Title: A Lifetime of Style
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Chapter 30: Grandpas
Kyle is eager to fly out to Houston when it's time to go see their new grandson.
Ryan is on cloud nine when he goes to pick up his dads at the airport. He tells them all about the new baby- Matthew Stone Marsh-Broflovski- 7 pounds 4 ounces, 21 inches long, brown hair, and sapphire blue eyes that rivaled Stan's in radiance.
They do some catching up in the car. Ryan tells them about the last days of Elise's pregnancy and what being in the delivery room and seeing his son being born was like. He takes them to their hotel to check them in, and then the three men drive over to his and Elise's apartment.
Ryan welcomes his fathers in with a whisper (Elise is sleeping), and the three spend the next half hour standing over the crib, cooing at the baby and talking in small voices. The newborn makes cross-eyed yawns at them. When the baby falls asleep, Ryan makes lunch for everyone and wakes Elise. After a couple hours, the baby starts to cry, and Elise goes to get him, walking around the living room and calming him down.
The afternoon is spent talking and playing with the baby. Around 5, Stan suggests that the new parents deserve a bit of a break. He and Kyle will cook and maybe they can invite Elise's parents over. They say they'll be over in a couple hours.
Stan cooks his famous chicken and vegetable stir fry, and Kyle makes the white rice.
The baby is sleeping when Elise's parents come over, and the extended family sits down to a nice dinner. They discuss the differences between life in Texas and DC, some non-controversial news items, and finally, during dessert and coffee, they admit to liking Stan's books. Stan and Kyle look at each other happily, realizing that life with the in-laws may not be so bad after all.
The baby starts to cry, and everyone but Elise's father gets up to get him. Elise and Ryan sit down immediately. Then Kyle. Then Stan.
Elise's mother brings Matt into the living room and sits with him while everyone else finishes their desserts. When the cups are put in the sink and the paper plates are thrown away, Matt begins to cry again.
"Here," Stan extends his arms, "I'll take him."
Matt calms down quickly as Stan gently bounces him against his shoulder. "I remember doing this with you," Stan whispers to Ryan, "Of course, you were a hell of a lot bigger."
"You're really good with him," Elise's father remarks to Stan.
Rob gets married in the summer of the following year to a woman named Rachel. Stan and Kyle both like her, although Stan finds her a bit bland. However, she's a good woman and a good wife, and since she convinced Rob to take a job offer that brought him back to Washington, D.C., neither Stan nor Kyle ever have a bad word to say about her.
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