For the next week, General Samantha Carter walked around with a huge grin on her face, and everyone presumed that it was because of her recent promotion, or the upcoming overnight trip to celebrate her anniversary. While both of these things made Sam happy, only she and Thor knew the real reason behind that grin.

While Jack and Sam packed their bags for their overnight, and reassured Jake that they would be back the following day, they were interrupted by a knock at their door. Sam opened the door to find Cam there with a huge smile on his face, "So where is my nephew who I am going to spoil rotten for the next 24 hours?"

Sam attempted to send him a mock glare but failed miserably as Jake came running to greet his 'Uncle' and ended up saying, "Just remember Cam, what comes around goes around."

At that point, Jack walked in and grabbed his wife from behind, wrapping her in his arms, before saying, "Carter, what have I told you about clichés."

"Well sir, I believe you may have mentioned a dislike of them in the past," Sam replied before kissing her husband.

Cam decided that now would be a good time to escape before the two forgot they had company, so he interrupted them by asking, "Jake are you ready to go?"

The little boy ran off to grab his bag and returned to give his parents hugs and kisses before grabbing the hand of his uncle and calling, "Bye mom, Bye dad. Love you."

Sam and Jack waved to their son before disappearing in a flash of white light.

----

"Thor," Jack called, "Good to see you again."

"It is O'Neill. I have already transported your things to the location General Carter picked out. I will remain in orbit during your vacation, if you need to contact me, General Carter has a communication device," Thor stated.

"Thank you Thor," they both called before disappearing in a flash of white light again.

----

Sam and Jack spent the afternoon lounging and fishing by the small, remote lake that contained a few fish. They had just finished a campfire dinner of burnt fish, when Sam finally addressed the issue that she had waited for over a week to tell her husband about.

"Jack," she questioned softly, as she snuggled into his embrace, "are you happy?"

Still not quite sure how to deal with Sam even after being married for two years now, he replied, "Of course I'm happy Sam. I'm spent the day fishing with my beautiful, sexy wife and now I've got the woman I love with all my heart in my arms. There is nothing that could make me happier than I am right now."

Attempting to egg him on, Sam asked, "Are you sure there's nothing that would make you happier?"

Still not understanding Sam's questions, Jack added, "Sam, I am married to the woman of my dreams, and together we have an amazing son, who may be adopted, but I love him as though he was our own."

"So you wouldn't change a thing?" questioned Sam.

At this point, Jack was starting to get frustrated with Sam. So he insisted, "Sam, I love you. I love Jake. Sure I wish we had done this sooner, and there are some days when I wish that we had another child, specifically that little girl named Grace. But, and I emphasize this, BUT I would not trade what I have with the two of you for anything."

Suddenly it dawned on Jack that Sam must be questioning their marriage, so he rambled, "Sam, are you unhappy, I mean, I know that you just stepped down from SG-1, and everything and I know how much you loved that. If you want to go back there again, then I'll support your decision. I'll do whatever I need to do to make you happy and I'm sorry since I'm not holding up my end of the bargain."

Sam's eyes widened in shock that Jack might even think that she was unhappy in her marriage, but was slightly confused by his last statement. "Jack," she questioned, "what do you mean 'not holding up your end of the bargain'."

Jack looked slightly downcast as a shadow played across his face, but was quickly hidden behind his military mask. "I promised you when we got married that I would support you and let you make your own choices and decisions. I can't lie to you and say that I wasn't happy about you getting out of the field, because I was. The whole time you were out there, I wanted you safe at home with me and Jake. I'll do whatever you want me to do Sam; just don't take Jake away from me."

Sam was horrified. Jack thought that she would take his son away from him. She moved her hand up to his face and turned his head so that he could see he face, and she plainly stated, "Jack, I would never dream of taking our son away from you. And I'm not going anywhere. I love my new job, I'm sure I'll miss going off world, but that's why I'm working with you, so I can still occasionally go on those training missions."

Jack felt a huge weight lift off of his shoulders. Still confused though, he asked, "Then what was with all the questions?"

Sam allowed a small smile to show on her face as she said, "I was wondering what you'd say if I told you I wanted to add a daughter to our family."

Any confusion or doubt that Jack felt was instantly gone as a huge grin filled his face. "Sam, are you sure you want another kid? I mean by now, there are only a few kids left that haven't been adopted and they're all Jake's age or older," Jack claimed.

"I wasn't talking about adopting," Sam claimed quietly. Then she sat back, waiting for what she said to click with her husband.

"You're not." Jack was horribly confused now as he asked, "Then how are we going to have a daughter?"

Sam waited patiently as Jack attempted to figure it out, and eventually let a small giggle escape her mouth as she watched Jack puzzle through this problem.

"Sam, I don't get it," he finally admitted and enjoyed the huge grin that lit her face.

Reaching down, Sam grabbed one of Jack's hands with her own and squeezed it. "Remember my Birthday three months ago?" she asked.

"Yeah," Jack confirmed, letting his grin grow even larger as he remembered how they had spent the biggest part of the day in bed, and then in the shower.

"Remember what I told you?" Sam asked, attempting to help Jack connect the dots.

A small look of sadness crossed Jack's face as he remembered the news Sam had delivered on her own birthday, "Yeah, I remember," he admitted as he hugged his wife a little closer.

"What if I told you that you gave me the best birthday present ever that day?" Sam asked, still attempting to lead Jack on, everything in her wanting to just tell him, but after him not telling her about her forthcoming promotion to General, Sam figured Jack deserved it.

"The locket?" Jack asked still not understanding what his wife's birthday had to do with Sam's desire to add a daughter to their family. "Sam, I don't get it."

Sam collapsed in a small fit of giggles as she watched her husband floundering to understand what she was hinting at. Giving up on him being able to 'get it', she took the hand that still held his and pressed it to her stomach where their child was now growing.

Understanding shot through Jack's eyes as a smile began to form on his face, but he pushed it down, wanting to be sure that he understood her before he went any farther. "Sam," he asked, "Are you trying to tell me what I think you're trying to tell me?"

"Depends," she answered, not wanting to make things easy on him, "On what you think I'm trying to tell you."

"Sam," he plainly stated, "If you're joking now would be the time to tell me."

Sam looked into Jack's eyes and saw the amount of love there. Love for her and love for their unborn child and she came right out and said it. "Jack, we did the impossible. I'm pregnant."

Sam was pretty sure that the excited scream Jack let out could be heard by Thor in orbit as he enveloped her in a bone crushing hug. Before pulling back and asking, "Are you sure?"

Sam assured Jack, "Thor was the one who figured it out and he reassures me everything's fine and that the Asgard look forward to the arrival of our daughter in six months time."

"Wow," Jack exclaimed, still shocked at the news Sam had given him.

----

Later that night, Sam lay wrapped protectively in Jack's arms in their makeshift bed when she asked, "So was this a good anniversary present?"

Jack kissed his wife's nose and responded, "The best," as the two drifted off to sleep, dreaming of their future child.