Theme- A Countdown to Christmas and Kitty's birthday
Time Period: A Flashback
Event: Thanksgiving 2009
Scene: The Dining Room
John (eating his dinner): It feels weird to eat Thanksgiving dinner without mom
Kyle: Your mom is on mandatory bedrest at the moment
Cameron (to John): What does it mean to be on mandatory bedrest?
John: Mom's pregnancy has been very difficult. Besides, Mom is super close to her due date. The doctor has put her on mandatory bedrest until she delivers.
Cameron: I thank you for explaining
John: No problem
Derek: Sarah's stomach is enormous. Are you sure she is not carrying twins?
Kyle: I am sure Sarah is not carrying twins. The doctor has said we are having just only one baby. Our baby girl is due in December.
Derek: I am looking forward to meeting my neice
Kyle (heading upstairs with a plate for Sarah): I am going to check on Sarah
Scene: Sarah and Kyle's bedroom
Action: Sarah is on mandatory bedrest and watching Hallmark Christmas Movies
Sarah (choked up): These Hallmark Christmas Movies are making me emotional. I blame it on my pregnancy hormones.
Kyle (giving the plate to Sarah): Hello, love. I made this plate for you. Please eat up for Kitty and yourself.
Sarah (eating her food): Thanks. I am so hungry.
Kyle: You are welcome. By this time next year, Kitty will join us in person for Thanksgiving Dinner.
Sarah (rubbing her stomach): I am excited and yet anxious about giving birth next month.
Kyle: You brought John into this world. Kitty will not take you away from me.
Sarah: What if something goes wrong?
Kyle: You are in your eighth month of pregnancy. The time for the birth hasn't come yet. Let's focus on the positive and take it step by step.
Sarah (suddenly feels uncomfortable): OUCH
Kyle (worried): What is the matter? Is it that time?
Sarah (placing Kyle's hand on her stomach): Kitty just kicked and it was very painful
Kyle: Is it normal for a baby to kick that hard?
Sarah: It is nothing of great concern
Kyle: I thank you for carrying our baby
Sarah: I thank you for giving her to me
Kyle (kissing Sarah): I love you
Sarah (smiling): I love you too
(And then the flashback ends)
Time Period: A Flashback
Date: 12-20-2009
Place: A Hospital Delivery Room
Event: Kitty's birth
Sarah (emotional and tirelessly pushing through contractions): GRR..AHA..AHA
Kyle (squeezing Sarah's hand): You can do this
Sarah (panicky): Why isn't the baby coming out? Is she stuck inside my body?
Kyle: I have been thinking the same thing
A Nurse (shifting the fetal heartbeat monitor on Sarah's stomach): The baby's heartbeat is in good condition. Giving birth takes time. You are almost to the crowning stage. Just breathe and relax.
Sarah (panting): Okay
Kyle (looking down at Sarah's private parts): The baby is right there at your opening
Sarah (resuming pushing): AHA...AHA..AHA
Kyle (acknowledging the crowning baby): Hello, my precious Christmas baby
Sarah (spreading out her legs wider): AHA...AHA...AHA
The Doctor (putting towel on Sarah's opening): You are bleeding and tearing. I need light pushes from you.
Sarah (pushing lightly with her contractions): Hummm...
Kyle: There you go, Sarah. That's a good strong push.
Sarah (losing her strength): I am exhausted. This baby is super big. Is the birthing process over yet?
A Nurse (applying pressure on Sarah's stomach): Please hold on. Your ordeal is almost over. The doctor is trying to get the baby's shoulders out. The baby is experiencing Shoulder Dystocia. This means her shoulders are stuck in the birth canal.
(With the support of Kyle and her medical team, Sarah delivers Kitty who weighs nine pounds at birth. The Countdown to Kitty's birth and Christmas starts over again eleven ongoing twelve years later on December 7, 2021).
Date: 12-8-2021
Scene: The Connor Reese House
John (walking pass Derek's bedroom): Derek
Derek (deep in meditation or having a flashback): It is Uncle Derek to you, boy
John (sitting down on the bed beside Derek): You have never snapped at me or called me boy before. Is today one of those painful days for you?
Derek (choked up): I am sorry for snapping at you. This year, 2021 has been hard for me. I have experienced many losses this year. My ptsd is getting worse. All I want is no more pain for the next twenty three or twenty eight days that are left in this year.
John (putting his arm around Derek): I believe there are twenty three days left in this year. How may I help you?
Derek: I could use some hope about right now. Is there any good that can come out of 2021?
John: Kitty will celebrate her twelfth birthday on December 20th. 2021 has been hard, but we can't forget about her birthday. She is our little Christmas miracle.
Derek: I remember when Kit was born. Time surely does fly by fast.
John: Have you started to feel optimistic yet?
Derek: Yes
John (hugging Derek): I love you
Derek (taken aback): I love you too
Action: John is helping Derek and Kyle hang up Christmas lights outside
John (looking down): I am going to fall
Cameron (holding tightly onto John's ladder): I will keep your ladder steady
John: Thanks, Cam
Derek: What the Hell?
Kyle: What is matter, Derek?
Derek: Your son and the machine are something else
Kyle (taken aback): The machine?
John: The machine has a name. Her name is Cameron.
Derek: How can you give it a name when it is not fully human?
John: I miss your soft sensitive side
Derek: What soft sensitive side?
John: You had experienced a personal crisis and I helped you
Derek (lying): I have never felt depressed. I don't remember those dark times.
John: Okay, whatever
Kyle (heading into the house): I am going to check on Sarah, Kacey, and the children. They are baking Christmas cookies and other delicious goodies.
Scene: The Kitchen
Kyle (entering the kitchen): I can't wait to get my hands on those delicious goodies
Kitty and Chance (hugging Kyle): Papa
Kyle: I love you two very much
Kacey (flirting with Kyle): Hello, Sexy
Kyle (shocked): OH MY GOD!
Sarah (to Kacey): I didn't invite you over to my house so you could flirt with my husband
Kacey: I understand
Kyle (kissing Sarah): I love you
Sarah (smiling): I love you too
(Kyle hears a loud huge commotion and runs outside. He discovers John standing in the middle of Derek and Cameron)
Derek (yelling at John): Get out of my way
John (protecting Cameron): I will not allow you to hurt Cameron
Derek: I must kill it before it harms you
John: Cameron will never hurt me
Derek (to Kyle): The machine hit me
Kyle: Why?
Derek: It is pure evil
John (speaking on Cameron's behalf): She didn't hit you.
Derek: How long are you going to defend it?
John: How long are you going to call Cameron an it?
James (getting out of his car): How long are you people going to create chaos?
Derek: I blame it all on the machine
James: Cameron is weird, but she is not evil
Kyle: Its good to see you again, James
James: Sarah invited me
Trevor (Kacey's husband) Sarah also invited me
Time Period: A Flashback to 12-11-2021
Scene: The Connor Reese Residence
Action: Sarah is unloading the dishwasher when she receives an unexpected heartbreaking phone call from her mom
Meredith Connor (crying on the other side): Sarah
Sarah (greatly concerned): Why are you crying, mom?
Meredith (sobbing heavily): I can't wake up your dad. He has died in his sleep.
Sarah (devastated, she breaks a glass cup on accident): NO!
Meredith (frantic): I have contacted 911. An ambulance is the way. I need you right now. Please come home right now, baby.
Sarah (picking up the broken glass): I understand, but please give me time
Meredith (hanging up the telephone): Bye for now
Sarah (hanging up the telephone): Bye, Mom
(Suddenly and abruptly, Sarah bursts into tears. The loud sound of her crying and broken glass beckon Kyle to the kitchen.)
Kyle (cleaning Sarah's bloody hands): You have cut yourself with broken glass. Why are you so distraught?
Sarah (falling apart in Kyle's arms): My father has passed away. My father died in his sleep according to my mom.
Kyle (choked up): I am sorry for your loss
(Eventually, Sarah tells their kids that their grandpa has died. John, Chance, and Kitty are shocked and heartbroken because they loved their grandpa dearly. Derek and Cameron join their family in commerating Lewis' life from December 17th to December 18th.)
Date: 12-17-2021
Event: Lewis' wake
Date: 12-18-2021
Event: Lewis' funeral, burial (a major highlight- The Honor Guard) and repass (luncheon)
Date: 12-19-2021
Event: Kitty's early birthday dinner at O'Charleys with her grandma (Meredith) and the rest of her family
Date: 12- 20- 2021 (The Present Reality)
Event: Kitty's 12th birthday
Action: Kitty and her family return home after a long day of traveling per the family van aka Sarah's mini van. Kitty ends her day with being showered with love, gifts, and birthday wishes. She is brave (mature) enough to watch her birth video (the real and raw rated R version) with Sarah.
Time Period: A Flashback (as seen on a DVD)
Date: 12-20-2009 (Kitty's birth)
Scene: A Hospital Delivery Room
Part 1: The Labor
Sarah (panting): Reese
Kyle (squeezing Sarah's hand): Yes my love
Sarah (rubbing her stomach): I want to make a video for Kitty just in case I may die. I want her to remember me.
Kyle (choked up): You will survive your ordeal. I believe this baby will not take away from me.
Sarah (choked up): What if I don't survive childbirth?
Kyle (getting out his camera): Are you sure you want to make a video for Kitty when the birth is imminent?
Sarah (talking through contractions): Yes
Kyle (switches a camera between Sarah's face and stomach): Hello, baby girl. You lived inside your mom's stomach before you were born.
Sarah (rubbing her stomach): I can't wait to meet and hold you, my little princess
Kyle: You are so full of love for our baby girl
Sarah (transitioning over to the pushing stage): I must deliver the package
Kyle (laughing nervously): The package?
Sarah (breathing heavily): Kitty
Kyle (excited): We are going to meet her sooner rather than later
A Doctor (entering the room): Please hold on, Sarah. I must check you first.
Sarah (fighting back the urge to push): I can feel her. She is super close. Please hurry up and check me.
The Doctor (checking Sarah): You are fully dilated
Sarah: OH GOD! I Must Push!
A Nurse (putting Sarah into the stirrups): Now that you are in the stirrups, you can start pushing
Part 2: The Actual birth
Action: Kyle records Kitty's birth. Sarah ponders everything in her heart. They are on cloud nine.
(The video ends and Kitty (12) loves on Sarah extra harder and longer since it is her 12th birthday)