Oh, hello there world! Or at least, Shules-loving Psych addiction FanFiction world. How about a family chapter since I haven't done one in a while?

Disclaimer: It's my birthday, but I haven't gotten a gift from Steve Franks.

If you read, I expect review. Because I HAVE A GUN! Just kidding, but I would really like reviews.

Sweet Child O' Mine

Shawn's eyes filled with tears as he watched Juliet extend her arms to take their new baby daughter from him.

"Hi sweetheart," she whispered, placing a kiss on their daughter's soft forehead. "Hi, baby Carly."

Shawn chuckled, "I bet Lassie's gonna love that."

"That's the idea," Juliet smirked up at him. "Why don't you go get everyone?"

"I'm on it," Shawn mock saluted and walked out into the waiting room.

Henry, Gus, and Lassiter were sitting in the waiting room, reading decade-old magazines and playing Words With Friends against each other with Gus's iPod and Shawn's iPhone. In the corner, Buzz was entertaining Ryan with a surgical mask and a Sharpie marker.

At the sight of his best friend, Gus leaped up and hurried to greet him. "What's the verdict?"

"I've got a daughter! Her name's Carly," Shawn announced proudly. "Come on in."

The cheap hospital coffee Lassiter was sipping spewed out of his mouth upon hearing the baby girl's name. Henry clapped him on the back with a chuckle and followed Gus into Juliet's room.

"Hey, Rye come over here," Shawn crouched down and opened his arms so his three-year-old son could toddle into them. "You wanna see your sister?"

"You mean the one Mommy ate and was growing in her belly?" Ryan asked, his hazel eyes aglow.

Buzz chuckled, "I don't think that's how it works."

"Yeah, son, I was just messing with you," Shawn hoisted his son onto his shoulders and walked into the room.

"I only three!" Ryan protested.

Shawn set Ryan down at the foot of Juliet's bed. With curious eyes, he gazed upon his little sister for the first time.

"She so small," he commented.

"Yeah," Juliet agreed.

Lassiter entered the room and hovered awkwardly around the family.

"Lassie! Is that any way to greet your niece?" Shawn grinned evilly and dragged him to the foot of the bed.

"You mean I'm an uncle again?" Lassiter cried indignantly.

"What? You don't like being co-honorary-uncles with me?" Gus raised an eyebrow.

"No, not like that, I just thought….."

"Oh, we all know what you thought, Lassiter," Henry smirked. "Now, can I hold my granddaughter now?"

Juliet, somewhat unwillingly, handed Carly to Henry.

"She's beautiful," Henry breathed, rocking her gently in his arms.

"It's because she's got Jules's eyes," Shawn explained, kissing his wife's cheek affectionately.

Chief Vick burst into the room, "Spencer, status!"

Shawn and Juliet looked up together, confused.

"Just kidding," she grinned. "Who wants cake?"

"Is it…."

"Pineapple upside down, you don't even have to ask," Vick answered.

Lassiter removed his pocket knife from his belt and cut neat, even slices of the cake.

Shawn and Juliet reclined on the hospital bed next to each other, with Carly in between them, asleep.

"You know, Carly, it's a little sad they don't make pureed pineapple," Shawn commented through a mouthful of cake. "Now we'll have to wait a while for your first slice."

Carly, upon hearing her father's voice, shook a tiny fist in her sleep.

"Yes, I know it's not fair, but it's just the way it has to be," Shawn said sympathetically.

Juliet leaned over and pressed her lips against Shawn's, kissing him slowly and lovingly.

Grinning down at her, Shawn asked, "What was that for, beautiful?"

"You're a good father," she said.

"You're a good mother," he said, smiling broadly.

"Well, we're good together," she laughed.

HHHHHHH

Juliet rolled her eyes in exasperation. It was two days after Carly's birth and Lassiter had been on the phone with her for over an hour.

"So, when can you work again?" he barked into the phone.

"Carlton, I just got released from the hospital. About ten seconds ago. We haven't even left the parking lot. When do you think?"

"I don't know. I've got a ton of files I need you to go over and then….."

"Just take however long I was out for Ryan and add ten days to that," she answered tiredly.

"What? Why ten extra days? You're my partner…O'…."

Shawn removed the phone from Juliet's hand and imitated her voice into the phone, "We're in a tunnel…..breaking…..pineapple…..bye!"

Snapping the phone shut, he handed it back to Juliet with a smug smile on his face.

"Thanks for the help," Juliet said sarcastically.

"I should call Gus and tell him he can take Ryan to the house and we'll meet him there," Shawn decided, pulling out his phone again.

"At least let us get home first," Juliet suggested, throwing open the car door and sliding into the passenger seat with Carly in her arms.

Shawn slid into the driver's seat and turned on the car. When it revved to life, a familiar Guns N' Roses song filled the car.

"This is the perfect song for you, Carly!" Shawn cried excitedly as he pulled the car out of the parking lot and onto the busy street. His free hand found the dash and turned up the radio.

She's got a smile that it seems to me

Reminds me of childhood memories

"Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky," Shawn sang along in his deep, baritone voice.

Juliet laughed softly as he sang, his hazel eyes darting over to his daughter every now and then, just to check if she was listening.

"Whoa, oh, oh sweet child o' mineee!"

Whoa, oh, oh sweet love of mine.

"She's got eyes of the bluest skies, as if they thought of rain. I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain," Shawn's voice quivered a little as he sang.

Juliet leaned over and turned down the radio so Guns N' Roses was barely audible.

"Hey, Jules, I was rocking out!" Shawn seemed to have regained his composure.

"I heard your voice shake. You can't hide that from me. I'm a cop," she told him.

"I'm busted. But, hey, who can blame me? She's my first daughter and I'm her father. She's gonna grow up and become a woman someday and that's probably every father's worst nightmare. Even if she's only three days old," he explained, his eyes fixed on the road.

Juliet leaned across the stick shift and threw her free arm around him, "You really are a good dad. But, Shawn, I don't think we have to worry about her becoming a woman anytime soon."

"Thanks, Jules. I didn't want to be like the dad from Meet The Parents anyway. Fathers can be so protective sometimes," Shawn rolled his eyes in faux annoyance.

Their car rolled into the driveway and Carly stirred awake.

"Welcome home, Carly," Shawn said, his heart throbbing with love for his daughter.