A/N- Well my weekend left me exhausted, but not too exhausted to reward all your amazing comments with a new chapter 33 So I'm making it so Erin finds out she's pregnant in april, still chilly but the snow is gone. So currently in the story its september, with skipping a few weeks it brings Erin to the 6 month mark :) I kinda just wrote that to clearify, I didn't want anyone to be confused as to the timeline of everything
*3 weeks later*
Erin and Jay sit on the living room floor folding baby clothes given to them by Burgess, they hadn't gotten to spending time together to go through the bag and put away what they liked.
"No, there's no way my little girl is wearing that. Get that idea out of your head" Erin laughs as Jay holds up footie pajamas with hedgehogs dressed as bikers.
"Please? I'll make sure she only wears it when you aren't around, like maybe when you go to Nadia's to hang out or go shopping with Burgess."
"Fine, but only if I'm not around" Erin then grabs the pajamas from Jay and puts them in the pile of clothes they like.
"I'm excited to dress her for the first time, and bring her to the district for visits. By the time she gets here it will be christmas, so we'll have to do a christmas card." Jay says suddenly. Erin smiles when she looks at him, she couldn't have been blessed with a better guy to be the father of her child.
"I can't wait to change her first diaper, and to breast feed her in the hospital, oh and dress her in adorable clothes" Erin and Jay smile at each other before standing up and taking a coffee break.
"So Jay, Nadia met a guy finally, a good guy. His name is Patrick, he's great for her." Erin takes a sip of coffee while rubbing her belly.
"That's great, I'll have to tell her congrats tomorrow"
"Yeah, I have an appointment tomorrow, so I won't be at work but it's just a routine appointment so don't worry about getting out of work, it's not anything major." Jay nods, he pulls her into his chest and hugs her. They stay in that position for a few seconds before a rapping on the door interrupts.
"Hank? What are you doing here?" Erin says surprised, Jay remained in the kitchen.
"Just wanted to stop by and see how you're doing, Just got back from Justin and Olive's, Tyler's a bubbly little thing at only 3 weeks old" Hank tells her with a smile.
"That's all? You had me convinced it was something bad" Erin chuckles, since Hank's been introduced to the whole grandfather thing he's mellowed out a little, hardly, but enough where he doesn't look like he wants to kill someone every second of the day.
"Erin I'd like if you took the last 3 months of your pregnancy off from work, we've been getting harder cases lately and I notice you can't run as easily and I'd feel better if you weren't in the line of fire every day. I want to meet her Erin, please consider what I have to say" Hank says out-of-character like.
"Okay, Sounds good"
"What?"
"I'll take the time off, I want to meet her too hank, So does Jay" Hank smiles and gives her a quick hug.
"But don't let that stop you from checking in every now and then, maybe surprise Halstead with bagged lunches or something"
"Okay Hank, now you're really frightening me, who are you and what have you done with the real Hank?" Erin jokes.
"I'm kidding, Halstead I know you can hear me when I say don't beg for any bagged lunches. Have a good night" Hank heads down the hallway so Erin shuts the door.
"What got into him?" Jay asks with a genuine look of confusion. Erin shrugs and pecks him on the lips.
"The baby girl growing inside me is what happened"
X.X.X
"Welcome back Miss Lindsay, are you ready to see your girl?" The nurse says with a smile, Erin nods and sits on the bed.
"She's making excellent progress, still very healthy. That's some good news you can bring back to the daddy" The nurse smiles and prints out the ultrasound picture for Erin.
"Have you thought of any names?" The nurse asks when they make their way out to the lobby where another appointment would be scheduled closer to her due date.
"Well Jay seems to think Hazelnut is a great name" Erin says sarcastically, recalling the joke he made about naming her Hazelnut after Jay brought home some Hazelnut coffee from the store.
"Have a nice day, take care" Erin says as she leaves the office, on the way she runs into Lacy and Travis, Lacy smiles and gives Erin a hug.
"This is our last appointment before Penny arrives! We finally decided we wanted to know the sex, hows everything going with your little miss?" Lacy asks eagerly.
"Everything is great, taking the last 3 months of my pregnancy off from work, afterall it is dangerous." Erin sighs.
"Good idea. Hey! Our little girls will have to have playdates when they're old enough, decided on a name yet?"
"Not yet, so Penny is the name of your girl?" Erin asks.
"Yep, it's not short for Penelope, it's just Penny." Erin smiles and says good bye, she doesn't mind Lacy but sometimes shes a little too excited for Erin's liking.
A/N- Sorry it's short, I'm exhausted. Next chapter will involve another time jump, but hopefully it will be longer, Also more Linstead! Please leave feedback, it makes my day to see comments from you guys :) Sorry if this chapter sucks, I tried xD