A/N: Noah comes home! Pretty sappy, sweet chapter. Don't worry, I'll get back to some more humor and angst real soon, but it's hard to write angst around bringing home Noah.

Also, I'm looking forward to writing a pregnant and hormonal Alex. Expect some humor and hormones there, as well as a return of some of Alex's family members.

Again, thanks for the patience with me on all the stories...like I mentioned, I have a lot happening for me personally, but I'm trying to get back in to a daily routine.

MOM & MAMA

"You have the car seat installed?" Alex asked as her and Olivia were getting ready to pick up Noah. They both had a lot of nervous energy and had barely slept the night before.

Today was the day that Noah was coming home.

"Yes," Olivia said.

"Did you get it checked to make sure it's installed correctly?" Alex said, pacing around the bedroom.

"Alex, it's installed correctly," Olivia said. "I think I know what I'm doing."

"Diapers?"

"We have plenty," Olivia said.

"What about -"

"Alex, relax," Olivia said. "We have everything. Baby monitor. Diapers. Food. Baby bed. Safety locks. All of it."

Alex let out a sigh and held yet another shirt up in front of the mirror trying to decide what to wear.

"Also, Noah isn't going to care what you're wearing," Olivia said. "You're beautiful in anything...or nothing. But that would be a little inappropriate for today." She smirked and wrapped her hands around Alex from behind, letting them rest on Alex's stomach.

"Liv, what if we can't do this?" Alex said. "What if we're not ready?"

Olivia smiled, kissed Alex on the neck, and put her chin on her shoulder. "Well, I think it's a little late to worry about that now. And baby, we can do this, and we are ready."

"Are you sure we're not forgetting something?" Alex asked, relaxing and leaning back into Olivia.

"No, but it'll be okay," Olivia said. "We've covered all the major bases; we know that. And if we did forget something, we'll take care of it. The most important thing is Noah will be coming home to two parents that love him."

"I know, Liv," Alex said. "I just want everything to be perfect."

"Everything is perfect," Olivia said. "Noah is coming home with us today. You're having our baby. And we have the rest of our lives together to raise our family."

#

After a long day, Alex and Olivia were standing in Noah's room, having just put him down for the night in his crib. Alex put her arm around Olivia, and the brunette put her head down on Alex's shoulder.

"We have a son," Alex said, grinning from ear to ear.

"We do, and we need to make some decisions," Olivia said, raising her head and taking Alex's hand to lead her the living room.

Alex sat on the couch, and Olivia continued into the kitchen. "Want some water, babe?"

"Sure."

Olivia returned with a glass of water for Alex and a glass of wine for herself.

"That's just rude," Alex said.

"What?"

"You're seriously having wine in front of me?" Alex said. "Knowing I can't have any for like, forever?"

Olivia chuckled. "It's not forever. It's like what 8 more months? Maybe less?"

"Yeah, but you could be a little supportive," Alex said.

"And what, give up coffee, too? No, thanks," Olivia said. She smiled and kissed Alex on the cheek. "I still love you, though."

"Yeah, yeah," Alex said. "So, what decisions do we have to make?"

"Names," Olivia said.

"Liv, we don't even know the gender of our baby yet," Alex said. "And Noah already has a name."

"Not for the kids," Olivia said. "For us. I mean, we can't both be mom, right? Or can we?"

"Oh, I guess...I didn't actually think about that," Alex said. "Well, I don't know about you, but I kind of prefer Mama. That's what I used to call Mom when I was a kid anyway. At some point, I stopped and moved to Mom, but I kind of like it. What about you?"

"I guess I don't have a preference, but if you want Mama, I can just be Mom," Olivia said. "That's all I ever called my mom. But I guess, too, if the kids come up with something different, that would be okay."

"And grandparents?"

"Well, we just have your parents, so I suppose whatever they want to be called," Olivia said.

"They're pretty boring, so probably Grandma and Grandpa, but I'll ask them," Alex said. "Is this real? I mean, do we really have a child - our child - sleeping in there and one on the way?"

"We do," Olivia said, smiling.

#

Alex awoke started in the middle of the night to the sounds of Noah crying on the baby monitor. It was 2:30 in the morning. Olivia had insisted on taking the first shift when Noah woke, and wanted to do it in general. She wanted Alex to get her rest with the pregnancy.

But here it was, Noah crying, Alex wide awake and Olivia snoring next to her.

"Liv," Alex whispered. "Noah's awake."

"Al, no...just few more..." Olivia mumbled, never really waking up.

"Okay, but I'm getting up with Noah," Alex said, rolling out of bed. Olivia didn't respond and was fast asleep before Alex even left the bedroom.

Alex walked into Noah's room and found him crying. She checked his diaper, and it was dry, so she picked him up and went to the kitchen to get his bottle.

"Shhh," Alex said. "It's okay. Mama is here." She carried him back into the bedroom and took a seat in the rocking chair to give him his bottle.

"Hush little baby, don't say a word

Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird..."

Olivia woke to the sound of Alex's voice through the baby monitor and realized where Alex was. She got up and walked over to Noah's room. She leaned against the door and watched on as Alex rocked Noah back to sleep.

Once Noah was asleep, Alex slowly got up to put him back in the crib. When she turned around, she was surprised to see Olivia standing there smiling at her.

"You're awake," Alex said.

"I am," Olivia said. "I thought we agreed I'd get up with Noah and you'd get your rest."

"Well, someone wouldn't wake up," Alex said, kissing Olivia on the cheek.

"Oh...sorry," Olivia said sheepishly.

"It's okay, babe," Alex said. "You work a lot of long and odd hours. I expect there will be a lot of nights like this."

"But tonight I was home and rest," Olivia said.

"Tell you what, how about I let you make it up to me," ALex said with a mischievous grin.

"Tonight?" Olivia said. "It's a little late don't you think?"

"You're going to turn down your pregnant, hormonal, girlfriend?" Alex said, smirking at Olivia.

"Never," Olivia said. She wrapped her arms around Alex and pulled her close. "Anything you want." She gave Alex a long kiss, in preparation for moving their night back into the bedroom.

"Good," Alex said, pulling away. "Go bring me some ice cream while I get back in bed."

"Wait? What?" Olivia said. "You want ice cream and not...?"

"Yep," Alex grinned. "I am pregnant and you said anything I wanted. I want ice cream. There's some in the freezer."

"Oh, boy," Olivia mumbled. "This is going to be fun."