Merry Christmas and Happy holidays!

"Everything looks beautiful." I whisper in my wife's ear with my arms wrapped around her from behind. She smiles and relaxes against me. She has been cooking all day for this party tonight. She started at 5 am. I have been trying to help, but she wanted to do it on her own. I think we have an abundance of food. I'm sure Joey will be bringing all the leftovers home with him though. And she managed to do all this with two 7 month old twins who have been into everything lately. They started crawling recently and it still melts my heart. Monica said they'l probably be walking soon and I can't think about that. They're already growing up so fast. I can't keep up.

I walk into the living room and see Rachel is holding Jack and Ross is holding Erica. They won't admit it to anyone, but I know they want another baby. I'm sure they will announce a pregnancy in a few short months. They finally stopped the on and off again thing they've been doing for years. They have been together for a while now. They even got married last year finally. I'm happy they finally figured things out. Erica sees me and reaches those chubby little arms out for me. It happens all the time and I can't deny her that. I smile at my baby and take her from Ross. She lays her head on my shoulder and I melt even more than I already am.

I never knew I could love another human so much. I love Monica so much but this is different. I just love these kids so much. Jack started saying dada a few days ago and I actually cried. I'm trying to teach Erica to say it too. Although, Mon is rooting for Mama. I guess I'll let her have that one. At this point, I feel like they are learning new things every day. I wish I could just be home with them all the time. We have a great nanny though who sends us pictures and videos all the time of the twins. It's nice to get those updates throughout the day while we're at work and missing them like crazy.

I look over at Monica who joins the party in the living room. She looks stunning. She's wearing a sleeveless red dress and her hair is in loose curls. You wouldn't even be able to tell just how tired she is. Jack is teething so he woke up a few times in the middle of the night. I tried to get up with him but that's just one of those things that only mommy can fix.

She's talking with Rachel and one of our neighbors, Melissa. Jack of course reaches for Mon and she takes him. Our kids have been so clingy with us lately. We won't complain though. Melissa lives down the street from us. She and her husband Rick, have a daughter that's just a little older than Jack and Erica. 10 months I think. Anyway, they play with each other sometimes. They were the first people we met here. After a few days of us being here, they came over and brought us casseroles for a few days. It was helpful considering we were brand new parents and had a ton of unpacking to do.

They're nice people. It was weird having to make friends out here. We got so used to having our friends so close to us. It's hard for us to get together these days. Joey is flying back and forth from LA a lot. He is getting jobs but doesn't want to commit to moving out there. He said he would miss us too much. Then Phoebe and Mike are starting a family. She's currently 5 months pregnant. It's nice seeing her happy. Last time she was pregnant, she wasn't exactly the happiest. She couldn't keep the triplets after she gave birth. This time however, she gets a beautiful baby out of it. We don't know the gender. They don't want to know until the baby is born. I wouldn't expect anything else from Phoebe. Then Ross and Rachel are looking at houses in our neighborhood. Monica has been so excited of the idea. If she had it her way, everyone would live here.

Monica looks at me and smiles. After all these years, she still makes my heart skip a beat. I love this woman so much. She motions for me to follow her upstairs. Then I realize it's time for these babies to head off to bed. We excuse ourselves and head off into the nursery.

When designing the nursery after we moved in, Monica obviously wanted it perfect. She spent months on it. She even hired people to paint. It looks like Walt Disney himself was here. We both put the babies in their cribs after changing their diapers. We walk out of their room, shut the door and Monica stops me before I go down the stairs.

She puts her arms around me and kisses me. And just like that, My heart skips a beat again.

"You did a wonderful job with this Christmas party babe." I tell her and kiss her forehead.

She smiles. "I couldn't have done it without you."

"What are you thinking about?"

She lays her head on my chest. "I'm just so happy. So much has happened this year. We got this house and most important, our kids. I just love you so much."

I kiss her again. "I love you too." I take her hand. "Should we go back down to the party before Joey has a chance to eat all the food." I say half jokingly.

She nods and we head back downstairs. Everyone is talking, laughing and having a great time. It's wonderful. It's something Monica has wanted. When we moved in, she kept saying how happy she was to throw party's with enough room for everything she wanted to do. It's wonderful to see her happy. Glowing practically. I'm so in love.

And the best part of all this is. tomorrow morning we get to wake up and it will be our first Christmas of four. Nothing could make me happier this year.

"I'm pregnant." Monica whispers in my ear.

I was wrong.