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Chapter Five

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"Mommy, what's this?" Lizzy asked as she entered the living room.

"That is your baby book," Lucy explained. "Come sit and I'll show it to you." Lizzy sat on mother's lap and a couple of seconds later Noah and Luke came in holding their baby books. "Come here you guys we can look at your baby books too." Luke and Noah sat on either side of Lucy and then Lucy said, "where are your other brothers?"

"They fell asleep in their room," Luke said.

"Okay," Lucy said. "First we'll look at Lizzy's book and then we'll look at Noah's and then we'll look at Luke's." They kids nodded their heads and then Lucy opened up the book. The first picture was one of Lizzy lying inthe nursery at the hospital. The picture was taken only a couple of hours after she was born. They continued to look at the book until Lizzy asked, "what is that a picture of?" The picture was of Lizzy sitting next to Tommy, Noah, and Luke and she was wearing a disgusted look on her face.

"Well this picture was taken right after daddy told you that you had another brother. You were absolutely horrified at the thought of having four brothers," Lucy explained.

"Well, hopefully that won't happen again," Lizzy said. They all continued to look at Lizzy's baby book and when they were finished with that they looked at Noah's and then Luke's. Then all three kids ran from the room and left Lucy sitting on the couch by herself. She decided to look through Tommy's book, she couldn't look through Caleb's because it was not yet filled. As she looked through the pages that were filled with pictures and other things from when her son was between the ages of two hours till about three she couldn't help but think that her children were going so fast. She came to a picture that was taken by her father. It was of her holding Thomas in the hospital, Kevin was standing next to her smiling. Looking back Lucy couldn't believe that was she was squared of having only one baby. She was actually scared she wouldn't be able to take care of only one baby. As she looked through the rest of the pages she found pictures of Halloweens, one very cute was one when Lizzy was dressed up as Little Bo Peep and Luke, Noah and Tommy were all dressed up as sheep, Christmases and many birthdays. She also found pictures of Tommy's first step, first meal with real food, and first day at school. There were other pictures of just family parties and days at the park. It just amazed Lucy to realize that her son was now four years old. Soon he'd be in first grade, then junior high school, then he'll be dating, and in high school, then he'll be in college, then her son would be getting married and forgetting about his family. This started to freak out Lucy and she said in her head, "Luce, pull yourself together. Your son is four he's not leaving you any time soon." As she continued to look through the pictures Kevin came in from work and sat down next to her.

"Wow, he's gotten so big," Kevin commented. "I can't believe Tommy's alreadyfive. I'm surprised he made it this far. He gets hurt so much; he's always been like that ever since he could walk."

"Yeah that's true," Lucy said and she looked at the pictures and sure enough in almost every one Thomas had cuts and bruises all over his legs and arms. "You know soon all our children will have left us and we'll be all alone in this house for the first time in a very long time," Lucy commented.

"Well, I wouldn't say that that's going to happen any time soon," Kevin said. "I think we still have some good years left. And besides this little baby is not even born yet." As Kevin said this he placed his hand on his wife's growing belly.

"Where are all the kids?" Kevin asked as he stood up off the couch.

"Tommy and Caleb fell asleep in their rooms when they were playing and I'm sure Noah, Luke and Lizzy are in the play room playing or they are upstairs or maybe both," Lucy explained.

"We're going over to your mom's for Thanksgiving on Thursday, right?" Kevin asked. Lucy nodded her head and then Kevin said, "do you know who's going to be there?"

"I'm pretty sure anyone who is in driving distance is coming. I talked to Carlos they can't come because Mary is three weeks late and they don't want her to go into labor while they are in Glen Oak and Matt and Sarah can't take more time off of work after coming in for Kate's baby shower," Lucy explained.

"Oh," Kevin said. "Mary's three weeks late? How is she doing?"

"Not great. She thinks that she is going to be pregnant for ever. She's just about ready to kill Carlos and anyone who crosses her path and it doesn't help that everyone keeps telling her that she will go into labor soon. She's basically going crazy and is probably pulling her hair out as we speak," Lucy explained.

"Well, it's a good thing that you were never that late," Kevin said, jokingly.

"Ha ha very funny," Lucy said sarcastically and then she walked from the room.

"Honey, what are you doing?" Carlos asked his wife. Mary was in the living room doing jumping jacks.

"I'm doing jumping jacks. Doctors say that exercising may help you to go into labor," Mary said as she continued to jump up and down. (a/n I don't know if that's true)

"Honey, calm down your going to hurt yourself or the baby," Carlos said as he tried to get his wife to sit on the couch. He of course did not succeed but his wife did stop. She turned towards him with an angry face.

"Excuse, but please do not tell me to stop trying to go into labor! All you have to do is the fun part, I have to be pregnant for nine months and three weeks and you will never now how that feels! So don't tell me to stop. I'm sick of being pregnant!" Mary cried.

"I'm sorry but it's not my fault your three weeks later than your due date," Carlos said, trying to stick up for himself.

"No but it is your fault I'm pregnant," Mary said and she stormed from the living room.

"Has your mother been like this all day?" Carlos asked Connor after he came into the living room.

"Well, I was at school most of the day but she's been like this since we got home," Connor explained. "We all have been trying to steer clear of her. There's no other way to keep her from yelling at you. But she is definitely being the worst to you over everyone else. "

"Yes of course I'm the one who got her pregnant," Carlos said and he left the room to go to the kitchen to make dinner.

"Daddy," Rebecca screeched and Carlos turned around.

He found his youngest daughter standing about twelve feet away with a big smile on her face. He opened his arms and she ran into them and gave him a big hug. "How's my Becca?"

"Good," Rebecca responded. "Why is mommy so mad?"

"Because she wants your new brother or sister to be born. She's pregnant three weeks longer than she's supposed to be and that makes her angry," Carlos tried to explain to his daughter the best that he could.

"Oh," Rebecca said. Then Carlos set her on the floor and he continued to make dinner.

Meanwhile upstairs, Mary was calling her sister en-law Sarah. "Hey Sarah it's me Mary."

"Hey Mary," Sarah said enthusiastically. "How are you?"

"I've seen better days," Mary said. "I'm going to be pregnant forever!" Mary exclaimed. "This baby is never coming out! Its going to live in me forever and ever."

"Mary, you know that's not true but I do know how you feel. I was four weeks late with Grace. Most parents are early with their first born, of course I had to be different and I was late," Sarah explained. "I'm sure you'll go into labor sooner or later. This baby just isn't ready to come out yet. Besides if you don't go into labor in about five weeks you can take medicine to make you go into labor but I'm sure this baby will be born before that."

"I can only hope," Mary said. "I think I'm scaring my kids. They have been trying to stay away from me whenever they can. Oh well, they'll get over it."

"I'm sure your not scaring them," Sarah said. "They probably just don't want to get yelled at. I was the same way, I took all my anger out on Matt though, I didn't have any kids then."

"Yeah, I really haven't been yelling at the kids just Carlos," Mary explained.

Ruthie was teaching her first grade class the "at family." She was standing in front of the room writing things on the blackboard. She looked at the clock and then realized that it was time for lunch. She took them all downstairs to the cafeteria and then returned to her classroom. She sat at her desk and ate her lunch which consisted of a sandwich, bottle of soda, and an apple. She was in the middle of eating when Peter knocked on her door. Peter, who teaches third grade, had a room that was three doors from Ruthie's room.

"Hey hon," Peter said and he kissed his girlfriend.

"Hey," Ruthie said. "What's up?"

"I just came down to see you," Peter said. "How is your class today

"They're good. I'm teaching them the "at family." They seem pretty interested in it. I guess," Ruthie said. "How about you?"

"I'm teaching my class long division. You know how kids love long division," Peter said sarcastically. Peter and Ruthie sat and talked for a while until lunch was over. Then they got their classes from the cafeteria and went their separate ways.

At about one-thirty Ruthie was in front of the room teaching when Peter entered the room wearing a suit and tie (not his usual school attire). "What…What are you doing?" Ruthie started to say.

Then Peter came closer so that he was about two feet from his girlfriend. He said, "Ruthie Camden, I love you with all my heart. You were my first love and I want you to be my last." He got down on one knee and said, "Ruthie Camden will you marry me?" Then Peter opened the small box that held the ring and showed it to Ruthie. Tears were flooding down Ruthie's face and she had a huge smile on her face.

"Yes…Yes Peter Petrowski I will marry you," Ruthie said and she kissed her fiancé, forgetting that her class was right in front of her. They all clapped and some whistled and that brought Ruthie back to reality. "Who's watching your class?"

"I got a sub," Peter said. "There's one here for you too. I want to take you out for lunch, even though you already ate."

"That's fine. I didn't eat a lot anyway," Ruthie said. She quickly scribbled down on a piece of paper some work for the sub. Then she grabbed her books and walked out of the room with Peter. "I love you!" Ruthie exclaimed and she kissed Peter, more passionately now that they weren't in front of the class.

"I love you too," Peter said. Then all the teachers who were in the rooms that were near Ruthie and Peter's and were Ruthie and Peter's friends came out. "Congratulations!" they all yelled and some even hugged the both of them.

"They all knew didn't they?" Ruthie said and they both walked to Peter's car.

"Yeah, I told everyone this morning. You were the only one who didn't know," Peter said.

"Well you really surprised me," Ruthie said. "You must have really thought about this."

"Yeah, I was a nervous wreck all morning. I even told my class that I was going to ask you to marry me," Peter explained. When they got to Peter's car they both hopped in. They drove to a restaurant where they could eat lunch, both overjoyed at the new step that they would be taking in their lives.

"We'll tell everyone about our engagement tomorrow at Thanksgiving, okay?" Ruthie said to her fiancé.

"Okay," Peter said.

"I love saying it. You're my fiancé. It's so great. I can't wait till we get married," Ruthie said.

"I know neither can I," Peter said.

"Do you want any help?" Sam asked his mother.

"Sure," Annie said. "You can peal these potatoes." She gave her son about fifteen potatoes and then she went back to stirring something on the stove.

"Do you know who's coming tonight?" Sam asked.

"Yeah I do. Lucy, Kevin, Tommy, Luke, Noah, Lizzy, Caleb, Simon, Kate, Alex, Ruthie, Peter, and all of us will all be at the house," Annie explained.

"Have you talked to Mary?" Sam asked his mother.

"No, not since last weekend. Why what's going on?" Annie asked.

"She's just going a little crazy. I talked to Carlos and she keeps yelling at him. She's blaming him for the baby being three weeks late. I just hope, that for Carlos's sake, she goes into labor soon," Sam said.

"Yeah, me too," Annie said.

Lucy and Kevin were both helping their kids to get ready for Thanksgiving dinner. Kevin was in Tommy and Caleb's room and Lucy was in Lizzy, Luke and Noah's. Kevin helped Tommy to put on the red sweater and khaki pants that Lucy had set out for him. Then he dressed Caleb in the blue sweater and khaki pants that his wife had also set out. Both sweaters were the same but different colors and Kevin was pretty sure that Lizzy, Luke, and Noah also had sweaters that were the same in different colors.

In Lizzy's room Lucy was helping her only daughter to get dressed. She helped Lizzy to get dressed in her pink sweater and khaki skirt. Then she gave her a pair of white tights and Lizzy put them on. She took out a pair of black Mary-Jane's and Lizzy put those on too. Then Lucy went into Noah and Luke's room helped them to put on their khaki pants, green and yellow sweaters (green for Luke and yellow for Noah), socks and shoes. Then she brought them downstairs where she found Kevin in the kitchen.

"Luke, Noah, and Lizzy don't go outside and don't play any games that will get you dirty," Lucy told her children.

"Aw, that's no fun," Luke complained.

"It's not supposed to be fun," Lucy said and her children ran into the playroom. Then she turned to Kevin. "Where are Tommy and Caleb?"

"They are in the playroom. I told them not to get dirty. Don't worry," Kevin said and he moved closer to his wife. Then he kissed her.

"What was that for?" Lucy asked.

"Because I love you," Kevin said quickly.

"Oh well then I love you too," Lucy said and she kissed her husband again. "Come on we have to go." Lucy walked over to the playroom and said, "come on kids. Time to go to Grandma and Grandpa's." All the kids put the toys they were playing with down and then they ran to the door and got their jackets on. Everyone loaded into the car and Kevin drove to Annie and Eric's.

The doorbell rang and Annie ran to answer it. When she opened the door she found Peter and Ruthie. "Come on in guys." Annie led them both into the living room and they sat down on the couch.

"So what's going on with you guys?" Lucy asked Ruthie and Peter.

"Oh, you know. We've just been doing the same thing we always have," Ruthie lied.

"That's good," Lucy responded. Everyone talked for a little while until Ruthie and Peter both stood up.

"Um…Peter and I have something to tell everybody," Ruthie said, which got everyone's attention. She and Peter stood up and then Ruthie said, "Yesterday, Ruthie asked me to marry him and I said yes. We're getting married in a couple of months."

"Congratulations!" everyone yelled.

"I can't believe my youngest daughter is getting married!" Annie exclaimed. Then she hugged Ruthie and Peter. "But I am glad that it's to you," Annie said to Peter.

"So how did Peter ask you?" Kate asked. Ruthie and Peter told the story of how Peter asked Ruthie to marry him. And when they were done everyone said, "aw that is so romantic!"

"Carlos! Carlos it's time!" Mary explained. She, Carlos and the kids were over at Matt and Sarah's for Thanksgiving dinner.

"Can you watch the kids?" Carlos asked Matt and Sarah. They nodded yes and Carlos helped Mary out to the car.

"Good luck!" Matt and Sarah yelled after them and Mary and Carlos got into the car.

On the way to the hospital Mary said, "I'm really sorry about the way I've been treating you. I had no right to treat you like that."

"No, it's okay. You don't have to say that your sorry, I understand," Carlos said. A couple of minutes late they pulled up to hospital. Carlos parked the car and then they both got out. They checked in and then a nurse took them into a room.

"That was just Matt," Annie announced. "Mary just went into labor. Mary and Carlos were over Matt and Sarah's house when it happened. Come on Eric, we have to fly to New York." Eric called the airport and booked a flight. Then both Annie and Eric quickly packed and then they were ready to go. "You guys are okay with eating with out us here, right?"

"Yes," everyone responded. Then Annie and Eric rushed out the door and got into their car.

"Well, Mary you should be ready to have the baby in about forty-five minutes," the doctor, Doctor Stephenson said.

"Okay," Mary said. Then the doctor left the room and Mary and Carlos were by themselves.

"I'm going to go and tell everyone what's going on," Carlos said and he left the room. He went into the waiting room and found his parents, Mary's parents, Matt, Sarah, Grace, Zack, Nolan, Charlie, Connor, Maggie, and Rebecca.

"The doctor said that she should have the baby in about forty-five minutes," Carlos explained.

"That's great," Annie said.

"Now I better get back to my wife. The next time I see you will probably be after the baby is born," Carlos said and he went back into the room where Mary was.

About a half-an-hour later the doctor said, "alright Mary, one last push!"

"Ugh!" Mary yelled and then a baby's cry filled the room.

"It's a…"

Carlos ran from the hospital room with a huge smile on his face. "The baby is here!" he yelled.

"That's great!" Annie yelled. Then she and everybody else hugged Carlos. "So is it a boy or a girl?" Annie asked anxiously.

"It's a boy!" Carlos said. "I now have three sons! You guys can come in and see Mary and the baby."

Everybody followed Carlos into the hospital room. They found Mary lying on the hospital bed holding a small "bundle of joy." "Aw, he's adorable," everyone cooed.

"He's seven pounds five ounces and twenty-one inches," Mary explained.

"What are you guys naming him?" Eric asked.

"We decided to name him Jacob Andrew. Jake for short," Mary explained.

"That's so cute," Sarah said. "Jacob Andrew Rivera."

"Here you guys can hold him," Mary said and she handed him to Annie.

"He looks just like you Mary," Annie said. Everyone took turns holding Jake and then they gave him back to Mary. They called Annie and Eric's house and everybody got on the phone, Eric lit a candle and then everybody sang,

"Who can turn the world on with their smile?

Who can take a nothing day and make it all worth while?

Well, it's you boy and you should know it.

With every glance and every little moment you show it.

Love is all around no need to waste it.

You can have the town, why don't you take it.

You're gonna make it after all.

You're gonna make it after all."

"So I heard about Ruthie's great news," Mary said when they were done.

"Yeah, it's hard to believe that she's getting married. I hate to say it but I still think of her as the little kid she used to be," Matt said.

"Yeah me too, but I guess we can't do that anymore," Mary said. "Well, I'm happy for her. Peter will make a really great husband and father."

"Yeah, I think so too," Sarah said. Then Matt, Sarah, their kids, Annie, Eric, and Carlos's parents left the room and the Rivera family was left in the room.

"So how do you like your brother?" Carlos asked.

"He's cool," Charlie and Connor said.

"Yeah he is and he's cute," Maggie said.

"Cute," Rebecca chimed in.

"Well, I'm glad that you guys all approve," Carlos said. The family talked for a little while until Matt and Sarah took the kids home. Jake fell asleep and then Carlos laid him in the bassinet that was in the room. Then both Mary and Carlos fell asleep from their very exhausting day.

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