you, my baby unborn
Safely inside asleep and so warm,
Sleep must come easy to those who are unborn,
As the maker so silently fashions your form.
Sleep, while you can, so watery and warm,
For outside this world is a terrible storm,
Soon you'll discover the taste of your tears,
So sleep now my loved one, my Baby, my Dear.