Last Day
Calleigh sighed and smiled. It was her last day on the job. She stroked her extended abdomen, the baby girl moved.
"Mama knows you're there, sweetpea. It's not going to be long before mama and daddy see you in person."
Now that she was going to be home waiting for the baby to arrive Calleigh hoped she wouldn't go stir-crazy. Work had at least helped her pass the time. She and Eric's mother were going to go shopping for a crib and other furniture for the nursery.
Chlorinda had wanted the couple to paint the room some shade of pink. Calleigh hated pink. She had showed Calleigh some bedding and other nursery stuff she liked. Everything was pink. The grandmother-to-be showed a nursery display in one catalogue that she loved, Calleigh was honest and said "I think it looks like an explosion inside a bubble gum factory." It had already decided the room was going to be lilac. It was still going to be a "princess" room, with Disney Princess stickers on the walls. She did like the white furniture her mother-in-law had picked out though. It matched the lilac room nicely.
As much as Eric and Calleigh argued, his parents wouldn't budge. They paid for the nursery set. Neither wanted to think about what major purchase the couple would make next, Pavel and Chlorinda went overboard with every one of their grandchildren. Calleigh had already purchased the bassinet the baby would use for the first few months. It was at the foot of their bed.
Knowing the color of the nursery ahead of time Chlorinda had a lilac blanket embodied with her granddaughter's name. Sensing the mother-to-be's aversion to the color pink Eric's mother reminded herself to go easy on the pink clothes.
