December 25th, 2002

Ronnie had been extremely secretive all week. Dave assumed that it had something to do with his Christmas gift. He hoped she loved her gift. Danny had gotten her a pearl necklace. Pearls were in so he was told.

Danny walked down the hallway into the heavily decorated living room. He flipped on the Christmas lights and the whole room sparkled. He loved Christmas. He loved decorating the house and he loved it that Ronnie allowed him to decorate as much as he wanted.

"Merry Christmas." Ronnie smiled wrapping the bathrobe around her.

"Merry Christmas." He said pouring them some coffee.

"None for me." She said, "Did you sleep well?" Danny chuckled.

"I was too excited for Santa clause." He winked. Ronnie giggled softly and she walked into the living room.

"We got a lot of gifts didn't we?" She asked. "We must be loved."

"Yeah. Go get a few to open." He said. Ronnie smiled and casually walked to the tree. Danny would flip over his gift. She bent down and picked up a gift.

"This is from my mother." She said, "I bet its slippers."

"But what colour?" He laughed walking back out and sitting on the couch. Ronnie opened it up and held up slippers.

"Green this year." She giggled as she slid them on.

"Let's see what your mother got me." Danny opened up the red package and laughed loudly, "Black slippers."

"That's my mother for you." She snickered looking through the pile of gifts, "Oh look. To Ronnie, Love Danny."

"You can open it if you want." He smiled. She picked up the gift.

"It's wrapped nicely. You didn't wrap it did you?" Danny chuckled.

"No, I didn't. They wrapped it for me." Ronnie smiled as she opened up the green foil. She held a long velvet box in her hand.

"I wonder what it is." She smiled and opened it. Her face dropped in astonishment. It was the pearl necklace, "Danny! You didn't!"

"I did." He smiled as Ronnie took it out and put it around her next.

"Oh my god. I can't believe you bought this." She grinned, "Thank you! Thank you!"

"Your welcome." He smiled sipping his coffee. Ronnie started to smile like she had a plan.

"Do you want your gift?" She asked.

"Of course I do." He chuckled, "I need more than a pair of slippers."

"All right." She bit her lip and held out a long white box. "Open it." Danny chuckled and opened it. His heart stopped in his chest as he pulled out a positive pregnancy test.

"Wh-Whats this?" He asked

"A pregnancy test." She chuckled nervously. He looked up at her in amazement.

"Are you?" He asked. Ronnie nodded.

"I am. I was so afraid to tell you just in case I had another miscarriage, but the doctor said everything looked fine." She whispered. Danny took in a deep breath.

"You're pregnant. For real?" Ronnie laughed.

"Yes! I'm pregnant, Danny!!" She laughed. Danny started to cry as he threw his arms around his fiancée. This had been the best Christmas present ever. It had been so hard loosing Christian. It was hard healing but this helped. "Christian sent us a brother or sister for him." Danny pulled away wiping his eyes

"How far along are you?" He mumbled.

"Only six weeks." She said with a smile. "I was so scared when I found out, but now I'm excited. I am still scared that I'll loose this one."

"You wont." Danny said, "I can't believe this."

"Was this a good Christmas present?" She asked. Danny nodded.

"Oh yes." He whispered. Ronnie giggled. It was nice to see the twinkle return in his eyes. She hoped this pregnancy would go smoothly unlike the last one had.

January 8th, 2003

Week 8

Ronnie was taking everything slow with this pregnancy. She wanted everything to be perfect. Ronnie now was only going to work four days a week. A substitute teacher taught her class on Fridays. Ronnie's nausea was terrible, but the sickness reminded her that the baby was inside of her.

"Danny?" Ronnie groaned from the bathroom, "Danny!!"

"What?" He walked down the hallway to the bathroom, "What do you want?"

"Water…and tea." She groaned. Danny walked into the bathroom.

"Come on. Let's get you to bed." He smiled softly as he helped her to her feet.

"I was barfing up things I had two years ago." Ronnie smiled.

"I hear raw lemons help." He said.

"Lemons and soda crackers." Ronnie said as she crawled into bed.

"I'll be right back." Danny rushed off into the kitchen and grabbed the things Ronnie needed. There was no need to upset a pregnant woman. "Here you go." He said as he walked back in, "Lemons, soda crackers and water."

"Thanks. You're the best fiancée." Ronnie smiled. "You know, I'm due August 23rd. We're getting married December 23rd. That gives me four months to loose the pregnancy weight and fit into my wedding gown."

"You'll be fine, Ron." Danny chuckled. "Don't you worry about it. I don't care if you don't loose all the pregnancy weight. I'm marrying you for you, not the weight you gain. There'll just be more of you to love." Ronnie rolled her eyes.

"Very funny, Hanson." Ronnie smiled nibbling on her crackers. "I was thinking about baby names."

"Already?" Danny settled next to her.

"Yes all ready. I was actually think about a particular girls name." She said.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Dana. She'll be named after you sort of." Ronnie grinned as she looked at him.

"Dana Hanson." He nodded, "I like that. Can I pick her middle name if it's a girl."

"Of course." Ronnie said, "These soda crackers are…great." Danny chuckled.

"You don't need to eat them." Danny chuckled watching his fiancée; "Do you think this pregnancy is going better than Christian's did?" Ronnie shrugged.

"I don't know. I wasn't this sick with him." She sighed looking at him; "I won't be comfortable with this pregnancy until February 20th. I'll be fourteen weeks then and hopefully I won't loose this one too."

"Well, if it helps any. I think this one is going to go well." Danny smiled, "I have a feeling come September 28th I'll be holding my son or daughter."

"I hope so, Danny." There would be a lot of anxiety until she would be able to hold her child.