As Rick lays in bed looking at his beautiful wife, he begins to reminisce the last 9 years they have been together. They really have been through a lot. Between Kate almost dying, his proposal, Kate working in D.C, their delayed wedding, their partial breakup, the big move, and their kids he really is not sure how they made it. But they did. All because they loved each other. And now, here they are expecting twins. That was the last thing they were expecting.
Then he looks at his wife. So beautiful. Going through all of that and still being as strong as she is. He is so proud to be her husband.
"You know Rick, no matter how long we have been together, the staring is still creepy." she said with one eye open. He just smiles at her. "Are the girls up yet?" she asked.
"No not yet. Which is very surprising since it is 8:00am" he says while looking at the clock. "I am going to go and check on them and then I'm gonna make breakfast. What are you and my boys hungry for?" he asks while getting up from the bed.
"Hmmm. Actually we have been craving breakfast tacos." she says with a big smile.
He leans down and gives her a quick kiss. "Okay that sounds good. I'll see if the girls want to help."
"Babe I am not sure that is a good idea. A 5 year old, a 3 year old, and a 2 year old in the kitchen? That is just a disaster waiting to happen." she says while laughing.
Castle is just standing there thinking about all the things that could go wrong. Maybe Kate is right he thinks. This is not something he wants to deal with. "You know, you are so right. I'll just put on a movie for them." he says as he leaves. Kate is cracking up as he walks out of their room. She looks at the clock and decides that she was just going to close her eyes for ten more minutes.
Castle walks down the hall to go check on the girls. He was a very lucky man to have all these girls in his life. First he has Alexis who is growing up way too fast for him. The fact that she is married and lives on her own makes him so sad. And he also has his mother who moved to California with her new husband and is pursuing her acting career. As crazy and she is, he really misses her. Then he has Kate which he is so thankful for.
But he is the luckiest man in the world because of his three youngest daughters. His second oldest daughter, Ava Johanna Castle, is a spitting image of her mother. She has long brown hair down to her hips and beautiful hazel green eyes. For a five year old she is really smart too. She speaks her mind and knows what she wants. His third daughter Hannah Grace Castle, is just like her father. She has brown hair up to the middle of her back and gorgeous piercing blue eyes. She is a very active three year old. She loves to read and draw. She admires her dad so much. And his youngest daughter Isabella Hope Castle, or Bella, is a mixture of both Rick and Kate. She has her mom's long brown hair and her dad's blue eyes. For a two year old she is very quiet but silly.
When Castle went to go check on them, he found the three of them in Ava's room coloring pictures.
He smiled at the sight. He loves when they get along. "Hey girls. What are you guys doing?" he asks them.
"Hi Daddy!" Bella says. "We is makins pictures for our baby brothers."
"Really? That's pretty awesome. What are you drawing?"
" Well I drawed a rainbow, Hannie drawed a rocket, and Ava won't let us see what she drawed. She is bein naughty." Bella told him.
Castle walked over to Ava and sat next to her. "Ava honey, what are you drawing?"
Ava looks up at him with red eyes. She has been crying. "I was trying to draw all of us, but there is no more room on the paper. I tried to get the bigger paper but I could not reach"
Castle picked her up and sat her in his lap. "You don't have to cry about that sweetie. You could've came and asked me to get it for you." He wiped away her tears. "We can go get the paper and then you can finish your picture later, okay?"
"Okay." she said smiling at him.
"But right now, I have to go make breakfast for everyone. So how about I out on a movie in the family room for you guys?"
"Yay! Yay!" Hannah shouted while jumping up and down. "Why can't we watch it in the movie theater?"
"Well because Daddy has to be able to see you while I cook." She looked a little upset. "How about this. I put the movie on for you upstairs now, and if you guys behave today and I get everything done that I need to, then tonight we can go downstairs in the basement and watch a movie in the theater. Deal?"
The girls looked at each other and then looked at their dad." Okay deal!" they said together.
Castle was laughing. They are all so much like their mother. He is not sure how long it will be until they realize that they can argue back. But he is just going to enjoy it while he can.
They all went downstairs so they could get a start on their day. He put on Beauty and the Beast for the girls and off to the kitchen he went. He finished making everything in about 15 minutes. He loved making breakfast tacos. They are so easy to make. He noticed that Kate was not downstairs yet.
"Hey Ava? Can you go get your mom and tell her that breakfast is ready?"
"Yes okay I will!" she ran upstairs, went to her parents room and got her mom. She ran back downstairs and went back to the movie. Castle was setting the table. He put everyone's plate at their place at the table. He called the girls over and put Hannah and Bella in their high chairs. Kate came downstairs and walked over to the table. She gave each of her daughters a kiss on their heads.
"Mommy guess what we did?" Hannah asked her mother as she down at the table.
Kate smiled at her daughter "What did you guys do Hannie?"
"We made pictures for our baby brothers" she said with a big smile. "Ava helpded us draw a rocket and a rainbow but she messed up on her picture. But daddy said that he was going to help her draw it again."
"Well that was very nice of you Aj and that is very nice of daddy to help you." she says smiling at her husband. "But the pictures are going to have to wait because we have a busy day ahead of us."
"What is we doing today Mommy?" Bella asks with her mouth full.
Rick and Kate are cracking up. "Well today we are going to get new furniture for the babies room and for yours and Hannah's room. We also have to pick up some stuff for the babies. We are also going to paint the rooms too so you guys are going to have a big sleepover in Aj's room."
"Really?!" the girls said in unison "This is going to be awesome!" Ava said excitingly.
They finished up breakfast with the girls just talking about their new bedroom, their sleepover and the babies. Kate cleaned up after breakfast while Castle took the girls upstairs to get them ready for the day.