A Little Time With the Hughes Family

With the newest addition(s)

Please, please don't say that....

Say what?

'Additions!!!' It's gonna be tough dealing with one kid... let alone two or three!!!!

Okay.... just thought I'd put that in though.

Why?

Um, well, there have been incidents of multiple births recently.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

O-kay. Um. Well.
Moving speedily along here....

As I was saying.... there have to be a few 'adjustments' in the Hughes household to accommodate the newest arrival. One of them being a little bit of a 'redo' of the structure of the house (sorry no pics here, will get some more as the family expands)

WHAT?!?!?! Hey, I never signed up for that part of the deal!!!!!

Um, Gareth.... I know you worry about a lot of things.....

WORRY???? WORRY????? Hell no.....

*coughs*

Um... well... just a lil bit..... gotta admit that.

*nods in agreement*

Anyway, as Gareth and Rhonda kept tight lipped about the gender of the baby, it seemed fitting that they should choose a neutral colour for the nursery. So they opted for a bright sunny yellow.

Oooh.... pretty!!!!!



On top of that, whilst Rhonda has been on maternity leave, and her pregnancy has progressed, exercise has been put on hold. So to stop her from going stir crazy, she decided (thanks to the damned maid breaking the dishwasher, then helping himself to cereal whilst the two of them were sleeping) to repair the dishwasher.

It was making a hell of a noise, causing no end of grief for both of them.
More so Gareth though.

WILL YOU SHUT THAT DAMNED THING OFF??? GETTING A HEADACHE HERE!!!

See... told you.

Sooo, Rhonda, heavy with child.... got down on her hands and knees (the best way she knew how) and started 'tinkering' with said dishwasher..




Whilst Gareth panicked and fussed at how 'seriously dangerous' this new hobby of hers really was.

You sure you've turned off the power supply?
Yep.
You DO know there's a phone there, all you have to do it call in maintenance... and they'll deal with it.
S'okay, wanna do this.
You WILL be careful... won't you?
'Course I will.
You DO know what you're doing.... don't you?
'Course... it's just this lil gadget thingy that's a little tricky to get to. Now please Gareth, you've got to get to work soon.
Only if you're sure. I worry about you, that's all.
*sigh* Just. Go. Please.

Just then, the doorbell goes and it's one of Rhonda's buddies, Constance Shelley (I believe). Gareth answers the door.

Is Rhonda home?
Sure she is... boy am I glad to see you, maybe you can talk her out of these dangerous situations she keeps putting herself in.

Constance looked around the door jamb, just in time to see Rhonda's butt in the air. And chuckles softly.

I think she's doing fine there, doing her 'thing'. Leave her be, she'll be okay. That's the Daredevil in her. Anyway, how are you doing anyhow?
Oh, I'm good. I learned a new song you know.
Really?
Yeah, and I learned to put some new words to it too. I call it the 'Nacho Song' wanna hear it?
Yeah, sure.

So Gareth launches into the french tune he'd learned whilst in Paris, with this really weird 'food' variation in the lyrics.



'Got me some crunchy nachos... Mama.... spicy salsa tooooo.....!!!!!!!!!!!'

And Constance was enthralled!!!!

That's so good! I love it!!




In the background the radio is playing. It's a really catchy song that starts Constance off dancing.

Hey, Gareth, wanna dance?
Um, what about Rhonda?
Told you, she's fine. Aww c'mon, just this once, loosen up will you? You look all tense and stuff.

So they danced together only briefly until Gareth heard a groan from Rhonda, who straightened up.



You okay there honey?
Back's killing, baby's starting to kick and I can't find the fault with this stupid dishwasher.



Maybe you're right, maybe we should hire maintenance after all.
Aww, at least you tried anyway. Now come here, I've something to show you.

With that, he pulled a really silly face.



You know, you really are silly Gareth.
I know. That's why you love me... right?



That's right. Now... here. THIS is what a silly face should look like!!!



With that, she returns the gesture with a silly face of her own. Their joy was short lived though, as Gareth's car pool pulled up and the horn started blasting.

I gotta go honey. Love you.
Love you too, take care.
I will, and you too. You'll be okay won't you?
Yeah, Constance said she'd keep me company for the rest of the night.
Ah, okay. Just call me if you need ANYTHING.... pickles and ice cream... anything... okay?
Okay.

They hugged romantically and Gareth had to dash off.

Hey Rhonda!
Yeah?
Fancy challenging me here? I'm feeling kinda lonely playing this racing game on my own.



Sure, okay. But firstly.... you do know I'm pregnant... right?



Yeah, course I did, and WHOA!!!! You're so BIG, are you sure it's not twins?????
Please don't scare me like that!!!



Well, that's some big baby then. Aww come here, give us a hug. And congrats kiddo, you're going to be a great mommy.



Aww thanks Constance, you're a good friend.

Constance started to yawn and was about to make her excuses to go home when Rhonda suddenly leaned forward and pulled a face.....


.... this doesn't look good......
........ and I'm guessing it's not the cookies she's been stuffing herself with either....

.... which means only one thing

BABY'S ON IT'S WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!