July 7th, 2012

The past year had been utterly wonderful for the entire Malucci family. Being together always made them feel better, but seeing advancements with their kids made Randi and Dave feel a whole lot better about themselves and everything around them.

After Ireland celebrated her tenth birthday (Randi couldn't believe her baby was ten!), she learned that she was up for a daytime Emmy award. She couldn't believe it. The entire family flew to New York City for the awards. Randi made Ireland a gorgeous dress. She went with her costar Brandon Jacobs. Randi and Dave couldn't believe it when Ireland's name was called. Their little girl had won an Emmy. It was a shock. They knew how wonderful Ireland was at her acting job, but it was still a shock.

With Lyric, she threw herself into her studies and tried to ignore her feelings for Brian. She didn't even want to celebrate her ninth birthday. She was in High School and she loved it. The people there weren't as rude as her Junior High. She still took a few classes at Columbia. She still felt like she was out of place in this world. She wanted to do something to help it, but she was still too young to do much.

Sailor was one of the busiest out of everyone in the family. Every single day she spent on the ice. She entered so many competitions and won them all. She was the biggest talk in the figure skating world. She and her partner were featured in over a dozen magazines as the next Olympic hopefuls. They were training to go.

Daisy, at the mere age of three, was performing in front of crowds. She loved her piano. Randi couldn't believe someone as musical as her came from her. Daisy was so into it, she sometimes played the piano in her sleep.

The twins were doing well. They were nearly two years ago and finally starting to catch up to their age bracket. They were walking and could say a few words. They were hoping the twins would be at full sentences by now, but at least they were talking. Jett and Gage were turning into handsome young men.

Dave and Randi were busy with their careers besides with their home life. Dave had to put a new addition onto his clinic. The workload had been so much. He made Drew a full time partner. Malucci & Bishop Family Practice is what they changed the name to. Randi and Misty put out three new lines of clothes and flew around the world promoting them. Their clothes were seen everywhere on every single star. One of the lines they put out was a new affordable line that was featured at Wal-Mart. That put their sales the highest they've ever been.

Even though Randi and Dave were done with having kids, Babies still entered their lives. In May, Steve and Misty welcomed twin girls, Peyton and Parker. It was very exciting to have another set of twins in their lives. Paul was very proud to have two baby sisters to take care of. Earlier in the year, it was found out that Elizabeth and Drew were expecting another baby. The baby was expected to come September 1st, but they knew how babies could be.

Randi walked into the house with an arm filled with papers. Today had been a hectic day. Misty couldn't make it to their worldwide conference because the twins were sick. She handled it pretty well though. She was a pro at this by now. Randi placed all her papers on the mail table and looked around. It was very quiet in the house and there were rose petals on the floor. A smile came across Randi's face.

"Dave?" She called out. There was no answer. She followed the rose petals down the hallway. They led up the stairs. "Dave, what are you doing?"

"Nothing." Dave called out. She chuckled as she walked up the stairs. She followed the rose petals into their bedroom. They didn't lead to the bed like she was expecting. They led to the bathroom. She walked into the bathroom. Lit candles were everywhere. Dave was soaking in a hot bubble bath.

"What is going on?" She asked. He smiled at her.

"I drew a bath for the two of us." Dave extended his hand. "We have no children here until tonight."

"How wonderful." Randi pealed off her shirt, "I need a good soaking."

"I need a good something." Dave smirked. Randi gave him a look as she slid into the hot water. She groaned. Dave wrapped his arms around her. "I wanted to do something special for you."

"Well, you certainly have." She said closing her eyes. "Everything is getting so hectic and It's not going to get any better."

"But you're rich." Dave said. Randi chuckled.

"It took work to get that way." Randi snuggled into him. Dave kissed her neck softly. He loved having his wife this close to him.

"Up for some bubbly fun?" He asked. Randi opened her eyes and smiled.

"I can see that you're up." She said.

"I'm always up for you." Dave kissed her neck again. Randi smiled. She always loved being with her husband and she loved having no kids here anymore.

July 21st, 2012

Week 34

Lyric was on cloud nine after going to Brian's 25th birthday party. Randi really didn't want her going, but Lyric went anyway.

"I don't know what I'm going to do with her." Randi said measuring Elizabeth's belly.

"It's just a crush....a very long crush, but a crush." Elizabeth said standing there in a bikini and very pregnant.

"Would you let Ella go to a birthday party of a 25-year-old?" Randi asked putting the gauze in the paste they made.

"No, but Lyric is a lot more different than Ella." Elizabeth said putting her hair up, "Ella is wonderful, but she's eleven and getting to be a pain. Lyric is maturer. She's more like a twenty-year-old." Randi chuckled softly.

"I've heard a lot of negativity in the news about the minds of geniuses." Randi said, "They suffer from depression and ulcers and all of that because they are older in their minds than they are in their bodies."

"I know, but unlike those kids, Lyric has siblings that are smart in their own fields. Randi, don't freak out about Lyric having older friends. Right now that's what she needs." Elizabeth said.

"Maybe you're right." Randi smiled, "Are you ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." Elizabeth gasped as Randi slapped the gauze on her stomach, "Bloody hell! That's cold!"

"Told you it would be." Randi said getting another strip.

"How should I paint this?" Elizabeth asked.

"Make it match her nursery." Randi said, "It'll be a nice keepsake."

"I know, I wish I did one for Sonny and Ella." Elizabeth sighed. Randi nodded.

"Yeah, I know." She said as she began to wrap Elizabeth's stomach with the paper mache gauze. "I did it for Misty though when she was pregnant with the twins. You girls are a lot braver than me." Elizabeth laughed.

"Hardly." She said.

"It's true. I wish I had some of your confidence." Elizabeth said, "it's something I sorely lack." Randi stared at her friend.

"Elizabeth, you're the most wonderful woman I've ever met." She said, "I wish I was as strong as you were. When Mark was dying, You were so strong. When Dave was kidnapped, when he was sick in the hospital, I wasn't as strong. You were able to move on. I don't know if I could have done that."

"Christ, Randi. Don't make a pregnant woman cry." She laughed weakly. Randi smiled.

"I'm sorry." She said.

"There's nothing to be sorry about." Elizabeth, "I love you."

"I love you too." Randi smiled.

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Randi carefully peeled the belly mask off of Elizabeth's stomach. A giant grin came across her face.

"It's utterly perfect." She said holding it up. Elizabeth groaned.

"I'm not that big am I?" She asked. Randi nodded.

"Yup!" Randi giggled as she mounted the cast. Elizabeth shook her head. She couldn't believe she was that large. The two women were so glad that they did this though. Having a girl's afternoon without children screaming for every ounce of your attention was wonderful.

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