The rest of the crew was still out cold, snuggled deep in their blankets.

It wasn't until ten in the morning-way past any mom's usual wake-up hour-that anyone started stirring, and only because their hungry little ones couldn't take it any longer.

"Ahhh! Henry, why are you gnawing on me?!"

Henry sat up in bed, cheeks puffed out, looking ready to start a protest. "Mom, I'm starving!"

Mia groaned. "Alright, alright, I'm up.”

She slid out of bed and headed off to fix him a bottle to quiet his rumbling belly.

On her way past Molly's room, she caught another commotion. "Wayne! Why are you poking my nose with your tiny fingers? The way you wake me up is even wilder than your dad!"

Wayne wasn't talking yet. He just opened his mouth wide, latched onto Molly's chest, and left a big wet spot behind, drooling away as he suckled.

"Hungry, huh?" Molly's annoyance melted in an instant.

A second ago, she was ready to wrestle him for jabbing her nose, but looking at his desperate little face, she sighed, crawled out of bed, and scooped him into her arms. "Okay, let's get you some milk."

she stepped out, she spotted Mia already busy mixing up three

living room? Completely

get up? You already

woke up. Annie

Henry slid off the bed and scampered out, his bare feet smacking the floor. "Bathroom! Mommy, I gotta

was on it. She set down the kettle. "Molly, you finish the bottles, I'll take

whisked him away just in

Wayne. "You need the bathroom

just stared at her like she

right—you're still

run and a quick hand wash,

and Henry and Wayne, both absolutely famished,

bottle and headed to the other bedroom. She knocked-

her comforter, while baby Jared sat

Jared his bottle, and

was up too. "Auntie, is there

opened it, and nothing. Completely

Anya remembered spotting a grocery store downstairs

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