~Hi! My Name Is…~
Deena and baby are home safe and sound from the Hospital. Deena's Mother decided to put together a welcoming home party, celebrating the baby's arrival. Deena wanted it the same weekend because she wanted Nicole and Jenni to be able to make it.
Once Nicole got wind of it, she put in the calls to the entire Shore Family. Everyone is set to come but Deena and Pauly don't know it. So the party is on!
Deena is nibbling at the spread her Mother and Grandmother have put out.
They have everything under the sun that you could imagine would be at an Italian buffet. It's a feast!
Deena's Mother comments, "Will you leave the Flatbread alone Dee'. I thought you already had the baby."
Her Grandmother chuckles, "Leave her alone Jo. Today is her day. She can have whatever she likes."
Deena, "Thank you Nana."
Deena sticks her tongue out at her Mother. She laughs and then Deena responds after having her fill.
"I'm gonna go check on Pauly. I left him to feed and change the baby."
Joann nods and when she leaves the room, her Mother responds.
"I'm hoping my son-in-law behaves himself today. If he can jump right in and do all that, he's not as bad as he makes him seem. Your Father always left those matters to me."
Joann, "I really hope he does. I understand where he's coming from but we have to look at the big picture. As long as he provides for Deena Nicole and the baby, we really don't have any say so. Deena's got to learn without us."
Joann's Mother agrees and they go back to preparing the food.
-4:00pm-
Deena and Pauly have been exiled to their room downstairs while things are finished up for the party. They have no idea of the outcome of the decoration or who's actually going to be there.
All Deena knows is that she and her daughter have to be looking fabulous. Pauly did an excellent job picking out her clothes and dressing her. She never doubted his skills however.
She puts on her post-partum girdle that she personally needs to wear after giving birth and some control stockings. Deena then put on one of her looser fitting wrap dresses that matches the color of the baby's dress. On her feet, she opts for some cute flats since her feet are still not back to normal size (her Mother credits it to all the food she's still been consuming).
She got her hair done the day before so she is just primping it before doing her makeup. When she's done, she comes back out the bathroom.
To Pauly, "How do I look?"
Pauly smiles, "Beautiful. Look at you all dolled up like you're goin to the Dance."
Deena laughs and goes to sit next to him.
Pauly is FTD as usual. He has on a dark hot pink dress shirt with the cuffs turned up with some black designer jeans. It's not a fancy occasion so he has on some all black sneakers to match the bottom half. Plus his jewelry and his hair freshly cut and gelled.
Deena reaches out for the baby and Pauly turns her loose, handing her the baby's rag to place over her outfit now.
Deena kisses her and turns to Pauly.
"I wonder when they'll be ready?"
Before he can answer that, they hear Joann call downstairs for them. Pauly looks at Deena and then he smiles and hops up. Deena follows his lead, without the hopping up part. She carefully gets up and situates herself, the baby and the rag and then Pauly goes ahead of her to clear the path. It's like the secret service. Pauly and Deena are already very protective of her.
Upstairs, Joann walks with them into the front room when all of a sudden voices yell out.
SURPRISE!
Deena and Pauly are confused but then they look around at who's actually there and they nearly jump out their skin.
Yes, Deena's family is there and they thought just Jenni and Nicole but no… Sammi and Ronnie are there, Vinny's there, some of the crew from the Jersey Shore production is there; even their Boss Danny is there! It's the shock of their lives.
Pauly laughs, "Oh wow."
Deena gets emotional, "No way you guys!"
Nicole walks up to her and carefully hugs her since she has the baby in her arms.
"I know you wanted me and Jenni here but you know I had to do it. Everyone would die if they didn't get the chance to come."
One by one everyone makes their greetings to Pauly and Deena. The funniest is Ronnie.
Ron laughs and slaps hands with Pauly, "It's finally here bro! It's…baby tiiiimmme!"
Pauly laughs and so does everyone else at his reference to T-shirt time.
Pauly states, "Yeah, there's not gonna be too many T-shirt times as long as I'm feeding and burpin her, that's for sure."
At that, Sammi comes up to Deena and gasps.
Sam, "Oh my God Dee'…. How cute is she?"
Deena beams, "Thanks Sam."
Sam, "Was it hard?"
Jenni to Nicole, "See, I wasn't the only one who wanted to know."
Nicole, "Okay, but at least Sam sounds a little concerned."
Jenni waves her off and Deena proceeds to tell Sam a little about the Delivery. When she is done, Sam waves a hand.
"See, that's why I'll never have kids. I'll have to hire someone."
Jenni, "I can totally see that."
The girls catch up while the guys chat.
Pauly is ecstatic to see Vinny and vise-versa. Everyone has gotten over the fact of Vinny's preference, but to see him, he just looks like Vinny.
Danny comes up as well; he slaps hands and hugs Pauly.
Danny, "Pauly D…I never thought I'd see you anywhere near a child, let alone to have one of your own. How does it feel?"
Pauly, "Terrifying."
The guys laugh and he continues.
Pauly, "For real though… and not to sound soft but…when you look at that little face and those big eyes look back at you…(shaking his head) there's nothing in the world that's gonna make you wish it neva happened."
They respect that from Pauly and they continue catching up as well.
A/N: Sunday's always make me think of a Family get-together, so I had to post this mini reunion Chap. The big reveal is coming up...soon maybe? In the meantime let's play: Can you guess who's missing?