It was a beautiful, crisp, late September morning. Owen Hunt and Teddy Altman were about to embark on yet another adventure together, their wedding day. Many of their friends and colleagues expressed with their well wishes that they should have done this a long time ago but, timing had not always played in their favor.

Realizing he loved her all those years ago in Iraq, Owen chose to never act on his feelings for his best friend. He wanted to be faithful to his then fiancé, Beth, despite all the encouragement from his fellow soldiers to "go and get his girl," Teddy. And trust me, he wanted to. All he ever imagined was wrapping his arms around her, confessing his love and getting on a plane home, to be free from all the turmoil of what they had been through in war together, and settle down. But that is not how things happened, and over time he feared they never would.

Through years of love triangles, half baked declarations and broken hearts Teddy and Owen thought they were done, forever. And they were, until a tiny someone had brought them back together, their unborn daughter. Annabelle, who was now approaching two-years-old already, was conceived on a spur of the moment 24-hour trip made by her father. Owen was informed by his ex-wife Amelia Shepperd, that he and Teddy belonged together once and for all, and he needed to go to her. So he did, jumping on a plane to Germany that very same day to profess his love for his best friend. When Teddy swung the door open revealing Owen, she was in shock, never imagining what she was about to hear, do or say. As the night went on she continued to feel hesitant about this new relationship, but she was immensely happy, until Owen revealed that Amelia was the one to tell him to go to her.

He didn't realize it on his own. And that stung her like a knife right through her chest. She could barely breathe when she further discovered he had slept with Amelia the night before he slept with her.

She was done. She felt like nothing to him anymore. Meaningless.

Despite Owen's protesting, Teddy kicked him out, never wanting to see him again. That was until a short six weeks later, when she discovered the tiny human inside her that was on its way, she knew it couldn't be the end. And it was not.

Against all odds, Teddy and Owen reconciled, ecstatic over the impending arrival of their baby. And it wasn't just the baby that brought them together, it was years of love, friendship and loyalty for one another. Annabelle was born on December 18, and just shy of her first birthday her parents found out they were expecting twins due in late Spring, later born to be a boy and a girl who them they named Genevieve and Daniel.

And now the happy couple were preparing for the second best day of their lives, their children's birthdays coming first on the list.

"Arizona!? Where's my vail, where's my bouquet?" Teddy asked her best friend frantically.

"It's right here, silly. Take a breath." Arizona said smiling, handing her the vail with one hand, and holding little Genevieve in her other arm. "And your bouquet is propped up all nice over there." Arizona gestured towards the window where sunflowers and bright red roses were placed perfectly together in a gorgeous bouquet.

"God she looks so precious in her little dress, Arizona." Teddy said gushing over her newborn daughter. "She reminds me so much of Annabelle when she was that little." Teddy smiled, stroking her chubby cheek.

Arizona beamed at her. She couldn't believe the woman she befriended ten years ago was now a mother of three, and about to get married to the man she was trying to distract her from in the ER.

"Oh, hey, where's Callie with the vows?" Teddy once again went into a panic.

"She'll be right back. Honey, relax! It's your wedding day. It's all good." Arizona smiled, reassuring her.

Teddy relaxed once again, took a breath and turned to look at herself in the mirror. She didn't want to come across as conceited but she was in awe of herself. It was more the fact that she couldn't believe she was actually here and this was happening. She had three beautiful children and in less than an hour she'd be walking down the aisle and marrying Owen Hunt, the love of her life. She also looked very beautiful. She struggled quite a bit with her self image after giving birth to the twins, even though Owen told her everyday how beautiful she was, she wasn't buying it most of the time.

She admired her fitted, pearl white silk strapless dress, with subtle rose gold beads and trim from the waist up. Her hair was half pinned up with tiny crystal flowers, creating somewhat of a crown around her head, and the rest of her loose blonde curls hung around her tan shoulders.

"Mama pweety, Ca-Ca!" Annabelle suddenly appeared in the doorway, pointing at Teddy and holding Callie's hand, while Callie cradled sleeping baby Daniel in her other arm.

"I can't get enough of these kids, Ted!" Callie exclaimed bringing Annabelle over to her mother.

Annabelle started up at her mother, in awe, who was even taller in her heels.

"Aw, my sweet baby girl you look beautiful!" Teddy said running her fingers through her daughters wavy strawberry-blonde hair. Annabelle wore a pale pink dress, matching with her baby sister, which had a sparkly rose gold skirt because she wanted her and Genevieve to be mommy's princesses.

Teddy looked up to see her newborn son had woken up, looking around in confusion and fussing a bit.

"And oh, my little fireball. You look so handsome!" Teddy took Daniel from Callie's arms and cradled her little boy in his adorable little suit.

"Okay Ted, I'm going to take the kids and bring them to Evelyn okay? We have to finish getting you ready to walk down that aisle! I'll be right back!" Arizona said taking Daniel.

"I'll help you babe!" Callie jumped in taking Genevieve in one arm, and Annabelle by the hand.

As two of her closest friends walked out of the bridal suite with her children, Teddy just stood rooted to the spot, smiling with tears in her eyes.

Less than an hour later, it was time. Miranda Bailey, Teddy's maid of honor, had just arrived at the last minute. But of course, she was late due to the fact that she was pulled into an emergency surgery and saved a life so, Teddy didn't mind.

"Are you ready?" Miranda asked before lining everyone up to walk down the aisle.

"I am." Teddy said confidently.

Miranda beamed. "Okay then, lets get you two married."

It felt like the longest thirty seconds of her life, waiting for her turn to walk down the aisle, but it came before she knew it. As she positioned herself in the doorway, taking a deep breath, she began to walk down the aisle at a steady pace, smiling at her guests and then looking towards her husband to be, who was smiling so big, fighting back tears. His best man Nathan Riggs was fighting back tears as well, he and Owen's sister had recently got married themselves.

Teddy fought back the urge to cry herself as stepped up to face Owen.

"You look beautiful babe." He whispered.

Teddy smiled shyly, and quickly wiped away a tear that escaped down her right cheek.

Teddy and Owen exchanged their own hand written vows, promised to love one another for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do them part. And then they finally said, "I do."

Everyone cheered, wiping away tears, clapping and whistling for the newly weds. The twins, who had slept through the entire ceremony were awakened by the cheering and of course started wailing. And in classic Teddy and Owen style, they stopped and grabbed one baby each and carried them with them back down the aisle, along with little Annabelle skipping ahead of them, leading the way.

That night after a beautiful reception held at a large beach house near the water, Teddy and Owen were snuggling in their favorite spot by the fire in their family room, immensely happy.

"Today was perfect, you are perfect." Owen whispered, kissing the top of Teddy's head.

"It was. I'm so glad everyone could make it, especially Arizona and Callie." Teddy replied.

"I know! I'm glad they finally were able to come out here, meet Annabelle and the twins!" said Owen.

Teddy just smiled back up at him, and nestled into him closer. Teddy was feeling unbelievably grateful for this life that she had acquired. She had a wonderful husband and father to her children, the perfect man to spend the rest of her life with. She had three gorgeous, happy and healthy children right upstairs. And she had her Co-Head of Cardio position at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, she didn't think life could get any better.

Time was flying by. It was already Teddy and Owen's one year wedding anniversary. The twins were a little over a year old, two of the sweetest and happiest kids, they were two pees in a pod and were glued to their big sister Annabelle of course . Annabelle was approaching three-years-old and had just started pre-school in the early fall. The family of five were extremely happy but, Owen had some things in mind.

The couple was out having a romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant in downtown Seattle without the kids for their anniversary, a surprise organized by some of their colleagues. As they were finishing some delicious chocolate cake they shared, Owen wiped his mouth, cleared his throat and proposed something to his wife.

"Hey,Teddy, I've been thinking. What do you say we try for one more?" He asked eagerly.

"Another what, baby?" She asked, a little stunned.

"If you don't want to, that's fine! I'm perfectly happy with three. It's just something I've been thinking about." He said, looking down and poking awkwardly at the unfinished cake.

"Me too." Teddy said.

Owen looked up, surprised, and smiled.

"Really?" He asked.

"Yeah." Teddy smiled. "I've been wanting one more, but just one more! Then I'm done!" She laughed.

"Okay!" Owen said throwing his hands in the air. "Then, we're going to start trying then?"

"Just tell me when and where." Teddy said with a smirk.

It only took three months for Teddy to become pregnant with baby number four, their first planned child. The couple was ecstatic, as well as the kids. Annabelle would talk to the baby constantly. The twins were a little confused at first, but as Teddy's belly grew bigger everyday they started to get that there was a baby in there. This time around Owen and Teddy decided that they wanted to know what they were having ahead of time.

"Okay you two, are you ready?" Carina asked at their 20 week ultrasound.

"Yes!" They responded in unison.

"Congratulations you two. It's a little boy." Carina said smiling and turning the monitor.

Owen and Teddy were thrilled about having another boy. Two boys and two girls, it was perfect. Teddy worked endlessly until she was almost 38 weeks pregnant, even though Owen wanted her to slow down a bit but she brushed him off, saying that she worked basically until she gave birth to their other children. She'd be fine.

One day, Teddy was in surgery and trying to ignore the sharp pains in her abdomen while she did an aortic repair, she figured they were just Braxton Hicks. But suddenly, she yelled out in pain and collapsed to the floor, blood pooling all around her.

Teddy was suffering from a placental abruption. The cause was unknown but she was taken in for an emergency C-Section right away. Owen was beside himself, by her side the entire time. After baby Altman-Hunt was born, Teddy began hemorrhaging fast.

"We're losing her!" Dr. Jameson, the newest Neo-Natal Surgeon at Grey Sloan yelled.

Owens heart was racing, he was crying. As he held his new son, who was born perfectly healthy he was watching his wife slowly fading away, fighting for her life.

"Come on Teddy! Don't do this. Don't do this. I can't live without you." He looked down at their new baby who didn't even have a name yet. "We need you."

Several hours later, Teddy woke to the sound of beeping monitors and sweet baby gurgles. Her abdomen was so sore, despite all of the pain medication she was on.

"What happened?" She said groggily. "Did I? Did I have the baby?" She asked, puzzled, sitting up and groaning from the pain she was not expecting.

"Hey, hey lie back relax. Honey, this is our son." Owen smiled and revealed their new baby wrapped in a soft blue blanket, and placed him gently in Teddys arms.

"Hey, you." Teddy said weakly and teared up seeing her sweet little boy for the first time. He opened his bright green eyes and looked right into hers as soon as he heard her voice.

"Teddy, Dr. Jameson and Carina are going to come in and talk to you soon but you collapsed because of a placental abruption and they took the baby out via emergency C-Section and he's fine but, there was a complication." Owen said softly.

"What kind of complication? Owen just tell me." She said sternly.

"Well, after they took him out there was a lot of bleeding still. Your uterine artery burst and, they had to perform a hysterectomy to stop the hemorrhage." He said slowly.

A hysterectomy. She could never have any more children. She knew that this baby would be her last, but now there was no choice, no option ever again. This baby was their last.

"I'm so sorry honey, but I'm so glad you're okay and that he's okay. I was so scared we were going to lose you." Owen said, stroking Teddys hair and then his sons.

"It's okay, babe. I'm glad I'm here too. The thought of missing out on me this little boys life, I can't even bear the thought of it. And… we knew he would be our last, it's…it's okay." Teddy said and placed a soft kiss on her sons cheek.

"What should we name him?" Owen said brushing a finger on the baby's sweet little newborn nose.

"I was thinking...Nico." Teddy said.

"Nico? I like it." Owen said proudly.

"Nico Nathan Altman-Hunt." Teddy smiled.

"It has a nice ring to it, huh?" Owen smiled. "Hi Nico." He said softly stroking his sons cheek as he fell back asleep.

The Altman-Hunt clan was now a new family of six. Teddy recovered quickly despite her trauma, she was so strong, and was soon home with her brand new baby boy, and thrilled toddlers who couldn't wait to meet their new brother. Annabelle was especially protective over Nico, and called him "her baby." The twins were just fascinated with the new tiny human that now inhabited their space. They weren't always thrilled with all of the attention Nico was getting, but they quickly adjusted.

Owen and Teddy were blissfully happy. Two years married, and four amazing children later, they couldn't have asked for anything more. This was the dream life they always imagined having, especially with each other.