Anna was roaming down the halls inside of the castle. The young princess was now eight months pregnant and could only walk down the halls instead of running and skipping like she did before she was pregnant. Although she missed not being able to move so freely, not to mention she disliked enduring the many discomforts and inconveniences over the last eight months, Anna was more than excited for the arrival of her baby. She put her hand on her stomach, trying to feel a kick from the baby, but she got nothing.

Anna kept walking until she came to Elsa's door. Even though she still knocked whenever the door was closed, she sometimes couldn't help but play with Elsa by just barging in instead. So she decided to do that right now.

"Elsa!" Anna cried the moment she saw her sister as she barged into the room.

This sudden act made Elsa jump in her desk seat, causing some ice to cover the walls of the room. "Anna!" she yelped as she jumped. "You startled me!"

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to play around by not knocking this time."

Regaining her composure, Elsa said, "It's all right. I was just taking care of something important, so what you did just threw me off a bit."

"I'm very sorry again-"

"No, no, it's okay, it's nothing serious. Now what did you want? You raced in here, so I assumed you wanted something."

"Well, I came in to ask you if you'd like to join me and Kristoff on a picnic to the woods. I know it's a little cool outside because of the autumn weather, but it doesn't feel cold to not go on a picnic."

Elsa smiled sadly. "I'd love to do nothing more with you and Kristoff before the arrival of the baby, but unfortunately, I can't. I need to finish going over some tax documents and peace negotiations. Also, a few of the servants are doing some refurnishing in one of the rooms today, and they said they wanted me to help with the supervision." She stood up from her seat and walked over to Anna, taking both of her hands in her own. "I'm very sorry to say no. May I take you up on the offer for another day this week, as long as the weather is good?"

Seeing Elsa's sincerity in her face as she apologized, Anna answered, "Absolutely." Putting her hands on her large belly, she added, "I just hope the little one won't make me so sick that I couldn't do it at all."

Elsa laughed. "It won't be too much longer."

"Well, I'm gonna go find Kristoff and see what he is doing. Bye!"

"Bye," Elsa replied as Anna walked out of the room and shut the door behind her. As soon as Anna was gone, Elsa hurried over to her closet and opened it. Inside were some baby items and wrapping paper.

The real reason why Elsa had turned down Anna's offer to go on a picnic was because she and Kristoff were preparing to have a party for Anna to celebrate the impending arrival of the baby. While Elsa did have some documents to finish, the excuse she gave about the servants refurnishing a room was in fact because they were preparing the ballroom with decorations and food for the party.

The people of Arendelle were coming to it and bringing their own set of presents that would be for the baby. The party was scheduled for the early evening, and so far, keeping the details about it a secret from Anna had not been simple. Their last problem now was to get Anna out of the castle for a few hours while the final preparations were handled. Elsa had discussed this with Kristoff, and Kristoff came up with just the solution…

It didn't take long for Anna to find Kristoff near the castle doors. "Kristoff!" she exclaimed when she saw him.

Hearing her voice, Kristoff looked in her direction and pulled her into his arms for a hug as soon as she came within range of him.

Once they hugged (which was not so simple to do because Anna's pregnant stomach would keep them a small distance apart) and kissed, Anna asked, "Kristoff, could we go for a ride with Sven to the woods? I asked Elsa if the three of us could have a picnic lunch there, but she is too busy."

Kristoff caressed her face tenderly. "I'd love that, Anna, but unfortunately, I have to run a few errands around the village square."

"I could help you with that!"

"I'd love nothing more than your company, Anna, but it's going to take a while to finish, and you may get bored and tired quickly." He gestured his eyes to her stomach as he said the last words.

"I guess you're right," Anna replied disappointedly.

"I'll tell you what. I'll be sure to take you on that ride later this week before we have our baby. And if you still want to get around, why don't you go ahead and go for a little ride with Sven?"

Anna's eyes widened. "You're letting me go with Sven without you?"

Kristoff just smiled. "Sven certainly trusts you, so I can trust you with him." He winked at her. "Yes, you want to get out, so go ahead with Sven. But don't take the sled with you, just Sven. You can sit on his back, but if you think you may have trouble, then take a saddle. And don't make him run while you're sitting on him, at least not very fast. And there is a bag of carrots in his stable that you can take with you to share with him."

"Okay." Anna smiled as she looked into Kristoff's eyes. "Thank you, Kristoff."

"You're welcome, baby," Kristoff responded. Then he spontaneously pulled her in for another hug and a passionate kiss…which, again, was done as best as they could due to Anna's stomach.

A few minutes later, Anna had reached the stables where Sven resided with the horses. Knowing exactly where to go, she found Sven almost immediately after she walked into the stables.

"Hi, Sven!" she called out once she saw him.

Sven had his head turned in the opposite direction, but as soon as he heard his name called, he turned around and started panting excitedly when he saw his favorite girl.

Anna scratched his head affectionately. "Do you wanna go for a little ride, Sven? Just you and me?"

Sven grunted in a way that Anna took to mean "yes." "Good," she replied. "How about a little snack first?" Seeing a bag on the floor, Anna realized that it had to be the one that contained the carrots. She reached in and pulled one out. Sven started panting happily again, and he eagerly chomped it up when Anna offered it to him after she took a bite.

After Anna opened up Sven's gate and slipped the bag onto her back, she was just about to climb onto Sven's back (he sat down to make it easy for her to climb onto him), when she heard a familiar voice say, "Hey, where are you going?"

"Hey, Olaf!" Anna said once she saw her little snowman friend appear next to her. "Sven and I were just gonna go for a ride to the woods. See, it's a little strange. Both Kristoff and Elsa are too busy to spend time with me today, but Kristoff said I could be with Sven for today. I just wonder if they are hiding something from me."

Olaf actually knew about Kristoff and Elsa's surprise party for Anna, and he had come over just now to see if she had left. Since she had not, he decided to try and go with her to help keep her out of the castle long enough so that the party preparations could be finished. Hoping that Anna didn't think Kristoff and Elsa were purposely neglecting her, he said, "Don't worry, Anna, they still love you just the same, even if they can't always be with you."

Anna smiled at Olaf. "You know, you really are a love expert, Olaf. I don't know if Kristoff and I would have ended up together if it hadn't been for you telling me that he loved me."

"Glad I could help," Olaf said. "Would you mind if I went with you and Sven on your ride?"

"Not at all." Anna climbed onto Sven's back for real this time. As soon as she was settled in the saddle he was wearing, she told Olaf "Hop on."

"I'm coming!"

As soon as Olaf was on Sven's back, Sven took off in the direction that went from Arendelle to the woods.

By the time they had arrived to the woods, Anna, Sven, and Olaf were lying down on a picnic blanket. Sven was lying down to take a snooze, while Olaf and Anna were gazing up at the clouds in the sky. For a moment, Anna thought she could see a cloud that was shaped just like a baby, which only made her smile.

"Anna?"

"Yes, Olaf?"

"What will it be like when there's a new baby in the palace?"

"Well, Olaf, a baby is basically a new life. It's a newborn creature that will grow into a child, a teenager, and eventually an adult. And Kristoff and I are the parents, so it's our responsibility to take care of it until it can grow up and take care of itself. It will be a joy raising this baby to see the kind of person he or she will grow up to be, and while it's still young, we want to make a lot of memories with it, like its first words and first steps."

"That sounds very nice. Are you hoping for a boy or girl?"

"Kristoff and I had that discussion a couple of months ago. We each didn't want to admit that he wanted a boy and I wanted a girl, and those seem to be preferences for men and women, anyway. Now a girl would be nice for me, but I guess it would also be nice if this first baby was a boy, just for assurance and to have a potential male heir to Arendelle's throne. I think Kristoff really wants a boy so he can show him all the things he knows about ice harvesting."

"Do you think you and Kristoff might have any more children after this one?"

Anna briefly hesitated. "We haven't discussed or even really considered the idea yet. I think we should just focus on this new baby first, then maybe after the first year, we might discuss the possibility of having another child."

"If you do, would you want that one to be a boy or a girl?"

Anna laughed at how inquisitive Olaf was being. "We'll just have to see what comes first. But I can say that if we have a boy first, I hope we could have a girl next, or if we have a girl first, then we could have a boy. I just feel that one son and one daughter make the perfect family. In that way, each parent would get the child they would want most. But for whichever type of baby we have, if it's a boy, I will love it no less than I would love a girl."

"I'm just overall excited to have a new playmate."

"Well, Elsa is definitely excited, too, and she doesn't care either way if it's a girl or boy. She's just happy to be a future aunt." Anna sat up and looked at Sven, who was now awake, lying down next to her. "I'll bet you're excited about having a future new playmate as well, huh, Sven?"

Sven nodded his head and grunted. Anna gently scratched his face. "If it's a boy, I bet he'll remind you of Kristoff. But if it's a girl, she'll remind you of me, huh, buddy?"

Sven repeated his nod and grunt to answer Anna's question. Just then, Anna felt her stomach rumble. She placed her hand on her pregnant stomach. "Boy, I love to eat, but I feel that being pregnant has made me hungrier than usual at times. Well, good thing Kristoff told me about the carrots…'cause I have them with me, Sven!"

Hearing the word "carrot" made Sven immediately turn his head in Anna's direction and stay there. Anna pulled the bag closer to her and reached inside for a carrot. "Want a snack, Sven?" She stood up and waved the carrot over Sven's head, so he stood up to follow her. As soon he snagged the carrot, he brought it halfway into his mouth before Anna said, "Ah, ah, ah, share!" Then she took the other end of the carrot as Sven bit down on it, leaving the other half for her.

There weren't too many carrots left in the bag, so Anna and Sven continued to share them until they were all gone. It was because of her unusual food cravings that Anna didn't seem to always notice or really care that she and Sven were occasionally sharing carrots the way Kristoff used to do with Sven. Elsa and Kristoff had also seen her do it a few times, and they both, particularly Elsa, tried to persuade her to not do it so much, for sake of her and the baby's health.

Once all of the carrots were gone, Anna stated, "Well, we'll stay here a little while longer, then we should head back so I can be back in time for dinner." She stretched herself since she had been lying down for a long time. "Let's take a walk. I need to stretch my legs."

"You lead, we'll follow," Olaf said as he hopped onto Sven's back.

An hour and a half later, Anna had arrived back in Arendelle with Sven and Olaf, taken Sven back to the stables, and now she and Olaf were entering the castle doors. Almost immediately after they stepped inside, Kristoff ran up to them and caught them by surprise.

"Hi, Olaf. Hi, Anna," he greeted, giving Anna a big kiss as well.

"Hi, Kristoff." Taking a glance around the castle, she asked, "How come there weren't any people outside like usual? And how come I don't see or hear pretty much anything right now?"

Anna didn't notice Kristoff and Olaf exchange a wink. "That is a good question," Kristoff answered. "Why don't you come with me and we'll find out?"

"Okay. Where are we going?"

"To the ballroom."

"Why?"

"You'll see…"

A couple of minutes later, the couple and Olaf reached the doors of the ballroom. "Okay, now close your eyes, Anna," Kristoff said.

Anna looked at him confusedly, but Kristoff only added, "It's a surprise." So then Anna did as she was asked. Excited, Kristoff opened both doors to the ballroom and took her by the hands to bring her into the room. It was dark in there, but he could see Elsa near the entrance, and he mouthed to her "Now." Suddenly, the lights were turned on, but Anna still had her eyes closed.

"Can I open them?"

Once Kristoff let go of her hands, he cried, "Yes!"

As soon as she opened her eyes, Anna was shocked when dozens of people who were the room shouted, "SURPRISE!"

Just then, Elsa ran over to Anna and gave her a huge hug. "Surprise, Anna! This is why Kristoff and I couldn't spend time with you today, because we were organizing to hold this party for you!"

Anna smirked smugly and pointed at Kristoff. "That's why you suggested I go out with Sven this afternoon, so you guys could get me out of the palace while you set all of this up!"

"Guilty as charged," Kristoff and Elsa said at the same time.

Anna began to smile as she touched her chest where her heart was located. "You did all of this for me?!"

"Yes, and the baby, too," Kristoff admitted. "Just about everyone here brought food and items that we need for the baby."

"I can definitely see that new crib all the way from over here," Anna said while pointing to what was clearly the crib next to the other presents all on one table.

"This party is for you, Anna," Elsa stated. "What do you want to do first, eat or open the gifts?"

"Eat!" Anna cried. "I haven't eaten anything since breakfast except for carrots."

Elsa gave her a look. "I hope you didn't eat them again with Sven taking bites first."

"Nope," Anna lied, crossing her fingers behind her back where she tried to hide them as much as she could from her sister and husband.

Elsa looked towards the crowd of people in room. "All right, everyone, soup's on!"

With that being said, everyone started rushing over to the food table and formed a line to avoid overcrowding, making sure everyone was able to get what they wanted.

By almost 11:30, the party was over and all of the guests had gone home. Anna was lying down in her and Kristoff's bed, looking at a few of the small baby items that they received as gifts. The items they received included clothes (the most numerous), pajamas, socks, booties, shoes, the crib, a bassinet, cloth diapers, a few rattles, blankets, and toys. One of Anna's favorite gifts was the booties, and she was currently holding and playing with them while lying in her bed.

Kristoff and Elsa opened the door. "You tired?" Elsa asked.

"I'm exhausted!"

"Don't worry, it won't be too much longer."

"Have fun, honey?" Kristoff inquired.

"Lots of fun!" Anna laughed. "Thank for doing this for me, guys."

Elsa and Kristoff looked at each other. "Can we still take you up on what you wanted to do today?" Kristoff asked Anna.

"Please do." Anna smiled at her family. Then suddenly, Anna felt a movement in her stomach that she was sure was a kick from the baby. "Oh!" she exclaimed. Looking at her sister and husband, she admitted, "I think the baby just kicked!"

"Really?! Let me feel!" Kristoff cried. He and Elsa each quickly put a hand on Anna's stomach to see if they could feel what she felt.

"I can feel it," Elsa said.

"I can, too," Kristoff admitted.

Anna looked up at Kristoff and Elsa with love. "Isn't that amazing?"

"Yeah," Elsa said softly while Kristoff nodded slowly. Anna felt certain that she could see a few small tears forming in his eyes.

Then Elsa stated, "Well, I'm heading to bed now. Good night, Anna." She walked over to her little sister and kissed her on the forehead.

Anna smiled at her big sister. "Good night, Elsa. I love you."

"I love you, too." Elsa walked over to the door. "Good night, Kristoff," she said before she walked out of the room.

"Good night, Elsa." Once Elsa was gone, he walked over to Anna. "Good night, Anna. I love you."

Kristoff was not dressed for bed yet, but Anna let that slip. "I love you, too, Kristoff, and good night," she admitted right before they gave each other their good night kiss. And this time, after he kissed Anna, Kristoff kissed her stomach, since he knew it was the closest he could do in giving their baby a kiss, too.

So now this is the final chapter of the series of Anna's pregnancy. :) Part of why I wrote this is because I wanted to write a little story where she and Sven spend some time together. I hope you weren't too grossed out by her sharing carrots with Sven, but like I put in the previous chapter, I wanted her to show some out of character behavior due to her pregnancy. I also wanted her to be completely unaware of and surprised by the party, or baby shower, since Full House and I Love Lucy show that the expectant mothers already know about it before it is held. Out of all three chapters of this story, this one, especially the last few sentences, closely relate to the story's cover image.

Additionally, Kristoff leading Anna inside the ballroom while she has her eyes closed is a nod to when she did the same to surprise him with his new sled. It also nods to Beauty and the Beast, when Beast surprises Belle with the library. I see similarities between both movies, so I decided to pay a little tribute with that here. ;)

Hope you all liked this little miniseries! The next story will be another miniseries…about the birth of Anna and Kristoff's new baby and a few events that follow it! :D