At 16 weeks, the entire hospital knew of the two residents who were pregnant. For their credit, Addison and Meredith went around assigning the interns that gave them the most hell the worst jobs, while they managed to stay under their favorite services. Meredith flitted between general and neuro, while Addison stayed on OB/GYN, learning everything she could about the specialty and about her changing body with the baby. The two women only saw each other at home, but that was about to change – the new house was ready in time for Meredith and Derek, and Addison and Mark were going to stay in the old house for now.

One day after work, they picked up Gracie at preschool and headed over to the new house. It took forever to get there, including a trip on the ferryboat which was always an adventure with Grace, who wanted to climb up the barrier and peek into the water, always giving Meredith a heart attack. She also liked to run around the deck, tiring Meredith out with her bump or a stomach, swooping up the almost 5 year old into her arms and peppering her with kisses as she giggled like crazy.

Once the ferry had landed and they got back in their car, they drove aways into the woods before they came to a clearing. Meredith had wanted the house to be a surprise, and she was definitely surprise as Derek parked the car and she burst into a smile, looking up at the two story, open-plan house. It was full of huge, glass windows and made out of gorgeous wood, and she knew she was in love before she even stepped inside. Letting Grace out of the car to run around, she stepped inside the house, taking a deep breath – it smelled like cedar and everything was pristine and new, and absolutely breath taking. The kitchen, dining room, and living room all flowed into each other, with a room off the living room that was Gracie's playroom. She had found it immediately and started playing with new toys that Derek had tucked in there. Meredith started poking around the house, finding a more laid back family room at the back of the house, along with an office for the two of them, the laundry room, a library, and a downstairs guest bedroom and bathroom, along with a half bathroom in the hallway before she headed upstairs to explore there.

The first door she opened was their bedroom, and she delighted in the size, laying on the huge bed they'd picked out and someone had made up for them, and she smiled as she caught the size of the window over her dresser – it looked out over the edge of the clearing, the edge that looked out over the edge of the hill their land was on, that looked out over all of Seattle. It was absolutely beautiful. Forcing her pregnant self up, she walked across the hall and smiled – it was the nursery. There wasn't anything in there but a white crib and a white armoire and a white dresser, but the room was full of the weak Seattle sun and she smiled, imagining their baby in there. Next door was Grace's room, with a big girl bed for her with purple bedding and a pretty purple canopy on her made, making sure it was extra princess-y for her. She had a purple rocking chair in one corner, a neat white toy chest, and matching white furniture, the room decorated fit for Princess Grace. Meredith couldn't help but smile. Derek had gotten everything right. She knew the rest of the rooms were guest rooms or bathrooms and she'd see them soon enough, so she headed back downstairs to Derek, where he was leaning on the kitchen counter and texting someone.

"Der, the house….it's perfect," she said with a small smile. He stood up and tucked his phone into his pocket, putting a hand on her growing belly before drawing her in for a kiss.

"Nothing but the best for my queen and my princess, and future prince or princess," he smiled. She couldn't help but match his smile as she looked around again, spotting smaller details. He had moved their wedding china and crystal into a china cabinet in the dining room along with smaller trinkets they'd collected over the years; their diplomas and medical degrees hung on the walls of the living room, and family pictures dotted the walls as well. Somehow their new home already felt like home, despite the fact that they had yet to move in.

"So when do we move in?" she asked him, biting on her lip. She wanted to be in here as soon as possible.

"Well next weekend Mark and Addie took off, and we both have off as well, so I was thinking then," he smiled, giving her another kiss. She grinned, excited they could move in that soon.


The next weekend, their things in the old house had been packed up and moved to the new house. Being pregnant, Addison and Meredith were in charge of unpacking the boxes while the guys moved everything around. It wasn't too crazy luckily, especially since Grace had buried herself in her playroom, and Meredith and Addison were mainly unpacking clothes and dishes and such.

"I have to tell you, I'm totally jealous of your house Mer," Addie said, laughing. Meredith laughed and shrugged her shoulders.

"What can I say? He wanted to build us a house, it was something we always talked about in college, it was just something that he wanted to do for me. I know it was something he wanted to do once we settled down, you know? Build us a dream house. And my, it's definitely my dream house," she smiled as she sat on the ground in Grace's room, folding her tiny little four year old clothes. It saddened her; soon she was going to be five and she would be out of toddler clothes, but at the same time there was going to be a new baby, a new baby that they would soon learn the sex of.

They spent the whole weekend moving Meredith and Derek into the new house, and come Monday morning the couple made the drive to the hospital from the new house, ready to face their 20 week ultrasound and find out the sex of the baby. Their first stop of the day was OB, and Meredith was quickly whisked back to a room and put into a gown, relaxing on the exam table. The nurse took her vitals, and soon the doctor came in.

"Good morning Shepherds, are you excited to learn the gender of the baby?" Meredith smiled, squeezing Derek's hand as the doctor got the ultrasound under way.

"Here we go, here's baby. There's the head, the heart beat is pretty strong….ten toes, ten fingers…and ah here we go, baby is showing off today. It looks like you're having another girl!" Meredith looked up at Derek with surprise before she laughed, her hand on her chest before she drew him into a kiss.

"Looks like we're repeating your family so far," she smiled. He kissed her deeply, touching her bump with a smile.

"Hey, we're having tons of kids, I'll get my boys," he promised her.

"I love you and both of our princesses," he smiled to her, kissing her forehead.


So before you freak that she's having another girl, I used a website to do a coin toss so that it would be perfectly fair, an that's how it was decided! And I will do that for every baby because it's fair rather than deciding in my brain.

Anyway I hope you liked my fluffy chapter! It's 5 am and I'm exhausted but wanted to finish this!