"Our daughter is sneaking past our bedroom." Eric chuckled low as he snuggled closer to Horatio.

Horatio yawned and opened his eyes. It was Daiyu's birthday, today she turned two-years-old. Daiyu was so curious at what she would get and was already up, even though it was only seven in the morning.

"And she is peeking inside to see if we're still asleep." Eric whispered.

"She is such an early-riser." Horatio smiled, "We should get up and give her breakfast."

"She will want her gifts first."

"She'll have to wait until after breakfast." Horatio smiled, "And we have to get ready for the party."

"Daddy?" Daiyu asked from the doorway, she of course meant both of her daddies when she said daddy to them at the same time.

"Yes sweetie?" Eric smiled and rolled around to face his daughter.

Daiyu grinned and jumped up in bed. She hugged her fathers and then just looked at them. When neither Eric nor Horatio said anything, Daiyu sighed and pointed at the gifts in the bedroom.

"Open pesent?" She asked.

"After breakfast." Horatio smiled, "Come on angel, let's have breakfast and then throw flour on daddy Eric."

"Hey, no ganging up on me!" Eric laughed.

"Yes." Both husband and daughter replied.

Eric laughed and threw a pillow at Horatio. Daiyu ran to the kitchen and Horatio followed. Eric decided to take a shower first and then join his family in the kitchen. As he entered the kitchen he was bombarded with flour, just like Horatio had said.

"Ha-ha! We got you!" Horatio smirked, "Good work angel."

Daiyu laughed and then hugged Eric.

"Now daddy has to go shower again." Eric smiled, "And so does the birthday girl."

"Affer beakfas." Daiyu said firmly.

"After breakfast it is." Eric agreed.

The family sat down to eat breakfast and Daiyu asked what her gifts were.

"Doggy?" She asked.

"Nope, no dog." Horatio smiled.

"Barbie?"

"Maybe." Eric grinned.

"Teddy?"

"My my, aren't we curious today." Horatio chuckled, "Tell you what, why don't daddy Eric help you take a bath and then you can open your gifts?"

"Yay!" Daiyu exclaimed and grabbed Eric's hand.

While Eric and Daiyu took a bath, Horatio put the gifts in the living room. At lunch, the rest of the family would arrive and Daiyu would get more gifts. Especially from Aunt Natalia, who she had wrapped around her little finger. Natalia and Frank's five month old son Elliot also his his parents wrapped around his fingers.

"Open now daddy?" Daiyu asked as she ran out from her bedroom with a cute yellow dress on.

"Absolutely." Horatio smiled.

Eric grabbed a camera and sat down on the couch with his husband as their daughter tore the paper off from her gifts. She picked the biggest one first.

"Pony!" She exclaimed and hugged her fathers.

Eric and Horatio had bought Daiyu a little pony made of wood with wheels. Daiyu loved horses more than any other thing in the world.

"Was his name?" She asked.

"You can name him." Eric smiled, "Or her."

"Ally!" Daiyu decided and then tore the paper off another gift.

She gasped as she saw a bath ring. After that Daiyu opened the rest of the gifts. She got a three different dolls and she named then after her Aunts, Calleigh, Natalia and Alexx, although when Daiyu said them it was, Cawwi, Natty and Ales. Daiyu also got some toys that were a part of farm-package that she had wanted for months. She now had horses, cows and pigs, a farmer and a barn.

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At lunch the adults were sitting by the table as the kids played with Daiyu's toys. Everyone wanted to try the pony and play with the farm animals. Everyone except little Elliot, who was asleep in his father's arms.

"Look daddy, a pig!" Caleb exclaimed and showed Jason all the toys that Daiyu had got.

Daiyu had got more gifts from the rest of the family, such as a cartoon movie, a plastic diving gear so she could pretend she was like Eric, and then she got a water camera. After Horatio had showed her how to use the camera, Daiyu had run around squirting water on everyone and then given it to Riley to do the same.

"I hope she figures out that she should take ice cold water and squirt it on you to wake you guys up." Frank smirked, "I'm going to teach her so many evil pranks."

"If you do that I will teach Elliot to drive at age 12." Horatio chuckled, "And then let him drive inside your house."

"You won't have a chance, Natalia will kill you if you do." Frank said.

"And you wouldn't?" Natalia asked.

"No, I want to watch as you tech H a lesson."
"Have you guys thought about adopting a child again?" Valera asked.

"Not yet, maybe if Daiyu asks for it." Horatio shrugged, "What about you? Any more kids on the way?"

"Uh oh, not for the coming five years or so." Valera smiled.

Having triplets was both a blessing and hard. Especially since all three children had so much energy and a father who allowed everything. No, Jason would be tough with the kids when he had too.

Jan and Daiyu burst in to the room on the pony, Daiyu was pushing the pony and Jan was sitting on it, laughing. They spun around in the room and then left with their parents telling them to slow down before someone got hurt.

-I-

After a whole day of playing with her cousins and new toys, Daiyu was completely exhausted and had fallen asleep in Horatio's arms while watching the movie she got. She hadn't been able to keep her eyes open for more than four minutes.

Horatio was also tired and almost fell asleep as well, when he heard the noise of a photo being taken. He looked up to see a smiling Eric.

"You two looked so cute. This goes in to our family album for sure." Eric grinned and showed Horatio the photo.

"I think it's time this little angel goes to bed." Horatio smiled and carried Daiyu to her bedroom. Eric and Horatio kissed her goodnight and then left to go to their own bed.

"Do you think we should adopt again?" Eric asked before Horatio managed to fall asleep.

"If Daiyu wants it too. I would love too, but she has to be on this decision as well."

"Should we ask her?" Eric asked.

"I think maybe we could wait and see if she ask us." Horatio smiled, "I love you, goodnight."

"Goodnight." Eric smiled and watched Horatio fall asleep.

Eric wasn't tired yet. He grinned as he heard Daiyu wake up and play with her farm animals. Eric slowly got out of bed and opened the door to his daughter's room. Daiyu stopped what she was doing and looked at her father.

"I thought you were sleeping." Eric smiled, "Did you trick us?"

"No." Daiyu said, "Daddy no bedtime story."

"Oh yes, we forgot to read it. How about I read one to you now?" Eric asked.

Daiyu nodded and jumped down in her bed. Eric sat down beside her and started reading her favorite story, Robin Hood. Daiyu fell asleep after half the story and by that time Eric was so tired that he decided to just close his eyes for a moment and rest.

Horatio found his husband and daughter sleeping next to each other two hours later and snapped a photo.

"This is one is also going in to the family album." He grinned and then managed to lead a half-sleeping Eric to their own bed.

AN: Please review!