The team had arrived at Gibbs' house at 7am on the dot. When Tony pulled up they all hurried to see what gifts he had gotten. They were pleasantly surprised with his choice and McGee seemed excited at all the improvements he could do.
Since it seemed no one was going to open the door and since none of them wanted to run the risk of crabby babies, they jumped the fence. Ziva and Tony helped Abby, Bishop and McGee over and then handed them the camera, tripod, pizza and finger foods. Jake and Ducky opted to remain in the car and then use the front door.
Abby set the table and organised the foods. Ziva placed the simple square cake on the stand for the adults to eat. Tim and Tony strategically placed the cars on the side, behind a tree out of sight.
All of them relaxed on the grass until Gibbs strolled out back, wearing a pants and no shirt.
"Boss!" Tony exclaimed
"I had a feeling it was you idiots," Gibbs joked," Jen went for the gun,"
"Well, we are grateful for the golden gut," Abby smiled
"Everything looks good," Gibbs said looking around in appreciation
"Hey, Gibbs! You wanna open the front door for Jake and Ducky," Bishop suggested
"At least someone is respectful of privacy," Gibbs mumbled, throwing the front door open and motioned for Jake and Ducky to enter.
By 11 Fornell and Emily had arrived with gifts and placed it in the living room. The boys were dressed in blue shorts, minus the shirt of course.
Vance had also stopped by with Jared and Kayla and all the adults were currently gathered around behind the camera as McGee took a picture of the boys.
Ziva and Bishop placed the cakes in front of them and retreated. Liam looked amused as he poked the cake tentatively and stuck it in his mouth.
Logan on the other hand pushed his hand through the cake and shoved as much into his mouth as he could. There was now cake smothered on his face and in his hair.
Liam was slower; he swiped one finger through the cream and licked it, a smile on his face. McGee was documenting the day, one picture at a time.
Logan seemed to love the cake and grabbed fistfuls. He got tired of the cake and chucked it at Liam. Liam's forehead began to crease and his lower lip jutted out. Logan immediately ran over stepping into his cake pieces and frosting and attacked his brother, enveloping him in a hug.
Liam lost balance and fell backward into the cake. McGee never stopped clicking despite the fact that his body was shaking with laughter.
"Here lemme take over," Abby offered having been let on to the plan
"Go make sure they are okay," Ziva said pushing Tony toward the two boys and Tony dragged McGee with him and McGee pulled Jake.
Bishop handed a cake to Ziva and the two immediately dropped the cakes over Tony and Tim as they helped Liam and Logan up. The cake knocked Jake as well and he was the first to react.
Abby snapped pictures of the three men and the two boys covered in cake with Ziva and Bishop laughing on the side-lines. Abby placed the camera on video and ran in front to join the fun. Jake reacted first and enveloped Ellie in a hug smothering her in cake.
Tim followed suit and grabbed Abby from behind while Tony chased Ziva around the garden trying to do the same thing. Tony grew tired and tackled Ziva to the ground and let their lips meet.
"Hey!" Gibbs cried
Emily, Kayla and Jared were eager to bathe the boys in the baby pool. They used the soaps and shampoos on the boys until they were frosting and cake free.
Gibbs headed for the hosepipe and sprayed the team one by one until they were mostly clean. Tony grabbed the baby shampoo from Jared and lathered up his hair. Gibbs obliged washing it off and Tim and Jake followed suit.
Liam and Logan got into the fun by running to and fro catching droplets of water and giggling like crazy. Gibbs even squirted Fornell and Ducky a little and the three tussled about with the hosepipe.
After a while, the team had dried in the hot sun and the adults were enjoying their cake while the boys munched some nuggets.
Fornell had to leave early since the FBI had an emergency call out while Vance had a meeting with SECNAV.
"Gift time!" Tony yelled
"You are more excited than the boys!" Jenny said amused
"We'll start!" Abby squealed
"The team contributed to a gift, we all got them this," Ziva presented as Tim and Jake carried in the two Lamborghinis.
Liam and Logan raced towards the cars and pressed the horn. Gibbs cringed but the smile was evident.
"You did well," he whistled
The team smiled in appreciation of the comment. Jenny was still shocked at the thoughtfulness but hugged them all.
Jenny's gift was a Sportstastic Activity Centre and Gibbs made a personalized name puzzle along with building blocks.
That night the team crashed while watching Scooby Doo. They all slept contentedly knowing that their family was complete for now.
