December 19th, 2019

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"Mallory! Guess who's here!" Zoe said, looking out the window. Cynthia smiled as Mallory looked at her mother in confusion.

"Who?" Mallory asked.

"Come see!" Zoe said smiling. Mallory walked over and looked out the window.

"Uncle Connor!" Mallory gasped. She sprinted towards the front door as Connor opened it.

"Uncle Connor!" Mallory yelled.

"Miss Mallory!" Connor said smiling. He knelt down and hugged her tightly

"Mallory!" Lily yelled.

"LILY!" Mallory yelled. Connor walked into the house and Zoe smiled.

"Hey Z." Connor said. He hugged Zoe tightly.

"Now where's my tiniest niece?" Connor asked. 

"Tia is sleeping, but I have to go wake her up soon or else she won't go down later so you can see her then." Zoe explained as Mallory chased Lily around the kitchen.

"Mallory! Your sister is sleeping, you need to quiet down!" Evan warned, walking into the living room.

"Evan! Zoe!" Meredith called, setting a suitcase down. Zoe smiled and hugged Meredith before looking at the clock on the wall.

"Shoot I gotta get the baby!" Zoe said, before gently squeezing Evan's arm before walking upstairs.

"Wonderful, the whole family all together!" Cynthia said.

"Well almost the whole family Mom, Heidi isn't here." Connor said.

"Well I suppose you're right." Cynthia said, as Zoe walked downstairs with Tia in her arms and the baby sling over her shoulder.

"There she is!" Connor said excitedly.

"Oh my goodness Zoe, she is absolutely beautiful!" Meredith gushed.

"She really is Zo, I've seen her a few other times but wow, she is one of the most beautiful babies ever." Connor said. 

"Wanna hold her?" Mallory asked, appearing beside her mother.

"Can I hold her Mal?" Connor asked. Mallory nodded and Zoe handed the baby to Connor.

"Remember to support her head." Mallory reminded Connor. Connor smiled and Zoe started wrapping part of the baby sling around her body.

"Well now that everyone's here, we can decorate the tree!" Larry said smiling. 

"Amazing! Lily! Mallory! Come help decorate!" Meredith called. Both girls appeared and Cynthia started opening boxes of ornaments.

"Here Zo, I'll give you your daughter back." Connor said. Zoe smiled and took Tia, wrapping her up in the sling.

"Here baby, can you grab Mal and give her a hand with that ornament that she has?" Zoe asked, knotting the sling in the back and straightening out.

Evan walked towards Mallory and lifted her up, allowing her to put ornaments on the higher parts of the tree.

"Look at this, both Murphy babies under the same roof!" Cynthia said, smiling as ornaments were placed on the tree.

"This is gonna be the best Christmas ever!" Mallory yelled. Tia screeched loudly and laughter filled the room.

"I think Tia agrees with you Mal." Connor said. Zoe smiled and kissed Mallory's head before the family continued decorating the tree.

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