By the time Halloween came around the girls were getting too big. Their first birthday was a couple weeks away and that meant that Eddie only had a month of leave left. She and Jamie agreed to put the girls in the church nursery. On the day they signed them up though Eddie doubted herself. She looked at Jamie on the car ride over.

"Maybe I should quit."

He looked at her. "Eddie you love being a cop."

"I know but I love them more."

He smiled and grabbed her hand. "I think this will be good for all of us. You and I get a break and they get to be around kids their own age."

She nodded. When they arrived they carried the girls inside. A kind looking lady met them at the door. She grinned at Jamie.

"Jamie Reagan."

Jamie gave a small sigh of relief. "Sister Claire."

He hugged her gently then motioned to Eddie.

"This is my wife Eddie."

"Of course. Nice to finally meet you."

Jamie explained as they walked in. "She was my Sunday school teacher when I was in middle school."

Eddie nodded. They set the babies down and let them play with some of the toys. Sister Claire smiled.

"Okay so they're triplets and they will be a year old November 2nd?"

They nodded. She started handing them paperwork.

"Okay so Sister Molly and I will be their teachers. There are four other children in the class. We have another aid to be in here with us so that each child gets individual attention. Her name is Ellie. We teach them their colors, alphabet, shapes, sign language, we sing songs, make crafts, help them with their speech development and motor skills."

Eddie looked impressed. "Wow. All that and they're not even one?"

She nodded. "Well just sticking them in a room all day usually doesn't work out well. Now I understand that you're both police officers?"

Jamie nodded. "We are. Eddie will be going back to work November 15th."

"Okay well I need to tell you our hours are 7 am- 7 pm. They are non flexible."

Jamie nodded. "My family is willing to help out if we need to stay late or go in early."

"Alright."

They finished filling papers out and then sat down on the floor with the girls. Brooklyn was standing and slapping a table that played music. Josie was stacking some blocks while Addie watched her content. Sister Claire smiled.

"So the twins are identical? Are there ways to tell them apart?"

Jamie nodded and grabbed Addie. He took her shoe off her left foot and showed her.

"Addie has a scar on her left foot from where they had to keep pricking it in the NICU. Other then that Addie is more independent. Brooklyn will cling to either Addie or Josie."

She nodded. "Good to know. I think they'll do very well here."

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Eddie maneuvered the girls stroller through the market grinning. When she reached the pumpkins she parked the stroller and pointed.

"Look girls! We found them!"

The girls gave no indication that they understood. her. Eddie picked out three small pumpkins and set them on the girl's laps. They each looked at them curious. Eddie was shocked that none of them were thrown or pushed off. Eddie picked out two bigger pumpkins before paying and going home. When Jamie got home from work he found that the kitchen table was covered in newspaper. The babies were pushed up to it in their high chairs. He looked at Eddie confused.

"What's going on?"

She smiled and started setting the pumpkins down. "We're carving pumpkin."

He looked. "You bought five?"

She nodded. "Because there are five people in our family and that is just cute."

He rolled his eyes. He opened up the top of the pumpkins and looked at the girls.

"Get the stuff out."

Josie immediately stuck her little hand in and pulled out a handful of pumpkin guts. She looked at them curious before splatting them on the newspaper. Addie tried to eat them. Brooklyn wanted no part of it. Jamie threw Eddie a look.

"Excellent idea Mommy."

She smiled and kissed his cheek.

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"Girls look at Momma!"

Eddie had the girls in their Halloween costumes lined up on a bench in front of their door. Addie was dressed as Alice in Wonderland. Her blue apron dress, black headband bow, white tights, and black maryjanes were too cute for Eddie to handle. Brooklyn was the Chesire Cat. She had on a pink and purple striped tutu dress, pink tights, purple moccasins and pink kitty ears. Eddie painted her nose black and added whiskers. Josie was the Queen of Hearts. She was wearing a black, red and white heart tutu dress, red leggings, black maryjanes and a gold crown headband. The outfit contrasted with her bright orange colored hair. Eddie wasn't big on costumes for herself but she wore a black t-shirt that said "Mommy of Monsters". Jamie pulled into the driveway and walked over to them. He laughed.

"Okay this is adorable."

He took out his phone and took some pictures. He then looked at Eddie.

"Are you ready?"

She nodded and they loaded the girls into the car. When they arrived at Frank's everyone else was already there. Nicky grinned at the girls.

"They look so cute."

Eddie smiled and handed her Brooklyn. Danny took Josie and smiled.

"Are you the Queen?"

Josie grabbed her crown and tried to pull it off. Danny stopped her and handed her a piece of candy instead.

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Jamie was on patrol when Eddie called him. He answered smiling.

"Hey Beautiful."

She smiled. "Hey don't forget to stop by the bakery and give them the order for the girl's birthday party."

"I have it. And I picked up their sign things from Erin's."

"I love you."

"I love you too. I'll see you tonight."

Eddie hung up and went back to picking photos for the girl's collage.

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Eddie woke up the morning of the girl's party in full mom mode. She rushed around the house making sure that everything was set up. Jamie hung their silver "Winter Onederland" banner on the mantel while Eddie hung their blush name banners above their high chairs. She then took their blush and silver high chair banners and secured them tight. All the tables were covered with silver tablecloths. On the table where the cake was going to go she set up blush glitter colored "ONE" letters. They had silver snowflakes hanging from the ceiling and clear snowflake balloons everywhere. Then they had a collage of the girl's pictures in the shape of a one. Jamie looked around and chuckled.

"I think we went a tad overboard."

Eddie kissed his cheek. "We didn't think we would make it here though."

He nodded. When the babies woke up from their morning nap Eddie went and grabbed them. Josie and Addie were standing up banging on their rails while Brooklyn sucked on her paci. She smiled.

"Whose ready for their party?"

Josie squealed. Eddie dressed all of them in white long sleeve onesies that had a silver snowflake and their names in blush. Then she slipped on their blush tutus and silver moccasins. She stuck their blush headband bows on their heads before carrying them downstairs. Brooklyn's little eyes widened. Eddie kissed her cheek.

"Do you like it Sissy?"

As Jamie's family and their guest started to arrive Eddie set all the food out. The food consisted of a "chili bar", "reindeer food" veggie tray, "bundled up" buffalo wings, "Toasted" popcorn, "Candy sweets" fruit tray, and "slippery slope" mac and cheese. She then set out their three tiered pink, silver and white cake. It had silver snowflakes, white melted snow icing between each layer and a silver glitter "one" cake topper. Then she set three blush colored cupcakes around it. Each of the girls names were written in icing on top. Then there were pink and silver cake pops and silver snowflake cookies. Erin laughed at Eddie.

"You two went all out."

Eddie shrugged and adjusted Addie. "Well they're only going to be one once."

"Jamie said that the NICU nurses wanted to have cake with them Monday?"

Eddie nodded. "Yeah they haven't seen them since the day we were discharged."

"That will be so special."

"Yeah. I can't wait for them to see the girls."

When it came time to sing happy birthday, Eddie set the girl's cupcakes on their trays and stuck a silver candle in each. Jamie lite the candles and everyone started to sing.

"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday Addie, Brooklyn and Josie. Happy Birthday to you."

The girls looked around confused. Jamie and Eddie blew out their candles for them. Addie was the first to try her cupcake. She swiped her finger across the top and licked the pink frosting. She grinned and looked at Jamie.

"Mmmmm."

He laughed at her. They opened gifts while everyone ate cake. Eddie was stunned at everything they received. Between the clothes, sippy cups, utensils, bath toys, blankets, and toys. When they got to their gift from Jamie and Eddie Josie squealed. They had gotten them a pink floral tepee tent and a green plastic slide. Their gift from Henry and Frank gave them each a plastic ride in police cruiser. Eddie was grateful they didn't have real sirens. All in all it was a great day to celebrate three miracle babies.

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Extra from the triplets birthday:

Baby's Milestones. 1st Birthday:

Addelyn Marie

I am 29 inches tall and weigh 20 lbs.

I have 5 teeth

My favorite foods are yogurt and bananas

I love my sissies, Titan, my paci, Poppop

I love bath time, peek a boo, exploring

Favorite toys are the tv remote and Titan's tail

I can say Mama, Dada, Issies, No, Og og, baba, ball, and up

I have the cutest dimples

Everyone says I am the independent one

I look like Brooke and Dada

My nicknames are Addie and Ad

Brooklyn Faith

I am 29 inches tall and weigh 19 lbs. 11 ounces

I have 5 teeth

My favorite foods are avocados and blueberries

I love my Mommy and Daddy, Nicky and my bunny

I love music, dancing and being outside

Favorite toys are Daddy's keys and anything that plays music

I can say Mama, Dada, Addie, Osie, Bath, No, Icky, and More

I have the cutest smile

Everyone says I am the dramatic one

I look like Addie and Dada

My nicknames are Brooke and Brookie Cookie

Josie Grace

I am 28 1/2 inches tall and weigh 19 lbs. 6 ounces

I have 6 teeth

My favorite foods are applesauce and blueberries

I love my family, doggie and my blankie

I love following Mommy, clapping, blowing kisses, and peek a boo

Favorite toys are Mommy's phone and Daddy's dumbbells

I can say Mama, Dada, Addie, Brookie, Puppy, No, Pop, Ball, and Up

I have the cutest personality

Everyone says I am the sweet one

I look like Mommy and Poppop Henry

My nicknames are Jos and Little Miss

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Hope you all enjoyed. I know this chapter was kind of boring but I promise the next one will be better.