"Everybody get in here, I have news!"

Becky waited until the entire family was there.

"You know how sick I've been lately?"

"Yeah, morning sickness." DJ replied.

"You know how I'm hungry and tired all the time?"

"Yeah."

"I had an ultrasound today. I'm having twins!"

"Oh my god!" Jackie jumped up. "Twins?! This is wonderful, Becky!"

"Wow." Geena said. "Twins. Holy moley, God really filled that uterus with life."

"That's how I reacted at first too! I'm excited!"

"That's God right there." Geena said. "It was a miracle for you to get pregnant. Twins? God really worked a miracle. Times two!"

"Everybody is healthy? Everything is good so far?"

Becky nodded, "My vitals and tests are perfect and they both have heartbeats, I heard both."

"They made her an appointment to go back in a month."

"Darlene thinks they'll come early."

"They will." Jackie agreed. "Twins don't go full term, they run out of room in there."

"You're going to need a lot of baby stuff!"

"I know. I'm freaked out over how I'm going to afford twins and how I'll manage. But I'm excited!"

"We'll help you." DJ said, "You helped with Mary and you've always been there for her, we'll help with these two."

"I'm going to need all the help I can get! I'm freaked out!"

"You'll be fine. Just remember they are miracles."

One week later

"Oh my god! Did you swallow a whale overnight?!" Darlene said.

"Very funny Darlene. I know I'm huge, you don't have to make fun of me."

"Not making fun, but holy jesus your stomach popped out overnight."

"I know. My clothes don't even fit."

"You need maternity clothes."

"Aw. Maternity clothes. I never thought I'd have to buy maternity clothes."

Darlene laughed, "Yeah you really are a first time mom if you're excited about maternity clothes."

Harris entered the room. "Hey aunt Becky...holy crap did you swallow a watermelon?"

"You're just like your mother."

"Sorry but...damn. You grew overnight."

"Thanks, Harris."

"I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just calling it like I see it. Damn."

"Have you measured your waist?"

"No. Why would I do that?"

"Just for record keeping. They measured you at the ultrasound. You were at thirty inches. Wanna go check? I have a tape measure for your waist."

"Alright. We can go measure."

Darlene ran upstairs and Becky followed. Darlene grabbed the measuring tape and wrapped it around Becky's waist. "Wow. Thirty two inches!"

"Oh my god. I put two inches on my belly in a week!"

"Yeah get used to it. You're going to gain somewhere around forty or fifty pounds before this is over."

"Oh my god. How am I going to work? I was planning on working while I'm pregnant."

"You'll work as long as your doctor says you can."

"And then what?"

"You'll get disability or paid family leave until you go back."

"I hope I can afford them. I'm really scared, I'm not financially prepared for twins, but I'm so excited when I think about them. Do you think I'm gaining too much weight? Is it all the babies?"

"Most of it is babies. Both of them are growing, and the bigger they get, the more fluid you need in there."

"I wonder what they are...boys...girls...?"

"Do you have a preference?"

"I dunno...I've never given it much thought. I didn't think I'd have children."

"You never just dreamed of having a daughter or a son?"

"It hurt less not to think about it. After Mark died, I knew my chances of getting back out there and finding someone else were small."

"If I know you at all, you'd love a girl. You've always been the super girly type. I can see you buying girly outfits and hairbows."

"And I would buy that." Becky laughed. "Aw. Darlene. Babies! You think everything is okay in there?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?"

"Well, I'm old for one."

"Your age didn't stop you from becoming pregnant."

"I'm just worried. I can't afford for anything to go wrong. I wanna be a mom so bad."