A/N: For those curious on how I picked the names of the kids, I just kind of went with the family name, actor name theme. Johanna is named after Kate's mother, of course, with the middle name of being May. It just fit with Johanna. She goes by Jo or Hannie. Nathaniel, I picked because it was close to Nathan, and I know a few other stories have gone with the Nathan route and I wanted to change things up a bit. And Ryan being after Kevin Ryan. He goes by Nate most of the time. Sidney was not Castle's first pick, but he had been on their list and when he was born Castle knew it had to be. He's named after Sidney Perlmutter, the other ME, the one that hates Castle. Jude just happened to fit well with Sidney. His full name is Sidney Jude Perlmutter Castle. He goes by Sid or Sid the Squid. Victoria was an obvious choice, with her being born in an elevator with the one and only Iron Gates. Her middle name came about when a while ago I was doing a role-play, and the daughters name was Penny, and I gave her the middle name of Layne. As in the Beatles song, just spelt different. She goes by Victoria or "Baby Gates." As in Captain Gates and a baby gate. Like the cursed one that gets Kate pregnant every time they try to remove it. I already explained how Arejay came about, so I won't bore you with that, but you'll have to wait on the middle name. It's a surprise. Something completely different then what you are expecting. Oh and I'm curious. How does one go about getting a beta? I honestly don't know anyone in this fandom and right now I've been using an online website . I just upgraded to premium and tested it out, and it's fixed a lot more than the free version. I will see what happens with this chapter and if you all say its still pretty bad I'll ask around for a beta.

It's late. The two are going nursery shopping tomorrow, and they still have not decided on a color scheme. Castle wants teal and grey while Kate wants a subdued yellow and grey. The two are at wits end trying to agree with each other. They had tried everything in the book when Castle looked up at Kate like a light bulb had gone off.

"You think of something?" Kate asks sitting on the bed her laptop on her legs as she browses BabiesRUs' website. There was one just outside of the city, and the couple had planned to go there in the morning after getting the kids to school.

"Actually, yes." Castle smiles setting down his iPad, his reading glasses going to rest on the top of his head.

"How about, we do grey, teal, and yellow?" Castle suggests pushing a few hairs out of his face.

"I guess that's a compromise." She sighs softly.

"We could do the base color of grey, with accents of teal and yellow, they match together pretty perfectly." He tells her shifting slightly to move closer and see what Kate had been looking at on her laptop.

"I like that Idea, that way we can stop fighting, and we both get what we want." She chuckles softly scrolling down the page more to read a few more reviews. Castle is still watching her, now having put his glasses back on so he can read with her.

"I was looking at this stroller,"

"Its lightweight, plus it fully reclines, so if we have to take Arejay out after his surgery he can lay on his belly," Kate says listing off key features of the stroller.

"It also has a seat that faces forwards or backwards and the best part, you can use the car seat as the stroller seat." Kate is giddy now as Castle is watching her. He's laughing to himself because his wife is geeking out over a stroller. He loves when she does that. She scrolls to the top of the page and shows Castle some of the pictures.

"See?" She smiles pointing to the screen.

"Its pretty colors too," Castle says putting an arm around his wife. He knows that's not a huge issue but in the words of his mother 'You always want to look stylish'.

"Why don't we order it and then we can pick it up tomorrow when we go. I know it's been a few years, and you want to test out strollers, but you seem pretty sure of this one and I like it, I really do." He grins slowly leaning in to give his wife a kiss on the cheek.

"You really like it?" She asks sighing, unsure of herself now. This had always been the hard part. Well not always, just in the beginning and this moment right now. The couple are pro's, but they had been out of the loop for five years. After you have your fourth kid, you pretty much need to buy things that aren't expired. If you have your kids close enough, you can use the same car seat for about two babies. Saves you lots of dough.

"I think its great, it looks nice too, plus easy to use." Castle smiles and kisses his wife again, this time on the lips.

"Come on, I'll order it, you go to bed, Its late and we need to be up to get the kids to school." He tells her rubbing a hand over her back still smiling trying to get Kate to perk up. She knew she was emotional right now and as gong to do everything to help her through it. Kate sighs and nods softly as she gives Castle a kiss and handing him her laptop before snuggling into bed. Castle orders the stroller for store pick up and closes the laptop setting it on his nightstand and turning the light off before snuggling next to his wife in bed for the night. The two are sleeping pretty soundly when the sound of their alarm jolts them awake. They don't want to get out of bed, but they have to put their children's education before their sleep.

The two are in the bathroom getting ready for the day when they hear a knock on their bedroom door. Kate jumps out of her dream world and finishing throwing on her shirt before going to the door and pulling it open just a crack to see who it was. It's Nate, and he's doing the pee pee dance right in front of her.

"Sidney is taking too long again in the bathroom. I gotta pee momma!" Nate pleads standing and jumping at his parents bedroom door.

"Cops?" Kate inquires as Nate nods at her.

"Apparently someone's been really really bad."

"Come, I don't need you to pee your pants," Kate says leading her son into her room and to the bathroom.

"Out Castle, let Nate go to the bathroom," Kate says as Castle scrambles out of the bathroom letting the 10-year-old use the bathroom.

"We have to tell Sidney, no more cops in the bathroom." Kate sighs slipping on her shoes as she sits on the edge of the bed.

"Yeah we do, I like to keep my bathroom to myself." Castle sighs as Nate comes out zipping his pants.

"I did not hear the sink run. Go back and wash your hands, Nate." Kate points to the bathroom. The boy pouts at his mother, but he does what he's told and goes back to wash his hands. Nate is finished and heads out to get his things as Castle goes back in to finish in the bathroom.

"I'm going to start on breakfast and lunch, help me when you're done?" Kate asks peeking into the bathroom.

"Yeah sure, I'll be right out." He smiles and runs a brush through his hair.

Kate is in the kitchen having just finished scrambling with what felt like about a dozen eggs. The plates are served, and she's happily watching her four kids sit at the breakfast nook in the kitchen while she makes her kid's lunches. PB&J for everyone except for Victoria. They had to just use jelly for her because a girl in her class has a severe nut allergy, and the couple was not about to get sued for giving the kid an allergic reaction. Victoria thankfully did not seem to mind. Packing the last lunch, Kate hands it to Castle as he slips it inside Johanna's backpack that was hanging on its hook by the front door. Lunches are done, and Kate is thankful. She can finally sit down now and enjoy a piece of toast. She'd been standing for about a half hour now, and her back is starting to kill her. A hand is resting on her stomach as she goes to sit down with her kids at the table.

"We almost ready?" Kate asks helping Victoria with her napkin as Sidney comes over to try and sit on his mom's lap.

"Don't have much room anymore Sid." She sighs softly. Sidney has leaned down now and is trying to talk to his brother.

"When you come out…" He whispers.

"We are going to play cops." Sidney giggles poking his mom's belly.

"We will catch all the bad guys."

"And how do you plan to catch the bad guys?" Kate asks watching Sidney shrug.

"I don't know, but we will." He says and gets up from talking to his brother.

"We should go, we don't want to be late for school," Kate says getting up from her seat and making sure the kids had put their dishes away.

"Don't forget your shoes and bags!" She calls shifting to grab her purse and head for the door. Dax and Castle are behind them as they all walk down to the lobby.

The kids are off to school finally, and Kate and Castle are in the car on their way to BabiesRUs. ThankfulwtoSiri the couple is able to find it. It's been a while since they had been here, and Castle knew he'd get lost. Parking the minivan in the expectant mother parking Castle gets out and goes around to help Kate.

"Can't believe you are 20 weeks already," Castle says putting an arm around his wife as they head towards the entrance of the store.

"Me either. Pretty soon I'll be in labor, and then he will pop out and have his surgery." Kate adds leaning on her husband as they walk through the sliding doors. Kate grabs a cart and sets her purse in it walking through the other set of doors.

"Woah wait, don't be zooming ahead to far, I want to cherish all this!" Castle pouts walking behind his wife taking a better grip on Dax's leash.

"Sorry, I just got carried away." She sighs walking over to the bottle section. She's browsing trying to find one that would be good for Arejay but is also latex free. It's been a while, and everything has seemed to change and Kate is struggling trying to find the perfect one. They all claim the same things, but all look so different. She picks up a set that she feels would suit them. She knows they can always come back and get new ones if these don't work.

"What do you think?" Kate pauses at the pacifiers.

"Should we even start?" She asks as Castle comes up beside her.

"You know how hard it was for Nate to drop the paci." She sighs pulling a pack of newborn ones off the shelf to check them out.

"Well, I think it would be good, help with the pain you know," Castle suggests picking up a set of Avent newborn pacifiers with little dogs on them.

"That is a good thought," Kate says taking Castle's pack and her pack and throwing them into the cart. The two are browsing the store slowly trying to take up as much time as they can while they are alone. Kate had only had to stop once on the way to the clothes to go to the bathroom. From what Kate had read online, it said that onesies were the perfect outfit for the child for the first few months so that nothing irritates the scar. This was going to be hard to find clothes because it was August, and the baby would be coming in late December, January, so it would be pretty cold. Onesies were the best option, but they needed something to keep the baby warm. So, the couple decided on sleepers and they pick out almost every boy design they had in the store. They also picked up a bunch of onesies for when they would be inside and not so cold. Picking up a few last things they go grab a pack of blankets and then head up to the checkout. Since they had bought the crib and stroller last night, they told the checkout person handing them their order sheet as they went to pay for the other items they bought. The cashier comes up with the couple's two boxes on a cart so they can go load it in the van. They pay, and Castle is helping the woman with the cart as they get to the van. He unlocks it and pushes the button to open the back hatch. He then starts stowing the seats so he can put the crib box down first, and then the stroller and then the rest of the stuff they had bought. He thanks the woman and the two get in the van so they can go home. On their way home Castle makes a call to Alexis hoping that she and Pi can come help bring the boxes up the apartment. Castle could probably bring the boxes up himself, but Kate would scold him for that, and he was not ready for her scolding. Pulling into their spot Castle see's Pi and Alexis waiting for them by Castle's Jetta. They both run over and Alexis taps on the window of the car smiling at her dad.

"Hey, daddy!" Alexis beams as Castle rolls down his window.

"Hey, daughter!"

"Glad you could come to help." Castle smiles softly opening his door and rolling up his window getting out and hugging his daughter.

"Anything for my daddy." She smiles as Kate gets out and comes around seeing the two happily interact.

"Mrs. C!" Pi smiles coming over and hugging his mother-in-law

"Afternoon Pi!" Kate smiles patting his back.

"I'm glad you're here with your muscles." Kate chuckles softly letting go and reaching for her purse and one of the bags from the back seat.

"I'll go unlock the front door, you just holler when you guys get upstairs. I'll come and open it." Kate smiles kissing her husband and taking her things towards the elevator. She gets the apartment and unlocks the door going inside. The first thing she does is plops on the couch. Who knew walking around a store all day could be exhausting. Moments later Kate hears footsteps coming towards the door. She gets up slowly and heads to the door. Throwing the door open she holds it for the two men as they bring in the giant crib box. Closing the door behind her she watches as the boys take the box to the nursery just across the living room and set it on the floor. It's just then that the front door is thrown open, and four happy kids come running through it. Alexis had been in the living room at just the right time when all four of the kids go running up to her and almost knock her over.

"Woah, Careful." Kate chuckles having just walked out to witness Alexis getting almost knocked over.

"How are my favorite siblings?" Alexis asks as Sidney asks to be picked up. She carefully lifts him up and holds him carefully.

"Lexis is the best!" Victoria giggles searching for her sisters purse hoping for a present from her oldest sister.

"Not today Vicki Tori." Alexis sighs at her little sister.

"I just came today to help daddy, maybe you can help him build the crib, I'm sure mommy would appreciate it." She smiles as Victoria pouts, sad that her sister did not bring her anything.

"Come on, why don't you show me your new rooms, that will give Daddy and Pi some time to bring the stuff in for Arejay's room." She says leading her siblings up the stairs, Sidney still on her hip. Kate is smiling brightly as she watches the five of them go up the stairs. She has it all, and she couldn't be happier. Four kids, soon to be five, an amazing step-daughter, amazing husband and the best dog ever. There's people who dream of this and sometimes Kate thought she was dreaming, but she was not. She had the best life ever.

A/N: And thanks to Gloria. My mom took and or maybe still takes Keppra, I just never knew how it was spelled. OH and, By The Way, I created a video that's based on this fic. I'll post a link to it on my profile page.