A/N: Hi guys! I really enjoyed writing my last story "The Final Try"! I really enjoyed the responses I got from that story. I didn't want to stop writing, but that story had wrapped up so I had no choice. I was asked by many of you if there would be more about Olitz and baby Ava. So here it is. Fitz, Olivia, and Ava navigating their new life together. Something tells me that we will see Olivia like we've never seen her before. Again please comment so that I can know if the direction I'm going in makes sense. It also helps me to elaborate on things that aren't as clear as I would like it to be. Let's do this!

Chapter 1

Olivia hated the hospital. It wasn't that the staff wasn't taking great care of her, and little Ava. The problem was that she was married to the former President. That made the hospital a little chaotic. They had to implement policies and procedures to ensure their privacy, and everyone doted over them so much so that it became a nuisance.

She was thankful that she was going home. The pediatrician had wanted to keep Ava in order to watch over her for a few days. However, neither Olivia, nor Fitz were leaving the hospital without their daughter. No one really expected the former President to actually leave his daughter there anyway.

Luckily for Olivia, and Fitz the nanny that they had hired was a registered pediatric nurse. Her name was Erica Strong, and she was a sixty five year old retiree. She had retired from Johns Hopkins Bayview in Baltimore, However, she still wanted to work. So she decided that with her pediatric nursing skills being a nanny would be the best use of those skills.

Since they were going to have a medical professional in the home, Ava's doctor felt comfortable with Olivia taking her home. Olivia was happy. She felt like the sooner she was home the sooner she could come up with a routine, and try and figure out this motherhood thing.

She was in the back seat of her town car, along with both Fitz, and Ava. They were pulling into the gate of their home. Olivia took a deep breath for the first time since she had left her house in labor. It was good to be home. She was a mom, and it felt good to bring her baby home.

When the car came to a stop in the driveway Olivia noticed her front door opening. Out came Abby, and David. After them she saw both Karen and Teddy, Fitz's oldest daughter and youngest son. She looked at Fitz and asked, "What are Abby and David doing here?"

Fits pried his pinky finger away from Ava's little hand. He said, "Well Abby is your best friend, and Ava's godmother. She wanted to come greet her goddaughter. Karen and Teddy wanted to come and meet their new sibling."

Olivia smiled at Fitz and said, "Well I know why they're here. Are they staying over?"

Fitz unsnapped Ava's car seat from the car seat base, and said, "Yes, they're going to stay the weekend with us. I want them to become well acquainted with their sister, and better acquainted with you."

Fitz opened the car door, and picked up the car seat stepping out of the car. Olivia stepped out on the other side.

She walked over to Karen and Teddy embracing each of them.

Abby approached Olivia pulling Olivia in a hug. She said, "Oh my gosh. I can't believe Olivia Pope had a baby. Let me look at her. She was so precious in the hospital. I didn't get to see her much. With your parents, Quinn, Huck, and Marcus. Plus it was as if you and Fitz were holding her hostage. She was for your arms only," Abby joked.

Olivia walked towards the house with her arms around Teddy and Karen. She said, "It's very warm out here. Let's go look at her inside."

They all walked into the house and went to sit in the family room. Olivia asked, "Did everyone wash their hands? We wouldn't want her getting any germs."

David and Abby both shared a look. Neither one of them thought that they would see the day when Olivia Pope would be an overprotective mother.

Fitz sat the carrier on the coffee table. He unsnapped Ava, and lifted her out of the carrier giving the tiny baby a kiss on the cheek as he placed her in Olivia's arms. Olivia looked down at the most adorable baby she had ever seen. It was overwhelming because not only was she an adorable baby, but she was all hers.

You couldn't really say that Ava looked like either her, or Fitz, but she did have certain features that screamed Olivia and Fitz. Ava had Olivia's full lips, and she had her father's curls. She looked warm, cozy, and content as she snuggled closer to her mother in her sleep.

Olivia's heart swelled a little more. It was like Ava knew who she was, and wanted to be snuggled up with her just as much as Olivia wanted to snuggle with her. Ava stretched her little baby body. She poked out her lips, and settled into her mother's arms again.

Everyone in the room stared in awe. Olivia was someone that everyone respected as a strong, intelligent woman. However, motherhood was adding a softness to Olivia that hadn't been there previously. It was something amazing to watch.

Abby said, "I want to hold her, but I feel like she might hate me forever if I remove her from your arms."

Fitz smiled. He ran his hands over Teddy's hair. He asked, "What do you think of your little sister, buddy?"

Teddy carefully leaned in to get a better look at the sleeping newborn. He looked up at his father and said, "She's nice. She's quiet. Caleb at school said that his mom had a baby brother. He said that his baby brother cries all the time."

Everyone in the room chuckled. Fitz said, "Well babies do cry more than normal. It's how the communicate."

Teddy leaned in again to look at Ava. He said, "When I cry mommy tells me that I have to use my words commune cate."

The grownups laughed. Fitz explained, "You're a big boy so you have to use your words to communicate. She doesn't know words yet. Maybe when she gets a bit bigger you can teach her some words. What do you say?"

Teddy smiled and nodded his head.

Olivia looked up at Karen. She said, "Big sister, would you like to hold your little sister?"

Olivia and Karen had a pretty good relationship. A few years back after Olivia's father had had Fitz's oldest son killed, Karen had struggled with the loss of her brother. She had gotten into some trouble. She didn't know what to do so she had called Olivia.

Olivia and her team had worked with Karen to get the situation under control, and ever since then Karen had nothing, but respect for Olivia. It didn't matter that it seemed as if Olivia was the cause of her parent's marriage dissolving. Karen felt like Olivia really cared about her father, and the things that her father cared about. Herself included.

Karen smiled and said, "Sure, I would love to. I don't think I've held a little baby since Teddy was a baby."

Fitz took Ava from Olivia's arms, and placed her in Karen's arms after Karen had settled on the sofa next to Olivia. Karen looked down into her youngest sibling's face. She smiled. She was a little excited to actually have a little sister. She'd only had brothers so it was nice to have a little girl to lookup to her.

Abby smiled. She said, "I have to get a family photo. Fitz get on the other side of Olivia, and pull Teddy into your lap."

They posed for several photos. Ava started to get fussy so Olivia took her into her arms. David said, "Okay, let me get some of mom, godmother, and baby. Afterwards Fitz you can join them too."

Everyone sat around socializing until Ava got fussy, and olivia excused herself to go nurse. Abby and David left, Karen went to her room to take a phone call, and little Teddy was napping on the sofa.

Fitz walked into Ava's nursery to find Olivia, and Erica in a heated exchange. Fitz interrupted, and asked, "Whoa, ladies. What's going on here?"

Erica spoke before Olivia had the opportunity, "I'm trying to do my job. I told her that I will change the baby, but she won't allow me to do so."

Olivia rolled her eyes at the older woman. To Fitz she said, "I can change my own child's diaper. I just need her here right now to monitor the things that the doctor wants monitored. I didn't hire a nanny because I wanted someone to do everything so that I wouldn't have to. I plan on being very hands on. I just need help from time to time. I know you're busy with your foundation, and for me work issues may come up that I will have to handle. I need help during those times. When both my husband and I are preoccupied, and/or unavailable, is when your services will be required."

Fitz tried to fight back a smile. Seeing Olivia this way only made him love her all the more. His Livvie was a mother. Not only that, but she was a ferocious mother. It had only been four days and those instincts were there, and they were strong.

Fitz turned to Erica and stated, "I don't know if we were clear about our needs when we interviewed you. My wife and I will be very hands on, but she's Chief of staff to the President, and I am currently working on getting my foundation up and running. So there will be times when we will need an extra set of hands. Your hands."

Erica shook her head looking between the two of them. She said, "You asked for a full time nanny. That is what I was looking for."

Olivia stood next to the changing table rocking her daughter. She said, "Well, we had to ask for a full time nanny, because she will have to be available at moments notice. Given who we are we need a third set of hands at a moments notice. However, I am her mother. I'm going to experience everything. The sleep deprivation, the fussiness. All of it. You're not here so that I can avoid those things. You're not going to take those things away from me. So if this isn't what you expected, then maybe-"

Fitz interrupted his wife. He said, "What she's trying to say is that she is going to be hands on. We understand that you have a job to do, but if she tells you that she doesn't need help with something just let her handle it. Erica, can you excuse us for a moment?"

Erica replied, "No problem, and I'm so sorry. I wasn't trying to invade your territory. I'll be in my room if you need me."

Olivia nodded at Erica as she took a seat in the rocking chair as she still cradled Ava to her chest. She looked at Fitz and said, "I don't want to hear it."

Fitz smiled kneeling on the floor in front of her. He said, "You're going to hear it. You need to take a deep breath, and relax baby. We understand that you're a mother. No one can ever take that away from you. We don't want to lose our nanny. So what do you say to taking it easy on her?"

Olivia rolled her eyes. She said, "This is interesting. You're done being president, now you've added peacemaker to your resume?"

Fitz watched his youngest child sleep against the love of his life's chest for a moment. Then he said, "Yes, that's one of my many job descriptions. Anyway, thank you Olivia. I know this may not be how you pictured your life, but I'm grateful that you chose this path. There is no one I'd rather do this with than you."

Olivia smiled. She looked down at her resting baby, then at her beautiful husband. She said, "I didn't imagine this. That doesn't mean that I didn't want this. It's everything I never knew I wanted and/or needed. Don't thank me. I did nothing. We're just blessed."

Fitz rose and leaned down to kiss his amazing wife. Olivia Pope excelled at whatever she put her hands on. Fitz had no doubt it would be the same with motherhood.