"Josie Grace don't do that."
Jamie was doing some of his exercises when Josie crawled over and decided to rearrange his dumbbells. She looked up at him with a wicked grin. He chuckled and lifted her.
"1...2...3...4...5..."
He bench pressed Josie with his bad arm. He had to admit it was working all the right muscles. Eddie came down the stairs with the other babies and laughed.
"She is loving that."
He looked at Josie and saw that she was giggling. He finally out her down and she reached for him to do it again. Eddie smiled.
"Uh oh Daddy started a fun game."
He nodded. "Actually that worked well." He rolled his shoulder around and then stood. "That may be how I keep up my exercises on vacation."
"Not a bad idea. But you do realize that we are going to have to pack enough stuff for all three babies for eight days and seven nights?"
He chuckled. "We're going to have a very full car."
He grabbed his water bottle and took a sip before looking at her.
"Who is going to take care of the dog while we're gone?"
"Zoe said that she would take care of him."
He nodded. "I wish we could take him with us."
"I looked they don't allow pets."
He sighed and patted Titan's head. "Sorry Buddy."
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A few days before they were due to leave for vacation, they received a surprise visitor. Eddie heard the doorbell and answered it. On the doorstep was a young woman holding a gift basket. She looked nervous.
"Hi is Reagan home?"
Eddie nodded. "I'm Eddie, Jamie's wife. You are?"
She extended her hand. "Officer Brenda Patimkin. I am Jamie's new partner."
Eddie nodded. "Come on in."
She led her into the great room. Jamie was handing out sliced strawberries to the babies. He turned and looked surprised.
"Patimkin. What are you doing here?"
She spoke nervous. "Well I just wanted to see how you were doing. IA told me not to talk to you until the shootings were cleared. Well they were so..." She set a muffin basket down on the counter. "Sorry about going in without thinking."
He nodded. "We've all done it."
She smiled slightly. "Well I hear you're coming back after the holiday?"
"Yeah i'll be riding a desk but still..."
"It will be good to have you back."
She extended her hand and Jamie shook it. When she left Eddie shot Jamie a look as she wiped the girl's faces with wipes.
"You didn't tell me she was a she."
He shrugged. "Never thought to."
"She's pretty."
Jamie started to see where she was going. He saw the jealousy on her face and almost laughed.
"Eddie she's an IA rat."
Eddie was surprised. "Seriously?"
"Welch told me. He started training her and then he found out ad asked for a new partner. Since i'm the PC's kid I got stuck with her."
Eddie smiled. "Okay now I feel better."
He chuckled and kissed her. "You have no competition."
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"Eddie do we really need this much stuff?"
"We're going to be there for a week Jamie."
"I know but three pack n plays?"
"One for each of them. Unless you want them to sleep in bed with us."
He groaned and loaded the pack n plays in his car. He had the trunk completely full of suitcases, the stroller, and bags of blankets, feeding stuff, toys, and bath things. He shut the trunk and started setting things in the car itself. Eddie carried the girls out to the car and loaded them in their seats. Addie and Josie were in the third row with baby puffs and sippy cups along with a couple of toys in their laps. Brooklyn was settled in the second row with her things but she was still crying. Eddie helped Jamie load the last few things and then walked to the drivers side and opened the back door.
"What's wrong Brookie?"
She whined. Eddie looked and saw that she was shivering a little. One of the air vents was directly on her bare legs. She grabbed a blanket out of the diaper bag and laid it over her legs. Brooklyn eventually calmed and started to eat her snacks. They started to drive towards the shore. Halfway there Addie started to have a full blown melt down in the back. Jamie sighed and pulled into a gas station parking lot. Eddie jumped out and climbed into the way back. Josie was half asleep along with Brooklyn. Addie was loosing her mind. Eddie unbuckled her and quickly saw what the problem was.
"Umm Jamie I need you."
He got out of the driver seat and opened the passenger side back door. He poked his head in.
"What is it?"
"She blew out...bad." She held Addie out and handed her to Jamie. He saw the back of her yellow onesie was covered in poop. He laid their changing mat down on the floor of the car and laid her on it. He took off the onesie and tossed it into a plastic bag before throwing her diaper into a trash can behind their car. He quickly wiped her clean and redressed her in a new onesie. Eddie cleaned her carseat before loading her back into it. When they got back on the rode Jamie shook his head.
"That was disgusting."
She nodded. They were almost to the house when a song came on the radio. Eddie knew it and was singing along making Jamie laugh at her. But then they heard a little voice squealing in the back. Eddie turned and saw that Brooklyn was bobbing her head and trying to sing along. Eddie laughed.
"Brookie likes this song too."
Jamie laughed and turned it up a little bit. When it was over Brooklyn started clapping. Eddie smiled.
"She's got her momma's taste in music."
"Well at least I have a shot with the other two."
They finally reached the beach houses and found that everyone else was already there. Jamie opened the door and yelled.
"We're here!"
Nicky came into the foyer and hugged him.
"We were starting to get worried."
"We had a major diaper incident."
She nodded and followed him down to his car. She took Brooklyn and Josie into the house while Eddie grabbed Addie and the diaper bag. Jamie yelled at them.
"Have the boys come out to help me."
They nodded. They walked into the family room and found everyone. Frank smiled.
"Made it in one piece I see."
Eddie smiled and hugged him. "Barely."
Nicky handed Brooklyn to Linda and Josie to Erin before looking at jack and Sean.
"Uncle Jamie needs a hand carrying stuff into the other house."
They nodded and walked out with Danny. Erin smiled at Eddie.
"We made sure the houses were baby proofed if you want to turn them loose."
Eddie nodded and set Addie down. She started crawling and exploring. The other two joined her. Brooklyn made her way to the back door and squealed with delight. Nicky went over and saw what she was excited about.
"Do you want to swing?"
Brooklyn slapped the glass with her little hand. Nicky grabbed her and carried her outside. Wendy had a baby swing in a tree for her grandson. Nicky loaded Brooklyn in it and pushed her gently.
"Wee isn't this fun?"
Brooklyn giggled with delight.
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Eddie had the girls in watermelon ruffle bikinis and matching pink sunhats. She practically bathed them in sunscreen before changing herself. Eddie had always been very comfortable with her body but after having three babies she was self conscious. Around Jamie she was fine but other people...She put on her simple navy halter bikini and a white strapless cover up dress. Jamie walked in wearing his bright red swim trunks and a white t shirt.
"You ready?"
She nodded. "Do you want to carry them down or put them in the stroller?"
"I don't think the stroller will work well on the sand. Plus then we are going to have to vacuum it out."
"Okay."
She grabbed their beach bag that was filled to the brim and then grabbed Josie off the bed. Jamie grabbed the other two and carried them downstairs. henry looked at them in his khaki shorts, palm tree print shirt and straw fedora sun hat. Eddie almost laughed. He grinned at them.
"All ready to go?"
Jamie nodded. Henry led the way down to the beach. Everyone was waiting setting up umbrellas, chairs and coolers. Linda grinned.
"Saved you a good seat Pop."
He kissed her cheek. "Good looking out."
Erin and Nicky were setting up a big sun shade tent. Erin smiled.
"Linda picked it up for them so they didn't get sun burnt."
Eddie smiled. "Thanks."
They set the girls in the tent just long enough for Eddie to set the bag down and take off her cover up. She was kicking off her flip flops when Linda groaned.
"That is so not fair."
Eddie cocked her brow. "What isn't?"
"You had three babies and look like you have never been pregnant."
Eddie smiled but didn't say anything. Addie was attempting to climb out of the tent. Jack reached down and grabbed her. He handed her over to Jamie. He glanced at Erin.
"Can you give us a hand?"
She nodded and took Josie. Eddie took Brooklyn and followed Jamie to the water's edge. They all stepped in and set the girls down on the wet sand. At first they looked confused but when a wave crashed down and water flowed around them they all reacted. Addie and Josie both giggled with delight but Brooklyn was startled. She looked up at Eddie.
"MMMa! Mmmma!"
Eddie laughed and knelt down behind her. "You're okay Sissy. It's just water."
She splashed a little. Brooklyn looked at her hand unsure before slapping the surface of the water. Then she seemed to like it. Jamie picked up Josie and carried her into the ocean. He walked in far enough to where the water was to his waist. He dipped Josie in and watched as she bobbed up with a wave. She smiled. Jamie looked at Eddie.
"We got a swimmer on our hands."
She smiled. He came back and did the same with the other two. They all loved the water just like their parents. After an hour they all were getting fussy. Brooklyn and Josie fell asleep so Eddie laid them in the sun tent to nap. Addie was busy crawling over the hot sand amazed. Sean sat down and started making a sandcastle with his hands. Addie looked and then smashed her hand over the mound of sand giggling. Sean rolled his eyes. Addie grew board of smashing his sand mounds and crawled over to where Frank was reading a book under the umbrella next to Henry. She started swiping some sand onto his feet and laughing when he wiggled his toes and the sand fell. Henry grinned and grabbed her.
"What are you doing trouble?"
Addie smiled. She eventually snuggled into him and fell asleep. Henry followed suit. When everyone else headed back an hour later they found Henry passed out with Addie and the other two holding hands fast asleep. Linda looked at her phone then spoke.
"It's almost 3. Want to head back and start dinner so we can get going for night fishing?"
Frank nodded and gently woke Henry. He jumped.
"What?"
"Were heading back to the house Pop."
Henry nodded and handed Addie to Eddie. The baby was not pleased with being woken up. Jamie grabbed the other two but they stayed asleep. When they arrived back at their beach house they laid the girls in their pack n plays and they all went back to sleep. Eddie was changing into her clothes when Jamie came up behind her and planted a kiss to the hallow of her back. She smiled and turned her head to the side.
"Your children are in the room Reagan."
"But they are fast asleep."
She rolled her eyes and turned. She wrapped her arms around him and smiled. "Erin and Linda probably need help with dinner."
"Nicky is in there."
She gave in and let him lower her onto the bed. But when he was thrusting into her the door opened.
"Hey Uncle Jamie, Dad wants to know if you...eww."
Jamie and Eddie scrambled to cover themselves. Sean backed out of the room covering his eyes. He bumped all the way downstairs and ran into the other beach house. When he entered the kitchen he looked at his father.
"Ask Uncle Jamie yourself."
Danny cocked a brow. "What happened?"
"Uncle Jamie was on top of Eddie and...I really didn't ever want to see that."
They all turned red. Linda spoke.
"Did you knock?"
"I didn't think to."
"Well always knock."
"Yeah now I know."
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Eddie and Jamie walked over with the girls half an hour later. They found everyone in the backyard sitting down at the two picnic tables they had pushed together. Sean was trying to avoid eye contact. Eddie set the girls down in their rented high chairs. Erin spoke to them.
"I hear you two had a steamy afternoon."
She and Danny laughed quietly. Jamie turned pink.
"I forgot to lock the door."
Sean spoke quietly. "I forgot to knock."
They all started laughing. When they were eating henry looked at them.
"Hold on you two were doing...that with the babies in the room?"
Jamie shrugged. "They were asleep."
They all laughed again. Brooklyn was stuffing pieces of her hotdog down into Addie's high chair which was making Addie very mad. Nicky laughed and pulled the pieces of hot dog out.
"Brooklyn Sissy doesn't want it."
Brooklyn pouted and then offered hotdog to Nicky.
"I have my own but thank you."
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