"Okay everyone's here so can I open another present now Mags?" Alex wondered pulling everyone's attention from the sulking Kryptonian now pressing feather like kisses all over the whimpering puppy face while Kara was giving the pup a belly rub to her older sister.

"ooo I call dibs on opening that one..."

"Somethings never change do they, Alexandra."

"Come on Danvers the rest of our family just got here the least you can do is come say hi."

But Alex ignored Winn's, Eliza's and Maggie's words too busy giggling happily while she and Kara continued sorting out the gifts into pails based on their recipients.

"Hi, family." Alex called out eagerly "Can we do presents now?" Kara pressed while the others finished hanging their coats in the hallway.

"Just don't look through them this year Kar." James sighed pulling Maggie into a tight hug. "Why I bought these Mom," Kara grumbled too distracted with sliding under the tree to get more gifts to realize who was scolding her this time while waving her glasses at them with her free hand.

"I have a proposition," J'onn announced watching the scene with the start of a smile on his lips as shared a welcoming hug with the detective. "How about we let the kids open one more gift then make them wait until after dinner to open the rest." he bargained sharing an amused wink with Eliza and Maggie both at the answering whines from the Danvers sisters and Winn.

"Oh, come on Danvers fight fair." Maggie groaned comically shielding her eyes from the sight when Alex joined in mirroring her sister's pouting expression to a T. Complete with a quivering lower lip however it didn't help anyone's resistance when the D.E.O second in command cradled her new puppy in her arms to add even more adorableness to the effect.

"Someone break first before the house blows up from the cuteness," James complained still recording the scene on his phone.

"Okay okay okay turn the pouts off girls." Eliza caved sharing a nod with J'onn "We were going to make you both wait until the end to unwrap them last, but it seems to be fair trade, so everyone keeps their sanity." she continued pointing from her grinning daughters to the couch.

"You really aren't playing around." Winn gasped when J'onn produced the packages from the inside of his coat as his adopted daughters settled themselves on the sofa under their mother's stern gaze.

"hang on hang on hang on." Maggie pleaded her eyes wide when she recognized the paper. "Just use mine Mags." Alex sighed impatiently sharing a teasing glare with her wife when the cop childishly stuck her tongue out at her.

"Don't think we left you boys out." J'onn commented hands similarly wrapped gifts to James and Winn.

"Why doesn't Mags get one?" Kara wondered glancing up to see Gertrude nestling against the detective's lap but that only she, Eliza, and J'onn here without gifts.

"Filming here Little D. Just open them," Maggie answered flashing them a smile as she raised the phone for a better view. "Just remember that there are sensitive ears in the room so don't scream too loud kay?" she added scratching the puppy now teething on her pant leg behind her ear affectionately.


"I still can't believe all this was from a simple outlet." Eliza commented sharing a proud smile with the other two once the ringing in her ears started to fade.

"Just think of it like an alien army surplus kind of place Eli." Maggie suggested still filming the scene happily unable to keep from laughing out loud when Winn tried to death glare Kara when the superhero nearly stumbled back into him and messed up his new very technical sounding data filled laptop.

"I'll be in the kitchen unlocking more secrets of the universe." the genius grumbled gathering up his new laptop and snagged one of the notebooks from Kara's gift pile as he headed into the safety of the kitchen with an eagerly whimpering Gertrude at his heels.

"It had everything under the sun an off-worlder could want but you couldn't imagine how long it took to find it." J'onn nodded in agreement laughing happily under his breath at reactions of the people he'd come to see as his adopted children "And it turned out that the compact model she had was out of date." he added conversationally while he noticed a particularly wide smile spreading over Alex's lips as she dug even deeper into one of her gift boxes.

"So now she has the complete set." Eliza mused trying to hide her considered amusement when Maggie and J'onn nodded just as James sliced the artificial tree in half on his next spinning swing just as Alex finished fixing a new sight onto her new gun. "Alex what did we say about shooting that thing in the house?" Maggie growled pushing Eliza over so they both narrowly avoided being charred by the laser blast now burned into the wall between their heads.

"But we have to test Kar's new suite." Alex shot back as if it was the most obvious idea in the world glaring over at her sister as she lowered her new gun back to her side in defeat at the eyebrow raised look she was getting from her wife.

"That was cause of James Mags not Alex." Kara jumped in pointing over at the still glowing blade of the photographer's newest Guardian weapon.

"Taddle tale." James scolded replacing the saber into the sheath at his back when the detective turned her annoyed glare onto him while she wrapped a newly returned Gertrude up in her arms angrily.

"Okay all weapons carriers outside or I'm arresting all of you for the fun of it." the officer called out too busy scratching her furry daughter's belly cooing over the puppy's little pleased whimpers to follow up on the threat leaving Eliza and J'onn to point warningly toward the front door in unison for her.