January brought a lot more snow. Jane couldn't quite remember when they last had such a winter. She watched the kids build a snowman in the yard. The third snowman of the day to be precise, with every snowman getting noticeable bigger.

She wasn't surprised when she heard Sophies voice calling after her. "Mommy, we need your help!" The girls giggled while standing in front of a pile of snow which was higher than them. She couldn't help but laugh as she put on her jacket and shoes.

"We try to make the biggest snowman of all times." Julia informed her in between some laughter. "Do you think we are on a good way?"

Jane tilted her head, chuckling. "I think so." She said, looking at the sphere up from close. She doubted that she would be able to bring it onto the bigger sphere which was already sitting in the garden though. "I think we might need a ladder." She mumbled, walking towards the shed, followed by two excited girls.

She silently cursed Frankie for giving them the almanac about world records for Christmas. Since they had laid their eyes on the book, they tried to break any record they could think off.

Upon returning with the ladder on her shoulder she noticed her wife standing on the deck with a questioning look. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"We're obviously trying to build the biggest snowman in the world." Jane replied as the girls couldn't due to their giggling. Jane winked with her eyebrow, seeing a smile tugging at Maura's mouth. The blonde walked back into the house returning shortly after in full gear. "You will need help with this." She said while joining them to everybody's delight.

"I think we will need much more help." Jane said after they had tried to put the ball on top of the other for about half an hour.

"You might call Frankie." Maura joked, seemingly cursing her brother in law too.

"Call me for what?" he asked as he maneuvered both babies in their car seats through the door.

"Uncle Frankie, we need your help! Ma and mum are not able to put the sphere on top of this one." Julia pointed to the huge one with her pinkie. "we want to build the biggest snowman on earth." She smartly filled her uncle in.

"uh oh. I see. Let me show you how it goes." He said, rubbing his hands while walking over. Nina shook her head and laughed, staying with the babies.

First, Frankie chased the girls through the garden. Jane pulled her head between her shoulders when snowballs started to fly. She was surprised when one hit her, coming from Maura's side. "You too?" she mumbled in surprise and bent down to form a huge one and threw it back in revenge.

It didn't take long until everybody was wet and out of breath from laughing. They walked into the house, leaving the spheres of the snowman behind. Jane was sure though, that the girls hadn't forgotten about their project permanently and that it would come up tomorrow at the latest for breakfast.

Shoes were dropped on the deck and there was a big hello once they were inside as Frankie and Nina had just arrived from Boston. Jane and Maura had offered them to stay the few days they had planned on being in NY to find a new home. The upside was that the couple could also take care of the twins so that Frankie and Nina had less stress.

Frankie went to fetch the luggage from the trunk, while Maura and Nina padded off into the kitchen to prepare some dinner. Jane finally found herself alone with the task to undress the two girls. Both Julia and Sophie had pink cheeks from running around in the garden and were beaming.

"Can we go see the babies?" Sophie asked, already walking towards the kitchen where Nicolas and Angie were sleeping silently in their car seats.

"Just to say hi, honey. Afterwards we need you to get showered or take a bath, okay?"

"Kay." Came from Julia who ran after Sophie, once she was out of her clothes too.

Sophie and Julia turned away from the babies after some minutes, bored because they were only sleeping. Therefore, Jane could easily make them take a bath and got them dressed. By the time they were ready, dinner was ready too.

Jane was just happy to have Nina and Frank around. They joked and talked a lot, making plans about the future. Angela hadn't responded well at first when she had learned that she would lose another child to New York. But she had finally given up ranting. "You can visit us anytime, ma." Frankie and Jane had promised finally. "And so we can take care of each other a bit better." Had tackled her attitude that a family should always care for each other.

The plan for Frankie and Nina was to find a house before the end of the month, Jane would be presented as new sergeant by the end of the month, then Frankie would be introduced as replacement for her as a detective the following week. Although it was all still two weeks away, Jane offered Frankie and Nina to show them the precinct on one of the following days.

After dinner, they looked at some houses Nina and Frankie had laid eyes on. Most of them were in the close neighborhood as Jane noticed upon reading the addresses. Most houses needed a lot of renovations as they were old like theirs. Hence, they were being sold for reasonable prices. Tommy could do the plumbing and Maura and she could help if they liked.

She could tell that Nina had already fallen for a special two-story house with a big garden down the road. The brunette passed it every day on her way to work. She liked it a lot, and supported Nina in Nina's argumentation why they should buy it. Frankie who wasn't that convinced yet gave in and planned to call the owners first thing in the morning.

R&I

It was far beyond midnight when Jane woke up because she needed to use the bathroom. She rolled her eyes when passing the guestroom from which she heard snoring sounds. It had been ages since she had slept under the same roof as Frankie, she realized. And it hit her that Maura had once mentioned that Jane snored. I hope I don't snore like this. She mumbled to herself when she walked towards the staircase, seeing some light downstairs.

"Can I hold her?" she quietly asked Nina who had just finished breastfeeding Angie.

"Sure." Nina whispered and her face was covered with a soft smile when she handed the baby gingerly over to Jane.

The brunette glanced at her niece, mesmerized by her tiny body and that beautiful baby smell. She kissed Angies head softly and watched the girl fall asleep.

"I used to spend hours like this with Julia." She stated, swaying the tiny bundle in her arms. "I used to sing to her, when she couldn't sleep." Nina smiled and watched her. "You're a great mum, Jane."

"Uhh, I don't know. I have my doubts sometimes…"

"It must have been very hard doing it on your own for such a long time."

Jane stopped swaying. "Yeah." She simply said, kissing the baby's forehead sitting down onto the couch next to her sister in law.