Chapter 24
2 months later...November 18th, 2013-late afternoon/early evening
Margaret sat, or at least attempted to sit, down on the couch. Seeing as she was now 7 months pregnant, that
was by no means an easy task.
Joshua was on the floor, playing with his toys. Normally, she would have gladly gotten down and played with him, but,
considering how big she was, it just wasn't possible. She had to admit that she did enjoy being pregnant--in the beginning,
but now that she was inching closer and closer to her due date, she really wanted this baby out.
She had just opened up a magazine that was laying on the couch, when Andrew walked in the door--home from work.
Margaret looked up as he walked in--"Hey honey, how was work?"
"It was busy,as usual, but just thinking about you and Joshua made the whole day go by so much faster" Andrew
replied.
As soon as Joshua heard his dad's voice, he turned around and ran over to him, excitedly.
"Daddy!" he exclaimed, stretching out his arms.
"Hey, buddy" Andrew said, bending over and picking him up. "Have you been a good boy for Mommy today?"
"Yeah", he said, nodding his head.
"That's good" He kissed him on the cheek, and then set him back down on the floor. Right away, he went back to
playing. He looked over at Margaret, who was literally flopped down on the couch.
"You know I would gladly go over there and kiss you, but, seeing I can't really move without help, you're going to have to come over here."
"Definitely not a problem" he said, setting his briefcase down, and walking over and sitting down next to Margaret, and placing a kissing
on her lips.
"So how's little Gracie doing today?" he asked, leaning over and kissing her large belly.
"She's doing very well, but she has been very active lately"
"That's good. I'm glad everything's okay"
"Yeah, everything's great. So, are you ready to eat? I would have eaten sooner, but I wanted to wait for you--
Joshua did, too." Margaret said.
"Yeah, I'm very ready. "Here, let me help you up" After he had gotten her up off the couch, he took Joshua by the hand,
and they headed into the kitchen/dining room.
He got everything out on the table, and they had a nice, leisurely dinner, each of them talking about how their day
had gone. Afterwards, he (and she, as much as she could) cleaned up.
By that point, it was Joshua's bedtime, so Andrew picked him up, and they took him into his room, and laid him down
in his own bed, which he had been sleeping in for the last 3 months. They each kissed him goodnight, turned out the light,
closed the door, and walked back down the hall to their own room.
After they had both gotten ready, Andrew walked around to Margaret's side of the bed, and helped her get in. He then
walked around to his side, crawled in and covered up.
"Goodnight, honey" he said, leaning over and kissing her. "Goodnight, Gracie" he said, then leaning over to kiss her belly.
"Goodnight baby" Margaret said, gladly returning the kiss.
No sooner had the lights gone out, then Margaret was asleep, leaving Andrew alone with his thoughts. He couldn't beleive
that in exactly one month, he would be a father again--this time to a little girl. He couldn't help but smile at the thought.
And while he did know that both he and Margaret were very,very ready for her to arrive, they didn't know that something big was
about to happen...very soon---something that neither one of them would be prepared for.
