"I need to get going," Blair said as she and Serena exited Barneys. "Nate's been supervising the decorators in the nursery all day and I want to see it." Blair smiled excitedly.

"Look at you!" Serena laughed. "Anyone would think you were excited about this baby."

Blair smiled to herself, maybe she was excited. She always knew she and Nate would have children together and now it finally felt real. "Well maybe I am."

"I don't get why you don't want to practice with Daisy, you know let me sleep for a few hours," Serena hinted for about the millionth time that day, but to no avail.

"She's not a baby anymore, she's nearly two. Plus she's very sticky."

"All babies are 'sticky'.""I wasn't."

"I bet Nate was."

"Yes, but that doesn't matter because it's a girl."

"Aww; a baby Blair," Serena cooed tossing her head back and laughing as she drapped an arm over Blair's shoulders in a friendly way. Blair laughed as they began to head uptown carrying the numerous bags of baby things. "So what color is the nursery?"

"A light yellow, it's almost kind of white," Blair smiled day dreaming about the perfect second bedroom of their penthouse. "And we've got Yale's heir-loom bassinet that you gave her all unwrapped and daddy has sent the cutest things ever, even Nate thought they were adorable."

"Yeah, it's all cute now; wait until you're wrestling it off the little angel all covered in sick in the middle of the night."

Blair's lips pursed. Not all babies did that, did they? Maybe they would get a nanny after all; she didn't much want to do the whole nappy thing either.

"I thought we agreed no pink?" Blair said arriving in the Archibald's second bedroom; pouting as she looked at the pastel pink walls of the soon-to-be nursery.

"We did." Nate agreed.

"Care to explain why it's pink?" She crossed her arms over her protruding stomach.

"Can I help it if I'm excited about our baby girl?" Nate asked kissing Blair's cheek and wrapping his arms around her. "I know you wanted the flowery yellow-white-"

"Daffodil White," Blair corrected.

"Yeah, that, but the decorators agreed with me. A baby girl needs a pink room. Besides, there's not actually that much pink on the walls and the heir-loom bassinet thingy would have looked out of place in a yellow nursery."

"But-"

"Don't you like it?" Nate asked worriedly.

"Of course I like it Natie," she kissed him delicately. "And the baby loves it too." Nate smiled and sure enough it was kicking under Blair's navy sweater.

"Shh…. Mommy's here," Blair cooed stroking her little girl's head as she lay in her bassinet, her face screwed up in anguish. Blair lifted her gently and re-arranged her blankets which were tangled around the infant. "Go back to sleep," Blair whispered. The child quietened as Blair held her close and she listened to her little sniffles and baby breaths. Her little fingers clasped tightly around Blair's right ring finger where her ruby ring still glittered. Blair stood for a while longer as Gabrielle whimpered from exhaustion in her arms and began to doze off.

"Blair?" Nate arrived in the doorway his hair was floppy and he was rubbing his eyes. "Is she OK?"

"Yeah, she just woke up a little," Blair said cradling her gently in her arms. Nate came and stood beside her and snaked his arm around her waist. They both stood in exhausted silence until they were convinced she was completely asleep.

"She's so perfect," Nate whispered and Blair nodded as she laid her back into the heir-loom bassinet surrounded by the soft white blankets and pink ribbons.

"You know, I do like the pink; you were right."

"That's why you love me," Nate kissed her and she giggled and Gabrielle stirred slightly again.

"Oh," Blair gasped and bent over the bassinet, but Gabrielle was still asleep. "Let's go back to bed," Blair whispered tugging Nate's arm away from their daughter and he reluctantly followed her.