Chapter 9
Ryan was up all night that night with his teeth coming in. Sara rubbed baby orajel on his gums periodically through the night. Grissom came to relieve her about two.
"But Grissom, you have to work tomorrow." She protested.
"I'm awake and can't go back to sleep. Please, honey, go get some rest. You will have both of them up and ready to go early in the morning. You need to sleep." He kissed her cheek while he took Ryan from her arms. "Good night. Sweet dreams."
Sara watched from the doorway while Grissom talked soothingly to the baby. "Now, Slugger, you have be good for Mommy tomorrow. Sissy too."
Sara smiled and padded down the hall toward their room. She stopped at Kacee's door and peeked in.
She was so proud of the little girl laying in the bed. She remembered back to when she was having her.
FLASHBACK
"Come on, Sara. ONE more good push and you should be done." Her doctor said softly.
"I can't. I just wanna sleep." She was exhausted. She had been pushing for five hours. "Griss, I can't do this."
He looked down at her. "You've come this far, Sara. You can't give up now. Come on, honey. Where is the fighter I know?" He squeezed her hand. "One more push."
Sara bore down hard and gave one last hard push. She lay her head back on pillow. She heard the baby crying. "You did it, Sara." The doctor said softly. "It's a girl."
"A girl, Grissom. A girl. I wanted a girl." She said as tears streamed down her face. The doctor lay the baby in her arms. "Hey, angel. I'm your momma. And here is your Daddy." She let Grissom sit down on the bed and look down at them both.
"Now I've got the two most prettiest girls in the world." He kissed first the baby's head then Sara's lips. "You've given me the greatest gift of all."
The doctor smiled at the scene before her. "So what's this baby's name?"
"Kacee Marie Grissom." They said together.
"After his mother." Sara finished.
END FLASHBACK
Sara continued her journey to her room. She lay down in the bed and pulled the covers up to her chin. She was the luckiest woman in the world. She had two beautiful children and the greatest husband and father to her kids she could ever ask for.
Grissom came in a few hours later. He lay a now sleeping Ryan in bed beside his mother. He kissed her head. "See you after work. I love you, Sara." He kissed her lips softly.
"I love you too." She whispered. "Have a good day, babe."
TBC…
Chapter 10
