July 12th, 2004

Jade was starting fussy. The seven hours on the airplane was starting to get to her. The airplane was now going to the gate at L.A.X. airport.

"We're almost there, Pumpkin." Alex said taking Jade out of her car seat. You have been a very good little girl." Ty chuckled.

"Don't lie to her." He said as the airplane finally stopped. Everyone started to unbuckle his or her belt and move around the cabin.

"I'm not lying to her. She wasn't screaming her head off the entire time we were on the airplane." Alex pointed out.

"She better enjoy Los Angeles." Ty winked.

"Oh she will. You know how much one-year-olds enjoy things." Alex smiled as she stood up with her daughter. Everyone started to file down the aisle and exited the plane. It felt so good to stretch their legs. This was so exciting to be here. "We'll go get a taxi if you go grab our suitcases."

"All right. Be careful." Ty smiled and walked off to find the suitcases. Alex walked out with her daughter and tried hailing a cab.

"Hello! I need you!" She groaned as she finally got a taxi to pull up in front of her. "Hi. We're going to Redmond Hotel. My husband is bringing out the suitcases." Within five minutes, the Davis family was going toward the hotel. They were all staring out the window at the passing palm trees and tourists.

"Are you excited?" Ty asked. Alex nodded.

"Very." Within twenty minutes, they were at the very luxurious hotel. Ty grabbed their suitcases and Alex grabbed the baby. They walked into the hotel and got their room keys.

"The very first Davis family vacation." Ty smiled as they got into the elevator.

* * *

Alex pushed the stroller over the cobble stone sidewalk. Ty pointed in a few windows. Even the widows looked too expensive to look through.

"Let's go in here and just have a look." Ty said, "I would like to get one souvenir."

"Okay." The Davis family walked into the store. The sales clerk glanced them over and right there assumed they had no money so he went to help someone else.

"How much do you think this costs?" Ty asked holding up a sweater. Alex bit her lip as she looked at it.

"Two hundred dollars." She said.

"Oh very close." Ty said, "Eight hundred and seventy-five dollars." Alex choked with laughter.

"God that ridiculous." She looked at a leather jacket on rack, "Guess how much this one is."

"Nine hundred?" He asked.

"Nope. It's fifteen hundred." Alex smiled. Jade started to get fussy.

"Wow." Ty said. "We should get out of here or our eyes will be charging things to our credit cards." The Davis family walked out of the shop and finished looking around at all the shops. They couldn't afford to buy a single thing. Not even a pair of socks. They finished looking around Rodeo Drive.

They took a taxi drive to the Mann Theater. Alex was very excited about this one. She had always wanted to put her feet in the feet prints. Ty immediately took out the camera to capture this moment.

"Look, Jade, these are Donald Duck's feet print." Alex put Jade's feet in the prints. Jade giggled and bounced. She started to walk away as Alex let go of her hands. Ty snapped a couple of photos.

"We're are you going, pumpkin?" Ty chuckled as he ran after her. Jade grinned brightly looking at her father. "Yeah, you're a star, Jade. Some day you'll have a star here and everyone will know who you are."

For the next week, The Davis family had a blast in California. They visited so many great museums, television studios, and landmarks. They took over three rolls of film. It was definitely and amazing trip. It would be one that they would never forget.

August 13th, 2004

Back to reality. Back to normal life. Jade stared at her mother as Alex zippered up her jacket.

"Mommy, go!!" Jade cried.

"We're going in a minute sweetie." Alex smiled. "You want to go see daddy?" Jade bounced wildly in her stroller.

"Daddy! Daddy!" She squealed. Alex chuckled.

"Let's go." Alex pushed the stroller down the street as Jade told Alex a 'story'.

"Car! Car!" Jade said as a blue car sped by.

"Yes it is. Can you say blue?"

"Boo." Jade giggled hiding her face in her hands. Alex smiled.

"Very good." She said. Jade was advancing so well. It made Alex feel good, "Jadey, where is your nose? Can you point to your nose?" Jade thought for a moment and then pointed to her nose.

"Noss." Jade said.

"So good!" Alex took out a baby carrot and handed it to her for a reward, "You're such a good girl." Jade smiled as she gnawed on the peeled carrot. Soon, Alex was in front of the precinct. She pulled the stroller up the steps and inside. A few cops smiled and said hello as she went into the locker room, "Hey Sully, where's my husband?"

"Hey girls." He smiled, "He's taking a shower."

"Lee-lee." Jade grinned clapped her hands. Sully knelt down.

"Yeah, it's me. What do you have there? A carrot? Carrots are really healthy for your baby blues." He said. "What are you two doing here?" Alex shrugged.

"We needed a walk and thought we'd visit daddy." She said.

"Daddy!!!" Jade squealed as Ty walked out with the towel wrapped around his waist. He looked surprised to see them.

"Why this is a nice surprise!" Ty smiled giving his wife a kiss.

"Thought it would be." Alex winked.

"Daddy, Noss." Jade said pointing to her nose.

"You're not getting another carrot." Alex chuckled, "I was thinking you could have lunch with us today." Ty nodded.

"I'm on a break right now while sully does some paper work."

"All work no play makes John a very dull boy." Sully muttered as he walked out of the locker room. Alex giggled softly.

"Cool. Get dressed and we'll go to McDonald's or something."

* * *

Alex slid Jade into the highchair and Ty put their food in front of them.

"This is better than eating at the desk.' Ty chuckled. Alex smiled.

"We thought so." She said pouring the French fries out in front of Jade. "You need to get ore days off." Ty laughed loudly.

"I just took a week off." He wagged his finger at her.

"I know." She shrugged, "I think I was spoiled with having my husband there always." Ty nodded.

"Yeah. I definitely think you did." He winked, "I will take some time off around January first." Alex groaned.

"I'm going to be tired when you're done with me, huh?" She asked. Ty nodded with a smile.

"Oh yes. I think my goods will need a week or two to recover."

"Your goods." Alex giggled as she ate her hamburger. "They ever needed a rest before. Why would they need one then?"

"Cause we'll be riding each other for hours."

"Ty!" Alex burst out laughing, "We're in a family establishment."

"How do you think these children got here?" He asked.

"Lord, you're sick." She laughed. "Our daughter is right here."

"I see she's here." He winked at Jade, "but she knows where she came from."

"Oh does she?" Alex asked.

"Yeah. We've had our discussions." Ty said. Alex shook her head as she blushed. Next time she surprised Ty with a lunch out, she'd have to take him into the middle of them woods to have an embarrassment-free lunch.