She stretches her arms out from under the sheets on her side of the bed. Opening her eyes, she looks from her side of the bed to the wall and the framed images gracing the room

Every time she looks at the large elephant photo she thinks about the elephant in the room that represented the two of them for so many years. It is appropriate that this is the place for each new day to begin for them

The morning at the loft begins as usual with Rick making breakfast for his wife as she is getting herself ready to attack the day at the station.

She looks at the reflection of the woman in the mirror in the dressing room and knows that it is time for her to have the conversation with her husband about the things happening inside her heart and inside her mind and the thing that her body wants to talk to him about. The feelings that are pushing themselves closer and closer to the surface for her

Rick is in the kitchen having already made the morning coffee and presented it to his wife as she is getting dressed and he has returned to the kitchen to finish the morning meal. Today it is her simple favorite. Fresh fruit and a small cup of yogurt

She is still buttoning her blouse as she enters the kitchen. She leans into him and gives him a kiss just at the edge of his lips. He tries to pull her closer but she brushes her nose across his and pulls away ever so slightly. "Hey…didn't you get enough last night?"

He stops and just holds her tight "I will never get enough of you Kate"

His constant words of love especially in the mornings keep her warm inside and actually make her want to have this conversation with him. And since he is being so adorable and loving to her, she thinks now is the perfect time to open this door

She sits on the stool and takes another sip of her coffee then places the cup down. "Babe, we need to talk"

He stops mid step thinking that this doesn't sound good. "That's the way bad conversations usually begin"

She can't help but smile at her husband "Nothing bad….at least I don't think it is bad and I really hope you don't think it is bad either"

He has placed himself on the stool next to her He knows that she will be leaving for work in just a few minutes and so he thinks this must not be too bad, since she would not be opening a bad conversation and then just walk out

"OK. What do we need to talk about?"

She is looking down almost shy "I want to talk about…" she looks up to his face "kids"

His eyes pop open "Kids? As in more than one?" Are you…?"

She grabs his hand. No. I am…not…yet. But I do want to talk to you about that…about us…I mean…if you want to talk about having more…another child"

"With you? Absolutely yes…I mean if you want to…do you?"

He thinks he sees a tear in her eye "Are you crying Kate?"

"No…I mean not sad…but I want to know if you…"

He takes a firm grip on her hands. "Katherine Beckett Castle. I love you. I want to have a baby with you. Absolutely yes. I want you to become a mother. I think you will be an amazing mother…if you are ready I mean"

"So if you are ready" she pauses in her statement "I was thinking that we can start trying next month"

She sees his face light up like the morning sun rising over the buildings in downtown Manhattan

"That is perfect" he finally responds "We will be going to the wedding in Vail"

She continues the thought "Brett and Sara get married and they have a honeymoon…"

He pulls her into his arms "and you and I…"

She smiles into him "Have a little second honeymoon all our own" as she wraps her arms around her husband "and make a baby"

It is a good thing she is a supervisor at the department. Her being a little late to work is not a large problem this morning

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During the next month before the scheduled trip to Colorado for the wedding, Kate makes an appointment with her OB/GYN to work out the details of her planning to get pregnant. The doctor puts her on pre-natal vitamins and gives her a nutrition schedule designed to alieve some of the strain that a baby will have on her body. And the doctor insists that her husband guarantees Kate's compliance with the diet. She arranges for the removal of the IUD that she has been using up to this point so that everything is ready for the addition to the Castle clan

For Kate, the next four weeks seemed to crawl by. She had not realized how much her body was craving a child until she actually consciously thought about it, but having it high on her list of desires has made her feel so very differently than she ever experienced in the past.

She actually has noticed something changing inside herself and Castle has told her that she was showing signs of nesting. She poked him when he said that but she knew it was true. She has found herself actually looking at baby stuff in the stores and picking up magazines in the checkout line about raising families

And now she is thinking positively about making little Castle babies…just like Maddie accused her of wanting to do so many years before.

Today, Kate is so wanting to do this. She is almost giddy thinking about the upcoming wedding for their friends and her and Castle's planned second honeymoon activities

After scheduling the procedure to remove the IUD, The doctor told Kate that they could start trying as soon as possible and that is exactly what they have planned. Kate is told that it actually might take several months for the effect of the device to reverse and for her to be fertile again, but that is ok also since they are still enjoying each other so much.

When the weekend comes around for the getaway the pair packs up for the week long trip and head for the airport.

The flight to Denver International airport is much more comfortable in first class and seems to go very quickly. The wonderful company makes the trip so nice and enjoyable.

With the distance from the airport to the lodge, the air trip in fact takes only slightly longer than the ground transportation since there has already been one snowstorm hit the area and the roads are mostly passable but the car service has to be very careful in the long trip to the lodge up on the side of the mountains.

Once they arrive at the wedding destination lodge overlooking the Vail Valley the pair are totally in awe. Even Castle has to say that he is impressed. He had been skiing in Colorado before but he had gone to the major destinations and ski destinations and not the more quaint resorts

Once they arrive in their room on the third floor of the lodge, they have a wonderful view from their balcony almost all the way to the town of Vail itself. The ground is partly covered with the first light dusting of snow that actually has come a little earlier than expected. The wedding couple had worked diligently for the wedding to happen just before the first snow event of the season

Rick and Kate quickly unpack and then step out on the balcony to enjoy the view. Castle pulls Kate to his chest and holds her tightly. "Just trying to keep my girl warm" he comments

Leaning back against him she can be heard to softly hum then she places her head against his chest he can hear her softly speak "this is even more magical than on the ship"

He leans to her ear "The magical part is you. Having you here with me is all the magic I need"

She half turns into his chest "I love you Richard Castle"

"I love you Katherine Castle"

After a few minutes of cuddling in the cold air they decide to return to the warmth of their room

Once inside and closing the sliding balcony door they pause and are both looking at the bed waiting for them then Kate looks up at her husband

"Shall we get started now?"

Thirty minutes later the pair are walking down the hall arm in arm heading out to explore

their current location