So… it was suggested by a guest that I should do a Christmas chapter and I sort of just ran with that. The end result is a bunch of random, short, holiday themed scenes.

They all take place during different time periods, but I put them in chronological order to make it easier to follow (I hope).

Hope you enjoy!

=================AFTER=================

"Isn't it a little early for Christmas music?" Sam asks as he walks through the front door only to be bombarded by 'Last Christmas' on the stereo.

"It's never too early for Christmas music," she declares with a smile as she folds a blanket and hangs it over the back of the couch. While Sam was out getting some diapers from the store, she decided to try and clean up a little, which is why she put the music on. Doing chores is always less tedious when she can sing and dance around at the same time.

"Whatever you say," Sam replies with a laugh as he places the bag of diapers on the kitchen table.

"I mean, who doesn't love Christmas music?" Andy muses as she walks around the couch, planning to pick Mya up from her play pen. But when she bends down to pick her up, she stops in her tracks and grins at the little girl, who is wiggling around to the music and kicking her feet in the air with this silly smirk on her face. Yeah, it's probably the cutest thing she's ever seen. "Oh my God Sam, come here," she says, gesturing with her hands.

"What?" He asks as he walks towards the couch.

"Look at her! She loves it!" Andy exclaims with a big smile as she reaches out for Sam's hand and pulls him closer.

Sam stands beside her and gazes down at his daughter with a loving smile as he watches her dance to the music.

"Are you dancing for Daddy?" Andy coos as she reaches down and tickles Mya's belly, causing the baby to giggle.

Sam glances down at his wife and runs his hand down her back before returning his attention to Mya. He's been a dad for a little over six months now, but every time someone calls him "Daddy," he can't help but smile, especially when it's Andy who's doing it.

"God, I don't think she could possibly be any cuter," Andy declares as she lifts her head to meet Sam's eyes.

Sam grins down at her and pushes some hair behind her ear. "I think it'd be pretty difficult," he agrees.

"Look at her go," Andy says with a laugh after glancing back down at Mya, who is still happily wiggling around in her play pen.

Sam chuckles as he wraps an arm around Andy, who turns her body and rests her head on his shoulder. For the next few minutes, they do nothing but stand by Mya's play pen and watch her dance to the music.

"I hope you realize what this means," Andy says, after some time goes by.

"What?" He asks.

"We're gonna be listening to a lot of Christmas music from now on," Andy informs him.

Sam lets out a laugh before kissing the top of her head. "I guess I can live with that," he replies.

=================AFTER=================

"Okay, are you ready?" Andy asks as she dramatically sets the shopping bags down on the coffee table.

"I'm ready," Sam declares as he plops down on the couch with a beer.

"Okay well, just let me preface this by saying… I may have gone a bit overboard," she explains with a sheepish smile.

"I'm shocked," he quips with a smile of his own.

"C'mon! It's the first Christmas that she'll really be able to unwrap her presents and actually understand what she's getting and… I'm just excited," Andy tells him.

A big grin spreads across Sam's face as he looks up at his wife. It's moments like these that he's truly in awe of her. Two years later and it's still completely amazing to him … the way she loves and adores his daughter.

It's not that he didn't believe her when she sat in his truck and made him all of those promises. He did believe her. The thing is, she's still completely exceeded every expectation he ever had where those promises were concerned. He's never once doubted Andy's feelings for his little girl. Over and over again, she's proven to him how much Mya means to her and she's always treated her as if she's her own. Always.

And he'll probably never be able to put into words just how much that means to him.

Just seeing the two of them together… seeing the way Andy loves her… it fills him with a joy he couldn't even begin to explain.

"So yeah, I think I'm allowed to overindulge a little bit," Andy adds, pulling him from his thoughts.

He lets out a laugh and takes a sip of his beer. "Okay, show me what you got," he tells her.

=================AFTER=================

"How's it look?" Sam calls from behind the Christmas tree, where he just plugged one of the girl's Christmas presents.

"Oh my God, they are going to die!" Andy exclaims as she looks at the princess castle she and Sam just set up. It's a large, pink, foldable, hexagon-shaped castle with draped sheer curtains and fairy lights. Andy was pretty pleased with herself when she found it online.

"Yeah, they're gonna love it," Sam agrees after he walks around the Christmas tree to look at his handy work.

"I think we should put the chest inside the castle," Andy announces as she picks up the treasure chest and places it inside. "I mean, it's got all of the princess dress up stuff in it," she rationalizes.

"Plus, then you don't have to wrap it," Sam teases.

"You know me so well," she quips with a smile as she walks out of the castle. "So, is that everything?" Andy wonders.

"I think so," Sam tells her. "We wrapped Lucy's doll and all of the clothes… that big set of art supplies… the tea set… the books… that horse barn thing for Mya… all of that princess jewelry… I think that's everything… and you did the stockings, right?" He asks.

"Yep, they're all set," she replies.

"Okay, then I think we're good," he determines.

"You sure? Santa's not allowed to forget things," she teases.

Sam smiles and throws an arm around his wife before kissing her temple and then turning to look at their Christmas tree, which is surrounded with presents.

"I think Santa did pretty good this year," Sam decides.

Andy peers up at him and smiles. "Yeah, I think he did," she agrees before she stands on her toes to kiss him. "Okay, let's go to bed," she declares. "We've only got about six hours before the kids will be jumping on our bed, wanting to open presents," she adds with a smile.

Sam chuckles, knowing full well that she's right. "Let's go," he says before grabbing her hand and leading her upstairs.

=================AFTER=================

Andy lets out a sigh as she finishes unloading the dishwasher.

Yeah, this day has really not gone according to plan.

It's so rare that she and Sam have a day off together during the week, and today was that day. And the fact that it was a week day meant that they would have the house to themselves, which meant that, for the first time in far too long, they could actually enjoy some time alone.

But then, she woke up this morning to almost a foot of snow and a message from Lucy's daycare saying that they were closed due to the weather. And yeah, Andy felt unbelievably guilty about her disappointment, but she was just really looking forward to being with her husband today. Still, she figured they could still have some alone time during Lucy's nap, so not all was lost.

But then Marlo called. Apparently, Mya was having a snow day today as well, except Marlo still had to work so she needed to drop Mya off with them for the day.

Again, Andy felt incredibly guilty about her frustration over the situation.

The thing is, she loves those two girls more than life itself, but she was just really looking forward to today.

It's just… she had plans.

And now those plans are shot to hell.

Right now, she's in that stage of her pregnancy where she just can't get enough of Sam. She seriously wants him all the time. It's honestly taken everything in her not to drag him into an interrogation room and beg him for sex every single time she sees him at work. That's how badly she wants him.

So yeah, she was really looking forward to an entire day of having as much Sam as she wanted.

And now she gets none of him.

So yeah, it sucks.

But to make matters even worse, she doesn't even get to go play in the snow with the kids. She's five months pregnant and even though she's not that big yet, with all of the snow on the ground, she'd probably last five minutes running around out there before she was out of breath and needed to be carried inside. So, she just has to be content with watching everyone else's' fun.

It's been about ten minutes since the girls dragged Sam out there, so Andy figures she should probably go out and watch before they all get cold and want to come inside.

And yeah, even though she doesn't have much of a bump, it takes her five minutes longer than it should to gets her boots, coat and mittens on. But, eventually, she's ready and heads out onto the deck to watch her family enjoy their snow day.

When she gets outside, she can't help but smile as she watches Sam and Mya showing Lucy how to make snow angels. The two of them are on the ground, demonstrating, while Lucy stands next to Sam, watching.

"Why don't you try it, Luce?" Sam encourages.

"No!" Lucy grins before she leaps onto her father's stomach.

"Oof," Sam says as his daughter belly flops onto him.

Andy can't help but let out a laugh at her daughter's antics.

"You think this is funny?" Sam asks his wife, after he hears her laughter.

"Actually yes," she calls out to him, before Mya hits him in the head with a snowball.

"And now it's even funnier," she quips.

"Thanks, wife," Sam calls back to her, sarcastically.

Andy chuckles in response as she watches the girls collect more snowballs, while Sam exchanges a few words with his daughters.

And then all three of them look over at her and she has this sinking suspicion that she's about to be in trouble.

"Okay, get her!" Sam declares before the girls start running towards her. And moments later, she's got a snowball in the face, one in the chest and two hitting her leg.

"Hey!" Andy says as she tries to shield her body. "I've got precious cargo in here," she reminds him, hoping that will lead to a cease fire.

"Pretty sure snow isn't gonna hurt the baby," Sam tells her with a teasing smile as he throws a snowball, which lands on her shoulder.

"Oh, now you're in trouble!" Andy announces as she starts to collect some snow in her hands before she hits her husband right in the face.

"Okay girls, get ready! This is war!" Sam instructs as the girls start to giggle.

"Not fair! It's three against one!" Andy whines as she tries to quickly collect more snowballs.

"Maybe next time you'll think before you laugh at me," Sam teases.

Andy sticks her tongue out at him, causing him to chuckle at the same time that Lucy hits her with a snowball. Andy lets out a laugh as she brushes the snow off of her and looks down at the two girls gathering up more ammo. That's when she gets an idea.

"Whoever is on my team gets hot chocolate later!" Andy declares with a wicked smile.

"With marshmallows?" Mya wonders as she stops winding up to throw another snowball.

"Definitely," Andy promises.

"Okay!" Mya agrees before hurrying up the stairs onto the deck with her little sister in tow.

"Oh, so we're using bribery now?" Sam asks his wife as he watches his daughters start to make snowballs with Andy.

"Yes, we are," Andy says with a triumphant laugh. "How does it feel that all it took was the promise of hot chocolate with marshmallows?" Andy teases.

"Not great," Sam quips.

"Well, don't worry. I'll make you some hot chocolate, too," Andy promises seconds before Lucy hits her dad in the face with a snowball.

"Thanks," Sam snorts as he wipes off his face.

"You know, you should remember this for the next time you think about being on anybody else's team but mine," she chastises.

Sam lets out a laugh. "Yeah, I'll try," he agrees before bending over to make some snowballs, only to get hit with three right in a row.

Andy can't help the grin on her face as she watches the two little girls continue to gang up on their dad.

Yeah, maybe this day will be better than she thought.

=================AFTER=================

"Noah! That's my ornament!" Lucy cries when she sees the two year old with the ballerina ornament in his hand. She immediately reaches out to grab it from him, causing him to jerk his hand away. "Noah!" Lucy chastises.

Both Sam and Andy see the impending fight from across the room, where they are sorting through boxes of Christmas decorations. And they are both preparing themselves to intervene when Mya comes to the rescue.

"Noah, why don't you put this one on the tree instead?" Mya suggests as she holds out her hand to show him the snowman dangling from her finger. It's dressed in a Maple Leafs uniform, ice skates, and a Santa hat, so there's a good chance Noah will like it.

Noah glances down at the ballerina in his hand and then back at the snowman as he considers the idea for a moment.

"Oh-tay," he agrees with a nod before taking the snowman while handing the ballerina to Mya, who immediately passes it to Lucy. "Up high!" He exclaims, enthusiastically, as he points to the top of the tree.

"Okay," Mya replies with a smile before she lifts up her little brother so he can reach some of the higher branches. He bites down on his bottom lip as he concentrates on carefully putting the ornament on the branch and once he does, he leans back against his sister to admire his work.

"Perfick!" Noah exclaims with a big grin.

Mya lets out a laugh before she hands him another ornament. This one is a Santa Claus who is wearing aviators and a police uniform. "Why don't you put this one on, too?" Mya proposes.

"Yeah!" Noah replies as he takes the ornament and scans the tree. "Over dare!" He declares as he points to the other side of the tree.

"Okay, hold on," Mya agrees as she maneuvers around the boxes of ornaments until they are at the other side of the Christmas tree. Then, she leans over a bit so Noah can reach and watches as he carefully places the ornament on the branch.

"Unaver!" Noah demands.

"Another?" Mya asks. "Okay," she says as she picks up two gingerbread men holding hands and gives it to Noah.

Sam has returned his attention to digging through the Christmas boxes, but Andy can't take her eyes off of Mya and Noah together. She still gets a little emotional when she sees how much Mya loves her younger siblings and how much they love her. It's not that she ever expected anything else, but seeing it still gets to her. The way that Mya is always so patient and kind with them, even when she should probably want to kill them. Yeah, it just gets to her.

"Unaver!" Noah says again.

"Okay, let's see what else we have," Mya says as she kneels down and looks in the box, with Noah still balancing on her hip.

"That one!" Noah suggests as he points to a penguin with a sparkly pink scarf wrapped around its' neck.

"Noah, this one is Lucy's… see it has her name on the bottom," Mya explains as she shows him the ornament.

Noah wraps his fingers around it as Lucy looks up at him, already looking annoyed.

"Why don't you give it to Lucy so she can put it on the tree, okay?" Mya suggests as she turns her body so Lucy is within reach of Noah.

He considers it for a few seconds before he looks up at his sister and hands her the ornament. "Here, Lu," he says.

"Thank you," Lucy tells him as she takes the ornament from him.

And yeah, Andy is swooning over the whole thing. "Is it bad if sometimes I think that Mya is my favorite?" Andy jokingly whispers to her husband, who has begun watching his kids again.

Sam looks up at her with a smirk and a laugh. "I don't think we're supposed to have favorites," he reminds her.

"Oh, that's right," she quips with a smile before she rests her head on Sam's shoulder while he wraps his arm around her and they continue to watch the kids decorate the tree together.

=================AFTER=================

"Daddy?" Noah says as he walks over to his dad and peers up at him.

"Yes, buddy?" Sam asks with a smile.

"Can you take me shopping?" Noah requests.

Sam furrows his brows in confusion as he looks down at his son, wondering what he would need to go shopping for. "Why do you need to go shopping?"

"I gotta get Mommy a present!" He exclaims. "And Mya and Lucy," he adds. "For Christmas," he says as he slowly tries to pronounce the word.

Sam grins down at his son. God, he loves this kid.

"Okay, buddy. I'll take you shopping," Sam agrees.

"Oh-tay!" Noah says, excitedly. Then, a beat later: "What do pwesents cost?"

"It depends on what you get," Sam explains.

"I only have dis," Noah says as he holds out his hand and shows Sam the three quarters, one dime and two pennies that he has. "Is dis enuff?" He wonders.

"That should be plenty," Sam lies as a smile graces his lips. "Why don't I hold it for you?" He offers as he holds out a hand.

"Oh-tay," Noah agrees as he gives the change to Sam.

"So where do you want to go shopping?" Sam wonders as he puts the change in his pocket.

"The toy store!" Noah declares, excitedly.

Of course.

"Okay, buddy," Sam agrees. "Let's go," he says as he holds his hand out for his son and then leads him out the front door.

=================AFTER=================

Which one is your favorite? I'd love to know

Happy holidays!

PS- I will be posting the next chapter of Rewritten in the next few days, so look out for that!