Three weeks before Kynlee's first birthday, Teddy was playing in the living room with her while Addison was getting ready for work. Addison smiled as she heard her daughter laughing and her wife encouraging her to keep doing it. Before she knew it, she was being called into the living room, "Addison, hurry up. Get out here now!"

"Is she okay? Did she get hurt?" Addison yelled as she ran into the room, only to find Kynlee standing by herself, in the middle of the room with nothing to hold onto. Seeing that she was just fine, she asked, "What's going on?"

"She just took her first steps. She was holding onto the couch and I was sitting here. She turned around and started to come towards me," Teddy explained. "Sit down, try to get her to come to you."

Addison squatted on the floor on held out her arms, encouraging her daughter to come to her. Kynlee decided that it was a good time to sit and ignore the fact that her mommy was calling her. This prompted Addison to pick her up and carry her back into the bedroom, where she set her on the floor and continued to get ready for work. Addison was now determined to see her daughter walk before she left for the day.


The day went fairly quickly at the hospital. Addison didn't have any major surgeries, just a c-section. The rest of the day was spent catching up on the latest hospital gossip and confirming with Callie and Arizona that they were still game for having a combined birthday party for Sofia and Kynlee since the girls' birthdays are only five days apart. Before she knew it, she was changing out of her scrubs and heading to her car. She was so glad that the house Teddy had bought over two years ago was only a ten-minute drive from the hospital and there usually wasn't much traffic.

She parked her car in the garage and let herself in the house, taking off her shoes before heading to Kynlee's room. Since Teddy wasn't in the living room with her, she figured Teddy was getting their daughter ready for bed. Kynlee had been mostly sleeping through the night for a few months now and had been sleeping in her room instead of Teddy and Addison's for about a month.

Teddy was standing next to the changing table, getting Kynlee into a yellow sleeper. "I think mommy's home, baby girl. Let's finish getting you in your jammies so you can show her how well you're walking."

Addison entered the room after lingering at the doorway for a second to listen to Teddy's conversation. She wrapped her arms around Teddy and kissed her cheek before picking Kynlee up. "Were you a good girl for momma today? Are you gonna be a stinker still or are you going to walk for me before you go to bed?"

Kynlee eventually took a few steps for Addison, which made her day. "My baby's growing up. How did you get so big? You're not supposed to grow up cuz that means I'm getting older."


The two women quickly put the little girl to bed before heading into the kitchen to find something to eat since neither of them had eaten dinner yet. They ended up with frozen pizza. It was something Addison never thought would become a staple in their house, but it was a favorite of Teddy's and she got Addison hooked on it.

While they waited for their pizza to cook, Addison cleaned up the kitchen and Teddy picked up Kynlee's toys that were scattered on the floor as Addison told her about the going ons at the hospital. Their dinner didn't take long to cook and it was consumed even faster.

"I took Kyn to the park today. We should really put a swing set in the back yard. She loves it so much. I can't believe how big she's getting, makes me miss her as a baby," Teddy said as she settled into the couch with her wife.

"I was thinking about that when I saw Sofia and Zola today. All the babies are growing up so fast. Isn't there a way we can make them stay little forever?"

Chuckling, Teddy replied, "Not that I've heard of. I do know of a way to keep a baby in the house for longer, though."

"How's that? Stopping time?"

"I was thinking we should have another baby. I never really wanted to be pregnant or have kids, but since I met you and Kynlee was born, all I can think about is how much I want to have a house full of kids. I remember being a kid and saying I wanted tons of kids when I grew up."

It took Addison a minute to get her head around what her wife had just asked her, considering she had been blindsided by the request. They had never talked about having more kids or any of the details that went with a lesbian couple having a baby. "Seriously, you want to have more kids? I wasn't sure how you felt about that. I mean, I know you love Kynlee, but I didn't know that you wanted a whole bunch of kids," Addison said, still processing everything.

"O, god. You don't want more kids. I knew I shouldn't have sprung this on you like this," Teddy replied, starting to freak out.

"I want more kids, sweetie. I just didn't think you did. I really want to talk about this more, but I'm exhausted. How about tomorrow over dinner? Alex hasn't watched Kynlee in a while, I'm sure he'll love to watch her for us," suggested Addison as she pulled her wife onto the couch with her and began to kiss her.


Teddy wanted to do nothing more than make love with her wife that night following their conversations, but Addison wanted to keep talking. Teddy's offer was tempting, but Addison still won the debate as to what they were going to do that night.

"How is this going to work? We established the fact that we both want more kids, but that was all we decided. If I hadn't gotten pregnant with Kynlee when I did, I was determined to keep trying until I did. Jake was the one who said it wouldn't be healthy for me to continue with IVF, especially after I collapsed from the extra fluid. How long are we going to try for before giving up?"

Pondering the questions that had just been posed, Teddy finally answered, "I think two sounds like a good number of tries for each of us. We can do like Callie and Arizona and switch off who is going through it. If we don't have any luck aft four tries, we can look into adoption or something."

Adjusting herself on the couch and wrapping her arms around Teddy, Addison suggested, "Do we even have to do the IVF? What if we just look into adoption right away?"

"I don't have a problem with adoption, but I really want us to try to at least talk to someone about going through with the IVF," she said as she turned to see Addison's face.

Their conversation continued for a few more hours before they realized that they would only be getting a few hours of sleep before needing to get ready for work.