Hey guys! So we just got our first snowfall here in Minnesota. I really hate winter so this does not please me. Hopefully you all are doing well! Always let me know if you have ideas because I just might use them! Thanks guys and I don't own PJO!

The rest of November went by fast after Thanksgiving. December was an exciting month. On December 21st, Max and I shared our two year anniversary. He tried to make it special by cooking a romantic meal, but it accidentally got burnt, so instead we had a candlelit dinner with pizza. For Christmas, we went to Percy and Annabeth's along with our friends. Our friends are basically our family which made it very special. We opened presents into the afternoon and sat around talking and being close together. Max had taken a ribbon off one of the presents and stuck it on top of Dallas' head which was so adorable and made her laugh. Anytime we took Dallas outside in the cold weather, we would bundle her up which made her look like a marshmallow. In January, two new babies were born. The first was Arabella Grace who was so adorable and looks just like Piper and the second being Valerie Valdez who looks like a mix of Reyna and Leo. Hazel is expected to give birth in May which is very exciting to us all! Two weeks ago was Valentine's Day and also the day our house got finished. All last week, inspections were being done to make sure we had all the necessities like running water, electricity and plumbing etc. Today, we can see the house for the first time. I got Dallas changed into her little dress and tied a bow on her head while we waited for Max to come home from his night shift. I heard the door creak open and I turned my head to see Max walking in and placing his things on the counter.

"There's my two favorite girls." he said then gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey, how was work?" I asked him.

"It was fine as usual. Are you excited to see the house?" he asked me.

"Of course I am! I've been waiting to see it for such a long time." I said and he smiled.

"Well, get your shoes on and we can go." he said and I laughed. I got my coat and boots on then bundled Dallas up as we walked out to Max's car. We drove over to our new house which is located on the edge of Central Park. We pulled up to it and both smiled. For one thing, our house doesn't fit the typical New York, or Manhattan style. It is while marble with a garage attached to the side and a small driveway. Also the outside is shaded by multiple trees on the sides and has many windows with a large balcony that stretches across majority of the house. We don't really have much of a porch, actually no porch at all. We have a pathway leading from the street to about three small steps that lead to our door. Max grabbed the keys as I unbuckled Dallas from her car seat. We walked up the pathway and unlocked the door to our new home. The minute we walked inside, my breath was taken away. Our floors were made from the same white marble with exceptions to some areas with carpet or wood floors.

When you first walk in, the first thing you would see is our chandelier which hangs above our entryway. Then on the right is a small room that opens back into the back area and another small room on the opposite side. As you walk just a few more feet, there is a stairway that leads upstairs. We decided to check the back are first. In the back area that the small archway leads us to, is our kitchen and family room. Our kitchen overlooks the view of Central Park area and the trees surrounding our house. We have another room on the left which you can enter through under another archway. Then on the right area which is open to the kitchen is our living room. This area is wood then has a carpeted area for the living room. There is a place for our table to go that then has doors leading out to a balcony in the back that stretches the full length of our house, minus the garage area. Our balconies are made of thick white small columns that look like those of my palace in Greece. This balcony stretches out farther than the one above us. Overall we have three large balconies. We returned back inside and looked at the family room. It was nice and carpeted and could fit a lot of furniture in it. Branching off from the family room is an enclosed dining room. It has a French door dividing it from the rest. We decided to go downstairs to look at the basement. We went down the stairs to an open area with windows looking outside. We had a bar in one corner with granite top counters and then in the back were a few rooms. We would make those extra bedrooms or storage areas. Max carried Dallas in his arms as we went to the top floor. We put in five bedrooms with the addition of the two in the basement. We have just one long hallway that has multiple doors leading into all the rooms. On the left side is small room that we would probably make the guest bedroom. Then next to it was a rather large room. The room had double doors that lead into a long room with openings to the balcony just like the guest room. It also had its very own bathroom.

"We could make this Dallas' room." I said to Max.

"Yeah we could. Being the first child, she will have first dibs on the largest room." he said. We looked and saw that there were a set of French doors on the far left side of the bedroom. We walked over and saw a small staircase built into the side that twisted and lead to another room above. We walked in and saw an equally sized room to the one below with a few closets in the back.

"This loft could be a room for her sleepovers or for something else she wants to use it for maybe even for a study area." I said.

"Yeah it would be a great place to hold all of her toys so maybe a playroom and then progress into something else later." Max said.

"Dallas you will be so lucky to have this huge room." I said.

"This bedroom with the two rooms inside is about the size of four of my rooms." Max said.

"I told Annabeth to make large bedrooms. I always had large bedrooms and especially if we have a girl, then she can put all of her clothes in her multiple closets." I said and Max smiled and rolled his eyes. We walked across the hall into the bedroom closest to the stairs on the right. It was a little over half the size of Dallas' room and had French doors that opened up to the balcony in the front. In the future, this room would probably be another one for our children. In between the rooms there was a bathroom for the three bedrooms to share minus Dallas' room. We walked into the room next to it and it was the same size and had the same doors opening to the balcony. At the very end of the hall was the master bedroom. It had white double doors that opened to the hallway and faced the stairs. On the left side of the room, we had doors that went to the balcony and had a large area for our furniture. We had a bathroom on one side of the right and then on the other there was a large walk-in closet which I adored.

"Max this house is everything I've ever dreamed if and more!" I said and kissed him.

"It really is perfect. I love this house so much. We could begin moving in our furniture next week." he said.

"Next week will be awesome. If we can get our beds over here then we could stay here next week. Then we could bring everything else over from the apartment to here."

"Perfect." he said as he embraced me in a hug with Dallas sandwiched in between us. Over the course of the next week, we packed everything in boxes to bring over to our new home. Max had taken trips back and forth between our homes dropping off things at the house. He returned for our finally move with the last couple of boxes. He had taken all but one out to the car. It was weird-looking at this apartment being bare. When I moved into it, Max had already been living here and had the place covered with things. He came up the stairs and smiled.

"Well that's everything but one box." he said. I looked at the box and it had been marked 'pictures'. Inside contained most of the pictures of Max and I together including our wedding photo and the first picture of Max, Dallas and I as a family.

"It seems like just yesterday I moved into this apartment with you." I said.

"A lot has changed since then. Now we can start a new chapter in the book at our new home." he said and gave me a kiss. He grabbed the box and I grabbed Dallas in my arms while Duchess was on a leash that was looped around my wrist. I shut the door to one chapter of my life as we proceeded to a new chapter.

Its been about two and a half months since we moved into our home making it May. We bought all new furniture for our living room and then filled each of the rooms with new furniture. Max painted our master bedroom a light blue. Then instead of going with a Tiffany Blue for Dallas, we painted her room lavender and it looks so calming and actually seems to calm her down. Duchess seems to love her new home. I take her on a walk each day around the area and the park which she enjoys very much. I decided to get Dallas' ears pierced. Ok does this sound like I'm a bad mother? I don't think so. I got my ears pierced when I was younger than her. She is a little over six months and that is perfectly acceptable. I took her to the place where they pierced her ears with little diamonds. She barely even cried. She let out a little scream when they pierced the ears then she went back to normal. She looked so adorable and I she seemed to laugh. We returned home to where Max was sitting in the living room reading a book.

"Hey honey we're back." I said. He got out of his chair and walked over smiling then his smile faded.

"What did you do to our daughter?" he asked me.

"What are you talking about? Are you talking about her earrings?" I asked him.

"Yes that would be it. Why did you decide to have our daughter get needles punctured through her delicate ears?"

"Max it isn't a big deal. I got my ears pierced when I was four months old. She barely even cried and its fine, besides, you agreed to it."

"Agreed to it? When?"

"Last weekend when I asked you. Remember I said I thought Dallas would look so cute with little earrings and you said yes she would."

"I don't remember that." he said.

"Well it happened. Trust me Max, she will be fine." I said then gave him a kiss. That afternoon we were going to watch Brady and Remi while Percy was playing in a baseball game. They came over and stayed a little bit to talk.

"Thanks for watching the kids!" Annabeth said as she handed me Remi and followed Percy out the door. We sat in the living room while Brady played with his trucks and the girls sat playing with their stuffed animals.

"I think Brady and I should have some male bonding time." Max said and I just looked at him and rolled my eyes.

"Ok and what exactly are you going to do?" I asked him.

"I don't know. Play in the front yard." he said.

"Have fun. I'll stay in here with the girls." I said. I continued to watch the girls and then they both fell asleep so I carried them upstairs and placed them in Dallas' crib while I went outside to check on Max and Brady. Max had set up a toddler t-ball set in the front yard while Brady was holding the plastic bat in his hands.

"Max what are you doing?" I asked him.

"I'm teaching Brady to play baseball." he said.

"Max, he isn't even two yet. He has no coordination."

"Well, he has a lot to live up to with his dad being a Yankee's player. Might as well teach him young." he said.

"I don't think this will go well." I said to him then sat on the front steps with the baby monitor next to me. Brady swung the bat and then fell on his butt laughing. Max grabbed the bat.

"Ok Brady, we're going to hit the ball across the yard to prove that aunite Carter is wrong." Max said and I rolled my eyes. Max took the bat showing Brady how to swing and then as he swung, he managed to smack Brady in the head with the plastic bat. Brady instantly started whaling and I noticed he was bleeding from the head.

"Max! What the hell were you thinking! He is just a baby and you hit him in the head with a bat!" I screamed at him while clutching Brady in my arms.

"Carter, I didn't mean to smack him. I thought it would be cool to act like I have a son for a few hours. He's going to need some stitches. Ok grab the girls and we'll drive over to the hospital. I handed screaming Brady to Max as I ran upstairs to get the girls. I grabbed them and met Max downstairs then buckled all the kids into their car seats. We drove over to the hospital with Brady crying which made Remi and Dallas cry. We ran into the E.R. of the children's hospital as a doctor then grabbed Brady and took him to a room. I held the girls in my arms as Max and I rushed down the hallway to be with Brady. The doctor asked us questions on what happened to Brady and then just gave Max a disappointed look when Max told him the story.

"You don't play t-ball with a two-year old." the doctor said.

"I know that now." Max said as the doctor stitched up the wound which was located vertically halfway up the eyebrow. We took Brady back home with us as he calmed down.

"Max, does piercing Dallas' ears look worse than you injuring our best friends' child?" I asked him.

"No Carter it doesn't look worse. I'm sorry I made a mistake but Brady is ok and I'll explain everything to Percy and Annabeth. The kids fell asleep in the living room and then the doorbell rang. Max walked over to answer it then Percy and Annabeth followed him into the living room.

"There's my babies." Annabeth said walking over and picking up Remi as Percy walked over and picked up Brady.

"Why does Brady have stitches?" Percy asked us and Annabeth froze. Max explained everything to them in which they were forgiving but still worried about Brady.

"I promise that we are wonderful with kids." I said.

"I know you are but your husband might need to work on it." Annabeth said and I laughed. They left and I grabbed Dallas and put her in her crib. Then Max and I went into our bedroom to go to bed. We got into bed and Max wrapped his arms around me.

"If we decide to have more kids, please promise me that you will not teach them any sports that could injure them before the age of three?" I asked Max. He laughed at my comment then turned to me.

"I promise that will never happen again." he said.

"I know this will be farther out but have you given much thought as to having more kids?"

"Carter, I would love to have more kids down the road. At least one if not two more."

"Great. I'm glad we both agree. Maybe we can fill a few more bedrooms in the next few years."

Alright everyone, that was my chapter! I hope you liked it and please review! Thanks to my bff I'm-too-outrageous-4u for the idea!