A/N: The last season never celebrated any holidays, so I'm not too sure what month in the show the finale happened in; so, I'm going to make up my own.

Sheldon woke up to his own internal alarm. Despite being 6:30 outside still seemed dark because it was almost Christmas. Sheldon sighed, he had no idea what to get his wife for Christmas or even her birthday. He heard a soft snore and turned his see his wife had turned onto her back. Her pajama shirt, well rather his shirt, had ridden up in her sleep exposing a small part of her growing stomach. At 16 weeks she 'finally looked pregnant' as she put it. But with that also came small stretch marks at her sides which he's not too sure she noticed it yet and he wasn't going to be the one to tell her. He rubbed his hands together to make them warm and placed it on her stomach, he knew he wouldn't feel any movement, but that didn't stop him from trying every day. He pushed up her shirt some more and shimmied down until he was eye level with her belly.

"Hey" he whispered, "I know you guys probably can't hear me because hearing doesn't develop until 18 weeks, but I'm sure you guys are advanced just like me and mommy. You have about 20- 24 more weeks before you come and then we have a lot of movies to watch, mommy thinks you will be too young for Star Wars, but that movie has no age limit. I'm not going to lie if someone told me ten years ago this is what I would be doing instead of watching Doctor Who I probably would have laughed in their face, but now, I can't imagine any other way. I promise to protect you even though a lot of things scare me, I hope you don't develop some of those fears, but I will always support you guys, even if you become geologists." He shuddered at the thought. He felt a hand run through his hair and looked up to meet Amy's tear-stricken face. He quickly crawled up to meet her, "What's wrong? Why are you crying? Are you ok?"

S he nodded while trying to wipe the tears, "Just hormones. What you were saying was really beautiful." Sheldon visibly relaxed at her explanation. "Did I wake you?" he asked

"No. I have to pee" she said crawling out of bed. From inside the bathroom he heard Amy gasp. "Amy what's wrong?" he asked, trying to open the door only to find it locked. "I have stretch marks" she wailed. He rested his head on the door, "Amy darlin' open the door. I know about the stretch marks, I don't care, it just means that the babies are growing." He heard the soft click of the lock and saw Amy face, "What do you mean you know about the stretch marks?"

"Ummm nothing. Nothing at all."

"Yeah yeah. What time is our appointment today?" she asked

"Its at 9, so we have to hurry."

"Hurry? Its 2 ½ hours away"

"Yes I know. But as of late, you take longer to get ready." He huffed. Amy glared at him "Get out" she said pointing at the door, "Go get dressed in the living room."

Sheldon knew better than to fight as he was the one who got her mad in the first place, so he took his clothes and left the bedroom, as soon as he heard the bathroom door clothes he went back in to lie on the bed. 40 minutes later he heard Amy groan from the bathroom, "Amy?" he called out

"It doesn't fit."

"What doesn't fit Amy?"

She came out of the bathroom, "Nothing fits. My skirt won't zip anymore and my bra feels like it squeezing the life out of me." She said lying down next to him on the bed.

"I thought the skirt was fine, even up to a few days ago it was fitting you"

"Well it can't fit anymore. Its like I grew overnight."

Sheldon turned to look at her. Now that she said it she did look bigger than she was yesterday, "I'm sure we can find something for you to wear."

"I'm not going" she huffed while turning to cuddle her pillow, "Just go in my place and tell her everything looks the same way it did 4 weeks ago except I gained like 10 pounds."

"Amy I cant go alone." He started digging through the closet, "what if you wear sweat pants, and then after the appointment we could go buy bigger clothes." He handed her the pants, "please, just try it on for me."

She grabbed the pants, "Fine. But I want fries and you say nothing if I decide to dip them in my slushee."

Amy got up and continued to get ready. By the time they were ready to leave it was already 8:40. On the way out they ran into Penny carrying her laundry downstairs. She turned to look at the couple, "Wow Ames you grew. Were you that big the last time I saw you?"

Tears welled up in Amy's green eyes, "I told you" she said running back into the apartment.

Sheldon glared at Penny, "thanks Penny" he said sarcastically running after his wife to try to coax her out.