Party of Five s06e24 Episode Script

1 Everybody wants to live Like they wanna live And everybody wants to love Like they wanna love Everybody wants to be Closer to free Closer to free Have you felt any movement? No.
Not yet.
Is that okay? I mean, does that mean-- All that means is that it's too soon, but you-- You will.
You're not picking up any, uh, spare change or keys, are you? Because, and I mean this in a completely loving way, but my wife's been eating everything that's not locked down.
Heart function is good.
Kidney development, right on schedule.
Huh.
What can I say? He looks great.
Hey, you mean that in a generic non-sex specific way, right? Kind of like how you refer to a ship as she.
N-no.
Kind of the way you refer to a baby with a penis.
Oh.
I-- I thought you said you wanted to know.
God, did I misread the notation on your file? -My handwriting's terrible.
-No.
-No! It's-- -No.
We were just expecting one of those Those drum roll moments.
Right.
Well, then, uh It's a boy.
It's a boy.
Charlie, we're having a boy.
I don't see it.
Right there, you see? That? So tiny.
So teeny, teeny tiny.
It's barely anything.
Well, he'll get bigger.
Yeah.
I hope so.
'Cause kids can be really cruel.
So, what are you gonna name him? Have you decided? Well, it's a pretty short list.
You know, Jerry Boffman's parents, they let him name his baby brother.
Fritzi.
Fritzi? Well, Fritz.
It's his dad's name.
That'd be kind of cool to name the kid after, you know, a relative.
Well, that's sort of along the same lines that we're thinking of for this baby.
But, you know, if you wanted to pick the name, Owen Really? You'd let me do that? Really? You'd let him do that? Yeah.
I mean, I think it'll mean a lot to him to be able to say that his Uncle Owen gave him his name And that the name, it had a very, very special meaning for both of you.
Kind of like you naming Diana after mom.
Exactly.
What's going on? Is everything okay? Of course.
What, I can't treat my brother to a nice lunch? Of course you can.
You absolutely can.
It's just in 17 years, you haven't.
Oh.
You had this sort of, "I gotta tell you something" tone in your voice on the phone.
Yeah, I did.
I do.
Bailey, um I'm going to Juilliard in the fall.
What? But I thought you accepted at Stanford already.
I did, but just because it was well, safe And completely doable.
But, I mean, Juilliard.
They're offering me a pretty okay financial aid package.
They've got a great work-study program.
And I want this.
Really, it just It feels right.
Hello? You could say something.
You might want to budget some train tickets into the financial equation.
I'm sorry.
You want me to take trains back and forth to San Francisco? No.
Not San Francisco, not home.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia? I don't know anyone in Philadelphia.
You know me.
So, that's Charlie.
Claud's free.
I just gotta check with Bailey.
Couldn't you just tell everybody a little bit more casually? You know, bump into Charlie, break the good news, Say don't tell Bailey 'cause I want to tell him myself, And so on? No.
I want to make it a big deal.
It is a big deal.
I'm moving across the country, for God's sakes.
I'm starting a new job.
You're starting at Georgetown.
I want to make an event out of this, you know? What? You know, you're being a little bit manic about this? Okay, I just, um I don't want to have a series of heart-to-hearts.
I don't want to talk about the pros and cons of leaving everyone behind.
I'm not gonna treat this like a mixed blessing.
I want to stand up at Salinger's with a smile on my face And say, "Hey! Guess what I'm leaving to do and guess who's coming with me, and you know what, I'm really excited.
And you all don't have a choice but to be excited for me.
" You know? Got ya.
So, what's the big mystery? Yeah, Julia, tell us.
Okay, okay.
I have a little announcement to make.
Come on.
Let's hear it.
No.
Not so fast.
You guys order your food and--and relax.
I want to build the suspense.
So, what's everybody having, huh? Hey, Jule, listen, before we get started, uh, I have something to tell you, too.
I kinda have a little news of my own, and everybody else already knows.
What? In a couple months, I'm going to be leaving to go to school in Philadelphia.
What? Yep.
I'm gonna get an undergraduate degree in Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Wait.
You're leaving? Yeah.
And-- And everyone else knew this? I had to work it out with Charlie and Owen first, and I just told Claudia this morning.
Hey, Jule, what's the problem? The problem is you can't be doing that.
Bailey, that's what I'm doing.
That's-- That's my news.
I'm leaving.
-What? -What? I got offered a job in Washington.
I'm going to be an intern for the National Organization for Women.
Justin is coming with me.
He already transferred to Georgetown.
I thought you guys were getting engaged.
Engaged? What, are you clueless? Justin just got separated a month ago.
- Yeah, I know that.
- So we're all leaving? -What? -What do you mean we're all leaving? I'm going to Juilliard.
What about Stanford? I changed my mind.
Wait-- Wait a second.
-Wait just a second.
-Charlie-- No.
This is getting a little out of hand here.
Bailey and I talked about him leaving.
So-- So what does that matter? He-- He talked to you first, so he gets to go? I mean, how is that fair? Mine is set already, Julia.
Well, so is mine, Bailey.
Mine, too.
Hey.
What about me? Who's gonna stay with me and Charlie if you all go? And coca-cola classic You mind? We've got a problem, you know.
No kidding.
I mean, whenever one of us goes away, the rest of us, we just kind of I don't know, close the circle, wait for the person to come back.
And we've dealt with that plenty of times, But this? This is different.
What do you want me to say? Just think about it, Bailey.
Look, you got a great internship.
I understand that, okay? But you know that you could get another one just like it next year.
You know that.
You have a great resume.
You can get anything you want, Julia.
Anything.
Well, I'm not like that.
I need help.
I have to get lucky.
Well, this guy that Charlie knows, h e's pulling strings for me big time.
I won't get a chance at a Business degree from an Ivy League school ever again.
Ever again if I give this up.
I told them yes in Washington.
Bailey, I told my school.
I'm always the one that backs down, Julia.
I'm always the one that gets stuck here.
I'm not giving in this time.
I worried about all the wrong things, didn't I? What do you mean? I spent all this time trying to work things out with Bailey, Trying to make peace with the idea of him leaving, negotiating all the little details, Owen and the house, what it would be like for me and Julia and Claudia to be without him What a complete waste of time.
It's really incredible how things work out, isn't it? I mean, way back in the beginning, Right after mom and dad died and before that, too.
I mean I was the one who didn't give a damn about any of this.
Family.
God, I didn't I didn't want any of it.
And now I'm the only one who's left.
I don't know what I'm going to do.
What did he say? You using the washer still? I've got a load here.
Yeah.
That's fine.
You stayed over, huh? Yep.
Look, I'm sure you and Julia talked about what she had-- No.
Dude, you don't have to say anything.
You don't have to explain.
You got what you wanted, right? What? She didn't tell you yet? She's not going.
She's put a call into Washington this morning, turning down her job.
So, you go, she stays.
Congratulations.
Listen, Justin, when I applied, I had no idea-- All right.
All right, look.
I know, Bailey, I know.
This is the biggest opportunity you've ever had, right? She explained it all very clearly.
Well, the problem is that this is not just about who makes the best career move.
Meaning what? Meaning it is also about her and me, about being in love and getting out of here.
W-why do you have to get out of here? Are you kidding? Because of all of you.
Because when she's here, she can't get away from her family.
I mean, for God's sakes, look at the decision that she just made.
Throwing away all of her plans just for you.
You know, a good school is not the only chance in life that doesn't come around twice.
Hey, Char, I decided on a name for the baby.
You have? Yeah.
I thought a lot about what you said.
You did? How it would be good to name him after someone who matters to me.
Someone who I kind of owe a lot to.
Okay I think I know where this is going, but lay it on me.
Stewy.
I'm sorry.
Stewy? After Stewy Detillo.
He's on my soccer team.
Stewy? You wanna name the baby Stewy? Char, Stewy Detillo is, like, amazing.
He scored five goals last Saturday.
He's really good at flicking boogers across the room.
Wouldn't that be cool if the baby could do that? But you're indebted to him how exactly? Owen, you said you wanted to name the baby after someone you owe a lot to.
But you said I could pick.
I can't let you do that.
It's not your decision, Bailey.
It's mine.
Yeah, but you want to go to Juilliard.
Claudia, I just sat across from you at lunch yesterday.
Yeah, so? Maybe that's not where I'm meant to be.
Maybe the greatest teacher I'll ever have is sitting in a classroom at Stanford right now.
Maybe my closest, lifelong friend has got her acceptance there, too.
You never know.
Is that really what you think? That it doesn't matter where you go, your first choice, your second choice? I don't know.
Here's the thing, Bailey For the last six years, it's been pretty much a one-way street, with you taking care of me.
No.
That's not true.
It went both ways.
We're even, Claud.
Not even close.
You and Charlie and Julia stayed here and kept us together, for me and for Owen.
You were 16.
Younger than I am now.
And you did all that for me.
Now it's my turn.
Hey.
You're paying 38 and a quarter for a flat of Brazilian cherry? Yeah, well, Stamson raised his prices.
Well, he still owes us eight flats from March.
You make sure you hold him to the old price.
What is this, you take the kid out of the business, but you can't take the business out of the kid? Something like that, yeah.
Just don't be surprised when I come crawling back here.
I had a nice couple of days there, thinking I could actually do it.
I could actually take off, head back East.
What are you talking about? If I go, then everything unravels for Julia and Claudia.
They won't go, if I go.
Wait.
They said that? Claudia told me she's saying yes to Stanford, and Justin said that Julia's backing out.
And, uh Why are you staying? I tried saying "No, forget it.
This is my turn to leave.
" But let's be honest here.
If the guilt didn't kill me, it'd just get me flunked out and sent back home, anyway.
And by that time, Julia will have lost this internship, and they would've given Claud's spot at Juilliard away, so I'm just gonna bow out now and, I thought you should know.
Bailey, I mean, maybe there's a way-- No.
You know what? It's not really such a horrible thing to put them first.
I mean, I love them.
I'll get my chance some other time.
Bailey, listen.
Charlie You don't need to say anything.
It's okay.
I mean no.
Obviously, it's not okay, but it's how it is.
We've had a chance to say that about a lot of things for a long time now, haven't we? "It's not okay.
It's just how it is.
" Anyway I'll see you.
Julia, you home? Jule! Charlie? Claudia! Bailey! Charlie, what's going on? -I need to talk to you.
-Is something wrong? Owen, too.
Is he here? What happened? Something happen? Charlie, is Kirsten okay? She's fine.
It's, uh It's what? Look, uh I do this thing um after all these years, it's kind of a reflex, where I ask myself what they would do.
What answer would they have if three of their kids came to them with a good reason to leave, a great opportunity that was gonna take them far away? What would they say? And, uh they'd say go.
You should go, the three of you.
No, they wouldn't.
They would-- They would want us to stay together.
We talked about this already.
We can't all leave.
It's too much, all three of us.
And they wouldn't want that.
I know they wouldn't.
Claudia, if they were alive, we all would've left years ago.
You don't know that.
Oh, come on.
Julia and Bailey would've been out that door at 18.
And you would've gone off to college without even a look back.
And none of us would know Owen.
And I'd barely know any of you, and none of you would know me, I would've been out of the house for so long.
I mean, maybe we'd catch up once a year at a birthday party or Christmas morning, But we'd be off living separate lives.
And that wouldn't be a tragedy.
It'd just be how it was meant to be.
The-- The truth is we've stayed together so much longer than most families.
We've taken care of each other so much longer.
And it's gotta be okay to take care of ourselves now.
It's, uh It's hard to imagine all of us in different places.
It's gonna happen eventually.
Bay I don't know, man.
This works for us, staying close.
I don't think we should mess with that.
For how long? Forever? I mean, we're not children anymore.
We were then.
I mean, even me at 24, I was lost and terrified, and none of us knew how to get through it, except to stay together.
That was our lifeboat, each other.
And we just got in and held on so tightly.
That's how we made it.
But now it's six years later, and we--we all want good things for each other.
We all want each other to have the best possible chance at being happy.
We love each other.
Doesn't that mean we got it right? I mean, doesn't it? Yeah.
But not if we believe that we're only a family, if we're close enough to touch.
I mean, if that's what we were left with, then we've we've failed.
I mean, we've survived so much more than distance.
Distance is nothing.
You should go.
What if we had, like, rules? What if agreed up-front to certain things, Things that would make us being separated feel less drastic? Like? I don't know.
Like a family conference call every Sunday at the same time every week, so that no matter where we are or what we're doing, we connect.
Yeah.
And everyone comes home for Christmas.
And Easter.
And Owen's birthday.
What about when the baby's born? W-we come home for that.
Yeah.
The important stuff we always come home for.
And it'll just be understood.
Hey, did you get the Spackle? You know, the Spackle to fill the nail holes in Diana's room? Otherwise, we're gonna lose our security deposit.
Charlie.
I'm sorry.
What? Hey.
Where are you? Oh.
Nowhere.
Just here.
Hmm.
Look at us.
Moving.
I'm not gonna miss that shower or the disposal.
God, Charlie, to have a a dishwasher again and a backyard.
It's not a great house, you know.
What? For kids, for babies.
It's It's 52 steps up to the front door.
Hauling a stroller up and down, that will take years off your life.
And the walk to the park is straight uphill.
Laundry is four flights away.
Wait, how do you figure that? Two Down, two up.
And six if you're coming from the attic.
I mean, with babies, that's all you do is laundry right? We're gonna spend our whole lives going up and down steps.
Charlie.
Your parents raised a lot of kids in that house, with too few bedrooms and too many steps.
No one tumbled down the stairs or had a heart attack doing laundry.
They were happy there.
All you kids were.
You were happy.
Maybe, it's that Bailey and Julia and Claudia are all going some place they've never been before, and-- And you're going back to a place you've known your whole life.
It's never really gonna belong to me.
To my kids, to my family.
It's my father's house.
It's always gonna be my father's house.
Well I don't know what you can do about that, Charlie.
W-whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hang on a second.
What are you saying? You know I mean, how many times have we gotten a call from a broker saying, "I have a client who was driving down your street" You wanna sell the house? Look, I made a few calls, just checking things out.
And you can't imagine how much we could get for the place.
Charlie, could you please I'm still trying to work on the idea of everybody leaving.
You're moving at warp speed here.
I realize it feels that way right now.
But, I mean, you guys are gonna be gone all the time.
And, yeah, I mean, we can wait a few years, but the market is so hot right now.
It's not just about that, Charlie.
It's not just about money.
This is their home.
Mom and Dad's.
We'll still have the restaurant, Jule.
I need to be able to come back here, Charlie.
It's why I'm okay going back East.
'Cause I know we can come back home anytime we want and be together.
I'll have a place.
And I'll make sure it's big enough for everybody to come back home to.
I mean the truth is I kind of want to start my own traditions.
So how's that gonna work? You're just gonna sell this place to the highest bidder? We'll find somebody that loves the house just as much as we do.
I don't like this.
Sorry.
Look, when we were all living here, I would have never said that I'd rather have the money than the house.
But for the few weeks that you're all gonna be back here, each year those memories are starting to get very expensive.
Nice Really nice, Charlie.
Yeah, very movingly put.
Look, you guys, bottom line If we sell, Claudia doesn't have to worry about work study to pay for Juilliard.
It's paid for, period.
The same for you, Bailey.
School is paid for.
And Julia and Justin can get themselves set up in Washington.
And Owen is taken care of until he's grown up.
I mean, that house pays for all of our futures.
Wow, that's, uh, wow.
Uh, that must be kind of weird for you.
Um, right away? Charlie already talked to a broker.
She says a Victorian in this neighborhood with a view of the bay will go fast.
She already wants to start bringing people by.
Well, I, uh I should probably start cleaning my stuff out of here.
I don't want my mess to hurt the sale.
Truth is I should have moved out of here a long time ago.
It's getting harder and harder to explain why I'm still working at the same place I used to live with my ex-wife, Especially to my girlfriend.
Oh, yeah? Think Stephanie's kinda threatened by me? I like that.
No, no.
Actually, she just I think she understands that it's as much about being you know, close to your family.
I feel like I'm a part of that.
Hmm.
She's big on family.
Wants-- Wants a lot of kids.
Well, you were always good with Owen.
It's kind of a weird thought, though, huh? Someday I'm gonna have kids.
Someday you're gonna have kids.
They're not gonna be the same kids.
No.
But they'll know each other.
They'll be friends.
They'll know we loved each other.
That we still love each other.
Oh, I love the table over there.
I guess when the weather's nice, you just open up the French doors.
and then you can eat outside and inside.
We were hoping to find something exactly like this.
I love to cook.
Greek food on my side, French on his.
Any questions before we go outside? Rob, Claire, you want to take another look upstairs? No, no, I don't think so.
Seems to have all the right rooms.
We have, uh, two small children.
Nancy's four and Ari's two.
We're gonna have to watch them on the stairs.
Those two small rooms are gonna be perfect for them.
We could put the crib in the one by the master.
Well, once they get older, they're gonna want to move up into the attic, anyway.
Oh, God! I don't even want to think about what they're gonna get into up there.
Well, shall we take a look at the backyard? Sure.
Horrible people.
Well We can go either way.
Whatever you guys want.
I hate this.
I don't want to decide.
This is all we have left of our childhood.
Claud? I think they'll be okay.
I mean, we still have the restaurant and all their things.
The photographs.
Everything that's in my head.
I'll just keep that.
I mean, the truth is, I'm gonna want my own home someday.
But I've had 17 years here.
That's enough.
We'd like to make you an offer.
Here we go.
-There.
Got it? -Yep.
Hey, as soon as you get your new place, We're gonna put that up, right? Before I even unpack.
I promise.
Anyone want another slice? Ahem.
Anyone? Mm-hmm.
Claud? Okay! He's out like a light.
I checked in on Diana, too.
She's snoozing away.
So you all right, Claud? Yeah, you happy, Claud? I don't know why everybody's so pissy.
It's our last night here.
I really like the idea that we're all sleeping in our old rooms.
I think it's nice.
Yeah, that's 'cause you didn't have to lug those mattresses down from the attic.
This house was definitely not designed to sleep seven.
Eight.
Eight? Where'd you get eight? Well, not really, but, uh, Stewy.
Right! Can't forget little Stewy Salinger.
Have I told you I can't wait till their next kids come along? I mean, what about Dewey and Louie? All right, that is enough.
Okay, it's not funny.
It's not funny.
Hey.
Well, if you're all done here, maybe we should finish up packing.
The movers are gonna ring that bell at 7:00 am, and it's getting real late.
Yeah, what time are you guys planning on taking off for Philadelphia and DC? Well, Justin said he'd be over around 8:00 am.
We have 3,000 miles to cross, right? Yep.
Okay, so let's split up.
Take a different room, make sure we haven't left anything behind.
Right.
Okay, then.
Okay, then.
Charlie? Hmm? Will you marry me? Will I bury you? -No -I don't know.
Do we have to decide that right now? -Charlie-- -I suppose if anything ever happened to you, God forbid, and you wanted to be buried-- I said will you marry me.
I want to be married to you.
Marry.
Marry, not bury.
Oh.
I wanted to ask you.
-What? -Damn.
I was getting all ready-- Oh, for God's sakes, does that mean yes? Yes.
Okay? Yes.
Yes.
Hey, you need some help? No, no, I'm just taking little snapshots in my head, you know? Yeah.
Me, too.
I actually got out the video camera this morning and did the whole walking tour of the place.
For when I'm old and stuff starts to fade.
Well I'm gonna dump this and head upstairs, okay? Don't let that go.
Pull the string tight.
Okay.
I'm pulling.
Hold on.
I'm pulling.
Now unsnap this.
Okay.
Pretty neat, huh? Yeah.
Not too shabby.
Now, all I have to do is move my sleeping bag in, and one side can be my bedroom and the other will be my living area.
I might even invite you over for dinner one night.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
You got it.
See? No problem.
And if you loosen your grip, then I'll get some blood back in my fingers, and that would be good, too.
What are you smiling at? Hmm? What? Oh, nothing.
Just, uh Nothing.
Uh, do you have another roll of strapping tape? Mm-hmm.
Here.
Corell and Charlene are helping me load some stuff into my truck.
Oh, wow.
Remember these? Uh-uh.
No, wait.
Yeah.
They were a wedding gift from somebody, right? Uh-huh.
Roz, I think.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
You take 'em.
No.
No.
You Griffin, I'm driving clear across the country in a jeep with bad shocks.
There's no way they'll survive it.
And if I leave them with Charlie, they're bound to get lost in the move.
And I want to know that one of us has 'em.
Please take 'em.
Yeah.
And I bet you guys will have a lot of good things to toast.
Think it over Stop In the name of love Before you break my heart Stop In the name of love Before you break my heart Think it over Shh.
Shh.
Listen, just to keep you up to date, and don't take this the wrong way, I'm going crazy here.
So, unless I come up with some kind of nanny soon, I'm gonna have to sell you off to white slave traders.
Now, I know that's not how you pictured yourself growing up But, hey, welcome to the club.
Sleep well.
Hey.
Hey, buddy.
Just like old times, huh? Me and you, roomies again.
Bay, did we ever have bunk beds? Charlie said I could get bunk beds in our new place.
You don't remember? Your crib was right over there, against that wall.
I could see you from my bed.
And I'd put you in striped pajamas 'cause it was easier to see if you were breathing.
Tell me about how I used to throw things out of my crib to wake you up.
Tell about that.
Well, sometimes I'd snore and, um, all of a sudden, blecch, you'd pelt me in the head with your pacifier.
-Uh-uh, I did not.
-Yes, you did so.
You know what else you used to do? It feels weird, huh? Yeah.
You know what else? I always hated this mattress.
- It's lumpy.
- No kidding.
Do you remember the first time we did it in here, in your parents' bedroom? Yeah.
On the floor because the bed squeaked.
Oh.
You know, Diana is a very heavy sleeper.
Oh, yeah? What do you say we go out with a bang? So to speak.
So to speak.
I love you.
I love you.
They're probably gonna re-plaster the ceiling, the new owners.
I know every single crack.
The State of Texas treble clef Mom's eyeglasses with the pointy frame.
God I made so many plans staring up at this ceiling.
What time is it? I don't know.
I packed the alarm clock.
We should probably get some sleep, huh? I don't want to go to sleep.
Claud If I close my eyes, I'll wake up and it'll be morning.
I want to stay awake for the last few hours we have left here.
Okay.
I'll stay up with you.
So, listen, I have, uh, kind of a plan for how we handle the driving.
No kidding? You have a plan? Yes.
I've done this trip before, remember? Well, 800 miles of it, anyway, when I, when I thought about trying to find Sarah.
Come on.
This'll be much better.
What's your plan? Okay.
Well, if you guys are sure you don't mind taking your time Yeah.
We don't have to be in Washington for two weeks.
Okay.
Great.
So then, no more than eight hours a day driving, two-hour shifts per person, and we stop wherever we want to stop.
You finally get to see the world, huh, Bay? I've waited a long time.
Let's go grab the last load of stuff.
You know, I'll take the first shift if you want.
No.
I want to drive away.
I hope you weren't too fond of that mirror in the living room, 'cause, uh, Irv, the one with the tattoo that I thought said "mama" until his t-shirt rode up and I saw it says "yo mama," just hurled it into the back of the van.
Guy better not be expecting a tip.
Charlie, he's moving.
Well, barely.
I mean, those guys haven't even touched anything in the living room yet.
I-- I thought if they saw me and Bailey move a few things, it might shame them into hauling ass.
Charlie, he's moving.
He is? He's moving? Yeah, just a tiny little, little, but definitely He's-- He moved.
Okay.
That Irv guy, he just asked me if the legs on the piano folded.
Kirsten just felt Stewy move.
He moved? Yeah.
- Where? - Here.
-You felt him move? -Yeah.
Julia, quick! Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
Stewy? Well, I was thinking, we throw Owen a bone.
We name the baby Stewart, but we give him Nick as a middle name.
And that's what we call him, S.
Nicholas Salinger.
Aren't you worried people will call him "Snick"? Snick Salinger.
Julia, shut up.
-He moved.
-What? - He moved.
- Really? Yeah.
Feel right here.
Just a little.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
Somebody needs to slap that Irv guy.
I vote Charlie.
What's going on here? What, are we rubbing for good luck? The baby moved.
- Really? - You're kidding me.
Can I feel? Put your hand right there.
How does it feel, cool? No.
Weird.
Hey.
So, does all this stuff go? -Yeah.
-Yep.
- All right.
- Try and be careful.
Here.
Let me get this box out of your way.
Watch out.
The veneer wobbles.
Wait, wait, wait.
Careful! We got to watch a little.
All right, just down.
Yeah.
Hey, what is that over there by the edge of the doorway? It's the height chart.
"Julia-two, Claudia-six, Bailey-four.
" Huh.
Dad used to measure us.
Right.
God, I totally forgot about that.
wow.
Yeah.
Right after birthday cake, We'd get marched upstairs.
I remember Bailey used to stand on his tiptoes.
-I did not! -Yes, you did.
Shut up.
Am I up there? Well, let's see here.
Here, 6-94.
That's how tall you were when you were three months old, Owen.
Oh.
God, look at that.
Look how fast we grew.
Charlie, look.
You're taller than Dad.
Yep.