4 Months:

Harry and Christine were waiting for the babysitter who was running late. "We're going to be late if we don't leave soon."

"I called the sitter and she said that she was having car problems."

"Oh well… it's not like court is going to start without us."

Christine nodded. She noticed that Abby was squirming quite a bit. "I think she wants to stretch out. Can you lay her blanket on the floor?"

"Sure" Harry grabbed Abigail's purple and green butterfly blanket and laid it on the rug in front of the sofa. Christine laid Abigail down. Abby loved to stretch out. "There we go Abby. That's much better isn't it?"

Abby smiled and started moving around.

Harry and Christine watched and laughed as their little girl was smiling and gurgling. They didn't really know why but she was a gurgler. It was adorable though. After a little bit more than five minutes, she started getting fussy. Harry picked her up and tried to settle her down. She did for a bit but then she started fussing again. Christine realized that she was hungry so she quickly fed her before the babysitter came. Another half hour had passed and there was still no sign of the babysitter.

"What are we going to do? We should have been at work twenty minutes ago."

Harry thought for a moment, "Well, I can think of two options…"

"Yes?"

"One, we could bring Abby to work with us, although it would be very distracting. Or two, we could see if Quon Le would mind watching her."

"Well… I guess we can trust Quon Le. She is an experienced mother."

"Good, I'll give Mac a call and see if he can ask Quon Le." He walked over to the phone.

"Don't we have their home number?"

"Somewhere but we don't have a lot of time to look for it."

Harry called and Mac said it wouldn't be a problem.

They packed a bag for Abigail, grabbed their coats, and were headed out the door when Christine suddenly thought, "Wait, what about the sitter?"

"What about her?"

"She's going to show up at some point and no one will be home."

"You're right. Hmm… we'll have to leave a note or something."

"I feel guilty though…"

"How come?"

"Because we're just leaving without letting her know."

"I know, but we can't be this late for work."

"I know…" she handed Abby to Harry. "Take Abby. I'll go write the note."

Harry nodded. He waited in the hall with Abigail. She started squirming again. "Don't worry, Mommy will be right back." It didn't take her long to settle down.

Christine came back about two minutes later with the note and a piece of tape. She taped the note to the door. "Okay, all set." She saw that Abby was almost asleep in Harry's arms. "Oh… how adorable is that?"

Harry smiled, "Very."

Christine laughed as she gave Harry a kiss before they started heading down the hallway.

"I love you."

"I love you too."