Chapter 22

Work, family, and friends kept my time occupied throughout the next month. That was what kept everyone's life occupied throughout every day life pretty much. But life was good. I had a good job, great friends, a great fiancé, and I was pregnant.

But my life was about to get better and it was in the regards to the baby.

June came and that meant the wedding of Steve and Chelsea. That also meant that John and I got to find out the sex of our baby. We were both excited for that. Everyone was.

I had a doctor's appointment scheduled to find out the sex of the baby. I had just entered my seventeenth week of pregnancy. It was a Wednesday and Steve and Chelsea's wedding was that very Saturday. Everyone in the Cena family was going crazy with that wedding. John and his younger brothers were tired of hearing about the wedding plans.

That was normal. I know my parents, Christie, Jake, and his parents were going crazy the week before Christie and Jake's wedding. I got sick of hearing about the wedding plans for Christie's wedding after awhile too.

Planning weddings and their receptions were annoying. But you just had to suck it up and face any problems that came your way. Everything would turn out fine in the end.

On Wednesday morning, the alarm clock went off at 5 o'clock for John to get up and get ready for work. A half an hour later, right before heading out the door, John woke me up to say good-bye and for me to get my butt up too. It was our typical routine for weekdays if John worked the day shift. If he worked on Saturdays and Sundays for day shifts, he would get up at five and then say goodbye to me before leaving and then I would go back to sleep. If he was working nightshifts, I would be awake anyway.

"Time to get up, darling," John said, kissing me.

I groaned. "No," I said.

"Well, if you want to sleep longer, you have to set the alarm. I have to leave."

I groaned again. I sat up in bed and kissed John. "I think you need a new profession."

John chuckled. "That is not going to happen!"

"I'm kidding," I said. I kissed him again. "I know you love your job as much as I love mine."

"Yes, I have to go to work today and tomorrow. But I don't have to work Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Of course, Friday and Saturday will be spent doing wedding crap!"

"I don't have to work Friday either," I said. "Yay."

"Speaking of excitement, you get to find out the sex of the baby today," John said.

"Yes, I do!" I smiled. "I wish you would be there with me."

"You know I'd love to be there, but I have to work, because of taking three days off in row for a damn wedding."

"I really hope you are not going to be saying that when it is our wedding."

"No, because you want our wedding at the same place as the reception."

"That's what Steve and Chelsea are doing," I said.

"Blah-blah!" John said. "Text me or call me after your appointment and let me know what are little one is."

"I will. Have a good day at work."

"You too, babe." John gave me a kiss. He kissed my stomach as well. "Daddy can't wait to find out what you are, Baby."

"Get out of here," I said.

"Bye," He said giving me one more kiss. He got up and left the room.

I got out of bed. I stretched out my arms and legs. I heard the front door close. I then headed out of the room and to the bathroom.

I arrived at the office at 7:30 AM. My boss wouldn't be in until eight o'clock. Amy and Melissa both arrived at the office at the same time as I did. Melissa was doing her internship with another paralegal under a different attorney, instead of with me and Amy.

"Good morning, Patricia Anne," Amy said, taking a seat at her desk.

"Good morning, Amy Christine," I said.

"How are you today?"

"I am great. I have my doctor's appointment this afternoon at three o'clock."

"I know," Amy replied. "I can't wait. I am so excited for you and John. We are so going shopping on Sunday or next week."

"Yeah, we are," I said. "Carol and I will be doing that. My mom and Christie will be going shopping and sending me stuff, the same with my aunts and grandmothers in Canada."

"Torrie is going to join us when you and I go, not too mention your baby sister."

"Yes, it'll be so much fun. Of course, I am going to drag John along, because it's his baby too."

Later that afternoon, I left work and headed to my OB/GYN's office. Melissa was able to come with me. I was so glad I had someone to come with me. I wanted John to come, but he had to work and his job was important. He had to serve and protect the people of our community.

Melissa and I sat in the little room, waiting for my doctor. I laid on the medical bench/table. Whatever you wanted to call it. Melissa sat on a chair nearby.

"We have to make a video, so we can send it to everyone," Melissa said.

"Oh, yes," I said. "Everyone will love it."

Melissa had her cell phone in hand.

The ultrasound tech shortly came in and got everything going on the machine. The doctor came in a couple minutes later.

"Good afternoon, Trish," She said.

"Good afternoon, Doctor Fell," I said.

"How are you?"

"Great."

"Good," Dr. Fell said. "How are things looking, Megan?" She asked the ultrasound tech.

"Fantastic," Megan replied. "I found the little one and their heartbeat is good."

"Excellent," Dr. Fell said. "Let me take a look." She looked at the screen. Megan pointed things out to Dr. Fell.

Melissa was standing next to me smiling brightly. I was smiling brightly too.

"All right, let's get started," Dr. Fell said. She took things over. She sat down at the system and pointed things out to me. She pointed to where the baby was located on the screen.

"Wait, wait," Melissa said. She messed with her phone. "Okay, go."

Dr. Fell laughed. "All right, here is the baby." The machine was hooked up to a computer. She had a pointer appear and it showed where the baby was.

"Okay, can we see if it's a boy or a girl?" I asked.

"Yes, we can. Let's see what we have here?"

"Do we have a penis?" Melissa asked.

"Melissa?!" I said.

"What?!"

Dr. Fell just laughed. She was looking at the screen. "The answer to that question is yes! It's a boy!"

"Seriously?!" I said.

"Yep, you're having a boy. Here is his little wee-wee."

I grinned. I saw it. I could his little wee-wee. The pointer on the screen was pointing right to it.

"And we're going to take a picture of this," Dr. Fell said. A cursor came up on the screen and she typed something out. She typed out: "It's a boy!" The pointer was still pointing at his little wee-wee.

By the end of the appointment, I had a picture in hand. I was so excited. The picture had the little pointer pointing at the penis of the baby. It also said, "It's a boy!"

Once Melissa and I were in my car, I was on my phone calling John.

"Can I send the video to people?" Melissa asked.

"Hold on," I said. I listened on my cell phone as the phone rang, trying to connect with John.

"Hey beautiful," John answered.

"Hi," I said.

"Tell me the news."

"It's a boy!"

"Really?!"

"Yes, I have a picture that says so. Plus Melissa recorded a video of the appointment. She is going to send it to my parents, Christie, your dad, your mom, and your brothers."

"Awesome. Tell her to send it now!"

"Go on ahead and send it, Mel," I said.

"Yes," Melissa said. She was then messing with her phone.

I chuckled. "What are you doing?"

"I'm on patrol. Michael's driving," John said. Michael was John's partner. "He says hi."

"Tell him the news," I said.

John laughed. "It's a boy."

"Great! Congratulations," I heard Michael say.

"Well, I have to get back to work," I said.

"Yeah, I better get off the phone in case we have to chase anyone down," John said.

"Have fun. I'll see this evening."

"Can't wait. I love you, baby."

"I love you too." I made a smooching sound. "Bye."

"Bye, baby," John said.

I put cell phone down. I got settled in the driver's seat. I put my seat belt on and started up the car. I then put the car in reverse and backed out of the parking place. Melissa and I were then headed home. My boss said I could just go home after my appointment. Melissa sent Amy a text message telling her the news.

Later that evening, John and I were at home alone. We were both excited it was a boy. We had heard from everyone that was important: family and friends. Everyone was excited.

"Steve was very glad Chelsea was talking about something other than the wedding today," John said.

"Well, come Friday and Saturday, all the attention is going to be about the wedding," I said.

"I cannot wait until the wedding is over and we're at the reception."

"I hate weddings. I prefer the reception."

"That is clearly why we're having a small wedding and a large reception," John said.

"Yep. I can give you the outline of our wedding: walking into the room, greeting, our vows, exchange of rings and I dos, pronouncement as husband and wife, and our kiss. Done."

John laughed. "I love it. It actually doesn't seem that bad. You know we should have someone we know become an ordained minister."

"Like Joey did with Monica and Chandler's wedding on Friends," I said.

John laughed. "Yes."

"That is such a great idea. The question is: who do we want to be the one to perform our wedding?"

"I think Steve would love to be the one to do that," John said.

"You think so?"

"He's my older brother. He'd probably love to do it."

"Well, we'll talk to him about it. Then you can also decide on who you want as your groom's men. Amy, Torrie, Melissa, and Christie are going to be my bride's maids."

"I'm sorry, I only need a best man and that task has been assigned to Randy," John said. "Phil really doesn't want to be part of the wedding party."

"Then have Randy, Dan, Matt, and Boog as your groom's men if Phil doesn't want to be part of the wedding party. Wait, would he want to perform the ceremony?"

"I don't know. We could ask him and Steve," John said.

"We'll do that. But hey, we're not getting married until after J.T. is born anyway," I said.

John smiled. "John Felix Anthony Cena III. I can't wait to meet you, little man." He kissed my stomach.

"Me too."

"Have I told you how much I love you?" John asked.

I smiled. "Not today."

John smiled. He leaned forward and kissed me. "I love you a lot. I can't wait to be a dad."

"And I can't wait to be a mom. I'll get some pointers from your mom on how to handle a Cena boy."

"You can handle a Cena man, so I think you can handle a Cena boy."

"Very true. I think I can only handle one Cena boy though," I said.

"Only one son for us then?" John asked.

"No, it is up to Mother Nature to give us as many sons or daughters as she pleases. I have said I would like all girls after J.T., but I think I'll just worry about him for right now."

"Fine by me. Let's have him. Plan our wedding and get married. Then focus on our lives together and worry about another baby when that time comes."

"That's a deal," I said. I gave him a kiss.