While on a job interview, Casey accidentally wears a leather jacket that supposedly brings bad luck to anyone who wears it. Soon the entire family begins reminiscing about the bad times they had wearing the jacket.

Casey refuses to listen to Ben and Joel when they suggest he shouldn’t buy an expensive gift for Mia for Valentine’s Day because she might expect even better gifts in the future, so Ben and Joel both start competing with Casey by getting even bigger gifts to their loved ones.

When Mia and Casey have to get rid of a cat they just adopted via the doctor’s orders, their family competes to gain custody of it – thinking that by doing so they’ll end up being named the guardians of Mia and Casey’s baby.

Casey is put in a tough spot when his ex-girlfriend demands to have her couch back, which wouldn’t be a problem if Mia and Casey weren’t using it for themselves. Realizing that he must keep this a secret because the Putney women tend to be jealous, Casey decides to find a way to get rid [...]

When Mia accuses Ben of ripping her favorite pair of jeans, she drags him to the store, where he has to break the tough news to Mia… it’s time for pregnancy pants. Meanwhile Joel decides to get himself into shape after he finds out he’s ranked last in Vicky and her girlfriends’ fantasy husband draft [...]

Maddie and Mia try to come up with excuses as to why they can’t attend their family’s annual trip to the lake house for Christmas, knowing well that their parents will try to guilt them into coming if they can’t make it.

The entire family is relieved when Vicky’s oven breaks down and she can’t make one of her crazy Thanksgiving meals. Meanwhile, Mia accidentally finds her late grandmother’s ring, which was presumably stolen, in Maddie’s closet.