Grissom gently nudged Sara awake, "honey, you need to get up and have some dinner" he whispered in her ear

Nanny Woes

Grissom gently nudged Sara awake, "honey, you need to get up and have some dinner" he whispered in her ear. She sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

"how long have I been asleep?"

Grissom looked at his watch, "about three hours, you must have really been tired."

"I guess so, what's for dinner?" she asked as he helped her off the couch.

"Eggplant Parmesan. Hungary?" she brightened at hearing what they were having for dinner. "Starving!" she responded.

Once Sara was settled and they started their dinner she asked "Gil, did you know we really don't have anything for the baby?"

"I assume your excluding the items you purchased this morning?" he responded around his bite of food. Sara gave him a sheepish look.

"I meant furniture wise, I think we need to get the baby's room ready, I know I'm only six months but look at the size of me. I feel like a beached whale." She said quickly.

"Honey, you do not look like a beached whale, and I think your right. We should get the room ready. I have tomorrow off so why don't we go shopping in the morning?" Sara nodded her head.

"There was one other thing. I have to go back to work in three days and I think we should find a nanny for Ashley." Grissom finished his bite while nodding his head.

"Your right, did you get the information from Catherine?"

"Yeah, I'm going to call the service in the morning to set up some interviews."

Ashley, who had been quiet this entire time, decided she was done with her food and threw her cup on the floor. Both Grissom and Sara followed its decent and thanked the stars for sippy cups. Grissom smiled up at Sara.

The next morning Sara was on the phone when Grissom finally walked in. As he was hanging his jacket Ashley ran up to him "Daddy home!" and wrapped her hands around his legs.

He reached down and picked her up, "and how is my little bug this morning?"

"Good, mommy mad." Sara got off the phone and huffed.

"What's the matter hon?" Grissom asked as he walked into the living room.

"The service Catherine suggested doesn't have any nannies available right now and I've called ten other services, all saying the same thing." She was frustrated.

"Let's worry about that later today and go shopping. We can invite Catherine, I had to send her home again last night."

"Is she ok?" Sara asked, a little worried.

"Yeah, she's just still having some problems with sickness. We weren't busy last night, so I sent her home." He said as he placed Ashley down on the floor.

"I bet Warrick was happy." Sara said with a grin.

"He did seem to loosen up a bit when she went home. Give her a call and I…" he said while stooping down to tickle Ashley, "will get this little one out of her jammies and into some clothes."

"Can I wear the blue dress daddy?" she said bouncing up and down while heading towards her room.

"Sure bug." He replied before scooting her up the stairs to get dressed. Sara laughed at the two while dialing Cath's number.

"Willows"

"Hey Cath, it's Sara. Gil and I are going to go baby shopping, do you want to go with?"

"Hang on a sec" Sara could hear some low talking in the background, "sure, is it alright if Lindsey comes, she want's to see Ashley."

"Sure, no problem" She said. They worked out the details and then hung up. Grissom came down with Ashley, she was very pretty in her blue dress, white frilly socks, and white shoes.

"Mommy, daddy said we're going shopping for the baby!" she said excitedly while Grissom set her down.

"Yes we are bug, and guess what?" Sara said excitedly.

"What mommy?" Ashley asked with wide eyes.

"Lindsey is coming too."

"yeah!" the little girl screamed as she ran around the living room. Grissom and Sara both laughed at her antics.

Ashley was practically bouncing out of her chair when Lindsey and Catherine came up to the car and got in.

"Hey bug" Lindsey greeted the little girl and gave her a tickle on the tummy, eliciting a squeal of delight from the little girl. Turning to the adults in the front seat she asked, "so where are we going first?"

Grissom glanced in the back before pulling out and heading in the direction of the mall. "Well, we need to order some baby furniture and get some other supplies for the baby, so we are heading to the mall."

"Cool" Lindsey replied before continuing to entertain Ashley.

They were only at the mall for about twenty minutes before Ashley began showing signs of boredom. Lindsey grabbed one of Ashley's hands and whispered something in her ear. The little girl nodded her head in agreement and the two headed towards them.

"Uncle Gil?" Lindsey started, "there is a children's play area downstairs, would you mind if I took Ashley down to play?"

Ashley looked up at them hopefully, bouncing slightly on her feet. Grissom looked from the girls up at Sara, she nodded her approval.

"Ok, do you have your phone on you?" Lindsey rolled her eyes.

"Uncle Gil, I'm 17 years old. Have you ever heard of a 17 year old who didn't have their phone on them?" she said and looked at him pointedly.

He held up his hands in defeat, "sorry, forgot. Have fun and call if you need anything." He finished right before Ashley and Lindsey headed in the direction of the play area.

"Lindsey is so good with Ashley" Sara said to no-one in particular. Grissom and Cath nodded in agreement. Grissom could tell the cogs in her mind were working something out.

"What are you thinking?" he asked, grabbing her attention. Sara smiled at him and then turned to Catherine.

"Hey Cath?"

"Yeah" she responded while looking at a set of crib sheets.

"Is Lindsey out of school yet?"

Catherine looked up from what she was doing, catching on to what Sara was going to ask.

"Yeah, her graduation is in a week but she finished classes two weeks ago, she was in the accelerated program and finished early."

"How do you think she would like to watch Ashley?" Sara asked.

"I don't see a problem with it, but you will need to ask her." Catherine seemed just as excited about the proposition as Sara did. Just then the two girls in question showed up, Ashley holding up a small blue stuffed dog. "Mommy look, Lindy won for baby."

"That's nice bug, how about some lunch? Are you hungry?"

"Yes!" she said while bouncing all around.

During lunch Grissom and Sara asked Lindsey about watching Ashley and the both of them seemed excited about it. They discussed all the details and after an agreement and lunch were finished they set out to finish the shopping.

Grissom and Sara were silently thinking the same thing, that some of the money they got for Ashley would be well spent on a college education for Lindsey.