The closer it got to the end of the school day the more antsy Allie got. She sat at her little desk tapping her pencil eraser on her math workbook as she watched the clock, willing it to be three-fifteen. At one point during her social studies lesson her teacher actually had to called out her name to get her attention.

"Is everything alright, Allison?" Miss Lewis asked as the class began to pack up for the day.

Allie looked up from putting her homework in her backpack and nodded. "Yes," She smiled brightly. "I'm just excited. My moms are picking me up so we can go to my Mama's doctor's appointment together. We're going to see the baby on the ultrasound machine."

The dark haired young teacher smiled at that. "That does sound exciting, I can see why you've been distracted all day but I need you to try a little harder to focus next week alright?"

Allie nodded. "Ok."

It took a lot for Allie to stay in line as her class moved through the hall towards the front door, but she didn't want to upset her teacher so she managed. She was whispering softly to Molly and Rachel as they made their way to freedom, and waved with a bright smile to T.J. as they passed his class. Outside on the lawn the small group of friends circled around each other to wait for parents, babysitters and nannies.

"It's so cool." Molly said as they all looked at Allie as she bounced on the balls of her feet. "I never got to go with my mom and dad when they went to the doctor when my mom was pregnant."

T.J. scrunched his nose. "Why would you want to?"

"To see the baby." Molly answered. "I got to see the picture they take, but it would have been cool to see it for real."

T.J. continued to make a rotten face. "Babies aren't all they're cracked up to be. They cry all the time. They smell. They can't really play until they're not baby babies anymore. All the adults fuss over them, forgetting about any other kid that might be around."

"That won't happen with my adults." Allie said with a huff as she put her hands on her hips. "My adults promised there'd always been time for me and that if I felt like I wasn't getting it then I should tell them."

The outnumbered lone boy in the group snorted. "They all say that but wait until it gets here. Your moms will spend all their time with it or sleeping, cause babies won't let anyone sleep. They cry all night long and most of the day too."

"I feel sorry for your little brother." Rachel said as she put a hand on Allie's shoulder while she glared at T.J.

"Why?" T.J. asked.

"Cause you're such a jerk." Rachel replied.

T.J. huffed. "You'll see." He looked at Allie with a look of pity in his eyes. "Having a baby around sucks."

Allie knew better then to listen to T.J. about anything, but she'd met his little brother Kevin. The toddler was a pain in the butt. Then again, Kevin, like T.J. was a Langan and that explained so much. She knew that things were going to change when the baby came, but surely they couldn't be as bad as T.J. was saying. Could they?

"Hey Allie-Cat!"

The little blonde looked up to see her mother standing by their car and smiled. She waved to let her know she'd seen her and then said her goodbyes to her friends. Running over to where her mothers were waiting she hugged her mommy before getting into the back of the car. She squeezed between the two front seats and kissed her mama's cheek before rattling off a hundred different questions about what would happen at the doctor's office.

Alex laughed. "Whoa, slow down baby girl. Sit back and buckle up and I'll explain everything ok?" As Olivia drove them to the medical center Alex told Allie about what would happen when they got their. She explained that she'd have to have blood drawn and that the doctor would checked her over and then they would get to do the ultrasound. There was no hiding the level of excitement in her voice as she spoke. They were going to see their baby for the first time and just the thought of it made Alex's heart race.

Allie held tightly to her mama's hand as they walked into the doctor's office. She looked around, taking in the other people and even a small play area before looking up at her mama as they approached the receptionist's window. "Are you sure I can go in?"

"Yes, we're sure." Alex replied before looking at the girl behind the sliding glass window. "Alexandra Benson-Cabot, I have an appointment with Dr. Kane."

The young woman looked at her computer screen and then smiled at Alex. "She's just finishing up with a patient upstairs, so she'll be down shortly."

Alex signed the billing papers the young girl handed her and then nodded. With Allie's hand still firmly in her own she lead her and Olivia over to a group of chairs in the waiting room.

"You should start thinking about your maternity leave." Olivia said as they sat in the waiting room.

"I know," Alex sighed. "But I really hate the idea of leaving things in Jim's hands. I wish I could talk Casey into taking it but she's happy where she's at right now."

Olivia smirked. "Good cause we really don't want to have to train another A.D.A."

That made the blonde raise an eye brow. "Train? Are you saying Detective that you and your cohorts trained me?"

"Well, no, not like that." Olivia replied as Allie giggled at her side. "We did have to learn to work together though."

Before Alex could reply, a middle aged redhead opened the door and called out, "We can get you set up now, Mrs. Benson-Cabot."

Alex gave Olivia a "you're lucky" look and then pushed to her feet.

Olivia grinned as she took Allie's hand. "Thanks Carol, I think you just saved my life."

The redhead laughed. "Opened your mouth without thinking again Detective?"

Allie giggled. "She's good at that."

Carol looked down at the girl and smiled, "I bet. You must be big sister Allie."

That made the nine year old beam. "Yeap, that's me."

"Ready to see your new baby brother or sister for the first time?" Carol asked as she lead the family down the hall and back towards the exam rooms.

Allie nodded so hard Olivia thought her head would snap off which made her laugh. "I think we've all been waiting for this."

Carol lead them into an exam room and then pointed to one of the chairs. "Well you'll all have to hold out a little longer. First things first, lets get some blood drawn to make sure everything's all nice and level."

"Haven't you figured out how to draw blood without using needles yet?" Alex moaned as she sat in the chair with the flip up desk that Carol was now setting down into place so she could rest her arm on it.

"Sorry, not yet." The nurse teased as she tied the rubber tie around Alex's arm.

Alex moaned and closed her eyes tightly as she took Olivia's hand and squeezed it. "I hate needles."

Allie was fascinated. She'd never really seen adults at the doctors before. Sure, she'd been around when hospice came to help look after Nana Dette, but that was very different. "It's ok Mama, we'll go for ice cream after. Nana use to say that double chocolate mint could put back all the blood the vampires in white lab coats could take."

That made all three adults laugh.

"Alright Mrs. Benson-Cabot," Carol said several tubes of blood and one Garfield band-aide later. "You can change in there," She pointed out a small bathroom. "and there's a sample cup in there too."

Half an hour later Alex was laying on the exam table as Dr. Kane was going over things from her last appointment. Allie was doing her best to be good and to not fidget to much, but now it was just torture. Why couldn't they get on with it all ready? She wanted to see the baby.

"So who's ready to see what this little person looks like?" Dr. Kane asked as she picked up the squeeze bottle full of jelly.

"Me!" Allie and Olivia said together. Olivia pulled the step stool over and helped Allie up so she could see the screen. She stood behind her daughter and wrapped an arm around her middle so she could keep her from falling. Her free hand she gave to Alex who took it and held it tight as Dr. Kane turned on the machine.

"This is going to be a little cold." Dr. Kane warned before squirting jelly on Alex's curving belly.

Alex gasped. "A little cold!?"

Dr. Kane laughed as she pressed the wand to Alex's stomach. "Ok, a lot cold."

All thoughts of teasing vanished as the screen flickered in black and white. The first time the doctor had done this she had to point out where the baby was, but at eighteen and half weeks the tiny Benson-Cabot inside his or her mama's tummy was very clear.

"Wow." Olivia whispered in awe as she looked up at the black and white image of their baby. "That's.. that's our baby.. That's just… wow…"

"It's sucking it's thumb!" Allie giggled as she pointed up at the screen.

There were tears in Alex's eyes as she looked at the screen. Blue eyes outlined the small head, arms, body, and legs over and over as if she were trying to burn the image into her mind. She half laughed half cried as she noticed that the baby was sucking it's thumb.

Leaning down Olivia kissed Alex softly on the forehead and whispered, "I love you." in her ear as they both looked up at the screen. Then she hugged Allie tightly as she smiled, tears welling her own brown eyes.

"We're looking at about seven inches which means little BC here has decided to stretch out those new legs." Dr. Kane said as she looked at the screen. She jotted down some notes in Alex's file and tapped at the machine's keyboard as she smiled. "Seven and half ounces from the looks of it and forming beautifully."

"It looks just like a real baby." Allie mused as she continued to look at the screen. She smiled as the baby moved a little as if the wand the doctor was using was bothering it.

"Sure does," Dr. Kane said as she glanced at the girl. "At this point the baby's all formed and now it's all about growing and getting stronger. It has hair, eye lids, finger and toe nails. It's breathing and sucking, and starting to move. He or she will start sleep cycles if that hasn't happened already, so now's a good time to get yourself on a schedule Alexandra."

Alex just nodded. She was having a hard time thinking of words. All she could think of was the very real baby growing inside her.

"We can also tell it's sex now." The doctor said as she looked at the family.

Alex shook her head. "We want to be surprised."

Dr. Kane nodded then turned the screen away for a moment. She jotted down a few more notes and then turned the screen back around. "Then lets get the baby's first pictures printed up and we're good until next month." She pressed a couple of keys and then looked at them again. "Between now and then you should be experiencing movement very soon. The baby's already moving but as it gets bigger this week and next you'll be able to feel it. This is the easy part of the pregnancy Alexandra, so use this time to prepare for what comes next."

Again Alex nodded.

Reaching over Dr. Kane took the sonograms out of the printing tray and handed them to Olivia.

That evening as Alex laid in bed looking at the sonograms she kept wiping tears off her cheeks as she smiled. She traced the baby's outline carefully with her finger tip and then placed her hand on her belly.

Olivia smiled as she approached the bed. She sat on the edge as she pulled open the top drawer of her nightstand. She bit her lip as she handed Alex a wrapped gift.

"What's this?" Alex asked as she took the present.

"Open it." Olivia replied.

Alex grinned as she tore off the paper and then gasped as fresh tears welled in her eyes. The frame was an aged white with mint green, pink, blue, and yellow footprints and the words "The first time ever we saw your face" under the little window. "Oh Liv."

Olivia smiled as she pulled Alex into her arms. "I know we're waiting to get any baby stuff but I just had to get it."

"It's perfect." Alex replied as she kissed her wife. Then she very carefully placed one of the sonograms into the frame and then placed the frame on her nightstand next to the framed picture of Allie. "It's even more real now, but I still can't get over the fact that we're having a baby."

"I know." Olivia said with a grin. "It feels like I've been given someone else's life by mistake. Like I'm stealing someone else's happiness, but I'm not, it's mine."

Alex kissed her again. "This is your life, Liv. Me, Allie, the baby, we're yours and we're not going anywhere."

Olivia smiled before kissing Alex in return. "I love you, you know that right?"

"I do." Alex replied as she slid her hand under Olivia's shirt. "And I love you too."