"Mommy, can I wear my Elsa costume to see Frozen?" asked Mei-Li hopefully.

"No," said Lim firmly.

Mei-Li's face fell, "Why not?"

"Mija, you have plenty of nice dresses to wear to the theater. Why would you want to wear a costume dress?" asked Melendez.

Mei-Li turned around to face her father, "Because we're going to see Frozen! Duh!" she said emphatically, waving her hands around for emphasis. Melendez couldn't help but laugh quietly to himself. It was moments like these that he could easily see Audrey in Mei-Li.

"Mei-Li Esmeralda Lim-Melendez," Lim scolded in a warning tone.

Mei-Li huffed, "Fine," she turned to face her closet again, "Daddy, which dress makes me look the prettiest?"

"They all make you look pretty, Princess," Melendez said.

Lim sat down on Mei-Li's bed as she watched her husband interact with their daughter. She knew Melendez was used to taking care of girls since he had been helping Gabi for most of her life. But in regards to Mei-Li, it was sometimes a whole different ballpark. While Lim could easily be ready for anything in a half-hour or less (all she usually wore included dress pants, a blouse, occasionally a blazer, some mascara, and lipstick), Mei-Li was very indecisive when it came to what to wear. Thankfully, Melendez was a bit more patient with Mei-Li's ever changing choices, "Which one do you want? The purple dress or the red dress? I think you'd look good in the red dress," he said.

"I don't know. Mommy, what does Simba think?" Mei-Li turned to Lim. Simba was the nickname Mei-Li had given her unborn brother, though she knew that they had decided on the name Carlos.

Lim laid a hand on her twenty-one week swell and said, "I think Simba likes the red dress too."

Mei-Li glanced between the two dresses and said, "Hmm. I want the purple one!" Also much like Lim, Mei-Li often did the opposite of what she was told, which sometimes led to her getting into trouble.

"Alright, purple dress it is!" Melendez hung the other one back in the closet and handed the purple dress to Lim, "I'm going to go get ready."

Lim nodded and he kissed her cheek before leaving the room. Lim helped Mei-Li into her dress and they both sat down on the bed so Lim could fix Mei-Li's hair, "Thank goodness for Auntie Laura and YouTube videos with tutorials on how to style hair in ways besides a surgical bun," Lim chuckled to herself.

"Mommy?"

"Yes sweetheart?"

"Do you think Simba will like the show?" asked Mei-Li.

"I think he will. I bet you he'll really like Olaf," Lim smiled. Once Lim was finished, Mei-Li jumped off the bed and spun around while Lim gained a look of pride, "Look at you, Tiānshǐ. You're growing up so fast. It seems like just yesterday, you were growing in my tummy. Can you believe you'll be a big sister before you know it?"

Mei-Li shook her head, "Nope. You can't have the baby any faster?"

Lim laughed, but shook her head, "Believe me, honey, that is exactly the question I'll be asking every day a few months from now."

Melendez entered the room, but stopped because he didn't want to interrupt Lim and Mei-Li's mother-daughter moment. His entire world, the only two (soon-to-be three) people he needed in life, Lim and Mei-Li exchanging terms of endearment in Mandarin to each other. Soon, Melendez walked into the room and scooped Mei-Li into his arms, "Alright Princess, vamonos."

When the family arrived at the theater in San Francisco, Mei-Li was mesmerized by her surroundings while Lim was overtaken with nostalgia, "Oh Neil, remember when you took me here to see Wicked for our first anniversary?"

"Of course I remember because you gave me a very nice thank you that night if my memory serves me correctly," said Melendez.

Lim playfully smirked at him before taking Mei-Li over to the souvenir stand. Since it was her birthday present, Lim let Mei-Li get a program, a t-shirt, and a plush Olaf. Mei-Li looked up at Lim and asked, "Should we get Simba an Olaf too?"

"No," said Lim.

"Why not?" Mei-Li's face fell.

"Because we can get one on Amazon for him and it'll be a lot cheaper," said Lim. During the performance, Mei-Li sang along to every song while Lim held Melendez's hand the entire time, both of them chuckling at how much fun Mei-Li was having. Naturally, Mei-Li talked about everything she loved about it the entire ride home.

Just as Lim was about to tuck Mei-Li into bed, she felt something that made her stop suddenly, "What's wrong, Mommy?" asked Mei-Li.

When it happened again, Lim sat down on the bed and said, "Give me your hand, honey," Mei-Li did so and Lim laid it on her upper abdomen, "Do you feel that thump against your hand?" asked Lim and Mei-Li nodded, "That's Simba kicking me inside my belly."

Mei-Li's eyes widened and she asked, "Can you feel him too, Mommy?"

Lim nodded, "I feel him more often than you do," she clarified. Lim kissed Mei-Li, "Now get some sleep. I love you."

"I love you," Mei-Li cuddled her new Olaf along with her Mushu.

When Lim got to the master bedroom, Melendez was still in the bathroom, so she changed into her pajamas and turned out the lights. Once she felt the bed move, she rolled over and snuggled closer to Melendez, wrapping her arms around him. He kissed the top of her head and buried his nose in her dark locks, "I think today's trip was successful if I do say so myself."

Lim laughed and nodded, "It was," she stayed silent before she said, "Mei-Li got to feel her brother kick."

"Really?" asked Melendez as his hand drifted down towards her abdomen, though he couldn't feel much.

"He's calmed down some. I'll let you know when I feel him moving again," said Lim, "Can you believe we'll have two kids soon?"

Melendez sighed and said, "No. I mean, I know we will soon, but every time I think I've come to terms with it, suddenly out of the blue, it just hit me: we're going to have two kids!"

Lim smiled and kissed him, "Well I'm glad I'm not the only one scared to death," they deepened the kiss and Melendez started sucking on Lim's neck when Lim stopped him, "Neil, our daughter is right next door."

"So? We can be quiet," he continued the sucking.

"You know I can't be quiet if you're doing things correctly," she laughed and pushed him off, "Tell you what? We're both off on Tuesday and Mei-Li will be at preschool in the morning. After I come home from dropping her off, you and I…" she trailed off and ran her finger along his collar bone and over his buck tattoo.

"Mm. Sounds wonderful, Dr. Lim-Melendez," he groaned.

"It'll be just what the doctor ordered," she joked and kissed him again, "Good night, Neil."

"Good night, Audrey," said Melendez.

Melendez soon felt his wife moving his hand that was currently resting on her hip over to her lower abdomen. He waited a few moments before he felt a gentle kick, "Did you feel that?" she asked. Melendez didn't answer because he was too mesmerized. He fondly remembered the first time he had felt Mei-Li kick and this time was no different.