Good News
As Tony and Kate pulled into the driveway of Tony's parent's house Tony could help but feel a bit nervous. At the same time he couldn't wait to tell his family about the baby. As soon as they got out of the car they were greeted by Tony's parents Richard and Patricia Dinozzo. "Tony, Kate how are you?" Patricia asked and gave them each a hug. "We're good." Tony replied. "Well come on in. Tony, your cousin Denise is here with her husband and baby." Richard said. "Now Denise is?" Kate asked Tony. "Denise is my cousin who couldn't make it to the wedding because she had just had a baby." Tony replied as they walked into the kitchen. "Tony!" Denise said as she got up to hug him. "Hi Denise. Denise I'd like you to meet my wife Kate." Tony said. "Hi Kate, it's nice to meet you." Said Denise. "It's nice to meet you too." Kate replied. "So where is this baby that you used as an excuse to miss my wedding?" Tony asked. "He's upstairs with Alex. I'll go get him. Why don't you guys go on into the living room?" Denise suggested.
In the living room Tony and Kate sat on the loveseat. It wasn't long before Denise came downstairs with her son Lucas. "Tony, Kate, I'd like you to meet my son, Lucas." Denise said. "Aw he's so cute, how old is he?" Kate asked. "Five months this week." Denise replied. "Denise, can you give me a hand in here?" Patricia called from the kitchen. "Yeah sure Aunt Patricia. Tony could you watch Lucas for a minute?" Denise asked. "Uh, sure." Tony replied as she carefully put Lucas in Tony's arms. "Thanks." Denise said as she went into the kitchen. "You seem nervous Tony." Kate said. "Well Kate that's because I've never held a baby before." Tony replied. "Relax Tony you're doing fine." Kate assured him. "You think so?" Tony asked. "Yeah I just hope you're not this nervous with our child." Kate replied. "You want to hold him?" Tony asked. "I don't know." Kate said. "C'mon Kate I know you want to." Tony said. "Okay." Kate replied as Tony placed Lucas in her arms.
Meanwhile in the kitchen Patricia and Denise were fixing dinner. "That was pretty brave of you, Denise." Patricia said. "What are you talking about?" Denise asked. "Leaving Lucas with Tony, you know he's never been around a baby before." Patricia replied. "He'll do fine, besides what happens when they have children and Tony has never been around a baby. I may have just helped them out." Denise said. "If they have children." Patricia said as she sat down. "What are you talking about?" Denise asked. "Well both of them have their careers and not a lot of time for anything else plus you know Tony, he's just never seemed interested in having a family." Patricia explained. "Yeah well he never seemed interested in getting married until he met Kate, I'm sure sooner or later they'll have a family." Denise replied. "I sure hope so I wouldn't mind being a grandmother." Patricia said.
That evening at dinner the conversation was light. It wasn't long before Tony decided it was time to tell his family. "Everyone, Kate and I have an announcement to make." Tony said. "What is it?" Richard asked. "Kate's pregnant." Said Tony. "That's great news." Denise said then everyone at the table took their turn congratulating them. "So are you hoping for a boy or a girl?" Patricia asked. "Well it really doesn't matter either way but we're kind of hoping for a boy." Kate replied. "Have you thought of any names yet?" Richard asked. "Well for a boy we've picked out the name Aidan and for a girl we've picked out the name Mariska." Tony replied. The rest of the evening was spent talking about Tony and Kate's baby.