User blog:Discofurby/In the Beginning

OK, I've been toying with the idea of writing this for a while. It's about Rita and Lynn Sr.'s marriage and Lori's birth. I'll probably also do a sequel about Lori's infancy and Leni's birth.

Years ago, Rita and Lynn were on a date in the Aloha Comrade. "I've been meaning to ask this for a while..." stammered Lynn, "Rita... will you marry me?".

"Yes!", replied Rita, and they hugged, while Lynn Sr. cried tears of joy.

They had their wedding a week later, with Kotaro being Lynn's best man, and Lynn's niece and nephew being the flower girl and ring bearer.

Two of Rita's cousins were the bridesmaids.

Then, they had their honeymoon in England because Lynn had been to university there. The highlight of the trip was when they met a cute baby at Stonehenge. It got them both thinking about having kids and they both agreed that they wanted them.

When they arrived home from their honeymoon, Rita was impressed at the house he'd bought.

"Wow!", she said, "Six bedrooms?!".

"Well, you never know how many kids we'll have," said Lynn.

A month later, Rita was happy that her pregancy test had come back positive, so she baked a cake and wrote "You're going to be a dad!" on it.

When Lynn saw the cake, he once again cried tears of joy and he hugged Rita.

The next day, Rita and Lynn began to work on the nursery: they decided to have it in the large bedroom adjacent to the bathroom. When deciding on what colour to paint the walls, Lynn decided on a very pale blue. "I don't believe in stereotypes," he said, "Our kid can have blue walls even if she's a girl."

"Have you thought of any names?" said Rita.

"Well, I was kind of hoping for a Lynn Jr.," said Lynn, "And technically that could work for either a boy or a girl, but I guess girls don't generally get called junior..."

Rita's pregnancy was relatively easy: she never got sleepy and she only had morning sickness for about a week.

Over the nine months, they bought a bassinet, crib, sling, changing pad, baby clothes, a baby monitor, various toys, and a lot of diapers.

Rita spent her baby shower with three of her friends, who bought her gifts, the highlight of which was a onesie that read, "Tough like Mommy."

"Well, I'll admit, she is a lot tougher than me," said Lynn.

Eventually, it was time: Rita jumped into Vanzilla and they drove off to the hospital.

After eight hours of labor, the doctor announced that the Loud parents had a healthy baby girl.

"Why does she have webbed feet and a strange-looking head?!" asked Lynn.

"That's normal," said the doctor, "The unusual head shape should clear up in six weeks and the webbed toes should be surgically corrected when she's one."

"She's still beautiful despite her abnormalities," said Lynn, hugging his new daughter to his chest, "I promise I will always be there to love and support you... Lori."