** This is my version of how I think season 11 could play out. Spoilers up to season 10 episode 18. The story opens with Amy , Ty and the baby. Most characters will be part of the story as well as an original character who will join the cast in a few chapters. This is my first story so feedback is greatly appreciated.**
Chapter 1 A Name for Nugget
Ty smiled as he came up the stairs to the loft. He could hear Amy talking to their beautiful baby girl. He was exhausted after his first shift back at the vet clinic, it had been almost six months since he had been in the clinic, but all he could think about all day was coming home to Amy and Little Nugget. His girls were his world now and he hated being away from them for any amount of time. He had already missed too much when he had been in Mongolia and then in the hospital. As he got to the top of the stairs he hears Amy's voice
"Look baby daddy's home! Let's go give daddy a kiss."
Amy crossed the loft and wrapped her free arm around Ty giving him a kiss. After kissing his wife, he scooped his 2-week old daughter from her arms.
"Hi beautiful were you good for mommy today? I missed you!" Ty said kissing the baby in his arms, "I missed you two Amy, all I could think about today at the clinic was coming home to you."
"I missed you two Ty. When is your mom getting her? I don't want to keep Ally's name a secret any more. I want to do her naming ceremony with her grandmother here. I wish my mom could be here to see our daughter and hope your mom can make it," said Amy.
"I don't know Amy, she barley said anything when I told her the baby was here, she hasn't booked a ticket yet. She didn't even come to our wedding or to the hospital when I was sick. I don't think she's coming now." Ty sighs, looking at the floor.
"I know Ty, I just wanted her to be here for you" Amy said
"What do you want to do for dinner tonight Ames?" Ty asked, changing the subject.
"I already put a lasagna in the oven, it should be ready in about an hour," Amy replied.
"So the naming ceremony for our Little Nugget, when do you want to do it?" Ty said as he sat on the sofa with the baby.
"I'd like to do it sooner rather than later. Lou was asking me about her name again today! It's getting harder to keep it a secret." Amy whispered as she curled up next to her husband, laying her head on his shoulder and holding her little daughter's hand.
Ty kissed the top of Amy's head, "we've agreed to Alexandra Marion Borden, right?"
"Yes, the more we've talked about her name, the more I think I should have changed mine when we got married, is it too late now to change my last name so we all have the same name?" Amy thought out loud.
"Ames are you sure?" Ty whispered into her hair, "I love you and our Little Nugget no matter what your names are."
"Ty I want to do this; I need to do this. Now we'll really be a family" Amy whispered back
"We are a family Amy, always" Ty said kissing her hair again.
Amy turned and kissed Ty. Then looked back at their baby girl in his arms, moments like this one were perfect, and only a couple weeks ago, when Ty was so sick, Amy worried they would never happen. She came so close to losing him, those tense days in the hospital, when he was so sick, felt like a bad memory as her little family cuddled on the couch. The baby in Ty's arms started to wiggle opening her mouth and looking for her mommy. Ty adjusted the baby hoping to stop her from crying but the little girl was hungry, she cried.
"I changed her just before you got home, she's probably hungry" Amy said and started unbuttoning her shirt. Ty passed her the baby and Amy adjusted the little girl so she could eat.
"Do you need anything Ames?" Ty asked, looking away, as his wife fed their daughter. While he knew nursing was natural he still felt odd watching his wife feed Little Nugget.
"Just sit here with me. I've missed you all day. Ty! You can look at me it's okay, I want you to be part of this all of it," Amy smiled at him. "I was thinking of talking to Lou, and seeing if we could do the Naming Ceremony on Sunday, it's Wednesday so it gives Lou a few days, to do her Lou thing and be all obsessive"
Ty and Amy turned hearing footsteps on the stairs.
"Knock, knock," Caleb's voice boomed from the stairs "everybody decent?"
"Just a second" Ty called back, passing Amy a baby blanket which she draped over the nursing baby.
"Come on up Caleb" Amy called.
"Oh I'm sorry if we knew you were busy we would have come another time" Cass apologized.
Caleb blushed when he realized what he had walked in on. Amy laughed seeing the cowboy's reaction.
"Don't worry, at least you gave me a few seconds warning and she should be done soon. She's been eating a lot today" Amy said to her friend, "when she's done do you want to hold her?"
"Do you trust me to hold your baby?" Cass asked.
"Of course, and Ty and I wanted to ask you something." Amy paused
"What is it?" Cass asked
"Would you be her godmother?" Amy asked Cass.
"I would love to be her godmother" Cass exclaimed hugging Amy.
"Can you give me a minute please then you can hold her?" Amy asked her friend. Nugget was finished eating and starting to squirm under the blanket. She hated being under the blanket where she couldn't see her mommy's face. Amy liked to see her baby's face two and only used the blanket when friends or her dad and grandpa were in the room. It made both older men uncomfortable and she didn't know how Caleb and Cass would react.
"Amy just pass her to me, I know what you're doing and I think it's the most beautiful thing that you're doing for your baby. I plan on doing it two when Caleb and I have kids" Cass said.
Amy thought for a second, and passed Nugget to Cass without another word, clipped her bra and buttoned her shirt. She placed the blanket on the back of the couch. " You and Caleb are talking about kids?"
"We'd like to have one soon, Caleb wants a big family," Cass replied.
"Do you guys want to stay for dinner? I put one of Lou's lasagnas in the oven and it should be ready soon, I just have to finish the salad." Amy said inviting Caleb and Cass to stay for dinner.
"We'd love to!" Cass replied
Amy quickly made a salad and set the now sleeping baby in her cradle at the foot of the big bed. The four adults enjoyed dinner and a good chat about married life and life with the new baby. Soon after dinner Caleb and Cass left leaving Amy and Ty alone.
Nugget began to whimper in her cradle and Ty went to get her, he changed her diaper and put a clean pink onesie on her, but she was still crying. He laid her against his shoulder and rubbed her back as he walked around the loft, softly telling her how much he loved her. Her cries slowly stopped as Ty cuddled with her and he sat down on the bed with her cradled against his shoulder. Amy walked out of the bathroom to see that and smiled as tears welled in her eyes. The sight of her husband and baby girl was beautiful as he spoke softly to the baby, Amy finished getting ready for bed. It was still early but she was exhausted. Nugget only slept about 3 hours between being fed and she had been up most of the night before.
Sliding into her side of the bed she felt Ty shift and move to lay down beside her the baby cozy in the middle of them. She began fussing again and Amy quickly fed her before wrapping her up tight in a warm blanket made by Mrs. Bell and tucking her in the cradle. Ty opened his arms and Amy curled up against him, feeling his arms wrap around her as she laid her head against his strong chest.