Once again I forgot today was Tuesday. Whoops. Sorry about that, but better late than never.

Originally I wasnt planning to end it here, but I thought this was a fitting ending. I hope you all like it. Thank-you all for reading as faithfully as you have and for all of the reviews. I have decided to end the story here. I think I ended it up quite neatly, leaving a few things unanswered in case I want to write a sequel, but it doesn't take away from the story without answering them. Hope ya'll enjoyed it.

Just a note about Harley that was mentioned in a review. It is all explained in the chapter where Abby goes back to DC for a visit, Chapter 19. Abby was going to bring Harley back to Australia with her, but she and Abby's niece Becca really bonded and since Becca was having a hard time adjusting to two little brothers Abby felt it best to leave Harley there with her.

Again, thanks everyone for reading. I hope you all enjoyed it!

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"And that is how you got your name." Abby said as little Emma looked up at her with bright chocolate eyes. "I fell asleep with you the night you were born after looking through the baby name book Grandpa gave your Ima when he came for a . . . visit. I bookmarked a page and because your Ima and I know each other so well she suggested the name I had been looking at. But we knew what your middle name would be long before that. Kate was a good person. A great friend and agent. Anyone would be lucky to carry her name." She leaned down and placed a kiss on Emma's forehead.

"I think Gibbs took her death the hardest. Ari-um…well, the person who shot her wanted to get to Gibbs." She didn't know whether it would be a good idea to tell Emma about Ari. He was, after all, Ziva's brother. "But we all lost her." She took a deep breath and smiled down at her daughter. "And then Ziva came and the rest is history."

"Please tell me you are not still telling her about-"

"About our family." Abby said. "We're going to look at the pictures later."

"Well I am going for a run. Will you two be alright?"

"Yeah. That's fine. She just ate so we should be good for a while." Abby tilted her head up for a kiss.

Ziva placed a kiss on Abby's lips and a gentle kiss on Emma's head. "I'll be back."

"We'll probably be down at the beach. Sam is bringing Shannon and Lil, Courtney, Gwen and Luce are gonna come down too. You going for an hour?"

Ziva nodded as she put her hair up into a ponytail. "I will join you when I am done, yes?"

Abby nodded. "Sure. I'll wait to take her in the water until you get back."

"Okay." With one last kiss Ziva headed off on her run.

"Your Ima is crazy." Abby cooed to the baby. When Emma hit four weeks old Ziva decided it was time to get back to running. Literally, the day she turned four weeks. She hadn't been able to at all in her third trimester because of the risk of her going into pre-term labor again, so she was pretty out of shape. But Ziva being Ziva, she didn't let that stop her. She had been running for eight weeks at this point and she was just about able to run as long as long as she did before she got pregnant. Not that she was back to her pre-baby body just yet, but it was greatly helping her shed the baby pounds. Anyone looking at her who didn't know her wouldn't have been able to tell that she had a baby. But for Ziva it was more about getting back into shape than losing the weight. She could protect her family better if she was in shape and ready for whatever may happen.

Abby stood up and placed Emma in her crib. She had slept quite a while before waking up to be fed, but Abby knew that the little girl probably had half hour of sleep left in her. And that half hour could be the difference between a nice, pleasant afternoon and a not so pleasant afternoon. "Just enough time for Mommy to remember where I put your bathing suit. And the umbrella. And my bathing suit." She grabbed the monitor off the shelf and clipped it to her belt. She had a feeling she was going to be looking all over the house so having it attached to her was just easier.

Just as Abby had predicted half an hour later Emma was awake and crying to be picked up. Abby quickly threw a pair of shorts on over her bathing suit and grabbed Emma's suit off the dresser. There were a pair of matching little sandals, but Abby had enough trouble finding everything else that she had a second before Emma went into full meltdown mode.

"Hey hey hey. Little girl." Abby bent over the crib and picked up the screaming infant. "It's okay. Momma's here. No more tears." Abby held the baby right over her heart and her cries soon subsided. Abby brought her over to the changing table and swapped her diaper for a swim diaper and put her in her tiny swimsuit. Abby loved it. It was a one piece. She was in no way shape or form going to let her three month old daughter wear a two-piece. Not until she was at least able to walk. And even then it was either a one piece or a tankini until she was into double digits. They would hold off on the bikinis for as long as they could. On that she and Ziva were in complete agreement.

The bathing suit was navy blue with white polka dots and the straps and edging were in yellow. She had a matching navy polka dot sun hat and white terry cloth cover up. Abby loved it. More for the reason that it closely resembled her own polka dotted bathing suit than for how cute Emma looked in it. Although she did look quite adorable in the little suit. Emma had inherited her mother's olive complexion, but Abby still knew the dangers the sun posed to anyone, especially someone as young as Emma. Because Emma was too young for sunscreen Abby planned to keep her under the umbrella as much as possible venturing out into the water only when a cloud wondered into the path of the sun's rays. But Abby wasn't so she made sure to cover every inch of her own exposed skin even though she would be under the umbrella with Emma. She set Emma in her bouncy seat and lathered herself up with sunscreen. Better safe than sorry.

After making sure the diaper bag was adequately stocked Abby grabbed Emma and headed down to the beach.

"Hello beautiful." Sam greeted as she took Emma from Abby.

"Hello to you too." Abby joked.

"I'm sorry. Hi Kate. She's just so cute I can't help myself."

"Where's Lil? I thought she was coming."

Sam, Courtney, Gwen and Lucinda cast quick glances to each other. Lucking Abby was laying the towels down under the umbrella. They quickly looked away when Abby popped her head back up. "She is. She's just . . . Uh . . ." Sam fumbled.

"She's late." Courtney said. "As usual."

Abby accepted the explanation without question and took little Emma back from Sam. "So," She began. "What's new?"

Abby looked back at Ziva. She was staying as much out of the water as she could. Right now she had made it up to her ankles. A vast improvement to barely letting the water touch her toes Abby reasoned. "Are you guys going to come in a little more?"

Ziva shifted Emma in her arms and took a few more steps deeper into the water. She made it to about mid-shin.

Abby shrugged and dunked herself under the water one last time and swam inland. "Either you can come with us" She began, taking Emma. "Or you can stay here and watch. But we're going to go play."

Ziva watched as Abby took Emma deeper into the water. She stopped when the water was around her mid-thigh and turned to face Ziva. She raised her eyebrows in a way that said 'I am one of the only people in the world who could kill you and leave no forensic evidence. I won't, but I could. And you know it.' Ziva was very quickly at her side. Abby turned so that her back was to the sun casting a shadow over Emma. She couldn't wear sun block so they had to protect her from the sun as much as possible. After a quick dunk in the water they would bring her back under the umbrella. Ziva readied the camera as Abby slowly lowered Emma down into the salty water.

Since she was only three months old she couldn't completely support her own head yet so Abby had to hold her in the cradle hold, modified slightly by raising the forearm Emma's head was on. Once in the water Emma's eyes went wide for a second and Abby and Ziva held their breath as the look on her face was usually followed by one of her high-pitched wails. After a couple of seconds, however, she kicked her little legs and decided that the water wasn't all that bad after all. "Zi she likes it."

Ziva smiled. Abby was really taking what she had said about being a family that did things together seriously.

Abby nudged Ziva to get her attention. "You with us?"

"Of course." It took her a second to realize Abby meant mentally not physically. "I was just thinking."

"Penny for your thoughts?"

"I am just very happy. Happier than I ever thought I would be."

Abby smiled. "Aw Zi." She leaned over and kissed Ziva. "I am too."

"Really?"

Abby nodded. "Yeah."

"Is there anything that could make you happier?"

"No." Abby noticed a glint in Ziva's eyes. A glint that usually meant she was up to something. "What did you do?"

Ziva took Emma and nodded toward the shore.

"GIBBS!" Abby kissed Ziva again and ran toward Gibbs and Lil on the shore. Ziva was honestly surprised the woman didn't collapse when Tony and McGee stepped out from behind a bush.

Ziva smiled and followed behind. "I should get one of those 'Life is good' shirts." She looked down at Emma. "What do you think?" Ziva raised Emma up and placed a kiss on her forehead. "We're going home."

A/N: Good ending? Leave a review and let me know.