User blog:Discofurby/In the Beginning, Part 2

This is a sequel to In the Beginning, which can be read https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Discofurby/In_the_Beginning here. It tells of Lori's infancy and Leni's birth.

When Rita and Lynn Sr. brought Lori home from the hospital, Rita nursed her and cooed at her.

"Who's a good girl, Lori?", she cooed.

Lori then fell asleep.

A week later, Lori started to grow hair, and Lynn Sr. put a bow in it, then put the telephone in her hand. "See, honey? It looks like she's using the phone!".

Rita chuckled, then snapped a photo of the scene. She then stuck the photo on the front of Lori's baby book.

One day, when Lori was four months old, she started crying and her parents didn't know why.

True, Lori was a gassy baby but on this day, she'd cry even just after farting. And she wasn't hungry or sleepy, her diaper was clean, and making faces didn't work.

They decided to go to the store to get Lori a new toy, and they found an animatronic fox named Fenton the Feel-Better Fox.

Lynn Sr. pressed a button and it sang: ''Cheer up, baby, don't you cry. No more tears, it's cheer-up time. Laugh with me and we will be, happy, happy, happy. ''Instantly, Lori stopped crying and she smiled a smile that both parents knew wasn't just because of gas.

However, over the next few weeks, Lori would press the button on the fox repeatedly whenever she and the fox were nearby, and it greatly annoyed their parents. It annoyed them so much, in fact, that they came up with a nickname for it: the Demon Toy!

"If this is what it takes to keep a kid happy, I don't want any more kids," said Rita.

Thankfully, it wasn't keeping them awake, at least, because Rita and Lynn Sr. put Fenton on the shelf whenever Lori was sleeping.

Two months later was a big day in the Loud family: at two thirty in the afternoon, Lori was playing on her play mat, when she rolled over and began to crawl.

"Rita! She's crawling!", said Lynn Sr.

"That's wonderful," said Rita and snapped a picture, stuck it in the baby book, and captioned it "Lori's first crawl."

She then added, "Honey, my period is late and I've occasionally been a bit nauseous in the morning. I've never actually thrown up, but the point is that I think I might be pregnant."

"Should we have an abortion then? I thought you said you didn't want any kids!"

"Well, I was kind of joking, and to be honest, even though I never expected another baby so soon, I kind of like the idea of having two kids."

So Rita went to the doctor, and it turned out she was indeed pregnant.

The parents did a happy dance while Lori looked on confused.

"You're going to be a big sister in nine months, Lori!", said Rita, but of course Lori didn't know what that meant.

"Where will we put the new baby's nursery?" asked Lynn Sr.

"How about in one of the rooms adjacent to the linen closet?" said Rita.

"Perfect!", said Lynn Sr., and he decided to paint the walls green and hang a poster up saying, "I love you to the moon and back!".

As the months passed, Lori grew more hair and began wearing it in pigtails.

She would often try to use the landline and her parents' cell phones. In fact, when she learnt to walk it was because she wanted to play with Rita's phone.

On her first birthday, they woke Lori up and decided to have the party at noon.

They invited Ruth, who gave Lori a little dress, and Albert, who gave her a teddy bear.

They also invited Lynn's sister Shirley, who brought Lori a music box and had fun spinning Lori around and making her giggle.

They had a chocolate layer cake with a candle shaped like a "1" and played patty-cake and it was a lot of fun.

A week later, Lori was taken to the doctor to have her toes corrected.

"I'm sort of going to miss them," said Lynn Sr., "But at least now people will stop making jokes about her looking like a duck."

They also sneakily put Fenton in the attic and came up with a new way of cheering up a crying Lori: By singing the "Tomorrow" song from Annie.

On the afternoon of Rita's due date, she said, "It's time," so they drove to the hospital and had Albert come over to look after Lori.

"Hello, Lori," said Albert, "I'm your Pop-Pop."

Lori giggled.

They played games and sang songs, and eventually, Albert got a phone call and then said, "You've got a new sister."

The next day, they went to see Rita in the hospital and Albert said, "What's her name?"

"Leni," said Rita, "With an I."

"Isn't she cute?" said Pop-Pop.

Leni opened her eyes and gave her big sister a cross-eyed look.