*Hope visits the Graceffa-Preda and she introduces all of them to her new boyfriend Drake. Thank you so much to Rami-Is-A-Sweetheart for helping me write this! Enjoy! Love • Bree ❤️‍🔥*

Daniel is cleaning up the kitchen after making everyone sandwiches for lunch.

"Pa pa pa pa!" Tristan says as he walks over to Daniel holding his favorite green sippy cup.

"Yes, T? What's up, little man?" Daniel asks Tristan in a babyfied voice as he kisses Tristan's forehead.

"Uice! Uice!" Tristan says as he gets excited and smiles.

"You want some juice? What do you say?" Daniel asks Tristan and Tristan thinks of what to say.

"Eeeeeee!" Tristan says trying to say please.

"Good boy! I'll get you some juice!" Daniel says as he gets some apple juice out of the fridge.

"Bri Bri! Sie Sie! Do you girlies want some juice too?" Daniel asks Bria and Sienna.

"Ya! Uice!" Bria says as she walks over to Daniel with her pink sippy cup.

"Uicy! Uicy!" Sienna says as she gets excited and happily walks over to Daniel.

Daniel kisses Bria and Sienna's foreheads making both girls smile.

"What do you girls say?" Daniel asks Bria and Sienna.

"Eeeeeeeee!" Bria and Sienna both say in unison to Daniel.

"Good girls! And I need your sippy cup, Sie!" Daniel says with a cheeky smile.

Sienna quickly walks back into the living room to get her purple sippy cup!

Daniel fills the three sippy cups and hands them to Tristan, Bria and Sienna.

Eden and Ash are watching the rabbits Cocoa, Thunder and Sky and the the guinea pigs Marshal and Zucker all playing in their playpen!

"Ewww! Poop!" Ash says as he giggles at one of the rabbits pooping.

"Thunder went poop!" Eden says as she giggles back.

Tristan, Bria and Sienna all walk over and they all watch the animals play.

"Ba ba ba!" Sienna says as she smiles at Cocoa.

Haven and Maxwell are both in the playroom playing the new Mario golf game called Mario Golf: Super Rush, River and Luna are playing Candyland, Everett is playing Minecraft with friends online and Aspen is in the shower. 

*Aspen, Everett, Maxwell, Haven, Luna and River's outfits*

*Eden, Ash, Bria, Tristan and Sienna's outfits*

Joey walks downstairs after taking a nap and he walks over to Daniel.

"Hello, sleepyhead! How are you feeling?" Daniel asks Joey and Joey smiles.

"I feel so much better since napping. I don't know why I'm so tired. It's not like I'm staying up late or working a lot." Joey says to Daniel.

"We are old, babe!" Daniel says playfully causing Joey to get annoyed some.

"Oh shush!" Joey says as he hugs and kisses Daniel.

"Have you heard from Hope?" Joey asks Daniel as he rubs Daniel's face.

"I have! She and her boyfriend Drake are on the way over to visit and have dinner with us! She is bringing Goldie, Gemini and Taurus with her too!" Daniel says happily.

"And good! We haven't seen Hope in awhile since she has been busy working! I'm glad she found someone that makes her happy and smile. And I can't wait to see Gemini and Taurus! They are bigger than Sakura now!" Joey says as he giggles and Daniel smiles.

"Drake seems nice but you know I am protective of Hope, she is like a sister to me." Daniel say to Joey and Joey nods as he hugs Daniel again.

"Aww, I know! We have to give Drake a chance! He might be the one for her!" Joey says as Daniel nods in agreement.

Bria gets distracted soon and runs into the kitchen where Joey and and Daniel are.

"Daddy! Pa pa! Hiii!" Bria says as she bumps into Daniel's legs.

"Hello, sweetie! Auntie Hope is gonna come over soon! With Taurus, Gemini, Goldie and someone new!" Daniel says with a grin.

"You're a talker, huh?" Joey says as he picks up the toddler and holds her close.

Eden and Ash come into the kitchen too, seeing what's going on. They like to stick together since they're only a year apart.

"Daddy! Papa! Tunder pooped!" Ash says to Joey and Daniel.

"He did! Eww!" Joey says playfully, making Ash giggle and smile.

"Daddy and Papa! Is Auntie Hope here yet? I know she, Goldie, Gemini and Taurus are coming over our house! I am so excited!" Eden says as she jumps up and down happily.

"I'm so excited too, Edie! And not yet! She will be here soon! In about an hour!" Daniel says with a cheeky grin at Eden.

"That's a long time, Papa!" Eden says with a frown.

"Yeah, Papa! Dat a wong time!" Ash says, copying Eden.

"An hour will fly by! Have you two been watching Cocoa, Thunder, Sky, Marshal and Zucker?" Joey asks Eden and Ash.

"Yes!" Eden and Ash both say in unison with big proud smiles.

"Ba ba!" Tristan says a he holds Marshal and giggles loudly.

"Tristan! Put Marshal down. Put him down, bud." Daniel says as he quickly walks in the living room and takes Marshal out of Tristan's hands.

Haven runs into the living room, hearing Daniel say Marshal's name and thinking something is wrong.

"Is Marshal okay, Papa?" Haven asks in some worry.

"He is good, sweety! Tristan was just holding him! Right, T? Did you hold Marshal and give him some kisses?" Daniel asks Tristan and he smiles.

"Ya! I kiss Ma!" Tristan says with a giggle and Haven smiles.

Haven walks over to the pen and checks on their guinea pigs and pets them both, making them make little adorable noises.

Maxwell then walks into the living room wondering where Haven went.

"Havey and I played the new Mario Golf game! It is soooo fun!" Maxwell says to Daniel and Joey.

"Yeah! It is really fun! I kicked Max's butt a lot!" Haven says making Maxwell to get a little annoyed, but causing them to laugh.

Joey, Bria, Eden and Ash all walk into the living room where Daniel, Haven, Tristan, Sienna, Cocoa, Thunder, Sky, Marshal and Zucker all are to see what is going on.

Ash then walks over to the sliding glass door where Montana, Moon and Wolf are all standing, wanting to come inside from the backyard.

"Monty, Moony and Wolfy come inside!" Ash says, trying to open the door.

"I'll open the door for them!" Joey says letting Montana, Moon and Wolf in!

"Drink some water you guys!" Joey says as he smiles at Montana, Moon and Wolf.

"Where is Lark and Storm, Papa?" Eden asks Daniel.

"They went hiking with Nonna! They will be home soon! They are having a fun day!" Daniel says as he smiles at Eden.

"Where are the cats?" Maxwell asks out loud, looking for the seven cats.

"They are all in Everett's room while he games! They all love his room for some reason!" Daniel says with a chuckle as he pets the rabbits.

Sienna tries to pick up Zucker but Haven stops her, causing Sienna to cry.

Joey sits Bria down on the couch and walks over to Sienna to comfort her.

"Aww, it's okay, Sie! You can't pick them up, baby. You can pet them though! See? Be gentle!" Joey says as he pets the guinea pigs softly.

"I won the game! I won Candyland!" River cheers as he runs into the living room.

"Well I won twice, Riv! So I won more!" Luna says as she gets a little annoyed at her little brother.

River usually doesn't play board games because he doesn't understand that he doesn't always win however he has gotten better with that!

"It's not about who wins or loses! It's about having fun?" Joey and Luna nods with a frown creeping onto her lips.

"That's sounds cliché, Daddy!" Maxwell says with an amused look.

"It does, but it's true! Although, it's fine to get competitive , as long as no one gets their feelings hurt for real." Joey says.

"Okay, I understand. Sorry, Riv." Luna says with a soft smile.

Luna doesn't hug River since he doesn't like being unexpectedly touched.

"Dat's okay!" River says happily.

"Now, who wants to set the table?" Daniel asks and Eden, River and Haven raise their hands.

"What food are we having, Papa?" Haven decides to question.

"I think we are going to have some chicken and turkey tacos for dinner with some nachos and cheese dip! You can choose which meat you want!" Daniel says with a smile at Haven.

"Oooo! I wike chicken tacos!" River says happily, flapping his arms.

"Yeah! Chicken tacos my favorite too!" Eden says as she jumps up and down.

"I like to mix them! Yum!" Haven says with a grin.

"I was going to do ground beef tacos but we don't have any! So turkey instead! We need to get to the store!" Daniel says as he, Eden, River and Haven begin to set the dining room table.

Joey cleans up the poop from the rabbits and guinea pigs as the triplets, Ash and Luna all watch.

"Your mommies are going to give you all a yummy dinner! Yeah!" Joey says in a babyfied voice at the animals.

Luna pets Sky and Sky licks Luna's hand, making her giggle.

"Aww, Sky loves you! When a rabbit licks you it means they love you!" Joey says as Luna smiles.

Haven walks over and gives Marshal and Zucker some food and water. Marshal and Zucker happily begin to eat their food and the triplets all watch making Joey giggle.

"I'll feed the bunnies too since Aspen is still getting ready." Haven says and Joey smiles.

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Aspen says as he walks down the steps, with wet hair.

Aspen walks over to check her bunnies before going to the kitchen to make some food for them.

"Is Ev still gaming?" Joey asks Aspen as she walks back over with the rabbits' food.

"No, Ev is talking to Nolan on the phone!" Aspen says as she makes the rabbits' food.

Daniel begins to cook the meat so it will be done in time for dinner!

Joey is hanging out in the living room with the all of the kids except Everett, who is still upstairs, the rabbits, the guinea pigs, Wolf, Moon and Montana.

"Daddy! I miss Auntie Hope!" River says with a little frown forgetting that Hope was coming over.

"She is coming over for dinner! She is, Goldie, Gemini, Taurus and her friend!" Joey says with a grin at River.

"A friend! What kind of friend? A boyfriend? A girlfriend? A enbyfriend?" Luna asks playfully making Joey chuckle.

"He is just a friend that's a boy!" Joey says as Luna giggle.

"So, she has a boyfriend!" Luna says playfully.

"Well, you should always let people tell you themselves about boyfriends, girlfriends and enbyfriends if they want to." Joey says to Luna.

"Ohh!" Luna says and realizes the sentence.

Just then, Everett comes downstairs with the seven cats. All of the cats are meowing and purring making all of the kids smile.

"The cat whisperer!" Joey says as Everett giggles.

"They love my room for some reason! It's so cute!" Everett says happily.

Onyx and Bear jump on the top of the cat tower while Maple, Rowan and Oreo jump on the bottom of the cat tower.

Sakura and Rowan walk over to the kids and purr happily.

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About an hour later, the doorbell rings!

Moon and Montana go to the door and bark, not knowing who's here.

"Yay! They're here!" Haven says and they open the door after checking who it is.

"Hi, Auntie Hope! Hi, Goldie! Hi, Gemini and Taurus!" Haven says with a big cheeky smile.

"Hi, Havey! I've missed you!" Hope says as she hugs Haven tightly.

"I've missed you too, Auntie Hope!" Haven says, hugging Hope tightly.

Goldie, Gemini and Taurus all happily run in the house greeting the Graceffa-Preda animals!

"Go say hi to your cousins, guys! Go ahead!" Hope says to Goldie, Gemini and Taurus in a babyfied voice.

"Hello! I'm Drake!" Drake says introducing himself to Haven, a little nervous to meet everyone today.

"Hi! I'm Haven! My pronouns are they/them!" Haven says as they wave at Drake.

Hope and Drake walk into the house, following Haven into the living room.

"HIIIIII!" Ash says as he runs over to Hope and Drake happily.

"AUNTIE HOPE!" Eden, River and Luna all say in unison with big smiles on their faces.

"Ba ba ba ba!" Bria, Tristan and Sienna all say in unison, wobbling over to Hope.

"Hi! Hi! Hi!" Hope says as she hugs and kisses Ash, Eden, River, Luna, Bria, Tristan and Sienna one by one.

Drake smiles at all of the kids, smiling at Hope being an aunt.

"Hello! It is so good to see you!" Hope says with a big smile as he hugs Joey.

"Hey! It's so good to see you too!" Joey says as he hugs Hope back, making Hope giggle. 

"Hi, Auntie Hope!" Aspen, Everett and Maxwell all say on the couch, not wanting to get up and lose their seats.

"Hey, squirts!" Hope says as she smiles at Aspen, Everett and Maxwell.

"Hey, sis!" Daniel says as he walks over to the living room and hugs Hope tightly.

"Hey, Daniel!" Hope says as she squeezes Daniel into a hug. 

"Daniel, Joey, this is my boyfriend Drake. Drake, these are my best friends Daniel and Joey.

"Hello! It is nice to finally meet you! Welcome to our home! It's a zoo!" Daniel says as he chuckles.

"It is nice to meet you, Drake! Hope has said a lot of things about you!" Joey says wish a big grin.

Daniel and Joey introduce the rest of the Preda kids to Drake and the animals per the kids request. 

"Wow, this seems like a fun place to live." Drake says happily, still a bit nervous but Drake could tell the family was nice.

"We're havin' tacos!" Eden says, wanting to have dinner right now.

"Yes, but let's ler Drake get comfortable first!" He's never met us." Daniel says gently, picking Tristan up.

"H-Hiiiii I T!" Tristan says introducing himself.

"Oh my gosh! The triplets talk sooo much now! They are so big!" Hope says as she smiles at Tristan.

"They do! It's crazy, I feel like they talk more than the other kids did at this age!" Daniel says as he sits Tristan in his lap.

"Probably because they teach each other! And they have many siblings to teach them!" Joey says as Sienna crawls into his lap.

Bria walks over to Hope and Drake, unsure on what to do since she doesn't know who Drake is.

"Come here, Bri bri! Come here!" Hope says as Bria happily walks over to Hope and Hope sits her in her lap.

"How old is everybody?" Drake asks out loud, wondering how old the kids are.

"Let's see if Hope is a good aunt and knows!" Daniel says making the older six kids giggle.

"Gosh! Putting me on the spot, Daniel! I'm a good aunt, so I know!" Hope says playfully making Joey and Daniel laugh.

"Bria, Tristan and Sienna are all one since they are triplets! Ash is two! Eden is four! River is five until October!" Hope says before getting interrupted.

"October 7th is my birthday!" River says happily as he flaps his hands.

"Luna just turned seven! Haven is eight! Maxwell is ten! Everett is eleven and Aspen is fourteen!" Hope says and all of the kids cheer.

"Is Nonna coming home for dinner?" Luna asks Daniel, wondering where Maria is.

"No, she is having dinner with her hiking friends! Look! She sent a cute picture of Lark and Storm with their dog friends!" Daniel says showing Luna the cute picture.

Bria looks over at Drake and tries to grab at his beard making Drake smile.

"Bri Bri, No no! Don't touch." Joey says as he giggles at Bria.

Bria puts but then soon gets distracted by Gemini jumping onto the couch and purring for attention.

"You can touch the kitty, Bri! But be gentle." Joey tells the oldest triplet and Bria nods, trying her best to pet Gemini softly.

Sienna watches quietly, going over to the block bin and dumping some blocks onto the floor, starting to build a tower!

Hope gasps and then smiles when she sees the youngest Preda kid making a tower by herself.

"Oh my gosh! Look at Sienna go! That must take a lot of coordination!" Hope says in an excited voice, noticing the blocks haven't fallen yet and it is a creation of six blocks on top of each other.

"Oh, yes! She loves playing with those wooden blocks! Sie is the queen of independence!" Daniel tells Hope and her boyfriend.

"Auntie Hope! Sakura and Taurus are kissing!" Eden says as she giggles and smiles.

"Aww! Taurus knows that's his Mommy!" Hope says with a cheeky grin.

"Gemini! Sakura is your Mommy!" River says to Gemini as he pets her.

"Gemini's like Mommy who?" Daniel asks as he giggles.

"Auntie Hope! Oreo!" Ash says as he picks up Oreo.

"Gentle, bud! Gentle, bud!" Daniel says as he helps Ash hold Oreo since he is still a little kitten.

"Aww! Is this the kitten that you guys found a few months ago?" Hope asks Joey and Daniel.

"Yes! This is the baby kitten we found! He got his bad leg amputated and he is healing well! He is growing a lot too! He is a special needs cat but we love him so so much!" Joey says as he pets Oreo.

"Oh, that is just amazing! He's an adorable kitten!" Hope says, smiling at Joey.

"He is! We just make sure the little kids are gentle enough with Oreo." Daniel says and eventually sets the black and white kitten on the floor.

"Daddy! Papa! Are we gonna eat dinner yet?" River asks his parents, bouncing a little.

"Yes, it's about time, huh?" Daniel says as he stands up and picks up Bria and Tristan to put them in their highchairs, white Sienna follows by walking.

"Come on girly! Good girl!" Joey says as he picks up Sienna and kisses her.

All of the kids happily find a seat and get ready to have some tacos!

"Auntie Hope! Sit next to me!" Haven says with a big grin.

"Aw, of course Havey!" Hope says as she sits between Haven and Eden.

Drake sits down next to Maxwell and Everett and both boys giggle at him.

Once all of the babies are in their high chairs, Daniel and Joey put the taco meats, taco shells, nachos, cheese dip and all of the taco toppings in bowls in the middle of the table.

Everyone starts to serve themselves tacos and they all begin to talk and enjoy it!

"I like the chicken tacos instead of carne asada ones!" Luna says happily, knowing beef for tacos were called by the Spanish words when you order them.

Also, it was Los Angeles, where there is a lot of Mexican places that are authentic.

"That's good! But we'll probably get ground beef for tacos next time. Going to the store a lot is what happens when you live with so many people!" Daniel says with a laugh.

Tristan, Bria, Sienna are eating the food that has been placed in front of them with their hands, and playing with their food quite a bit!

"Are those yummy, guys? You like tacos?" Aspen asks and coos at her baby siblings

"Yeahhhh! Yum yum!" Bria says and grins while Sienna nods in agreement.

Tristan smiles and then sips some milk from his sippy cup.

"Drake! You have a lot of hair on your face!" Eden says, making Hope laugh.

"He has a beard, sweety! Papa has a beard sometimes!" Joey says to Eden and Eden giggles.

Drake giggles at Eden's cute comment and smiles at her.

"Drake! Are you Auntie Hope's boyfriend?" Luna asks Drake and Drake's face gets a little red.

"Luna, he is my friend that's a boy!" Hope says happily to Luna and Luna smiles.

Hope doesn't want the kids to know that Drake is her boyfriend just yet since they have only been dating a few months.

"Uh oh!" Tristan says as he drops some food on the floor and Wolf happily eats it.

"Uh oh! You gave Wolf some food!" Joey says as he laughs.

"Wolfy silly!" Ash says as he giggles loudly.

"He is silly! Dogs love tacos but shouldn't have lots of it!" Haven says and they take a sip of some horchata, which was a drink all the kids like with taco night.

"Auntie Hope, are you and your friend that is a big gonna stay over after dinner?" Everett asks curiously.

"We are! We are going to spend the night! I have a photoshoot to do here tomorrow afternoon, so we are going to stay here tonight. That's why I brought Goldie, Gemini and Taurus with us!" Hope says causing all of the kids to cheer.

All of the kids love it when Hope spends the night because she is always the fun night.

"Oh my gosh! We didn't clean the guest room! I knew we forgot to do something!" Daniel says annoyed that he forgot to clean up the guest bedroom.

"Aw, it's okay! Don't worry about it! As long as the bed is comfy we don't care!" Hope says as she chuckles and so does Drake.

"The cats like to go lay on the that bed so be careful of the cat hair!" Joey says as he chuckles.

"Yeah! We don't want cat hair in our mouths!" Drake finally says, smiling brightly.

After dinner, the table gets all cleaned up and everyone hangs out in the living room!

Talking and playing after dinner is something the family likes to do together often!

Bria, Sienna and Tristan are all in different places; Tristan is playing with some toy cars, Bria is one Hope's lap and Sienna is climbing on Daniel like he's a jungle gym.

For the rest of the day, Joey, Daniel, Hope, Drake, Aspen, Everett, Maxwell, Haven, Luna, River, Eden, Ash, Bria, Tristan and Sienna all hang out together! :)