(Bailey P.O.V)

A sudden cold snap hit Boston about two months after Kimberlee was born and we ended up staying indoors for most of the time. By the third day, Cody and I were getting sick of being cooped up. Cody called Zack and asked them if they wanted to come over for a while. They agreed and told us they would be over in about half an hour. Cody set to work whipping something up in the kitchen while I got Kimberlee and myself dressed. I ended up wearing a pair of faded jeans a black long sleeved t-shirt. I put a brown cardigan over the top and added my black ankle boots and gold key necklace, leaving my hair just hanging loose down my back. My final touch was a pale brown scarf wrapped around my neck. Just as I was carrying Kimberlee downstairs, the doorbell rang so I went to answer it, sitting my daughter on my hip.

"Hey, come on in guys." I greeted, opening the door. Maya was carrying Reed in a similar fashion to how I was holding Kimberlee while Zack was lugged down with the bags that we seemed to constantly have to carry around now. I led them into the living room and put Kimberlee into her play-pen. Zack piled the bags in the corner and took his son from Maya before putting him in with Kimberlee. The two babies looked at each other for a moment before simply playing with whatever toy they could reach. Maya and I sat down on the couch while Zack joined Cody in the kitchen.

"So, what have you guys been up to these past few cold days?" I asked.

"Not much. Zack's been working on Reeds new room. It's looking good so far."

"I need to get Cody onto Kimmie's. We've been talking and planning but so far we haven't done anything."

"What are you going to do for it?"

"Well, we kind of thought that we'd go for a pink and purple theme. We're going to put one of those hanging nets over the bed."

"Nice." Maya stood up to take off her jacket, revealing the black and white striped dress underneath which she had added black tights and her black ankle boots to. She had black and gold heart shaped earrings and necklace as accessories and her hair was half curled behind her. "We've got a superhero theme going on for Reed."

"How are you managing that?"

"Zack is painstakingly painting a city skyline along one wall and then he's going to put a 'bat signal' in the sky. And then we'll have your usual superhero blankets and stuff."

"And how's the skyline going?"

"I'm not sure, to be honest. Zack won't let me in to see it. He wants it to be a surprise."

"That sounds more like something Cody would do. What's the bet he had something to do with it?" I asked with a laugh.

"Come to think of it, you're right; it does seem very 'Cody'. I wonder when they did this."

"I have no idea. But it's nice to know they're still getting along well enough to do that."

"Yeah. What are they doing in there, anyway?" She glanced over to the kitchen where we could hear the guys' voices drifting out.

"I have no idea. Cody was cooking something but that should be done by now. I'll just go and check on them." I pushed myself up off the couch and made my way over to the kitchen door and peeked in. Cody had his back to me, stirring something over the stove while Zack sat on one of the bar stools at the bench, resting his chin in his hand.

"What are you guys doing?" I asked. Both of them jumped a little before turning to look at me.

"Not much, I'm just finishing up this sauce for the pudding I made. Why?" Cody asked, not moving from his spot by the stove.

"No reason, Maya and I were just wondering what you guys were doing in here. I thought you were just making a batch of biscuits or something." I shrugged.

"Oh. Well, we'll be out in a little bit."

"Okay then." I went back over to find Maya sitting on the floor by the play pen, talking to Reed and Kimberlee. "They're coming out in a bit."

"Cody get carried away with his cooking?" She asked, laughing.

"Little bit. I thought he was just making some sort of cake or biscuits but it turns out he's making a pudding. The sauce takes forever apparently."

"Typical of Cody."

"I know. I ask him to make something simple for a few guests coming over and we end up with a meal good enough to go in a five star restaurant."

"I heard that!" Cody called from the kitchen, causing Maya and I to burst into laughter.

"That's not a very nice thing to say about your husband, Bailey." Zack commented as he came in from the kitchen, Cody following him a moment later.

"He'll get over it." I said, sitting down next to Maya and pulling Kimberlee out of the play pen. I held her under her arms so that her feet were touching to floor. "Hey, check out how clever she is." I said to Maya.

"What? There's no way she can walk yet."

"Nah but she can do this. Kimmie, dance for mommy." As I spoke, Kimberlee began to stomp her feet and wave her hands around. Cody laughed, having seen it before.

"Oh my god. How did she learn that?" Maya asked, laughing.

"No idea. We were just mucking around with her and Cody said dance and she started doing that. Now whenever we say dance she does that." I explained.

"It's so cute. I reckon she's going to be a dancer one day."

"Maybe. We'll see though." I put Kimberlee back in the play pen and joined Cody on the couch. The four of us spent the next few hours just chatting casually. Of course, we were occasionally interrupted by either Reed or Kimberlee crying. Cody brought out his pudding and it was devoured in minutes. By four in the afternoon, though, the conversation began to wrap up.

"We really need to be heading back. Reed's got a big day tomorrow." Zack said with a sigh.

"What's he doing?" I asked, not really wanting the afternoon to end.

"We're taking him to the mall to get some photos taken to hang up around the house." Maya explained.

"Nice. We should think about getting some professional pictures of Kim." Cody said and I glared at him.

"Don't call her that. It sounds like she's forty or something." I warned.

"It does." Maya agreed. "But we'll leave you two to sort out what you're going to call her. We need to hit the road." She picked up Reed and stood by the door with me while Zack picked up their bags. Cody made sure Kimberlee was secure in the playpen before following his brother out to his car. Maya strapped Reed in and I leant in to give my nephew a kiss before hugging Zack and Maya goodbye. We stood together waving as they drove out of sight.

"Bails, it's possible she'll want to be called Kim in the future anyway." Cody commented as we went inside.

"Maybe. But that's for her to decide when she's older. For now I don't want to be calling her a name that sounds like it belongs to a forty year old."

"Yes dear." He said with a sigh, shutting the door behind him. I went over to Kimberlee and picked her up, carrying her up to her nursery for her nap. When she was finally asleep, I joined Cody in the kitchen, our disagreement quickly forgiven and forgotten and we worked side by side to make dinner, something we'd been doing for a while now. All in all, the day was good and it made me wish the cold snap would last longer.