January 9th, 2006

A whole year had passed for the entire Hanson family and let me tell you, it was a very busy one. Many things can change in a year, like where a person lived. Six months ago, Ronnie got an eviction notice tacked on her door. Apparently they were tearing down the building for a high rise garage. She was pissed at first, but now, they could live in a real home.

They had found a house twenty minutes from Boston in Cambridge. It was a little expensive, but it was gorgeous. Christopher had a yard to play in and they were in walking distance of shopping areas.

Ronnie and Danny's relationship was good, even though they kept on failing all the pregnancy tests they took. Ronnie had given up on the idea of having a second child. Working at Winslow was still hard. The children seemed to get more vile as the years go on.

Christopher celebrated his second birthday and was looking forward to his third one this year. He was so independent now. He was potty trained, although he had an accident once or twice since then. He had a huge crush on Coretta Hendricks, who was also getting very big herself.

"MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Christopher screamed at the top of his lungs from the top of the stairs. Ronnie flinched.

"What darling?" She got up from the kitchen table.

"Bubba is sick." Christopher said. Ronnie sighed. Bubba was the new golden retriever pup that Danny bought Chris.

"Bubba is not sick." Ronnie said climbing the stairs. Then she saw the dog wrapped up in several ace bandages. She chuckled, "Christopher, don't wrap the dog up like that."

"But he's sick." Christopher insisted.

"No he is not." Ronnie helped the dog out of the bandages and he bolted. She sighed and looked at Christopher, "What did I tell you about wrapping up dogs?"

"That it's not nice." He said with a pout. Ronnie nodded.

"That's right. Now go apologize to Bubba." She said. Christopher sighed and went off to find the dog. Ronnie made her way downstairs as Danny walked in.

"Honey, I'm home." He said. Ronnie chuckled as she kissed his cheek.

"Thank god." She said, "Your son is driving me nuts."

"Oh he's my son now?" Danny asked as he took his jacket off.

"He has been utterly horrible." Ronnie said, "That poor dog has been beaten up and bandaged up." Danny chuckled softly.

"Topher!!!!" He yelled. Christopher squealed from upstairs and ran down. he threw himself at his father's legs.

"Hi Daddy." he said. Danny picked him up and looked at him seriously.

"Were you being a bad boy today?" he asked. Christopher shook his head.

"No way, Jose." He said.
"Are you sure?" Danny asked.

"I angel." Christopher said. Danny smiled and turned to Ronnie.

"I don't know what you were talking about, Ronnie. Our son is an angel." Danny chuckled. Ronnie rolled her eyes with a laugh.

"All right. All right. He's an angel and I'm wrong." She said, "You'll see tomorrow." Danny smiled looking at Christopher. This child wasn't really that bad....was he?

January 29th, 2006

Ronnie tapped her foot impatiently as they sat in the doctor's office. She was going to have an examination before they took the step towards fertility drugs. Danny squeezed her hand as Dr. White walked in.

"Good afternoon." He smiled to the couple.

"Good afternoon." Ronnie said politely.

"How are you feeling?" Dr. White asked.

"Honestly?" Ronnie asked. The doctor nodded. "Not too hot."

"How so?" He asked.
"I'm starting to feel fluey." She said. Dr. White nodded.

"Well, I'll give you a quick examination and then send you on your way to rest." Ronnie nodded thankfully.

"I can wait outside if you want." Danny said. Ronnie shook her head.
"No. Please stay." She took Danny's hand and kissed it softly.

"All right." Dr. White put on some gloves, "I'm just going to examine you and we may have to do an ultrasound to have a better view of your uterus." Ronnie blushed softly.

"All right." She said glancing at Danny. He smiled at her as Dr. White began to examine her. She winced and closed her eyes.

"It'll be over soon." Danny whispered.
"Good." Ronnie mumbled. Dr. White frowned slightly.

"Is something wrong?" Danny asked.

"Your uterus is a little swollen." He said.

"Is that bad?" Ronnie asked. Dr. White shook his head as he pulled away from Ronnie.

"Probably not." He said, "Let me do an ultrasound to make sure."

"All right." She whispered looking at Danny. She didn't like the sound of a swollen uterus. How could that be anything but bad?

"Okay. Let's see." Dr. White began to ultrasound.

"Could I have an infection?" Ronnie asked. Dr. White smiled at her and shook his head.

"No." he said turning the screen towards them, "You're pregnant." Ronnie gasped.
"What??" She whispered.

"You're about six weeks pregnant." He pointed to a tiny bean looking like thing.

"Oh my God." Danny whispered. Dr. White was grinning from ear to ear.

"It doesn't look like you'll be needing those fertility drugs after all." he said, "So you're about six weeks so I would say you'd be due around the end of September. The 26th or 27th."

"Wow." Ronnie whispered. "It's healthy and all of that?"

"Very." Dr. White said, "Congratulations."

"Thank you." Ronnie looked up to Danny with tears in her eyes. "We're having another baby." Danny looked at her and smiled.

"Thank God." he leaned down and kissed her softly. All their trying had paid off. They were having another beautiful baby.

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