Baby ran the brush through her hair one last time and headed to find her purse. There was no telling when she left it. Her days were so hectic now she could barely remember her own name anymore.
"I can't get this buttoned." The little girl ran up to Baby.
"Josie, we need to hurry this morning. Mommy is going to be late if we don't." Baby reached down and buttoned the last button on Josie's shirt.
"I hate this shirt." Josie said as she tugged on it.
"But it looks good on you, now grab you bag." Baby said as she found her purse and rushed Josie out the door.
"I forgot Squeely." Josie said as she tugged at Baby's hand.
Baby let out an impatient sigh as she fumbled through her purse to find her keys to unlock to the door. Squeely was Josie's stuffed animal which was her black and white dog. She never went anywhere with out it.
"Hurry." Baby said as she finally got the door unlocked for Josie.
Within no time Josie was back and smiling proudly with Squeely in her arms.
Six years had changed Baby so much. She was no longer the little naive girl that everyone once knew. She had now graduated Mt. Holyoke and moved to New York to make a new start for her and her daughter Josie.
Josie, now that was the most important thing in Baby's life. Josie was just about to turn six and growing up before Baby's very eyes. With brown hair and brown eyes Josie was the apple of her mother's eye.
But, that was a weird situation. Baby had left everything at Kellerman's in the summer of '63. She left the most important thing, her heart, with Johnny Castle but little did Johnny know, Baby took part of him back with her, Josie.
Baby had the time of her life a Kellerman's that summer. She met the most wonderful man alive. She had finally met the man as great as her father. He charmed her beyond compare and claimed her innocence. No man had ever come close to Johnny and she knew deep down no man ever would.
Months past and she never heard from Johnny. She was quite surprised and shocked that he never made an attempt to contact her but then again who was she kidding, she could have called him too.
As Baby headed off to Mt Holyoke it wasn't long when she realized she was pregnant. It was quite a shock as it would be to most anyone who wasn't planning it. It was hard to come to terms with at first but now Baby wouldn't have changed it for nothing in the world.
She broke down and had to tell her parents who she knew would just be disappointed but, they actually handled it very well. They offered to help her in anyway possible. Then the matter of telling Johnny came about. Jake and Marge pleaded with Baby to let Johnny know but Baby couldn't bring herself to tell him.
Why? She didn't know.
Johnny never seemed like the type of person to be tied to down to anything. Although she knew deep down she loved him she felt he would not be too happy she was expecting a child. She could handle it on her own and she was bound and determined to do it.
Being pregnant and going to college was quite difficult. She was not allowed to live in the dorms so her parents rented her a little apartment about half a mile from the college for as long as she needed it.
It was on April 3, 1964 at 10:47 am that Josie Nicole came into this world. That was the most important day of Baby's life. She had to count and make sure she had ten fingers and ten toes.
Having Josie only put baby behind a semester at school and in the fall of 1968 Baby graduated Mt Holyoke with her Bachelors in Early Childhood.
Having become a mother had changed Baby's outlook on life. She was planning to join the peace core but motherhood had shifted her dream to wanting to teach elementary education. So with that she took a job in New York, New York at New York Primary.