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I learned in these past couple of days that Evelyn likes to be held. She was adorable. She had explored the house with her tiny little fingers around my index finger. She was cute and very curious. Jace was at work but we were meeting up at this new restraunt. There are officially twenty-nine of us. Aislinn and Ashlenn were born a couple of days ago. We will have to rent the whole restraunt probably although I love my huge family.

"Cambrey?" Jace asked into the receiver on the other end.

"Yeah are you almost here?" We were at the restaurant and everyone was staring at us. One woman asked if we were having a family reunion. I told her this was our whole family and we were just coming to lunch. I think she fainted.

"Yeah I'm walking in right now." I looked towards the door and waved when I saw him. I hung up and got Evelyn situated. This little chick would not stop moving. He sat down at the table.

"Momma?" Evelyn asked me. I turned to her.

"Yes?"

"Will you take me to the bathroom?" Danielle and Dylan taught her to use 'big people words' and that is what she is doing. I kind of think that is good to. I got up and she grabbed my hand.

"Anyone need to go to the bathroom?" I asked the other little ones. Three little hands shot up. Mia, Daylee and Shawn.

"Come on." I managed to grab all of their hands and take them to the bathroom. There were four stalls and surprisingly none of them needed my help to go to the bathroom.

This woman walked into the bathroom.

"Someone hurry please there are other people waiting." I said. The woman looked at me. Wondering why I was being mean.

"Oh those are my kids." I told her. I guess I could call my nieces' and nephews my kids. Everyone else in our family did. Mia came out first and then Shawn. I held Mia up to the sink to wash her hands. And I did it three more times. We went back to our table and finished lunch.

Jace and I were in the living room watching T.V. well Jace was I wasn't. He had it on a mysterious channel. The phone rang.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Oh my god guess what!" Cheyenne. God does this girl ever stop calling?

"What Shy?" I went back to sit on the couch.

"We are coming to see you." Great.

"Ok when?"

"Right now."

"Your heading up to Washington right now?" She is going to be the death of me one day.

"Yeah. We only have like three more hours to go and we will be there."

"Three hours!" I yelled. Jesus. Do I say God and Jesus to much? Oh well.

"Yeah but there is a better part." What could be better than such short notice?

"Shy why didn't you call yesterday and tell me I-"

She interrupted me. "Cambrey I'm going to have a baby."

The puzzle fit into place now. She wants me to plan her shower. She knows good and well that her mom would be mad at her forever if she had a baby before she got married. Yet that is what is happening. I am not going to plan her wedding. And I am not going to plan her shower. Forget it.

"No."

"I know I'm excited to!" she said all happy.

"No Cheyenne I meant 'no' as in I'm not planning your wedding or your baby shower. I am a teacher not a planner."

"You are to a planner and a very good one."

"Cheyenne I am not talking to you about this. If you want to come up here and visit fine we have plenty of room. But I am not and I repeat not planning your wedding or your baby shower. We have a two year old now and school is starting in a couple of days I don't have time to do that."

"But Cambrey. Ok how about you just plan the shower. I'll plan my wedding."

"No Cheyenne. I'll see you when you get here and it better be just to visit." I hung up and rolled my eyes. I hung the phone up in the kitchen.

"So how is Shy doing?" Jace asked. That kind of made me smile which was why he asked the question.

"Pregnant and taking advantage of her friend." I told him.

"Momma will you please put in Barbie?" Evelyn asked from the stairs.

"Yes get it out please I will be there in a second." I got up to go upstairs as she ran off.

"I'll do it Cambrey." Jace said and was walking.

"Thanks."

"Your welcome. Oh and Cambrey?" he asked from the top step.

"Yeah?"

"You better start planning." he said and smiled at his joke. I smiled back and threw a pillow at him.

The doorbell rang as I was fixing peanut butter and graham crackers for Evelyn's 'sleepover'. Lydia had dropped Mia off because she and Shane were going god knows where. I am now the proud owner of two two-year olds. Jace is watching Barbie movies. Sucks for him. Insert smile here. Try saying that five times fast.

I opened the door to reveal a depressed Cheyenne and a tired Logan.

"Hey Shy hey Logie." They walked in. Apparently manners were not fully respected in this house.

"Or just come on in." I said under my breath.

"We are staying at a hotel down the street Cambrey." Logan told me.

"Oh well I had the guest bedroom ready if you just want to stay here. I promise I won't charge you." I smiled at him.

"I would have paid you for planning my wedding and baby shower." Cheyenne said looking at me.

"I'm not even going to talk about it. You can have a enjoyable stay here or you can have a miserable one; your choice."

"I'm going to the hotel." Cheyenne said and slammed the door. Jace came running down the hall upstairs. Logan and I saw him as he stopped a couple of feet from the steps with a baseball bat ready to swing.

Logan and I laughed as he put the bat down and came to the entry downstairs.

"It's ok Jace Cheyenne just left." I told him still laughing. He rubbed his eyes.

"I am so tried of Barbie and her friends fixing problems." Logan laughed a little at that one.

"He man how is parenting?" Logan asked as they did their man hug thing. I never really understood why guys did that. Jace showed me how to do it once but my shoulder ended up hitting him in the eye. Let's just say I would not do good at being a guy.

"It's cool. Logan your going to have a kid soon go and watch Barbie fix problems." Logan smiled and headed upstairs.

I ended up watching Barbie as well. Mia and Evelyn fell asleep during the third one we put in. I eventually went to my room and went to sleep. Logan went to the hotel after his turn of watching Barbie. His last words were "God please don't give me a girl.". Jace laughed at him and I just smiled.

I closed my eyes and drifted into Barbie land. I remember when I used to like Barbie's.