Calleigh was in pain. The contractions had started just three days before her planned c-section and now Calleigh had to wait a while as the OR room was prepared. And even though she only had to wait maximum an hour, it was a painful hour. Horatio was by her side and held her hand. He had gone through this twice before, but it never got any easier to see Calleigh in so much pain and knowing he could do nothing to make things easier for her. It was early in the morning and Frank and Molly were looking after Jr, Donovan and Leann while Horatio and Calleigh were at the hospital.

"Oh, god! It hurts." Calleigh groaned.

Horatio kissed her forehead softly and ran his fingers through her hair as Calleigh closed her eyes and winced in pain. The door to the room opened and their doctor James walked in with a big smile. This was James's first delivery and he was very excited of course.

"Let's see how things are looking." James said and checked if Calleigh was dilated, even if she wasn't going to give birth naturally.

"As expected you haven't opened much. The OR should be ready soon." James said, "How are you doing Calleigh?"

"I can manage this." She sighed.

Calleigh was tired. Completely exhausted. She had had trouble with extreme back pain in the last week and been unable to find a comfortable position to sleep in. Because of that she hadn't gotten much sleep and all she wanted to do now was to rest.

"Well, in about twenty minutes you'll be holding your baby girl." James smiled and left the couple alone.

Calleigh hissed in pain as she got a contraction and Horatio gently caressed her cheek.

"I don't know what I would do without you handsome." Calleigh said.

"I don't know what I would do without you either and we're not finding out." Horatio grinned, "Nine months of waiting and we're finally here!"

Caleigh chuckled and nodded in agreement. She couldn't wait to hold her second daughter in her arms!

"Ready for sleepless nights and dirty diapers again, Lt. Caine?" Calleigh asked.

"I'm always ready for that." Horatio grinned, "It will be interesting to see the kids reaction to a dirty diaper."

Calleigh giggled, "They'll run away and hide."

The door opened again and James told them that everything was ready now and Calleigh was wheeled to the OR room. Horatio was allowed to come with her. Once inside the OR, Calleigh started getting nervous. She had never done a c-section before and just wanted to make sure that everybody knew exactly what they were doing.

"You do know exactly how to cut, right?" Calleigh asked for the third time.

James smiled, "Yes I do, Calleigh. No need to worry."

Calleigh winced at the idea of being cut open and Horatio kissed her to ease her nerves. Of course Calleigh didn't feel anything as James cut her stomach open and at first everything was silent, and then Calleigh smiled widely as she heard her baby cry.

"And we have a healthy little girl!" James announced.

Horatio and Calleigh grinned and kissed each other, both very excited to see their baby girl. A nurse cleaned up Iris, before handing her over to Calleigh and Horatio.

"7 pounds and 19.5 inches." The nurse smiled, "Does she have a name?"

"Iris Elaine Caine." Horatio smiled and touched his daughter's hand carefully, "Hi Iris."

"Oh she's beautiful!" Calleigh smiled and started crying happy tears, "Hi, I'm your mommy!"

-I-

"Can I see her? Can I see her? Can I see her?" Leann asked as she jumped up and down in her mother's room.

Leann and the boys were very excited to see their sister and couldn't wait for much longer for the nurse to come in with the baby.

"Calm down kiddo, she'll be here soon." Horatio laughed.

"Donovan is the nurse on her way?" Jr asked.

Donovan peeked out the door and shook his head. Jr and Leann sighed.

"How much longer?" Leann groaned, "We don't have all day. We have school too, and we have to tell everyone the good news."

Horatio and Calleigh chuckled. Donovan then gasped and announced that a nurse was on her way.

"She's coming!" He exclaimed and opened the door for the nurse.

As soon as the nurse had given the baby to Calleigh, the kids stared at their little sister Iris and were amazed at how small she looked. Jr and Donovan had no memory of what Leann had looked like when she was a baby.

"Wow!" Jr said, "She's tiny."

"Yeah, she's a petite little girl." Horatio smiled, "Do you want to hold her?"

Jr nodded and grinned when Calleigh put Iris in his arms. Donovan and Leann gently touched Iris's head and hands. Iris squirmed and Jr froze.

"Did I do something?" He asked.

"No, no, nothing's wrong." Calleigh smiled.

As soon as Iris started to whimper Jr gave her back to Calleigh, he wasn't sure what to do with a crying baby.

"She has blonde hair!" Leann exclaimed as she noticed a little bit of hair on Iris's head.

"Yes she does. Just like your mother." Horatio grinned.

"We can she come home?" Donovan asked.

"Maybe tomorrow." Calleigh smiled, "You have to be prepared for a lot of crying and dirty diapers."

"Yuck, diapers!" Jr and Donovan winced, "That's for you to take care of."

"Don't worry, we're not going to force you." Horatio laughed, "Okey, time for school."

"Oh, do we have to?" Leann asked.

Horatio looked at Calleigh and she shrugged.

"Nah, not today." Horatio smiled and the kids cheered.

Getting to know Iris was more important and fun then school.

-I-

Little Iris looked at Horatio with her bright blue eyes as she lay in the middle of the bed, between her parents. She had come home two days earlier.

"Good morning princess." Horatio smiled.

Calleigh who had been asleep, woke up to hear Horatio talking to Iris. She turned around and smiled down at her daughter. Iris squirmed and looked at Calleigh.

"Good morning angel." Calleigh smiled.

"So, want to do it again?" Horatio asked.

"Do what?"

"Have a child."

Calleigh looked at Horatio as if he was an idiot. Horatio tried not to laugh and almost failed.

"Horatio Caine, you have got to be out of your mind!" Calleigh chuckled, "I love kids, but four is enough."

"What's wrong with five?" Horatio teased.

"Horatio, say it again and you'll never have sex with me ever again." Calleigh warned playfully.

Iris started crying and demanded attention. Calleigh picked her up and snuggled with her.

"Somebody is hungry I think." She smiled.

While Calleigh fed Iris, Horatio made food for the rest of the family. Jr and Donovan were the first ones to wake up and come down to the kitchen. Leann, was known to sleep as much as possible and disliked waking up, so she came downstairs later than everybody else.

Today the rest of the team were coming over to say hello to the newest member of the family.

"Are you and mom getting anymore kids after Iris?" Donovan asked.

"No, why?" Horatio smiled.

"Just wondering if we'll have to prepare ourselves for more crying and dirty diapers, baby puke and screams." Donovan shrugged.

Horatio laughed, "Nah, Iris will always be the youngest in the family."

"Being oldest is still best." Jr smirked.

"You share that spot with me." Donovan reminded.

Jr and Donovan started with their usual playful bickering about who was really oldest and how much that meant. Leann rolled her eyes at her brothers.

Horatio just watched his kids and shared a smile with Calleigh when she appeared in the doorway.

For them, this was heaven.

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