Hi baby!
Eighteen-month-old Rachel Caine jumped up and down in her crib. It was Saturday morning. She knew her daddy was home because she had heard him get up and start breakfast for her mommy. She only had to call out "da-da" once and Horatio came into the room smiling.
"Good morning, my precious," he said picking Rachel up, placing a kiss on her cheek. "Did you have a good sleep?"
Whether or not she understood what he said, Rachel nodded. She just loved Daddy's voice.
"We're going somewhere very special today, you know that?" Horatio said to Rachel while he changed her diaper. "You're going to get see your baby sister today."
Rachel grinned. She no had idea what this baby sister thing was about but her mom and dad were happy about it so it must have been a good thing.
Horatio and Aimee had found out their second child was a girl a month before. Horatio's enthusiastic reaction to that news was a surprise to few who thought that now that he and Aimee 'had their girl' Horatio might 'want his boy with his one.'
No way.
If he and Aimee ended up having four girls Horatio would be happy.
Rachel's reaction to seeing the baby in her mother's belly on the ultrasound was priceless. Her eyes grew wide and her mouth formed a big 'O.'
"Baby!" She exclaimed, pointing at the screen. She was on Horatio's lap and she nearly climbed out of his arms trying to get to the screen.
"Yes, that's your baby sister," the technician said.
"Siser?" Rachel said.
Both her parents smiled.
Detective Mac Taylor from the N.Y.P.D. Crime Lab was in Miami for several days. He knocked on Horatio's office door just to say hello later that week.
"Mac, hey," Horatio said, closing the file he was reading and rising from his desk. "Long time."
"Yeah for sure. Heard you and Aimee are having a honeymoon baby," Mac replied.
Horatio chuckled.
"Yep. Another three months we'll have another lil' girl. Rachel's pretty excited."
"She's certainly after growing since the last picture I saw of her. She's almost two now, isn't she?"
Horatio invited Mac to come for dinner at his house the following night. Aimee had met the detective a few times and thought he was very nice. She couldn't help but feel bad for the guy. He always seemed so lonely. But as she could with everybody who met her Rachel made Mac laugh quite a bit.
"Siser," she told Mac putting her small hand on Aimee's round belly.
"I know. Daddy told me. You must be very excited about being a big sister."
Rachel grinned.
