He watched them quietly for a few moments taking in the scene of her and their son bonding. She was beautiful and looked so happy. He was tiny and looked so contented in her arms. His little hand was wrapped around her index finger as he lay sleeping. The usually unemotional detective realized what a lucky man he was.
She realized that he was watching them and smiled at him. He moved closer to her and kissed her forehead. "The doctor brought him in about 15 minutes ago. She said that he is fine except his weight is a little low. He is about 4 ½ pounds but they are going to let him stay here with me until we go home tomorrow night. Would you like to hold him?" she asked.
As he took his son in his arms he smiled and looked at her "we did good didn't we!" She smiled as she replied "yeah, we did." She placed her hand on his cheek prompting him to look at her again; "Thank you" she said "he's the best gift you could ever give me." They shared a tender kiss before he replied "I love you both more than you will ever know." They both sat in silence for a few while watching their son sleep.
Lou studied the baby's face for a few minutes "you know he doesn't look like an Andrew James to me". She laughed, "Are you saying that I'm going to win the battle of the names?" He laughed back at her. "Maybe we can compromise; if we name him after me can we call him Tony instead of Lou?" She thought about it for a moment before running her hand across the head of the baby sleeping in his father's arms and softly said, "Hey Tony it's your mom, welcome to our family sweet baby".
"Do you want me to call everyone and let them know that you are both okay?" She shook her head and said "just Lindsey and my mom. I only want our family here tonight." Lou handed Tony back to Catherine and called Lily to let her know that she was a grandmother again. She was thrilled when he told her that Louis Anthony Vartann, Jr. had arrived but was sorry that she was stuck on a cruise ship in Mexico and promised to visit as soon as she returned home. Lindsey was ecstatic. Catherine could hear her shouts of joy all the way across the room. She told Lou that she was planning to fly home and surprise Catherine and she made him promise not to tell her. He agreed to keep her secret and hung up the phone.
As Lou watched Catherine nursing their son he knew that his life was only missing one thing and he would take care of that once they were home.