AN: Sorry this Chapter is so late girls I'm having net isssues... its a little short to sorry next chapters will be longer I promise! By the way thanks for all the lovely reviews I officially broke the 50 mark most I've gotten for any story & only one flame so thanks guys...

~Meg

"I was thinking we should start some family traditions of our own Jules…ones without alcohol or rolling smoke." he teased

"I like that song." Julie said with a smirk. "I meant like camping or something woman!"

"It January Timothy Matthew!"

"This summer!"

"I'm an indoorsy girl Timmy I don't pee in bushes or sleep on the ground…"

"Fine we'll have a camp fire right here in the house using the fire place… go get some wire hangers and Jenny."

"NO WIRE HANGERS!" She shouted "Sorry had too." she bounded off kind of excited by the idea of an indoor tradition and went to get Jenny. Jenny sat in Julie's lap mesmerized by the roasting marshmallow.

Tim laughed turning his hot dog over the fire. "I think she's more interested in this than she is the wiggles…"

"Don't forget we love our soaps too."

"You know this must be one of the good parts of being married I learn little things about you like your soap opera addiction…. And the fact that you like your marshmallows burnt… hang on…" He blew the flame out on the marshmallow as she pulled it from the fire. "Didn't want you to accidentally impale our child with marshmallow torch."

Tim roasted a marshmallow let it cool a little before setting Jenny on the floor with a hot dog and the marshmallow. "Eat up girlie…" he tugged lightly on one of her pigtails she shot him a dirty look. "Don't mess up her pretty hair." Julie chastised him for her. "Looks like she wants to kick my ass…" he laughed

"Baby! I got the ice and Jay need anything else?" he shouted as Jason wheeled in behind him.

"Jenny Faith you get your little butt back here." Jenny ran like a little naked blur out of the hall stopping in front of Tim.

"Jensen why are you naked as a Jaybird?" she smiled up at him reaching for him. "Dada!" He picked her up "Do not pee on me…" Julie walked in

"You little woman! Oh hey Jase your goddaughter is being a brat and won't get dressed." she pointed at said offender currently in Tim's arms.

"You are not a brat are you Jenny Penny!" he shook his head no. she mimicked him. "Well all I gotta is lucky for you Jenny you inherited Daddy's charm Gene but guess what Mama's immune so come on." Tim stole kiss from Jenny and handed her over. "Are not immune…" he winked at Julie kissing her firmly on the mouth.

"Stay out of the dip!" Julie called over her shoulder as she left.

"When did she start doing that?" Jason asked

"What ordering me around? Um about since the first moment we got together…"

"No you idiot Jenny and the walking?"

"Oh last month just took off randomly after coach one day hasn't stopped since."

Soon guests arrived party in full swing Tim heard a knock at the door. He watched Mike dance around with Jenny out of the corner of his eye as he reached for the door. He bit his tongue to keep from telling Mike not to drop his kid. He swung the door open. "Garrity!"

"Don't worry you're safe Julie invited it me I'm not to late am I?"

"No, you're just in time for cake. Come in." He took the gift from her hands.

"Stop fidgeting… Julie doesn't bite…hard…" he grinned.

"Shut up and show me the birthday girl." She retorted.

"Jules strip her down before you set her loose on that cake honey…" Tami called out.

"Jules made the Bean her own little cake so we're just letting her do her own thing…I'm kinda scared at the thought actually." Tim informed Lyla.

They sang happy birthday and waited for Jenny to blow out the candle.

"I'm going to blow it out it'll take the Bean forever… and the anticipation is killing me."

"You will not!" Tyra Lyla and Julie chastised him in unison.

"Ok that is weird…" he murmured to himself.

"Me You and Bean will do it together on three." Julie told him

"ready 1...2...3..." Jenny looked shocked when it blew out. Julie moved the candle "Go for it Jensen!" Five minutes later she was covered head to toe in cake.

"Well was it good baby?" Tim asked her she grinned.

"I'll give her a quick bath in the sink and then we can show her the birthday present." Tim told Julie. "You did the last one I got it…" he reassured her when he saw the look she gave him.

"You're better at this than I'd of thought." Lyla told him as she leaned on the fridge.

"I do bathe you know…" he rinsed Jenny's hair. "No…" she murmured "almost done…" he soothed

"No I meant the Dad thing it fits you you're good at it…"

"Just trying to make sure she's loved like I wasn't Lyla that's all." he whispered.

She splashed Tim. "Dada! Light!"

"Nope that's Lyla nice try though…" he picked her up out of the water and wrapped her in the towel Lyla held out. "She thinks everything is light!" Lyla grabbed the spare towel and dried her hair. "Where's Jenny? There she is…" Lyla played with her Jenny giggled.

Once Tim redressed her in her overalls they let her open her gifts she ripped into them gleefully having gotten the gist of at least opening the gifts since Christmas. Most of the gifts where going to make noise. Tim saw the almost terrified look on Julie's face. "I hid you a screw driver in the loose brick of the fireplace." he whispered in her ear brushing hair behind her ear.

"God I love you." she murmured back. He chuckled richly. "Love you too babe."

Julie helped Jenny into her coat and they led her outside to see her gift a swing set complete with monkey bars a slide and a rope climbing net Julie and Tim had combined money with Tami and Eric for it. Jenny looked on in awe trying to figure it out. "She doesn't know what to think!" Julie said happily.

Tim picked her up and tried putting her in her plane shaped hard plastic swing seat. She balked squealing fearfully.

"She does better in my lap remember babe…" Julie told him. She sat down in one of the spare swings Tim handed Jenny to her.

"Push us Daddy?" Julie asked.

"You bet wanna go so high you can touch the clouds Bean?"

"Let's work our way up to it… not to high." Julie told him.

"Wait who put this together is it safe for my niece to use?" Jason teased as he wheeled outside.

"Coach and me and we froze our asses off too…and it's safe I made Jules Test it out last night…" he set the girls to swinging and caught Lyla checking out Jason.

Tim watched as Julie cleaned up the remnants from the party.

"Thank you for today with Lyla I know it meant a lot to her…I do believe you're making progress Mrs. Riggins."

"Gotta start somewhere…" she leaned over the counter to kiss him. She kissed.

"I happen to love you enough to be nice to Lyla…but I sent you in there to make sure Jenny was still breathing…'

"Yup still breathing I used a mirror even… damn she sleeps like a rock these days it's kinda scary."

"Don't jinx us be grateful her night owlishness could come back…" Tim got a beer from the fridge.

"I'm going to put together that car thing Tyra got the Bean help me?"

"Sure was it just me or was there sparkage between Lyla and Jase?"

"That's always there honey…"

"Um hmm sure, I will say I told you so just so you know…"

"Now, it's unmanly to read the directions…so that your job Jules."

"Please tell me you read the direction while putting the swing set together…"

"Yes ma'am I did and I didn't let Mike anywhere near it during construction…"

"I like Mike and trust him it's just…"

"He's dumber than a box a rocks…" Tim finished. Julie laughed "we're not nice…"

"You're nice and I'm honest… that's how we work…" they settled in the floor Julie stole a sip of Tim's beer. "Hand me the Phillips out of the fireplace please baby."

Julie got it for him a smile. She sang softly along with the radio… knowing every word because the song till kingdom by cold play was a favorite of hers that reminded her of Tim.

"Today was a pretty perfect day…" Julie whispered.

"Yes… it was." Tim replied.