A/N: Hello again, everyone!

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds.

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

The chapter starts off the night Reid comes home from The Bittersweet Science's case, December 17th, 2011.

Previously on Criminal Minds…

"I'm still not feeling great."

"Could be that flu that's been going on at work."

"I'm not sure."

"How are you?"

"I'm pregnant."

"Say what now?" Reid would only say those words as he repeated what Élise had just told him. "You're pregnant?"

Élise simply and silently nodded her head.

"Pregnant? Huh?" Reid stroked his chin and had his bewilderment look on his face. Like how he could not even notice that Élise was pregnant? But more important, how could Élise not know she was pregnant? Surprisingly not stuttering, he exclaimed, "How did that happen?"

Élise chuckled, "Believe me, I'm shocked, too. It all started when I when decided to make an appointment this morning…"

"Say what now?" A flabbergasted Élise asked Dr. Isabel Patterson as she was in her office. "I'm pregnant?"

Dr. Patterson nodded her head and said, "Mm-hmm. Yeah," She looked down at the results of the physical exam, blood test, and ultrasound scans. "The prenatal screening shows the baby's healthy. All the parts are in the right place. Take a look."

Élise is given an ultrasound of her unborn child. Her mouth dropped open and froze in shock for a few seconds before she finally gulped the spit in her mouth and quietly whispered, "Wow."

"You're about…twelve weeks," said Dr. Patterson as she looked at the charts in her file.

"Wow," Élise was still dumbfounded by this news. "Just…oh…"

Dr. Patterson asked Élise with concern, "Did you notice you were missing your periods?"

Élise stroked her head in circles, trying to think about when the last time she had her period was. Her jaw dropped again when she realized, "Oh…!" She went through her bag and found her cell phone. Clicking on the calendar app, she counted back to twelve weeks and realized the date.

It was when she and Spencer flew from Australia for the congressional hearing.

"Oh, Spencer…"

"…Élise…?"

"…Do you want to…?"

"…Élise…?"

"Huh?"

Élise snapped out when Dr. Patterson noticed the paling shock look on Élise's face as she was having flashbacks, "What happened?"

"Uh…well…Spencer and I…we, uh…" Élise tried to say with hesitation but yet is still wondering. "But how could…?"

A nonjudgmental Dr. Patterson understood what Élise was trying to tell her and said, "What you are having is a denial pregnancy."

"What's that?" asked Élise.

Dr. Patterson explained to Élise, "A denial pregnancy is a conditional term for which a woman denies that she's pregnant."

"W-what?" Élise was starting to feel a bit ashamed for not realizing she was pregnant. Nevertheless, she asked. "What causes this?"

Dr. Patterson clarified, "Several things can keep a woman from noticing she's pregnant. There could be no symptoms such as the usual weight gain, morning sickness, and nausea."

"Well, I have been feeling tired lately." Élise looked down at her stomach. "And I have been trying to tone my body a bit."

"There's also period problems, weight changes, stress, and fear," Dr. Patterson described before asking Élise, "Have you been stressful?"

Élise sighed. Scratching her head, she said, "Well, uh…Spencer and I...something happened during that time and, uh…yeah. Yeah." She took another look at her ultrasound and whispered. "I still can't believe it."

"I still can't believe it either," said Reid, staring at the twelve-week ultrasound of his unborn child before staring at Élise's stomach and placing his hand over it. "You have a baby inside you."

Élise placed her hand over his and replied, "Yeah." Shaking her head, "I just…how could I've missed something like this? I mean…I thought I took the morning-after pill, but…I guess I must have forgotten with the stress of..."

"Yeah." Reid tapped her palm. "Yeah. I still can't believe we're having a baby. Again."

Élise replied, "And to think we were going to wait another year or two." She looked to Reid; tears flew from her eyes. "But…yeah. This is happening again."

"We're having another baby." Reid chuckled as he became overwhelmed with emotion and hugged Élise with all his might, "We're having another baby."

Getting some sleep, Reid decided to let Élise sleep through the morning while he took care of Séraphine.

After lunch, Reid and Élise decided to take Séraphine to a local Christmas tree farm, strolled the DC area looking at the Christmas lights and decorations before coming home. After dinner, while Élise was giving Séraphine her bath and getting her ready for bed, Reid added a couple of Christmas lights in her nursery.

After breakfast, Reid and Élise took Séraphine for Sunday church services; Maeve, Bobby, and BJ were out of town for the holiday seasons and listened to their pastor's sermon about the holiday seasons and the New Year.

They soon spent the rest of the day writing, signing, sending Christmas cards and gifts to the team and colleagues, donating old belongings to those in need, and doing a homemade photoshoot for their holiday card.

Now it was Monday morning; Reid and Élise were currently finishing up some last-minute Christmas shopping.

"Aw, look at this," Élise picked up a blue and white striped onesie and showed it to Reid. "Isn't this cute?"

Reid smiled and said, "It's nice, but I do like this one." Reid picked up a green onesie with 'Baby Love' in green letters. He squatted and asked Séraphine, who was chilling in her stroller seat. "What do you think, Fifi?"

"Yea!" Séraphine exclaimed, clapping her hands before giggling.

Reid gave her a forehead kiss and rose before whispering in Élise's ear, "You don't think Séraphine knows what's going on, right?"

"Spen, she's almost ten months," Élise said as she saw Séraphine jamming to the Christmas music through the speakers. "I don't think she's worried about that. Don't worry; we won't discuss where babies come from until she's much older."

"Or she'll read about it when she's much older," Reid joked, making Élise laugh.

"Perhaps we should hide some books from her and limit her internet time when she gets older," Élise suggested, with Reid nodding his head in agreement.

Before slipping into a few more stores, Reid and Élise took Séraphine for her first visit to see Santa. They bought more last-minute gifts before leaving the Tysons Corner Center.

"Oh, wait until Aunt Ethel sees this onesie," Élise commented on the white onesie that says, "Guess Who's Going To Be An Auntie Again." She properly folded it and placed it back in the bag of presents they planned to give when they reached Las Vegas.

Reid massaged his ears as he was reading Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species and replied, "Wait until we tell her we're expecting another baby. I'm still trying to prepare my eardrums."

Élise chuckled as she crawled in bed next to him, "Oh, I can imagine it already."

"Did you ask about the gender?" Reid asked as he placed the book on the bedside.

Élise answered, "I think we should wait until I'm about twenty weeks."

"I think that's a good idea," said Reid as he wrapped his arms around Élise.

Élise sighed, "We're expecting another baby. I guess it was a good thing that I didn't take the morning after pill, huh?"

"Yeah." Reid chuckled before they shared a lip kiss.

Reid danced with Séraphine to Bobby Helms' Jingle Bell Rock just as Élise came back into the living room with a brown box of old Christmas decorations, "I found them." She placed the box on the coffee table and took a quick snapshot of Reid and Séraphine dancing before hanging the stockings on the mantle. "Aw, don't you two look cute?"

"Just getting our little helper into the Christmas spirit." Reid tickled Séraphine's tummy and made her laugh. "Yes, I am because this is your first Christmas."

"Look what we got you," Élise presented to Séraphine her very own stocking with her name in sparkling Christmas-themed glitter. "Your very own Christmas stocking."

Séraphine clapped her hands, "Yay!"

Reid smiled as well and asked her, "Do you like it?"

"Yea!" Séraphine cheered before giggling from Opal licking her bare baby feet.

"Of course, we can never forget about you, Opal." Reid and Élise stroked Opal's fur as Élise presented to Opal her stocking before hanging it on the mantle. "No, we can't."

Reid allowed Séraphine to pick up an ornament, and it was her first Christmas ornament, made with painted salt dough with her first handprint and hung on the Christmas tree.

"Do you like it?" Reid asked Séraphine as he helped her hang her ornament.

"Yea!" Séraphine happily cheered again.