A/N: I don't own charmed.
Sorry this has been such a long wait. I've had this chapter written down for a long time, but I haven't had the chance to type it.
Anyway, here's the next chapter to 'Miracles'.
This chapter is set in April of the following year.
Tyler cried out as Piper walked into his bedroom to wake him up from his mid-morning nap. Laura was still at school, so the house had been quiet.
" Good nap, baby?" Piper said, lifting him out of his crib.
She carried him out of the room, and downstairs. As she came down, Leo was in the living room taking off his coat.
" You're home." She said, happily. He walked over to her, and gave her a kiss.
" Restaurant okay?"
He nodded.
" Dada." Tyler babbled, reaching out for Leo.
Piper looked down at Tyler in shock.
" Leo did you hear that?" she exclaimed. " His first word!"
" That's my boy." Leo smiled, taking Tyler into his arms.
" We've got to write this in his baby book!"
Piper ran up to their bedroom, and came back down with Tyler's baby book.
She wrote ' Dada' under his first word.
" My baby is growing up so fast." She said, kissing Tyler's cheek. She still remembered the day he was born as if it were yesterday. Piper knew that this was good for Leo, because Laura had called another man 'Dada' first. Laura's first words had actually been ' Mama', because she had never really been around Dan a lot.
" He is." Leo said. " Maybe sometime soon we'll have another little baby that will say 'Mama' as her first words."
" Maybe." Piper said, with a smile. " I think him saying 'Dada' first is cute."
" 'Mama' is, too." He said. " That was Laura's first words."
" Yeah." Piper said. " You were with me when she said it."
Leo smiled. He remembered that day. Dan was out at 'work', and Piper, Leo, and Laura were playing with Laura's toys. Laura had held a toy up for Piper to take, and said, 'Mama'
" So what's planned for today?" Leo asked, coming out of his thoughts.
" Well, the restaurant was checked, so that's done. Cindy is there tonight." Piper said.
"Then grocery shopping, and then at two, Tyler has a pediatrician's appointment. Laura gets picked up at three thirty."
Leo looked at his watch. " It's eleven now." He said. " We can go shopping now, go to Tyler's appointment, and be back in time to get Laura.
They went grocery shopping until about noon, and went home for lunch. Piper gave Tyler some applesauce and juice, and made spaghetti with leftover sauce from yesterday's dinner.
At two, they were sitting in the pediatrician's office waiting for the doctor to come in. Tyler was sitting on the baby seat, and Piper and Leo were sitting on the two chairs next to that.
" Tyler." Dr. Peters said, when he entered the room. He picked up his clipboard and pen, and looked at Tyler.
" How old is he, Mrs. Wyatt?" he said.
" Ten months old." Piper said.
Dr. Peters nodded, and picked Tyler up to place him on the baby scale.
" Good weight." He said.
" You have a very healthy baby." Dr. Peters said, when he was done checking Tyler's ears and everything.
" That's great." Piper said.
" I'd like to see him for another check up in three months." Dr. Peters said.
" See you in three months." Piper said, and they left after setting up an appointment.
At 3:00, they went to get Laura from school.
" Daddy!" Laura cried, when she saw Leo standing in the front of the school with Piper, who was holding Tyler. " Mommy!"
" How was your day, angel?" Leo asked her, as he picked her up into his arms.
" I had a good day, daddy." She said. " I even drew you and Mommy a picture. It's in my backpack."
" We'll look at it when we get home." Leo told her.
Leo drove home, and as soon as he stopped the car, Laura got out, and raced to the front door.
Piper laughed, as she got Tyler from the baby seat in the back of the car.
They all went into the house, and Laura immediately ran into the kitchen.
Piper and Leo followed close behind her.
" Look!" she said, grabbing a sheet of paper out of her backpack. She handed it to Leo.
" It's beautiful, sweetheart." Leo said, as he and Piper looked at it. It was a picture of four people. One was labeled ' Mommy', one 'Daddy', one ' Me', and then the tiniest one was labeled ' Tyler'. The labeling looked to be in the teacher's handwriting.
" Do you like it, mommy?" Laura asked, looking at Piper.
" I adore it." Piper said.
" It's going right up here." Leo said. He handed the picture to Laura, and picked her up.
" Right on the refrigerator."
Laura smiled, as Leo brought her closer to the refrigerator. When they were in front of it, Laura lifted a butterfly magnet with her face on it, and placed the picture under it.
" That's perfect." Piper said. " Looks like we have a little artist in the family."
Laura giggled.
Leo turned away from the refrigerator to face Piper and Tyler.
" So how was the rest of your day?" Piper asked Laura.
" It was good, Mommy." Laura said. " Miss Martin was telling us about kindergarten next year. She said it's a lot of fun."
" It is." Leo said. It suddenly hit him how fast his little girl was growing up. He still remembered the day she was born. Both of his kids were growing up fast. That was why he needed to savor every moment he had, and make it the best he could.
A/N: please review. The next chapter will be up as soon as I have it typed. Hopefully it won't be too long.
-Whitelighterleo21-
