At long last, our favorite Buffalo wing-loving TV mama Justine gets a major story arc in Episode 9, babysitting/borrowing her sister Michelle’s 11-month-old daughter Ameera for a few days. But from the looks of the carload of cribs and clothes she drops off, I wasn’t so sure Michelle was planning to come back. Of course Rev and Justine are hoping to adopt, so the adorable Ameera gives them a refresher course on bringing up baby.
How does Rev fare with another little one around? Well at first it looks like Ameera might be a little afraid of him. And he seems more than a little freaked out to find the baby awake, standing up in her crib and staring at them at 3 AM. The next day Run looks to be avoiding the baby (or as he calls it, “stealing a moment”). He even discovers a new room in his house. But when the parents take a nice peaceful stroll around the neighborhood, they rediscover the joys baby-rearing, despite all the foul odors they emit. Michelle does indeed come back for the baby, but Justine is quick to beg for more, so I’m sure we can expect more guest spots from Ameera to come.
Vanessa and Angela are inseparable again these days, but not all that thrilled to find their Pastry shoes all the way in the back of Finish Line in the mall, especially after seeing Run Athletics’ Arthur Ashe line displayed in the front window. Hey, at least they’re IN Finish Line, right? They pay Uncle Russell a visit for advice on how to move up in the World of Sneaker Display Cases, and he characteristically makes them work for it, sending them to chat with a couple ladies from the Ashe Foundation (including Arthur’s niece, Luchia).
The girls then decide that they, too, want to team up with a charity for a new line of shoes. It ain’t the most original idea in the world, but they mean well and that’s all that matters. The idea for the shoe – a partnership with the Girl Scouts of America to create a Thin Mint sneaker – is pretty genious, though. Now tell me they’ll smell just like the cookie.

