*Devi and Ivy meet Kamala's dad for the first time. Thank you to ReneeThornton8 for helping me write this! Enjoy and send suggestions! Love • Bree 🥰*

September 2023

Doug walks into Ivy's nursery and sees her waking up from her afternoon nap!

Ivy and Doug stayed behind while Kamala and Devi went to the White House for a playdate with Jacob.

Ivy is just getting better from an ear infection so Doug and Kamala really wanted to make sure she takes her nap, since she has been skipping them or barely having a nap these past few days.

"Good afternoon, sunshine! Hi, baby! Did you sleep good? I think you did!" Doug says as he picks up a happy Ivy from her crib.

"Da da!" Ivy says with a big cheeky grin.

"Yes, I'm your Daddy!" Doug says as he holds Ivy up in the air playfully causing Ivy to giggle.

Today is going to be a special and emotional day because Kamala's dad Donald is on his way to visit them in the Naval Observatory for the very first time.

This will be the first time Donald has ever met Devi and Ivy, something Kamala never thought would even happen.

Kamala and Donald's relationship has always been up and down due to the divorce and their living situations, living on opposite sides of the United States. Kamala and Maya mainly lived with their mother Shyamala but Kamala and Maya always made sure to visit with him and his side of the family once or twice a year.

However, once Kamala began her presidential run in 2019, their relationship that was already strained became almost non-existent.

Maya has been trying to fix this father daughter relationship because Donald is getting up in age and because she knew their mother would want Kamala and Maya to have a relationship with their remaining living parent.

So today, Maya, Meena and Donald are flying in from California to visit for the weekend, a rare weekend that Doug or Kamala have nothing scheduled and staying in DC.

"Ba ba ba!" Ivy babbles as Doug changes her diaper and freshens her up for company that was on the way.

"Mhm! What else do you have to say, princess? Did Mama give you your ear medicine this morning? I don't remember." Doug says with a chuckle, fixing Ivy's little tights.

"Ma Ma!" Ivy says, looking around for her Mama.

"Yeah, Mama! Mama and Devi are coming back home now! They had a playdate with Jakey while you took your nap." Doug says as he picks up Ivy and they leave the nursery to go downstairs into the living room.

Joe's voice can be heard on the television talking about the auto strike and Ivy's face lights up, seeing and hearing her beloved Pop.

"Pop! Pop!" Ivy says, pointing at the television, causing Doug to smile.

"Yeah! There's Pop on TV! That's an old speech! Let's turn the channel to something more kid friendly, baby." Doug says as he places Ivy down on the couch.

Ivy slides down off of the couch and crawls over to the tan toy box.

"I was gonna get some of your toys out for you, sweet girl. You are independent like your Mama, I can already tell." Doug says with a chuckle as he puts on Ms. Rachel for Ivy on the TV.

Ivy reaches into her and Devi's toy box and gets some of her colorful foam letter blocks out!

"What do you have there, princess? Your letter blocks?" Doug asks his daughter with a smile as he fixes the Ms. Rachel video that wasn't loading until now.

"Ba ba! Ba ba!" Ivy says in response as she grabs the letter "I" block and holds it in her hand.

"That's the letter I! Let's see if we can find the V and the Y to spell your name, Ivy!" Doug says as Ivy giggles.

Doug and Ivy go through the letters and spells Ivy, Devi, daddy and mama.

"J, A, C, O, B! That spells Jacob!" Doug says as Ivy claps her hands.

"Yay!" Ivy happily says as she claps her hands.

Just then, the front door opens.

An agent, Devi and Kamala all walk inside with Kamala taking her shoes off and Devi running around, giggling happily.

"Thank you, Frank for taking us over to the White House for a play date! What do you say to Mr. Frank, Devi?" Kamala says to Frank and then to Devi.

"Tank you!" Devi says as he hugs Frank's legs.

"You are very welcome, Madam Vice President and Devi." Frank says with a smile.

Frank leaves the residence and Devi and Kamala wash their hands in the small half bathroom before walking over to the living room.

The duo hear Ms. Rachel singing the ABCs, with Doug singing along and Ivy clapping her hands.

"Now I know my ABC's. Next time won't you sing with me?" Doug sings to Ivy along with Ms. Rachel, causing her to smile.

"MS. RACHEL!" Devi yells at he runs into the living room.

Ms. Rachel is a staple on the Vice President Residence as well as the White House!

*Ivy and Devi's outfits*

"Hey, Dev! Did you have fun with Mama, Nana and  Jakey today?" Doug asks Devi and Devi jumps around happily.

"Hi, Daddy! And ya!" Devi says to Doug with a grin.

"That's great! I am so glad you had fun!" Doug says as he hugs and kisses Devi.

"Ba ba!" Ivy says as she waves at her big brother.

"Ivy! Miss you!" Devi says, hugging Ivy tightly.

"There's my girl! Hi, Ivy! Were you a good girl for Daddy?" Kamala asks Ivy with a smile.

"Ma ma!" Ivy says as she lets Devi go and crawls to her Mommy.

Ivy then does grabby hands up at Kamala.

"Hi, baby!" Kamala says as she picks up Ivy and kisses her cheeks.

"She has been a good girl! She slept the majority of the time you and Devi were away for the play date." Doug says to Kamala with a smile.

"I am really glad you are napping again! It has been a rough week, huh girly?" Kamala says as she fixes Ivy's hair bow.

"Ba baaa!" Ivy says happily.

"Did you give Ivy her ear medicine this morning?" Doug asks Kamala and she nods.

"I did! Today was her last dose actually!" Kamala says, kissing Ivy.

"That's what I figured!" Doug says with a chuckle and smile at Kamala.

"Devi? Ivy? I'm not sure if you heard, but you two are going to meet a very special person today!" Kamala says as she grabs a picture of her father off a table to show to the kids.

"Who dat, Mommy?" Devi asks curiously like a two year old can.

"My dad, your grandpa is coming over to visit us! And Auntie Maya and Meena are coming too!" Kamala says with a big smile.

"That's Grandpa Donald!" Doug says to Ivy and Devi with a smile.

"Grampa!" Devi says while pointing at his grandfather.

"Oooooo!" Ivy says in response to her brother.

"Yes! That's him! That's me, Auntie Maya, that's Nani, and that's Meena!" Kamala says, showing Devi and Ivy the special picture.

"Meena can't wait to see you two munchkins. I bet she and Auntie Maya have a bunch of goodies for you two! You two are spoiled!" Doug says as he leans over and kisses Ivy's cheek.

Devi giggles as he smiles at Doug and Kamala.

Kamala smiles at Doug and holds his hand, a little nervous about today.

"You think you're ready, Kammy?" Doug asks his wife.

"I think so. I just hope we don't get into any political debates or anything. You know our views can be different on a lot of things." Kamala says with a sigh.

"Well, I'm sure he would want to talk about things like that but I think he knows when to stop. I think he just wants to spent time with his two daughters and his three grandchildren." Doug says to Kamala, rubbing her hand tenderly.

"I just hope the kids react to him well. I know how close they are to Joe and Jill and your parents too." Kamala says to Doug.

"I think they will. They love everyone. And besides, he is the only grandparents on your side and it's important for them to know him." Doug says, kissing Kamala's hand.

"Like Maya said, with our Dad in his 80s now, it is so important that he gets to not only know his two youngest grandkids, but to get our father/daughter relationship back on the right road." Kamala explains.

"It will be. I'm sure it will take some time and it will probably be hard at times, but you two will get there." Doug says, hugging and kissing Kamala.

"Ma Ma! Da da!" Ivy say, clapping her hands and wanting attention.

"Someone wants attention, huh?" Kamala says as Doug chuckles.

"I love what your outfit says, girlfriend. Daddy's girl! Are you a Daddy's girl like your big sister, Ella?" Kamala asks Ivy in a babyfied voice while bouncing her up and down in her arms.

Ivy giggles and smiles happily at her Mama.

"Oh she sure is! And Devi is a Mama's boy!" Doug says as Devi runs over.

"Hiiii!" Devi says as he smiles.

"Hi! We are talking about you!" Doug says as Kamala laughs.

"Wuv you, Mommy!" Devi says as Doug picks him up and gives his mom a kiss.

"I love you too, baby! Let's get your shoes off okay?" Kamala says as Devi nods, walking over to Doug.

Doug takes off Devi's shoes and places them on the ground.

"There you go, bud!" Doug says with a smile.

"Tank you!" Devi says with a smile, hugging Doug and Doug hugs him back.

"You're welcome!" Doug says to Devi as he smiles at Kamala and Ivy.

Just then, Kamala gets a text from her sister Maya, letting them know they'll be landing in DC soon!

"Auntie Maya, Grandpa and Meena are almost here! The plane is going to land here soon!" Kamala says as Devi jumps up and down while Ivy squeals happily.

"Someone is picking them up, right?" Doug asks Kamala.

"Yes, I have Secret Service going to pick them up. I don't want to have a reunion in front of the press on the tarmac. You know how many articles that can turn into." Kamala says as Doug nods in agreement.

"Right. That's definitely the right call you made, sweety." Doug says.

"How about we go get the art projects you and Ivy made for Grandpa? With help from Daddy and I of course." Kamala says to her son.

"YES!" Devi says as he gets excited.

"Aaaaa!" Ivy babbles happily.

"The art crafts came out really good! I'm sure Grandpa is going to absolutely enjoy them." Doug says with a big grin.

"Let's go get ready for Grandpa's arrival." Kamala says as they and the kids do some last minute preparations for Grandpa Donald, Auntie Maya, and cousin Meena's arrivals.

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Kamala and Doug are sitting on the couch while they watch Ivy and Devi play with their toys together.

Kamala's iPhone dings and it is Meena texting that they are on the way to the house.

"They are on their way, Dougie." Kamala says softly to Doug as she holds his hand.

"Are you excited or nervous?" Doug asks Kamala, kissing her hand.

"Both." Kamala says softly back.

"That's a valid feeling to have. I'm here for you, sweety. I know today is going to be a day full of feelings and I want you to know I am proud of you for doing this." Doug says to Kamala.

"I know, Dougie. And no doubt Mom would be proud too." Kamala says as she looks at a picture of her mom and dad that's on the end table.

"She is proud of you and Maya every single day." Doug says, kissing Kamala's cheek.

Ivy and Devi giggle loudly at their block tower falling down, causing Kamala and Doug to smile at their kids playing nicely together.

"Did you imagine that we'd have two kids at the ages we are now?" Doug asks his wife as Devi and Ivy build their tower again.

"And being the Second family of the United States on top of that? Not a chance." Kamala answers back in response.

"Me either, but I love every single second of it." Doug says as he brings Kamala close and Kamala places her head on Doug's shoulder.

"Here, sissy!" Devi says as he hands Ivy a bunny rabbit for her to cuddle.

"Bun!" Ivy says as she holds her bunny close.

Devi grabs a teddy bear to hold and he hugs it tightly.

"Our sweet babies! Auntie KeKe got those for them not that long ago." Doug says with a smile.

"I feel like these two will have so many stuffed animals." Kamala says as he laughs loudly.

"Ella and Cole had a lot growing up so I'm sure Devi and Ivy will follow suit." Doug says with a grin.

Ivy and Devi giggle loudly again, causing Doug and Kamala to smile.

Thirty minutes later, the door bell rings.

"Door bell rwinging!" Devi says as he jumps up and excitement.

"It is! Auntie Maya, Meena and Grandpa are here!" Doug says as Devi gets excited.

"Yay!" Ivy says as she claps her hands happily.

"He's here." Kamala says softly and Doug nods holding her hand.

"Let's all greet them at the door." Doug says as he, Kamala, Devi and Ivy all walk over to the front door.

to be continued