A/N: Hello again, everyone!

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds.

My apologies if I had made any mistakes but enjoy the chapter!

This chapter takes place in July.

"Maeve! Bobby!" Elise and Reid acknowledged Maeve and Bobby with BJ as they stepped into the house.

"Hey, you two." Maeve happily greeted the couple as she was bouncing BJ in her arms. "Don't you three look mighty festive for the 4th of July." Maeve admired the Bastien-Reid couple's red, white, and blue attire and Séraphine's flag dress with a tutu and bow headband.

Reid replied, "As do BJ."

"We're making it work." Bobby adjusted BJ's flag-themed tall hat, "God Bless the United States of America."

After a couple of hours of snapshotting pictures of them with their USA flags, painting, watching movies, and eating some barbecue, Reid and Bobby were cooking up one last round of barbecue while Elise and Maeve were chilling in the living room with Séraphine and BJ.

Elise said as she was feeding Séraphine. "Drink up, little girl."

"Drink up, so you can get big and strong, BJ," Maeve said to BJ.

Reid and Bobby walked out of the kitchen with a plate of vegetables.

"We got some more grilled veggies." Bobby set the plate down on the coffee table; Elise helped herself to a piece of asparagus as Maeve helped herself to a carrot.

"Thank you, honey."

"Love you." Maeve and Bobby kissed, and Bobby kissed BJ's face, "I love you, too, little buddy." Bobby's eyes widened when BJ's eyes widened.

Reid sat down next to Elise and picked up Séraphine's red, white, and blue handprint and footprint to celebrate her 1st 4th of July.

Elise looked at the picture as well, "Aw, isn't that cute?" Elise flattered.

Bobby sat down next to Maeve and embraced her as he asked Reid,

"So, Spencer. What are you doing during your sabbatical?"

Reid answered, "I'm just taking a break from work and being a stay-at-home father to Fifi while my wife acts as the sole breadwinner and takes down the unsubs via the law. Especially since she spent three months mothering her."

Bobby chuckled, "Well, that's a good thing; everyone needs a break."

"I know what you mean," Maeve giggled, "I've been thinking about taking some more time off, but to perhaps write a book."

"Ooh," Elise sounded interested. "What kind of book?"

"A kid-friendly book on genetics," Maeve responded. "It's all about genetics; from DNA to genes, traits in people, plants, animals. I got down a few rough drafts, and it's still in process, but I think it could be a good idea. Kids being entertained while learning about genetics."

Elise pouted her lips to think for a moment before saying, "I'd read that."

"I would, too."

"Okay, Fifi." Reid was sitting on the living room floor, playing with Séraphine, who was on her playmat; Opal curiously watching them from the corner. "Can you do this?"

Reid attempted to do his best angry and frowning face, knowing at this stage, Séraphine likes to use her face to make a wide range of emotions. Making a growl, he saw Séraphine crunching her face together. He almost smirked when he pulls out his cell phone and takes a picture of her scrunched face; she just looked so cute doing that.

Crouching down to her size and shaking his head again, "Okay, now. How about this one?"

Reid placed his hands on his cheeks and did his best Home Alone Kevin McCallister surprised face. Reid smiled again when Séraphine made an open-mouth surprised face. Laughing as he picked her up, "Oh, aren't you cute?"

The front door opened, and it was Élise who had just walked in.

"Hi, everyone."

Reid's mouth opened and waved Séraphine's hand, "It's mommy."

Séraphine's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree when she saw Élise and began kicking her legs and wiggling her arms in the air, excitingly cooing. Reid noted, "I guess Fifi wants Mama to hold her."

Élise gently took Séraphine from Reid's arms and smooched her face, "Hi, my little Fifi. I miss you, oh." Smooching her face again, tenderly wiping her lipstick marks from her face. "Oh, sorry if I'm getting my lipstick on your pretty little face, but I can't help it if you're just so kissable." Élise began kissing Séraphine again, making her giggle and coo joyfully.

Reid laughed, "And me?"

Élise gave Reid a sly smile before giving him a lip kiss. "I can never about you."

Opal curled up to Élise's legs; Élise scratches behind her ears, "And you, Opal girly-girl."

Élise looked at the black-and-white anniversary pictures she, Reid, and Séraphine took some time ago and instantly smiled. Élise placed some of the pictures in a big memory book just as Reid snuck up from behind her and comforted her, kissing the top of her head.

"I think you were a male model in a past life," Élise commented.

Reid chuckled in response. "An entire year. And within that year, we have the most precious, wonderful, and delightful oversized vat of delicious bubbliness of a little girl."

"Yeah. Those are some of the best words to describe our Sera-Fifi." Élise giggled; she turned a page and got to the pictures with Séraphine alone. "Look at our little supermodel, working it." She snapped her fingers. "Maybe she could be a baby model."

"She's still in diapers, Lise." Reid cocked his head and gently smiled, "There's plenty of time for her to think about what she wants to be when she grows up. Plus, I don't think you want to be one of the overbearing stage moms who controls everything she does."

"I know," Élise agreed. Her head downturned, and she could feel her eyes getting moist, her chin trembled. "She really is growing up so fast, and I'm going to keep saying that until the day I die." Heavily exhaling, "You know we had this conversation before, but I really do worry. My biggest fear is outliving her. Us having to bury our child."

Reid trembly sighed, "I know. But nothing's going to happen to her. She has two badass feds for parents; one who takes down the unsubs and one who throws the book at them."

Élise lightly laughed, "I like when you say badass."

They engaged in a light, but adoring kiss.

"Ahh!" Séraphine's face was getting red, and she waved her arms in the air as she was fussy about getting her dirty diaper changed.

"I'm almost done, Fifi," Reid exclaimed, trying to match the volume of his voice with her cries. "Almost…there."

Séraphine immediately calmed down once the fresh diaper was on her little waist. "It's not too tight on you, huh?"

Séraphine started smiling when she was in Reid's arms, which made him instantly smile. Talking to her, looking her deep in the eye. "I know you don't like having your diaper changed, but you don't want diaper rash again, do you?"

Séraphine firmly grasped Reid's nose, making him laugh just as Élise walked in. She coyly asked, "I'm not interrupting diaper changing, am I?"

"We're good," Reid answered as he bounced Séraphine in his arms. "She hates having her diaper changed."

"Who doesn't?" Élise tickled Séraphine's tummy, causing her to release babble and coo, even giggling.

"Hello again, Dr. Kelly," Élise walked in with Séraphine in her arms and Reid behind them.

"Hello again." Dr. Pierce waved and smiled at the three when they walked into her office and closed the door behind them. "Here for another checkup and some follow-ups for her vaccinations." She picks up her clipboard on the table as Élise and Reid sat down with Séraphine on Élise's lap. Dr. Pierce happily asked them, "How is everyone today?"

"We're all good, even this little bugger," Élise answered and motioned her head to Séraphine, who began sucking on her fingers before solely on her thumb.

Dr. Pierce grinned at the sight of Séraphine sucking her thumb. "Babies sucking on their thumbs at this stage is a self-soothing sign, and there are reasons why they do that. Boredom, keep their anxiety at bay, environmental coping, even asserting their independence, so you don't have to worry about it."

"However, thumb sucking can potentially interrupt the correct alignment of her teeth, leading to teeth problems later in her life, and it can be a hard habit to kick out," said Reid.

Dr. Kelly agreed, nodding her head, "Absolutely, but most infants grow out of it without any intervention needed, so…just keep that thought in mind." Moving onto the next topic, "Now… still breastfeeding, Élise?"

"Yup." Élise nodded her head.

Dr. Pierce questioned again, "Sleeping on her back."

"Definitely," Reid replied.

"Tummy time?"

Élise snapped her fingers, "Great."

Dr. Pierce questioned, "Sleep patterns?"

"Like clockwork," Élise responded.

"Social and emotional milestones?"

Reid rambled, "She loves to hold, grasp, mimic, smile, laugh, cry, urinate, waste, coo, bond, play, babble wander, watch, see. She can sit up with support, and she just rolled over from her belly to her back."

Dr. Pierce gushed when Reid mentioned the last part. "Oh, I remember the first time Shiloh rolled over from his belly to his back. It was just so cute and adorable."

Élise beamed, "I know."

A/N: Sorry for ending this chapter so early; serious writer's block. I hope it'll get better by the next chapter.