[Lilly] Previously on Unexpected...
They said my blood pressure is high
and my feet are really swollen.
The doctor thinks that I have preeclampsia
and she told me that,
"We're not gonna induce you right now,"
but if my blood pressure gets too high again,
we're going to.
[LJ babbling]
Daddy ain't been home for two minutes
and y'all arguing already.
I definitely am the default parent
because Lawrence works a lot
and my job literally never ends.
What do you think about Christmas Day?
We should tell everyone that we're
moving ahead with wedding plans.
You know my mom, I don't think she's gonna be
happy, but you know she just hates marriage.
[Mandy] Have you heard from Graham's mom?
Is she gonna assist with the baby shower?
Well, I don't know.
I'll ask, but we all know how that usually goes.
I feel like Graham does use a lot of excuses
to get out of stuff, but I just hope that Grandma
and his mom are coming to help for the baby shower.
It's coming to support your kid and your grandson,
which I think you should pull together for.
[upbeat music playing]
I got no choice.
-That was the plan. -Okay. Thank you.
You keep these.
Uh-uh, the bookbag stay with me.
-Okay. -The bookbag stays with me.
If I go into labor, I have to take it with me.
It's about four days after our baby shower,
and we got everything that we needed,
and wanted plus some.
[screams]
You got my tub!
[laughs]
It was great because I think this stuff
will last us a good amount of time,
but sorting through all the gifts
was really exhausting and I woke up
just not feeling good.
Here.
You could keep this.
This is for his clothes when you wash 'em
and you can take that laundry detergent too.
Yeah. But like most of the time
I really think we'll just be
at my house 'cause it'll be more comfortable for me
and Aniyas there.
What do you think?
[Aniyah] Yeah.
But like staying the night-wise,
my mom, she's not even gonna let him stay the night,
let alone move in.
I'm hoping she'll let up once the baby gets here.
Hmm. [chuckles]
It will be good to spend the night to help her
take care of the baby,
'cause I know it's hard waking up just to feed him
or kind of change him, stuff like that,
but I doubt it's gonna happen.
So I'm thinking that
the car seat could stay here,
but the piece that go in the car
to sit the car seat in,
you could go ahead and put it in your car.
[Dakwon] Like next month
or next week?
The due date is on Saturday.
[Dakwon speaking]
-I'll watch you. -Okay. You don't gotta do it
right now,
but take it with you, boo.
As far as over-nights, that's not an option
at my house.
I don't care how grown my daughter is,
she's not getting ready to be laying up in my house
with no man.
Baby daddy, boyfriend,
husband, none of that.
But, Mom, what about just like one night?
No.
You can have all the nights you want
when you get your own place.
Oh.
Day-day, get the bathtub.
[Dakwon] Whether her mom lets me stay the night or not...
Oh, my God.
It is very personal.
[Aniyah] Why is it personal?
You would say that. You know why it's personal.
-I mean I'm just asking. -Oh.
It's personal because my bio...
But my biological father, he wasn't really like there
and I don't want to be like him.
I would not be able to live if I do that.
So, like, I have one choice, for to take care of them.
Honestly, I just expect Day-day
to make sure
we are financially okay.
I don't really have any other expectations
because I'll be disappointed
if he doesn't reach my expectations.
So just gonna see how everything goes.
But I think he's gonna be a good dad for the most part.
Say he will be.
Firm.
-[Aniyah] Okay. -Aggression.
I know that Day-day is going to be...
No, he will be, it's like put your foot down.
-I just said I know. -He will be.
Like you gotta be like, you got to...
-I just said, I know. -Nah, he ain't know.
I know you. He will be.
Okay. Day-day will be a good father.
Okay.
Pass me that and pass me that.
I'm tired.
I'm tired too.
My throat.
[Dakwon speaking]
[Aniyah] I can't even talk how I usually talk.
So we've been at this for hours
and I just started
feeling like very drowsy,
and really hot,
and really like bad stomach pains.
Then I was really uncomfortable.
[Aniyah speaking]
Ma?
Ma.
[Dakwon] Take a break 'cause you look out of it.
[Aniyah] Ma.
[tense music playing]
What's wrong?
[Aniyah speaking]
I was feeling completely awful
and it was really worrying me about Aniyas
because I've already had preeclampsia scares
and I already know my blood pressure gets too high.
It can be very deadly.
[Ashley speaking]
[Aniyah speaking]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, baby ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, baby ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
[Mandy] You ready to do this?
[Kayleigh] Yes.
[Kayleigh] My baby shower is tomorrow and tonight,
me, my sister, and my mom are going to go
set up the decorations at the Lions Club.
Graham and his mom are supposed to come and help
but they bailed because apparently Bekki was sick.
Hey, are y'all coming to help with the baby shower?
Why?
Well, always sickness
with you and your family.
Bekki was in the hospital
and I don't really know what for
but anytime Graham tells me that his mom is sick,
I know he won't show up.
Oh, Lord, you make wide turns.
Will you stop or...
I mean...
[Kayleigh speaking]
My dad legit is like, "Good job, Kayleigh."
You're over here, "Stop."
I don't feel that it's fair that I'm always
the one that gets to be the punching bag
whenever she's upset
or hurt by things that I have no control over.
Um, sometimes I feel that Graham should be
the one that gets some of this.
Especially since when I feel like her stress
is geared towards Graham not being there
and participating as much as she would want
him to be there.
But...
I'm the one that's always here,
so I'm the one that gets the brunt of it.
[Kayleigh] Ah, woo.
[Mandy] Trying not to break anything.
If I'm being honest.
I'm a little annoyed too right now.
Um, there's still a lot to do for the baby shower
and it would've been nice to have the extra help.
We need to get the cake, figure out the foods,
figure out the games,
and set up all the decorations.
It's stressful.
Word.
[Mandy] How in the world?
I really don't know how you wanted these.
[Kayleigh] That looks good.
Oh, you can open this Laffy Taffy.
I can't open it.
[Mandy] I really wish that Graham's mom
could've came and been a part of this.
At least help set up and put in input
what she thought and her ideas.
[Kayleigh] Me too.
[Mandy] Do you even know what the reason was behind that?
I mean, the reason that she said that she couldn't drive?
I think Graham was just trying to make an excuse
'cause his mom didn't wanna come.
What kind of [bleep] is that?
Whenever I've been traveling all this time
for the past three years to get him,
bring him to our house,
then bring him back to his house
and then come back to my house.
It's not a very short distance.
I don't really see their involvement changing
because I don't see Graham's mom
coming to bring him anywhere,
or him being able to get someone to take him,
it scares me because I don't really know how he can be
a good father if like he's not there
for Easton. Like you can't just
say that you're a father and not like
be there at least.
He figures out ways to be a part of things
that he wants to be a part of
but when it comes to being a part of Kayleigh
and Easton's life, Graham and his mom
need to step up and do the same.
So has she said anything about
when it comes time for delivery?
[Kayleigh] Yeah, she said that she wanted to be in the room.
Honestly, I don't know that Bekki really
earned the right to be in the delivery room
because this...
is gonna sound terrible, I just feel like how can
somebody for three straight years always be sick,
you know, and not be able to drive
and not be able to participate in anything?
And I feel bad for Kayleigh 'cause I know
Kayleigh really wants so much more from Bekki.
I don't know exactly what's going on with her,
but I do hope that Bekki and Graham both
make that effort to be here tomorrow for you.
I'm not holding my breath to it because I know
it won't happen.
[Mandy] We'll see.
-[Lilly] Merry Christmas. -[Lawrence] Merry Christmas.
[Aaliyah] Oh, my God!
-Oh, my God! -[Lilly] Oh, my goodness.
I am hosting Christmas lunch
for the first time at my house
and I'm on edge because I have to come out and tell everybody
that I picked a super close date for this wedding.
-Hello? -[Lilly] Hi.
And if my mom can't get on board,
it might ruin Christmas
because I'm sick of her [bleep].
[Aniyah] My stomach hurt and my head hurt.
I'm not getting ready to go sit in no hospital
if I don't have to.
[Aniyah] I'm worried about my baby
because preeclampsia can lead up to death.
[sighs in exasperation]
[Christmas music playing]
[LJ crying]
[Aaliyah] Mom, wake up!
Oh, merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
[LJ crying]
[Lilly] It's Christmas morning and I am exhausted.
I didn't end up getting to sleep until 1:00 a.m.
Santa's coming.
Come on, Aaliyah, let's go brush your teeth.
[LJ crying]
[Lilly] When it comes to the kids,
Lawrence definitely has it very easy compared to me.
And that was especially true last night.
Come on, lay down.
Lay down, go ahead.
After I put the kids to bed, I was so stressed out
'cause there was just so much left to do
and he's sitting there.
I'm like in my head like, "Oh, my God, get up."
We gotta get moving.
I had to get everything under the tree while Lawrence
sat on the couch with a bag of Doritos and fell asleep.
And usually, I like to leave him on the couch
and I just go to bed.
But I had to wake him up this time because
Santa couldn't come to town with Daddy passed out
on the couch with a bag of Doritos.
All of that to say I was completely wiped out
and the day hasn't even started yet.
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh!
[Lilly] Oh, my goodness.
[LJ speaking]
Go ahead, babe.
[LJ] Yes!
Whoa!
This Christmas is definitely really big.
It's LJ's first year really knowing
what's going on and being able to open presents.
So I'm trying to soak all this in
and enjoy this moment.
But I am just feeling really stressed out
because later on I am hosting Christmas lunch
for the first time at my house
and my mom and both my dads are coming
and Lawrence's mom and we're supposed to be
announcing the plans for our wedding
and I'm just really not prepared for it.
[Aaliyah speaking]
[Lilly] Oh, my goodness.
[Lilly speaking]
[Aaliyah] Mom, you...
[Lawrence speaking]
I grew up pretty poor.
I didn't have much like at all.
My mom and my dad separated when I was five.
You know, she was a single mom and like we struggled.
But then when she met Glenn, I never missed out
on anything.
And so, if I am able to give my kids
a beautiful life
with everything they could ever want,
I wanna do that for them because they're my kids.
The same way that Glenn did that for me.
[screaming]
[Lilly] Oh, my God, Aaliyah,
what is that?
I got an iPhone.
-Oh, my God. -[Aaliyah] Oh, my gosh.
[Lawrence] I get it.
But right now is definitely not the time,
we need to save 20K for the wedding.
And if the kids don't know that they're loved,
we have bigger problems.
LJ, look.
They're not going as fast as I thought
they would be going.
[Lawrence speaking]
-[LJ] Bye-bye, Mommy. -[Lilly] No.
You have to move that table inside.
We're throwing a party.
[LJ] Here.
I'm on edge because I have to come out and tell everybody
that I picked a super close date
for this wedding and I'm not sure
how everyone's gonna react.
Especially my mom.
She just doesn't like marriage in general
and I think she's worried that I'm not gonna
have enough support from Lawrence.
But I have to say Lawrence is my best friend
and I couldn't picture not being with him
or raising my kids
or just doing anything in this crazy life without him.
And if my mom can't get on board,
I'm really going to flip the [bleep] out
because I'm getting sick of her [bleep]
when it comes to marrying the man that I love.
♪ I know what I want ♪
♪ I know what I need ♪
♪ I know what I feel ♪
♪ I know that I am a go-getter ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm a go-getter ♪
[line ringing]
-[Jade] Hello. -Hi, sister,
how are you today?
[Jade speaking]
So listen, Aniyah woke up this morning, she was fine,
then out of nowhere she started saying she don't feel good.
[Aniyah speaking]
Oh, Lord. Well, here you tell her dear.
[bleep] you pluck my nerves.
Me and Day-day were, um, splitting up
our gifts and then I just was feeling very hot
and I just was really tired.
Like I felt like I was about to pass out.
It's really worrying me about my baby.
So I just called my Aunt Jade because
I didn't feel like my mom was taking me seriously.
-Hello. -[Jade] Yeah?
I'm sick.
-[Jade] You what? -I'm sick.
Jade is really like the closest in age to me,
so that's why we really talk a lot.
And she has three kids so anything that's going on
with my pregnancy I can call Jade.
[Jade speaking]
[Aniyah] My stomach hurts and my head hurt.
And it hurt to swallow.
[Jade speaking]
No.
[Jade speaking]
Do I need to?
I'm not getting ready to go sit in no hospital
if I don't have to.
[Jade speaking]
Well, my butt always hurts.
[Jade speaking]
[Ashley] Let her try to figure out how does she feel.
No need to run to the hospital.
Every little thing that goes on,
I'm not getting ready to be jumping in.
Oh, my God. Are you going to labor?
She's pregnant.
So what I'm gonna do is give her time to see,
okay, what's going on.
[Aniyah] Since I've already had a preeclampsia scare,
it's really important that I go to the hospital
to make sure that everything is okay.
You know, preeclampsia can lead up to death
and I ain't trying to go that far.
[sighs in exasperation]
You might think I'm being dramatic but I'm not.
[Jade speaking]
Okay.
[Aniyah speaking]
[Ashley] I told you I was gonna go get my hair done.
That's what I was getting ready to do.
My mom's not really the lovey-dovey type.
Like she doesn't do stuff like that.
Like she will be mad before she will be sad.
So I'm used to my mom being like emotionally distant.
I just think my mom is a little dysfunctional,
but I need someone to take me to the hospital
because I am worried about Aniyas.
Day-day...
[Aniyah speaking]
[Dakwon speaking]
[Aniyah] Yeah.
[Dakwon laughs]
Can you not laugh at me?
-Why? -Because I'm sick.
[Dakwon speaking]
[Aniyah] Worst-case scenario, they send me home,
but at least I went and was checked out.
[door creaks]
[Aniyah coughing]
[Aniyah speaking]
Just sit and wait.
[Ashley] To see what's going on
'cause it's my only day off.
To provide for my children,
I work more than 40 hours a week.
A lot of the times my only day off
is the day we are closed, which is today.
And you know, I wasn't sure
if she was going into labor or not.
Is this possible?
I-I don't... I don't...
I'm not a doctor.
[Lilly] Merry Christmas.
I'm gonna have to take the leap
to tell everyone about the wedding
and I'm not sure how they're gonna take it.
So we do have an announcement.
[Glenn] Oh, boy.
I'm gonna [bleep] my pants.
[Kayleigh] Just stick 'em down there for right now.
Today is my baby shower.
Hey.
[Kayleigh speaking]
Just last night, Bekki was just too sick
to come to help set up for the baby shower.
And now here we are the day of, bright-eyed
and bushy-tailed ready to hang out with everybody.
What the hell?
[upbeat music playing]
♪ Light of the night ♪
[Mandy] Just stick them down there for right now.
[Kayleigh speaking]
Today is my baby shower.
Hey, guys, how are you?
-[woman] How are you? -I'm good.
[woman speaking]
-Yes. -Look cute.
Everybody's starting to show up and there's
still no sign of Bekki and Graham.
But honestly, I'm not surprised
that Graham and Bekki aren't here yet because
every time I have something come up, he's either sick
or his mom's sick and he doesn't have a ride.
It's just crazy.
I agree.
I'm not surprised, but at the same time,
I would still be disappointed if neither of them showed up.
You guys can feel free to go ahead and eat
if y'all want to eat anything.
[woman] What are these?
[Mandy] That's wheat, and then, Ritz,
and then, the box,
I can get some more of those crouton things.
Hey.
[Kayleigh speaking]
[Mandy] Oh, look, there she is.
[Kayleigh] Hey.
[Kayleigh] I've known Bekki for three years now
and this is the most friendly she's ever been.
When I'm at Graham's house, she's usually all in her room,
but now she is over here acting can like we're besties
whenever she didn't even show up to help.
It's kinda weirding me out.
It looks good though. Everything looks good.
Really good.
[Kayleigh] It better.
Just last night Bekki was just too sick
to come to help set up for the baby shower.
And now here we are, the day of,
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ready
to hang out with everybody
and what the hell?
[Chloe] I'm kind of surprised
that Bekki showed up for real.
-Who's Bekki? -You know who Bekki is, right?
-No. -Graham's mama.
Oh.
Mmm-hmm.
She hasn't really been like...
here.
Oh, well.
I felt really guilty,
um, because I didn't get to help
with the baby shower 'cause I really
was looking forward to it and I wanted to help
but...
And being bipolar, you have good days
and you have bad days.
The past two weeks was pretty bad
and I was in the bed a lot.
I'm still down, but I am pushing myself
because Kayleigh, Easton, and all of them
want me to be there.
So I'm pushing today.
So this is my mom.
You remember her from the gender reveal?
-[Patty] Hi. -[Bekki] I remember you.
And this is Bekki,
Graham's mom.
[Graham] It's hard having a parent with bipolar,
because sometimes when she's down,
my mom...
Since she was sick, she just kept getting
anxiety and stressing out.
But just some things that people don't understand.
We're so not prepared, like the games and stuff.
We're not prepared there.
Um, she wanted to do
the "Guess how big the baby bump is."
Mmm-hmm.
I guess we just have to go around
and ask everybody what they guess.
I mean, do you want to help us out with that?
Well, I'm not good with numbers,
so I wouldn't even be able to guess
what inches she is, anyway.
[Mandy] Okay.
I'm trying to give Bekki an opportunity
to help and then she just walked off. [laughs]
I shouldn't be surprised, but I still can't believe it.
From what I'm seeing of Bekki,
it just doesn't seem like she wants
to participate at all.
[Kayleigh]Graham doesn't either, so I guess it's just
another thing that I'm gonna have to do by myself.
Hey, you guys, come measure my stomach.
Think what your measurement is.
Give a guess.
That's how big I think she is.
Okay.
Everybody see if theirs is close.
[Mandy] Everybody bring your tape up.
[woman] Dang it.
-A little big. -A little long.
[laughs]
[man] Yeah. Mine was... Mine was way too long.
Here it is.
[Bekki] Oh, my gosh.
It's right on it.
The right same exact size.
I was excited to hear
when I won the belly bump game.
We need somebody to take a picture.
Being a part of the baby shower has made me
very excited to meet Easton.
I hope to be involved in his life a lot.
I want to have him at my house
if Kayleigh's there or if she's not there.
But I want him to know me.
You know, like when I walk in the door,
know me, know who I am, come to me.
I don't want him to not know who I am.
Do you need to do a picture with mom-to-be and dad-to-be?
-What does that say? -Poppin' bottles.
-[Kayleigh laughs] -You are silly.
[Graham] I think Kayleigh will be with him 24/7.
And that does kinda worry me because if Easton stays
at Kayleigh's house,
it'd be kind of difficult for him to know
who his granny is.
Okay. I'm gonna go home.
Had a good time.
I will see you.
Okay.
Bye.
[Kayleigh] Bye.
[dramatic music playing]
-[Graham] Okay. I love you. -[Kayleigh] Love you.
Love you, Easton.
Bekki and Graham didn't even help set up
for the baby shower and now they're leaving.
This baby is 50% his
and so this day is 50% his,
so it should be a given that you should be there
to help clean up.
That's the end.
[Mandy speaking]
[Kayleigh] No, she left.
She was leaving.
[Mandy] Did she say
see you later?
Yes, she's told me bye.
Oh, okay.
Like, wow, you're here for a second
and that was it.
I really was hopeful that, you know,
we would work at this together.
You know, we could rely on each other
on making sure that the kids see each other
at least for the big important dates.
If it continues going the way that it's going now,
which I pray it doesn't, I just...
um, I worry that Kayleigh's gonna be
basically doing this on her own.
♪ It's Christmas time ♪
[Kim] Hello.
-Hello. -Hi.
-[Kim] Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas.
I love your ears.
How are my babies?
Good.
I am on edge. I'm functioning
on almost no sleep
and I'm freaking out because the house is trash
from the Christmas morning chaos.
And guess what Lawrence is doing to help?
Nothing.
But I just do it and survive
off tons of coffee,
because with all the pressure mounting today
and my dad coming over, I need everything in order
or I'm really going to lose it.
Look at all the toys everywhere.
Oh, my goodness.
Whoa.
That's not too bad.
[Lilly speaking]
[Kim] Oh, gosh.
Hey.
-[Aaliyah] Grandma. -[Kim] Merry Christmas.
I have a lot of, lot of,
lot of, lot of, lot of toys.
[Kim] No way.
Hello in there.
Merry Christmas.
[Kim] Everything all ready?
[Lilly] Not everything.
[Kim] Oh, I love the way you have the table here...
[Lilly] Oh, thank you.
[Kim] instead of the other way
I did it last year.
[Lilly] It was too awkward, you know?
Usually, I hosted Christmas
and this year I'm passing the torch.
It's definitely weird to be hosting Christmas
in the house I grew up in,
kind of, like, stepping into my mom's shoes.
But it's exciting and it's fun
and it just feels like real,
real adult stuff.
-Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas.
-I love you. -I love you, too.
Merry Christmas, sweetie.
I love you guys' ears.
-It looks so cute. -Thank you.
-Here, put this by the tree. -Yeah, your mother.
Oh, the gang's here.
All right.
[Lilly] Hey, Grandpa.
[Brett] Hello.
Last time I spent Christmas with my dad?
I honestly couldn't tell you.
[dramatic music playing]
Yeah, Brett, um, has kind of not really been
in the kids' lives since they were young.
I think Lilly was probably like around seven
when he kinda left the picture.
[Lilly] Yeah.
My dad struggled a lot with, like, alcohol
and drug addiction and that's why
our relationship was so spotty.
Um, last winter, he moved back from Florida
and I hadn't seen him in like six years.
So I had brought the kids to the apartment
to meet their grandpa for the first time.
He was like piss drunk.
He hit like the hardest of the rock bottoms.
Yeah.
[Lilly] It was kind of traumatizing.
And then my dad finally actually,
like, went into like a rehab.
So that was amazing.
Um, and he's been doing really well.
But that was the thing about my dad,
he would get clean and then fall off the wagon.
I'm hoping that he's committed
to being clean this time.
-[Brett] Grandma, how are you? -Hey, how are?
[both] Merry Christmas.
-[Brett] You look nice. -Thank you. So do you.
You say hi to Pop-Pop?
-Hello. -[Aaliyah babbling]
-[Brett] Hey, Grandpa. -[Glenn] Merry Christmas, Grandpa.
-How are you? Merry Christmas. -All right.
[Aaliyah] Can you look at my phone?
I was fixing it for you, but you know what?
-How is it going? -Take it.
[Lilly] You don't want your phone.
-It's going, Pop. -It's going, huh?
It's going. Yeah. [laughs]
Me, if I don't know you,
I'm always hesitant about you.
I do feel
it's kind of strangely awkward
to have Lilly's dad
and Glenn together at the same time.
I also feel that's a level of maturity I don't think
I'll ever reach when it comes to me.
I'm not sharing holidays, I'm not sharing parties,
birthday parties with Aaliyah's dad.
That ain't for me.
But, um, I never had my dad past the age of six.
So I'm honestly really happy
that Lilly is able to have her father in her life
and it's very important to her.
She definitely deserves that.
I just hope he doesn't let her down again.
Lilly has enough going on
with the wedding three months away.
-[Lilly] Hi, Sandy. -[Sandy] Hi.
[Kim] Hello, Grandma Sandy.
[Sandy] Hi.
-[Glenn] Hey, Sandy. -[Sandy] Hi.
-[laughs] -[Aaliyah] Grandma Sandy,
I got a phone.
I know, I seen it.
-Merry Christmas. -Merry Christmas.
[Sandy] Oh, Grandma Sandy, come here, baby.
-Hi, Sandy. Merry Christmas. -Hi, honey.
-How are you? -Same to you.
Oh, sorry, son.
Now that everybody is here
and it's already awkward as [bleep].
I'm going to have to take the leap
to tell everyone about the wedding
and I'm not sure how they're gonna take it.
-Christmas is so messy. -The outfit is so cute.
-[Kim] Yeah?
-[Glenn] Oh, yeah. I see it. -[Kim] Oh, my.
I feel like I'm gonna [bleep] my pants.
Um...
I haven't been this nervous since I told everyone
that I was pregnant with LJ.
So we do have,
um, an announcement for everyone.
[Glenn] Oh, boy.
Good thing I'm sitting down.
[Sandy] Oh.
I've heard the scary kind of leading up
to those words before
and I'm terrified.
[Aniyah] Ow. Ow.
I got you. I got you.
[Aniyah] I couldn't remember if I had felt my baby moving
throughout the day, so I'm worried.
Are you sure you're ready to do it?
[Sandy] I think Kim should stay out of it.
Just 'cause if hers didn't make it work the right way,
that don't have nothing to do with theirs.
I don't mean to be a down or a negative Nelly,
but it's a huge mistake.
[tense music playing]
[Christmas music playing]
So we do have, um,
an announcement for everyone.
Oh, boy. Good thing I'm sitting down.
[Sandy] Oh.
I've heard the scary kind of leading up
to those words before
and I'm terrified
to hear what Lilly's about to say.
So, um, we picked a wedding date.
I thought you was going to say you was pregnant.
[Lilly] Hell no. Not me.
I don't know why you thought Lilly
-was going to be pregnant again. -[Sandy] Child...
They can have all the babies they want.
I'm just the grandmother.
[laughs] And as far as the wedding concerned,
I'm so excited.
[laughs]
So, um, the wedding is in three months.
-What? -[Aaliyah] Oh, boy.
-[Kim] Three months? -[Lilly] Yeah.
-[Glenn] Three months? -[Lilly] Three months from now.
[Glenn] Oh, my God.
-[Kim] Yup. -[Glenn] That's soon.
Wow.
We got that much time to plan.
Sounds stressful.
Are you sure you want to get married right now?
Mmm-hmm. Yeah. I'm excited.
[Kim] That's crazy.
I do think three months is a little rushed,
but the venue has limited availability
for the rest of this year
and I don't want to wait
another year to get married
so I figured I could just go with the flow.
It's a huge mistake to rush a wedding.
I'm not for marriage in the first place,
but rushing it is going to be stressful for everybody.
Do you realize I've been trying for 15 years
to marry your mother?
I finally gave up.
Well, we're still married...
-[Glenn] Well... -...technically.
All I keep hearing it's just a piece of paper.
Yeah. An expensive piece of paper.
-Yeah. -[Glenn] It is expensive.
Very expensive piece of paper.
[Kim] It's expensive to get married
and divorced as we know...
-[Brett] Exactly. -...so...
You know what they say, it's cheaper to keep her.
[laughs]
My marriage situation
is definitely complicated.
I'm still technically married
to Lilly's dad,
um, because it's very expensive to get divorced.
-Right. -We figured...
-Mmm-hmm. -...you know, what was the rush
if we weren't gonna get married again
anytime soon and life went on.
Yeah.
[Kim] Um, but I think
my reluctance to, like, accept
all of this and Lilly getting married so early
is because of, you know, how early I got married.
I was only 19,
but we were together at 14
and we had our first daughter at 16.
I thought we'd be together forever, but we were young.
We were kids.
It was tough. It was tough. I was very young.
I knew nothing about parenting.
I knew nothing about being a good husband or father.
-Mmm-hmm. -[Brett] You and I had
to grow up overnight.
-We did. -[Brett] Literally.
And from watching this young lady
do the very same thing,
um, it's tough.
Mmm-hmm. You know, they just had a baby
really not long ago
and they're just starting out in life together
and I just don't want them
to make the same mistakes as her dad and I.
[Brett] Yeah.
-[Kim] Are you hungry? -[Glenn] I'm starving.
-[Brett] Very hungry. -[Kim] All right.
[Lilly] I'll start lunch.
Okay. Let's start cleaning this up.
So you're sure you're ready to do it?
-Yeah. I don't know. -It's a big day.
You're not nervous, you're happy about it?
I mean, why not?
[Kim] Right.
-You know. -[Kim] Right.
Well...
like I said, you just wanna make sure
you're really sure
because it's so expensive to back out of, you know?
No, I know.
I just feel like usually when someone announces
that they're getting married,
not everyone doesn't come up to them like,
"Oh, are you sure you wanna get married?"
Like I feel like it's kind of like, what the [bleep].
[Sandy speaking]
'Cause they've been living together
since Lawrence left my house at 19
and he been helping with her daughter
and he's raising their son together,
so they might as well get married
just 'cause if hers
didn't make it work the right way,
that don't have nothing to do with theirs.
Everybody is different.
I don't mean to be a downer or a negative Nelly,
but I just, you know, with your dad,
we're not even divorced yet. I'm just...
I know, but I'm not you and Lawrence...
-[Kim] I know. -...isn't Dad.
[Kim] But you had a baby young like me.
-Yeah. -[Kim] And, you know,
so many things are strangely similar.
But I feel my cards have already played out
differently than yours by now.
Okay.
All right.
I wish my mom was a little bit more,
I don't know, happier or excited
for me to get married.
Me and Lawrence have been together for almost
four years now. We have a...
This whole beautiful life that we've built together.
I may be young, but I'm not the same
young, you know, 16-year-old
naive person I used to be.
And her not accepting my choice
is not only hurtful,
but it's also making me wonder
if I'm not seeing what she's seeing
and that's scary.
[Aniyah] The nurse took my blood pressure
and my blood pressure was through the roof.
[nurse speaking]
We're gonna have a baby...
[upbeat music playing]
[Dakwon speaking]
[Aniyah speaking]
All right.
[Aniyah] Day-day took me to the hospital
because my mom didn't know
what was wrong like if I was going into labor or not
and she didn't wanna drive
all the way to hospital for no reason.
But I wasn't feeling good at all.
I didn't know if it was something wrong
with me, something wrong with the baby.
And I couldn't remember if I had felt my baby moving
throughout the day
and it was like going on 3:00 now.
So I'm just really worried.
So I just started crying.
And I didn't know you was thinking that, so like--
Everything was all over the place.
I didn't know that...
[chuckles] You really think I'm that dramatic?
-Yes, you are. -No.
Ow.
Ow. Ow.
Day-day tried
carrying me into the hospital,
but that just made it like 1,000 times worse.
So that... At that point I was crying
because I started feeling pain in my stomach.
When I got to the hospital,
they put me in a wheelchair
and rushed me up to the triage room
and then the nurse gave me a COVID test
and also took my blood pressure
and my blood pressure was through the roof.
Being that I was 38 weeks already
and I had a preeclampsia scare
about two weeks ago,
they just decided that they were gonna keep me
and induce me
and we'll have a baby by tomorrow.
But I'm still 17,
so I called my mom because I didn't know
if they could keep me
without her permission or anything.
Hello, Mom.
[Ashley] What?
[Ashley speaking]
[Aniyah] The nurse.
-[Ashley speaking] -Hey, my name is Nurse Ellen.
[Dakwon] Oh, my...
[Ellen] I'm taking care of the patient today.
[Ashley speaking]
[Dakwon] Miss Ashley, oh, my God.
I wish my mom or her mom was here in the hospital
because it wasn't just supposed to be us in there.
The plan for when we went is for it to be me,
her mom, and my mom
and I really thought we was just coming here
because she didn't feel well.
Not that we were gonna have a baby today,
so kind of scary.
[nurse] Labor. Yeah.
Exactly.
[Ashley speaking]
-Hello? -[Ashley speaking]
[Aniyah] I definitely wish my mom was at the hospital.
I just feel like, you know, it shouldn't be
just me and him
because being that it's our first,
I want it to be like a smooth
delivery for both of us,
as smooth as possible.
And without an adult with us,
I'm not really sure if that's gonna happen.
[Lilly] Next time on Unexpected...
So the wedding is around the corner.
Can we definitely set a goal
to be done with this in a week?
I'm realizing that I still need to just do everything.
This is overwhelming, don't you think?
[Graham speaking]
-What did you just say? -[Graham] No.
This is why I didn't want to come
because it's always something.
It's always stress, always something.
Y'all always got to start arguing about something.
I do have a lot on my plate.
It's not just being a 15-year-old
and having a girl pregnant.
It's just a lot of stress.
I don't wanna be pregnant anymore.
I'm over it.
It drives me crazy.
Nate just sitting there silent
when he knows I'm upset.
Like you have... You're struggling
but at the same time, I still struggle too.
[Emalee] I don't wanna talk about it anymore.
[Aniyah coughing]
[Dakwon speaking]
[Ashley] I just need to get there
because I'm very worried.