"I think that Clark is a good strong name." Seth declared loudly.
"There is no way I'm naming my kid after Superman and anyway, it's a girl." Kirsten said over the top of him.
"And how exactly do you know it's a girl honey?" Sandy asked adding, "Clark isn't a Jewish name."
"I can just tell Sandy." Kirsten was practically yelling to be heard over Seth's random name suggestions, most of them coming from characters in graphic novels and Sandy's repeated declarations that his kid was going to have a name that was remotely Jewish.
Ryan sat back, keeping quiet and watched the scene bemused.
"You thought Seth was a girl too." Sandy pointed out changing his line of thought.
"Well it feels different this time, I can just tell." Kirsten shot back.
"Hey mom, maybe that has something to do with the fact that you are 17 years older this time." Seth laughed.
Kirsten playfully swatted her son across the back of the head.
"I don't really care how old your mom is she is still as sexy as she was the day I married her." Sandy interjected.
"Gross dad, please stop now." Seth groaned as he sat down at the kitchen table.
Kirsten grabbed some bowls and random boxes of cereal from the pantry while Sandy grabbed some milk and spoons before sitting down with the two boys.
"Ryan you started all this. Do you have any thoughts on a name?" Sandy asked as he poured himself a bowl of granola.
"Not Clark, I've never really given it much thought really." Ryan shrugged.
"I like Ella." Kirsten declared.
"Like short for Gabriella or Raphaella?" Seth asked.
"No, just Ella." Kirsten replied.
"I like that too." Ryan said quietly.
"Good, nice to know I have someone on my side." Kirsten smiled.
"I'm still saying it's a boy." Sandy said.
"I'm with dad on that." Seth added.
"Are you going to find out?" Ryan asked.
"No." Sandy said shaking his head emphatically, "It's more fun not knowing."
Kirsten simply nodded her head in agreement.
"We didn't know with Seth." Sandy said, "Kirsten was so disappointed when the doctor said 'it's a boy.' She had convinced herself that Seth was going to be a girl."
"I was not disappointed." Kirsten smiled.
"So if Seth was a girl what would you have called him?" Ryan asked, surprising himself with his talkativeness, normally he was more than willing to let Seth and Sandy do all the talking, he and Kirsten were merely their audience but this morning both he and Kirsten were unusually chatty.
"Elisha Juliet Cohen." Kirsten and Sandy replied at the same time.
"And your reason for adding the 'Cohen' in that sentence was what exactly?" Seth asked.
Both Sandy and Kirsten shrugged.
"My mom would have called me Lindsay if I were a girl." Ryan said quietly.
Kirsten's head snapped up fro her bowl of coco puffs, she was always fascinated by any glimpse of his life before coming to the even if it was something as simple as knowing what his parents would have named him had he been a member of the opposing gender.
There were a few moments silence before Seth asked "So mom, when exactly are you due anyway?"
"December 5th." Kirsten replied simply.
"So even if it is like two weeks late the baby will be here in time for at least the Christmas part of Chrismukkah right?" Seth asked.
"I guess so." Kirsten replied after quickly doing the math, "and if this one is anything like you she will be here for all parts of Chrismukkah and Thanksgiving too, you are born three weeks early."
"Well mom, dad, Ryan and I have to get going, we are meeting Summer down at the pier and I would like to get out of here before you start with the embarrassing stories." Seth said quickly practically dragging Ryan away from the table.
Sandy and Kirsten quickly cleaned up the table, when they were done Sandy pulled his wife in for a long passionate kiss, after which his hand again wondered down to her tummy, and her little bump, she lay her head on his shoulder and whispered "I love you Sanford Cohen."
"I love you too." He whispered back.