Brennan was sleeping. She had argued with him that she wasn't tired of course. But he had sat on the side of the bed, rubbing her back exactly as she had specified, and she had dropped off to sleep within fifteen minutes of laying down. He had gently dropped a light quilt over her and tiptoed out of the room, pulling the door closed behind him.

He adjusted the brightness of the overhead light in the study, satisfied that it was perfect, then sat down, reached forwards and pressed the button. He leaned back in his chair, picked up his glass and took a long draught of cold beer, smiling to himself as the cold, frothy brew slipped over his tongue and down his throat. He put down the glass and smiled at the camera.

"Video Diary Day One. Hi there my baby boys. I'm your Dad. Dada. Daddy. I'm not sure what you will call me, but that's who I am. You two are still growing in your Mom's tummy. She's doing all the work right now. I don't really have much to do, except look after her. So, I thought that I would make a sort of video diary about you two munchkins. Um, yeah. We don't have names for you yet. But I'll let you know as soon as we know." Booth stopped for a moment and smiled, looking down at his stockinged feet, bending his big toes down. He was thinking about what he was going to say next.

"Right about now, you have about three more months before you are going to be born and join our family. Mommy is taking some time off work to rest. She's been working pretty hard lately and is a bit tired. I'm staying home to take care of her. Your big sister Christine is away on a little vacation. She's staying with your Aunty Angela and Uncle Jack and their little boy Michael. Oh! And you have a big brother too. His name is Parker. He's grown up now and doesn't live with us. But he's pretty excited about you guys too.

Firstly can I say, your Mommy is an amazing woman. She's real smart, brilliant in fact, and so beautiful. And she's a great mother. But she's a little bit crazy right now. See, there're these things called hormones and she. Well she's got a whole mess of 'em rushing around her body and brain right now. And it makes her a little bit anxious about you.

I guess this diary is probably just as much for me as for you. I really want you to know how you came to be, and how much I am looking forward to meeting you. But, for now, we'll just call it our little secret." Booth picked up his glass and took another draught of his beer.

"OK. So how did you guys begin. Well, your Mommy and sister and I were on holiday in Australia. That's a country way, way on the other side, and kind of on the bottom bit of the world. We were having a great time. We swam in the most beautiful oceans, and walked along beaches with sand that was so white, it shone like diamonds. We saw kangaroos and koalas and wombats. They're all animals that you won't see anywhere else in the world in the wild. I promise you we will take you there one day so you can see them too.

Anyway, we got sort of caught up in a situation while we were in Townsville, and got sidetracked from our holiday. Your Grandpa Max flew all the way from America and looked after Christine while Mommy and I worked with the Australian police. We helped solve a murder and catch a bad man. Oh, yeah. That's what your Mommy and Daddy do. We catch bad people and put them in jail. Anyway, at some point in the middle of all of that, we made you guys! So, that's where you began your life. You are the little Aussie souvenirs that we brought home with us. " Booth, leaned forwards and pressed the button, switching off the camera. He grinned to himself.

He removed the camera from the tripod and turned it over in his hands. He would upload the footage later and edit it once he had a few more videos. Whether he ever played this for anyone, he didn't really know yet. He just felt it was a good way of recording his feelings and excitement about the twins, and the countdown to their birth. He just wanted to keep it a secret from Bones for now. He wanted it to be a surprise for her and the twins. Their boys. His sons.

He swallowed and blinked as his eyes pricked with happy tears. He got so emotional when he thought about the fact that he was going to be a father again. It made his heart beat faster and his mouth turn up on the corners in a goofy smile. He got teary really easy too. Maybe some of Bones' hormones were rubbing off on him, he grinned and shook his head.

They had never really talked about having more children or not having more children. Bones knew that he was keen to have another baby. She hadn't been exactly against it, she just felt that they were so busy with work and with Christine. She wasn't sure that they would have time to fit in having another baby. Booth reminded her that they hadn't planned Christine and she had fitted into their lives just fine. He believed that there would always be time for another child. It wasn't something they would have to work at, it would just happen, and it would be wonderful.

She also had said they didn't have time for a vacation on the other side of the world either. He smiled to himself. And they ended up doing both!

He heard the bedroom door open and he quickly hid the camera in the back of the desk drawer and shoved the tripod behind the curtains. The study door opened and Brennan poked her head around the corner "There you are! I woke up and you were gone!" she said.

Booth walked over to her "I wasn't gone baby. I just came in here to" he looked around "to look for that electricity bill I meant to pay today. You don't know where it is do you?" he asked lamely.

"You didn't pay our electricity bill? Booth! What if our power gets shut off!" she shrieked. Booth mentally kicked himself several times. "Honey. It's OK. It's not overdue. I just wanted to pay it today. It's probably on the cork board and I just forgot." He said quickly wrapping an arm around her shoulder and turning her around propelling her out of the study and towards the kitchen. "I could use a nice cold lemonade. What about you?" he asked.

Brennan smiled brightly "That sounds wonderful. Can we have it out on the patio?" she asked.

Booth breathed a sigh of relief "Of course we can. How about I grab a menu and order some dinner too? What do you feel like?" he asked as he pulled the bundle of takeout menus from the kitchen drawer. Brennan smiled dreamily "Oh anything" she said. "Except pizza. Or Greek. Or Thai. Or Egyptian. Or Italian." Booth stared at her, mentally crossing off almost every takeout menu they had. "How about I make a salad?" he asked.

"Perfect!" she agreed as she walked out to the patio leaving him standing staring at the takeout brochures in his hand.

Anything would be great! Except food! He mumbled to himself as he poured two glasses of the fresh lemonade he had made earlier. He knew that she couldn't help it, and that she would get over it after the babies were born, but boy, this emotional baby brain thing she was going through was the worst! He kicked the door open with his foot and smiled as he saw her bending over the rosebush he had planted for her when they first moved into their mighty hut.

"The roses smell wonderful Booth!" she said straightening up and walking towards him. She had a stem with a half opened bud in her hand. "Here! Smell this!" she shoved the flower into his face, forgetting that he was just a little allergic to roses.

"aaaahchooo!" Booth sneezed so hard that he spilled a little of the lemonade. "Honey, that's great, but can you please not AHHHCHOOO!" his eyes watering, "not shove it up my nose?" he finished with another sneeze.

Brennan took her glass from him and sniffed the glass. "Does this have sugar in it?"

Booth shook his head as he blew his nose on the handkerchief he pulled from his pocket. "Nope. Just made the way you wrote down. Step by step. Must be really sweet lemons. I got them from the little open air market we pass when we go to Angela's. I stopped on my way home from dropping off Christine" he said, shoving the hanky back into his pocket and sipping his drink.

Brennan sniffed her glass again, then took a sip. She smiled up at him "Delicious! Almost as good as I make!" she said.

They sat down and clinked glasses "To us. And two wonderful weeks of just rest and good food and quiet time" he toasted. Brennan smiled "And spending lots of time together" she added. Booth nodded leaning forwards to kiss her.

"You know what I feel like?" she said suddenly pulling away from his puckered mouth. "Pizza!"

Booth stared at her, his eyes wide, trying really hard not to burst out laughing as his lips twitched.

Oh boy, this was really going to be a long two weeks