A/N: My, my I have some very inpatient readers. :D Thanks for all the love!

Chapter 4

Maggie woke up a little before eight the next morning and rolled out of bed. Jarrod was still snoring on the other side of the pullout bed in Cait and Aaron's office. She put on her bathrobe and slippers, went into the kitchen to get the oven warming for the traditional Thanksgiving morning cinnamon rolls and used the bathroom.

While she waited for the oven to ping it was ready to do its work, she heard the Hotchner's, Part 2 in the boys game room. Sean and Leslie once again slept on the comfy futon. Cait, rummaging through garage sales in the fall, had found the perfect play pen for Wyatt to sleep in. Maggie smiled. The high chair Wyatt has used last night was Jack's. Cait and Aaron found it in the basement of Haley's home while they were cleaning it out. She was sure that Haley would love having another little Hotchner boy using it. She thought for a second of seeing a great-grandchild in that high chair as well and smiled. Haley would love that as well.

The oven pinged it was at the temperature desired, and Maggie put the two pans of cinnamon rolls in. She hit the coffee pot to start is deliciousness and went back to catch a quick nap before the gang rolled out.

Cait, lying in her husband's right arm, her head on his chest, smelt the aroma of coffee brewing through their closed door. She leaned up and looked at Aaron's alarm clock on his side the bed. Her husband stirred at the motion and yawned. "Is it that time?"

"For me; yup it is," she said getting out of bed, grabbing her glasses off her nightstand. She picked up her underwear littered on the floor and went to the bathroom, using the toilet, brushing her teeth and putting her contacts in. Aaron got out of their bed naked and pulled his glasses on as well. Cait came out in her underwear grabbed a long-sleeve t-shirt from another drawer along with a pair of cotton lounge pants. She quickly pulled them on, adding some wool socks.

Aaron pulled her into a hug. "Thank you for last night," he smiled, sharing a deep kiss with her.

When the kiss finished, Cait looked at him. "Thank you for the pleasure Aaron," she smiled. "I expect a repeat performance tomorrow night," she smiled, rubbing his back. "But we've got to get our asses rolling."

"Understood," he smiled, grabbing his boxers from the floor and pulling a clean pair out of the dresser. He headed for their shower.

Leslie came down the steps with Wyatt as Cait walked into the kitchen. "Leslie, put him in the highchair and enjoy your shower. Aaron and I have him."

"I won't argue with that Cait. You sure," she asked as she put him in the highchair and pulled it towards the kitchen.

Cait reached into a cupboard and pulled out a box of Cheerio's, with a smile. "I've got this." Leslie kissed her son's head and went back upstairs.

Cait spread out a bunch of the small, all grain cereal O's on Wyatt's highchair table. He looked at her with a smile and started shoveling them into his mouth. Cait smiled. He's as ambidextrous as his uncle. Jack can downstairs and kept Wyatt entertained and supplied with Cheerio's until someone could give him his breakfast.

Aaron came in from his shower ten minutes later and got Jack his own bowl of Cheerio's, complete with some sliced banana. Cait mixed and warmed up some baby cereal for Wyatt. She pulled Wyatt's highchair to the nook table. She added a baby food jar of bananas she had stocked in for their young visitor. Aaron popped it open. As Jack ate his cereal, Aaron fed Wyatt.

Jack looked at his dad. "You know how to do this?"

"Buddy, it's been a while since I did this," he smiled at Jack, spooning in more banana baby food into Wyatt's mouth. "But yes, I do."

"Did you used to do that for me dad?"

"Sure did buddy," Aaron smiled. "And you ate like Wyatt," he smiled, giving him another spoonful. Maggie reappeared, smiling at the scene. Jarrod, after saying his good mornings went to the master bedroom shower.

Sean walked in a few minutes later and looked at Aaron. "You remember how to do that bro?"

Aaron smiled. "Just like riding a bike," he said, giving Wyatt a spoonful of cereal. When Aaron finished feeding him, Cait got him cleaned up as Aaron spread a quilt on the floor of the Great Room. Sean laid him down on it and gave Wyatt his bottle to drink on his own that he had warmed up. Jack, done with his cereal and waiting on the cinnamon rolls, sat down, with Cait helping him and pulled Wyatt against his chest so he could drink his bottle in a relaxed position, rather than on his back. Jarrod walked by to finish dressing in the den and smile at the scene.

"Next," Jarrod smiled at Sean.

"That's me," he smiled.

Aaron smiled. "Go for it; you remember where towels and wash clothes are?"

"I'm all good bro." Sean went up the steps to get his things.

Leslie came down the steps from her shower, smiled at the boys in the living room and walked into the kitchen and looked at Cait. "What do you need me to do?" Sean came back down and went into Aaron and Cait's bedroom.

The timer went off on the rolls in the oven. Cait smiled. "Pull them out and let's all sit down and eat." Leslie grabbed a pair of hot pads from the drawer next to oven, and pulled them out. Maggie got plates out for everyone and started pouring coffee as Leslie cut the rolls, once again sending their divine goodness of smell through the home. Cait went into the living room and took Wyatt from Jack's arms, holding him in one arm, with him still drinking his bottle and got Jack to the lunch counter with grandpa.

Jarrod sat down with a roll and his cup of coffee. Jack crawled up next to him and Leslie gave him a cinnamon roll, a glass of apple juice and Aaron added a glass of milk for him after pouring one for himself and Cait. He took the glasses to the nook table and Maggie followed him with a cup of coffee for her and a roll.

Wyatt eyed the golden deliciousness. Cait kissed his head. "Sorry buddy; that little tummy of yours isn't ready for cinnamon yet." She leaned him back in her elbow to finish his bottle as she took a drink of her coffee and a bite of her roll.

Leslie smiled at her. "You've multi-tasked before."

Cait nodded. "Times two," she smiled.

Aaron looked at her. "I can take him," he smiled.

"I'm good Aaron; it's sorta nice holding a little one," she smiled. He rubbed her shoulder.

"A little one Cait?" Leslie said. "I'm worried that he's getting too big."

Cait and Maggie shook their heads together and almost said in unison. "Just wait until he starts walking."

"Really," Leslie asked.

Cait shook her head. "Mike was forty pounds on his first birthday. He started walking and he was a bean pole in two months."

Maggie smiled. "All four of our boys were the same way." Sean joined the group as they heard the footfalls of oversized feet coming down the steps. Maggie got out of her chair, with Sean helping her to get them all feed.

By ten that morning, the whole group was showered and Team Hotchner was rolling with Wyatt peacefully taking his morning nap upstairs.

Aaron brought in the box of the team present into the dining room. Cait and Maggie had just spread out the cloth that would cover the table. Matt helped his dad get it out of the box. "Wow mom, that really is beautiful," he smiled as he and Aaron put the centerpiece into the middle of the table, with Mike pulling the box out of the way.

Cait rubbed his shoulder. "Yes, it is." Mike smiled his approval to his dad. They both knew how much it meant to her.

The centerpiece was almost three feet long to perfectly cover the middle of the eating surface with all it table leaves in. It had three white barked birch logs bundle together with beautiful wide orange ribbons. The golden fall leaves of the tree still hanging from the branches. Maggie inspected it a little more closely. "OMG Cait, the leaves are made of fabric."

Matt pointed at it. "Grandma, are those little white lights in there?"

Mike, setting the box on the floor said, "Yup bro, it is." He looked at all of them, holding up a single white sheet of paper. "And I know how to read instructions." He nodded at Matt to help him find the switch.

The boys picked it up off the table and in the middle of the logs on the bottom was a craved out place for a set of batteries to the lights. Mike turned the switch on and he and Matt put it back down on the table, smiling. Aaron pulled Cait to her side. "I think my team that can't contribute in the cooking department just made a huge one," he smiled, kissing her temple.

Cait kissed him on the lips. "And then some," she smiled at the beautiful centerpiece. "But boys, let's shut it off for now." Matt and Mike smiled at their mother as the rest walked in.

"Wow," Sean said with a smile, knowing the story. He went to Cait and kissed her cheek. "I think bro's team sorta appreciates this." Jarrod and Leslie nodded their agreement.

"Mom, that's just too cool," Jack smiled, giving her a hug.

"Cait, with your china, that will look just absolutely fantastic. The girls picked that out with a lot of love, knowing you," Leslie smiled.

Cait brushed away a tear. "Yes, they did." Matt helped Jack shut off the lights as Mike held it up. The ladies dived into Cait's china hutches in the room to set the table. All the "boys" pitched in.

While the rest walked out of the dining room, Cait lingered and Aaron stayed back. She looked at him with wet eyes. "It really does look beautiful," she said. Aaron kissed her and they headed out.

Cait got the stuffing prepared browning the sausage and then sautéing in butter the mushrooms, onions and celery that Maggie had chopped for her yesterday. Leslie worked on the relish tray of pickles, green onions, radishes, olives. Maggie put together her Doughboy Salad with chopped iceberg lettuce and small cauliflower and broccoli florets on the top. She mixed together the dressing of mayonnaise, sugar and sour cream that would be mixed in before serving with a layer of Baco's on the top.

The relish tray done, wrapped in plastic and in the fridge in the garage, Leslie started Cait's orange Jell-O recipe, with orange juice instead of cold water that the boys loved and had become a Spencer and Kevin favorite as well. She would add the bananas as the Jell-O started to set. Sandy, JJ's mother, was once again making Cait's Strawberry salad that was hit with the group as well.

After Cait got the two pans of stuffing loaded to the top, covered, and on the washer in the laundry room, she pulled out the frozen bag of 36 dinner rolls from the freezer and got them arranged in their bake pans to thaw out and rise. The three ladies would walk by Cait's always present list and checked off items.

Maggie had peeled the potatoes yesterday that would be cooked and mashed. Sitting in cold water, they were in the Hotchner's lightly heated garage, sitting on the concrete floor. The water would stay cold, keeping the potatoes white, but would not freeze.

They all looked at each other. Cait smiled. "All I have to do is peel the apples for my pie and get the turkey in."

Maggie agreed. "The vegetables will be a quick fix."

Leslie looked at the list; corn and green bean casserole and smiled. "They're pretty easy."

"And Fran is making sweet potatoes for Derek and our two Hotchner men," Cait smiled at Leslie.

Maggie looked at her. "If I remember correctly, Will was all over them as well," she smiled. The other two nodded at the memory from last Thanksgiving.

The guys were not slouching off by any means. Derek had dropped off his beer purchases on Tuesday night, including a case of the Hotchner family's favorite Miller Lite in bottles. Matt, the bartender of the downstairs den, along with Mike, were stocking the bar fridge with the beer for the team, hauling them down from the fridge in the garage, setting them on the floor of the bar area. Jack's job was to put the bottles in the fridge. He started to match beer bottle labels, and put them all together, to the praise of his older brothers. Mike shook his head as he and Matt went up the steps for the next load. "Mike," Matt asked.

"You didn't notice?" Matt shook his head.

"He's dad's son alright," he said with a huge smile. "They're in alphabetical order." Matt roared with laughter.

Dave's bottle of scotch, along with his addition of a bottle of Bailey's was already stocked as well. They all knew Emily would add one more bottle of Bailey's as well. The boys, with their allowance, had chipped in on the bags of ice cubes that were in the freezer in the garage. They would be used later. Father Jimmy, who would join them for dessert and drinks, had added a couple of containers of Tom and Jerry batter. Cait and Aaron already had the brandy and rum needed for the delicious hot drink.

Aaron and Jarrod got both the fireplaces roaring; Jarrod in the Great Room and Hotch downstairs in the den, with Sean hauling in more wood to stock both the wood boxes by the fireplaces. After Matt and Mike finished the beer run, they pitched in on the wood hauling as well. Sean had pretty much cleaned out the wood box in the garage of the wood that dried under the garage heater. Matt and Mike put on their winter coats and re-stocked the box from the pile alongside the garage they had cut and split over Labor Day from Uncle Dave's land at the cabin as Sean topped off the boxes inside.

The whole family met together back in the kitchen. Cait looked at the clock on the oven. 11:22 it read and she smiled at them all. "Team Hotchner rocks," she smiled. They all shared a group high five as the baby monitor Cait still had bellowed Wyatt's want to get in on the festivities.

"Can I go get him Aunt Leslie," Jack asked, with a huge smile.

Leslie smiled. "How are you with a poopy diaper Jack?"

He frowned and Matt rubbed his head. "I don't want any part of that either bro." Leslie laughed and started to move to the steps.

"Les, I can get him," Sean smiled.

Leslie rubbed his bicep and kissed his cheek. "I've got him," she said as she moved to the stairs.

Aaron looked at his two oldest sons, not showered and unshaved. "Get," was his one word command, pointing to the steps as well.

The boys looked at their parents. "Do we have downtime afterwards to game a bit together," Matt asked. Aaron and Cait nodded their smiles.

"Sweet," Mike said, as they turned.

"Hey guys," Sean said, stopping them. "Whoever showers first is up to you two; but you might not want to go into your gaming room until you're both done. Remember, my son and his poopy diaper are in there right now," he smiled.

"Message received Uncle Sean," Mike smiled, clamping a hand on his shoulder as the boys headed up the steps. They shook the house pounding up the steps as usual with Aaron and Cait just shaking their heads.

Jarrod smiled. "What does Uncle Dave always say?"

The door from the garage to kitchen had already opened and the question was heard as Mudg bounded in.

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