Sorry for the short delay, it has been a hellish week for me. I hope you all enjoy it. There are a few time jumps in this chapter that are necessary to round out the finished product of this story. I hate to say it but the next chapter will most likely be the last one. There is not much more that I can do with this family of 6.

Got to give a shoutout to my prereader, cullengirl08 for all of her time and patience with me.

Disclaimer: SM owns all Twilight, not me.

Chapter 21

EPOV

I couldn't believe I was now the father of 4 now. So much in my life has changed in the past year but I wouldn't go back and change a single thing. Bella gave birth to Keagen Alice and Kaleb Aaron on August 5th at 8:37 p.m. via c-section. Our hopes and dreams of giving birth naturally were thwarted when Keagen refused to cooperate and her heart rate dropped.

We had now been home for 5 days and we were both absolutely exhausted. Even Kayden and Kallie were exhausted, opting to go spend the night with Meme and Doc because the babies were keeping them up all hours of the day and night.

"Bella, we have got to get these kids on a good schedule. We can't keep doing this and I miss the kids." I told her as we lay in our huge new bed while I bottle fed Keagen. Kaleb was still sound asleep because he had woken up about an hour ago to be fed and changed.

"I know, Babe. I miss them too. I just don't know what else to do." She said as she slumped against the pillows exhausted.

I nodded because I didn't know what to do either. "I know, Angel. I hate to hear either one of them cry, but we can't continue to stay up all day and night with them either. How about we try to get them on a schedule today?" I suggested.

She yawned and nodded as I burped Keagan and got up to walk her back to her nursery. I crawled back into bed and snuggled close to her side and let sleep overtake us immediately.

Bella had opted out of breastfeeding because she didn't want to feel like a milk cow or feel like that was all she had time for.

BPOV

I was ecstatic when Keagan and Kaleb began sleeping/eating on the same schedule. Yes, usually both Edward and I had to get up with them but at least we both got a decent amount of sleep during the night. Today was Kallie's first day of school and I was both excited and sad at the same time. Edward and I, along with all the babies were taking Kallie to school.

"Kallie come on baby, we've got to go if you are going to be to school on time." I hollered up the stairs at her.

"Coming Momma, I had to change my shoes." She said as she bounded down the stairs with her 'Hello Kitty' backpack bouncing against her back.

She was decked out in her first day outfit that her Aunt Ali helped put together. She was wearing a pink skirt with striped tights and a colorful shirt with her hair up in pigtails and her light-up shoes on her feet.

"Let's go, Baby girl, in the car." I shooed her out the door and into the SUV where Edward already had the other 3 kids loaded up. Kallie scrambled into the third row seats beside Kayden and buckled herself into her seat.

"I'm ready, Momma." She proclaimed when she finished buckling her belts.

And so we headed to the school in relative silence. Kayden was babbling to Kallie as she dangled his toys in front of his car seat. When we pulled up, I unbuckled my belt and helped Kallie from the back and handed her, her backpack and made to follow her up the sidewalk when she turned on me suddenly.

"Momma, I am a big girl now. You don't have to walk me to Ms. Taylor's class." She said sounding so grown up it brought tears to my eyes. I nodded and squatted down to give her a hug.

"Okay, Baby, you have a good day and Daddy and I will be waiting for you right here this afternoon, okay?" I told her gently.

She nodded and turned bouncing up the sidewalk and into the school. I am glad that we had the open house last week so she could be introduced to her teacher and shown around. There were different colored lines down the hallway that identified each classroom to make it easier on each child.

EPOV

I never thought I could be more grateful than I was the night that both babies slept/ate on the same schedule but boy was I wrong. I was even more grateful when they started sleeping through the night at just 3 months old. The four months since Keagan and Kaleb were born had brought about several changes.

Bree had brought Seth to our house for her weekend visit with Kayden and introduced him as her boyfriend instead of just a friend. We were ecstatic for them because they seemed so happy. Bree had been accepted to the University of Washington on a full ride academic scholarship for her entire four years. Seth had also applied and been accepted and was attending classes with her. Another big surprise came in the form of Bree offering to buy Bella's house instead of just living there rent free or paying rent. Bella was leery at first because she didn't want to take Bree's money when she was still attending college but when Bree confided in her about how much her inheritance was, Bella accepted and signed the deed over to Bree.

Now we were preparing for Kayden's first birthday that was less than 2 weeks away. Alice wanted to throw a big blow out, but Bella and I wanted to do a family dinner so they were in a battle of wills.

"Mary Alice Whitlock, so help me god. That child is mine, not yours and I will not have a house full of clowns for a birthday party that he won't even remember." I heard Bella scream into her phone from downstairs.

I shook my head and finished up with Kayden and Kaleb's baths. "Momma is so crazy guys, but we love her still." I told my sons.

"Dada, Momma." Kayden babbled as he splashed water which made Kaleb cry when he got water in his face. I quickly finished up with Kaleb and pulled his little wet body into my lap to dry him off while Kayden played in the water.

I quickly dressed Kaleb in his sleeper and put him in his bouncer until I finished with Kayden.

"Dunk time, Buddy." I told Kayden who immediately put his hands up over his eyes waiting for the water to be poured over his head. I filled his bucket with water and began slowly pouring it over his head which caused him to giggle uncontrollably.

He loved this part of bath time. When I had finished pouring water over his head, I poured the soap onto his head and put his hands on top of his head rubbing the soap in with me. I quickly scrubbed him down causing him to giggle some more. "Having fun, Daddy?" came from behind me.

When Kayden heard his Momma's voice his eyes got big and he started chanting. "Mamamamamama."

Bella giggled and came and sat beside me on the floor so Kayden could see her too. "Is Daddy fun?" She asked Kayden as she leaned forward and splashed some water at him causing him to giggle even more.

"Dunk time again, Buddy!" I told him as I scooped up another bucket of water so I could rinse him off.

He immediately covered his eyes and I began pouring the water over his head and body causing more giggles from both him and Bella.

We finished up bath time and took both boys to their respective nurseries for their bedtime rituals. The girls got their baths in the mornings and the boys at night. Normally all three kids were in the bed and asleep by 9 p.m. Kallie was usually the first to bed because she had to get up so early and get to school while the others slept in some.

Edward and I swapped rooms and said our goodnights to the other kids and finally crawled into bed together and wrapped up in each other's arms. "Tired, Angel?" I asked her as she laid her head against my arm and tugged the other one tighter around her waist.

"Kind of, why?" She asked quietly.

I pressed my hips against hers in answer.

"Oh, then no, I'm not tired at all." She said with a giggle as she pressed her hips back into mine and trailed my hand to her breasts and pressed my hand into it.

I rolled her onto her back and latched my mouth to hers as I trailed my hand back down her stomach to get below her night shirt which just so happened to be my t-shirt that she had confiscated back when we first started dating. "Edward, please." She begged when my warm hand met her thighs.

She spread her legs in invitation and I trailed my hand up the inside of her thighs but bypassed where she wanted me to touch her the most. I smiled as I placed kisses along her neck to my special place behind her ear and sucked gently as my hand trailed up her stomach.

BPOV

I could absolutely kill him right now for teasing me like he was. He knew that it was no guarantee that all of the babies would sleep through the night and I was horny as hell now. Our private time had become rare since we came home with the twins.

"Edward, please don't tease me. I need you too badly." I pleaded with him urgently as he trailed his hand up my stomach heading towards my breast.

He wasn't moving fast enough for my liking so I flipped him over onto his back and scrambled onto his lap all while plucking my shirt off and tossing it on the ground beside the bed.

"Eager, Angel?" He asked with a smirk on his face as his hands came to grasp my hips.

I nodded and scratched my nails up his chest and placed my hands flat on the bed on either side for head as I latched my lips to his eagerly.

I ground my hips into his as his erection hit me in the sweet spot and made me groan against his lips.

I felt a tugging at my hips and heard the distinct snap of my underwear and reared up looking at him in shock. "Did you just rip my panties off?" I asked him with a smirk in place.

He nodded and tugged the other side until it snapped too with his own smirk in place.

I lifted my hips a little bit and tugged the ruined scrap of lace from between us and tossed it to the floor.

I groaned as I felt the tip of his erection sneak through the gap in his boxers and rub against my wetness. "Oh God, Edward, I need you. NOW." I told him as I rolled my hips against his.

He lifted his hips off the bed and I helped him tug his boxers down far enough so he could kick them off. "Like this?" He asked huskily.

I nodded and reached between us and grasped his cock in my hand and lined us up before sinking all the way down on him which caused up both to moan low in our throats.

I immediately began moving up and down quickly until he gripped my hips and slowed me down. "Baby, I'm not going to last very long if you keep that up." He growled out low in his throat.

I laid myself down flat on his chest, smashing my breasts into his chest and burying my head in his neck as I continued to rotate my hips against his.

He raised me up and began pounding into me so fast it almost made my eyeballs roll in the back of my head. I felt my orgasm race through me unexpectedly and I froze in place as it took over my body. I stifled my scream in his neck as I bit down on his shoulder.

I felt him grip my hips and pound into me quickly which told me that his orgasm was close too. I pressed down into his hips as his pressed up into mine as he released deep inside of me.

We collapsed in a heap of sweaty limbs and matted hair before sleep finally over took us. I woke up the next morning and groaned out loud when I walked downstairs because our house was still destroyed from Christmas, which was 2 days ago. There were still toys everywhere as well as piles of clothes for each kid which I had yet to get put up.

Christmas day was hectic to say the least, with 8 kids, a very pregnant Rosalie, and a hyper Alice. It was memorable but hectic. We had all gathered in our house because it was the biggest amongst all of us. Rosalie and Emmett were expecting another little girl which would round them out with 5 kids between the 2 of them. Alice had been adamant that she wasn't ready for kids right now and that she loved being a doting aunt to all of the munchkins.

The kids had ended up with WAY TOO MUCH stuff, as my living room still showed the evidence from. And just to think that Kayden's birthday was just around the corner and he would be getting more stuff then. I began tackling the piles of clothes and toted them upstairs to drop them outside the doors of each sleeping child and husband.

Within an hour, I had the living room back to an organized usable space with all the toys put away in the gigantic play room and the clothes upstairs waiting to be hung up or put away. I collapsed on the couch just as a cry rang out over the baby monitor. It was the pink monitor so I knew that it was Keagan calling. Just as I was about half way up the stairs I heard another cry come out from a different monitor. I groaned as I hurried on up the stairs to the cries of my babies.

EPOV

Today was the day that our baby boy turned a year old and as I stared down at him as he slept in his crib I couldn't believe that he was a year old today. He was currently spread out in his crib with one leg thrown over his pillow and the other tucked inside his sleeper resting on his belly. He was a chubby baby but he was a heartbreaker with his big brown eyes and long eye lashes. He severely needed a haircut, but Bella was adamant that he couldn't have a haircut until after his first birthday because of some old wives tale she had been told as a child.

I scratched his belly lightly and he squirmed a little bit. "Kayden, wake up Buddy. Wake up for Daddy!" I told him softly as I continued to scratch his belly lightly. He finally stretched big and fluttered his eyelids to look up at me sleepily.

"Dada. Up." He said as he held his arms up at me.

I chuckled and leaned down to pick him up in my arms. He had definitely put on the pounds since he was born. He now weighed a big whopping 27 pounds and was steadily gaining every day. He definitely liked to eat and we had recently started him on more healthy snacks such as grapes, oranges, bananas, and strawberry slices. He took to strawberries like a pig takes to mud. We couldn't keep them in the house between him and his mother eating them constantly.

"Happy Birthday, Buddy. Daddy loves you." I told him as I laid him down on his changing table to get him changed and dressed for the big day.

Bella had won out with the party idea; I had never doubted she would for a minute, and we were having a family get together.

As I slipped his shirt over his head tears sprang to my eyes at the realization that he was growing up way too fast. "You know Buddy; it was a year ago today that your Momma and I met Bree and you for the very first time. That day changed our lives forever but we wouldn't change it for the world. I love you so much Kayden Anthony, and I hope that no matter what we go through in life you will always know that and never doubt it either." I kissed him on the top of his forehead

Bella cleared her throat from the doorway and I smiled over at her as Kayden's eyes got big at his the sound of his Momma. He had turned out to be such a momma's boy lately. "Good morning, Momma." I told her as she made her way closer to us. I let her slide in and take over dressing him.

"Good morning, Daddy." She said as she kissed me lightly on the lips earning a small cry from Kayden. We both chuckled as I made my way out the door. "I'm going to go start blowing up all the balloons." I told her on my way out.

Just as I was about to descend the stairs I heard a cry coming from the twins' room. I made my way that way and I heard what had woken them up, their Momma's voice coming through the monitor.

I picked up Keagen and placed her in the crib with Kaleb and went about changing their diapers and dressing them for the day as I listened to Bella croon to our oldest son.

"You sure are a handsome little boy, did you know that Kayden? You are Momma's little boy, aren't you? Just a year ago today, I got to meet you for the first time. I had just married your daddy a few days earlier and we were about to find out about Keagan and Kaleb. We took your Bree out to lunch and you just couldn't wait to come out and meet us and boy did you make a show of it. But in the end it all worked out for the best. I just hope that you always know that even though you didn't come from Momma's tummy you came from Momma's heart and that is where you grew from. I hope that no matter what you always know that your daddy and I love you. Happy Birthday my boy. Momma loves you."

I wiped at my eyes at her sweet heartfelt words and quickly got the twins changed and dressed with bottles in their mouths before they made a big fuss about being made to wait.

I heard Kallie's door open as she pitter pattered down the hall and stopped right at Kayden's door. "Happy Birthday, Bubbie!"

Are you people as sad about this story coming to an end as I am. I hope to have the epilogue posted within a week. Another big thanks to my prereader, cullengirl08, I couldn't do this without your motivation, help, and encouragement.