Early Christmas morning Grissom got up and dialed the phone. He made a few arrangements at the county children's home, and they told him it would be alright to pick them up today.
At about quarter till 8 Christmas morning, Grissom stopped at the Willows-Brown house. The little Willows opened the door. "Merry Christmas, Gris!" Lindsey said as he picked her up into a hug.
"Merry Christmas, Linds! Did Santa come?" Grissom said as he entered the house and set her down.
"He did!" Lindsey squealed, "Watch this! Nikita!" Just then an adorable black and white husky puppy came sprinting around the corner and nearly knocked Lindsey over into a fit of giggles.
"Santa brought you a puppy?" Grissom chuckled.
"He did," Catherine said as she came from the kitchen. "Merry Christmas, Gris!"
"Merry Christmas, Cath. Hey, I talked to Warrick he said you guys still had Lindsey's car seats from when she was little. He said I could use them to pick up Carol and Holly," Grissom explained.
"Yea, they are right over here, Warrick's in the shower right now so he told me to give them to you when you got here," Catherine said pointing to the car seats in the corner.
"Thanks, Cath. You three are still coming over today right?" Grissom asked as he grabbed the car seats.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world, Gris. We will be there at noon with our pies," Catherine smiled.
"Great. Oh and Lindsey?" Grissom looked at Lindsey and her puppy.
"Yea, Gris?"
"I'm sure the girls and Sara would love to meet Nikita," Grissom said with a wink.
"I can bring her?" Lindsey's face lit up.
Grissom chuckled, "If it's okay with your mom and dad, dear. I will see you all in a few hours." Grissom gave Catherine a side hug and Lindsey a kiss on her head before he left.
At exactly 8:05, Grissom strode into the orphanage for the second time in two days. "Merry Christmas, Maggie!" Grissom greeted her.
"Well, Merry Christmas to you too, Grissom," Maggie smiled at him. "I told the other children to let Carol and Holly sleep this morning. They did but Cassie won't leave them. She loves those two. Anyway if you would come with me, I figured you may want to wake them."
"Well, thank you, Maggie," Grissom smiled as he followed her into one of several rooms.
The moment Grissom stepped into the room he was met by a pair of arms wrapping around his middle, "I knew you and Sara would be perfect for them, Gris!"
Grissom chuckled and swung Cassie onto his hip, "Thank you, Cassie. I promise to take good care of them." As they walked across the room, Cassie took the moment to whisper some very important information in his ear. When they reached the bed containing the twins, Cassie squirmed down and climbed up onto the bed with them. Grissom leaned over the girls and with a smile he gently shook them awake, "Merry Christmas, my sweet daughters."
At his words, the girls awoke fully with bright smiles on their faces, "Merry Christmas! Um, Daddy?"
"You bet! I'm going to be your new Daddy and my wife, Sara will be your mommy," Grissom grinned as they wrapped their little arms around his neck. "Oh, Carol, Holly? Happy fourth birthday, as well!" Grissom added with a wink to Cassie.
"Come on and I will help you pack!" Cassie told them taking their hands and leading them to their dressers.
As they walked away, Grissom heard Holly ask, "Cas, was he here yesterday?"
Grissom chuckled as Cassie went on to tell the girls about, her words, her own 'special friends who came to make their Christmas a good one'. Grissom then turned to Maggie, "Any paperwork I need to fill out while they are packing?"
Maggie smiled, "Yep, out here on the desk."
As he filled out the paperwork, Grissom paused, "Maggie is there any way I can take Cassie with me today? I have a hunch, also my team and I care about her and I would like her to spend Christmas with us."
"Certainly!" she told him as she handed him the necessary paperwork for Cassie.
Nearly an hour later, Grissom walked into his house with Cassie and his new daughters in tow.
Grissom stepped into the kitchen where his wife was putting some cookies into the oven. "Hello and Merry Christmas, Dear," he said wrapping his arms around her waist.
Sara turned in his arms, "Hey, Gil. Did you get our new daughters?"
Grissom nodded, "I did and I also brought a Christmas guest. Sara, I have a hunch that I hope is right." He kissed her forehead before turning to the door way, "Girls come in here please." The three girls came into the kitchen in their socks causing them to slip and slide making them giggle.
"Hi, Sara!" Cassie said as she slid into Sara's arms.
Sara giggled swinging her up into a hug, "Well, hello, Miss Cassie! Merry Christmas!" She then set Cassie onto the counter before turning to Grissom and the girls who settled themselves on each of his hips. "And Merry Christmas, to you two as well my lovely daughters!"
"It's their fourth birthday as well, Sara Dear," Grissom said as Carol went to Sara.
"Well, happy birthday too, then!" Sara added with a raspberry on Carol's cheek causing her to giggle.
Cassie suddenly got an idea, "Sara, can I see your camera?"
"Sure," Sara said handing it to her.
"Ok, scoot together. Smile!" Cassie said before taking the picture. "There now you have your first family picture," Cassie smiled.
Grissom smiled at his family then at her, "Thanks, Cas."
Cassie grinned, "Course! I Iove them and I love you guys too!"
Sara smiled at the twins, "I have something for you two! And I think they will fit! Come on." Sara helped Cassie off the counter, took her hand and led them to the tree. Sara pointed to the wrapped presents. "These are for you two," Sara said as she and Grissom set the twins down.
The first set of boxes they opened contained a pair of white tights, a velvet dress with faux fur on the bottom and wrists with a matching Santa like hat. Carol's dress and hat was a light pink while Holly's was a light green. Carol grinned and pointed to her dress, "Da bestest color, pink!"
Holly giggled and pointed to her dress, "No, gween!"
Cassie smiled pride obvious in her posture, "I taught them their colors!"
"That's good, Cas," Grissom chuckled as he place Holly's hat on her head as Sara did the same with Carol's.
Then Sara brought out four more packages and handed two of them to each twin. "I feel bad we don't have anything for you, Cassie. I did not know you would be here," Sara explained.
"Are you kidding, Sara? This is exactly what I asked for, well, to spend time with you all," Cassie said hugging Sara.
"So you know everyone is coming over today?" Sara asked her.
"Yes, Sara, I told them, oh and Lindsey is bringing something Santa brought her," Grissom began with a smile.
"Oh was it a doll?" Sara asked.
Grissom chuckled, "Not really, more like a dog, her name is Nikita, she is a sweet puppy."
"Oh, I love dogs, Gil!"
Grissom chuckled again, "I know dear." Grissom turned his attention back to the twins, "Go ahead and open them girls."
Carol quickly ripped open one revealing a pair of brown dress like shoes with butterflies on them. Holly then followed suit with one of hers and revealed a pair of purple boots with a face and wings on it like a butterfly.
"You have both pairs of shoes so your other present is that," Sara explained pointing to the shoes, before she added; "You know your daddy likes bugs."
Carol giggled, "Really? Eww!"
"I agree, little one!" Sara said with a laugh.
Holly looked up at Grissom from his lap, "You like buggies, Daddy?"
"I do, Hol," Grissom smiled at her.
Holly giggled, "Me too!"
"Seems like Daddy has a bug helper now," Sara giggled. "Well, let's get these dresses on you what do you say, girls?"
The twins nodded their heads. Sara took them back to her and Grissom's room to change. A few minutes later, the three returned. Sara now in a red velvet dress with white faux fur like the girls' dresses and her own Santa hat, and the girls had their dresses and tights on. Grissom stood, walked over to them and kissed Sara's cheek, "My girls look beautiful, right Cas?" Cassie nodded. Grissom turned to his daughters, "Which shoes would you like to wear girls?" The girls went to the shoes they had opened and Holly slid on her boots and Carol handed her brown shoes to Cassie for help.
The group then heard a loud scream, and the five of them went to the guest bedroom and found Finn standing as far away from the bed as she could get. Upon seeing the five in the doorway, Finn pointed to the bed, "What. Is. That?"
Grissom walked over to the bed and chuckled, "Oh, it's just Jerry."
Sara was less pleased, "Gilbert, what is your spider doing out of its cage?"
Grissom smirked, "Jerry is a tarantula, Sar, and he lives in a habitat, would you like to see him girls?" Grissom knelt down with Jerry in his hands.
"No," Carol and Cassie giggled hiding behind Finn and Sara.
Holly shyly walked over to him, "Hi, Jerry."
Grissom smiled, "Want to help me put him in his habitat, Hol?" She nodded and he took her hand and led her down to the last room of the hallway.
Sara smiled at the pair before smirking, "So, Jules, how did you sleep?"