Amy spent the next few weeks catching up on her work with the horses, decorating she and Ty's new house and reading everything she could get her hands on about babies. Without having her mom here to help her Amy was determined to learn as much about babies as she could and then figure out what worked best for her. Of course she had Lou who was always happy to give her opinion but Amy wanted to parent her own way. She wanted her daughter to grow up completely around horses. Her goal was to be able to have her daughter work with her. Ty was busy at the animal clinic and with school. He took off for Amy's doctor's appointment yesterday but had to go back to work today. The doctor had told them everything was going well and Amy could keep riding as long as she took it easy. Today she was trying to get a horse called Ace of Spades to get over his fear of dogs. She had Georgie hold Remy on her leash and walk her past the round pen.
"Good boy Ace." Amy patted his neck. but as soon as Ace saw Remy he reared and tried to bolt. Amy held onto the lead rope and tried to get him to calm down. He started dragging Amy a little and of course that was the moment Lou, Peter and Jack decided to come outside and Ty and Scott decided to come over for deworming. A chorus of "Amy!" rang through out the air. Amy ignored them and held on and eventually got Ace to calm down. Panting she looked up and saw everyone running towards her. she looked at Georgie and tried to catch her breath.
"Georgie put Remy inside. That's enough for the day."
"Ok are you alright?"
"Yes I'm fine." She was more trying to stress that to everyone outside the round pen. Lou looked frantic. She rushed into the round pen with Ty at her heels.
"Amy what were you thinking. Anything could have happened!"
"I know Lou I thought he was ready for this. I guessed I over estimated him."
Ty took the lead rope from Amy and handed Ace off to Jack. Amy could tell he was upset.
"Can I talk to you in the office. Alone."
"Yes." Amy started following him out of the round pen. Ty saw Scott and yelled over to him.
"Scott i'll be over in a minute." Scott just nodded and Amy went into the office. Ty shut the door behind him and rounded on her.
"Amy what were you thinking? You could have gotten hurt." His voice was raising with each word. Amy had never seen him so upset at her.
"Ty I'm sorry. I thought he would be ok. He was passing each step nicely. But apparently I was wrong."
"Ya think?" He was a little calmer. " You're pregnant Amy. You need to think about our daughter's safety."
"I've already thought about all of that Ty. And I will have you know that a few months ago when I wasn't pregnant, I would have let that horse drag me and I would have probably pushed him to try again. I was so scared something was going to happen I held back." Her temper was flaring.
"I just think that you aren't thinking ahead. You need to be a lot more careful."
"I know that. I've been careful and this won't happen again ok?"
Ty looked at her. Amy knew he wasn't mad he was simply scared. She could see his face softening.
"Ok, I'm sorry. I know I overreacted but I saw the mother of my child being flung around like a rag doll."
"I'm sorry," she wrapped her arms around his torso and felt him do the same. "You're right I need to be extra careful. But this is my job and this is our daughter's future as well."
Ty sighed and leaned back a little. "I shouldn't have yelled. We'll have to find someone to help you. Maybe Mallory?"
"Ya maybe but..." Amy stopped speaking when she felt a small nudge rippled through her stomach. She pulled away from Ty and put a hand over her stomach. When another nudge came tears started running down Amy's cheeks. Ty saw them and panicked.
"Amy what's wrong?"
Amy didn't answer but she looked up at him and smiled. She reached out and grabbed his hand and placed it on her stomach. He looked at her like she was crazy for a second until he felt it. Their daughter moving. Ty's face stretched into the biggest grin.
"Oh my God! That's her?"
"Ya apparently she doesn't like mommy and daddy fighting."
He laughed and pulled Amy in for a kiss. When they came apart Ty brushed the tears off of Amy's face.
"I love you Amy."
"I love you too."
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Since Amy and Ty's fight a few weeks ago, Mallory has been helping Amy with the horses. If a horse is a little freaked Amy comforts them while Mallory holds them. Ty was more comfortable with this as was Amy. Today they were working with a horse called Black Rose. Rose has a fear of kids. With her owner having twins Rose needed to get used to kids pronto. Amy decided to get Rose used to Georgie before trying to get her used to Katie. So far she was doing well with Georgie.
"Ok good Rose," Amy gestured for Mallory to move Rose closer to the fence where Georgie was standing.
"Alright Georgie slowly hold your hand out to let her smell it."
Georgie did as she was told and after a few seconds Rose smelled Georgie's hand and allowed Georgie to pet her.
"Good girl Rose. Ok Georgie go get Katie and we'll try it."
Georgie went into the barn and lead Katie towards the round pen. Amy couldn't understand why Rose didn't even look curious. Then Amy realized she really couldn't see Katie because Katie was so small. Luckily Ty pulled in just then so Amy yelled over.
"Ty! Can you come help us for a sec?"
"Sure." He walked over towards the round pen. "What do you need?"
"Can you pick Katie up so Rose can see her?"
"Ya." He bent down and grabbed Katie and held her up. She was barely visible in her winter coat and hat but it was enough for Rose to take a step back.
"Easy Rose. Ok Ty can you walk a little closer?"
Ty came a little closer to the gate and again Rose stepped back. Then it hit Amy.
"Georgie can you go get me a carrot?"
"Sure." She ran into the barn and came back with the carrot.
"Ok can you hand it to Katie to give Rose?"
Georgie handed Katie the carrot and Ty stopped Katie from eating it.
"No no Katie that's for the horsie."
"Ok Ty can you come into the pen?"
Ty opened the gate and walked into the pen. Rose tried to back up but when she saw the carrot she stopped.
"Ok Katie can you hold the carrot out for the horsie?"
"Ya!" Katie held the carrot out and after a few seconds Rose walked over and gently took the carrot from Katie. After she had it she allowed Katie to pet her making Katie giggle with delight.
"Good girl Rose."
Amy walked over next to Ty to pet Rose with Katie. "Ok Ty set her down."
Ty set Katie on the ground put stood behind her just in case Rose freaked. But Rose did well and let Katie keep petting her. Amy decided to push Rose to the next level. She bent down to talk to Katie.
"Katie do you want to ride the horsie?"
Ty and Mallory looked at her like she was nuts but Katie nodded. Amy picked her niece up and set her on Rose's back. Rose didn't even notice.
"Good girl Rose!", Amy patted her neck. " You are being such a good girl today."
She shot Ty and Mallory a smug look making both of them laugh. After they put Rose away, Amy went home to get warm. She started a fire and changed into a light pink long sleeve tee and some grey sweatpants. She grabbed her laptop and a blanket and sat down on their beige over stuffed sectional. She balanced her laptop on the arm of the couch. Just as she fired up her computer Ty walked in.
"Hey Babe."
"Hey."
He walked over to the fireplace and held his hands closer. "You should be warmer in a few minutes."
"I'm fine."
He sat own next to her and turned on the tv. They were suppose to get a bid snow storm tonight and Ty wanted to see if anything had changed.
The citizens of Alberta should expect between 4-7 inches of snow within the next 12 hours.
"Great Jack is going to want everything done now and Scott will have me on call."
Amy set her computer on the coffee table and snuggled into Ty's side. "Sorry. I wish I could help."
"You are." He smiled down at her and kissed her forehead.
Some time within the next hour Amy fell asleep and Ty left. Amy woke up on the couch with a note on the coffee table.
Amy,
Jack and Tim needed help moving the cattle. I shouldn't be too long.
Love you,
Ty
Amy set the note aside and stretched. She decided to make spaghetti for dinner instead of going up to the main house. She had just turned the burners off when Ty walked in. He took his coat and boots off at the door.
"Hey Babe."
"Hey how heavy is the snow?"
"We have at least 2 inches already."
"Wow. Well dinner is ready."
They sat down and ate and chatted about Ty's school. Until Amy remembered something they needed to talk about.
"Hey we need to pick a baby name."
Ty smiled, "Well I had a few ideas."
"Ok what are they?"
He swallowed and then answered her. "I like Harley, Gage and Mile."
Amy laughed, "Really?"
"What's wrong with them?"
"Nothing they're you. But do you want a daughter and a horse with the same name?"
"Oh, well no. But what about the other 2?"
"Hmm, Gage or Mile? Gage Borden?"
He made a face, "Ok I get the point motorcycle names suck."
"Well yeah kinda."
"Well what did you think?"
"I like Jessica, Mariah, Rayne, or Madison."
Ty thought for a moment. "Madison?"
"Yeah, but I would want to call her Maddie. M-A-D-D-I-E."
Ty's face stretched into a huge grin. "I love the Maddie part but I don't like Madison. What about Madelyn?"
Amy smiled back. "Madelyn Borden?"
Ty took a bite and swallowed, thinking. "What about Madelyn Grace Borden?"
"I love it!"
"I love it too. Maddie is kinda different."
"Yeah but it's sweet. Plus we need to start decorating her nursery. I think it should be horse themed."
"Of course you do."
"Well she is going to have horses out her window she might as well have horses in her room."
"I agree but she is getting one of those corvette baby jumper things."
Amy laughed and leaned in to kiss him. "Deal."
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The next few days the whole family was working to keep the ranch doing with 6 inches of snow on the ground. The fences were weak, the horses couldn't graze and were getting cold, the snow blocked the barn and she doors, and there was ice everywhere. Amy had just stepped outside to go help exercise the horses. She walked over to where Georgie and Caleb were standing and nearly fell on a patch of ice. Luckily Caleb caught her.
"That was a close one Amy."
"Yeah thanks Caleb."
"Well lets get you to a safety zone."
"Caleb I'm fine."
"Yeah well I'm gonna make sure or Lou is gonna kill me."
Caleb ran into the shed and came back with a huge roll of bubble wrap which caused Georgie to bust out laughing.
"Caleb really?"
She could see he wasn't gonna listen as he started wrapping her in it. Amy decided to yell.
"Could someone help me!"
Lou, Peter, Ty, Tim, Jack, and Mallory came around to the front of the barn and instead of helping started laughing.
"Ok, how am I suppose to help like this?"
Caleb answered and kept wrapping. "Oh, your not you can stand and observe but you could seriously fall."
Georgie looked at the others and explained. "She almost fell on the ice so Caleb is making her a safety zone."
Ty walked over laughing and took the bubble wrap off of Amy. "I got her Caleb."
After Amy was free Ty led her into the main house. Lou followed and sat down at the kitchen table with her. Ty wrapped his arms around Amy's shoulders.
"How about you stay in here with Lou and call all the horse's owners and tell them none of the horses are leaving until the roads clear."
Amy sighed, "I'm pregnant not handicapped."
Lou laughed, "Come on we can start looking online for baby stuff and start making a list of what you guys need. Plus we need to start planning your baby shower, figuring out what theme you want the baby's room, figure out what birthing classes you can take, and we need a plan on the quickest way to get you to the hospital."
"Wow is that all that needs done."
"Well we only have 12 weeks to figure it all out and trust me these next few weeks are going to fly by."
Ty leaned down and kissed Amy's forehead, "I'm gonna go help Jack and Caleb break the ice in the water buckets."
"Ok."
The next hour consisted of phone calls to anxious horse owners and fielding questions from Lou about how she was feeling. Amy had just hung up the phone when Mallory walked in.
"Hey have you guys seen Georgie? I need some help with Copper."
Lou yelled for Georgie and then turned to her computer.
"Ok Amy back to the nursery colors. I know you and Ty want a horse theme but you still have to have a furniture color and wall color."
Mallory walked up to look over Lou's shoulder to look at the computer. "Amy I would go with light pine furniture or white. You need to be different from Katie's room."
Lou nodded, "Ooh, if we do white furniture with like beige walls we could do pretty horses instead of western themed."
Amy rolled her eyes but looked at the screen. She hated to admit it but she loved it.
"It's perfect Lou." She scanned down the page and saw an adorable rocking horse. It was white with a name painted on the seat "Maddie". Amy chocked up a little and showed it to Lou. "This is going to be in the nursery."
Mallory looked at it to, "What's so special about a rocking horse?"
Amy remembered the name ceremony so she couldn't tell them the name. "I just like it."
Lou looked at it, "It is really cute but unless you want us to know the name you and Ty are gonna have to order it."
"Ok we will."
When Georgie came down the stairs she and Mallory left leaving Lou and Amy to talk. Eventually they had a list of everything Amy and Ty would need before the baby came. Plus Lou begged Amy to let her and Mallory handle the shower with Lisa. Amy reluctantly agreed knowing that it was going to be over the top. They decided to make chili for everyone to help warm them up. They had Katie and Georgie set the table and had just pulled the cornbread out of the oven when everyone started walking in. They all sat down and ate. They all chatted about their days and Lou brought up the baby shower to Mallory.
"Oh Mallory Amy has agreed to let you, me and Lisa plan the baby shower."
Every eye at the table looked at Amy who rolled her eyes.
Mallory however got excited, "Ooh we could do like a princess pony theme."
"Oh that's perfect."
Ty and Peter almost choked over their chili to stop from laughing. Amy just kept stirring her chili grinding her teeth. When dinner was done. Amy helped clean up and by 9pm Amy and Ty walked home and fell into bed. Ty decided to bring something up.
"So Lou and Mallory and Lisa planning the baby shower?"
"Yeah I figured if I just let them they would leave me alone."
"Good idea."
"Well Mallory did find some cool things for the nursery."
"That's good. We do need to start getting it ready."
"I know we have 3 months left."
"And that will go by faster then we think. Then we will have Maddie and our lives are going to be totally different."
He looked down and found that Amy had fallen asleep. He just kissed her and fell asleep as well.
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When the snow cleared it left a ton of problems for Heartland. The fences were broken again, the round pen and jump ring were pure mud, the barn renovation came to a halt, and the dude ranch was a mud pit. So much had to be done and Amy felt bad that she couldn't help. She even had to stop working with the horses because she had no where to examine them. So she found herself with Lou quite a bit getting things ready for the baby. The made a shower registry, they ordered the nursery furniture, they bought the paint for the nursery, and they filled out the hospital paperwork. Amy felt so overwhelmed but also excited. She loved all the baby stuff and had to admit Lou knew what she was talking about. Amy felt confident that she and Ty would be fine. Ty had worked out with Scott that they would trade call weeks so for a week Ty would work 9-4 and would be home all weekend. It made Amy happy because she hated when he left at 4 in the morning for emergency calls or when he had to go in on the weekends. Amy's baby shower was in 4 weeks and the baby would be here in 10.
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