May 9 - Babysitting at Chez Stanton

by **Rick Ferguson** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:56 pm

There were a few knocks at the door.

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:06 pm

"Just a second!" Sara shouts as she hops over to the door on one foot, holding the shoe she hasn't put on yet.

She opens the door and smiles at Rick, she's dressed up a bit which, admittedly, is a bit of an unusual sight for her. "Hey there. Come on in."

by **Rick Ferguson** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:13 pm

Rick smiled back warmly. "Hey. I'm not too early, am I?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:19 pm

"Nah, don't worry. We're just being a little slow." she says, leaning down to put her other shoe on before following Rick into the apartment.

"Will, Rick is here!"

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:24 pm

"Great!" *thump* from the bedroom.

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:29 pm

"Don't ask me what's taking him so long. You'd think with his shifting he'd take 5 minutes to get ready." she chuckles as she walks Rick over to the crib Robin's lieing in.

"Hey Robbie, say hi to Uncle Rick. He's gonna be taking care of you today."

by **Rick Ferguson** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:36 pm

"Hey Will!," Rick called out. "And hello to you, little Robin," he said when they got to the crib. He reached down and poked his finger against her tiny hand.

"Gah, so cute!"

by **Robin Stanton** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:43 pm

And Robin tried to grab Rick's finger because, hey, finger!

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:59 pm

"Heh." He picked her up, a bit awkwardly since he wasn't used to it. "Okay, what should I know?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:40 pm

"Well there's diapers over there and she probably will need changing at some point. Sorry." she smiles a bit crookedly. "There's milk you can heat up in the fridge, just not too hot, and lately she's started shifting so if anything happens you can always call, I put my cell-phone number on the table, but I think you have it already anyway and--"

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:41 pm

"Sara! Timing!" Will said, coming out dressed rather nattily.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:48 pm

"Yeah, I have your number." He smirked. "So, crappy diapers, warm milk, shifting. Gotcha."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:54 pm

"Right, right... Well if she starts crying it's usually diapers or she's hungry, but she's been a little fuzzy lately. But yeah, cell-phone. Don't hesitate to call." she smiles only a little nervously.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:01 pm

"I'll probably call. Several times, just because I'm second-guessing myself. Trust me."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:04 pm

"I'm sure you'll do absolutely fine."

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:35 pm

Sara nods. "You'll do great, I'm sure."

by **Rick Ferguson** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:14 pm

"I mean, what could go wrong? She's only the biological daughter to Will Stanton, aren't you little Robin? Goochie goochie goo!" Somehow he deadpanned the first part of that without even the hint of a grin.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:21 pm

"He's mocking me, Sara."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:44 pm

"And rightfully so." she chuckles.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:11 pm

Rick finally grinned. "I hope you guys have a good time. Are ya going out to eat somewhere?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:23 pm

"Dinner and dancing afterwards. Thanks again for doing this." she smiles.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:55 pm

"You're welcome! I'll see you back at....?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:02 pm

"Is midnight okay? At the latest."

by **Rick Ferguson** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:16 pm

"Sure, no problem. Go have a blast."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:19 pm

"Great. You're the best." she says, giving Rick a friendly hug.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:23 pm

He returned the hug with one arm, clutching Robin close with the other. "You wouldn't trust me with her if I wasn't, heh."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:52 pm

"If anything goes wrong, call us!" Will said, coming out.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:03 pm

"Take care you two." Sara says, giving Robin a kiss on the head and heading out with Will.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:06 pm

"We will! Have fun!" After the door closed, he looked at Robin, held up in one arm. "So, guess this 'not being around Mom' thing is new to you, huh?"

by **Robin Stanton** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:52 pm

"Baah..."

After this deep and thoughtful comment Robin notices Rick's nose is almost in reach and tries to hit it with about as much strength as you can expect from a baby.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:16 pm

"Hm? Hey! Watch where you're punching!" He laughed, taking her over to a spot on the floor with a nice clean blanket laid out, so that he could lay her gently down on her back.

"So you're already a little feisty."

by **Robin Stanton** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 5:38 pm

Robin giggled up at him, swinging again at his face.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:45 pm

"Maybe more than a little. I'm not the kind of person you need to learn to punch, Miss Stanton." He smiled....though a little sadly, not liking the line of thought bringing him back to the trip to the past.

by **Robin Stanton** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:15 pm

And that's when Robin's arm shot out a little bit longer to grab his nose.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:47 am

"Hey, stop that!," he said in a funny, nasally voice, trying to unhinge Robin's grip on his nose.

by **Robin Stanton** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:52 am

Robin just giggled as Rick pried her little fingers off of his nose, the fingers themselves stretching out a bit before they released.

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:24 pm

"I only learned my power by the time I was a teenager. No fair." He grinned. "Okay, Bridget liked this when she was a baby. Let's see if you do."

Rick covered his face with his hands, then suddenly spread them open, revealing his face as he said "Boo!"

by **Robin Stanton** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:27 pm

Robin had looked concerned when Rick's face had suddenly vanished--where had everyone gone? Were they all eaten by wolves? Oh my god, they've abandoned me! WHAT WILL I oh there he is. Yay!

by **Rick Ferguson** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:31 pm

Giggles were a promising sign, but peek-a-boo was usually only interesting for so long. Rick looked around for any of her bright, loud, noise-making baby toys.

by **Robin Stanton** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:52 pm

There was a whole bunch of shit lying around, as Will had evidently gone on a 'crazy kids stuff shopping spree'.

While he as looking elsewhere, Robin began rolling to one side.

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