the morning of the fourth dawned clear and hot.-it was early summer heat , though , not the sultry heat that seems to wring the juice from your body and hang you out to suffocate.-penny felt the heat , though , as only a woman in the eighth month of a summer pregnancy does.-one hand stayed almost continually on the small of her back as she waddled through the house trying to keep up with the work that never seems to end when you have six-year-old twins.-if this pregnancy had happened three years ago , she would have had an almost grown daughter to help with the work.-but right now , chrissy was duplicating her mothers back-supported waddling herself.-the doctor continued to predict they were due at the same time.-penny still felt weird about thata child and a grandchild the same age.-unbelievable.- mama , i cant find myoh , never mind.-here it is.-andy rushed outside to play with the dogs .