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AN: Guys, I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday. The thing is, this update completes the chapters I had written before hand. I now have to write what happens next. So I may post on alternate days. But if I get enough time to write, I'll try to post everyday :) I hope you guys are still with me :)

Chapter 32

She took Jamie from Alexis and as soon as Jamie felt his mom's hands come around him, he stopped crying.

"That's like my boy" she brought her nose to his and let it brush from side to side.

A smile came upon the little boys face. He pulled away to look at his mommy then with a hand on her cheek

"Mmmmm" he said and then he brought his face close to hers again, but this time, not being able to aim his nose to hers, his forehead connected with hers, and Kate had to laugh at his effort.

"You like that ha?" she asked him, as she walked with him to the kitchen. She carried him on her side, his legs around her hip, and reached into the fridge to get his milk bottle.

"You must be hungry." she said as she shifted around the kitchen, to make his milk bottle warm.

When it was ready, she carried him to the couch, and sat there with him cradled in her arm, and the other hand holding his bottle for him, while he drank out of the nozzle.

"Mommy's at home today baby. You and I get to spend some extra time together today."

She cooed at him. She loved her baby boy, her youngest, her surprise. She had to admit, from among Avril, Kaylee and him, he had to be the fussiest baby she'd given birth too. But she didn't let that worry her at all. Jamie was her only son. Right from the moment he was born, she knew how it would be different this time around.

Having only raised girls up until then, she knew that his coming into their world was going to make things even more beautiful. And he was so much different from his sisters. He was more playful, he never shied away from new faces, and he cried less at nights compared to his sisters, and very stubborn when it came to needing to be fed. She remembered in her first few months after having him, when she used to breast feed him, how he'd cry for her, and he wouldn't calm down until he was in the arms of his mother.

Kate smiled as she watched him silently drinking his milk now, he had placed his small little hand on her fingers that were holding the bottle to his mouth. Kate felt the couch dip beside her. She looked up to find Kaylee leaning in to watch.

"Mommy, was I that tiny too?" she asked

Kate chuckled. "You were tinier than your brother."

Kaylee looked up at her with a smile.

"When your daddy held you for the first time in the hospital, you looked so small in his arms, the nurses who entered the room didn't even know he was holding a baby until they came close and saw what he had cradled in his arms." Kate said and Kaylee only seemed more pleased.

"I bet I didn't cry as loud as Jamie" she said

Kate chuckled "no, but you did cry more often than him" she admitted to the girl. And the girl only laughed.

Jamie pushed the bottle away, letting his mommy know he had had enough. Kate looked at the bottle and saw that there were around two sips left. She offered it back to him

"Come on baby, just a little more" but Jamie turned his face away.

"How are you going to be as strong as daddy if you won't have your milk?" she asked him.

Avril's voice sounded "Inappropriate day to use daddy as an example of strength." she joked. And Alexis laughed, Kate smirked. She had to agree.

"Okay, how are you going to become as strong as mommy if you don't have your milk?" and somehow, Jamie was convinced. He let Kate feed him the rest of the milk, and then she carried him up in her arms and began walking around with him and rubbing his back softly.

She now saw that both Avril and Alexis were all dressed up to go out. Avril was sitting on the staircase putting her converse on.

"Where are you two off to?" she asked.

"Avril looked at Alexis, so Kate looked at her too.

"Uhhh, to the mall. I need to buy some stuff for college, and I thought I could use Avril's company" Alexis said.

"Oh, okay." Kate said

"I want to go too!" Kaylee squealed.

Kate looked at Alexis with a raised eyebrow. Alexis laughed "I don't mind taking her out, can we mom?"

Kate looked at Kaylee, the girl had put on her puppy dog face "Please mommy, please can I go?"

Kate thought for a moment, and finally said yes, knowing that Kaylee hadn't gone to the mall in quite a while, and she could use some quality time with her sisters, who had recently been so busy with their own social lives.

"But come home for lunch okay?"

"We will" they said, and Avril took Kaylee upstairs to help her get dressed.

Kate looked at Jamie in her arms "Do you want to go to?" she asked him with a smile. Jamie caught some of her hair that was flowing down her shoulder.

"Well, even if you want to, I won't let you go. Not now. Today, you're all mine." she kissed his cheek, placing soft pepper kisses all over his face and little Jamie loved the attention. He giggled while his mom showered him with kisses.

Castle came walking out of the study with the tray holding the empty coffee mug and plate.

"Look who's up Jamie?" Kate told her baby boy as she caught Castle's eyes.

Jamie looked around knowing his mom was looking at someone, and finally saw his daddy.

"dddd" Jamie stuttered.

"Yes honey, 'daddy'" Kate said to him and then put her head to his temple and whispered "I can't wait to hear your first word Jamie, I want to hear your voice, I want to know what you sound like"

Jamie turned to look at her and said "ooo" she laughed.

Castle had kept the tray on the kitchen counter and came walking towards his wife and son.

"Both your babies are fed. What's you next move?" he asked as he took Jamie from her and allowed him to sit over his shoulders, his legs dangling from both sides.

Kate put her hand on Castle's forehead to check his temperature.

"Hmmm... I think your fevers come down"

"I'm feeling a little better." He said. But soon after the words left his mouth, he felt a tingling sensation in his nose, he scrunched up his nose

"Oh no" Kate said as she realized he was about to sneeze.
He nodded. Kate immediately reached out to take Jamie off Castle's shoulders.

"I don't care if you're feeling up to giving Jamie a piggy back ride all day, but you are not giving him your flu" she said, and stepped away a few feet, and just in time Castle let out 3 sneezes one after the other.

"I told you, all that ice-cream cannot be good" she said as she walked to the kitchen again, he followed

"I'm sorry about that," he said to Jamie and then continued while looking at Kate "but no, that has never happened to me before, I've eaten more ice-cream than that before and got away without getting sick." he said, referring to a few nights back, when he and Kate had been finding it hard to sleep, and while she had a few spoons of ice-cream as a midnight snack, he finished the entire tub.

"You're getting older now Castle. Your body's not going to work the same way it always has"

"Oh please, I've proved to you time and again, how efficient my body can be even with my age" he said with mischief written all over his face.

She had to agree. There was no sign that he was getting old. He was still young and never tired in bed. A blush came up to her cheeks as she thought about last night.