Insane Remarks, new Information plus a Wedding

Many people thought it was sweet that Eric had a Spanish nickname for his child. Even if he and Calleigh had another daughter Chloe would always be "princesa" and her only. He'd think of another term of endearment for that child. They could find out now but they were still deciding whether to leave the gender of the unborn baby a surprise or not. Eric had heard the most insane remark from one of the department's official mechanics after he had been noticed showing Tripp and Horatio prints of Calleigh's ultrasound that was performed early that day. The mechanic spoke to Eric moments later and had said "you two have the perfect child. She's wonderfully polite and well behaved. Why would you guys wanna mess that up by throwing sibling rivalry into the mix?"

First of all, yes, to her parents' eyes, Chloe was indeed perfect. However, she was a normal toddler who had her moments. Thus Chloe wasn't "perfect" in the definition this guy was putting it. She did have manners to spare but try and get the girl to put on a dress or anything frilly and he'd swiftly see a quick change. And if people only ever had one child to avoid sibling rivalry the world be a pretty small place. Not to mention lonely. Plus the lack of embarrassing stories of sibling situations would make the world pretty boring for parents.

Jake Berkley's victim from prison had been a transfer from north Florida. He was a three-time felon convicted on a count of armed robbery. Being his third strike, the man was automatically serving a life sentence. The man was violent and had himself attacked several inmates in the prison in which he was formerly held. Eric had to admit even if the man's death may have been a favor to the world, murder was murder. And asking a fellow inmate about his sexuality, which to all their knowledge was so incredibly rare it should have made the headlines, wasn't grounds to crush someone's skull. As far as any of CSIs knew in prison you were told you were having gay sex whether you swayed that way or not.

So far Jake had no idea just how much Calleigh had gone on with her life. That she were engaged to Eric Delko, pregnant with his baby and planning to adopt the little girl the two had been raising together the second she were allowed to. He would unfortunately find this out after one of the happiest days of the couple's life in the near future.

"Why do little babies need mittens on their sleepers?" Ryan asked, puzzled. "Isn't this Miami?"

He, Horatio and Eric were going through a box of baby clothes found at the home of a bank robber. The man had tried to hide the money in the clothing.

Eric just rolled his eyes. Ryan knew nothing about babies. Three years ago Eric Delko couldn't imagine himself being so very comfortable caring for a small child. He surprised himself that after only a few weeks with his daughter he was at ease caring for her, being able to read her sounds and body language.

"Because, Mr. Wolfe," Horatio said. "Little babies can't keep their hands away from their faces. Their nails are tiny but sharp. If they didn't have mittens, they'd crawl their faces bloody."

Both Horatio and Eric remembered what willful infant Chloe had been. She hated having her nails trimmed. She fussed loudly, clinching her tiny fists. Eric joked she was already throwing tantrums. Even Eric's mother, a seasoned parent couldn't clip the Chloe's fingernails. Only daddy and uncle Horatio could do it, and both with ease. Sometimes the trick were to do it after Chloe was asleep but Eric told everyone the real trick was to relax and just talk to the baby during the task. He put the emphasis on 'relax' because if he got worked up so did the baby. In his experience the baby would go from "completely going off her head to minor grumbling" hearing her dad's voice.

Before the end of the day the team would get news and an invitation to semi-formal, very small wedding ceremony performed by a justice of the peace, taking place in the living room of Eric's parents' living rooming the following evening. All had wondered why the two had stated both would becompletely unavailable the next three days. Friday to Sunday.

Now they knew why and couldn't be happier for their friends. Alexx Woods had only one question, however.

How did Calleigh intend to get her little girl into a dress for the big day?

Calleigh's answer was simple.

She didn't.

It wasn't her child. She wanted Chloe to be herself on the big day and the child could be "dressed up" with wearing a dress or frills. Chloe had already gone shopping with mommy and picked out a lilac babydoll-style top with straps, a pair white capris and brand new pair of sandals "like mommy." The day was just semi-formal, almost casual anyway, the wedding followed by a small reception in the Eric's family's backyard. Calleigh had also already picked out her dress, a satin knee-length maternity wedding gown with straps and sequins and pearls on top.

As a gift Chlorinda and Pavel were paying for the catering for the event. The newlyweds were going to spend Friday and Saturday night at a cozy bed and breakfast. Chloe would stay with Rachel.

That changed as soon as Horatio heard and offered to take Chloe for that time. The rest secretly pooled money together after hearing of the upcoming wedding and gave it to Eric's parents to pay for the B & B bill in advance something the newlyweds had planned to pay for on their own.

Coming Up: A day years in the making!