The plan was to skip a few years and write the kids a lot older. Change of plan lol. Maudlin talked me into doing a few fill in stories. So this will introduce all the new babies and the families reactions to them. Hope you're not sick of my little family...or growing family. Hope you enjoy this short introductory chapter. :)
Thank you as always to the Maudlin Muse for all her input on this story :)
Oh Baby, Baby,Baby,Baby!
Chapter 1
"Wow Zi...they are like...EXACTLY the same." Tony muttered in amazement as he stroked each of his newborn's cheeks.
"I know." Ziva said. Tears of pure emotion filled her eyes at the sight of these beautiful babies. She pushed back thoughts of what she had nearly done. That was done now and she would make up for it by being the best mother ever to these girls...and to her boys... The door creaked open and the rest of their own little family arrived with two slightly taller young boys, still with messy long hair but now wearing giant smiles.
"Come in boys." Tony said excitedly. "Two little girls are VERY anxious to meet their big brothers."
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How come THEY get to go in first?" Maddie asked miserably.
"Cos it's THEIR baby sisters dummy." Dyl said, jumping with the moderate tap his Mom gave him on the bottom.
"No Name calling." she said.
"But..."
"No Name calling." Abby said. She felt a little sorry for Maddie with this. Maddie was the only one, well with the exception of little Jack, to not have the big sibling experience and she was feeling it. It was a shame really. Still not her business. Tim had made that VERY clear. Of course if she just so happened to point out maybe an older child...
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"Why CAN'T you have a baby?" Maddie pleaded later that night. "Why do I have to be an only child?"
"It's just the way things are Maddie." Kim answered. She knew it answered nothing really but how do you explain to a seven year old that her Dad thinks he's too old to start again and that the Mom would be even pushing it...
"But WHY?" Maddie persisted. Gibbs looked up over the top of his paper.
"Leave your Mom alone Maddie." he said.
"S'not fair." she said with folded arms. "EVERYBODY got a baby cept me. Well Jess and Dyl have to share theirs but still..."
"These are small people Maddie, not toys." Kim said. Maddie sidled her way up to Gibbs.
"But Daddy...I'm so lonely here. I have NOBODY to play with."she said pathetically. Gibbs put down the paper and lifted her onto his knee.
"Are you saying that we're not that we're not good company?" he joked with a hang dog expression.
"No Daddy!" she giggled "But I want another kid."
"You know what? Almost bed time." Gibbs deflected. "Tell you what... you go have your shower and brush your teeth and then I'll read any book you want."
"Ok Daddy." Maddy said. She knew when she was being distracted but she also knew she wouldn't win. She walked sadly up the stairs and she imagined all the fun the other kids were having with their new babies.
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Not so much fun in the McGee house. Abby sat in the large rocking chair in her bedroom breast feeding her now three week old son. This should be a peaceful and bonding experience...this evening it wasn't. On either side of her there were perched a McGee sibling each of them determined to get the first cuddle when Ethan was finished feeding.
Tim had gone back to work to finish stuff off. Without both Ziva and Tony there'd been extra paperwork. He usually played the club bouncer while she was feeding. It was amazing the crap the kids pulled as soon as they knew she had the baby firmly attached to her breast.
Abby rolled her eyes as Dyl actually took a swipe at his sister over the top of her head. She pulled the baby even more protectively against her and swatted Dyl with her free hand.
"Stop." she said. "Just for that Dyl, you can go to your room."
"That's not fair!" he wailed. "She gave me the bird!" Jess looked suitably shocked.
"I did not!"
"Did to."
"Was scratchin my nose."
"Were not!"
"Were too!" Abby tried to swing around to both kids, and the change in position didn't suit the littlest prince at all.
Ethan let go of his Mommy's breast and wailed loudly in protest at the rude interruption of his evening meal.
"Shhh...shhh." Abby soothed. The other two had the good grace to at least look sheepishly guilty.
"Sorry Mom." Dyl said.
"Sorry Ethan." Jess said. "But it is my turn to be first."
"You were first last time." Abby leaned back in the chair and tried to block out the voices and stay calm. She sure hoped that stuff about stress curdling your milk was an old wives tale.
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Tony had left all his girls in the care of the nurses while he took the boys home. It was late and they had collected pizza on the way home.
"How we gonna tell them apart?" Mike asked as he took a big bite of his cheese laden slice."
"Hmmm...well Aviva has a tiny birthmark on her bottom." Tony said.
"That could be a bit embarrassing Dad." Kyle said. "You gonna make her show her ass every time you wanna know who you're talking to?" Tony whacked Kyle on the back of the head gently.
"Bottom." he said. "I'm sure we'll figure something out." Truth be known, the thought had crossed his mind. I mean look at what happened in 'The Parent Trap', he thought.
"They are pretty cute though." Mike said.
"They sure are." Kyle said with a grin. "I think they have to be the prettiest babies I've ever seen."
"You haven't seen that many." Mike said.
"No but they are anyway." Mike nodded in agreement.
Tony felt emotion overtaking him and stood up to gather up the empty box and toss the paper plates in the trash.
"Let's hit the hay kids. How'd you like to sleep in with me just one night and we'll watch a movie?"
Both boys raced upstairs to get changed. That almost NEVER happened.
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Ziva sat in her hospital bed with her twins sleeping between her legs. This was certainly not the norm or really even allowed as hospital policy but the nurses knew she was nervous. She and the twins had been waiting for Tony to come and take them home. She had taken to the feeding easily and they were good babies so far, but her biggest worry was that with the hospital bracelets off she would make a mistake and her twins would be the wrong person for ever because of her inability to tell them apart. She had chuckled at Kyle's idea of stripping them naked to tell them apart but at this moment the idea was not such a strange one.
They were truly beautiful little girls. Both had dark curls that framed their chubby faces. What could only be described as perfect cupid bow mouths, tiny noses and what would probably be quite olive skin. The soft white dresses that she had chosen with just a hint of pink trim were beautiful yet simple, the tiny satin baby shoes were like ballet slippers with pink ribbons to hold them on their tiny feet. Two little dolls. Two little dolls that were exactly the same. Ziva sighed and she brushed a tear from her cheek in frustration. She had the scissors sitting beside her on the bedside table but she couldn't bring herself to use them to remove the hospital tapes that had kept her babies identities intact for the last five days.
Tony burst into the room a wide grin on his face, but it fell immediately at the sight of his wife in tears.
"Zi what's wrong? You ok? The girls?"
"We are fine...I am just scared Tony. What if we mix them up?"
"There's always the birthmark." he said with a grin meant to cheer her up.
"Tony I am serious. What if the birthmark goes or gets so small we cannot see it?"
"Zi...I know it'll be fine. You know what they said. As they get older it'll get easier...Until then..."
Tony produced two small packages from his pocket and handed them to his now very curious wife. As she undid each package her tears stopped and her smile widened.
"They are perfect." She undid the clasp on each small bracelet and clasped it around each tiny wrist. One read 'Aviva Antonia' and the other read 'Hannah Tali'.
"They're pure gold so they don't have to be taken off until they outgrow them and then we'll get them bigger ones." Ziva took the scissors and finally cut off the hospital tags. She was ready to go home.
TBC