"Gabby is going to kill us for not telling her immediately you know" it was meant as a joke but they both knew Gabby would be pissed.
"She'll get over it, it's only been two weeks since you got out of the hospital and we haven't even told the kids" he was trying to cook dinner but Sylvie kept interrupting, telling him he was doing it wrong but when he offered to let her to do it she said she couldn't. "
Yeah but now me and her have even less time to shop for the baby, god that sounds weird" she was adding more salt to the spaghetti sauce. Sylvie had her first appointment with the nutritionist before she left the hospital and they set her up on a diet plan that would help her gain more weight.
"Look we're going to 51 tomorrow while they are on shift and we'll let everyone know then and Gabby can wait one more day to find out she is going to be a Tia again." He smiled at Sylvie and slapped her hand away.
Since the hospital she felt much better, the nausea medicine was actually helping with being able to eat and keep food down. She had gained five pounds in the last two weeks. The nutritionist was pleased with her weight gain, while some women would balk at five pounds, Sylvie was underweight and needed to gain even more than the typical pregnancy and she was willing to do it if it meant her baby would be healthy. "
You look so much more healthy and happy, I'm glad I'm getting happy bubbly Sylvie back" he gave her an Eskimo kiss and patted her head as she was sitting on the counter next to him.
"Well you know blood products and antibiotics can do that for ya" she smirked trying to make a joke about it.
"Too soon and you better never ignore me when I tell you to go to the doctor again" he said pointing the stirring spoon at her. She stuck her tongue out at him and laughed,
"Okay Mr. Officer if that's the new law, I guess I have to follow it." She teased.
Later in the evening they were sitting on the couch watching Sunday night TV, the kids were tucked away in their rooms watching TV and playing on their phones.
"You know were going to eventually have to discuss it right?" Antonio was playing with her hair and stopped when she spoke, "I know, I just don't want to fight about it" he replied trying to gauge her mood.
"I can't just accept money from you, I think if I talk to Kelly he might let me put rent off until after the baby is here and I get back to work" Antonio knew he was going to get frustrated with his conversation quickly so he took a deep breath and decided on a different approach.
"We've been working on this feelings and honesty thing for a while and I think we've gotten pretty good at it right? so just hear me out for a minute okay" Sylvie nodded
"I think you should move in here and we'll try to find a bigger place before the baby gets here, there's no reason it should be shuffled between two houses when it has two parents who love each other and a brother and sister right here. With both of our incomes you won't need to worry about money."
Sylvie didn't reply immediately but got up and went to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water. She returned to the front room and set back down throwing her legs over Antonio's lap.
"Are we going to find out what this thing is or are we just going to keep calling it an 'it'?" Sylvie was trying to change the subject to give herself more time to think about his proposition.
"I wasn't expecting you to answer immediately you know, if you want more time to think about it you don't have to change the subject, and yes I want to know" he smiled at her and squeezed her thigh.
"By the way if it's a girl her name is Sophia, just so you know" Sylvie was dead serious about that one, she has always loved the name and called dib's on it in high school, a stupid silly thing teenage girls do.
"What you can't just pick our child's name without me!" he was taken by surprise,
"Umm, I can and I did, you can pick it if it's a boy, whatever you want, I can't object, pinky promise" she grabbed his hand and made him pinky promise.
"I think the hormones have made you a little batty" he teased; she stuck her tongue out at him.
"I think we should tell the kids before anyone else…we should probably do it tonight" Sylvie surprised him with her declaration; he thought she wanted to wait. "We can if you want I'm leaving it up to you" he wanted it to be her decision.
"Yeah now seems good, Diego, Eva, can you come here please?" She yelled from the couch.
Eva emerged from her room followed shortly by her brother, Sylvie asked them to set down and told them they wanted to talk to them about something. They both took a seat in each of the armchairs.
"We have something we want to share with you but we aren't sharing it with anyone else until tomorrow" Sylvie was talking in a hushed tone even though they were the only ones in the room.
"Are you getting married?" Diego asked excited. "No, stupid I bet dad asked her to move in, am I right?" Eva asked.
"Actually Eva you're a little right but we haven't figured all that out yet. The real news is your going to have a little brother or sister in a few months" Eva screamed and started jumping up and down and ran to hug Sylvie. "Oh my god, I'm so excited, congratulations, I can't wait, when is the baby due?" Sylvie pulled back from the bone-crushing hug being delivered by Eva. "Baby is due around Nov. 8th…I'm so glad you're excited, you're going to be the best big sister"
Sylvie noticed Diego sitting silently over in his chair and she looked at Antonio worried.
"Hey buddy what's wrong? Antonio asked concerned by Diego's reaction to the news.
"Mom's going to be pissed" is all Diego said and he stood up and walked back to his room shutting his door behind him. Sylvie and Eva both gave Antonio a worried confused look as he got up to follow Diego.
He knocked on the door "Can I come in?" Diego pulled the door open and sat back on his bed. Antonio took a seat next to him and threw his arm over his shoulder. "Why would your mom be pissed and why are you worried if she is or isn't?" Antonio asked softly.
"She doesn't like Sylvie and now if she hears about this she is going to try and take me back to live with her because she will be jealous. I don't want to live with her dad, I love being here with you guys" Antonio could tell that Diego was trying to be tough and not start to cry so he squeezed his shoulders to reassure him.
"First what happens here is none of mom's business especially if it concerns Sylvie or the baby, she has no reason to be jealous. And second, you told the judge where you wanted to live and he made the decision to put you here, mom cannot just come and take you, you belong right here with me, your sister, the baby, and Sylvie and nothing is ever going to change that. Do you understand?" Diego sniffled and turned to hug his dad "thanks dad, I really am excited, I should probably go tell Sylvie congratulations." Antonio hugged him back glad that he was able to reassure him and fix his mood.
Diego walked back out to the living room and hugged Sylvie and kissed her on the cheek "Sorry about that, I really am excited" she hugged him back even tighter. "It's okay, I know it's tough, and I know you're going to be the best big brother"