As the days went on, Tony was getting stronger, and Ziva stayed right by his side. Tony was finally able to talk a little but not very much due to the burns on his face. He was supposed to have plastic surgery on his face later on in the week which they were both nervous about. The day of her ultrasound Ziva was excited to find out what their little DiNozzo was going to be. She had resorted to writing questions down on a dry erase board to communicate with Tony. She picked it up and wrote him a question.

If it's a boy, what do you want to name him?

His voice was still very weak, "Timothy James"

What if it's a girl?

"Kate" Tony whispered.

How about Jennifer Caitlin and we can call her Kate? Ziva suggested in writing.

Tony nodded.

Abby walked in on their baby naming conversation. She was the one that was going to be taking Ziva to her appointment today. She felt comfortable with having Abby at her side even though she really wished it was Tony that would be there to hold her hand and see their pride and joy. Ziva leaned down and gave Tony a kiss on the forehead. He reached up and patted her stomach and tried to smile. He was so proud to know he was going to be a father. As Abby and Ziva went to walk out of his room, Tony called to Ziva.

"Wait" he whispered.

Ziva turned really quick hearing his voice. What was he wanting to wait for? She walked back over to his bed and looked down at him and was beginning to write. Again he touched her stomach and whispered "wait." It dawned on her.

You want me to wait to find out the gender? she wrote.

Tony nodded.

Will do my love! She wrote. She leaned down and kissed him one more time before returning to Abby who was standing in the hallway.

"What was that all about?" Abby asked curious to know what was going on.

"Tony is wanting me to wait to find out what the gender of the baby is until he or she is born." Ziva explained as they walked.

The whole car ride over to the doctor's appointment was almost painful for Ziva as she listened to Abby go on and on about how this baby would be the first team baby, how excited she was to have a baby around headquarters, how spoiled the little one would be. Ziva really just wanted to tell Abby to shut up but to be honest she had never seen Abby so happy and she didn't want to ruin it. As the two girls waited in the doctors waiting room Abby decided to ask a question that was on her mind.

"Zee, if you and Tony don't want to know the gender, can I at least know and maybe the team? You can hold out on telling us the name but at least let us know the gender. Pleasssse?" Abby begged.

"Fine Abby, you guys can know the gender. But Tony and I want to be surprised. We picked out the names this morning." Ziva told her. She rubbed her eyes. She hadn't had a good night's sleep since before the accident.

"Oooh I bet they are good!" Abby said clapping her hands together.

"Mrs. DiNozzo?" The nurse said calling for Ziva.

"That's us!" Abby said grinning. She jumped up and was pulling Ziva out of her chair. If Ziva didn't know any better she would think this baby was Abby's.

"How are you today Mrs. DiNozzo?" the nurse asked.

"I'm good just ready to see my little one." Ziva answered.

"Will your husband be joining you today?" the nurse asked.

Ziva ducked her head. "No he is in the hospital."

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that. I hope he will be ok."

"Yeah me too."

By Ziva's reaction the nurse didn't want to pry and ask more questions. She took Ziva's vitals.

"The doctor will be in shortly." The nurse said turning to walk out.

"You know we should have a girls day after this!" Abby told Ziva patting her hand.

"Abs I really need too…"

"Oh come on Zee it will be fun!" Abby tried to convince Ziva.

"Ok but as long as we get back to Tony pretty soon. I feel bad for leaving him long enough to go to the doctor."

Before Abby could say anymore, Ziva's OB/GYN walked in.

"Good morning ladies. I am Dr. Chris Anderson. You must be the wonderful Ziva DiNozzo that I will have the privilege of delivering your little one. And who are you?" the doctor asked Abby.

"Oh I am Abby, Ziva's friend and co-worker." Abby said grinning. If her and McGee weren't a couple she would totally be trying to get with Dr. Anderson. He was a tall drink of water. If Abby had to guess, he was 6'2, brown hair and green eyes and had a similar hair cut to what Tony did in his younger years.

"Let's take a look at this little DiNozzo shall we!" Dr. Anderson said.

Ziva raised her shirt to reveal her little bump. Abby thought it was adorable. Ziva was already making a very cute pregnant lady. Dr. Anderson put the gel onto Ziva stomach and the first thing they were allowed to do was hear the baby's heartbeat. This brought tears to Ziva's eyes. That's when it hit Ziva, she was going to be a mother. That was her baby she was listening to. The next thing was the ultrasound. It was pretty amazing because it was the 4D ultrasound. As the doctor ran it across her stomach, she could see what her baby looked like.

"Hi little one, Abby that's my baby!" Ziva said. Abby had never seen Ziva so excited.

"Awe look Zee, little one looks a lot like you. I bet it will have Tony's eyes." Abby said.

About that time the baby smiled. "And of course Tony's smile." Abby added.

"Right now the baby is the size of a pear. If you haven't already thought about it. I would suggest going out and revamping your wardrobe and buying some cute maternity clothes to show off your bump." Dr. Anderson suggested.

Abby beamed. Ziva didn't know she was in for a shopping trip after this.

"Would you like to find out the gender of the baby?" Dr. Anderson asked.

"No, my husband and I would like to be surprised when the baby is born." Ziva said. She looked over at Abby and smiled. "But you can tell Abby."

"Very well." Dr. Anderson said. He leaned and whispered to Abby the gender. Abby couldn't help but smile. Ziva and Tony were going to be so excited when they find out.

The doctor printed out a picture of the ultrasound. Before handing it to Ziva he wrote on the bottom of it Baby DiNozzo. He handed it to Ziva and she just stared at it. That was her baby and Tony's baby. The child that she was afraid wouldn't have a father. Now she was seeing that little one for the first time, and Tony was getting better. Everything was finally starting to fall into place.

"Ok Mrs. DiNozzo, I will see you back in here in about 4 weeks." Dr. Anderson said shaking their hands.

As Ziva and Abby walked out to the car Abby asked "Are you ready for your girl's day out now?"

"I suppose" Ziva said. She had no idea what she was getting herself into.

First thing the girls did was go out for lunch. Ziva was going to eat just a light salad until Abby kept pushing food at her.

"Come on Zee, you got to eat. You're eating for two now." Abby said.

"Abs, I've been eating for two for 17 weeks now. I think I'm ok." Ziva responded.

Next stop was at a maternity wardrobe shop.

"Abby, I will just wear sweat pants or yoga pants and some of Tony's t-shirts until the baby is born." Ziva protested.

"No ma'am. You're only pregnant for 40 weeks. Embrace the bump, show it off, wear cute clothes." Abby said trying to get the point out there.

"Abby there is nothing cute about being sick every morning and feeling like a whale." Ziva again tried to protest.

"Come on Zee it will be fun!" Abby pleaded.

"Fine Abs, only for you." Ziva answered reluctantly.

Abby squealed with excitement.

As they looked around at clothes Abby found some really cute shirts for Ziva. One that said future ninja in the making, that one actually got a pretty good laugh out of Ziva.

"Oh look Zee you can even have the ultrasound put onto a shirt." Abby exclaimed.

"Yeah because that's not creepy at all." Ziva said rolling her eyes.

The madness went on for well over an hour of Abby finding clothes for Ziva to try on. Gibbs had already told Ziva that she could take paid time off while Tony was in the hospital and rehab. When he found out she was also pregnant it helped too. He didn't want her coming back to work until after she had the baby. With Ziva knowing this, she knew it would be long drawn out days at the hospital and wanted something comfortable that would fit. She settled on a few maternity dresses and a couple of pairs of maternity jeans. She had no idea how many maternity tops Abby had put up at the register to buy for Ziva. Ziva was just ready to have this shopping trip over. Abby had more shopping stops planned but Ziva protested.

"Abby I am exhausted. Can you please take me back up to the hospital?" Ziva pleaded.

"Yeah I guess we can go shopping some more some other time." Abby said. She was just glad she got Ziva away from the hospital awhile, she really needed it.

When Ziva went back into Tony's room, he was asleep. Dr. Pitt was in the room with him checking on him.

"How is he doing Brad?" Ziva asked.

"Not bad actually. We will do a few more skin grafts tomorrow and if all goes well we can start the reconstructive surgery on his face by the end of the week." Brad answered.

"How long before I will get to see his face again?" Ziva asked.

"It may still be a few weeks. He will have to have a few of the reconstructive and possibly plastic surgery. I just want to warn you Ziva. He will never look like the Tony we both knew before." Brad explained.

"He didn't look the same the day he came in here. I don't care what he looks like. All I care about is that he is alive." Ziva said.

Tony started to wake up and Ziva moved closer to his bed.

"How's our baby?" Tony whispered.

Ziva nodded. She pulled the picture from her bag and showed Tony the ultrasound. Tony looked at it and began to cry. He was excited to be a father. He just wished he could hurry up and heal and be able to go with Ziva to her appointments. Tony seen Ziva's little bump and rubbed it with his hand.

"Daddy's baby" he whispered. Ziva felt something she had never felt before. It was like something kicked her right in the gut. She hurried and got her dry erase board and wrote

Say that again

"Daddy's baby" he whispered once more this time keeping his hand still on Ziva's stomach. This time the baby kicked harder. Ziva and Tony both laughed and smiled.

"Awe it's going to be my little ninja just like it's momma." Tony was able to say. Their little one was wanting to encourage its daddy to get stronger. From then on, anytime the baby heard Tony's voice it would start kicking. Ziva knew this little one was going to have Tony wrapped around it's little finger.

Abby starts planning a baby shower. What kind of present do you think the team will get for Baby DiNozzo? Plus, Tony and Ziva get to see Tony's new face for the first time. New Chapter up soon! Please Review!