Jenny was running around, her hair tied back with a bandana, Gibbs's old NIS shirt was covering a bright green blouse, her torn jeans completed her look. The music was on fairly loud in the kitchen where she, Celia and Mike was baking cookies for Celia's birthday. Two year old Mike was sitting on the counter throwing flour up into the air, making both of his female company laugh. Celia was standing on a stool next to Jen, poking out small princess figures and adding chocolate pieces to all of them.
Jenny was singing along with the music they had on, making Celia smile and sing her toddler version next to her, the sounds like lyrics. Jenny was smiling at her daughter and even more when she turned to look at Mike – her son was a spitting image of his father, even covered in flour.
The three in the kitchen was to engaged in what they were doing and what they were seeing that they didn't noticed their last family member was standing in the door way watching them with a smile on his face. He looked at his son who was trying to impress his mother by throwing flour up into the air and smiling at her afterwards, he had been a surprise to both Gibbs and Jenny, especially since he was already on his way four months after Celia was born. Celia his baby girl, no matter how old she got, she would always be daddy's baby girl, he watched her look lovingly up at her mother, admiring Jenny. Jenny his love the only thing that kept him on that narrow path between right and wrong, his only support when things got out of hand, the only one who could truly understand him. He knew that it was true love, he was always looking forward to seeing her, and hated to be separated from her. He watched her take her coffee cup up in her hand, throw her head back delicately to laugh at her children interacting. He walked slowly over towards them as he watched Jenny drink from her cup.
Jenny placed the cup back down and a few seconds later Jethro wrapped his arms quickly around her midsection, kissing her neck. Causing Jenny to tip over her cup, spilling her coffee onto the counter, mixing it with the flour on there.
"Honey I'm home!" he mumbled into her neck.
"Jethro, You scared me!" Jenny exclaimed loudly while reaching for the cloth to whip up the liquid.
"I know, I'm sorry." He stilled her hand and twisted her around to kiss her, receiving a squinted up face from his daughter when the kiss ended. "Hi princess C, what are you and mommy doing?" Gibbs picked up his little girl.
"Backing cookies, Mickey is helping too!" she pointed to her floured up brother on the counter.
"I can see that princess. Tomorrow you will be birthday princess C, and we will have lots of people over, are you looking forward to that?" Celia simply nodded and smiled.
"Gwampa coming morrow!" Mike added crawling over to his mother who quickly picked him up so he wouldn't crawl straight through the coffee.
"That's right darling, your grandfather is coming tomorrow too!" Jenny kissed her sons cheek.
"How old will you be tomorrow?" Gibbs asked and leaned back up against the counter top.
"Four!" Celia answered proudly and showing her father four fingers as well.
"Yeah you will be four years old tomorrow, and now you and your brother better go upstairs for your bath." Jenny said as she lowered Mike to the floor, brushing of all the flour of her shirt.
"No mommy we are doing cookies!" Celia squirmed in Jethro's arms and was quickly lowered as her brother to the floor.
"I know honey but mommy's coffee ruined the batter, so I have to make a new batch, and since daddy is the reason that mommy spilt it, he will help!" Jenny smirked at Jethro.
"Daddy." A very accusing Celia said as she shook her head at her father, receiving a laugh from both of her parents. The two children ran out of the kitchen and the tramping sounds indicated they were on their way upstairs.
"So mommy are you ready for a house full of kids tomorrow?" Gibbs pulled her into him and placed a soft, loving kiss on her lips.
"If you mean you and DiNozzo then yes I am!" she smirk and pulled his head down for a deeper kiss.
