"No Mark and Sofia tonight?" Dr. Phair asked as she walked into the room to begin her last appointment of the day and saw only Callie and Arizona waiting.
"Daddy's a little freaked out about the amnio," Arizona said. "And Sofia said she was hungry, so he brought her home to make dinner. Hungry toddlers aren't fun."
"Oh," she smiled. "Well, I've done many, many successful amnios. I mean, there are still risks, but…"
Callie was now seventeen weeks pregnant and, as she had when she was pregnant with Sofia, she had scheduled an amnio just to be sure that the baby was completely healthy. Luckily, Dr. Phair was able to give her a later appointment so that she could go home and rest after the procedure, but still go to work the following morning.
"We know," Callie nodded.
"Okay."
As Dr. Phair used the ultrasound machine to locate the positions of the twins, she tried to start a conversation to keep Callie and Arizona's minds off the of procedure. Although Callie wasn't nearly as nervous as some of her patients, she knew that it still wasn't a completely worry-free experience.
"So, Addison's flying in tonight," she told them.
"What?" Callie asked.
"I called her this morning," she said. "One of my patients heard about her and would like her to do her surgery."
"Oh."
"It's been awhile since she's seen Sofia," Arizona said.
"Yep," Callie nodded. "She's going to think it's crazy how big she is now."
"Because it is," Arizona replied.
"I know."
The image of one of the babies' faces came up on the monitor. "Aw," Callie smiled. "Look at that tiny face."
"I'll give you pictures," the doctor said. "We usually don't when we do amnios, but that'd make such a cute picture, so I might as well. And we'll get one of B, too."
"Thanks."
"Do you think Madre and Mommy'll like the tacos we made?" Mark asked his little girl as he gave her her dinner before her moms even got home because she was hungry and getting impatient.
"Yep," she nodded.
"Good."
Callie and Arizona arrived a few minutes later. "Hi," Sofia smiled as she saw them walk through Daddy's door.
"Hi, Sof," Callie smiled. "How's that taco?"
"Yum," she answered.
"Good."
"Everything go okay?" Mark asked.
"Yeah," Callie nodded.
"And we got pictures," Arizona added.
"Really?"
"That's A," Callie said, handing the first picture over. "And B," she said, giving him the next one.
"She couldn't get a good shot of B's face, huh?" he asked.
"It's face was buried in the placenta the whole time," Arizona replied. "But we got one at her ultrasound last week, so I guess that works."
"Yeah," he nodded.
"We get the amnio results in a couple days," Callie said.
"Okay."
"And Addie's going to be here tomorrow."
"She is?"
"Yep," Arizona said. "She's operating on one of Phair's patients."
"Oh."
"Maday?" Sofia asked.
"Yes?" Callie replied.
"Eat?"
"We'll eat now," she nodded. "I was just showing Daddy pictures of the babies."
"Oh."
"They're gonna be as cute as you, right?" Arizona asked.
"Yeah," she nodded.
"Are you all clean now?" Callie asked as Sofia came into the room to find Madre reading in bed. Arizona had just given Sofia a bath.
"Yeah," she said. "In bed?" she asked.
"You sleep in your bed," she told her. "But I guess you can cuddle with me and Mommy for a little bit."
"Yes," she nodded.
Arizona came into the bedroom just in time to help boost the little girl up into the bed. "Are we cuddling tonight?"
"Yes," she answered.
Callie closed her book and noticed that Sofia was trying to reach the ultrasound pictures that were on the nightstand. "Wanna see the babies?"
"Pity?" she asked.
"Oh, they're so pretty," Arizona smiled as she joined her girls in bed. "Just like their sister."
Callie picked up the photos and showed Sofia. "That's the brother or sister who was hiding today," she said, showing her Baby B's picture.
Sofia giggled.
"It wouldn't look at us, Sof!" Arizona said.
Sofia laid down, using Madre's baby bump as a pillow. "What are you doing, Silly Girl?" she asked, running her fingers through Sofia's hair. "Are you laying on your brothers or sisters?"
"Yep," she smiled.
"Who's in my tummy?" she asked. "The babies?"
"No."
"Yes, they are."
Sofia sat up and pulled Madre's shirt up over her belly. "Baby?" she asked.
"There are babies in there!" Arizona smiled. "Who do you think they'll look like? Madre or Daddy?"
"Mama," she decided.
"I don't know about that," Arizona chuckled. "But you know what? You don't look like me and you didn't grow in my tummy, but you're still my baby, right?"
It was important to Callie, Arizona, and Mark that their children grow up understanding that while their family was a little different, that was okay. They loved each other and they could be a family no matter what others thought. Of course, Sofia didn't understand just how different her family was yet, but they had been teaching her these little lessons from a very early age.
Sofia kissed Arizona. "Aw, you're such a nice girl," Callie told her. "Can I get a kiss, too?"
She kissed her. "Yes," she said.
"Thanks, Sofia," she smiled.
"Can you kiss the babies?" Arizona asked. "Give Madre's belly a kiss."
Sofia gave a big, sloppy open-mouthed kiss to Madre's bump. "The babies love you lots, Sof," Callie told her.
"Bobo?" she asked, pointing to the tiny bandage that was on Callie's belly covering the spot where Dr. Phair had inserted the amnio needle.
"It's okay," Callie said. "I had to get a little poke at the babies' check-up today."
"Poke?"
"You get pokes at the doctor sometimes, huh?" Arizona asked. "And you're pretty good at it, too."
"Are you tough?" Callie asked her.
"Yeah," the toddler nodded. She kissed Madre's belly again. "No bobo."
"Did you kiss it all better?" Arizona asked.
"Yep."
"Oh, thanks," Callie smiled.
Sofia laid down, resting her head on Madre's tummy again. "Nigh night," she said with a yawn.
"How about you use a pillow?" Callie said. "So that Madre can sleep, too?"
She was suspecting it would be one of the rare nights that they let Sofia sleep in their bed. Her wife didn't exactly look like she wanted to get up to bring their girl to bed, and she definitely didn't feel like it. Tonight, they would cave in.
"Oh."
Arizona gave Sofia some space on her pillow. "Lay here, okay?"
"'Fia."
"Yep, this is the Sofia spot tonight."
She smiled and laid down where Mommy told her to.
"Goodnight, Sofia," Callie smiled. "We love you."
"Yeah," she nodded.
"We so aren't gonna be able to do this with all three kids," Arizona realized, amazed at how much space the toddler took up as she spread out and got comfortable.
"Listen, I have two of them inside me," Callie laughed. "Her taking up space in the bed is nothing."
"True," Arizona smiled. "How you feeling?"
"A little cramping," she answered. "But that's normal after the amnio. I'm okay."
"Good."
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