A/N: Ok, I know it's been a while
It was Mother's Day weekend. Erin and Jay were coming in with Kara. Their flight was leaving Chicago in the early evening, so once Kara got out of school, they headed to the airport. Once the flight arrived in New York, both Hank and Ed had gone to meet them. As soon as Kara saw Ed, she ran up to him and gave him a big hug.
"Hey, kiddo."
"Hey. I missed you."
"I missed you too."
Erin gave Hank a hug and then once they got their luggage, they headed to Hank and Olivia's. Olivia and Diana were there when they got there.
"Hello."
"Hey, where'd you two go?"
"Airport."
"Erin!"
"Hey, Mom."
"You called me Mom!"
"Is that ok?"
"It's more than ok."
Erin hugged Olivia and Kara went to give Diana a hug.
"I missed you, Sweetie."
"I missed you too, Mom. Are we moved into the house yet?"
"We close on it next week, so by the time you are done with school, we will be in the house."
"Yay!"
"Is she behaving herself?"
"Oh, yeah."
The door opened and Olive came in with Trevor.
"Hey everyone."
"Hey. How's the leg, Langan?"
"It's getting there. Captain, I have something for you."
Trevor handed Ed an envelope.
"I bet I know what this is. Kara, you open it."
"Ok."
Ed handed the envelope to Kara and she opened it. She read what it said and had tears running down her cheeks.
"What does it say, Sweetie?"
"Ed is officially my daddy!"
"That's great, Sweetie. I'm happy for both of you."
"Congratulations, Edward!"
"Thanks."
"Just in time for Father's Day."
"It sure is."
"When are you two getting married?"
"We haven't thought about that yet."
"I have, actually."
"You have?"
"Why don't we go to Vegas?"
"Edward, I'm not getting married in Vegas nor am I taking my 10 year old out there. I will not get married without my daughter by my side. This is a big deal for both her and me. I also want my family there and that means Olivia, Hank and the kids. I'll agree with going to the Courthouse but not Vegas. Vegas is not my idea of romantic and special."
"Neither is the Courthouse."
"No, it's not."
"We're fine with what we did and that was the Courthouse."
"You don't wish you did something else?"
"We just wanted to be married."
"I wish I had been included."
"We're never going to live that down, are we?"
"Nope."
Rachel came running into the kitchen.
"Mommy."
"What?"
"Ice cream."
"We haven't had dinner yet."
Rachel stood with her hands on her hips and looked at Hank.
"Come on, Daddy!"
"Who put you in charge?"
"Mommy."
Olivia started laughing.
"You're not helping."
"I know but it's funny."
"I'll go start the grill."
"I'll help."
"Me too."
Hank, Ed and Jay went out to get the grill started and got the burgers. Olivia gave Rachel a high five and then picked her up.
"Are the boys having their poker game tonight?"
"If they are, it's just going to be with Hank, Ed, Trevor and Jay. Barba has a huge case he's working on and Carisi is helping him out. Fin made plans with his son tonight."
Then Noah and Daniel came downstairs.
"We're hungry."
"Daddy's fixing dinner now."
"Good. What are we having?"
"Burgers."
"Macaroni and cheese?"
"Daddy has fries to go with the burgers."
"Ok."
Olive picked up Daniel and gave him a kiss.
"Say hi to Trevor."
"Hi."
"Hey, Buddy."
"Hi Trevor."
"Hey, Noah."
Rachel smiled at Trevor.
"You get prettier every time I see you."
"Thank you."
Everyone sat down and waited for dinner to be ready.
"How are you feeling, Erin?"
"I'm starting to become more exhausted."
"Do you know what you're having yet or aren't you going to say?"
"It's a girl."
"That'll be great to have her and Nikki so close in age."
"I was hoping for a girl."
"How does Jay feel?"
"He's excited. Uncle Will is too. I'm due mid October and I want you and Dad there."
"When you know your exact due date, we will be there. Have you thought of any names yet?"
"Not yet."
Hank came in and gave Erin a hug and put his hand on her belly.
"I just heard about my granddaughter."
"Yep. We're excited. I want you two there."
"We will be there. You know that. I was there when Justin and Nikki were born. The only one I missed was Daniel."
"I actually want Will to deliver the baby. I know Olive may not be able to be there but I want most of my daughter's family there when she comes into the world."
"I'll be there too, Erin."
"Erin, come see our swing set."
"You finally got it in?"
"Yep."
"Ok, guys, show me."
Noah, Rachel and Daniel took Erin outside and then they went to show her their swing set.
"This is awesome!"
"Jay, can you read us our story tonight?"
"Yeah, sure. I can do that."
"You need the experience, Babe."
"I said I would."
Hank came back outside with the plates, napkins, condiments and whatever else they needed.
"We're eating outside tonight."
"Sounds like a plan."
"Daddy, Jay is going to read us our story tonight."
"Good. He's going to be a daddy himself in a few months. His and Erin's baby will be your niece, just like Daniel and Justin are your nephews and Nikki is your niece."
"Will they live here too?"
"No. They're going to live in Chicago."
"Ok."
They finished the burgers and then Olivia, Diana and Olive came out with everything else. Trevor came outside as well. Everyone got their food and then they sat down at the picnic table and ate.
"So, Jay, has Intelligence gotten any good cases lately?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary. We do have one that we were working on today that was something related to a sexual assault case here not too long ago. Antonio asked that I talk to Olivia about it. I have the file in my suitcase."
"I'm not going to Chicago but I will be more than happy to look at the file. If anyone needs to go, I'll send Fin, Rollins or Carisi."
"Ok."
Everyone finished dinner and then Olivia took Rachel and the boys up and gave them a bath. Once they were clean and ready for bed, Jay tucked them in and read them their story. Before the story was over, all 3 of them were asleep. Hank, Olivia and Olive had come upstairs to kiss them goodnight and then they all went downstairs after Jay got his file. Trevor had already left and Kara had fallen asleep on the sofa in the family room. The rest of them sat at the kitchen table and went through the file. Olivia remembered the case and said she would have Fin go out there to help with it. Since Kara was already asleep, Olivia told Diana and Ed to let her stay the night. They agreed and went home and then everyone else went up to bed.
To be continued…