Pampers, Poker and Baby Shoes
Calleigh sighed and closed her eyes again. It was her first day on maternity leave. She felt Eric kiss her forehead and murmur "Love you, both" before heading out to work. It was getting surreal for Eric as well that he was going to be a father soon. He was never so scared yet so excited in his whole life. And he was not all disappointed that he was having a daughter, not a son. He couldn't wait to hold that little baby.
Everyone at the lab was excited about the baby. The same Saturday Natasha threw a baby show for Calleigh at her mother's house, the male staff at the lab gave Eric a "pamper party" where in lieu of a gift of baby clothes or a toy and silly games, they gave Eric money—or a pack of diapers. However Horatio left a baby gift that Eric waited for Calleigh to open. Then they drank beer, watched baseball and played poker. For the first time since Calleigh moved into the unit it became a "man cave"—till she came home. The "man cave" was cleaned up by the time she got home though. Ryan and his OCD proved to be an asset in getting things spotless.
"I see Ryan helped," Calleigh said with a smile, looking at the clean counter tops.
"Yeah," Eric laughed. "If he ever needs another job he could always work for crime scene clean up."
"I think I got us a good month's worth of pampers and a bunch of cash we'll go through quickly," he said as the two kissed.
"I did well, too," Calleigh said. "At least three months worth of clothes. Didn't know you could get sneakers and jeans so tiny, and cute."
Eric smiled "oh, and no surprise H left us something from Babies R Us, along with giving us money. Didn't open it yet though."
The present Horatio left was an infant bouncey seat.
"I've seen this. I think she'll like it," Calleigh said.
Eric said "What do we have left to get now? Carseat? Swing?"
"Those and the stroller and playpen. But those last two might be able to wait a short while. She won't need them right away," Calleigh replied. "And Alexx gave me a jumbo gift card for this same store to help get a carseat of our choice since we 're gonna need that right away."
