The week between Christmas and New Year's was a flurry of activity around the packhouse. The doctor had warned Cade and Carrie that she could go into labor at any time, so the pressure was on to finish the last minute things that hadn't been done yet. Both sets of grandparents were put on standby, as both sets had plans to come out when the babies were born. The nursery was mostly done, but Carrie was stressing about the few small details that hadn't been done yet. The Mickey Mouse lamp that she wanted beside the changing table hadn't arrived yet, and Carrie got a notification from the shipper that it was on its way but had been delayed, which caused a minor meltdown. And if the Mickey Mouse throw rug she'd ordered didn't arrive by the time the babies were born, there would, in her words