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[the_support]

Seeing the baby a week before had really made things real for Ellie. It was one thing to know she was there, but it was another to have a picture. At the very least, she was put at ease seeing everything was progressing normally. That she was finally starting to feel better after what felt like a long time of always feeling sick helped along her

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[ooh_lily]

"Is there one in there that says "I'm proof that she was really, really stubborn?" asked Lily, coming to stand behind Ellie with her arms folded across her chests. "Or something about daddy's single digit sperm count?"

She only made jokes because it hadn't mattered, in the end. They'd tried and tried until they made it happen and, if ever there was proof of how much her and Eddie loved each other, it wsa Emmy and the baby that Lily was carrying.

[the_support]

"Stick around long enough and I have a feeling one might pop up," she said, rolling her eyes as she dropped the thing back into the box. She was starting to really suspect it was a good idea to start very early with finding clothes. "Are there parents who actually dress their kids in outfits like these? Actually, I probably don't want to know."

[ooh_lily]

"You really, really don't, honey," said Lily, walking over to the box and looking over Ellie's shoulder. She didn't risk getting down on the floor just yet.

"You tell me if you find something in Emmy's size, okay?"

[the_support]

"Alright," she said with a nod of her head. "I am guessing you're skipping over the more colorful sorts of clothes too?"

[ooh_lily]

"Emmy wears things with skulls on," says Lily, easing herself down with one hand on her bump.

"God help me with the next one."

[the_support]

"It just means she's unique," she assured. That sounded as good as anything else. "Kids are supposed to keep you on your toes. It's one of their jobs, I hear."

[ooh_lily]

"Oh, she's definitely unique," said Lily, with a broad grin. "Knowing our luck, we'll end up with another one who's an individual. Then again, remembering what Eddie wears to curl, maybe I shouldn't be surprised."

[the_support]

"I'm not even going to begin to think about the kind of sports Devon is going to get our daughter into," she said with a quiet laugh, shaking her head at the thought. "He's practically running two teams on the island right now. I'll be lucky if she doesn't come out with some kind of equipment."

[ooh_lily]

"I think Emmy was born knowing how to curl," said Lily, pushing her hair back from her face and picking what looked like an Emmy sized t-shirt out of the box. "Between me and Eddie and Lennox and Chris she didn't really stand a chance."

It'd been months and months and, still, Lily felt a pang at the memory of her lost best friend.

[the_support]

"I guess neither of us can complain," she said, hiding a smile. Honestly, she was happy to see Devon already excited, not that she had expected anything else. "I mean, she could have an intense interest in dinosaurs, for example. Curling is one of the safer things to enjoy around here."

[ooh_lily]

"I wouldn't put anything past her," said Lily, folding the t-shirt and touching her bump with one hand.

"And I''ve definitely known Jim Lennox too long to put anything past him."