June 11th, 2004

Alex clipped the barrette at the end of Jade's mini braid. A few tears filled her eyes. She couldn't believe a year ago today she had given birth. A year ago today she had became a mother. Jade was now a year old and it was wonderful, but yet so sad. They were having a party for her, but of course not many people were there. Kim, Jimmy, Joey, Sully, Carlos, Beth, Adam, and Maggie were there. Okay, so maybe there were a lot of people but No one were Jade's age.

"Come on." Alex picked Jade up and walked down the stairs. The house was fully decorated. Ty had made a big deal over this.

"Hey there kiddo." Sully smiled.

"Hey." Alex smiled, "Thanks for coming."

"I wouldn't miss this birthday for the world." He said, "A year. That's a big one."

"Yeah it is." Alex said softly, "I really can't believe she's getting old."

"She's not that old." Sully chuckled as he walked over to the refreshment table.

"KAY!!" Jade squealed and bounced in Alex's arms as Kim walked into the room. Kim chuckled.

"Hey there!" She scooped Jade out of Alex's arms and tossed her in the air.

"Kay! Kay!" Jade squealed again. Kim smiled and hugged the child.

"It sounds like you missed me." She chuckled.

"I think she did." Alex smiled.

"How are you feeling?" Kim asked. Alex cocked her eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"Joey's first birthday was so hard for me. I realized that he was more independent and didn't need me as much." Kim said.

"Joey will always need you." Alex said.

"It does seem like that." Kim looked to the other side of the room and watched Joey and Jimmy fool around.

"You're his mother and that'll never change and you know it."

"I'm the one who was in labour with him." Kim's smile returned. "Not Jimmy."

"Right." Alex chuckled. "Excuse me for a moment. I need to see if my mother and Ty's mother are getting along." Kim chuckled softly.

"All right." Alex walked into the kitchen. Beth and Maggie were sitting at the kitchen.

"Well, she calls me nana." Beth smiled as she sipped her tea.

"I would much rather be called grandma than nana." Maggie said, "Nana…I think of an old lady." Beth arched her eyebrow.

"Ladies." Alex quickly rushed up to the table, "How are my two favourite mothers?" Beth frowned at her daughter.

"I'm fine." Beth smiled, "Your mother and I have been talking about Jade."

"Jade is a popular subject." Alex smiled.

"Let me ask you something." Maggie said, "When are you going to have another baby." Alex laughed.

"Sometime next year." She said.

"Don't push my daughter to have another one." Beth said, "She has a career to work on."

"As a firefighter." Maggie said.

"Yes it's a noble job." Beth said.

"As is being a police officer." Maggie held her nose up high. Alex sighed.

"If you guys go sit in the dinning room, I'm bringing the cake out right now." The women nodded and left the room still bickering. Alex shook her head. It would be impossible to make Maggie and Beth best friends. Alex went over to the purple cake and lit the single candle on it. She lifted the cake up and walked out.

"Here it is." Ty smiled shutting the light off. Everyone started to sing.

"Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Jade. Happy birthday to you." Everyone cheered. Alex helped Jade blow out the birthday candle.

"Good girl." She smiled giving her daughter a kiss. It was official. She was a big girl.

June 28th, 2004

It was getting close to their trip to Los Angeles. Ty was excited. He couldn't wait to take his girls to a real beach. He couldn't wait to see Alex in a bathing suit. He couldn't recall seeing her in one.

"Daddy!!" Jade waddled into the living room and threw her bottle. Ty jumped.

"Christ, girl." He chuckled, "You could have killed me." He grabbed his daughter. Ty threw her up into the air. Jade squealed loudly.

"Moo!" She yelled.

"Moo? You're not a cow." Ty hugged his daughter. "You say I love you Daddy. Say it."

"Of Daddy." She giggled. Her blue eyes twinkled. Ty smiled at her.

"Close enough for a one year old I guess." He said putting her back down. Jade was still a little wobbly on her legs but she was getting better. "Why don't you draw a picture for Mommy." He took out her large crayons and a slip of paper.

"Mommy!" Jade clapped her hands. She walked to the table and took the red crayon. She started to scribble on the paper.

"Good. Daddy will be right back. Don't move." Ty quickly left the living room and went into the kitchen. "Bologna sandwich sounds good to me." He went into the fridge and pulled out the ready-made sandwich Alex made for him before she went to work. "Yummy." He mumbled walking back into the living room. He stopped and stared at what Jade was doing. She drew a large rainbow picture on the wall.

"Daddy!" She smiled.

"Jade Olivia Davis!" He cried running over to her. He grabbed her and smacked her hand gently, "No! No! Jade, that is very very bad." Jade Immediately started to cry. "Mommy is going to be very mad at you."

"Mommy!" Jade cried. Ty put Jade into her playpen. He was gone for only five seconds, but the pictures were along the entire wall. Alex was going to flip.

"Very bad Jade." Ty muttered and went into the bathroom to grab the cleaning supplies. He walked back into the living room. Jade was still crying. "Mommy is going to blame me." He began to scrub the wall.

"Yes Mommy will blame you." Alex said standing in the doorway. "What happened here?" Ty looked at her.

"I went to the kitchen and I came back and she had drawn on the wall." He said. Alex sighed and walked over to Jade and picked her up. She bounced the crying baby on her hip.

"So, you left her alone?" Alex asked.

"Just for a second." Ty said.

"Just for a second. That's all it takes, Ty. While you weren't here she could have walked outside in the middle of traffic." Alex said.

"Oh come on. It's just crayon on the wall." Ty said.

"I know that, but really Ty she needs to be looked after all the time. She's walking now. She can get into a lot of trouble. I have brought too many children into the ER because their parents weren't watching him." Jade was finally quiet. Ty sighed.

"I know. I'm sorry. I was just hungry." He said.

"I'm sure she was hungry too." Alex said sitting down on the couch, "But I forgive you." Ty chuckled.

"Gee thanks." He said looking at the wall. "This sucks."

"Yup. Add a little more elbow grease." Alex winked. Ty shook his head.

"I'm sorry. Next time I will make sure she is stapled to me before I go anywhere." Ty said. Alex smiled softly at him.

"Oh I know." She winked playfully. Alex sat there watching Ty clean the wall. He soon got the crayon off, but the wall would definitely need a new coat of paint sometime this summer.