TWO WEEKS LATER

"Mom, when are we leaving?" Andrew asked, standing in his parents bedroom doorway.

"In five minutes." Haley replied as she slowly stood from the bed. "Could you go help your brothers put their shoes on please?"

Andrew sighed and turned around and headed towards the living room. Haley followed, but turned right in the hallway and entered the bedroom that had previously been Cooper's. Over the last couple of weeks, Nathan and Haley had been moving Cooper and James into a bigger bedroom to share, and giving Andrew a room of his own. Now, Cooper's old bedroom, would soon become a nursery for the new baby. In the bedroom, Nathan was setting up paint pans. He was wearing old jeans and an old black tank top splashed in paint and a black baseball cap backwards on his head.

"Hey." Haley said when she entered. She laughed when she saw his hat and said, "You look so adorable with that hat backwards on your head."

Nathan stopped working, smiled and said, "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah…you look like Andrew."

"Thanks." Nathan said sarcastically before going back to pouring pink paint into the pan.

Haley chuckled again and said, "Well, I just wanted to let you know we're leaving. We'll probably be back in a few hours."

"Okay, but maybe you should leave the boys here while you shop."

"What? And let them have a paint war while you and Jake are trying to paint. I don't think so."

"Well, you know how all-over-the-place they can be when you take them shopping. Plus, you have a lot to shop for today, don't you?"

"I'll be okay with them. I promised them they could go and play in the kids area while we shop. Besides, Brooke and Peyton are coming too and they want to see Lilly too. peyton and Brooke can help me out if they get too wild."

"Okay. Just be careful. Don't get stressed out too much. It won't be good for you or the baby?"

Nathan rubbed Haley's stomach.

"We'll be fine." Haley said, putting her hand on Nathan's.

Nathan kissed his wife before kissing her stomach.

"So how's baby Riley sleeping?" Haley asked Peyton. She, Peyton, Brooke and the kids sat at three tables pushed together in Karen's Café. The kids colored while Haley, Peyton and Brooke talked.

"Oh, she's sleeping great…"Peyton replied as she lowered the infant back into the carseat after feeding her a bottle, "…during the day. But she loves being awake with mommy at night when mommy really needs her sleep."

Brooke and Haley both laughed. Karen walked over to the table and asked, "Is there room for one more?"

"Of course." Brooke said as she pulled out a chair and Karen sat down.

"So did you have a good time shopping?" Karen asked.

"Yeah, we did." Haley replied. "I had to buy a new stroller and car seat because the ones we used with the boys are so worn out and torn and stained that they look ten years old."

Peyton smiled and said, "Well, they almost are."

"What else did you get?" Karen wondered.

"Well, considering Nathan and I will have a little girl in a matter of months, I needed to buy a whole new wardrobe for the baby on top of sheets and crib liners."

"Yeah, but you totally had fun picking out those clothes." Brooke said, smiling.

"I did, I admit it." Haley smiled. "It's the first time I got to pick out outfits for my little girl."

"Well I guess you were pretty busy today." Karen said after a sip of coffee.

"I was. And I'm not even done yet. I have to shop again in a couple of weeks to buy the boys new clothes for school."

"I'm taking Jenny shopping for new clothes too after her registration." Peyton said as she helped Riley get her pacifier back in her mouth. " I can't believe she's starting Junior High already."

"That is weird." Brooke agreed.

"Wow, this year is going to be really expensive." Haley said, leaning back in her chair. "Neew bay things, maternity clothes, school clothes, school supplies…it's crazy."

"Yeah, well," Peyton said, " kids are expensive."

After working for two hours, Nathan and Jake had finally completed the paint job on the nursery.

"It looks great." Jake said as he and Nathan stepped back to admire their hard work. " I think Haley will like it."

"Definitely." Nathan agreed as he picked up a half full paint pan. " She'll love it. Hey, could you grab that other pan?"

"Sure." Jake said, picking up the pan and following Nathan out of the bedroom.

After leaving the paint pans on the back porch, the guys walked back inside to the kitchen.

"Would you like a beer or something?" Nathan offered, opening the refrigerator door.

"No beer thanks, but I'll take a Coke if you have one. I'm on baby suty tonight so Peyton can get some sleep."

Nathan pulled a beer out of the fridge for himself and handed Jake a Coke. They both sat down at the table and clicked open their cans.

"So have you guys adjusted to the new baby yet?" Natha nasked after a drink.

"Yeah, I think so." Jake replied. I mean, it's a little tough trying to handle two kids in diapers and making sure Jenny gets what she needs too, but we're handling everything okay. When I'm working during the week, Peyton takes care of the girls and on the weekends and at night I'll be Mr. Mom when she has work to do or just needs a break. Everything is working out great so far. Plus, we all just love having Riley here finally that it seems easier more often than it feels harder."

Nathan smiled and said, I'll bet. Haley and I can't ait for this new baby either. We're really excited."

"How about the boys? Are they looking forward to the baby too?"

"Well James definitely is. He's really looking forward to a sister. And Cooper doesn't really understand the whole baby concept yet, but he will. Right now, Haley and I are more concerned with Andrew. He doesn't want anything to do with getting ready for the baby."

"Why not?" Jake asked, setting his can back on the table.

"I don't know exactly, but Haley thinks it might be an attention thing because she's seen it happen with her brothers and sisters before. She thinks Andrew might be acting out on his brother and not getting involved with baby things is because he thinks there won't be any time left for him."

"That sounds pretty natural for a seven year old." Jake said. "So what are you guys going to do?"

"Well, we're going to try and talk to him and keep trying to get him involved with baby things. We just have to let him know that thre will always be time for him."

"Of course. I'm sure he'll feel different once he actually gets to meet his baby sister."

"Oh yeah, definitely. I mean, he felt sort of like this when we had Cooper too, but he wasn't being extra mean to James and he wasn't skulking around all the time like he is now. I guess we'll just have to work a little harder with him this time around."