Livy and Matt got married not long after Kinsey was born and headed up north to their cabin for their honeymoon and then to start their lives together in Michigan.

Down in Ann Arbor, Kayla was feeling like something new needed to happen in their lives too. So one evening, she and Drew sat down in the living room after Harlow was in bed and she told him.

"I think we should adopt again."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. I'm thinking an older boy. Around five or six."

"Do you have an older boy in mind, by chance?" he asked, knowing the answer.

"I do."

Drew smiled, watching as her eyes lit up as she turned the computer on and toward him. "His name is Cole. He's in San Antonio."

"He's pretty cute."

"Yeah. Do you think we are ready for another? I think Harlow will like having a sibling."

"Does this mean you are for sure not going back to work?"

"Yeah. Maybe when they are both in school I might, but for now, I want to stay home with them."

"I think having a boy would be nice. I think we should let Terri know the profile number so we can get things moving."

She put both hands on his soft beard and kissed him. "Thank you, sweetie. I love you."

"I love you too." He stood and took her hand. "Let's go take a bubble bath."

Jack could hear his granddaughter cry through the wall in their living room which butted up against Ava and Ben's living room. She didn't cry a lot but when she did, she was loud and it hurt his heart.

"I think that's a hungry cry," he told Elizabeth.

"Maybe but they will take care of her."

"I know, but we can help too."

"Dear, they are doing just fine. Babies cry." Just then she stopped crying. "See, and now, she's probably eating."

Jack had always been conscious of how his kids were feeling when they were babies and then growing up. She loved that because there was never a time when he wouldn't try to take care of whatever it was, unless she needed to feed them.

"You are the best, Jack."

"Why?"

"You just are. The best husband and father and now grandfather. I picked a good one."

He smiled and gave her a kiss. "I picked you, if you recall, sweetheart."

"Eh, semantics. Let's just say we picked each other."

"But I picked you! You didn't like me one bit when we first met, Elizabeth."

"Well, no offense, sweetheart, but nineteen year old guys are rarely mature. More often than not they act like they are still twelve." He had asked her out once a week for two months before she finally said yes.

"Harsh," he teased.

"Not really. If I recall, the first time I saw you, you were in the pool hall, standing on your head with your buddies, just to see if your heads would explode if you did it long enough."

"That was not the right night to meet me, Elizabeth."

"And yet, that sight was burned in my brain and kept me from agreeing to go out with you for two months."

"But you did."

"Yes, I did."

"And you fell in love with me."

"Yes I did."

"And we made beautiful babies together." She leaned against his shoulder.

"Very true."

"And I can't imagine spending my life with anyone but you, Elizabeth."

She kissed him again, lingering a bit. "Right back at you."

About a week later, Jack and Elizabeth finally got the chance to babysit Kinsey when Ben and Ava had to go take their final exams.

Elizabeth placed all but one bag of breast milk in the freezer and warmed up a mug of water, placing the last one in the mug so it would be ready when Kinsey was hungry which Ben insisted would be within about fifteen minutes.

"You can make bets on her eating schedule," he said with a laugh.

"Not a bad thing," she told him as he walked out the door.

When she joined Jack in the living room with a bottle, she watched him rock tiny Kinsey in the recliner, gently rubbing her back and talking to her.

"I have a bottle, if you want to feed her, Jack."

"I'd love to." He put her head in the crook of his arm and put the nipple in her mouth, chuckling when she immediately started drinking fast. "Hungry, Kinze?"

Kinsey watched him with her blue eyes fixed so he just continued chatting. Elizabeth headed into the kitchen to make lunch for them, knowing she was in good hands.

Ben waited outside the Science building for Ava. Her exam should be just about over and he was going to take her to lunch at the Thai restaurant just off campus.

He walked forward with a smile when he saw her exit the building. "Hey, babe."

"Hey."

He offered his hand and she took it, threading her fingers through his. "I thought you might be hungry."

"I am but I'd really like to pump or feed Kinsey. I'm feeling full."

"Well, we can call Mom and Dad and see when they fed her last but I'm guessing she ate about an hour ago."

"I love that you keep track," she said with a laugh. "We could get takeout and head home," she told him.

"I was hoping we could go to lunch alone. Like a date."

"We haven't done that in awhile."

"No and I have until six before I head to work. Plus, I have something to talk to you about."

"Okay. Let's call your parents and then go to lunch."

A few minutes later, Ava and Ben headed to a secluded area of the park where she pumped as they talked. "So, I have an interview next week at Arbor Accounting."

"You do?"

"Yeah, it's an entry level position since I am only going in with an Associate's but they will pay for night school to get my Bachelor's."

"The whole tuition?"

"80% actually. Which will save Mom and Dad a lot of money and make it possible for me to move up in the company."

"Does it come with benefits?"

"Yeah. Good ones too."

"That's great, sweetie."

"But…."

"No buts. I'm happy for you."

"Okay." He could sense something beneath the surface. "You could keep going to school too, you know."

"I don't know. It doesn't seem possible right now."

"Well, Kinsey is three weeks old. After summer, you will feel more comfortable leaving her, won't you?"

"I don't know. It's killing me right now."

"I'm sorry. We can go home. I'll just make us something for lunch."

"No, babe. I'm sorry. I want to go on this date with you."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

So after she finished, they headed to the Thai restaurant as planned.

Hope Hills, the Cabin

Livy had never been happier in her life. She had her home with her new husband in Hope Hills. She had been able to get her job back at the real estate company and Matt was working for Hickam and Sons again.

Plus who knew that breakfast in bed could morph into lunch and it would be okay because they could blame it on being newlyweds? In fact, a honeymoon was magical and she was fully convinced that everyone should experience it.

Matt looked up at her, a dreamy smile on his handsome face. "Thank you for marrying me, Liv."

"You're welcome," she said with a laugh. "Best decision I ever made."

She laid down and put her head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead. "And thank you for being willing to move down to Florida temporarily and thank you for supporting my decision to help my dad."

"You're welcome, babe. I would do anything for you."

"Including having lots of babies?"

"Yep. At least four," she told him, a smile on her face. "Hopefully soon."

"Two boys, two girls," he mumbled.

"I'd be happy with any combination, but that sounds good."

"I'm going to try so hard to be a good dad, Liv."

"I don't doubt you will be."

"I think we are going to need more bedrooms," he said with a laugh.

"Yeah eventually, but for now, we have enough."

Livy's phone buzzed on the bedside table. She ignored it and just fell asleep again in perfect wedded bliss, wrapped in his arms.

"I tried calling Liv but she ignored me again," Kayla told Drew.

"We didn't take any calls on our honeymoon, sweetheart."

"No, I guess not."

"As I recall," he said, slipping his hands in her back pockets, "we turned off our phones and left them in the other room."

She blushed, remembering. "Yeah, I guess I can wait to talk to her for a while."

"I'm sure she would appreciate that." He dipped his head and kissed her soft lips. "I think we need to ask your parents to babysit soon."

"Why is that?"

"Because it has been a long time since we have been out on a date."

She raised up on her tip toes and kissed him deeply. "Mmm. You taste like mint and chocolate. Did you eat some of my ice cream?"

"Maybe."

"Mama!" Harlow called from her bedroom where she was supposed to be taking a nap.

She kissed him again and walked away, putting an extra swing in her hips knowing he was watching her walk away. She winked at him when she turned around before opening the baby gate and going in Harlow's room.

"Hi, baby girl. Why aren't you asleep?"

"No sleep!" she said, a big smile on her face.

"Yes sleep!" she said, laying down on Harlow's toddler bed with her. "Come on, lay down, please."

"Play!"

"Nope, lay down, girlie."

Harlow stood up and jumped on the bed. "Mama, jump!"

Drew laughed in the doorway. "We could take her for a walk in her stroller. That usually puts her to sleep and then we can stop and get something to eat. It would be like a date."

"Walk, Mama!"

"Okay, let's go for a walk."

As they strolled in the late April weather, they chatted about Cole. Terri had mentioned that they needed to schedule another home visit so they had decided on May 15. Then they needed to wait to see if the agency thought they were a good match for him. If so, hopefully they would be headed down to San Antonio to meet him.

The only hesitation that either of them had was the fact that Cole had Retinoblastoma at the age of two and had gone through chemo to kill the cancer. Now, he had poor eyesight and wore glasses. Drew was fine with that part, but it scared him a bit that maybe it could come back. He didn't know if that was logical or not, but what if it did and spread and then they lost him? He didn't know if he could handle that.

But then he saw Kayla's determination to adopt again and how much she had fallen for the little guy just in a picture. That changed his mind and that made him want to learn everything he could about the cancer and the possibilities about his future.

Kayla wrapped her arm around Drew's waist and held his hand. "You were right. She's asleep."

"See, I know things," he said with a wink.

"Yes, you're a smart fella, Andrew Shepherd."

"Thanks, sweetheart. Now let's go on that date."