A/N – I'm finally getting to the good stuff! Baby Girl Avery is just around the corner. There are about 5 weeks left until the Season 11 premiere so I will probably be wrapping this story up in about 3 more chapters. I hope you all like the way I go with this. Please let me know what you think. I'm more than open to both positive feedback and constructive criticism. Enjoy!

April stood half dressed in front of her full length mirror. She was wearing a sports bra and had folded down the maternity panel on her maternity yoga pants. She'd probably be late for work, but she just couldn't stop looking at it—her baby bump.

She was thirty-eight weeks pregnant and looked every bit like it. Her belly button was officially an outie, and she could no longer see her feet at all when she looked down. The stretch marks were everywhere so she had given up trying to deal with them.

She didn't feel ugly but she didn't feel very pretty at the moment. She was the most swollen she'd be. From her face to her feet, she felt puffy all over.

At the same time she couldn't help but love staring at her belly. Her daughter had been growing and forming in there and she couldn't wait to meet her. She couldn't be more ready to be done being pregnant. She couldn't be more ready to hold her little girl in her arms.

As April stood there fixated on her belly, Jackson had reached the doorway, but couldn't bear to interrupt her.

She was so beautiful to him like this. He had thought she was beautiful for as long as he could remember, he was just never smart enough to do anything about it. He loved her though, more than he ever knew he was capable of.

He fell in love with her the moment she kissed him. He fell further when she gave herself to him and let him be her first. He fell in love again when she became his wife. He didn't know he could love her more. Then he fell in love with more than he ever imagined when she became the mother of his children.

After a few moments he gave in.

"Hey, beautiful," Jackson said with a smile as he walked up behind his wife, startling her a little. He wrapped his arms around her belly and kissed her shoulder.

"Hey Jackson," April replied, leaning her head back against him, "I feel more huge than beautiful."

"Well, that too," Jackson teased, eliciting a little whack from his wife, "I can't wait to meet our little girl."

"Me neither. I've been ready since I found out we were having a girl," April agreed.

"You know, I never really pictured myself a family man," Jackson revealed, kissing April's cheek and making eye contact with her through the mirror, "but now I can't imagine my life any other way."

April smiled and turned around in Jackson's arms to face him, wrapping her arms around his neck. She kissed him sweetly and passionately, standing on her tip toes to reach him.

"We better get to work," April said after pausing and taking a breath, "We're gonna be late enough as it is."

"Why don't you finish changing and I'll finish packing up Elijah," Jackson offered after getting one more peck from his wife. Before leaving the room he crouched down, lightly kissing her exposed belly. "Daddy loves you, baby girl," Jackson whispered to their unborn daughter.

Within moments April appeared from the bedroom, dressed and ready to go, to find Jackson holding Eli's fingers with one hand and the diaper bag with the other.

"Ready!" April exclaimed before following her two boys out the door.

After leaving Elijah at the day care, Jackson and April walked together up to the surgical floor.

"I have a conference call with the foundation this morning and then I have major facial reconstruction so I will likely be in the OR the rest of the day. If you need me you can page me, but I may be hard to reach," Jackson informed his wife before separating to go to his office.

"I think I'll be okay," April answered smiling. She leaned in to give her husband a kiss, something much more difficult with her large belly now very much in the way. Jackson pulled back placing his hand softly on her belly, letting his gaze linger on April's.

"I love you," Jackson said before turning toward the long hallway down to his office.

"I love you, too," April called after him giggling as she proceeded toward the nurses station before taking the elevator down to the ER.

April made her way through rounds as she always did but now being so pregnant her stride was much more of a waddle. Nevertheless she attended to her patients as well as she always did, pausing every so often to sit down and rest for a bit.

"Kepner, are you sure you aren't having twins?" Alex teased, pausing as he entered the attendings' lounge where April was now sitting.

"Oh shut up, Alex. Don't you have anything better to do?" April grouched, not in the mood to be teased.

"Calm down, it's just a joke. You look like you're ready to pop any day now," Alex replied, leaning on the desk.

"Yeah, the doctor says I could safely deliver any time now," April answered, attempting to rise from her chair. Her center of gravity made this very difficult so she quickly gave up and sat back down.

"Here," Alex offered, extending his hand to the redhead. April took his hand and allowed him to help her to her feet.

"Thanks," April replied, giving him a small smile, which quickly turned to a wince, "Oooh." April groaned, starting Alex, before looking down at her feet.

"What? What is it?" Alex asked seeing the obvious pain in April's face. He joined her gaze and saw the puddle at her feet.

"My water…"April stammered, stating what was now obvious before bellowing even louder, "Ughh."

"I see that," Alex replied, "Let's get you up to the OB floor." Alex grabbed a wheel chair from the hall and helped April into it. April panted as Alex pushed her down the hall to the elevators.

When they reached the maternity wing, the nurses quickly checked April in and got her settled in her room.

"Thanks Alex," April said softly after another contraction."

"No problem, but I better get back to—," Alex replied before being cut off by April.

"Page Jackson! Now!" She screamed as Alex was leaving.

"You better page Dr. Avery, she's about to get crazy," Alex advised the nurses, wanting to just run out of the room.

"I'm sorry," April offered, smiling a little as she panted, "I just really need my husband here. Can you please page Dr. Grey, incase Dr. Avery can't get up here for a while." The nurse quickly went to work paging the two doctors.

After a little while, Meredith appeared in the room to relieve Alex, who had allowed April to lean on him, reluctantly. "Alex I can take it from here," Meredith told him before turning her attention to April, allowing the very pregnant woman to lean on her, "How's it going? Where's Jackson?"

"I don't know. I'm hanging in there," April panted as another contraction came, "I just really want my husband here." Meredith could see the tears forming in April's eyes as he fought through the contraction.

"Alex, you better find Jackson, and fast," Meredith instructed with a steely gaze as April bellowed through the contraction.