A/N So sorry this took so long! Real life got in the way and I got stuck on this chapter! I think I have things figured out and hopefully I will I get chapter 10 out faster!
Thanks to my awesome beta Donna!
Chapter 9
Jack left once Danny was settled in a room after the surgery; he took Malea to drop off at Janet's for Cassie to watch for a while.
Sam dozed while Danny slept. It was almost noon when Sam jumped because someone knocked on the door.
Daniel popped his head in the room with a smile, "Hey you up for visitors? "
"Hi Daniel!" Danny's voice floated from the bed.
"I guess we are! " Sam motioned for him to come in.
Daniel walked in carry an arm load of stuff, "I brought you some stuff to do Danny I had my appendix taken out last year I know what it is like to be cooped up" Daniel explained sitting the bags down.
"That's nice! What do you say Danny? " Sam looked at the bright child.
"What did you bring? " Danny tried to sit up straighter.
"Daniel Michael Phum! He didn't have to bring you anything." Sam scolded.
"I mean thank you! What did you bring?" Danny corrected.
"You can never go wrong with a pack of cards. You can play Go fish, old maid, black jack the games are endless" Daniel sat the deck of cards on the table.
"Black Jack? Really Daniel he is four. " Sam shook her head.
"He can count to twenty-one. " Daniel shrugged.
"I can count to a hundred! " Danny beamed.
"Perfect " Daniel smiled.
"OK so when you get board with the cards. I brought some books for you to read: There is some dinosaur ones, trains, boats, and zoo animals. Then I also got a drawing pad, crayons, markers, and coloring books ," Daniel continued to dig through the bags he brought, " I got a couple of puzzles but you may want to wait and do those at home so you won't lose the pieces" Daniel finished.
"Can I draw? " Danny smiled.
"Sure! " Daniel smiled pulling out the drawing pad and big box of crayons.
It wasn't long before Danny fell asleep again.
"The medicine is keeping him sleepy for today but thanks for the stuff he will use it later. " Sam stretched.
"Why don't you go home get some rest and shower? I'll stay with him for a few hours; I'm sure he won't even notice you're gone." Daniel suggested.
"Thank you but I'm fine. I got some rest after he got out of recovery. " Sam shook her head.
"Don't you want to sleep in a real bed instead of a chair just for a couple of hours? I promise I'll stay with him" Daniel assured.
"Did Janet or the Colonel send you up here?" Sam glared darkly.
"Neither! I'm worried about you Sam and I wanted to check on Danny" he looked hurt.
"Daniel I appreciate the concern. I really do, but I'm going to tell you what I told Janet and Colonel O'Neill. I'm pregnant not an invalid I can take care of my kids. Its time to stop treating me with kid gloves. I love that you guys have accepted these kids so easily into your lives and I appreciate all the help you have given me especially in the beginning but now I'm feeling like you guys think I can't do anything with my other two children. I promise I will call if I feel like I need a break." She sighed heavily the angry slowly seeping out.
"Sam I'm sorry that you feel like that! I promise that I just came to check on Danny. I have no doubt in my mind that you can take care of Danny and Mea. You have been doing a great job but you can't be comfortable sitting up in that chair . " Daniel argued.
To be honest Sam's back was killing her but she really didn't want to leave Danny. What if he woke up and she wasn't there for him again?
"I'm fine really Daniel!" She tried to smile convincingly.
Daniel stayed for a while longer when the rest of the team including Janet and Cassie joined them.
Teal'c came in carrying Malea who was cuddling a stuffed bear that Sam didn't recognized.
"Mommy! Danny!" Malea exclaimed.
"Hey baby! Have you've been a good girl? " Sam reached for Malea.
"Tell mommy what you did today? " Janet smiled brightly.
Malea smiled broadly.
"What did you do? " Sam was puzzled.
"I went potty! " Malea threw her arms in the air!
"Yay! I'm so proud of you. Maybe you'll be potty trained before the babies get here! " Sam squeezed her.
"That is what I was thinking." Janet said.
"Yeah two kids in diapers instead of three would be fantastic! " Sam squeezed Malea again.
Sam had been trying to potty train Male for months. Sometimes Malea did really well and then there were times she wouldn't go at all. So everytime she went to the potty Sam told everyone to make a big deal out of it so maybe she would see going potty was a good thing and go all the time!
"Look what T gots me" Malea held out the stuffed bear.
"I see it is very pretty. Did you say thank you? " Sam asked.
"Tanks you! " Malea hugged the bear. The bear was white it was wearing a pale green dress with a pale pink ribbon tied around its waist.
"You are very welcome MaleaPhum. " Teal'c bowed.
"You know you don't have to buy her something every time she is with you?" Sam shook her head.
"She became very attached to the toy while we were searching for something for DanielPhum in the hospital gift shop. " Teal'c explained.
Sam smiled the little almost three year old had the three men complete wrap around her finger. They couldn't seem to be able to tell her no; Sam figured it was either Malea's smile and big brown eyes or the fact that she likes to cuddle that got her her way.
"Hey buddy how are you feeling?" Jack noticed Danny waking up again.
"Hey Jack! The doctor made me get up and walk it hurt. " Danny pouted.
"Does it still hurt baby? I can get you something to make it stop hurting." Sam stroked Danny's hair.
"No I just didn't like walking. "
"The Doc is just trying to get you moving so you can go home," Jack explained.
"Can we go home Sam? " Danny looked excited.
"Not today maybe tomorrow we have to see what the Doctor says" Sam soothed.
"But I want to go home they won't let me have good food" Danny whined.
"That is because the medicine the doctor gave you can sometimes hurt your tummy, so, they give you bland things to eat at first. But, since you handle that fine I'm sure you will get something good for dinner." Janet explained.
"I wanted you to fix my tummy Janet" Danny whined again.
"I know baby and Sam called me but I had an emergency at work and couldn't come. Dr. Heyerdahl is a really good doctor and I'm sure he did a great job.
"That walk made you grumpy. " Sam looked at the unhappy boy.
"I'm hungry" Danny poked his bottom lip out.
"That's a good sign. " Janet smiled.
"I'll go ask the nurse if it is OK for him to have a snack. " Cassie walked to the door.
"Thanks Cass," Sam smiled.
"DanielPhum young Malea and I have brought you something to help ease your boredom," Teal'c sat a bag besides Danny.
Danny opened the bag and smiled.
"Look Sam we saw this in the bookstore! The Dinosaur's eyes move!" Danny pulled out the book excitedly. Danny reached in the bag again and pulled out two toy dinosaurs; "These are cool I can squish these! Can't do that with my hard ones at home. Thank you T and Mea! " Danny was beaming now his bad mood forgotten.
Teal'c bowed with a small smile.
Sam gently patted Teal'c's arm in thanks; there was a knock at the door and in walked Dr. Heyerdahl followed by Cassie.
"How are you feeling Danny? I heard you were looking for a snack that is a good sign" he smiled walking up to the bed. "Oh hello Janet it is nice to see you" he spotted Janet in the corner .
"It's good to see you too Chris. " Janet greeted.
"I don't want to go for another walk. I want to play with my dinosaurs " Danny held his dinosaurs to his chest.
"No more walks today. I was just checking on you before I went home and I brought you a snack. " Dr. Heyerdahl smiled as he sat a pack of cheese crackers on Danny's table.
"I like those thank you! Can I go home? " Danny opened his crackers.
"I would like to keep you one day..."
"Is something wrong?" Sam interrupted. She was really hoping to go home tomorrow too.
"No, he is just so young I would like to keep an eye on him one more day and do another round of strong antibiotics. We were lucky that his appendix hadn't brust. " Dr. Heyerdahl explained.
Sam was worried the doctor was right he was very young to get an appendicitis what if the Amniotas had done something to Danny or was it just a fluke that he got an appendicitis? She was going to keep a close eye on her children.
"I want to go home!" Danny exclaimed sniffling back tears.
"I know you do. Lets see how you are doing tomorrow. I'll come check on you in the morning if you need anything the nurse can help you. They think you are just the cutest thing. " Dr. Heyerdahl shook his head with a smile.
"He has dimples doc the ladies love dimples" Jack grinned.
"Can I still have my Birthday party? " Danny looked up sadly.
"You'll be feeling much better in two weeks, Danny. So yes you can still have your Birthday party. " Janet answered.
"What kind of a Birthday party are you going to have?" Dr. Heyerdahl was curious.
"Me and Mea are going to have our party at the Zoo!"
Two weeks later
Sam sighed as she comforted the crying Malea.
"I didn't mean to Mea I'm sorry!" Danny patted Malea's back.
Sam thought it was going to be a quick trip to the store for some last minute party stuff. Since it had been raining the last two days Sam wanted be prepared to do something with the twelve children ranging from the ages three to six years inside her house. Sam decided that if it rained they would make an inside Zoo which was why they were at the store. She felt like everything was against them right now: First they almost got hit by two cars backing in the parking lot and then when they made it in the store she put Danny and Malea in the basket, Danny somehow smashed Malea's fingers which was why Sam was holding the screaming girl. Sam was ready to just go home and hope it didn't rain tomorrow for the party.
"Mea it was an accident Danny said he was sorry;You can't pick out party stuff if you are crying now please calm down, " Sam smoothed the hair from Malea's face.
Malea began to slowly calm down; Malea looked a little surprised as she looked down at her leg that was on Sam's belly.
"Did you feel your baby sister kick? She was asking what was all that noise out here. " Sam chuckled as she she put Malea in the front part of the basket this time.
"How do you know that was our sister?" Danny looked curious .
"Well I don't know really but that is where she was when Janet did the ultrasound " Sam shrugged.
Danny reached his arm around Malea . "You're not supposed to kick baby " Danny wagged his finger at Sam's belly; Malea nodded and Sam giggled.
"You're right you're not supposed to to kick but that is the only way the baby can communicate. I think she just wanted to know if Mea was OK. " Sam chuckled.
Sam walked to the aisle where the party supplies were, they were able to find some zoo animal plates that Sam planned turning into masks. Other than that they were having a hard time finding zoo stuff. Sam caught a flash of someone turning off the aisle quickly but not fast enough!
"Hi Jack!" Danny exclaimed standing up in the basket.
Jack froze not expecting to see Sam and the kids especially since his basket was full of their presents.
"Hey Danny, Mea, Carter! Surprised to see you here! I thought you would be getting for the big day tomorrow." Jack parked his cart out of sight and hoped it wouldn't get taken before walking towards them.
"We're going to have an inside zoo if it rains tomorrow! " Danny explained reaching to give Jack a hug. Jack smiled and picked the little boy up, considering what the little boy had been through Jack was surprised at how caring and thoughtful the child was. He always made sure Malea was taking care of first and for not even five he listened well; He loved sharing things with Sam and his friends, Sam had done a great job with both kids, Sweet shy Malea had come out of her shell alot.
"An inside zoo? Uh that sounds fun. " Jack winked at Sam.
"Yes sir, always be prepared, but we are having some trouble coming up with games at the moment. " Sam sighed.
"Jack guess what? The baby girl kicked Mea and I told her not to kick." Danny explained seriously.
"Baby kicked me" Malea nodded sticking out her leg.
Both adults tried to hold back their laughter.
"You got a fighter in there Carter?" Jack chuckled.
"No sir; I think the baby wanted to know why Mea was crying. " Sam explained.
"Why were you crying Mea? " Jack frowned.
"Danny hurt my fingers. " Malea held up her hand.
"I was an accident! I said sorry!" Danny interjected quickly.
"I believe you. " Jack smiled as he put Danny back in the basket.
Sam rubbed her belly; the babies always seemed to move more when Jack was around. She loved watching him with the kids he was so good with them.
"Well I guess I should let you buy your zoo. " Jack ruffled Danny's hair.
"Guess what Jack? Jacob is coming to our party and he is bringing our cousins but we don't know them. " Danny bounced.
"Really? " Jack's eyebrow did a great Teal'c impression.
"Yeah, dad really wanted all of his grandchildren to meet. So, Mark is not happy that I didn't call him sooner, but, he will be civil with the kids around tomorrow," Sam explained nervously.
"So I finally get to meet the whole Carter gang." Jack mused.
"Yes sir. " Sam smiled.
"Alright so I will see you bright and early tomorrow." Jack smiled then headed towards his basket.
"Yes, sir. "
Next Day
Sam and the kids sat on the bench to the entrance of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo waiting for their party guest to arrive; Since Danny and Malea's birthdays were a week apart Sam decided to just have one party. The zoo was Cassie planning.
Danny had gone to a birthday party a couple months before and did nothing but talk about it for a week straight. Sam thought it was a good idea for a five year old party but she told Cassie that she wasn't sure how the zoo would be with five potty training three year olds. Cassie promised to take them potty and take care of any accidents that may happen.
Sam had worked it out with the Zoo that both of the kids could have a animal party. Malea wanted the monkeys and Danny wanted the giraffe and meercat party. Sam put her foot down when Janet insisted that her the Colonel, Daniel, Teal'c and her father were splitting the cost of the party. Sam told them that if they wanted to help out with the party that would be a great present for the kids but she was paying for the party.
So now the day was here she couldn't believe Hammond had let them all off but she knew he had a soft spot for her kids and he would call if he really needed them.
Sam and Cassie had the whole wonderful day planned out.
Sam just hopped her feet and back would let her enjoy the day.
"Alright Sam you are making some faces over here you OK? " Janet walked up pulling Sam from her thoughts.
"Yeah it's just the zoo doesn't open for another fifteen minutes and both babies are sitting on my bladder right now," Sam shifted again.
"I see someone in the ticket booth I'm going to ask if they can let you in to use the bathroom. " Janet patted Sam on the shoulder and then headed for the ticket booth.
Cassie came up pulling two wagons followed by Jack, Daniel, and Teal'c who were each pulling a wagon.
"Cool wagons what are they for?" Daniel jumped off the bench followed by Malea.
"Well instead of renting strollers I thought you guys could sit in these if you got tired or just wanted to ride. " Cassie explained.
Malea climbed into the wagon Teal'c was pulling ,sat down, and looked up grinning at him.
"Are you already tired MaleaPhum?" Teal'c was amused.
"No! " She stood up quickly making the wagon shake.
Teal'c quickly grabbed her from the wagon startling her; "It is not wise to stand up in something with wheels you could get hurt MaleaPhum " he scolded lightly.
"OK" Malea nodded.
"Sam they said you can come use the employees restroom" Janet walked up to them.
"Thank you. I'll be back in a minute" Sam looked at Danny and Malea.
"When can we go see the animals?" Danny bounced from foot to foot.
"Not much longer your friends should be showing up soon it is almost eight forty-five. " Cassie grinned.
"Go over the schedule one more time Cass." Jack sat down on the bench; He hoped his knees were going to hold out.
"Sure. The kids should get here between eight forty-five and nine. Then we head in to the zoo and see some animals. Then around ten we will go wash hands and have a snack. Then at ten thirty we will head over to the monkey pavilion for Malea's animal encounter. Then around eleven thirty or twelve we will go to lunch and presents. At one-thirty we will go to the giraffes for Danny's animal encounter. Then by three everyone should be picked up and we can go home and nap. Of course there are going to be potty breaks in between." Cassie sat down next to Jack.
"You did a great job planning this Cass. " Jack put his arm around her.
"Mom and Sam helped too. " Cassie shrugged shyly.
"He's right Cass. I'm proud of you" Janet beamed at her daughter.
A blue van pulled up to the curb and Danny began running towards it.
"Silas is here! " Danny squealed.
