Alright, sorry it took me so long. I originally wanted to make Olivanna's first birthday as the next chapter, but I couldn't think of much to do with that. So last night I started writing this one and liked it much more than what I had before, so I decided to go ahead and post this one. I hope you like this chapter! Any requests for what you guys want to see next? Leave me a review and let me know!

Meredith and Derek sat about ten feet away from each other in a deserted hallway, Olivia sitting in Meredith's lap. They had been trying for weeks to get their 13 month old daughter to take her first steps, but the very stubborn girl refused to do anything but crawl. The parents knew they shouldn't rush it, but like any other first time parents they couldn't wait for their daughter to reach the great milestone. She had been pulling herself up and walking with their assistance for a few months, but they were eager for her to take steps on her own? Tonight, both of them were on call and their daughter had no intention of going to sleep any time soon. The hospital was oddly quiet for a Friday night, but no one wanted to say it out loud and they all decided to take advantage of the light workload. Meredith stood Olivia up on her feet, holding her arms to support her.

"Ok now baby girl, I'm not saying you have to walk everywhere from now on, but if you could just walk to daddy one time, then that would be awesome," Meredith whispered in her daughter's ear. Olivia just continued looking around at the hallway they were in, not comprehending much of what Meredith had said. Meredith let go of her daughter's arms and Derek began encouraging her to walk towards him. Olivia swayed a little, unsteady on her feet, before falling back down onto the floor. Meredith and Derek sighed but Meredith stood her up again, encouraging her to walk to her father. Once again Olivia fell back down.

"Maybe she will walk to you," Derek suggested, retrieving his daughter and standing her so she was facing Meredith, "C'mon angel, walk to momma," he said, leading her forward while still holding onto her hands. When they were halfway to Meredith, Derek let go of her hands and she instantly dropped to the floor, crawling the rest of the way to Meredith. She scooped up the baby and tossed her in the air a little.

"Don't worry sweet girl, you will get there," she said as Derek's pager went off. Their peaceful night was interrupted,

"I'll page you if I need help," he told Meredith, "Spend some more time with Liv," he kissed them both on the head.

"Go save a life," she told him, thankful for the time he was giving her with their daughter. She loved being a surgeon, but she loved her daughter even more and would always pick her over surgery. After Derek left Olivia started to whine and Meredith instantly recognized it as her hungry cry. She walked to Derek's office, letting Olivia hold onto her hands and stumble along in front of her. When they were sitting down Meredith spread out a blanket and sat down on it with the baby and baby food. Olivia was quite the picky eater and would only eat certain kinds of baby food. Tonight it was carrots and peas, with a few cookies. After she finished eating Meredith picked her up, intending to go visit with some of her friends. Not long after they left Derek's office they ran into Callie, who had just gotten out of surgery and was heading towards an on call room. She smiled when she saw Meredith had the baby with her,

"Aww, let me see her," Callie cooed, scooping Olivia out of Meredith's arms. Meredith was used to people from the hospital playing with her daughter, especially Callie and Arizona and sometimes Mark, seeing as they had a daughter of their own and that daughter often spent a lot of time with Olivia, "I can't believe how big she's gotten," She laughed as Olivia played with her hair.

"I know, she's growing like a weed," Meredith agreed, "We keep hoping that she will start walking soon, but she refuses to do so."

"She'll get there soon, when she's ready. Sofia actually walked sooner than we expected so you never know when they will get there." Callie glanced down at the small child. She was definitely a beautiful little girl, having been blessed with both of her parent's good looks. She had the same blonde hair that Meredith had as a child and deep blue eyes like Derek. You could tell that she would be well sought after when she reached her teenage years. But for now her eyes were drooping and she was rubbing furiously at them, trying to stay awake, not wanting to miss anything. Callie handed her back to Meredith, "I think it's someone's bed time," she said, "I've got to go see my own baby. Good night Olivia," she said, kissing the baby on top of her head, "Night Meredith".

Meredith bid her good night and began walking again, singing softly in her daughters ear. Before long Olivia was sound asleep on her should and she made her way back to Derek's office where they kept a port-a-crib for nights like these. She sat on the couch for a little while, watching her sleep, before she fell asleep herself. When she woke in the morning she saw Derek feeding Olivia her breakfast, happily eating the Cheerios laid out in front of her.

"Mama!" she said happily when she saw Meredith sit up on the couch.

"Morning baby girl, are those good Cheerios?" she asked.

"Yepp," Olivia said, stuffing a few more in her mouth. Olivia was doing much better at talking than she was at walking. She couldn't exactly make sentences yet, but she was able to get her point across with the words she knew.

"Are you working today?" she asked Derek as she moved to sit next to him and Olivia.

"Just for a few hours, I need to check on my patient from last night. In fact, he should be awake now, want to come with me?" he asked, knowing she technically had the day off.

"No, I think I will stay with Liv, see if I can get her to walk any." Derek nodded then left to see his patient and Meredith turned to Olivia, "Alright kid, today's the day, you ready for this?" Olivia looked at her and smiled before holding a cheerio to Meredith's mouth. She opened her mouth and let her daughter put the cheerio inside, "Thank you baby,"

An hour later Meredith was standing on one side of Derek's office, talking to Christina, while Olivia played on the blanket. Meredith heard Olivia call for her and she turned around to see Olivia standing up, swaying a little.

"Mama, walk," she said happily. Meredith smiled,

"Are you gonna walk to mama? Christina, get my phone, you have to record this!" she said excitedly as she kneeled down and opened her arms. Christina quickly grabbed the phone and switched on the video app and pointed it at Olivia. They watched as Olivia stood for another moment and then put her left foot in front of her right, "That's good baby, keep going," Meredith encouraged. Olivia hesitated a moment then took another step. Before she knew what was happening Meredith was holding her daughter in her arms. "Oh my gosh! Christina did you see her? She practically ran to me!" Meredith was thrilled and Christina couldn't help but smile and laugh along with her.

"Good job Mcbaby," she said, giving Olivia a high five. Olivia smiled and laughed as Meredith bounced her up and down,

"Again," she yelled. Meredith set her on the floor and she walked across the room, the second she got there Olivia followed her over as fast as her little feet would take her.

"Did you get it on video?" she asked as she cuddled her daughter.

"Yeah I did. Do we have to go find Derek now?"

"Of course we do!" they left the room and found Derek by the surgical board, "Derek," she called, catching his attention. He turned and smiled when he saw his wife and daughter. Meredith set Olivia in front of her,

"Ok baby, go to daddy," she told her daughter, who instantly took off running to her father. Derek was shocked but picked up his daughter and threw her in the air,

"Great job baby girl! I'm so proud of you!"

"Don't worry, we got her very first steps on video," Meredith assured him. He nodded and set Olivia on the ground again, meaning for her to walk towards her mother. Instead she turned around and took off in the other direction, running as fast as her little feet would carry her. Derek quickly grabbed her and shared a look with Meredith. They knew that it was going to take more work now, having to chase after Olivianna, but they couldn't be happier that she had reached this great milestone.

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