On almost autopilot Hailey walked into the kitchen. First she put a pod in the keurig and hit start. Next she grabbed a bottle out of the fridge and put it into the warmer. Checking the monitor she saw that her fourteen month old son Danny was still sleeping. The coffee finished first and Hailey added her milk and splenda. Once she had a few sips she checked the monitor again and saw Danny was starting to stir. She finished the cup as she watched the stiring turn into signs of being awake. She then walked into her Son's room and saw Danny standing up in the crib.
"Good morning baby boy."
"Ahh." The baby responded with a huge smile on his face.
"You are always so happy in the morning. Let mommy get you out of the sack and then when can have a bottle. Then I'm thinking some waffles for breakfast." Hailey unzipped Danny from the sleep sack and after a quick diaper change she carried the pajama clad toddler into the living room. After placing him in the pack n play she handed him the bottle.
"I thought the pediatrician said we needed to transition him to a sippy cup." Jay said as he came in rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"They did and other than in the morning he is off the bottle. Go get some more sleep I got this."
"Ehh I'm up now it's all good." Jay shrugged and noticed the waffle maker Hailey was placing on the counter. "Mmm RDO waffles. I got him while you make those."
Hailey watched Jay lift Danny out of the pack n play and settle on the couch with him as she started making the batter. It always made her smile that as tough as nails Jay was at work he was the biggest softie when it came to their son. After breakfast the family was just enjoying a lazy morning./p
Hailey noticed Danny crawling towards the hallway and started after him, "We got a crawl pursuit. Baby boy wearing green dinosaur pajamas fleeing down the hallway. Blue pacifier in his mouth looking extra adorable."
"5021 Daddy be advised I'm going to cut him off by the door. We got one in custody." Jay lifted Danny so he could smell near his diaper "Oh and I think he's holding a dirty diaper"
"It's not mine." Hailey joked in a slightly higher pitched voice pretending to be Danny. "These aren't my diapies."
Hailey followed Jay into Danny's room and watched as he changed Danny's diaper.
"I guess it's not supposed to rain anymore you want to take him to the park after his nap? I'll see if Will wants to take Owen and meet us there."
"Yeah sure I'll shoot him a text once Danny is down."
That afternoon Jay and Hailey were watching Danny waddle around the playground as Will approached with Owen,
"Jay he's going under the equipment." Hailey said as she watched Danny crawl under the structure.
"Oh shoot! No Danny buddy come on you're going to get stuck." Jay said as he followed after Danny.
"I don't think it's so much Danny is going to get stuck it's Jay is going to get stuck going after him."
"Very helpful Will." Jay said from under the equipment. "I'm going to remember this when you're all sleep deprived when the baby comes."
"How is Natalie doing?" Hailey asked.
"Good it's going to be any day now. She's excited to no longer be pregnant."
"I'm sure, it sucks towards the end. But I got a great baby out of it so can't complain too much."
"Hails I love you and everything but why am I the one climbing after him when you are half a foot shorter than me?" Jay said walking back over having extracted Danny.
"Oh so hey so stupid question about cop stuff." Will interjected
"Yeah?"
"I was more asking Hailey. So Nat and I were watching New York PD last night."
"Oh God not you too." Jay groaned. Hailey had forced him through many episodes of the show especially when she had been on maternity leave with Danny. "Hush you. Will, continue" Hailey said.
"See that's why I was asking Hailey. So the characters are in uniform like covering patrol or something and they're climbing on the roof and even though it's not real I was just worried it was going to like snag on something the whole time."
"The tie is a clip on Will. We don't wear actual ties in uniform it would be a safety issue because of the choking hazard of it getting snagged or a perp trying to strangle us." Jay said.
"Ahhh makes sense."
"Look at them." Hailey said as Owen helped Danny up the steps of the play equipment as she pulled out her phone and started snapping pictures.
"I'd say Owen is ready to be a big brother." Jay responded
"Here's hoping."
"Come on I thought second time dads are supposed to be all confident."
"Nope and don't get all philosophical on me I've had the you are a dad speech three times at the hospital."
"Fair enough."
After a few more hours the family parted ways. Once Jay and Hailey arrived home they settled into their dinner and bedtime routine with Danny.
"Danny is officially in the crib." Jay said as he sat down next to Hailey on the couch.
"You got the monitor?"
"Right here."
"I love days off like this."
"Yeah it's making me dread court tomorrow." Jay noticed a look in Hailey's eye as she was watching a sleeping Danny on the monitor. "What are you thinking about?"
"You want to have another one?"
"Another what?"
"Another baby, Jay. I mean I know Danny was a surprise."
Jay chuckled. "Yeah we didn't even realize you were pregnant Vanessa did."
"Oh trust me she will never let me forget that." Hailey said laughing at the memory.
"Here you go Hailey toasted plain bagel with a little bit of butter." Vanessa said as she sat down next to Hailey in the jeep while they were en route to reinterview a witness.
"Thank you so much Vanessa. I don't know what's going on. I have just been feeling so sick and bloated lately. I think I'll feel better once I get my period stupid thing hasn't come yet."
Vanessa looked at Hailey confused. "Hailey, you think you might be pregnant?"
"No, I mean… oh shit."
"Intelligence be advised in regards to that bolo…"
"5021 Henry and Frank hold us down heading back to the district administrative."
"Vanessa, I mean it's just a suspicion."
"Nope not taking any chances with my half greek/ half Irish niece or nephew." She reached over and put her hand on Hailey's stomach "Don't worry kid Auntie Vanessa has your back."
"I also hear it's easier the second time around because you have a better idea of what's going on.
"Yeah like if we are going to do this just keep Oreos in your desk for when your cravings and you know when you have those hormone swings."
"I was not that bad,"
"Ok yeah sure." Jay said thinking back to one hot day when a protest had popped off near the district while Hailey was 7 months pregnant.
"Jay, go get your wife." Kevin said climbing up the stairs to Intelligence
"What's wrong?"
"Well we were coming back from lunch when the protestors were making their way past the district…."
"Is Hailey ok?" Jay asked standing up from his desk.
"Oh yeah she's fine. Just they started chanting 'Fuck the police.' Hailey just turned around and screamed at them 'How do you think I got pregnant?'."
"Ok Yeah I'm gonna go grab my wife."
"I think she genuinely scared a protestor or two."
"So we're in agreement? Baby number 2?"
"As long as we can start trying right now."
"Jay be serious."
"I am. I really want Danny to have a sibling and I think we're in a good place right now to start trying."
"We're going to need to move."
"We can start looking at houses next week."
"Do you want an actual house?"
"Yeah I want them to have a backyard to play in. You know when they're bigger we can set them loose in the backyard so they can run off some energy."
"I like the way you think." Hailey laughed as Jay went in for a kiss.
