I saw the "Back-up Plan" this weekend! Funny movie! I had to bring the total body pillow into the story!

Sleepless

One of her mom's friends had given Aimee a total body pillow that made it more comfortable for a very pregnant woman to sleep.

And it definitely worked, even if she only preferred to use it when Horatio wasn't there.

"I prefer to snuggle with you," she said, wrapping her arms around her husband's waist.

Horatio squeezed his wife's shoulders. He wouldn't have had this any other way. He had waited so long for this.

And what man wouldn't want his wife to hug into him rather than some dumb pillow? Lately, Horatio had heard some expectant dads complain about the pillow, almost liked they were in competition with it. Than in the same breath, they would say they pushed their women away when they wanted to cuddle.

"What do you expect her to do?" Horatio asked one guy. "She's gotta have something to turn to."

Aimee sighed heavily, putting her hand s on her aching lower back.

She was 32 weeks pregnant today. At the moment she was thinking why pregnancy was made to go on this long. She had another ultrasound early that morning. The good news was the baby was healthy, weighing about four pounds and measuring seventeen inches long. However this morning Aimee was tired of being pregnant and just plain tired.

Exhausted was more like it.

Despite Horatio's back rubs, she had had uncomfortable night and hadn't slept well.

"What don't ya take a nap, babe?" Horatio said, coming up behind her and kissing her neck. "I'll get Kyle from school and get Chinese."

"Oh, sounds good," Aimee smiled.

The lunch order for the day at the lab was Chinese. Horatio ran into Ryan when they were both picking up lunch. Horatio was missed at the lab but no one thought he should be anywhere else but home right now.

"Hey H. What's up, Kyle?" Ryan said.

"Uncle Ryan!" Kyle said.

The tow-headed boy ran to the CSI and Ryan picked him up.

"Hey. How's it going, big guy?"

Kyle excitedly told Ryan that he had a new picture of his brother or sister. He told Ryan that after lunch daddy planned to surprise mommy and put the baby's crib together. "But I think daddy needs Handy Manny. He's not very good at building stuff," he whispered, cuffing his hands around Ryan's ear.

Ryan laughed out-load the little boy's comment. He had heard all about how his three co-workers had only been able to assemble the change table, Aimee Caine was right, the other furniture didn't count.

"What are you two talking about?" Horatio asked with a smile.

"It's a secret, daddy!" Kyle said.

While Horatio was gone Aimee managed to take a short nap. She and Kyle were playing with play-doh in the living room. Aimee heard her husband in the nursery but wasn't sure what he were up to. She had a feeling it had to do with the crib that was still in the box in the room. Two hours later, she peeked in the room.

The crib was put together and the zoo bedding was laid out in it.

Horatio didn't hear his wife; he was putting some stuffed toys around the corners of the bed.

"Wow."

Horatio turned at the sound of his wife's voice.

"Hey. You like it?"

"I do," Aimee said, walking over to him, putting her arms around his waist and getting as close to him as her very pregnant belly would let her. She kissed his cheek. "It's beautiful."

"The seventh time reading the instructions was the charm," Horatio smiled. "Should have better pictures though."

"You might have got it on the sixth try, then?" Aimee teased.