With Mindy on maternity leave, things had been hectic at the practice. They'd all been taking on Mindy's patients and handling her deliveries. For some strange reason, babies always picked the worst possible time to make their arrivals and the past few weeks had been no exception. Danny had worked every day during the week until nearly 7:00 pm and had spent two nights at the hospital with difficult deliveries. He was beyond exhausted when he finally crawled into bed early Saturday morning.

Sometime around 5:00 am he woke to the sound of "Vacation" by the Go Gos blasting through the wall from the nursery next door. He could hear Mindy singing along. He loved her but why couldn't she just let him sleep for a few hours? He crawled out of bed and schlumped next door grumbling, "Min, hey Min, could you keep it down please? I need some sleep."

Mindy looked up at him with a huge smile on her face. She was holding their daughter and dancing around the room in complete bliss. "Min, please can you just turn the music down? I gotta get some rest." He knew he sounded grumpy but he was just too tired to care.

"Oh, well, exsqueeze us. I can't help it if Gracie likes to jam to the Go Gos," she told him as she held his gorgeous month old baby girl up to him. She seemed to be enjoying the music as much as her Mom. Danny kissed her forehead and Mindy's before grumbling again, "Okay, just not so loud, huh?" Then he turned to stumble back to bed.

Before he even got through the bedroom door, he wanted to kick himself. How could he act so grumpy towards the two ladies who made his life such a joy? Mindy was the love of his life and also happened to be his best friend. Without her, he'd still be bitter and alone. And Gracie, god she was just everything. He'd been in awe ever since she'd taken her first breath. He turned around to go and apologize to his beautiful wife and child but he stopped at the door because he could hear Mindy talking softly.

"I know he seems like a grumpy pants, Grace," Mindy cooed, "but your Daddy is really a softie underneath it all. You know when I first met him, I didn't really like him very much. He was kind of mean but it didn't take long for me to figure him out. You know once he even pretended that he didn't care any more about me than the lamp in his office. I had a lot of fun making him admit otherwise. He tried to push me away for the longest time but as you'll find out, little miss, I don't give up easily. I knew there was a good guy underneath that curmudgeon exterior. He does the sweetest things when you're least expecting them like the time he learned the dance from one of my favorite music videos as a secret Santa present or when he reads Bridget Jones Diary to me in a silly British accent when I'm sick. But, Gracie, you know the very best thing he ever did? He gave me you. That's the greatest thing anyone could ever do. I love you so much, sweet girl," Mindy whispered.

Just then Danny stepped inside and walked up behind Mindy, putting his arms around both her and little Grace resting in her arms. "I'm sorry," he said as he kissed her cheek and rubbed the baby's cheek with his thumb. "I didn't mean to be so grumpy with my favorite girls."

"Oh, we're fine, aren't we?" Mindy said, snuggling Grace closer. "I was just telling your daughter all sorts of secrets about you, Dr. Castellano. "

"Yeah, I heard some of that. You know it's only fair that she hear some secrets about her Mom as well. Like how about the time you got arrested for riding a bike into someone's pool or when you went out with that weirdo Deslaurier or maybe about the time you walked into the co-ed steam room completely naked?" Danny teased.

"Do not listen to your father, Gracie," Mindy whispered, "He's getting old and sometimes he doesn't remember things the right way."

Danny moved around Mindy's side and took their now sleeping daughter in his arms. "She is so beautiful, Mindy. Can you believe how absolutely beautiful she is?" he asked in wonder.

"I can, Danny. She's got Castellano genes. What did you expect?" Mindy said. He smiled his crooked smile as she reached to cup his cheek. "Hey why don't we put her down and you try to get some sleep? Sorry we woke you."

"Can we take her with us? I miss you guys so much when I'm at the hospital. I know it's bad but every baby I deliver I compare to our girl and none of them stack up. You did good, Min, real good," Danny said as he walked back toward their bedroom with Gracie snug against his chest.

"I did have a little help, you know," Mindy laughed as they snuggled back under the comforter with their daughter lying on Danny's chest. Mindy scooted over next to him and laid her hand on Grace's back. Danny immediately began to doze off again.

Mindy lay watching the two loves of her life sleeping peacefully beside her. Grace had Mindy's dark skin and hair but her eyes and lips were tiny replicas of Danny's. She was, it seemed, the perfect mixture of them both. She didn't want to go to sleep because it meant closing her eyes and she was enjoying the sight before her too much but the peace of the moment slowly lulled her to slumber as well.

If Mindy were narrating this scene, she'd say something like this, "Life is unpredictable and messy and sad and glorious and terrible and wonderful, and just when you think you have it figured out, you get thrown a curve ball. The trick is that you can never give up. There's a happy ending out there for you somewhere. I found mine with Daniel Castellano and it's better than all those rom com endings put together. Now, get out of here and go find your own. We need our sleep."