Sophia was now 11 months old and her parents had started planning her birthday party. At the moment Jessica, Horatio, Sophia and Kyle were in Orlando visiting Jessica's parents and brother. Henry and Kyle had as usual gone somewhere just the two of them to try adventurous and probably crazy stuff. According to Kyle, Henry was taking him bungee-jumping in a small valley where it was possible to go bungee-jumping from three different heights. Thankfully, safety was the top-priority to the people owning the place, but it didn't keep Jessica and Horatio from worrying about him. Especially Irene and Clark worried about the boy they considered their grandson.
"Mom, he'll be fine. He's with Henry." Jessica reassured her mother for the fifth time.
"That's exactly why I worry." Irene joked.
Henry was the best person Kyle could be with while trying out adventurous stuff. Henry always put safety first, even if it didn't seem as it, and he never did anything if he didn't trust the owners of whatever it was he was trying out. Mother and daughter were making dinner in the kitchen. While Horatio, Clark and Sophia were in the backyard. Sophia was amazed by all the flowers that Irene had in her garden.
"What are your plans for Sophia's birthday party by the way?" Irene asked.
"Well, the team is coming; Alexx and Frank are bringing their children as well. You, dad and Henry will be there." Jessica said.
She and Horatio hadn't planned very much yet.
"And?" Irene asked.
"And we're having a big cake and we're going to have the party in our backyard." Jessica said, "That's all we've planned so far."
"Well, that's very good. You don't have to plan so much. Sophia is still very young."
"It's going to be like any other birthday party I guess. We hang out, we sing for Sophia and she can open her presents."
"What have you bought for her?"
"Nothing yet. Horatio and I are going to check tomorrow. You and dad don't mind watching Sophia for a while do you?"
"Of course not." Irene grinned.
Both women turned around the sound of someone slumping down on a kitchen chair. Clark smiled at his daughter and wife.
"She's going to be a very active child. I don't know if she got that from you or Horatio." Clark chuckled.
"She's keeping you buys huh?" Jessica asked.
"Oh yes, she's crawling fast and tries to pull up the plants and flowers all the time. As soon as she finds something she can grab she has to pull it up from the ground." Clark smiled.
"That sure sounds like Sophia." Jessica grinned.
Clark nodded and then grabbed a camera. He went out to the backyard again to snap some photos of his son-in-law and granddaughter. He managed to get a great photo of Sophia smearing dirt in Horatio's face. Then Horatio took some photos of Clark and Sophia together. The entire family loved to take pictures and video-tape each other. Jessica and Horatio had lost count on how many videos and photos they had of Sophia and Kyle. Or even pictures of each other.
"Dada!" Sophia exclaimed and hugged her father.
Sophia said "dada" or "mama" to almost everything since she couldn't say other words yet. Sometimes it sounded like the said Kyle, but no one could be sure if she said Kyle or just Ky. Either way, when she saw Kyle she always said some form of K-word.
"Dinner's ready boys and girl!" Irene called from the porch door.
The trio went inside just as it started raining. Sophia giggled and reached her hands out to feel the rain, but she was too late. She was already under the porch roof as the first drops fell.
"Kyle and Henry will be soaked when they get back." Irene smirked.
Dinner went fine. Sophia was trying to eat as much as she could without help from her parents, but every now and then they fed her to make sure she got enough food in her belly. After dinner, the adults just sat at the table and talked while Sophia played around on the floor. She crawled towards the couch and then walked along the edge of it. When she reached the end of the couch she sat down on the floor, crawled back to where she had begun and did it all over again.
"Mama." Sophia giggled and pointed at a photo of Jessica on the wall.
"That's right, that's mommy." Jessica grinned.
Sophia smiled and then grabbed her red hair and giggled. Then she did her "couch-routine" all over again. The front door opened and two very wet men walked in and greeted the others. Henry and Kyle were completely soaked. Sophia smiled as she saw her brother.
"Ka!" She grinned, stood up and took three steps without support towards him before falling flat on her buttocks.
"Hey! You walk without support!" Kyle grinned and scooped his little sister up.
Jessica grabbed the video-camera.
"Put her down and we'll see if she can do it again." She smiled.
Sophia was put down on the floor and looked at the adults as if they were crazy. She just sat there until she got bored. Then crawled towards Kyle, grabbed his leg and stood up. Kyle grabbed her hands and supported her while she walked, then he let go and Sophia took five steps on her own before Kyle grabbed her again before she fell.
"Good girl!" Kyle grinned, "Did you get it on tape?"
"Yep." Jessica grinned.
"Just imagine how difficult it'll be to keep up with her once she starts running." Horatio smirked.
Please review! Soon it's Sophia's birthday!
