A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews girls!

Aimee, I can tell you right now that she'll definitely be a lot like Alison ;) But I guess in some ways, she'll be like both of her parents.

And now for more of...Gracie, I think you said it best...the cutest kid on the planet! LOL!

Chapter 3

The day started much like it had started the day before.

The sheets were a tangled mess as both of them lay laughing and moving around underneath. They had spent the whole morning making love.

Rafe moved the covers from Alison, looking into her eyes, kissing her. Then gently, he pulled away.

"Do you know what day it is?" he asked.

Alison's eyes shot open. "If you tell me it isn't Saturday, you're going to be very sorry!"

Rafe started laughing. "It's Saturday. I just wanted to see how you would react."

"Rafe!" Alison grabbed her pillow, giving Rafe a good smack with it. "Not funny!"

"Hey!" Rafe laughed, putting his arms around her, pushing her down into the mattress.

"Oh, what are you going to do? Punish me for hitting you with the pillow?"

"I might," Rafe whispered, closing his eyes as he bent down and kissed her lips.

After a while, the two of them lay together, watching the room brighten as the sun came up

Alison was deep in thought, thinking about many things, but mostly, the baby.

"Rafe?"

"Yeah?"

"Where will we put the baby?"

"Well, I suppose we'll have to use the spare bedroom. We can turn that into a nursery."

"Yeah, but where will we move all of the things in that room to?"

"I guess we'll find someplace for it. We can't very well have the baby sleep in Katrina's room. If worse comes to worse, we can get one of those bassinet type things and he can sleep in our room for a while until we can clear out the spare bedroom."

"I have a better idea."

"What's that?"

"How about a new house altogether?"

Rafe looked to Alison, surprised. "You think?"

"Well, Rafe, think about it. With a new baby and all, it's going to be a crowded house if we don't find a bigger place. The garage is already about to bust open with all of Katrina's toys. We can't even park the cars in there!"

"You're right. With another baby, we're going to need a bigger place. How about we start looking for a new house next week?"

Alison smiled. "Actually, I've already started."

"Did you find anything?"

"Yeah, I did. Eve told me few months back that a house in her neighborhood would probably be going up for sale soon. And she was right. The 'for sale' sign just went up this week. It's this beautiful white house! So yesterday afternoon, I stopped by to see it, and there was an open house. So of course, I peeked. Rafe, you should see the inside! It's gorgeous!"

"What does it look like?"

"It hasa big living room, a big kitchen! There's a nice dining room, and even a little laundry room! And the upstairs…"

"It has a second floor?"

"Yes! And it's beautiful!"

"How many bedrooms?"

"Four."

"Well that should be enough!"

"More than enough! Unless you were planning on having ten kids."

"Well…" Rafe laughed.

"Oh! I forgot to tell you the best part!"

"What?"

"The master bedroom. It's huge! And the master bathroom! Two sinks!"

"Two sinks!"

"We can get ready at the same time! And you should see the tub. It's huge!"

"I'll have to check out this place."

"Rafe, I love it. I think it's the one."

"Are you sure you don't want to look at anything else? We probably should."

"Well we can. But sometimes you just get a feeling about these kinds of things, and I think it's perfect. Plus, it's close to everything. I could walk to Livvie's house, Rafe! It's closer to all of Katrina's friends. The park is not far away. I could even walk to work it's that close."

Rafe smiled. "Well I guess we better get busy then. We've got a lot of packing to do."

"Oh, we have time. We can do that later."

"Why not now? It's Saturday! How about we get a head start on things? I can go to work and bring home some boxes."

"No, let's not start now. We'll start later."

"Why?

Alison sighed. "Do I really have to spell it out for you?"

Rafe looked confused.

"Katrina's still sleeping," Alison whispered.

"Oh," Rafe said, finally getting it. "You're right. We'll start later."

With that, the two of them crept back under the covers.

Katrina sat at the coffee table with her pad of paper and box of crayons. She had decided to draw her baby brother a picture.

The doorbell suddenly rang, and Alison ran over to answer it.

"Hey!"

"Hey!" Livvie said. "You ready to go?"

"Actually, give me another minute. I just realized these pants are tighter than I thought they would be. I'm going to go change."

"Okay, take your time," Livvie said as she watched Alison head back to her bedroom. "Hey, Katrina."

"Hey, Aunt Livvie!"

"What are you drawing?"

"A picture. Guess what?"

"What?"

"I'm gonna have a baby brother!"

"I heard!"

"This picture is for him. You wanna see my little brother's movie?"

"Okay."

"Sit down!"

Livvie smiled, taking a seat on the couch while Katrina got up and walked over to the television. She picked up a tape and put it into the VCR.

Within a few moments, the ultrasound video began to play.

"See? There he is! That's Gabe. He's growing in my mommy's belly right now! Did you know that?"

"Yes, I did! He's beautiful!"

Katrina walked over to the couch and sat down beside her. "Mommy says that since I'm gonna be a big sister now, I can help teach him things. I'm gonna teach him how to ride a pony. When he's bigger. Like me."

Livvie smiled. "Well I'm sure you'll be a great big sister. You'll help your mom and dad out a lot."

"Hey! You coming to my birthday party tomorrow?" she asked, changing the subject.

"Of course! I wouldn't miss it!"

"I'm gonna be five years old! That means I can start school soon. Daddy says if he can't find a school for only girls around here then he's gonna homeschool me. Mommy says he's just crazy."

Livvie laughed out loud. Katrina was the funniest kid she knew. "Well, your dad is a little crazy, but don't worry, I think your mom will win this one." Livvie gave her a wink.

"Yeah. She already registered me for kindergarten!" Katrina laughed. "Hey, where are you and Mommy going?"

"Your mom and I are going to out to dinner. Then maybe dancing or something. Sort of a girls night out."

"What's a 'girls night out'?"

"It's when you get together with all your girlfriends and go have fun, without men."

"Can I come too? I'm a girl!"

"Sorry, sweetie, it's kind of a grown up thing. Besides, I think you would have more fun staying here with your dad."

"Okay, I'm ready!" Alison announced, walking into the room with a much more comfortable pair of jeans on.

"Alright, let's go," Livvie said, standing up and grabbing her purse.

"Bye, baby," Alison said, giving Katrina a kiss on her cheek.

"Bye, Mommy."

"Don't let Daddy throw away any sweets in the house, okay? I'll make him sleep on the couch if he does," she whispered.

Katrina giggled. "Okay."

"Good girl. See you later, baby."

"Is it ready yet, Daddy?" Katrina asked.

Rafe looked at the microwave's timer. "Three more seconds."

Beep! Beep! Beep!

"Uh-oh, Spaghettios!" Katrina cheered.

Rafe set the microwavable kid-size bowl of spaghetti rings in front of her and removed the lid. "Be careful, it's hot."

"Mmm!" Katrina licked her lips.

Rafe smiled, watching her dig in. He then headed to the pantry.

"What are you gonna have for dinner, Daddy?"

"I'm not sure yet. Let me see what we have in here."

"You can have some of my Uh-oh, Spaghettios."

"What is all this?" Rafe complained, taking out a box of cookies and a half-eaten bag of chips.

"Snacks!"

"No, not snacks. Junk food. Bought by your mother, I'm sure."

"Don't throw it away, Daddy! You'll be sorry!"

Rafe wanted to throw it away, but he knew what Alison would say about it. She'd accuse him of thinking she wasn't taking care of herself, but that wasn't the case. He just preferred she'd eat more healthy snacks when she was pregnant.

"Mommy said if you touch her food, she'll make you sleep on the couch."

Rafe put the food back into the pantry. Alison was usually serious when she said things like that.

After dinner, Katrina found her father sitting on the couch, reading through the paper. She climbed up onto the couch beside him.

"Hey, Daddy."

"Hey, Princess."

"Why you reading the paper now?"

"I was looking for something. And I found it." Rafe took a red marker, circling the ad he found.

"What'd ya find?"

"You want to go for a ride and see?"

"Yeah!"

"Come on, let's go."

"Where are we going?" Katrina asked, looking out of the window. "Are we going to Danny's?"

"No."

"But this is the way to his house."

"Yes it is, but we're not going there."

"Where are we going then?"

"Right here." Rafe stopped the car, parking at the edge of the street. "You see that house there?"

"Yeah."

Rafe turned back to Katrina and smiled. "Let's get out and take a closer look."

Rafe got out of the car, then helped Katrina out. He took her hand and led her to the sidewalk.

"Who lives here, Daddy?"

"No one yet. You see that sign right there?" Rafe pointed to the sign in the lawn.

"Uh huh."

"It says 'For Sale'. Which means someone will buy it soon, and they'll move in. Well, what do you think of it, Princess?"

"It's big!"

"Let's see if we can see the inside."

Rafe and Katrina walked up to the porch.

"Ooo! Look, Daddy! A porch swing! Just like Aunt Livvie and Uncle Jack's house!" Katrina immediately climbed into the swing. "Push me, Daddy!"

Rafe smiled, giving her a push.

"Whee!"

As Katrina played, Rafe tried to peer inside. He couldn't see much, and he cursed himself for going when it was too dark. But from what he could tell, the inside did look rather spacious. He could make out a staircase to his left, and a fireplace in the living room to his right.

Katrina hopped out of the swing and went to the window. She looked inside. "Where's the couch? Where's the TV?"

Rafe laughed. "The house doesn't come with furniture, Princess."

"Why would someone want to live in a house without the furniture and TV?"

Rafe laughed again. "They don't, Princess! Whoever moves in will bring all that stuff with them."

"Oh."

"Let's go look around the back."

"'Kay!"

Katrina ran down the steps, with Rafe behind her. Together, they headed towards the back, past the driveway and garage, around the side of the house, and through the gate that led to the backyard.

"WOW!" Katrina ran in circles around the yard. "Look at the big yard, Daddy!"

"Yeah, it is big!" Rafe took a look around, and he could see it already. Backyard barbeques, parties, chasing kids around the yard. It was perfect.

Rafe walked over to the back deck, which was nice and spacious. He looked through the sliding glass doors, seeing more of the house. The kitchen area looked rather spacious. Alison had always wanted a bigger kitchen.

Katrina came running to the deck and looked inside the house as well. "Daddy, how come we're here looking at this house?"

Rafe took a seat on the steps, inviting Katrina to sit beside him. "Well, your mother and I have been talking. We think with the new baby coming, we're going to need a bigger house."

"But a baby doesn't take up a lot of room. Babies are small."

"That's right, but you have to have a lot of stuff for a baby, like a crib, and changing table, and a rocking chair, and not to mention all of the toys. And all of that will take up a lot of room. But this house, you see, is a lot bigger than ours, and I know Mommy really likes it. I think I like it too. What do you think?"

"I like the swing!"

Rafe laughed. "Well I tell you what. If we move into this house, I'll build you another one right over there. You'll have your own swingset right here in the backyard. Well, you'll have to share it with your brother, of course."

"And a slide too!"

"A slide too!"

"Oh boy! When do we get to move in?"

"It's not sure thing yet, Princess. We might get this house, we might not. But if we don't move here then we're going to find a new place soon, that's for sure."

"In a bigger house, right?"

"Yes, we're definitely moving someplace much bigger. And you can redecorate your room if you like. What color of paint would you want for your walls?"

"Um…I want pink!"

"Pink it is! Come on, Princess, let's go." Rafe stood up, taking his daughter's hand and helping her down the steps.

"Can I put a big horse on my wall too, Daddy?"

"If you want, sure!"

"Can I get some big letters to put on my wall too, like Charlotte has? Only it'll say 'KATRINA' on it?"

"Yeah, I think we can find those."

"We'll have to get one for Gabe too, won't we Daddy?"

"Yeah, we can get them for him too."

"He probably won't want his walls pink though. He'll probably stick his tongue out and say, 'Eww gross, pink is for girls! I'm a boy!'"

Rafe laughed. "We'll have to go with blue then."

"That's a good idea! Yeah, we'll paint his walls blue! And my walls pink! Blue for boys! Pink for girls!"

By this time, they had reached the car, and Katrina climbed in.

And on the way home, the house was all Rafe heard Katrina about.