With the guidance of the doctors and nurses, and while squeezing the life out of Greg's hand, Lydia began to deliver their children. Catherine and Grissom would have been in the room with Greg and Lydia, but Catherine was just down the hall giving birth as well. Both women were covered in sweat, and in a lot of pain, and their husbands were starting to lose the feeling in their hands.
Lindsey, her Grandparents, Greg's parents, and friends of Greg, Lydia, Gil, and Catherine were in the waiting room. Nick looked lovingly at his fiancée and newly appointed shift leader Sara, who was three months pregnant. They were both thinking that they would be in the same place in six more months. Warrick and his fairly new bride, Roxie, were also there, but they didn't have to worry about having a child any time soon.
Sara had been appointed to be the Night-Shift Supervisor when Grissom would retire in a few months, but Nick had been moved down to that shift as well, because the positions were being rearranged and new people were being hired. However, when Sara would need to go on maternity leave only a couple months after that, Sophia Curtis would be given that position temporarily.
Several women could be heard yelling down the halls in the maternity wing of the hospital, but they could make out the screams of Catherine above the rest. The group was anxious and excited to know that their loved ones were going to have new additions to the family.
"Lindsey," Warrick began. "Do you know if your mom is having a boy or girl?"
She smiled and responded, "Of course I do, but I'm not telling, the betting pool will close when the birth is announced."
"Why aren't you in there with her," Sara asked.
"I think it'll be gross, so I don't want to see it."
"That's a good reason, I think," Nick replied.
Back in Lydia's room, the doctor was telling Lydia that she just needed to push one more time, and the baby would be out. So with a loving look at Greg, she squeezed down on his hand harder than before, and she let out a loud scream as she pushed the first child out.
"It's a girl," the doctor said. Then he handed the girl to a nurse, and continued, "Now we just need to get your little boy out and you'll be nearly done."
With tears coming down both of their faces, Greg and Lydia nodded to the doctor, and the second twin's delivery was started.
Down the hallway, closer to the waiting rooms, Catherine had been in labor for nearly six hours when the baby's head, then shoulders, and finally the baby's entire body came from her own. Gil kissed his wife on the forehead, while tears came from both of their eyes.
"I wonder how Lydia is doing, if we're grandparents yet," Catherine said.
"We'll see soon, but first lets see our newest child," Grissom responded.
After Catherine and the baby were cleaned up, they laid the baby on her chest. The child's parents looked lovingly at the little face. "He's beautiful," Catherine said.
"Well, should we give the doctor's his name?" Catherine nodded, and then Grissom told the doctor, "His name is Noah Alexander Grissom."
"That's a good name," the doctor replied.
Shortly there after, the trio was placed in another room of the hospital. A nurse was sent into the waiting room, with the news that Catherine had delivered a healthy baby boy. They had also been told that Lydia had given birth to their first child, and that the second was on the way. Lindsey took that news to her parents, and she saw her new brother.
I had never known what it would be like to have a younger sibling. It was exciting and terrifying, but when I saw my mother holding my baby brother, and Gil standing there beside them, I was happy. My brother looked so beautiful, and content.
However, my sister was experiencing something different than what I was, she was in the process of giving birth to the second of the twins. Apparently it was getting more difficult for her, because she was becoming exhausted. Considering the fact that she had been put in the hospital two days earlier to ensure the health of the baby, and that she had been in labor for nearly a day, it wasn't surprising. But she finally gave birth to the second child, her son about ten minutes after the first was born.
When the doctors were finished with her and the twins, she was placed in the same room with mom and baby Noah. The doctors only did it because mom and Lydia requested it. When they were settled in the room with the babies, our relatives and friends were allowed in.
Mom announced my brother first. She said, "This is our son, Noah Alexander Grissom. So, who won the betting pool, Warrick?"
"Now what makes you think we were betting on if your child was a boy or girl," Warrick replied with a smile.
"Because she knows you," Roxie replied.
"Well, why don't we let Lydia and Greg tell us what they've named my grandchildren," Grissom interrupted.
Lydia smiled softly, her face had a softened appearance as she gazed lovingly at her daughter. Greg was holding their son. "This little girl who I'm holding is Samantha Grace Sanders."
"And I'm holding our son, William Justin Sanders."
Everyone in the room smiled, and soon the babies were being passed around and snuggled by everyone, including myself. Before long, the betting was forgotten, except by me, which is when I brought it up again. "What about the bets, who one?"
Sara smiled, "I did, I guessed the gender of Gil and Cath's baby, and I guessed which day both women would give birth. I also guessed that the babies would be born consecutively. I won three hundred dollars."
"I'm impressed," Liddy said, as she held her children.
"So now we just need to start a pool for when Sara gives birth," Greg suggested.
It was a happy time, and later that day both mom and Liddy were released. Mom was on maternity leave, Lydia hadn't started her job with our grandfather yet, and Gil was preparing to retire. Other than those job changes, everything was going well. My life, despite being hectic was fine. It was the summer before my sophomore year of high school when the three were born. I was dating Tommy Robbins, and we were quite happy together. Warrick was married to one of Lydia's best friends, Nick and Sara were engaged with a baby on the way, my mom was remarried to a nice man, and Lydia was happily married to Greg. Life was good.
To Be Continued…
The next chapter will be the last one, and I'm nearly finished writing it too.
Thank you for staying with me for so long, and for reviewing so kindly.
I'm sorry for not updating as often as I should have, but I've been very busy, and life has been hectic.
Thank you for offering all of those names for me to choose from, it was a hard task.
BTW, William may be the name of the actor that plays Grissom, but that wasn't my reasoning for choosing it, I like the name, and it's my dad's name, that's why it was chosen.
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