June 9, 2000 Claire is 29 and Henry is 36: Henry got a vasectomy. Claire finds out she is pregnant for the 6th time.
September 2000 Claire is 29: Claire keeps having baby dreams. Every night its a different dream, but every dream involves a baby or two. One night was particularly strange because a future Henry time traveled into the past and is sitting in Henry and Claire's room watching them sleep. Then he gets up and goes over to Claire's body, drunk with sleep, and kisses her. She grabs his face and kisses back, and before they know it they are having sex. Then awkwardly Claire looks to her right and sees the present Henry, who is still calmly sleeping, she realizes that she is having sex with an older Henry but surprisingly she is okay with that.
Monday August 20, 2001 Claire is 30 and Henry is 38: The baby is due in two weeks and they still haven't decided on a name. Henry brings home a Dictionary of Given Names. They start blurting out names and Henry reads their meanings. Claire suggests Jane, but that's too common, Henry wants something original. Randomly he comes across the name Alba. Claire rolls it around in her mouth and she loves it. It's unique, means Duchess of, and sounds great with DeTamble. Finally the name is settled, Alba.
November 16, 2011 Henry is 38 and Claire is 40: Henry time traveled ten years into the future and wound up at the Surrealist Galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago. He has no idea where he is in time but suspects that he isn't too far out because all of the clothes, styles, and haircuts people have are pretty similar to 2001. Out of no where a class comes up behind him and starts talking about a painting. No one in the class seems to be paying attention except one girl. She is small with long curly black hair and pale skin. She is answering all the questions eagerly and with great knowledge. Henry makes awkward eye contact with the girl and suddenly she runs over to him, hugs him, and cries out daddy! Henry is so confused but then realizes this is his daughter at the age of ten. The teacher comes over she is very alarmed. She asks Alba who this man is and she replies this is my father. The teacher looks frightened and says how can this be your father? Your father is dead. Alba says he is a CDP, like me. This all makes perfect sense to the teacher, she is very understandable and lets the two of them have some alone time. Alba calls Claire and tells her to come to the museum as fast as she can. Claire would give anything to see Henry again. Henry asks Alba how old she was when he dies and she shakily says five. Henry is sooo overwhelmed. She also tells him that she is learning violin and Henry's dad is teaching her. Then Alba yells Mommy's here! Henry sees Claire's facing rushing through the crowd he gets up to hug her but then he vanishes. He yells I love you, right before he disappears.
August 24, 2001 Henry is 38 Claire is 30: Claire is alone, sitting in the back yard reading magazines and drinking lemonade. She is tired of waiting for Henry to show up so she decides to go out for dinner. She ends up going to the Opart Thai Restaurant. When she returns home Henry is there and she is relieved. He tells her all about his encountering with Alba when she is ten and Claire is soooooo jealous, she can't wait to meet her.
September 5 and 6 2001 Claire is 30 and Henry is 38: Claire has started having contractions. They come about every twenty minutes. She tries to get some sleep but she can't, every time she is about asleep another contraction comes just to wake her up. At 3:30 in the morning Claire says, "it's time." Henry calls Gomez and Charisse and they say they are on their way. Fifteen minutes later they pick up Henry and Claire and are on their way to the hospital. Claire has been in labor for almost a day, she doesn't feel much pain because she got one of those numbing shots in her back. Finally when no one expects it Alba pops out. She is so tiny with a full head of hair. Henry and Claire are overjoyed with their newborn daughter.
September 11, 2001 : They have been home for a couple days now getting into a routine with Alba. They are watching the news because two planes just flew into the twin towers. Oh my God is all they say.
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