"She should be out for a few hours." Emma said as she came downstairs. She handed Sutton one of the baby monitors. "Thank you so much for doing this you guys, it means a lot to get out of the house." Sutton and Thayer had offered to take care of Ryleigh for a few hours so Emma could meet Ethan for lunch and get some shopping done. Of course as soon as Emma had brought up the babysitting job, she jumped at the offer. It took some convincing on Thayer's part especially if she was serious about having another baby.

Thayer had laid his own sleeping angel on Emma's couch and covered her with one of Ethan's old blanket's his father had given him from the ranch. He kissed her forehead and looked at Emma, "It's perfectly fine. Have fun." He said as he turned the TV on.

Sutton followed Emma out to her car, "Thank you." She said smiling.

Emma smiled back, "No. Thank you. I need a break from carrying her around everywhere." Then she looked deep in her sister's eyes, "Let him fall in love with her. Maybe if he spends time with Ryleigh, he will come around." She stuck up a finger, "But I still say you need to talk to him." She said seriously.

Sutton nodded, "I know. I know. I just don't know how."

Emma hugged her sister, "It will happen naturally. You will know. But let him come around to the idea."

Sutton wrapped her arms around her twin, "I know. I will. Thanks for letting me live my fantasy."

Emma laughed, "You're crazy! Thank you for letting me have some time alone with my husband." Then she pulled back and got in her car. When Sutton stepped back in the house, Thayer was already holding the tiny infant.

When she walked in, he looked up at her, "Oh hey. She was crying. I didn't know what to do so I just went up and got her. But she stopped after I picked her up."

Sutton smiled at the sight, her heart pinched when she thought about all those times she'd wished he'd held Kendall when she was a baby. But when she thought about it, maybe now he could fall in love with the baby and want a new baby. "You did fine, Thay. She just wanted some love from her Uncle Thayer." Then she looked up at him.

He met her look and smiled, "Why are you smiling like that?" He asked suspiciously.

She shook her head, "No reason. You just look so cute holding Ryleigh." She looked down at the baby, "Look, she's smiling at you." She said.

Thayer looked down at Ryleigh, "She is cute and I see her smiling." He gave her a goofy grin back and it made Sutton's want for a new baby grow with every passing minute. Beside her, Kendall started to stir and her eyes opened slowly, "Hey pumpkin." Sutton said reaching over and rubbing the sleep from her daughter's eyes, "How was your nap."

Kendall yawned and looked at Sutton, "It was good mommy." She said then she looked at Thayer holding Ryleigh and her face pinched, "Hey! That's my daddy!" She announced looking Ryleigh in the eyes. Then she tried to pry Thayer's arms from the infant.

Sutton stood up and grabbed Kendall, "Hey! That's not nice." She said swinging her daughter around her hip.

Kendall looked at her mom with tears in her eyes, "I don't like her!" She declared. She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and sniffled.

Sutton shook her head, "Come here baby." She said knowing that this conversation was bound to happen eventually. But she'd hoped it would happen after she had told Thayer of her hopes to have a new baby. She sat in Ethan's favorite lounge chair and rested Kendall on her lap. She pushed back Kendall's long brown hair and dried the tears that pooled under her daughter's blue eyes, "You know that it's okay for daddy to hold Ryleigh. Of course he is your daddy and you are his little girl, but sometimes mommy's and daddy's miss when their baby girls grow up to be sweet big girls."

Kendall sucked in a breath, "But she's always getting all the love." She said softly. "Why doesn't everybody love me?" She asked honestly looking up at Sutton.

Sutton's heart shattered in that instant. She wrapped her arms around her daughter and pulled her into her chest, "Oh baby. That's not true pumpkin. I love you and daddy loves you very much." She kissed the top of Kendall's head.

But that answer didn't satisfy the preschooler. She shook her head, "No. Grammy and Auntie Emma and Uncle Ethan and everybody likes Ryleigh now more than they like me. Can't she go back in Emma's tummy?" She asked looking back at the wide-eyed infant. "Then grammy can love me again." She said sadly.

"Kenzie, you know that grammy loves you so much. She doesn't love Ryleigh any more than she loves you." Sutton said rubbing Kendall's heaving back.

"But she always wants to hold Ryleigh. Everybody wants to hold Ryleigh." She said tears falling down her cheeks again.

Sutton shook her head. Was this life's way of telling her she shouldn't have another baby? Would Kendall act even worse if it was her sibling and not her cousin? But part of her still longed for another little miracle. Her heart sank. "Everybody still wants to hold you pumpkin, but you're growing up. You're not a baby anymore. But just because you are getting bigger, doesn't mean that grammy or Auntie Emma and Uncle Ethan don't love you anymore. They will always love you the same amount as they love Ryleigh or any other baby that may come in the family." Her eyes for a moment left her daughter's and looked at Thayer. Despite the fact that he was looking at Ryleigh, she knew he was listening. She looked back at Kendall, "No matter what happens, you should always know that mommy, daddy, grammy, Auntie Emma, Uncle Ethan and Auntie Laurel love you so much. And no matter what, you will always be my first ever love."

Kendall looked up at her mom, "I love you too mommy." She said wrapping her arms around her mom. Sutton pulled her in tight and gave her a squeeze.

Sutton looked at Thayer. He was gently rocking Ryleigh as she drowsily fell in and out of sleep. "Let's go watch some Sofia the First in Auntie Emma's room." She said standing up.

Kendall smiled, "Just you and me?" She asked. She looked back at Thayer, "Daddy is busy with Cousin Ryleigh." She announced.

Sutton grabbed Kendall's hand as they headed for the stairs, "Yes, he is busy." She confirmed. Suddenly her phone rang in her back pocket, she reached behind with her free hand and lifted it out. It was Emma, "Hello?" She said pressing the phone to her ear.

"Hey!" Emma said cheerfully. "How is it going on the get Thayer to want a new baby mission? Did you talk to him?"

Sutton looked down at Kendall, "No. We had a bit of jealousy when Kenzie saw him with Ryleigh. I mean, I joked about it when he was holding her, how cute he looked holding such a tiny baby but I don't think he picked up the hint."

"Where are you now?" Emma asked.

"In your room watching an episode of Sofia with Kendall. He's still downstairs with Ryleigh." Sutton said as she pulled a blanket over her daughter. Kendall snuggled into her mother's body and stared attentively at the TV screen.

"You can't joke with him. Be open and honest, but you need to be serious if you're serious about the new baby." Emma said, "Our food's here. I'll be home around 4. See you then." Then she hung up the phone. Sutton shook her head. She tried to focus on the show with her daughter, but her mind wandered to memories of her last pregnancy. The baby kicking, the heartbeat over the ultrasound. The sight of her daughter the day she was born. She craved it, but was the rest of her family as ready for it as she was?

"So.." Sutton said slowly as she slid into bed later that night. She let Thayer put Kendall to bed that night per her daughter's request. Now he was laying in bed flipping silently through the channels on the television. "It was kinda cute how protective she was when she saw you with Ryleigh." She said as she slid into the space where he laid. For a moment she hesitated. She hadn't talked to Thayer about their fight nor had she spoken to him much since it happened. Sure they were fine at Emma's but neither of them had carried on a full conversation since it happened. But when he moved his arm up in an invitation to cuddle in his embrace, she couldn't resist. She rested her head on his shoulder and he kissed her. "I'm sorry." She said finally.

"Sorry for what?" He said turning off the TV.

"For yelling at you and getting mad." She said tracing her finger along his forearm. "I shouldn't have gotten angry about you wanting to hang out with your friends. It's just I get so upset anytime I feel like this thing we have could falter and those guys aren't the greatest influences on you." she said. She looked up at him and met his stare. "We are parent's now. We have to set an example for Kendall and if we have another one in the future." She put her hand on her stomach.

He sat up, causing her to fall over on the bed, "Hold up." He said in a panic, "What do you mean in the future? You're not-" He pointed to her.

She sat up, "Calm down. I'm not pregnant." She said feeling a bit hurt. She hoped that this conversation wouldn't take a trip down this road, but it seemed inevitable.

Thayer sighed, "Thank god." He laughed. "I was scared there for a second." Sutton could feel her heart drop to the pit of her stomach. "So why would you even bring that up?"

She looked at him, "I don't know." she said plaintively, "It's just…" her pounded in her chest so loudly she swore he could hear it. "I feel like maybe we could have another one?" She sat up straight, "I mean the time is perfect. Kendall's older now and she'll be in school by the time the new baby comes around and…" she swallowed hard, "Don't you miss those baby days? I mean you weren't there for most of Kendall's." She looked up at him. A look of shock and hurt wore on his face. She suddenly realized just exactly what she'd said, "No. I didn't mean it like that."

Thayer threw up his hands, "Just stop. I don't want another kid. Not right now." He stood up.

She crawled across the bed in his direction, "But Thayer," She pleaded, "Can't we just talk about this?" He disappeared into the bathroom and slammed the door. She fell back into the bed and stared up at the ceiling. That was it? He wasn't even going to listen to what she has to say? Just I don't want another and she was supposed to be okay with that? She wiped the single tear from her eye and rolled over to her side of the bed and turned out the light. Maybe she'd give him the night to think it over. After all, it was a perfectly natural reaction to have upon the request of your fiancé's want for a new baby.