A/N: Hello all! Here we are with a long-awaited chapter! This one is very centered on our ladies domestic life together with a little interaction with their friends towards the end! Enjoy!

July 4

Happy Fourth of July! I feel wonderful, but also not so wonderful. The pregnant life isn't bad at all, actually. It's quite nice. Everyone tells me I'm glowing and that I look beautiful which is really helping my self-esteem considering the fact that I feel as big as a house. I just hit 30 weeks on Monday and I think it all hit me at once. I'm ten weeks away from full term. It's crazy to think about but it's also really exciting. Emma and I have gone crazy decorating the room in creme colors. Of course, we know the gender but we aren't telling yet. Emma's been super great about everything though. I couldn't have asked for a better partner in all of this. She cut a bunch of things out of her life because I can't eat them. Like coffee, she stopped drinking coffee and started taking more naps during the day so she wouldn't need it. She was really reluctant to give up sushi but she knows the smell makes me nauseous on a different new level.

Everyone at the hospital has been amazing. Kat and the girls have been watching me like a hawk at work and Killian even helped me with some charts so I could lay down in the on-call room. Isn't that sweet? Graham's little girl, Sky, has taken a liking to touch my stomach and talking to the baby. We've almost decided on a name but we haven't made a full decision just yet. The gender reveal is two days away and we could not be more excited to share it with all of our friends. My parents are coming out and I just know they're going to spend a ridiculous amount of money when they find out what their grandchild is going to be.

Well, that's all for now.

Love Always,

Regina

Regina sighed softly and set her journal aside, resting her hands on her rounded belly with a soft smile. "Hi little one, you've been awfully calm this morning. Yesterday you were doing an entire gymnastics routine across my bladder. " She chuckles and closed her eyes, focusing on the soft movements beneath her hands.

"How's our little ninja this morning?" Emma asked as she emerged from the kitchen with her lover's smoothie, a favorite of the baby since around week eighteen. She took her seat on the couch beside the brunette and her hand gravitated towards her stomach of its own accord.

"You know the baby isn't going to be ninja forever, right darling? It'll eventually calm down and then be rowdy again by two." Regina teased, pressing a soft kiss to the blonde's cheek in thanks for the mango and strawberry treat now creeping up the straw at her insistence.

"Yeah, I know, but I like it." She smiled cheekily, rubbing her hand over the baby bump that had made her fall in love with her girlfriend in a different way this time. "It's a Swan. You know there's no calming us" She laughed.

"I feel like we have so much to do to-" The brunette started, dropping her head back against the couch, feeling a bit overwhelmed at the week's tasks.

"Nope. Taken care of. I told you, babe. I've got this. Everything is set for the barbeque. I've already checked and everyone will be here. I have all the food prepped and ready to hit the grill. Dessert is chilling in the fridge right now." She brought Regina's hand to her lips and gave her palm a soft kiss. "Trust me, babe. I have everything handled. All you have to do is relax."

"Alright, Alright I know you've got this. You know how I like my control. I worry. That's my thing." Regina smiled and stood, making her way to the kitchen with Emma walking close behind her.

"Regina." Emma grabbed her by the arm, pulling her back a little "You almost walked right into that counter." Emma chuckled, turning Regina sideways since she clearly couldn't see it facing forward.

The brunette laughed, "I'm sorry, my vision was obstructed." Regina looked down at her stomach which was blocking the view of her feet. "I can't see all that well." She chuckled and opened the fridge, sliding her smoothie into it for later.

"This has gotta be some kind of health violation." Emma smiled and sat on the couch, kicking her feet up.

"When is everyone supposed to be coming?" Regina asked waddling her small frame over to the blonde.

"Five, so we've got a little time to kill." The blonde looked at her watch before holding her arms open so Regina could sit against her body.

"Great!" The heavily pregnant intern beamed and carefully settled herself in the offered spot. "We can finalize our registry." Regina made a grabby hand motion at the computer on the table.

"Oh no." Emma shook her head. "As excited as I am for little Swan to make its debut, this is the most tedious part." The blonde reached forward and grabbed the computer opening it for herself and saw the website she had been looking at last. The gold banner to the jewelry website made the screen glow and her heart picked up speed a little. Regina tried to reach for the device as her lover closed out the website.

"We're almost done, babe. Only little things now, you know? Onesies, blankets, bottles." Regina laid her head back against Emma's shoulder, looking up and tickling under her chin.

"Okay okay." Emma smiled and wrapped her arms around Regina resting them on her stomach, a habit she had formed shortly after learning of her girlfriend's pregnancy.

The couple spent the next couple of hours scrolling through baby websites, adding things to their cart and then to a document that was sent to their closest family and friends. Being a doctor meant that the family and friends they had were mostly doctors or the husbands and wives of doctors. Regina loved their close circle, this was the first large scale gathering that they would have as a couple. She was ready for all the rest to come. When her friends would have babies of their own and the weddings and engagement parties yet to be planned. This was the first milestone of many and she was ready for more. Next up was Emma's 28 birthday. She knew her girlfriend well enough to know those big gatherings and parties surrounding her weren't her favorite. The baby shower being an exception because it wasn't just about her but about the little family they were building together.

"I can't wait for family pictures." Regina chuckled, closing the laptop after finishing the list and sending it off to the guests. It was a bit early so they had some time before the actual baby shower.

"Why?" Emma took the laptop from her and put it on the table before settling back against the couch and enjoying the feel of her girlfriend in her arms.

"They're going to be hilarious. There's us and then the baby and these two dogs that are obsessed with each other" She chuckled and looked at Emma, pressing a kiss to her jaw softly.

"They aren't obsessed with each other." Emma defended to the brunette with a huff, the Latina pointed towards the large dog bed in the corner of the room where Apollo was snoring on his belly with Sophie curled up on his broad back. "Okay, I take that back."

The rest of the day crept by with the couple just enjoying each other's company until it was time to get ready for the barbecue. Regina slid into something she could change in and out of easily considering that it was hot. Waddling down the stairs to Emma's car the blonde chuckled at her.

"Don't laugh at me, you did this." Regina joked, walking very slowly down the four steps to the garage.

"Yep and I would do it again. In fact, I like the sound of that." Emma smiled and waited for Regina to get down the stairs before helping her into the Tesla. She circled around the freshly washed car and slid into the driver's seat.

The two enjoyed the drive towards the park, Regina smiling as she spotted the colorful array of cars lining the parking lot.

"How's my little munchkin cooking?" Ruby ran a hand over Regina's stomach as the couple reached the group.

"Good." Regina nodded, the friendship between the two brunettes had grown a lot since Regina had gotten pregnant. They spent countless hours together in the hospital just checking up on eachother. It made Emma feel like she had a bigger family than she originally believed. With her girlfriend getting along so well with someone who she considered to be like a sister to her was all she had been hoping for.

"That's good, no trouble sleeping at night?" Ruby asked slipping into her role as Regina's doctor and out of the role as Regina's friend, her hand beginning to lightly move around the edge of the brunette's rounded belly to check for any unusual changes.

"She's going to tell you she sleeps fine but as someone who sleeps with her, she's lying." Emma said sliding into their conversation and out of the one with Zelena and Mary Margret.

"How bad is her sleep schedule?" Ruby asked with a chuckle, turning her attention to the blonde.

"She doesn't sleep. All she does is take naps and they only last for maybe an hour." The blonde spoke looking at Regina, the love and concern in her eyes was evident.

"I'm right here, guys." Regina waved a little, furrowing her brow at being talked about without being included.

"I think it's just a tell tale sign of her being ready to pop. Full term is just around the corner." The leggy gynecologist wiggled her eyebrows at the pair.

"I know. I'm very, very excited." Emma smiled like a child, her own hand gravitating to her lover's stomach like a moth to a flame.

"Do you guys have names yet?" Dorothy asked as she sauntered up beside Ruby, her arm slipping easily around her girlfriend's trim waist.

"We have four." Regina answered easily, smiling up at the blonde caressing her stomach.

"Two for a boy two for a girl?" Kathryn questioned entering the conversation for the first time since the duo had arrived, she leaned past Emma and handed her friend a drink, nonalcoholic of course.

"Nope, we know the gender. Just debating on which one to go with." Emma answered, proud that she knew a secret no one other than Regina and Ruby knew.

"You guys know?" Jeff asked with a gasp, clapping his hands together. "Oh tell us!"

"Someone was impatient." Regina pointed to Emma. "So she insisted that Ruby tell her as soon as she found out, but once she did she was too excited not to tell me so she did."

"It was an accident though I didn't mean to." Emma waved her hands in defense.

"She's like a puppy. Once you tell her something exciting she can't wait to tell everyone else." Ruby joked nudging Emma in the arm.

"Anyway let's eat." Emma clapped her hands together and followed the leggy brunette towards the grill where burgers and steaks were sizzling along with onions, bell peppers and some mushrooms for those who wanted to top their selections.

The group gave a collective cheer of agreement and made their way towards the shaded tables to get drinks and food. The day passed with laughter, plenty of good food and several pictures that Regina had resolved to hang in the baby's nursery.

A/N: There we are! Next chapter will be the gender reveal and the BABY SHOWER! Leave us reviews on what you'd like to see!