The cold weather kept dragging on and the snow was relentless that winter. It seemed like winters up here in the northeast were the worst. One snowstorm after the other was putting more snow on the ground.

Casey and the turtles had to constantly keep shoveling snow every few days it seemed. They were eager for spring to return. The mutants were more than ready to return to New York and begin searching for a new home.

…

Weeks later, April finally went into labor and Casey took her to the hospital.

For now, the turtles and Splinter were anxious to hear of the news. They tried to find things to do until they heard that April and the baby were alright.

Mikey and Raph had a bet on what was going to be for dinner if they could guess what the baby was. Pizza if it was a boy, lasagna if it was a girl.

It was many hours later, well into the night when they got the call from Casey. "I have a daughter!"

They all cheered. Now Hannah had another girl to hang with. And after the call, they all had lasagna for dinner the next evening.

…..

A few days later, April and Casey brought the new baby girl home.

"So, what's her name?" Mikey asked.

"This is Erica." April said.

"Welcome to the family, little Erica." Master Splinter said. April then handed her to him to hold.

Splinter felt like a new grandfather all over again.

Erica was passed around to everyone to hold and she was also introduced to Hannah and Brian as well. They looked at her, but didn't notice her too much. Everyone couldn't help but laugh at the babies' reaction to each other.

…..

Now that April had had her baby and it was in April after all, and warmer weather was returning to the northeastern states, the mutant family had finally thought it was time to head back to New York and try to find a new home.

The stay up here at the farmhouse had been nice, but the turtles were more than ready to go home again. So was Splinter.

They all packed up to go back to the city.

Leo's plastron was nearly healed so he would also be going on the search for a new home. But until a new home was found, he would be leaving his kids with April and Casey. Splinter would stay with them while his sons searched.

…

When they got back to New York, they all went into April and Casey's apartment. The incubators had been brought in for storage. The rest of the stuff would be left in the truck and van for now.

The curtains were closed up so no one could see inside. The mutant family would stay here for a little while, before they would go house hunting.

After resting up, Leo and Mikey fed the twins one last time before they were to set out. Leo most of all hated leaving them behind, but they had to find a new home before they could be brought down into the dank, drafty sewers.

Hannah and Brian didn't have a problem with who fed and held them too much, but Leo did seem to be the one that had a magic touch, as they knew his voice the most. Only if they were colicky did they all have a problem on their hands.

Leo, Don, and Mikey all kissed the twins goodbye then they and Raph went back to the sewers to start looking for a new home. Splinter stayed to look after the twins, along with April and Casey. The guys all had backpacks on as they left.

"I wish we could have brought them along." Mikey said.

"I know you do, but it isn't safe for them until we find a suitable place." Leo said. "And they may need to stay up there until even after we find a good home. If it needs a lot of fixing up, the noises would disturb them. If possible, they may have to go back to the farmhouse."

"Let's just hope we don't have to be away from them for too long, Leo." Don said.

"I know. I don't want to be away from them for too long either."

The turtles all went back to the lair under the castle in Central Park. Holding their flashlights up, they looked for any other salvageable materials that could be taken to a new home. There was quite a lot left that could be useful, but some parts of the lair were destroyed to the point where it couldn't be used again, such as the electricity area.

"Without the electricity, we can't live here." Don said.

"When we find a new suitable location, we'll come back for our old stuff." Leo said.

The boys began a new search from the lair.

…..

After the Atlantean lair had been destroyed, finding the reservoir lair had been nice and they thought it was going to be the best home ever, as it had had more space than both of the last lairs, but in the end, that too had been destroyed. They couldn't stay there if there was even the slightest chance of Bishop's goons finding them there again even if the place could be fixed up again.

Beta read by Applepye.