Sev and Scorp's first birthday fell on a Tuesday that year. They celebrated at home with ice cream and a family dinner and then again the following Saturday at the party. The party was a huge crazy affair and took up Andy's entire lawn. Not as many families were invited as were with the baby shower, but this party wasn't just witches; it included wizards and children as well, so it worked out to be more people; a lot more people.

All of Harry and Draco's friends came, plus Draco's family. The extended Weasley family was there, but only those with children. There were a lot of children there too; so much so that Harry didn't know where all the children came from.

The yard looked like a carnival the way they had it set up with a magical petting zoo and kiddy rides. The unicorn was a big hit, but the carousel was a bit lame. The line for the toy broom stick ride was very long, so that must have been popular, although Sev, Scorp, and Teddy were all too little to try it, so Harry didn't know what was so special about it. Harry mostly stayed in the petting zoo, because Scorp screamed whenever they tried to take the baby away from the unicorn. Sev liked the python and Teddy didn't really care one way or the other.

It was a bit surprising that there were so many strange people around and Scorp wasn't bothered. When Harry asked Draco about it, Draco explained that it was likely the positive effect of the unicorn's close proximity canceling out the influx of strange magic from the guests. That explained why Scorp screamed whenever he was separated from the unicorn. And that was why they brought the unicorn with them when they went to cut the cake, sing happy birthday, and open presents.

Sev and Scorp got everything they needed and then some. Teddy also got a few things, because like with the baby shower, many people bought gifts in sets of three. There were tons of clothes for both twins and a few pairs of shoes for Sev. There were three tricycles, three toy brooms, and one toy car. There were a ton of toys and then there were the gifts that weren't appropriate for babies, but were given to the twins anyway. Those gifts often had special charms on them and mostly came from Draco's friends and family, with one for Sev and one for Scorp. These gifts included a pair of swords, gold necklaces, platinum bracelets, flying carpets, and crystal balls.

Hagrid's gifts this time were a huge hit. For Scorp, Hagrid made a vaguely unicorn shaped plush toy complete with a mane that contained real unicorn hair. For Sev, Hagrid made a lumpy plush snake toy out of a real Boomslang skin with a pair of fangs carved out of bone. Sev absolutely adored his snake and Scorp was not to be parted from his unicorn toy.

The entire thing was just one huge over-the-top party, complete with reporters trying to cover the event for the papers and photographers trying to capture every moment on film. By the time the elves' song and dance performance was over and they were serving the food, Harry was more than ready for it all to be over. He couldn't wait until naptime when he would be allowed to leave. He was now four and a half months pregnant and was beginning to tire easily and had recently started taking naps with Draco and the boys.

"Harry, this party is absolutely wonderful. My nephews and nieces are having a ball," Molly said, sitting down next to Harry with a plate of food.

Harry had a plate too that was stacked high with food, because the elves had anticipated his increased appetite. "That's great, Molly. I had no idea our friends and family knew so many children," he replied.

"Yes, it's wonderful, isn't it?" Molly asked and Harry nodded. "Now listen, I've been planning the Christmas party and I don't want you to worry about a thing. Hermione told me that you're coming with the whole family, so I'm making extra food and I've already been working on sweaters for everyone. And Ron has to work that day, so you don't need to worry about that either."

"That sucks that they make him work on holidays."

"Yes, well it's understandable. The Aurors with wives and children ought to be home to spend the day with their family and someone has to keep law and order. In a few years he'll settle down with Hermione and then he'll be one of the Aurors taking the holidays off and the new Aurors will be holding down the fort. And until then, there's always the day after the holiday. We had a little get together a few days after Halloween for him and we're going to do the same a few days after Christmas."

"That's great! Maybe I can come over and leave the kids with Draco," Harry suggested. He hadn't really forgiven Ron, so much as forgotten about it. When he was reminded about what an arse Ron had been, he was still mad, but most of the time he didn't dwell over Ron.

"Yes, do come over. You know we love to have you anytime, dear."

"Yeah, I know. I wonder if I'll have to miss holidays with my kids once I go back to work."

"You already have a family, dear, so you wouldn't be made to work on holidays with the other new recruits."

"That hardly seems fair though."

"Oh I'm sure when your children are older you'll work plenty of holidays to make up for it. With the way they grow, they'll be off to Hogwarts before you know it and then you'll be free to work Halloween and Easter."

"Yeah, tell me about it. I swear my stomach grows every day."

"May I feel, dear? What did you decide to name her again?" Molly asked, reaching a hand out towards Harry's stomach, but not touching it until Harry nodded.

Harry didn't particularly like to be touched. It seemed like all day strangers or people he barely knew were coming up to him and wanting to touch his belly. But Molly was like a mother to him, so he didn't have a problem with her touching him. "Lilac. Lilac Aiki Malfoy," Harry answered.

"That's a lovely name. I'm sure your parents would approve."

Somehow that meant a lot to Harry, because he had no idea what his parents would approve of and what they wouldn't. Molly didn't know his parents either, but she was a mother, so she had a better idea of these things than he did. And he was a bit emotional these days, so a few tears fell from his eyes, which he wiped away. Now he understood why Draco was always crying when they had first gotten together, because pregnancy hormones wreaked havoc with emotions. Harry, who had hardly cried in his life, had been crying more these last four months than he could remember crying in his entire lifetime.

"Are you making my husband cry?" Draco asked, coming over with Sev in one hand and a plate piled high with food in the other. Sev had Hagrid's stuffed snake in one hand and the tail of the long toy was trailing into the grass. Sev was reaching out for the crisp, but Draco pulled the little hand away and gave Sev a cracker instead. Sev cried and dropped the cracker.

"Here, let me take him, dear," Molly said reaching out for Sev.

Draco handed Sev over. "Thanks. He seems to have figured out that our food is better. He's got the four teeth now, but I still don't feel right about letting him have food he might choke on."

"And he doesn't need all of the sugar and fat in our food either," Molly said and Draco agreed.

Sev fussed and was clearly trying to get down, so Molly put the baby down by her feet. He stood up and walked a few steps away, dragging the snake along with him and turning back with a huge smile on his face.

"He's been walking all over the place this last month," Harry said. "I can hardly keep up with him anymore."

Only a few days after Halloween Sev had made the leap from standing to running and in the last week or so, he had finally mastered the art of walking. Draco had taken to casting a cushioning charm on the baby's forehead every morning, so that when he ran into things or fell, he didn't hurt himself.

Sev wasn't the only baby with increased mobility, because Teddy was now crawling all over the place and even Scorp was more mobile. Scorp wasn't crawling, but he had finally learned how to turn over; he could only do it in one direction, because of his leg, but he could still do it. And Scorp had learned how to pull himself up onto his right knee and then stand on just the right leg while holding onto something. That meant that all three babies were now getting into more trouble and making more messes all over the nursery. Harry wasn't even trying to keep up with the babies anymore, but let the elves chase after the babies and clean up the mess.

"Sev, come back over here," Draco called.

There were a lot of interesting things to capture Sev's attention at the party, so he laughed and kept going, causing Molly to chase after the baby. Andy came over with Teddy a short time later, followed by Narcissa, Scorp, and the unicorn.

After they ate, Harry and Draco went around thanking their friends and then flooed back to the nursery with the babies. Harry fell into bed exhausted and wondering why baby birthday parties were so much work, when Sev and Scorp would never remember it anyway.

Author's Note: I sliced my index finger open on Saturday and got 4 stitches. Luckily I'm fairly decent at typing without it and I already had a rough draft of this chapter, so all I had to do was edit it.

Up next is Christmas with the Weasleys! Anyone have any ideas for what will happen when the Malfoys and the Weasleys spend Christmas together? I think for the most part they should all be on their best behavior, but what about the Weasley/Malfoy feud? Anyone have any ideas of what started it or how Arthur and Lucius will react to each other now? Plus then there's what Lucius did to Ginny with the diary…

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