Wednesday November 25th Twins 2 weeks old

Amelia opened her eyes and rolled over to face Owen. She kissed him and ran her fingers through his hair, which woke him up. He smiled and brought her closer to him.

"There's no crying." She whispered.

Since they had brought Lucy home a week ago, she had always said good morning by screaming her lungs off. For once, they had gotten up on their own time.

Owen kissed Amelia again, and she kissed him back, his hands making it all the way to her chest.

"Owen." She whispered, stopping his arm with her hand.

"I know, I know, four more weeks until sex. You make it very hard to wait."

"Oh you poor baby, I had to give birth, and because of that, you have to wait four whole weeks to have sex. Have some consideration for my broken body." She said, he laughed and lightly pushed her shoulder.

"Are you ready for today?" He asked her, sitting up and walking into the bathroom.

"I'm excited, but we're barely managing with one baby, we're going to have some trouble when they're both here." She said, slowly swinging her legs out of the bed. She was still sore from her C-section; she had gotten her stitches out only 3 days before.

She walked into the nursery and to the crib, where Lucy was laying, kicking her legs and staring at the mobile above the crib. She laughed and her arms bounced up and down when Amelia picked her up. Now that she was two weeks old, she was a little bit bigger, and almost fit into the preemie clothes that they had. She was wearing a big yellow onesie with white stripes and a white hat that covered all of her red hair.

"Good morning sweetie! Did you sleep well last night? You only woke Daddy and me up 3 times, that's not bad at all. Are you excited for Theo to come home?" Amelia asked in a high pitched voice.

Lucy responded with a yawn, and then she scrunched her arms up as Amelia put her on her shoulder and grabbed her favorite blanket that Amelia's mom had given to her at the baby shower.

Daisy pushed the door open with her nose and came in, sniffing Lucy's tiny feet as Amelia held her. She was getting very big, but Owen had been training her, and she was very well behaved.

"I see you too Daisy." Amelia smiled, sitting down in the rocking chair and settling Lucy into her arms.

She threw the blanket over her lap and Lucy's legs and then she started feeding her, and rocked back and forth while she looked at her phone with her free hand. Owen came in and sat on the floor, playing with the dog.

"I can make breakfast, and then we can go get Theo." Owen suggested.

Amelia yawned and shook her head, "Why don't we just have cereal or something. I have to go food shopping anyway, and get decorations, because someone wanted to have Thanksgiving here."

Two days after the babies were born; Owen's mom called and asked what they were going to do about Thanksgiving. He was so happy about the babies that he offered to have it at their house. Now Amelia's mom, all of her sisters and their families, Derek and Meredith, Richard and Katherine, Jackson and April, Maggie and what they thought would be DeLuca, Joe and Alex, Addison and Jake, and finally Owen's mom, plus all of the kids, we're coming to Owen and Amelia's. Many of them would be seeing the babies for the first time, meaning chaos.

When Owen told Amelia in the hospital, she spit out the water she had been drinking. She also tore a stitch, and Addison had to come back to the hospital to fix it. While Addison was fixing it, Amelia yelled at Owen, telling him that it was the stupidest thing that he'd done in a very long time. The only thing that saved him was the fact that he was holding both of the babies, and Amelia hadn't wanted to wake them up.

"If I could get up and strangle you right now, I would." She spat as she lay completely flat on the hospital bed, while Addison re-did her stitches.

She had finally forgiven him, but she still didn't want to host Thanksgiving with babies who weren't even a month old, and needed her nearly every second of the day. There were decorations she had to put up, and everyone knew that cooking wasn't her forte. Now that they were back at home, Owen smiled apologetically and picked up the outfits he had gotten the twins when he went shopping for more clothing. They were tiny jeans and shirts with pumpkins and turkeys on them. Plus, pilgrim hats for both of them.

"Right, Lucy is going to hate the hat, Theo might tolerate it for you but there's no guarantee for the princess here." Amelia reminded him.

"You are a dream killer Amy." Owen said in defeat.

"I'm sorry; I'm just being a representative for the kids." She said.

She gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked down the stairs with Lucy still in her arms. Once she was done eating, Amelia handed her to Owen.

"Can you burp her? I'm going to take a shower." Amelia asked.

"Yeah, where's the burp rag?" Owen asked as he settled Lucy onto his shoulder. She whined when Amelia walked away, but quieted down once she realized that it was Owen holding her.

"Right here, catch!" Amelia threw the rag to him.

He caught it with one hand, and sat on the couch with the baby. He patted her on the back gently, and talked to her.

"We should probably get Mommy some help cooking tomorrow. Should I call April, Maggie, and Mom-mom and ask them to come over tomorrow morning? Would she like that?" Owen said in a baby voice.

Lucy hicuped and threw her hand on Owen's chin.

"I'll take that as a yes?" He replied, moving her so that he was cradling her with one hand. He went into the kitchen and grabbed his phone, dialing April's number first.

"Owen?" She asked in a perky voice. He could hear Sam crying in the background.

"Hi April, how's it going?"

"Samuel's crawling now, he just knocked down a lamp, and he's screaming. But it is okay, Jackson's got him. How can I help you?"

"Well, um, you know how I offered to have Thanksgiving here? Well, Amelia isn't the best cook, and there are a lot of people coming, I mean a lot…"

"Say no more," April interrupted, "I'll be over at 8:00 tomorrow morning. How are the babies?"

"April, you are the best. The babies are doing fine; Theo's coming home from the hospital today."

"That's great; I can't wait to see them tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving eve!" April said.

"Thanks April, I'll see you tomorrow morning." He hung up, and called his next victim, Maggie.

She said yes immediately, but Owen suspected it was just so that she could come see the babies without everyone else hogging them. He didn't care; even a little help would be good. He called his mom, and she said she'd even come today to help Amelia shop. Amelia came down with wet hair and a towel wrapped around her. She smiled when Lucy saw her, and then she looked at Owen.

"Are you calling reinforcements for tomorrow?"

"Um, maybe…" He shyly answered.

"Thank you honey, let's be honest, we both know that I can't cook for shit." Amelia sighed in defeat, sitting on the edge of the couch.

"Hey, I thought that we agreed on no cursing, we have two kids now." He reminded her.

"Okay, I'm sorry. I'm going to get dressed." She turned around and went back upstairs.

Owen took Lucy and changed her diaper, then got her out of her pajamas and into her outfit, black leggings and a long shirt with snowflakes on it. He loved dressing both of the babies up in ridiculous onesies. Amelia came in, she was wearing jeans and an orange sweater, and she took Lucy from Owen and kissed her on both cheeks and on her forehead before putting her in both arms.

"Very cute Owen, I love the outfit." She said, leading them to the driveway.

"Thanks, here, I'll put her in the car seat." Owen offered.

She transferred the baby to Owen and sat in the passenger seat. They spent the entire drive introducing Lucy to Christmas music. Owen pulled into his parking space and grabbed Lucy's car seat. Amelia got Theo's, which hadn't even been used yet. They walked up to the NICU, and left Lucy with Arizona, who was writing post-ops. They gowned up and went in to see their son. He was wrapped in a white blanket and his eyes were wide open, Amelia put her finger in the incubator and he grabbed it tightly. Addison came in behind them and slipped some gloves on.

"Good morning guys, I'm just going to take his IV out and then he's ready to go. Owen, if you want to sign the discharge papers, Arizona has them."

Owen left and Addison freed Theo's tiny leg from his blanket. She quickly pulled the IV out and covered the area with gauze and tape, which of course caused him to cry, very loudly. Amelia scooped him into her arms and rocked him as he cried. She bounced him up and down gently, humming into his ear.

"Okay, now he's almost as strong as a regular newborn. I'm letting him go a little early, I trust you two with him. Congratulations Amelia, I can't believe you have twins now."

"I can't either Addie, I'll see you tomorrow. You can come around five."

Amelia smiled while she continued to sway back and forth with the baby, who had a grip on her long hair. Once he was quiet, she carefully lifted him onto her shoulder and put her hand on his back as she walked out of the door. His little hand hung off of her shoulder, and the other one was between his head and her neck. Owen met Amelia in the hall and they walked to the car.

As he followed, he watched Theo's scrunched face bounce up and down with Amelia's stride, and laughed when his hat slid down over his eyes. He told Amelia, and she slid it back in place, kissing the baby on the cheek.

"Amelia Bedelia, we're going to have both kids at home now. That means we'll never sleep again. God please help us." Owen sang out of tune in a song that made no sense.

He and Amelia were already wiped out from taking care of one baby at home and driving every day to see the other one. They made it back to the parking lot, and successfully got both car seats locked in.

"I'd better sit in the back; I'll watch them while you drive." She said.

She fixed her shirt after she handed Theo to Owen. He buckled him into the car seat, and watched his little head drift to the side, he sure loved to sleep.

"Amelia, how do you do this so well? He's out like a light." Owen said in astonishment.

"I don't know hun, he just likes me, he's only two weeks old, I don't think he's picked a favorite yet, if that's what you're implying." She laughed as she looked at the twins.

"We used to be cool surgeons, driving our Mercedes, and now we have car seats installed and toys hanging from the freaking ceiling of a BMW, we've sunk very low." Amelia said while Lucy held onto her ring finger.

"I got into a fight over a breast pump at Babies R' us. I win this game." Owen said as he shifted the car into gear.

Once they were home, Amelia and Owen brought both of the kids into the house and put them in their bouncers. The dogs walked over to Theo and gently sniffed his arms and legs. After a few minutes, they lost interest and walked back to their room with all of their toys in it. Both babies started crying simultaneously, and Owen tried to calm them to no avail.

"Amelia! The kids need you." Owen yelled to her.

She walked out of the kitchen and exclaimed, "God kids, can you please give my boobs a break?"

When they didn't stop whining, she shrugged and picked Lucy up. Owen got Theo, and she put them on both sides and fed them at the same time.

"Owen, go get a piece of paper, we have to write a shopping list for tomorrow. After this I have to go, I'll bring one baby with me, but the other one is yours to worry about."

They wrote a list of things; a turkey, green beans, potatoes, stuffing, pie, and whole bunch more was on the list. Owen needed two pieces of paper.

"You're Mom just texted you, she and your sisters are on the layover flight in LA, they'll need us to pick them up at the airport in about three hours. And my mom will be over in like twenty minutes."

Amelia sighed and asked, "Should I start crying now? Or save it for tomorrow, once everyone is here. I can't even bury my head in my hands right now." She exclaimed, both of her hands were supporting the babies' heads.

Owen smiled, "Oh come on baby, and it will be fun."

"Don't baby me Owen Hunt." Amelia sternly replied.

Theo pulled away and was already asleep by the time Amelia handed him to Owen. Owen moved to the arm chair and burped him while Lucy continued to eat. There was a knock on the door, and Evelyn let herself in.

"Hello!" She sang, dropping her purse on the kitchen table and walking into the living room. The dogs came bounding to her and she greeted them with open arms, she patted them on the head and then Cow ran right back to his spot under Amelia's feet.

She sat next to Amelia, and exclaimed, "Oh my goodness, look at these kids. They've gotten so big since I saw them last."

"Mom, it was a week ago, Theo only gained 3 oz. and Lucy actually lost 2." Owen reminded her. He walked over to her and placed a happily sleeping baby into her arms. She placed him on her legs and held his back with one hand and his head with another.

"Aw, he's asleep. He's too precious; he looks just like you Amelia. More so than last week even."

Amelia smiled and said, "Thank you so much for shopping with me Evelyn, you are a huge help."

"Well, you deserve some help. It wasn't right of my idiot son to make you host Thanksgiving two weeks after you gave birth to twins!" She exclaimed, staring at Owen, who just sighed and walked into the kitchen.

"Alright, shall we get going?" Evelyn asked.

Amelia nodded, put Lucy on her shoulder, and started patting her back while she grabbed the list and her purse from the kitchen.

"Owen, I'm going to take Lucy with me, can you handle Theodore while I'm gone?"

"Yes honey, have fun."

"Okay, if their plane lands before I'm home, you're going to have to get them. Theo's car seat is in the bedroom if you need to leave. Be nice to them, but if they bite, and they will, bite back."

"Ok, I love you." Owen said, kissing Amelia on the lips.

"Love you too; see you when I get back."

Once they made it to the store, Amelia and Evelyn split up the list and started shopping. Amelia got Lucy settled into the cart, and she swung it back and forth to keep her asleep while she read her list. Amelia's first item was a turkey. She wasted no time and called Maggie.

"Hey Maggie, if we have like 20 adults and like 10 kids coming, how big of a turkey would we need?"

Maggie laughed and answered, "Probably like two twenty pound turkeys."

Amelia's mouth dropped open and she laughed nervously.

"And how long would that take to unthaw?"

"20-24 hours."

"Crap. Okay, thank you!" She sang and hung up the phone.

"Lucy, mommy really fucked this one up." Amelia cried as she swung two twenty pound turkeys into the cart. She ran around the store grabbing everything else, but Evelyn insisted that they go to the produce stand to get fresh vegetables. Amelia was desperate to go home and start unthawing the turkey, so she pulled the only card she had going for her.

"Oh my, my incision site is really getting sore, I got the stitches out on Monday and I'm still hurting. You know, I don't take any pain medication for it since I'm breastfeeding and I had that pill problem before."

"Oh sweetie of course, you get in line and I'll grab everything from here, don't you worry about it."

Lucy looked at Amelia like she understood what Amelia just did; her eyes were squinting at her mother and her mouth was open.

"I can't tell if you understand that I'm evil or just want more food, but desperate times call for desperate measures, take note, that's your first lesson of big holidays."

Amelia and Evelyn packed up the car and drove home; they saw Owen's car was gone once they got into the driveway.

Shit, I really have to get this turkey thing figured out, or we'll just add it to the list of things my sisters make fun of me for. Amelia thought to herself.

Amelia ran in with the turkeys in her arms and set them into two huge plant containers, filling each one with cold water. She dusted her arms and turned around to see Owen's mom coming in the door with Lucy and shopping bags. She ran back over and grabbed the baby and set her on the kitchen table. She was asleep, so all Amelia had to do was unbuckle her.

She grabbed the rest of the bags and they unpacked everything. Amelia picked Lucy up out of the car seat and took her upstairs. She kissed her on the cheek and then put her in the crib to sleep. She went back downstairs and sat on the couch in defeat,

"I hate Thanksgiving." She exclaimed.

They sat on the couch for about an hour until they heard cars pull into the driveway.

This is it, my life is over. Amelia thought. She walked to the door to see her sisters and all their families getting out of Owen's car and the rental cars, and she put on a fake smile and walked out to greet them.

"Amy!" Lizzie exclaimed as she gave Amelia a big hug.

Amelia smiled and did the regular greetings with everyone. She stopped at her sister Nancy, who remarked.

"God Amelia, it's a huge house, you couldn't have gone with something a little more modest?"

"Nice to see you too Nancy, it's been quite a few years." Amelia replied, remembering why.

They went inside and Amelia brought Lucy down for everyone to see. Amelia's mom was the first to grab her, before Amelia was even all of the way downstairs.

"Oh my God, look at you! You are just as cute as your brother. It's so nice to meet you in person."

Everyone crowded around the baby and commented on how red her hair was. All of the noise woke her up, and she started crying loudly, looking around frantically for Owen, Amelia, or Evelyn.

"Here mom, give her to me, she's not the most social baby, and you will all have more luck with Theo."

"But I want to hold her!" One of Nancy's kids complained.

Amelia took Lucy from her mom, who reluctantly let her go. She walked her upstairs into her room and sat on the rocking chair.

"Look, I know that you don't like big crowds, neither do I, but we have to deal with it for a little while, they'll all be gone by Saturday, and we can go back to just you, me , Daddy, and Theo, okay sweetie?"

It was a long rest of the night, Owen ordered pizza, and they all sat around the dining room table, except for Amelia, who was on the couch feeding the twins. She ate once everybody, including the babies, was upstairs and in bed.

She sipped on her coffee and ate dry cereal while she watched the food network Thanksgiving special. Owen came down and wrapped her arm around her. She crawled into his lap, and fell asleep in a matter of minutes. Owen took the empty mug out of her hands and carried her upstairs, where he saw Nancy in the doorway.

"I was looking for towels, my son spilled water on the floor." Owen walked into the bathroom and grabbed a towel.

"Thanks." She replied, "That thing you're holding right there is a pretty big baby." Nancy smirked, pointing at Amelia who was still in Owen's arms.

Owen wasn't sure how to respond, he didn't know if it was an insult or a joke. He said goodnight and gently put Amelia into bed, covering her with the blanket and crawling in next to her.

Thursday morning

Amelia was drying her hair when she heard a knock on the door. She ran down stairs and there was April and Maggie, with cook books and bags of pots and pans.

"Hello my saviors thank God you're here." Amelia exhaled, hugging both of them.

"Yeah, yeah, but before we get started, I want to see the babies." Maggie exclaimed.

Amelia led them into the living room where Nancy and Lizzie were sitting holding the babies; Kathleen was sitting on the floor with both of the dogs, who she claimed were the only ones in the entire house that loved her.

"I'm going to apologize now for my family, you'll understand later." Amelia said.

Amelia introduced everyone, and asked her sisters to let Maggie and April hold the babies.

"Really? I'm his aunt, shouldn't I be able to spend time with him." Nancy complained.

Lizzie had already handed Lucy to Maggie, and Amelia rolled her eyes and spoke again.

"Nancy, give the baby to April." She demanded.

Nancy reluctantly handed Theo to April, who sat next to Maggie. They obsessed over how cute they were, and after 10 minutes, Amelia prompted them to get into the kitchen. They put their aprons on and got to work.

2:00 P.M.

"Okay, I'm going to get the stuffing in, can someone give me a hand." Amelia cried.

She was holding Theo, who someone had almost dropped, and he was screaming. It was one of those cries where he had to stop and take a breath before continuing to squeal. She rocked him up and down with one hand while she tried to mix the stuffing together.

Evelyn came over and grabbed the stuffing and then there was a knock on the door. Amelia ran to grab it and Meredith, Derek, Zola, Bailey, Ellis, Jackson, Sam, Richard, and Katherine were standing at the door. Amelia looked like a mess, her apron was covered in pieces of food and Theo had drooled and spit up on her. Her hair was in a bun on top of her head and she yawned while she motioned for them to come in. She gave Theo to Derek, and walked back into the kitchen

5:30

"Okay, the potatoes are done, I just have to mix them." Amelia said.

April was pulling one turkey out of the oven, and Maggie was getting the other one. Amelia turned the blender on, and the potatoes exploded in her face. Maggie ran over to her and grabbed the mixer, and Amelia wiped the mess off of her face. She helped Evelyn set the table, walked back into the kitchen, and looked around. Everything was on the dining room table.

"Should we call them?" Amelia asked in a slow quiet tone.

"Oh yes, it's time." Maggie said with certainty.

"Dinner's ready!" Maggie yelled, peeking her head out of the front door.

Almost everyone was outside playing football, and Owen turned his head just as the football made contact with his face.

"Oh God!" Jake yelled, running over.

Addison and Meredith tried their best to not laugh, but they were on their 3rd glass of wine, and it wasn't happening.

Owen fell on the ground and moaned, putting his hand on his head.

While Jake helped Owen up, the slow herd of over 30 people came walking into the dining room.

They all sat down and started passing food around the table. Amelia looked at her house that had been torn apart. She smiled the best she could while April interrupted.

"Should we say grace?"

Everyone looked up from their piles of food and grabbed the hand of the person next to them.

"We thank the Lord for all of the blessings we have, food, family, friends…" She went on for about 10 minutes while everyone looked at their plates which had only been half filled. Owen held an ice pack to his head, so Amelia could only grab his shoulder.

Everyone started eating, even Amelia, because the babies were both upstairs, asleep in their cribs. It was a miracle. After conversations died down, Nancy asked Amelia,

"So, how were the twins born? Did you have a C-section? You probably weren't tough enough to handle it naturally. But then again, how could you have taken drugs?"

Amelia looked up from her plate, and continued to eat the mashed potatoes. She swallowed, and then drank her entire glass of apple cider, wishing that it was wine. She jumped a little when Owen slammed his fist onto the table.

"Okay Nancy, you know what? You have been belittling her all day long; nothing she does is every good enough for you. She gave birth to twins, which is no easy feat. Why does it matter to you how? They are healthy and safe, isn't that enough? She's been sober since the last time you saw her, so why don't you leave her alone? You just can't let her be happy? She may not be perfect to you, but she is to me. She hosted this huge dinner, which was partially my fault, and she cares for our kids so well. I couldn't ask for a better wife. So please, stop picking on her, and worry about your own damn problems!"

Everyone sat in silence, and Meredith started clapping. Everyone joined in, and soon they were praising Amelia's cooking and hosting skills, and she for the first time that night, felt genuinely happy. Owen put down his ice pack and grabbed her hand, and she whispered a thank you into his ear.

The rest of the night went smoothly, and everyone enjoyed watching football on the TV, and eating the pies that Maggie made the day before. Nancy walked into the bathroom to find Amelia sitting in the empty bathtub, feeding Theo.

"Hey, Amy, I'm sorry I was such a bitch today. I shouldn't have said that. I know you're a good mom and doctor and wife, I really underestimated you."

"It's okay Nancy, I'm really not that great of a mom, look at me, I'm falling apart."

"You have newborns, of course you're falling apart, we all do the first few months."

Amelia smiled and lifted herself out of the bathtub, she handed Theo to Nancy.

"Here, I know you haven't spent much time with them, you can burp him and have him for the rest of the night. Until someone finds you, then you have to share."

She hugged her sister and Amelia walked into the living room and sat next to Owen, who now had a huge black and blue spot on his forehead.

"We survived." He whispered into her ear.

Everyone had left except for Amelia's mom and sisters.

"Somehow, but tomorrow, you get clean up, I'm going shopping with Nancy and my mom."

Owen sighed and accepted that was going to happen, he held Amelia tightly. He looked at his wife, and then to his daughter in his other arm. He knew his son was somewhere safe in the house, and he closed his eyes. Through all of the Thanksgivings he'd had, this one was the one he was most Thankful for.

So sorry that this is a day late, it's really long but I had so much fun writing it! I hope you enjoy it, thanks for reading. Happy late Thanksgiving!