A/N Thanks to all who have reviewed, favorited and followed. Will probably post two more chapters before the 26th and the start of season 15.

Chapter 9, And Baby Makes Four: June 2017

Ziva's sonogram at the end of January showed the baby to be at about nineteen weeks. Tony and Ziva had flip-flopped on learning the gender, but when they viewed the image, both were sure it was a boy. Tony asked the tech, who confirmed that the baby did indeed look to be a boy. The pregnancy was uneventful and Tony reveled in every new development. He still regretted missing the milestones with Tali, but as he told Ziva one night when she was particularly hormonal and crying and apologizing for him missing out with Tali, "it's water under the bridge."

Tali got more excited to be a big sister as her Ima's baby bump grew. Ziva would have Tali come place her hand on her abdomen and feel her brother kick or move. Tony would feel his son moving and his eyes would tear up.

Anthony D. DiNozzo, III made his appearance on 5 June 2017 at 0344. He was three weeks earlier than Ziva's due date, but at six pounds, nine ounces and twenty inches long, he was ready to go home a day after his debut. Tony and Ziva set up a Skype call with Tim and Delilah the day after Anthony came home. Ziva and Delilah had been chatting on their own without the men over pregnancy and their hormones and weird cravings. Delilah and Tim knew they were having twins, but it was still too early to determine gender.

"Unka Tim! Aunt Dee! Looka my baby brother!" Tali jumped up and down excitedly as Ziva held baby Anthony up for them to see. "He cries lots and poops." Tim and Delilah smiled. Ziva and Tony smiled and Tony almost laughed out loud.

"He looks like Tony," Tim could see the DiNozzo face on the baby.

"Eats like him, too," laughed Ziva. "He has quite the appetite already." Anthony chose that moment to let out a wail, and Ziva said her goodbyes and went to tend to him. Tony and Tali talked a bit more and then ended the call.

~TIVA~

The family celebrated Tali's third birthday with just themselves and a Skype call to Tim and Delilah. Tali was using more and more words and sentences. Ziva kept her Hebrew word vocabulary learning going and Tony would sit in when they would name objects in both Hebrew and English. He probably would never be fluent, but he wanted to learn and share in his children's and wife's heritage.

Anthony settled into a routine and by his original due date, he weighed nearly nine pounds and was twenty-one inches long. He loved to watch Tali as she moved around and she was fascinated by him.

Tony's birthday, in July, was celebrated with a family trip to the local petting zoo, and a movie marathon at home. Tali drew pictures for her Abba, and Ziva cooked his favorite lasagna recipe. After the kids were in bed for the night, Ziva turned to Tony, "Are you ready to go back to DC? Do you want to go back?"

Tony was somewhat surprised by her question, but when he thought about it, he really did want to go back. "Yeah, I miss Tim and the rest of them, and I really would like to be back in the States."

"Well, that is the answer I was hoping to get; here is the rest of your birthday present." Ziva handed him an envelope. Inside were tickets for all of them to fly to DC on the twenty-ninth of July. "We are going home, Tony."

"Wow, Zi. Thanks; are you sure you want to do this? I want what you want, you know."

Ziva nodded, "Absolutely. I miss our family there as much as you do. Besides, I think it is time our children get to know them as well. Ducky and Gibbs are not getting any younger. I want Tali and Anthony to experience their love."

~TIVA~

Tim scanned the passengers coming down the breezeway at BWI. He spotted Ziva first; could never miss those curls. She was carrying Anthony in a sling type carrier and had a large tote slung over one shoulder. Tony was just behind her, carrying Tali. He also had a tote slung over one shoulder. Tim rushed forward to greet his friends, and thought, no, not my friends, my brother, sister, niece and nephew. Tali spotted Tim and squirmed to have Tony put her down. "Unka Tim! Unka Tim!"

They gathered their luggage from the baggage carousel, and Tim texted Delilah, who met them outside the door in the loading zone. She had a minivan with car seats for both Tali and Anthony. Ziva and Anthony sat in the rear seats, Tony and Tali in the middle and Tim in the passenger seat up front.

Tali told all who would listen about the flight and the kid in the seat in front of them who threw up (two times, Unka Tim.) Delilah pulled into the driveway of the house that Tony and Ziva had rented for six months. She and Tim had found a fully furnished three bedroom house at a reasonable rent through a coworker of Delilah's whose brother and his family were in Germany for a year. They had purchased sheets and towels for the DiNozzos to use until they settled in and could buy their own.

Ziva handed Anthony to Delilah as she got Tali settled for the night. Tony and Tim brought the luggage in from the van. Tim then handed the keys to Tony. "We figured you would need a vehicle until you could get your own. Car seats are yours as well. I found this on the NCIS impound lot auction last week. Car seats came with it."

"Thanks, Tim. You didn't have to do that." Tony hugged his brother.

"Yeah, I did, Tony. Family takes care of each other."