A/N: AHHHHHHH! That is all.

"Mama, I have cookie?" Colton asked, bouncing from foot to foot as she took the tray of snickerdoodles out of the oven.

"You have to wait until they cool off. Maybe after daddy gets home."

"I love mama."

"I know you love me, but now you're just trying to butter me up."

"Cookie please?"

"Not now baby. Let's go read a book and when we're done we'll have a cookie, okay?"

"Okay. Mama's tummy okay?"

"Yeah, I feel better."

"We read eggs and ham?"

"Sure."

He grinned and scampered off into the other room while Lindsay followed him slowly. She was tired and would rather take a nap, but seeing his face light up at the mention of a book was reason enough to stay awake. He grabbed the book off the shelf and jumped up onto the couch, handing it to her when she sat down.

"Are you going to be my little bookworm?"

"No, mama. Read."

She cracked the book open and took a deep breath, reading the tongue twisting poem and letting him shout out the Sam-I-Am's. He turned the pages at the right time, mostly because they had read this book at least twelve times in the last week and he surely had it memorized. His last favorite had been Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good very Bad Day, but after a while he had tired of that and was now leaning more towards Dr. Seuss. They read to him several times a day at his request, and sometimes if he caught them reading their own books he would crawl in their lap and look too, as if he really could read it himself.

They had finished the book and were halfway through Yertle the Turtle when Adam opened the door.

"Daddy!"

Colton raced across the room and into Adam's arms hugging him as if he hadn't seen him in days.

"Hey buddy. I missed you today."

"Made cookies. Read book."

"Processed evidence. Annoyed Mac."

"Eat cookies, mama?" he asked, looking down at her with a grin.

"Oh alright. Daddy can get you one."

Adam smirked and leaned down to kiss her forehead.

"You still feeling a little crummy?"

"Not really, just tired."

"You want a cookie then?"

"No thanks. But you can pour me a glass of water."

The boys went into the kitchen and returned a few minutes later with a handful of cookies and some water.

"Thanks hon. How was work?"

"It was good. Got a lot done. Watched Flack and Jess have a really weird conversation about interrogation techniques and which of them is good cop and which is bad cop."

"Where'd they land?"

"Jess is both and Flack just sits there and observes."

"Yeah, I think he was tired of arguing with her."

"When are they going to just go ahead and get married?"

"I'm guessing once she tells him so."

She chuckled and he sat down next to her, letting her lean up against him.

"Anyway, besides made cookies read book, what else did you do today?"

"Cleaned Colton's room, boxed up all the winter clothes that have been laying on the floor for two weeks, and finally got around to putting that bookcase together."

"After I left you grumbling about an upset stomach this morning?"

"Yeah."

"You're superwoman."

"I think I'm pregnant."

"What?"

"Sorry, I was trying to think of how to say it a little better than that."

"You… really?"

"I think so. I'm pretty sure."

"Did you take a test?"

"I was waiting for you to get home. I took it without you last time, and I wanted to find out together."

"Well get in there and go pee then!"

She giggled and stood up from the couch while Adam sat there, half in shock. They'd been trying for over three months now and he knew that Lindsay was starting to worry that it wouldn't happen. She didn't need to worry, most people had to try for a while. But she had her organization and schedules and had just figured this would fit into her timetable. He remembered her saying that maybe she couldn't get pregnant because she shouldn't. She thought she couldn't handle it. He knew that pregnant or not, he was going to have to find a way to rid her of these self doubts.

"Well?" he asked as she came out of the bathroom."

"It's still steeping. We've got three minutes."

"How did you manage to wait?"

"I just wanted you to be here," she smiled, taking his hand.

"So what makes you suspicious?"

"Little things," she shrugged. "I'm more tired than normal, I'm really hungry, I've been sick the last few mornings and I missed my period by a week."

"Hon, if it's not… are you going to be upset?"

"Yeah. But I'll be okay."

"So when do you think this shindig would be happening?"

She grinned and did some quick math in her head before answering.

"End of November, around Thanksgiving probably."

"So the kids would be almost exactly three years apart."

"Yeah. Kind of crazy."

"A little but we like it that way. Has it been three minutes yet?"

"More like one."

"Music?"

"Sure."

He grabbed the stereo remote off the coffee table and shuffled through the CD's in the player, picking one randomly.

"The Yeah Yeah Yeah's again?" he asked with a grin.

"Yeah yeah yeah. By the way, I found your Yanni CD…"

"Linds, Yanni is like a great study of musical appreciation and…"

"How not to use hair styling products?"

"Says the woman who has been caught rocking out to Lady Gaga."

"Only that one song and it's because of it that our son can roll his R's."

"That'll come in handy."

"It could be a trade someday, you don't know."

"Where do you even put that on a resume'?"

"Under special skills; where you put "slays dragons and eats massive amounts of Cheetos."

"That's my bio on xBox and you wrote it!"

"It was four a.m if I recall. I had eaten a whole thing of Twizzlers."

"You were laying on the floor telling me you hated me for making you bloated."

"I said you should get out of my life and quit makin' me fat."

"Seems like a million years ago."

"Before we started dating I think."

"Just a couple crazy kids," he said as she leaned on his shoulder.

"Know what we are now?"

"What?"

"A couple crazy kids."

"I'm alright with that."

They smiled together as the egg timer went off in the other room.

"You ready?" she asked, taking a deep breath.

"I'm more than ready."

He took her hand and they stood up from the couch, walking silently into the bathroom.

"Sweetie, before we look, I need you to know that if it's not positive, it's okay. It just means we try again later. Okay?"

"Okay. Deep breath."

"And the verdict?" he asked as she picked up the plastic stick.

"We're going to have to get Colton potty trained because I am not diapering two kids."

"Let me see."

He turned her hand so he could see the digital read out. Pregnant. Plain as day. He wanted to jump up and down but instead he wrapped her in a hug, overcome with a happiness he couldn't describe.

"I can't wait."

"Me neither," she said with a chuckle. "I can't believe it's finally happening."

"Are you excited?"

"Very."

"Think we're ready?"

"Yeah, I think we are."

"It's going to be perfect," he said, smoothing his hand over her stomach.

"You still gonna love me when I get big and fat?"

"I still loved you the first time."

"Yeah, but I'm older now."

"Maybe the baby fat will fill in your wrinkles, granny."

"You're hilarious," she said, slapping his shoulder playfully.

He leaned in and kissed her, completely overcome with joy at the new life that was growing inside her. The science of it all still blew him away if he thought about it too long.

He broke the kiss and stared into her eyes, both of them shedding a few tears. The first time they had been completely overwhelmed and not sure what to expect, so the initial excitement had turned into getting prepared and educated. This time they were more ready and could just sit in the happiness for a while, just let themselves be excited for longer.

"You want a boy or a girl?"

"I don't care. You?"

"I don't care either," he said with a shake of his head. "Either one will be perfect. It'll be ours."

She smiled and wiped her tears away, still in disbelief. She'd been convincing herself all day that it was just a coincidence. She didn't know how she could handle it if it was negative. She'd been so hesitant before, not sure if she could be a good enough mother for two kids. But now she knew she would be just fine, and she couldn't wait.

"Let's go out for dinner," Adam said, breaking into her thoughts.

"Where?"

"I don't know. Walk until we find something?"

"Sounds good to me."

He smiled and dropped his forehead to hers.

"Every day I love you more, but today… I can't even explain it."

"I know. Me too."

"Let's not tell anyone for a while. Just let it be ours."

"Absolutely."

"You're going to tell Austin as soon as you see her."

"I won't, I promise. At least I'll promise to try as hard as I can."

"Okay, it's a deal. Let's go."

She smiled and took his hand ecstatic at what the next nine months were going to bring.