Okay so I've had a few people ask me for little family stories that take place in the huge time gap in my story I Have Your Back! So I'm going to make this little story/folder/thing and just fill it with little stories that would have taken place during that story! You don't need to have read Have Your Back but it would help you follow the stories easier!

Don't be shy to message me particular milestones/events you'd like to see!

Janes POV

"Baby, you need to calm down." I instructed Maura from our living room floor. Tomorrow was our daughters first birthday, but due to it being a Monday, everyone we loved was working and unable to celebrate with us, so I had convinced Maura it was perfectly acceptable to have the party a day early. She had put up a fight, wanting everything to be perfect for our little girls first birthday. She was rushing around the kitchen, baking two different types of cake so that Bailey had options. I knew there was no point in me arguing the fact that Bailey would happily eat any cake that was put in front of her, so I let her continue. My mother was sitting on the sofa behind me, playing with my hair lightly while I held Bailey, forcing her to stand on her own two feet. She hated it, frowning at me every now and again when I would pull her back onto her feet. I happily blamed myself for this part of Bailey. Anything Bailey wanted; her momma gave her, including being carried EVERYWHERE.

"Bailey." Maura called, standing with her hands on her hips in the kitchen. Baileys eyes went directly to Mauras face before she looked at me again. I smiled as I stood up, placing her on her two feet and letting go of her hands, standing and watching as she ran across the floor and fell into Mauras awaiting arms. I couldn't help but smile at the sight of Baileys huge smile in her mother's arms. "Which one?" Maura asked, Bailey resting on her hip as she inspected the two cakes in front of her. I wasn't surprised in the slightest when her hands reached for the bright pink cake. She was Mauras daughter through and through.

Our family began trickling in as the morning went on, and Bailey was handling being passed around from person to person better than I expected; Maura was the one not handling it, reminding everyone more than once that Bailey needed to walk on her own two feet.

"Shut up Maura." Cailin laughed as she scooped Bailey up into her arms. I stifled a laugh when Bailey began to whine and struggle in her grasp. Cailin sighed as she put her back onto the floor. None of us could understand why Bailey was so resistant when it came to her aunty.

"Do you think she's having fun?" Maura whispered from behind me suddenly, wrapping her arms around my waist and joining her fingers around at my stomach. I placed my hands on top of hers, tracing her hand lightly before I leaned my head back. She rest her head in the crook of my neck and kissed my cheek softly.

"She looks so happy." I mused, noting the huge toothy grin Bailey was giving to everyone in the room when they spoke to her. She was the most loved little girl in the world. "Should we do presents or cake first?" I asked, turning in Mauras arms to press my lips softly against hers.

"Which do you want everyone to be a part of?" She laughed, and I knew she was right. Bailey was due for a nap any minute and was not a very happy lady when she was tired. We would only get time to do one. I announced that we were doing the cake, remembering the effort my girlfriend had put in to make it perfect for our little girl. I couldn't let it go to waste.

I picked Bailey up off the living room floor as everyone began to gather around the dining room table, a high chair placed in the centre of the table. Ma pulled the highchair away and rolled her eyes as she sat me down on a chair with Bailey in my lap. We sang happy birthday to a bewildered Bailey whose eyes were wide with concern the whole time.

"Open." Maura instructed Bailey as she went to place a piece of cake on a plastic fork in her mouth. But before it reached her lips, Baileys hands had reached out and landed directly in the whole cake in front of me. Mauras mouth opened into a small o shape as she noted the cake that was now all over her dress. After two months of having Bailey, Maura had stopped buying designer clothes, and I think this was one of the moments that we were all happy that she had stopped. We all laughed as Bailey tore into the cake, everyone silently happy that Maura had thought to make two so that everyone could still have some.

As the day came to a close, we all sat around in the living room sipping wine, beer or juice and I couldn't help but notice that everyones eyes tend to rest on a sleeping Bailey. She was sprawled out in Mauras arms, her legs and mouth both wide open.

"She's you all over." Frankie said, making us all laugh quietly at her unlady like pose. She was perfect in every single way. "Before you know it she'll be fifteen and hate you." He added, everyone except Maura and I laughing this time, making everyone laugh harder.

"Do you want to put her to bed?" Maura asked me quietly, noting that the volume in the room was beginning to become too loud for a sleeping one year old. I nodded as I handed my brother my bottle of beer. I slid a hand underneath Baileys head as my other went beneath her bum, lifting her off Maura gently, her head resting on my shoulder comfortably as I carried her into her. We had put a king size mattress on the floor in her room for days exactly like these. We loved seeing her walk out after a nap; it was a terrifying symbol of how fast she was growing; but made me so proud seeing that she didn't feel the need to cry for either of us when she woke alone. She was an independent little lady. I lay her in the centre of the mattress and can't help but take a moment to lay beside her. I pushed her hair, which had gotten substantially lighter as she grew, away from her face. Casey really was the perfect man for me to have made this little girl with. He had helped create the perfect little version of Maura and myself. It was strange. She had my olive skin, chin and my dimple, but everything else about her screamed Maura at me.

Ma had told me that she honestly could not see any part of Maura in Bailey; which was so strange to me because Maura was all I saw in Baileys blonde hair and wide eyes. I supposed it didn't matter what anyone else thought, I had my little piece of heaven and she was perfect.

"Happy birthday, bubby." I whispered, pressing my lips against Baileys forehead softly.