"Wheeee!  This slide is fun, huh?"

"Yeah!" Joseph giggles as Arvilla takes him off of her lap, and places him on the ground.

"Oh no!" He shouts.

"What, baby?"

"Mommy, I gotta go pee pee.  I gotta go pee pee right now!" Joseph said very loudly.

"Honey, it's okay.  You wanna go use the potty?  If not you have a diaper on.  Just this once you can use your diaper."

"NO!  I no wanna use my dipey!"

"Okay I'll take you to the bathroom."

Joseph looks and screams, "I'll never make it, Mommy!"

Arvilla could help but giggle.

"Let him go in the grass, no ones around." Robert said.

"Ew." Arvilla scrunched her nose. "I hated when Joe would do that and I don't want him to think he can do it in the yard at home."

"I GOTTA GO!"

"Fine!  Take off your pants and get over here!" Arvilla scoops him up and pulls his pants off.

"Mommy!  We in da park!" He says in his high pitched voice. "Why you getting me nakey!"

"You're gonna pee by this tree.  Just this one time, Joseph."

"Mommyyyyy!"

Arvilla stands him up. "Now hold your little willy and aim, son."

"What?"

"Robert, show him!"

"Arvilla, not in the middle of the park."

Arvilla scoffs and grabs her cell phone.  She holds it in front of her crotch and says, "Hold it like this and pee."

Joseph cracks up laughing and suddenly starts to pee.

"Me pee in the gwass too!" Heidi smiles and pulls on her shorts.

"Oh gosh, Heidi.  Leave your pants on."

"Joe no got pants!"

"She has a point." Robert says.

"Robert, get her!"

"Come here Heidi. You wanna go potty in the toilet?"

"NO!"

"Hey don't yell at me." Robert pouts.

"Aw I sowy!" Heidi places her hands on Robert's face.

"It's okay. Now let's go play while mommy tends to brother." Robert says pulling her pants up.

"I wan dem off." Heidi kicks her legs.

"No!" Robert laughs. "That's not lady like Louise."

"I not a laly!  Mama a laly n' I a baby girl!  An my name Heidi!"

"You are so cute!" Robert kisses her cheek making Heidi giggle.

"I so cute!  I AM so cute!"

"Yes you are!"

**

After leaving the park the twins fell asleep on the ride home.

Arvilla looks back and smiles.
"Look at those sweaty babies."

"They wore themselves out today, huh?"

"They sure did. And me!"

Robert chuckles.
Arvilla then lays her head back and yawns.

"Tired, Momma?"

"Exhausted. I can't even imagine having three." She laughs softly.

"Well the twins will be three when this little one arrives, and you'll have me to help.  It'll be fun!"

Arvilla turns to him and smiles.
"It will be.. I can't wait to have your baby."

"I can't wait for you to have my baby!  I'm still in shock."

"Me too!"

"Are we gonna find out what the baby is before?"

"I don't know.  Do you want to wait?"

"I think it would be a fun surprise but.. I don't know if I could wait."

"Well we still have time to decide.  It might be fun to pull it out and BOOM!  There it is!  Or isn't!" Arvilla chuckles.

"I bet that's amazing.. ugh maybe we should wait!"

"We'll see." Arvilla laughs.

***

The next morning.

"We getting dwessed!" Heidi smiles.

"Yeah you're getting dressed!"

"We goin to see da boys?"

"Yep!"

"We tell dem about mommy's baby?" Joseph asks with a smile.

"Yep!  You think they'll be excited?"

"Ya they be so so happy!"

"Baby?  In you tummy?" Heidi asks.

"Yeah!  It's super tiny right now, but it's gonna keep growing and growing for the next few months. Mommy's belly is going to get SO BIG!"

Joseph and Heidi laugh.

"That's kinda silly to think about, huh?"

"Ya dat silly! Mommy gon have a big belly!" Heidi laughs and spreads her arms far apart.

"Den wha happen?" Joseph lifts his hands.

"Then mommy will go to the hospital—"

"Oh no!" Heidi widens her eyes and places her hands on her mother's cheeks.

"No it's okay!  They're gonna help me get the baby out!"

"Dat sooooo cwazy!"

"It is." Arvilla laughs. "And then we'll be a family of eight!"

"EIGHT!"

"Yep!  I count the boys too, so there's Alan, Miguel, Mommy, Daddy, Heidi, Joseph, Bobby, and Baby!"

"Woah!" Joseph shouts.

"Das a lot." Heidi sighs.

"Yes, I know." Arvilla giggles.
".. And you know what?"

"What?"

"There's one more."

"My puppy dog?" Heidi smiles.

"No." Arvilla laughs.
"Before you two were born mommy had a baby in her tummy that went to Heaven."

"Is wih dada?" Joseph asks.

"Yeah.  Daddy will take care of them for now."

"Awww." Heidi says.

"Das sweet." Joseph says with a sweet smile.

"Yeah.."

"What da baby name?"

"This baby!" Arvilla points to her stomach.

"No!  Da one in Heaben wih dada!"

"Oh!  Well.. the baby was really really small and we never got a chance to name it.."

"Oh no!" Heidi pouts. "I name it!"

"We can name them if you want.  We never found out if it was a boy or a girl, but we can go with a name that goes with either."

"I name dem Rocky!" Heidi says.

"Sweetie, we're not naming a puppy."

"Yes!  MY puppy!"

"Heidi."

"Find!"

"Find." Arvilla laughs. "You're cute."

"Yes I am!"

Arvilla smiles.

"I name my baby Scoop!" Joseph says.

"Scoop? You guys really stink at this baby name stuff."

"Hey!" He laughs.

"Let's see if mommy can think of a nice name.. Hmm... How about Harlow? Harlow Holden."

"Ya!" Heidi smiles.

"Is cute!" Joseph shouts.

"Yeah!  Okay that's our little angel baby.  Harlow."

"Lub it." Heidi says.

Arvilla kisses the twins and lifts them off the bed.

"Let's go see the boys."

"Ya!  Boys!  Boys!  Boys!" Heidi lifts her hands as she cheers.

**

Robert buckles the twins in the car and Heidi smiles. "Bobby we named da baby!"

"You named the baby?!"

"Baby's name is Harrrrlowwww." Joseph says.

"Awesome!"

"Not this baby. The baby Joe and I lost.." Arvilla says.

"You lost a baby?"

Arvilla nods. "Mhm. A long time ago, when we first got married."

"Oh wow, I didn't know that. I'm so sorry."

Arvilla takes a deep breath and says, "Thank you. I took it very hard. I told Joe I never wanted to have kids because I was so afraid of losing another one. We weren't trying to get pregnant, it just happened.. then it didn't happen again until the twins came along.... We weren't trying for them either." Arvilla chuckles softly.

"But I thank God they snuck through.. I'd be nowhere without those little babies.
When I told the twins this morning that they have a sibling in Heaven, they wanted to name the baby."

"That's sweet, Arvy. And they picked Harlow? That's so cute!"

"Are you kidding? Their names sucked! I picked Harlow."

Robert laughs and kisses Arvilla on the cheek.
"I love it."

"Thanks." She smiles cutely.

**

The twins walked in holding their mother's hands.

"Hey mom!" Alan greets Arvilla with a kiss on the cheek.

"Hi honey!  Have you eaten?"

"Yes ma'am." He chuckles.

"He burnt the food." Miguel says with an annoyed look on his face.

"Well let momma fix everything!  Go spend some quality time with your favorite twins."

Miguel lifts Joseph and bounces him lightly.
"Come on, you wanna play?"

"I jus wan to hold Alan." Heidi looks up and lifts her arms.

Alan chuckles and lifts her up.
"I've got you little Princess."

"Robert come help me."

Robert follows Arvilla into the kitchen.
"What are we making?"

"I don't know, let's see what they have.. junk food.  Wow.  Wasn't it just full?"

"They're growing boys, momma."

"They are.  Well I guess we're having sandwiches."

"Yummy!"

Robert then looks down Arvilla's body.
"Your belly is wanting to say hi today."

Arvilla laughs and looks down as she softly brushes over her bump.

"Little bug is just poking out already."

"Yep!" Robert rubs his hand in a circle over her stomach.

"Okay, okay. Let's make these sandwiches so we can tell the boys about the baby."

**

"Mmmm! Thank you for making us food, mom." Miguel says.

"You're welcome!" Arvilla smiles sweetly.
"Boys, we have some news to tell you."

"Is it about Heidi's puppy? She told us, that's so exciting!"

"What? No! Heidi Louise, you're not getting a puppy!"

"Aw nuts!" Heidi purses her lips, narrows her brows, and crosses her arms.

"Mama's got a baby!" Joseph smiles.

Arvilla chuckles. "What he said!"

"What?" Alan turns to Arvilla.

She smiles and says, "I'm pregnant."

"OH MY GOSH!" He stands. "You're pregnant?"

"You're having a baby?!" Miguel shouts. "Is it Mr. Abrego's"

"Miguel!" Alan shouts.

Arvilla laughs. "Yes Miguel! Of course it's his!"

"It better be mine."

"Shut up!" Arvilla laughs and hits Robert on the arm.

"Is it twins again?!" Miguel asks.

"No! We only saw one!"

"I knew you looked pregnant!" Miguel smiled.  He was clearly very excited.

"Miguel! Ma, I'm sorry. You don't look pregnant at all, don't listen to him."

"It's okay, I definitely look a little pregnant." Arvilla places her hand on her bump.

"Congratulations mom." Alan smiles and hugs her.

"Thank you, sweetie."

"Another little brother or sister! I can't wait!" Miguel walks over and hugs Arvilla tightly.

"Aww! I'm so happy everyone's excited."

"I not." Heidi says with a grumpy expression.

Arvilla chuckles and nods her head.
"I know, I know.  Because you wanted a puppy."

"I NO ASK FOR NO BABY!"

"Heidi stop yelling." Arvilla said in a stern voice.

Heidi looks her mother dead in the eyes and screams on the top of her lungs. "AHHHHHH!!
  How you like that Laly?"

"Wow.  Deep breaths, Arvilla." She says taking a deep breath. "Spanking her is not the answer.  Just calm yourself."

"You is NOT gonna pank me cause I too Cute."

Robert chuckles. "She does have a point."

Arvilla just turns to him with a very unamused look on her face.