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The official certificates came the next day and Ianto framed them, placing them on the wall so everyone coming in the front door would see them first, above the family portrait that would soon hang there too.
Ianto knew he was being a bit flouncy but also knew the buzz it would give little Lorenzo everytime he entered, seeing himself up there on the wall with a little uniform on. Mental note... Enoz needs a uniform. Ianto knew he had to talk to Jack as they must decide the colours. Would the little ones wear his, Jack's or their origional parental's colours which were green. Ianto also wondered if they needed their own colours as a family instead, something some wealthy did these days, registering a new famliy colour was a status thing.
It was also Lorenzo's birthday in a couple of months, time to remind Dylan of that as he had whipsered to Ianto the other day that he wanted to help with the party, make it spectacular. Five is important. Knowing that Harkness brain it might be terrifying. Ianto found himself grinning as he remembered a tiny notebook in his son's hands making the child look like a littke version of himself. Sweet.
Speaking of sweet, Carley was grizzling softly as she wound down on the floor by his feet, tired and cranky this time of day so he scooped her up and went in search of her beddytime teddybear, finding him on the vid-com to someone. He deposited the child on Jack who stopped talking to croon and the grizzling stopped as she settled with her head on his chest and a little hand pating in time to his heartbeat.
"That the youngest?" a voice asked and Ianto turned to see someone he had not seen in many years.
"Doctor?"
The man recfocused from the loving scene to the man behind the chair and his face changed to one of pure shock, "Ianto?"
"Hello there, I didn't know you two were aquainted" Ianto canted his head, "You didn't answer the wedding invitation."
"Oh...um...you know I don't answer mail, tedious. I saw the Jones ensignia and couldn't be bothered. It was from you?" the man flapped a hand then frowned as he flicked his fringe back, "Wow. You two? Wow. You know, I bet he loves getting bossed around and occasoinally breaking the rules."
"You know me so well" Jack laughed, "I didn't know you knew each other either, babe the Doc here was part of my basic training. I had to escort him to a thing."
"A thing" Ianot snorted "I can only guess."
"Well, well, well." The Doctot clapped his hands with glee, "Next time I am in your quadrant I shall visit...you at that house you love so much little one?"
"Yes" Ianto replied with a grin, "We all live here."
"Well then, I shall visit" the Docotor nodded as he said his goodbyes and Jack sat for a while then snorted.
"He won't. Probably already forgot the conversation that one" Jack rose from the chair as carefully as he could with the barnacle on him, "Mad that one."
"Yeah, but so much fun" Ianto agreed as he helped Jack to the sofa where he could settle more. Jack would refuse to let her go, would rather sit and revel in the little body in his arms and Ianto was content to let him. Why not. It was sweet how she loved her Daddy.
After all, Ianto saw the attraction.
He loved that heartbeat too.
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OK, next one will be the Garden. This house was not really built for babies so Ianto decides the garden needs a fix, swings and stuff for little bodies to enjoy...if the big ones don't break everything trying it out.