A/N: So for those of you who don't know, this is the sequel to my story Baby On The Way. It's probably a good idea for you guys to read that one first before looking into this. For all my devoted BOTW readers, you asked and I delivered. Here is the first chapter of Raising EM and the EM part just stands for Elizabeth and Miracle, the girls' names. I'm picking our story up some months after the twins' birth, to the point where they've already started to crawl. So do enjoy!

Time really seemed to fly like the wind after the twins were born as life got back on track. Despite the fact that they had to completely reset up the nursery because of it, Blaine and Kurt had moved out of their eight million dollar mansion. In fact, it was a bigger move than out of the mansion. They moved clear across the country to New York where they had a spacious three-bedroom penthouse. Unfortunately, some sacrifices had to be made to do that. Kurt had to resign from his role on Days. NBC was sad to see him go but they understood that he had to do all this for his own safety, after the paparazzi disaster three weeks before the girls were born. Ironically, they had no issues finding someone to take over his role and Kurt was grateful for that. Their friends had pushed on ahead to NYC to set up the new nursery in one of the bedrooms in the penthouse so it would be ready for when Kurt and Blaine brought their baby girls home.

So far everything had gone rather smoothly. Sure, the endless sleepless nights due to two little baby girls were a handful for the Hummel-Andersons but they couldn't be happier and Kurt was back to his normal self, no longer controlled by raging pregnancy hormones. And as everyone had assured him, he had no trouble regaining his figure. He was a bit snippier than he used to be but that was chalked to over exhaustion. Working tireless and raising two beautiful little girls. Kurt normally had a shorter temper when he was stressed.

And boy was he in over his head this night. New York City was a busy place and the perfect location for Kurt to dive into his fashion career head on. It had been a bit of time since he'd put much emphasis on that part of his career and in the previous months, he'd spent countless hours between taking care of the girls and designing his new line, all of which led up to this particular night. He had show tonight. A runway show and it was the first one he'd done in probably at least a year. So it was highly important to him. Blaine had spent the months after the girls were born fishing around for a new manager and had finally found one about a month prior to the present night. But he was there all the same, to support his husband.

Kurt was hustling around backstage trying to make sure that all of his designs were in order, fixing one disaster after another. A zipper ripped, a shoulder strap fell, a piece of hair dropped out of perfect formation, one model kept stepping all over the train in her dress. All the while, Blaine was sitting backstage watching Kurt frantically fix measurements and reattach the zipper and trim down the train of the dress the model was wearing, a strip over measuring type around his head. In the meantime, he was busy trying to straighten the bows on the chique little dresses his daughters were wearing. Elizabeth, as usual was in purple and Miracle was in pink but the dresses were exactly the same otherwise and Kurt had designed them both himself.

Blaine watched his husband nearly pull out his hair as the twenty-eight-year-old finally seemed to find a niche and get everything together. Just in the nick of time too. Kurt came over with a frustrated sigh and lifted Miracle from her spot on the floor in front of daddy. The little girl cooed and clapped her hands, her curls falling into her face. Kurt sighed again and swept the curls back. "I told you we probably should start putting their hair in bows," he told his husband. Blaine chuckled, picking up Elizabeth who looked ready to fall asleep on his shoulder, even with all the commotion. How she managed to sleep through noise and still have perfect hearing, neither man knew. "Come on, let's go take our seats." Miracle was squirming in his arms and he had to shift her into a more comfortable position on his hip to make sure she didn't squirm her way out. For very nearly not making it into the world she was quite the active little girl. She was still slightly smaller than her sister but now that they were born, Miracle had no trouble catching up.

The two men walked out to their seats in the front row and Kurt handed Miracle back to Blaine, feeling bad for making the man have to hold both girls. But he'd be able to help him in a moment. Kurt took the stage and Blaine set Miracle on the floor front of him with one arm so that he could balance Elizabeth better. It was only for a moment of course but with the twins now crawling, it probably wasn't something smart for him to do right than. Especially since his eyes went up to Kurt who had been handed a microphone and was now standing at the head of the runway where the models would make their entrance from. Blaine smiled up at his husband.

"Hello everyone!" Kurt stated to a round of smattered applause. "I'd like to thank you all for coming. This is my first show in over a year. Due to the fact that I was delving more into acting and spent much of that time pregnant with my two little girls, who are both doing well thank you." There were choruses of awwws and more smattered applause. "I hope to show you that I haven't lost my spark for fashion. So without further ado, I'd like to present to you my new summer line, the Kurt Hummel Summer Nights line! Enjoy the show!" he said. Applause broke out again and Kurt made his way off the runway to take a seat next to his husband.

Kurt sat down carefully and pecked Blaine lightly on the lips, watching Elizabeth already sleeping in her daddy's arms. Blaine smiled at him. "I'm sure they're all going to love it," he said as the first model stepped out in a flowy white sundress with a matching sun hat on her head. Cameras flashed and notes were taken and people whispered their comments. Kurt went to reply to Blaine and bend down to pick up Miracle when he realized the pink clad little girl was nowhere to be seen. Inwardly, he panicked.

"Blaine…" Kurt started and Blaine's face fell when he saw his husband's face pale even more if that were possible. No one else seemed to be paying much attention to them as they were all busy keeping their eyes on the models who were strutting down the runway in Kurt's new line. Blaine looked at him, pressing him to go on. Kurt swallowed. "Where's Miracle?" he asked. It was then that Blaine took notice that his other daughter was missing and it took all his composure not to let out an expletive under his breath and he bit his tongue. But Kurt wasn't so quick to hold his in. "Shit!" he spat in a hoarse whisper. Immediately, both men stood up and starting shuffling their way down the aisle, eyes keeping a look out for the baby. She couldn't have gotten far. But than, Miracle was incredibly fast on her little hands and legs. She was like a speed crawler.

They had just reached the end of the aisle both in a fit of panic when more cameras started flashing and the audience started to laugh and aw and coo. Blaine and Kurt looked at each other before they glanced at the runway. Miracle was crawling down the walk, halfway between two of the models, who had both stopped and were looking at the little girl in confusion. Kurt felt humiliated. His own daughter had given his first runway show in over a year a reason to be perfectly memorable. He ran a hand over his face, before sticking his fingers in his mouth and whistling shrilly, his cue to bring everything to a halt. The models still waiting backstage stood where that were and the ones already one the runway turned and looked at him. Only Miracle seemed to keep moving, crawling her way down the runway.

Kurt pulled himself back up on the runway and hastily moved to scoop his daughter up. She squealed in delight, clapped her hands and pulled at his hair. Kurt cringed and threw a look at Blaine who had broke out into laughter just than, soft laughter so as not to wake Elizabeth who was still sleeping in his arms. Kurt was handed a microphone again as his daughter wiggled in his arms. This was not going to be easy. How did he balance a screaming and squealing squirmy baby while attempting to apologize to his audience? The one problem, while his daughters both had Blaine's curls, they had Kurt's eyes and it was so hard to scold them because one look into their glasz eyes and Kurt knew exactly what made Blaine melt every time he looked at him.

"Good evening again ladies and gentlemen," Kurt said with a nervous chuckled, shifting his daughter again. She was still squealing in his arms. "I…uh…apologize for the interruption. This is my little girl Miracle and you may or may not know why Blaine and I named her that," he said. Might as well make the most of it. "When I was pregnant, we were told that I was carrying MOMO twins. For those of you who don't know those are twins that share a placenta. They developed unequal placental sharing and Miracle's life was put in jeopardy. She wasn't getting the nutrients and blood she needed to grow." The room was silent, listening to Kurt talk. "Her name is Miracle because she pulled through all that thanks to my brilliant doctors mostly and the twins were born on Christmas so I told Blaine, she was our Christmas Miracle. It's no secret that her middle name is Noelle either," he said. The crowd laughed. "But I apologize. Miracle's very active and she must have crawled away when Blaine and I weren't looking. So, that shouldn't happen again. On with the show!" He than handed the microphone back and jumped off the runway. The show resumed.

The twenty-eight-year-old settled himself once more in the seat next to where Blaine was again seated. Kurt was desperate to get Miracle to settle down and he started rocking her, singing gently under his breath as the little girl finally seemed to be quieting. It was a rare moment when both twins were asleep at the same time. Miracle being the more active one, often didn't take naps during the day anymore but that usually meant she slept better at night. She was more independent than her sister, not really wanting to be held as much. Elizabeth on the other hand was more calm and slept a lot during the day. As such, she was usually the one they were up with at night. She got fussy during the night hours and Kurt spent countless odd hours in her rocking chair, rocking and feeding her. She was the needy one, the daddy's girl. Though which parent she was attached to more, Kurt and Blaine couldn't figure out. She seemed to want them both equally. Though both men discovered that she preferred Blaine in the day and Kurt during the night where as if Miracle wanted daddy or papa, she was the other way around, preferring Kurt during the day and Blaine during the night.

Though he wasn't about to admit it, Kurt was a bit jealous of Blaine for Miracle wanting him during the night because that meant he rarely had to do anything during the night. Blaine got more sleep than Kurt did but seeing as Elizabeth slept a lot during the day, he spent much of his time helping Kurt with Miracle during those hours. Kurt was grateful that although his pink clad daughter preferred him during the day, Blaine often took over so that Kurt could sleep while Elizabeth slept. He had a harder time keeping a handle on Miracle. But it seemed that both girls loved their daddies very much.

All in all, they had managed to fall into somewhat of a routine and Kurt was always exhausted. He often had bags under his eyes because sometimes, Blaine had to blackmail him into sleeping. He was working so hard. And when they got that rare moment that both twins were asleep, Blaine caught some extra hours but Kurt would stay up, keeping awake on coffee and working late, sketching and resketching all of his designs. Blaine wouldn't lie. He was worried that Kurt was working so hard and he thought it that it was about time they took a much needed vacation. Go to Hawaii or something where they could turn off work and the girls – he was thinking of sending the girls to stay with Burt and Carole while he and Kurt took their vacation – and just relax and fall back into that honeymoon stage of their relationship.

The only downside to the fact that they were living in New York now was Rachel. She was still trying to get back in their good graces and she was still trying to get Kurt to take her side but Kurt was firm in his decision. He was backing Finn, giving his stepbrother all his support. Finn often offered to baby-sit but Kurt always declined. At the moment, Finn had temporary custody of his children and Kurt couldn't ask him to try and take care of two babies on top of that. He and Blaine were doing all they could to stay away from Rachel but it didn't help when she seemed to always know where they were going or when they were going to be in Times Square. They hadn't wanted her to meet their twins but they hadn't been able to keep that from happening and she'd been so sickeningly sweet, it had terrified poor Elizabeth and Miracle had reacted by smacking her in the forehead, a fact that had taken all Kurt's resolve not to laugh at. Rachel had been promptly caught off guard and left in a huff. She hadn't seen the girls since.

But Rachel was one bad thing amidst all the good stuff. Blaine had recently gone back into the studio, working on a new album. Kurt was actually going to be featured in a couple of his husband's songs. But other than that, he was taking the time to focus mainly on his fashion career. He went through periods like this where on aspect of his fame was his main priority while the others took a backseat for a while. While pregnant, his priority had been his acting career, working on Days. It had been a good experience he thought. But now, his priority was his fashion career and he figured that after he made success with this new summer line, fashion would take a backseat again until he put focus on a winter line. He was actually looking to work some more on his own music once summer actually started and stuff. Since the show had been coming around, Kurt had spent more time writing songs than he had designing new clothes.

To say he was relieved when the show that night finally ended and the reporters and pictures stopped – a fact that he was still kind of tense about even when it was planned – was an understatement. Kurt found himself allowing his eyes to slide shut in the back of the limo as he and Blaine were headed for home. He had opted out on the after party, explaining that it was late and he and Blaine needed to get the twins home to bed. He didn't add that he just wanted sleep too. Blaine was watching him carefully. To their relief, Miracle and Elizabeth were both still a sleep, something that was rare for the former but both girls had quite a night of excitement.

Reaching home, Kurt handed a tip to the limo driver, after being shaken awake by Blaine so they could get out. They climbed the steps to their penthouse, each one still cradling one of the girls, but they had switched knowing that with it being night, Elizabeth would rest easier in Kurt's arms and Miracle in Blaine's. Blaine one-handedly unlocked the door and they entered the house, both men making a beeline for the twins' room. Laying their daughters carefully on the rug for a moment, they proceeded to get out the girls' pajamas. Luckily, neither twin woke as they changed them and put them both down in their cribs, which were still the circular canopy cribs that Kurt had bought back in Los Angeles.

For a moment, the two men stood in the doorway of the nursery before wrapping their arms around each other and starting to head out of the room. Kurt laid his head on Blaine's shoulder as he sort have stumbled in his half asleep state down the hall to their room. The injury Kurt had sustained to the leg after Sebastian's attack back when he had been about seven and a half months pregnant had been great to the point that Kurt hadn't been able to walk around for weeks without a bandage wrapped around his leg for extra strength. He was only now starting to get around without the bandage support. Blaine helped him into their room and Kurt immediately fell face first into the bed.

"What a night," Kurt mumbled into the comforter. Blaine chuckled and sat down beside him, running a soothing hand over Kurt's back. Kurt willed his muscles to a allow him to turn over so he could look up at the man he loved. The twenty-seven-year-old smiled down at him. "I can't believe Miracle is already wanting to be a little model," Kurt muttered. Again, Blaine chuckled. He took his free hand and ran it through Kurt's hair, leaning down to place a soft kiss to his lips. Kurt stared up at him lovingly. If he wasn't so exhausted, he would have initiated a night of lovemaking right than and there. After the night in the pool when he was pregnant, Kurt and Blaine hadn't had the opportunity to be intimate for about five months. Kurt had been five, five and half months pregnant at the time and was forbidden to have sex for at least six weeks after the girls were born. So you could imagine the tension that had jumped both men's bodies the moment they had the green light to be intimate again. Of course, they were careful and used protection. Kurt did not want to get pregnant again anytime soon. Though he had joked that maybe Blaine should get pregnant, just so he could have a first hand understanding of everything Kurt had gone through. Blaine had looked horrified until Kurt had told him he was only joking.

"Don't worry baby," Blaine said, proceeding to help Kurt slip out of his clothes and get more comfortable. "The night was a success and both twins are asleep and you should be too." He offered a small smile and Kurt grinned up at him. It was moments like these that both men cherished so very much now. They rarely got the opportunity to have these little moments anymore. With two baby girls and hectic lives and life in New York, it was something that both men were finding was at minimal supply. "Are you happy?" Blaine suddenly asked and Kurt stared up at him confused. Resting a hand on his husband's cheek, he leaned up and kissed him gently before pulling him down on the bed with him and the two of them started to get comfortable tucking themselves into the sheets and each other's arms.

"Of course I'm happy Blaine," Kurt said softly. Blaine only smiled at him. Kurt smiled back and kissed him again. He was lucky. Blaine felt lucky too. They both were blessed with the most wonderful husband and beautiful little girls. "I couldn't be happier. I'm married to the most wonderful man I've ever known and thanks to him I have two beautiful daughters. And I'm living my dreams. Yes Blaine, I am very happy." But their blissful moment was broken just a second later as the baby monitor on Kurt's side of the bed broke with wailing, which meant Elizabeth had woken up. Kurt sighed. "I better go tend to her," he said. Blaine nodded and watched his husband slide out of bed and leave the room.

A/N: And now you know why I decided to push the time up to when the girls were already crawling. I've just had this cute image of one of the twins crawling onto the runway in the middle of a fashion and had to roll with it. Hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter! I kind of want to carry this on up through the twins in high school because it will be fun to explore the aspect of their lives growing up. So, what I ask from you is how do you think I should do time jumps? Should I have a couple of chapters per year or do a bunch of chapters and then a few years time jump and more chapters and not cover each year of their lives. How do you think it's best? Please leave me your suggestions in your reviews, which as always, make me smile! Love you guys!