"New 'Ear!" Sofia shouted as she walked through the halls of Seattle Grace Mercy West on her way to daycare almost a week after New Years.

On New Years Eve, Daddy had shown his little girl how to blow into one of their noise makers and she had been doing it ever since.

Aunt Teddy laughed. "Happy New Year!" she told the little latina. "How was Christmas, Sofia?"

"Was Christmas good?" Callie asked her daughter.

"Yeah," she nodded.

"Good."

"You should've spent it with us," Arizona told her friend.

"Maybe next year," Teddy shrugged.

She had been invited to celebrate, of course, but Teddy just wasn't in the mood. Christmases just weren't happy without Henry and she didn't want to bring everyone else down. Therefore, she just wanted to spend the holiday alone. Arizona understood her point since she had felt similarly after Timothy passed away, but she still felt like Teddy could've come. They would've had a great time.

Sofia blew into the noise maker again "New 'Ear!" she yelled out.

Callie picked her up. "Shhh!" Callie told her, even though she was laughing. "Sofia, the people need sleep. Let's be quiet so they can all rest."

Sofia just blew it again. "Happy New Year!" Auntie Teddy said this time. "Yay!"

"Sof, you know that goes away when we get to your class, right?" Arizona warned.

"No," she said.

"Yes," Arizona told her. "That was our deal this morning."

"Oh."

"'Kay?" Callie asked.

"Yep," she nodded. She blew it again. "New 'Ear!"

"And you just might never see it again," Arizona decided. "It might go buh bye."

"You're mean," Teddy pouted. "She loves it!"

"A little too much," Callie laughed as they walked.

Sofia laughed.

Callie put Sofia down when they got to the door of her daycare classroom. "Oh, Sof, it looks like you're finger painting for craft today!" she said.

"Caf?" she asked.

"For craft," Callie nodded. "Look. Your friend Zane is paintin' a picture with his fingers."

"You have a friend who's a boy?" Auntie Teddy teased. "Oooo!"

Sofia laughed. "Zzzzane," she said, emphasizing the Z because she had just learned the proper pronunciation.

"Good morning, Sofia," one of the toddler room teachers, Miss Melanie, smiled as she noticed them walk in.

"Say 'hi,' Arizona said as she took Sofia's coat off while Madre signed her in. "And hand that over," she said, putting out her hand to take the noise maker.

Sofia did, but before it was out of sight, she kissed it. "It needed a kiss?" Callie smiled.

"Yeah."

"Sofia, we're finger painting," Melanie told her. "Do you want to make a craft today?"

"Yeah," she nodded.

"Sounds good," she said.

Arizona put Sofia's coat and bag into her little cubby. "Can Madre and I have kisses first?"

Sofia kissed Callie, then Arizona, and finally Teddy. "I get one, too?" Teddy asked. "Thanks, Hun."

"Daddy's picking her up tonight," Callie told the teacher.

"Okay," Melanie nodded.

Sofia waved at her moms and her aunt. She was used to going to daycare now, so the tears they were once met with daily only happened on her crabbiest of days now. Teachers like Melanie and friends like Zane helped make going to "school" fun now.

"Have a good day, Sof," Callie smiled. "We love you."

"Lot?" she asked.

"Lots and lots," Arizona nodded. "So much!"

"What do you think of these?" Izzie asked her husband when they ended up having a few minutes together at work that morning.

"Of what?" he asked as she handed over a magazine full of various wedding detail ideas.

"The centerpieces with the box. Those boxes can have pictures of us on all four sides, and flowers can still go in the middle. Which is cool, because once the flowers die, the boxes can still be reused."

"By who? We know what we look like. They're our pictures."

"Somebody from each table can take it home and replace the pictures or something. With their own."

"Isn't that what the favours are for?"

"We could do both. Like you said, why do we need to keep all those centerpieces?"

"Can we pick a date, please?" he asked. "Preferably one soon? So this planning can end?"

"You're the one that wanted to do it all again," she said, kissing him.

"I know," he smiled. "And I'm glad you're so happy and all that. But I couldn't give a crap what's on the tables. As long as we get hitched and you look hot, I'm good."

"Centerpieces are pretty, though," she said. "And my wedding has to be pretty."

"Okay."

"Oreo's not allowed to be the ring bearer, is he?" Izzie asked.

"Izzie, they're not gonna let a dog run around a church."

"Excellent point," she said. "I'm going to ask if Sofia can be the flower girl. And maybe Tuck can be ring bearer?"

"Okay," he nodded.

"Tony's your best man, right?"

"Yep."

"Your mom's already said yes to being my Maid of Honour. And Carrie's begging to be a bridesmaid. Not that she even has to."

He laughed.

"So, what did you think of this morning?" she asked him, finally bringing up the elephant in the room.

They had had their first meeting with their fertility specialist, Dr. Jareau earlier. It had gone well. She had even said that they were one step ahead of most of her patients because they already had embryos and didn't have to worry about whether or not any healthy eggs remained.

"I like her," Alex said. "And I can't believe that we're starting this whole thing in two weeks."

"You are excited, right?"

He smiled. "Yep."

"Good," she said. "I worked with a little boy named Tyler today. What do you think of -?"

"No names," he replied. "No jinxing it."

"You believe in that?"

"No, but we'll have forty weeks for that when you do get knocked up. That's long enough."

She smiled. "Okay, Daddy."

"Without the kid, that just sounds dirty."

"Ew," she replied. "Okay. No. But do you realize I could be pregnant by your birthday?"

"Yeah," he smiled. "Hopefully."

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