Alexis laid in bed with no energy to get up until a sudden wave of nausea cam over her. She jumped up and ran to the toilet. Luckily she made it before she began to empty the contents of her stomach. After she was finished and felt better she walked to the sink and brushed her teeth. She stared at herself in the mirror contemplating what could have mad her feel so sick all of a sudden. She was going over what she had eaten the night before when it dawned on her. She walked quickly out of the bathroom and over to her dresser. She began to flip through her calendar when she realized she was three weeks late. She was thrilled, she picked up the phone and dialed her doctor's number and scheduled an appointment for that afternoon. Kevin had already left for work and she had the day off so her first instinct was to call Helen.
"Hello" Helen answered when she picked up the phone.
"Hi Helen, its Alexis" Alexis responded happy that she had gotten a hold of Helen.
"Oh hi Alexis, how are you?" Helen asked glad to hear from her daughter-in-law.
"Well actually, I think I might be pregnant so I scheduled an appointment for this afternoon and I was wondering if you would come with me since Kevin's not home." Alexis answered quickly.
"Of course I will come, this is so wonderful, and I can't believe it!" Helen answered excitedly. "I'll be right over okay" Helen told her before she hung up.
Alexis hung up the phone and sat on the bed for a moment just taking the whole thing in. She looked at her stomach and placed a hand on it. She was so excited this is what she had wanted so badly for more than a year. She knew Kevin was going to be just as thrilled as she was but she decided not to call him until she knew for sure. Alexis stood up and began to get ready.
About a half an hour later the door bell rang and Alexis answered it. Helen stood on the other side and the moment she saw Alexis she pulled her in to a gentle yet excited hug.
"Are you ready?" Helen asked excitedly. She couldn't wait to find out if she was going to have a grand child or not.
"Yeah, I'm ready" Alexis answered grabbing her purse from the table and locking the door behind them. Helen offered to drive since Alexis seemed a little nervous.
They arrived at the doctor's office and Alexis checked in with the receptionist and then sat next to Helen waiting for her name to be called. No more than five minutes later a nurse walked into the waiting area and called her name. Alexis and Helen both stood and followed the nurse down a small hallway into a room at the end of the hall. Alexis took a seat on the table and Helen sat in an extra chair. They both sat quietly waiting for the doctor to come in. Finally the door opened and a tall brown haired woman came in.
"Hello, my name is Dr. Snyder, you must be Alexis Girardi" she said shaking her hand. "I understand you are here to see if you are pregnant, that is exciting" Dr. Snyder commented as she smiled kindly at Alexis. "I just have to run some general tests and once we get the results back I will give you the hopefully good news okay" she explained as she prepared herself for the tests. Alexis nodded nervously in response.
After the tests were finished Dr. Snyder left the room , again they were left to wait in suspense. She returned about half an hour later with the results.
"Alright Alexis we have your results and it appears that you are five weeks pregnant!" the doctor told her happily.
Alexis' face lit up along with Helen's. "Now it just so happens that you are at the time when we can hear the baby's heart if you want to" Dr. Snyder explained.
"Oh my gosh of course!" Alexis responded "But I wanted my husband to hear it too" she added.
"We can actually record it onto a tape if you want that way you can have it forever" Dr. Snyder reassured her as she began to get the ultra sound prepared.
"Okay then let's do it" Alexis answered smiling brightly at Helen. Dr. Snyder put the gel on Alexis' stomach and she shivered slightly. She then began to move the ultra sound around until she found the heartbeat.
"Oh my gosh, that's amazing!" Alexis smiled holding Helen's hand.
'That's my grandchild!" Helen said as she smiled at Alexis.
Alexis left the office with Helen after she had scheduled her next appointment. Helen dropped her off at the apartment.
Alexis went inside and waited for Kevin to get home. She heard the door to the apartment open around 4:30.
"I'm home!" Kevin shouted when he came into what he thought was an empty apartment.
"Kev., honey, I'm in the bedroom" Alexis answered.
Kevin came into the bedroom with a puzzled look on his face "Why are you in here?" he asked curiously.
"I was resting, but that doesn't matter, I have something to tell you" she explained nervously as she came to sit on his lap.
"Okay" he answered unsure of what he was about to hear.
"I went to the doctor's today cause I woke up feeling sick and apparently I'm five weeks pregnant!" she told him shouting the last few words.
"Oh my God! You're kidding" Kevin said loudly hugging her. "I am so happy, this is amazing" he continued unable to wipe the smile off his face.
"I have something for you too" Alexis added as she handed Kevin a tape. He took it looking at her weird. "Just listen to it okay" Alexis insisted. Kevin took the tape over to the stereo and put it in. He waited a moment for the tape to play. Then he heard what he thought was a heart beat.
"What is this?" he asked looking at her.
"That's our baby" Alexis answered gently.
"Wow, I didn't know they could do that." Kevin answered amazed. Alexis came over and wrapped her arms around Kevin's shoulders.
"We have a baby" she whispered in his ear and then kissed him on the cheek.