While the two searched for a house around Philly, Lilly was kept busying between constant feedings and diaper changes. However one night when she finally went out to attend a Pilate's class, John found himself fine with taking care of their daughter. Though he liked having his own time with her; tonight things had seemed to be much calmer.

A few minutes later, while John was giving Amelia her bedtime bottle; he was doing some research on some homes for sale in the area. Nothing had seemed to really catch his eyes; given that some of the places were in areas where he didn't want his family to live.

Between the money issue and among other things; John sat back watching Amelia now asleep in his arms, knowing that living here wasn't such a terrible thing. Besides the neighborhood was good; and their apartment was comfortable as well. In his mind, John knew if they did eventually have another baby, the living areas would become a little tight.

For now he was just plain content with holding Amelia in his arms. As the front door opened, Lilly walked in seeing how both father and daughter were each bonding with each other; she smiled before heading on over to the couch.

As the two shared a small kiss, John peered up into a sea of blue but then felt his wife now resting her head down on his shoulder. While the two still looked at their daughter with love, Lilly knew that she was very much conceived in love.

John could hear both the soft breathings of both Lilly and Amelia, as he continued to listen to them both breathing in softly. He felt lucky to have been able to have found someone that would completely change his life; in a way it was more like fate than anything else. Besides it made him realize that even he needed to be loved himself.

"She's been asleep for awhile", he whispered, "How did go tonight"?

Lilly nodded, "Fine, you been scouring the internet looking for homes", seeing now an error message on the screen, knowing that John still wasn't so efficient in using a laptop nevertheless, a computer.

"It's best that we stay here for the time being, the neighborhoods I saw weren't something that I would want my family to live in", keeping in mind where Lilly had grown up in. Besides John felt comfortable living here in Center City; but knew that his wife probably felt different.

For the time being she followed him upstairs, watching how John gently placed Amelia down into her bassinet by their bedside. Already he was very overprotective over her; which wasn't a bad thing. Now as the two curled up together, Lilly was still feeling the shocks about now being a mother herself.

She quickly embraced her motherhood; spending time reading and singing to her daughter. Lilly had promised herself that she would do her best to give Amelia a better childhood than she had herself.

"I guess I have to fix the computer now, since you broke it".

John chuckled, "It was working fine when I was using it; probably just did something when I went to check on something"?

"Work related" she answered chiming in.

He knew his wife all too well, "No I don't even know what case there working on right now; not since you became a mom".

Lilly nodded tiredly, fighting her body's senses of wanting to sleep. Besides the fact she still had to pump out some more milk; and fix her laptop. Just a few moments after doing it, Lilly placed the milk into a container before starting to work on her computer. This time John didn't cause the blue screen of death to appear; but now there were about fifteen popup ads on her computer.

"Crap", muttering softly before clicking back on the block. While running a problem and a virus scan, she noticed that John was also searching for sports scores. Very typical of him, but at least he wasn't in work mode.

Just a week later, the weather had warmed up a notch as the now family of three went for their first walk together. Lilly now wearing a baby sling; felt a huge sense of happiness as a first time mother. However their walk wouldn't remain quiet as the two saw both Kat and Scotty still arguing in the streets.

"Some people aren't meant to be together", speaking softly.

John took her hand protectively, "Let's get out of here before they see us", wanting to enjoy their walk together. While they heard the two yelling over having fraternal twins; and Scotty's arguments of wanting to move in was certainly causing people to stare.

For the other family, things were going smoothly except the lack of sleep; plus Christina's frequent calls to Lilly regarding pregnancy questions. It had finally gotten so bad that John told her not to call in the middle of the night or very early in the morning. Aside from that, the two then decided to remain in the row home due to financial difficulties.

As the first month rolled on by, John was forced to return to work since the money was getting tighter. He wasn't about to send Lilly back anytime soon; wanting her to remain at home until her maternity leave was up; which was when Amelia had turned three months.

During his first day back, he felt different about being back instead of being with both his wife and daughter. However dealing with both Kat and Scotty's little annoying bantering was practically giving him a splitting headache so much that John kept the door to his office closed. Between doing four interrogations and controlling an out of control suspect, and paper work, John knew that there wasn't any way for him to leave the office that night.

Back at home, Lilly was trying to relax when Scotty had come over. He was looking a little agitated; but glad to see her face.

"I felt like I haven't seen you for awhile", he said seeing how tired she was looking. Lilly sighed when he took a seat down on her couch, "Scotty this isn't a good time, I need to sleep", holding open the door.

The cold air brushed against his skin, "Look Lil, I need to talk to you", raising his voice.

"Will you keep your voice down" hearing Amelia crying out from upstairs, "You have to leave, NOW", seeing Scotty getting up. Lilly didn't have any patience to be dealing with a nervous daddy to be, on top of dealing with her snoring husband as well.

Then her cell rang, but Lilly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw whom the number belonged to, "Hey", answering softly.

"You trying to sleep Lil", John asked slightly worried about his wife's lack of sleep.

Lilly groaned, "I was until you called".

"Sleep Lil, I love you", those words always comforted her. However she knew that she only slept well if he was lying beside her; call it crazy but Lilly liked to sleep feeling both protected and loved. When John finally returned home around 2am, he leaned over kissing her soft lips. Right away Lilly pulled him down, relishing the taste of his lips on hers.

Pulling away slowly, John then covered her with a blanket; knowing that in his mind he had already planned out their first year anniversary dinner together. He wanted it to be perfect, knowing that their romance between them only had gotten stronger. The place that they were going to would be one that Lilly probably would never forget.