It's barely six o'clock in the morning, and Lydia is awake. Today was Lydia birthday and she was so excited. There was a birthday tradition in the Scott house that Nathan and Haley had started over eight years ago, after Jamie was born. The tradition was that when it was someone's birthday everyone else would decorate the dining room and help make a special birthday breakfast.

Haley was making Lydia's favorite breakfast. This was French toast and bacon, with strawberries, blueberries, and maple syrup. Jamie and Nathan were decorating the dining room with streamers, balloons, and a sign that read: Happy 4th Birthday Lydia. Haley brought the food out to the dining room, while Jamie set the table. Once everything was all set Haley went upstairs to get Lydia up.

"Lydia." Haley said as she came into her daughter's room. "Baby, are you awake?"

"Yes, Momma." She said with a big smile on her face. Haley could hear the excitement in her young daughter's voice. Then, Lydia's voice was serious as she said, "Momma, you can't keep calling me baby?"

"Why's that?" Haley asked as she sat on the bed. She was rubbing her lower back with her right hand and rested her left hand on her eight-and-a-half-month belly.

"Well, because you're going to have the new babies soon; so I won't be the baby anymore." Lydia climbed back on the bed next to her mom and put her hand on her stomach. "Besides, I am not a baby anymore, my birthday is today."

"Today can't be your birthday; your birthday was two months ago." Nathan said from the doorway of the room.

Lydia hopped off the bed and ran to him. He picked her up. "Daddy; my birthday was not two months ago… Momma's was!"

"Are you sure?" he said with a joking smile on his face.

"Yes!" She gave him a big hug and a kiss. "Did you really forget my birthday, Daddy?" She said in a soft sad voice. She had known that he was joking, but now, it was her turn. Then she gave him the puppy dog look that Jamie had taught her.

"Do you really think Momma and I could forget your birthday?" he said, looking surprised.

"Nope; I knew you were joking." She said with a chuckle.

Nathan and Lydia headed downstairs to the dining room, where Jamie was waiting. The room was filled with decorations and there was a stack of French toast on the table. Lydia and Nathan sat at the table.

Jamie was sitting at the table patiently waiting to wish his younger sister a happy birthday. "Happy Birthday, Lydia," he said as Lydia climbed in to her set.

Meanwhile upstairs Haley had still been sitting on Lydia's bed. She was trying to cope with the pain she was having. The truth was that her back had been bugging her for the last two or three days and last night she'd goggled to find out that she'd probably been experiencing early signs of labor. She didn't want to worry Nathan; so she did not tell him, and managed to hide it from Jamie. It was harder to hide the flashes of pain from Lydia but she had told her that the baby had kicked her, when she did notice. Haley got up and headed down to the kitchen. The pain was getting worse but she decided not to tell Nathan about it. Haley sat down at the table.

"Momma, can I give Lydia her present now?" Jamie asked when Haley sat down.

"What present?"

"The one I made the day she was born."

"Of course you can give it to her now. We will give her the other presents at the party on Saturday."

"Okay then. Here you go, Lydia." He said as he as he got up from his set grabbed the gift and handed it to her.

"Thank you, Jamie." She said when she finished opening it. "What is it?" She asked.

"It is a manual it has everyone who is important to you in it. It is full of stuff I wish I knew about Momma, Daddy, Aunt Brooke, and everyone else, when I was your age."

"Cool." She smiled and gave him a big hug.

"We can read it this afternoon when I get back from school." He said as he walked back to his seat.

"Okay! Momma, can we eat now?"

"Yes, we can eat now."

"Yippee!"

They ate their breakfast, and laughed at the stories they shared. Lydia was so happy. When they were done eating, they all got ready to go. They went back upstairs, to get dressed, before heading out.

Since today was a Thursday it meant that Jamie had to go to school and that Nathan had to go into the office, even Haley was going to have to run to Red Bedroom Records. This meant that Lydia was going to be spending time with Brooke at Karen's Café.

They all left the house together, Nathan took Jamie with him. He was going to drop him off at school, then head to the office. Haley and Lydia were going to Karen's Café.