Picket Fences! Part 69


At Julie and Nathan Martin's house . . .

When their daughter Amanda got home from her twin cousins Joseph and Jeffery's birthday party, she asked if she could have a baby brother or sister.

After digusting the matter, they agreed to adopt a second child.

Nathan called Social Services to adopt a toddler. Since they had already proven to be excellant parents, they were approved.


Amanda thanked Nathan for calling Social Services.



Then she hugged both her parents goodnight . . .


And got into bed.

The next morning Nathan left for work . . .

And Amanda left to go to school.

Julie read a book while she waited for the Social worker to come.

At 10 A.M. the Social worker's van stopped across the street.


The Social worker opened the door to the van.

She lifted a male toddler out of the van.

The toddler in her arms had black hair and blue eyes.

"This is your new son Corey", she said.


Julie picked up Corey. It was love at first sight.


She carried him into the house. . .

And fed him lunch.

They played with the block sorter.

When Amanda came home from school, she and Corey played with the service station.


When Nathan came home, he was thrilled to have a son.

Next door at Arlene and Jimmy Martin's house . .




Arlene, Jimmy and their son David were in the kitchen when Arlene started having labor pains . . .

And delivered a beautiful baby girl.

They named their daughter Joyce, which was Arlene's late grandmother's name.

Over at Claudia's house . . .

With Claudia and Hannah staying at Rhys' place, Noah and Miyuki are enjoying having the house to themselves.

They cuddled on the bed in Noah's room.


"You want to do woo hoo?", he asked,

And Miyuki said YES!

"I love you my husband", she said.

"I love you, too", he said.

Noah and Miyuki are expecting a baby. . .

And they couldn't be happier.


At Rhys' place . . .

Close friends and family have come to help celebrate Hannah's birthday.

Rhys brought Hannah to her birthday cake.

He helped her blow out the candles.

Everybody blew the birthday horns and clapped the clappers.

He placed her on the floor. She did the "toddler dance" and . . .

Grew up into a cute child.



She grabbed a big slice of her birthday cake.

"Happy birthday Hannah", said Megan Grace.

Then the sisters hugged each other.

"Call your mom and ask her if you can spend the night", said Hannah.

"Mom, can I spend the night at dad's place?", asked Megan Grace.

"Sure, I'll see you tomorrow", said Regan.

"Alright, bye Mom."

After Megan Grace finished talking to Regan . . .


Rhys called Transpotation and ordered a taxi.


The taxiab stopped in front of the house.


Hannah and Megan Grace got in

Rhys told the driver to take them to the Pizza Parlour downtown.

The taxi stopped in front and . . .


They all got out and went into the pizza parlour.


Hannah ahd Megan Grace grabbed a slice of pizza.

"I can hardly wait until Monday. I think it will be fun to ride the bus to school"< said Hannah.

"Yeah, it is. I love going to school", said Megan Grace.

"Maybe you and Hannah will be able to play together at recess", said Claudia.

"Some of my best memories are when I was going to school", said Rhys.


When they finished eating Rhys called a taxi to go home.

"I wish the taxi would hurry up and come. I'm sleepy", said Hannah.


The taxi arrived shortly and took them home.

"I wish I could live here with you all the time", said Megan Grace, "It's a lot more fun."
"You can visit as often as you want sweeetheart. Your mama would misss you terribly if you lived with me", said Rhys.
"Yeah, I'd miss her, too", she said.

"My birthday was fun today", said Hannah.
"I'm glad you had a good time", said Rhys.

"Goodnight Dad!", both girls called as they went off to bed.


"Goodnight Hannah!"

"Goodnight Megan Grace!"

"The girls are settled for the night", said Claudia.
"Then come here", said Rhys.


To be continued . . .