Since the secret was out Addison decided to have her file transferred to Dr. Adams, knowing it would be easier to see her than to travel across town for appointments. Four weeks later she had her next appointment, and afterwards she could barely keep the smile off her face.

"Look at you! You're glowing!" Callie observed when they crossed paths a little later.

"It's a girl!" Addison squealed, and Callie hugged her excitedly. "I knew it! Now I can finally go shopping. You doing anything after work?"

"Yeah, Arizona and I are going out to dinner and the movies."

"Okay, what about this weekend?"

"Yeah, we have reservations at that bed and breakfast up north…"

"Oh. So you two are getting pretty serious, huh?"

Callie grinned from ear to ear. "Yeah. She's...pretty great. Amazing, really. Look, I'm really sorry, but we'll go next weekend, I promise. Okay?"

"Yeah, that's fine. Have fun this weekend."

Although she was unsuccessful in her attempts to rope anyone into shopping, Addison decided to go out after work anyways. By the time she dragged herself home she had picked out the paint and furniture for the nursery and snagged a few little outfits she couldn't pass up. By the following weekend she had the room painted a soft pink with cream trim.

On Saturday morning she picked Callie up and they headed to the mall. The first store they hit up was Babies r Us. "Okay, what first? Furniture?" Callie asked.

"No, I got that already, but I need some decor for the nursery. But probably not from here. I don't want to do any of those cutesy themes with animals or whatever…" Addison mused as she grabbed a cart and started perusing the aisles. Soon she had the cart piled with a baby bathtub, towels, washcloths, and toiletries and was moving on to the clothing.

Callie watched as she picked out onesies and sleepers. "Don't you want to put some of that on your registry?" she suggested.

Addison looked confused. "Huh?"

"Um, your registry. You know, for your baby shower?"

Addison snorted. "Baby shower? And who would come to this baby shower? You? And maybe Miranda?"

"Oh, come on. We can do a jack and jill party. It'll be fun. You're friends with Derek, and you get along with Meredith, they'd come." Addison rolled her eyes, but held off on telling Callie why that was a bad idea. "And Mark, so of course we'll have to invite Lexie."

"I don't think so," Addison interrupted. "I think Mark's still salty that I'm having this baby when I didn't have his…"

"Oh. Bummer. But we can invite your friends from out of town. And your mom."

Addison frowned as she dropped an armload of socks and little knit caps into the already overflowing cart. "Bizzy wants nothing to do with the baby. I'm surprised she didn't drop dead of a heart attack when I told her I was having a baby on my own."

"That sucks. But she'll come around eventually," Callie said optimistically.

"Oh, you don't know Bizzy. As far as she's concerned I have disgraced the whole family. But it's fine, I expected about as much. It's fine. And really, I don't need a shower, so drop it."

"Fine." Callie scowled but could tell Addison was getting agitated so she let it go as they came to the stroller aisle. "But you're letting me buy the stroller. And this time I'm not taking no for an answer," she declared before Addison could protest.

By the time they were done an employee had to pile the stroller on a flatbed - along with a car seat, high chair, and bassinet - and help them load everything into Addison's SUV. "So, are we done?" Callie asked.

"No! She needs clothes! She can't wear pajamas all the time!"

Callie laughed. "Of course she can't. She is your daughter, after all." They went back inside and before long Addison was lugging a half dozen bags from The Children's Place, Baby Gap and Macy's.

"Okay. Now she's hungry," Addison declared as she rubbed her still-tiny bump.

"What are you in the mood for?"

"Well, I want a nice, healthy salad...but she wants a bacon cheeseburger and fries. And maybe ice cream."

Callie raised her eyebrows. "So, I guess those meds are finally working?"

"Today they are. Some days are better than others. Yesterday I could barely keep down water and saltines but I feel pretty good so far today. Might as well take advantage."

Once her belly was full Addison was starting to feel a bit tired so they decided to call it a day. "Thank you for coming with me. I had so much fun," she said as she pulled into Callie's driveway.

"Aw, any time. It's starting to feel real now. I can't wait to meet that little peanut!" Callie said as she reached over to hug Addison. "Now you go take a nap, mama. I'll see you Monday."

A few days later Addison and Alex were discussing a case when she noticed him studying her face. "What?"

He brushed her hair away from her forehead to reveal a large bruise on her right temple. "What the hell did you do to yourself?"

Addison blushed and stared at the floor. "I was trying to put the crib together…the headboard fell over and hit me," she muttered.

"And were you successful?"

"No…but you know, I'm not due for almost twenty-three weeks yet, and she'll probably sleep in the bassinet in my room for the first month or so anyways, so it's not like I need it right away..."

Alex couldn't hold back his laughter. "You're telling me the great Addison Montgomery can operate on a fetus still in the womb, but can't follow the instructions to assemble a crib?" he teased as she turned even redder.

"Oh, and you think you can?" she challenged.

"You bet your sweet ass I can," he boasted.

"Okay, fine. Sunday morning. You get the crib and changing table put together, and I'll buy lunch. Deal?"

"Well, I never pass up free food so yeah. It's a deal."