First Meeting
A part of Calleigh was still glad she had given birth without drugs, she had made that decision because she had done her research and saw many woman had back problems from it afterwards, still if, or more like when she and Eric did this again, Calleigh would be rethinking this, potential back problems or not. By the time the pain was too much this time it was too late for an epidural. As soon as she was settled away with Ethan and her husband in a private room and all the staff went away Calleigh found herself wanting to see her daughter. She had two children and wanted to be all her family. Eric was going to leave the hospital and pick Chloe up shortly. He had taken their doctor's suggestion and packed a change of clothes for himself. Eric planned to leave as soon as he freshened up.
"Let's go, daddy!" Chloe said, jumping up and down when Eric got to the house.
Eric smiled at the little girl's excitement. She had jumped into his arms the moment he stepped through the door. He smiled and hugged her, kissing her cheek.
"Daddy loves you, princesa," he whispered. "Mommy and daddy missed you. We'll go in a minute. Look," he said, showing her an image on his camera phone. "That's Ethan. He looks a lot like you did when you were a baby."
In fact, Ethan was practically identical to his sister when she was a newborn.
Eric showed the phone to Horatio.
"There's your new godson," he said, smiling.
Horatio smiled.
"He's very cute, Eric. Can't wait to meet him."
Eric definitely had strong genes, Horatio had thought. Both Ethan and Chloe looked strikingly like their father.
"Mommy can't wait for you to meet your sister," Calleigh said to the newborn in her arms. "She's precious. Daddy's gone to bring her in now. I didn't carry her like I did you but she's mine, too."
Chloe looked shyly at the newborn in Calleigh's arms. She leaned over a little from her perch in her father's arms. Both her parents smiled. Eric placed his daughter on the bed next to his wife so she could have a closer look at the baby. Chloe gingerly touched Ethan's forehead with her fingertips.
"He's tiny," she said.
"He is," Calleigh replied, kissing her daughter's brow.
Eric was anxious to get his wife and little boy home. The doctor had given both of them a clean bill of health and said the two could go home the next day. Calleigh was just as anxious to get home and be with her children.