Ruthie quotes from 7th Heaven

Eric

Anyway, you don't believe in God, huh? (Ruthie shakes her head yes) Kinda gets me in the heart 'cause God is so real to me.

Ruthie

But you can't see God.

Eric

Well, the wind is real, but you can't see the wind. You know, you can only see the leaves rustling in the trees. Pain is real but you can't see pain. You can only see tears. Happiness is real, but you can't see happiness. You can only see the smile on someone's face.

Ruthie

Mr. Martin can bite me.

Simon

Where are you learning words like that?

Ruthie

Around. I have ears, you know!

Simon

Well, if anyone hears you talk like that, this cleanser's going to end up in your mouth.

Ruthie

[after dropping a book] Darn it.

Simon

You and your mouth are treading a mighty fine line, sister!

Ruthie

Don't worry, it's almost out my system, I can feel it.

Simon

Just in case what isn't better?

Ruthie

My morning sickness.

Simon

Oh, give it up already.

Ruthie

MOMMY!

Eric

Simon, be nicer to your sister. This isn't easy on her and she's just a little girl.

Simon

You say it like it's a weakness or something.

Annie

How is that I'm the one who has to watch every single morsel of food that I put into my mouth, and yet those crumbs turn into pounds and more pounds and more pounds, despite the fact that I've already puked most of what I've eaten the day before by the time I get out of bed the next morning?

Ruthie

Yeah, we're fat and we're sick.

Annie

And tired you know I'm really, really tired. It's not like having a baby at twenty or thirty, I'm….

Ruthie

Old.

Annie

And I've got six months to go. Six more months. Six months of trying to wear clothes that make me look...

Eric

Like you're having a baby. Our baby.

Ruthie

Yeah, our big fat baby.

Annie

Yeah, she's right. You know that I was seven months pregnant with Matt before I was in maternity clothes. And now, at three months look at me, I'm fat. I'm old. I'm tired. And I'm fat.

Ruthie

Yeah, I can't get in nothing of mine, neither.

Eric

You can't get into anything Ruthie, you don't fit into your clothes because you're getting bigger and that's because you're getting older.

Ruthie

Yeah, just like Mommy.

Eric

It's going to be okay.

Annie

It's not gonna be okay! It's only gonna get worse. I'm only gonna get fatter, and older, and tireder, and fatter! Then, when I'm at my oldest and tiredest and fattest, then I have to give birth to my fattest baby ever, probably with the world record head!

Ruthie

Yeah. If you ask me, the only thing you daddies have to do to make a baby is the fun part.

Eric

You know, maybe your tummy will be feeling better by lunchtime. Mommy's always is.

Ruthie

Give me an extra paper bag, just in case it isn't.

Simon

Just in case what isn't?

Ruthie

My morning sickness.

Simon

Oh, give it up! You're not sick, you're not tired, and you're not fat. You're just trying to get attention.

Ruthie

MOMMY! [runs upstairs]

Simon

Yeah. Whenever they're hurt, they run to Mommy, even when Dad is standing right there.

Ruthie

You know the person guts I hate? Bobby Tripp. I hate the guts inside his guts, and the guts inside those guts!

Mary

Our little neighbor? Why do you hate him?

Ruthie

Because he saw my underwear on the swing and he won't shut up and say he's sorry!

Simon

Well, if you think about it, there's really no way he could shut up and say he's sorry.

Ruthie

Don't make me crawl over that seat and sock you!

Annie

Hey, how was school today?

Ruthie

Fine until Bobby Tripp saw my underwear while I was on the swings and now he won't shut up about it.

Annie

Why weren't you wearing the shorts that I made to match that outfit?

Ruthie

Because I was in a hurry this morning. And besides, why should I have to wear shorts because boys can't shut up about underwear? Why should all the girls at school have to suffer because the boys are losers? What's wrong with this world?

Annie

Can I get back to you on that?

Ruthie

Take your time. I'm not going anywhere.

Matt

Once the twins are here, our lives will never be the same. They're gonna need lots of attention and quiet, and once they're here, they're here. Forever.

Ruthie

What if we don't like them?

Matt

Well, having a baby is kind of like rolling the dice in Vegas. Sometimes the odds are really good, and you win big.

Simon

And sometimes, you crap out.

Ruthie

I'm just playing.

Annie

And what exactly were you playing?

Ruthie

That I got shot, just like in the video game called "Bah Boom." Ricky had it at school, and it's really cool. You hold it in your hand, and a soldier walks around in the :jungle and tries not to step on any land mines or get shot by the bad guys.

Annie

Honey, do you know that there are real children who step on real land mines and lose arms and legs, and some even die?

Ruthie

No, but this isn't for real. It's just a game, a video game. Can I have one?

Annie

No, you cannot have one. I don't like those games. We'll find something else for you to play with, okay?

Annie

[when Ruthie is chewing gum] Spit it out.

Ruthie

How did you know?

Annie

I have eyes in the back of my head.

Ruthie

If that were really true, I'd bring you in to Show 'n' Tell.

Ruthie

I'm not drinking coffee, I just stole it for him.

Simon

[to Ruthie] Thanks a lot.

Annie

Simon! [grabs the phone from Lucy] Goodbye, Jordan.

Lucy

I had to call him to tell him I couldn't call him.

Annie

[to Ruthie about her gum] Come on, spit it out. [to Simon] You, no coffee. [to Ruthie] You, no gum. [to Lucy] And you, no phone. Got it? Good.

Eric

Getting ready for the babies is kind of exciting, but it's scary too. Don't you think? Having two new people in the family will be a pretty big change. It's just been the seven of us for a while. Concerns? Thoughts? Fears? Anybody?

Matt

We know the drill, Dad. Two of you will leave for the hospital, and four of you will come home.

Simon

We've done this before.

Ruthie

I haven't, but I can follow along.

Annie

See my tummy? That's you.

Ruthie

Maybe I never should have come out.

Annie

But...look what you would've missed...riding on Daddy's shoulders...and Simon rocking you on the front porch...and Mary...giving you a bath in the kitchen sink.

Ruthie

My butt was a lot smaller then.

Annie

All of our...bottoms were a lot smaller then.