Austin Tyler Stokes was born at 2:34am on July 4th. He is the most
beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on. He looks just like Nick. I
cannot believe that this little guy I'm holding in my arms is mine. I have
a vague recollection that labor hurt like hell, but it was fast. I hear I
should be thankful for that. By the time I realized I was really in labor,
the hard contractions had started. The pain pales in comparison to my son.
Nick's son. I grin. Nick's dad is going to be so happy that there's a
boy to carry on the Stokes name. I know he would have been just as happy
if we had a girl, but I think he's proud of his name. He should be. Nick
is asleep on a fold out bed in the hospital room. I can't seem to sleep.
I've been a mom for about four hours. All I want to do is watch my baby
boy sleep. He is so perfect.
I glance over at Nick. He's awake and smiling at me.
I grin. "He looks just like you, Nick."
Nick stands and comes over to sit on the edge of my bed. "I don't know, I think I have a little more hair."
I laugh. Nick can always make me laugh. "He's perfect."
Nick leans over and kisses my cheek. "Just like his mother. You make beautiful children, Sara."
I chuckle. It's going to be a while before I think about having another child. Right now I'm sore as hell. I think I'm going to have the doctor explain that one to Nick. We're going to have to wait a little while before we can resume those kind of activities. It'll be good for him though. By the time we get to have sex again, he'll be horny as hell and so will I. I think I'll enjoy that.
"My parents are flying out tomorrow. My mom is looking forward to helping out." Nick is grinning at our son. Our son. Nick informed me after we named him that our son has the same name as two cities in Texas. Austin and Tyler. I'm just glad he didn't insist on something like Waxahachie. I think it is so funny the way Nick loves Texas. In fact almost everyone I've ever met from Texas feels the same way about it.
"Is Catherine coming by after shift?" I can't wait to show off my little boy to our friends.
Nick chuckles. "Yeah, and she's going to make sure that Grissom, Warrick, Greg, Jaqui, Archie, Bobby, and Brass come too."
I laugh. Nick knows that I've become much closer with some of the lab techs. He's always been friendly with them. But then, Nick is just that kind of person. He makes friends wherever he goes.
I glance at the clock. The team should be getting off shift soon. If I know Catherine, she'll find a way to leave early so she's the first one here. As if on cue there is a knock on the door.
Nick and I glance over at the door as it opens. Catherine pops her head in and she is grinning from ear to ear. "Am I allowed to hold the baby."
Nick is grinning bigger than I've ever seen him. "Catherine, meet our son. Austin Tyler Stokes."
I gently pass Austin to Catherine. She coos at him and looks at Nick and I. "He is so beautiful. He looks like you, Nicky."
I chuckle. "That's what I think, but Nick thinks he's got more hair than Austin."
"Don't you think Sara makes beautiful children?" Nick is grinning at me.
Catherine chuckles.
Austin cries and Catherine rocks him for a little while and then hands him back to me. "I think he wants his mama."
That's me. I'm Austin's mama. I'm Nick's wife. I think I'm the happiest woman in the world. The sorest woman in the world, but the happiest woman in the world.
I glance over at Nick. He's awake and smiling at me.
I grin. "He looks just like you, Nick."
Nick stands and comes over to sit on the edge of my bed. "I don't know, I think I have a little more hair."
I laugh. Nick can always make me laugh. "He's perfect."
Nick leans over and kisses my cheek. "Just like his mother. You make beautiful children, Sara."
I chuckle. It's going to be a while before I think about having another child. Right now I'm sore as hell. I think I'm going to have the doctor explain that one to Nick. We're going to have to wait a little while before we can resume those kind of activities. It'll be good for him though. By the time we get to have sex again, he'll be horny as hell and so will I. I think I'll enjoy that.
"My parents are flying out tomorrow. My mom is looking forward to helping out." Nick is grinning at our son. Our son. Nick informed me after we named him that our son has the same name as two cities in Texas. Austin and Tyler. I'm just glad he didn't insist on something like Waxahachie. I think it is so funny the way Nick loves Texas. In fact almost everyone I've ever met from Texas feels the same way about it.
"Is Catherine coming by after shift?" I can't wait to show off my little boy to our friends.
Nick chuckles. "Yeah, and she's going to make sure that Grissom, Warrick, Greg, Jaqui, Archie, Bobby, and Brass come too."
I laugh. Nick knows that I've become much closer with some of the lab techs. He's always been friendly with them. But then, Nick is just that kind of person. He makes friends wherever he goes.
I glance at the clock. The team should be getting off shift soon. If I know Catherine, she'll find a way to leave early so she's the first one here. As if on cue there is a knock on the door.
Nick and I glance over at the door as it opens. Catherine pops her head in and she is grinning from ear to ear. "Am I allowed to hold the baby."
Nick is grinning bigger than I've ever seen him. "Catherine, meet our son. Austin Tyler Stokes."
I gently pass Austin to Catherine. She coos at him and looks at Nick and I. "He is so beautiful. He looks like you, Nicky."
I chuckle. "That's what I think, but Nick thinks he's got more hair than Austin."
"Don't you think Sara makes beautiful children?" Nick is grinning at me.
Catherine chuckles.
Austin cries and Catherine rocks him for a little while and then hands him back to me. "I think he wants his mama."
That's me. I'm Austin's mama. I'm Nick's wife. I think I'm the happiest woman in the world. The sorest woman in the world, but the happiest woman in the world.
