A/N: I'm running out of ideas for this story! HELP!

Scully yawned and rolled over in bed, landing in the warm space that Mulder had just vacated. As much as she hated when he got out of bed and went to work, she did like the option of sprawling out over the whole bed. She dozed a little and listened to Mulder get ready for work. He was humming to himself as he picked a tie, then tried unsuccessfully to put it on. She watched him out of the corner of her eye, smirking as he untied and retied it three times. He finally sighed and took down a tie that was only loosened. It didn't match his suit, and she felt that she finally knew the reason he had worn those bad ties for so many years.

"Babe, come here," she chuckled, sitting up. "And bring the first tie you had."

He obeyed and sat down next to her. She fixed the tie for him, then patted his chest.

"I can buy you some clip-ons while I'm out today," she teased. He rolled his eyes.

"Going out to spend my hard earned money again?"

"William needs more clothes. He grows out of them faster than I can even wash them."

"Well make sure you get yourself something too. You deserve it."

She grinned and he leaned down and kissed her.

"I'll be home early."

"Alright. We'll be here. Any requests for dinner?"

"Everything you make is great, honey. But why don't you let me do it tonight?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yep."

"Okay."

He kissed her again and she grabbed his tie so he couldn't go far.

"What?" he asked, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

"I just love you, that's all."

"Oh, is that all?"

"Yep."

He chuckled.

"I love you too."

William cried from his bedroom, which they had moved him into two weeks ago. His interruption definitely didn't spoil the moment, but it certainly ended it. Scully moved to get out of bed, but Mulder stopped her.

"I'll get him."

She smiled and watched him go, then turned her attention to the baby monitor next to her bed.

"Hey fuzzy hair," Mulder said over the monitor. "You are looking quite rumpled this morning. And my goodness, has something been brewing in that diaper or what?"

She heard William grunt back at him.

"Should we let mommy deal with this?"

There was a short silence, and Mulder laughed.

"Guess not. Alright, let's change your britches, rolly-poly."

There was another silence, and then a shocked "Dude!" from Mulder. She smiled to herself.

"William that is a mighty fine demonstration of how the human body works. I have never seen a diaper like this. Your mommy had better be grateful I took the hit on this one."

A few minutes later, he brought his freshly diapered son to her. William gurgled and sighed and waved his arms all over the place as Mulder laid him on the bed. His chubby little legs started to go and he smiled.

"Mulder, he smiled! Did you see it?"

"Yeah, I saw. Think he'll do it again?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's a fluke."

William continued to move and once they had their full attention on him, he smiled again, a huge, gummy, right to his eyes smile, complete with a gurgle. Scully laughed and leaned down to blow on his belly. The smile came again as his eyes focused on her.

"Well now that he's seen you, I am not worthy of his affections," Mulder commented, slipping his suit jacket on.

"Are you leaving?"

"Yeah, I'd better get out of here if I don't want to be late. I'll see you when I get home."

She nodded and he kissed her for a long moment before leaning down to kiss William.

"Don't give your mommy any trouble today, alright, buddy?"

William just stared at him, then gave him a tiny smile.

Scully stood in William's closet, a cardboard box on the floor next to her. She was filling it with all of the clothes that didn't fit him anymore. More clothes were going in the box than were staying in the closet and it was making her sad.

William lay on the floor behind her, blowing bubbles and smiling. He loved to stare at the ceiling, it seemed to be his favorite thing. He kicked his legs against the floor and burbled to himself, completely entertained.

Scully finally finished and turned to look at her son. He stared at her with a smile, and she grinned back, then laid down on the floor next to him. He whipped his head around to stare at her, and reached his hand for her face. She kissed his fingers and he grinned.

"You're getting too big, squishy cheeks," she said. His mouth formed a little 'o', then he grinned up at her again. "You look like your daddy when you smile, do you know that?"

He let out a happy shriek and continued to wave his arms at her. She pulled him closer and kissed his soft head, wishing time would stop and she could keep him like this forever.

"You need a diaper change, pal."

She picked him up and they moved to the changing table where he continued to speak nonsensically. Halfway through the diaper change, he grew silent, and his face lit up.

"I'm home," Mulder called from the kitchen.

"We're in here," Scully shouted back. Mulder came into to room just as she was finished and leaned down to kiss her.

Which is right when William decided to give them his first laugh. It wasn't just a giggle. It was a full blown, knee slapping belly laugh. The broke apart quickly and stared down at him.

"You think that's funny son? Just wait a few years and you'll think it's gross."

Scully chuckled and picked William up off the changing table, kissing his cheeks, hoping he would laugh again.

"Honey, what's that box?"

"Oh. Those are the clothes he's grown out of."

There was a long pause as they looked at each other.

"I'm fine," she said, answering his unasked question. "I'm okay, really."

"Hon."

"I'm alright, Mulder, I swear, I..." she sighed. "Okay, I'm not fine, but I'm getting there. He's just growing so fast and I know this isn't going to happen again and I don't want to miss anything."

"Well," he said, reaching over to hug her. "in your desire to keep him this small, don't miss out on the things he's going to start doing. Look forward to it, okay?"

"I know. It's just kind of bittersweet. I want him to grow up and I want him to stay little like this."

"No one ever said it was easy being a mom."

"No, they did not. And if they did, they were on crack."

He laughed and kissed William's forehead.

"Hey buddy. Let's go make some dinner and let your momma relax. How does that sound?"

He took William, and Scully listened as the two of them walked down the hallway, "talking" to each other. She sat down in the rocking chair and pulled William's baby book from the shelf next to her. She meant to update it every day, but sometimes she was too tired, and other days she just forgot.

Dear William,

I can't believe how fast you're growing! Sometimes I think that it was just yesterday that you were born. Every day you make a new face or a new sound or grow out of yet another outfit. It makes me sad to know that you won't always be this chubby little baby, but at the same time I can't wait to watch you grow up. I see you with your dad, and I know that someday you'll be just like him. He's a wonderful father, and he loves you so much. I have never seen such love in his eyes as when he looks at you. You're his world.

We both love you so much that sometimes I think that my heart will break, just from looking at you. We both wanted you so much, maybe more than any parent has ever wanted a child before. Someday I'll tell you all about that, I'm sure. I don't want you to ever forget how much we love you and want you.

I love you baby boy,

Momma