Epilogue
Two days later, Jaime was released from the hospital and after a quiet evening spent in the arms of her husband, it was finally time to bring the babies home. Rudy and Doctor Jeffries had suggested taking one baby at a time and her sister the following day, but everything was ready. The Minnie and Daisy sheets (and the matching dolls and bedside lamps) were ready and Jaime insisted it was past time for the whole family to be together. As she and Steve placed the girls in their cribs, Steve thought Jaime had never looked happier. She was positively glowing.
"Doesn't get any better than this, Colonel," she sighed, settling into the crook of his arm and tipping her face up to kiss him.
Steve lifted Jaime up into his arms then sat down in the big rocker between the cribs, settling her onto his lap. Neither Austin could take their eyes off of their tiny daughters. Rosie (six and a half pounds now) was making a soft chortling sound as she fingered the Minnie Mouse doll. Annie (just over six pounds) was quietly taking it all in. Then her little fists tightened, her face turned quite a vivid shade of pink and she began to wail. Hearing her sister's cries seemed to get Rosie worked up - she, too, began to cry. Steve and Jaime, seated directly between two squalling infants, looked at each other…and smiled. It felt so good to be home.
END OF EPISODE TEN
END OF SEASON ONE