I don't know what kind of navel Eric/Adam R. has. I'm only guessing! :) I watched the motel episode but was too busy screaming "drop the towel! Drop the towel!" to notice! :) LOL
Winnie the Pooh & The Honey Tree
"You're getting to be such a big girl," Calleigh said sweetly to her daughter. "You have a belly button like daddy's."
The girl's umbilical cord stump had fallen off a few days prior revealing she had an 'outie.' Mommy and daddy had both given her first real bath that evening. Being neither had bathed a newborn before. They had spread a bunch of towels out on the living room and put the filled up baby bath on the living room floor, figuring a bath at "ground level" was the safest bet till they were more comfortable.
Nevaeh had her fingers in her mouth, her dark eyes darting around the room. Her mom was changing her diaper. Calleigh smiled at the baby. It was a no-brainer that their baby would have dark hair and brown eyes. Every time she looked at Nevaeh's eyes she saw Eric.
"You and daddy have the most beautiful eyes," she said. "I bet you're wondering where he went. You haven't seen him since he gave you kisses this morning. Daddy had to go back to work today. Don't worry he'll be home soon and he'll tell you more stories."
Calleigh never heard the'stories' Eric were telling their baby daughter but he knew they were 'stories' because she would often hear her husband say 'are you ready for another story?' Those 'stories' were about mommy and daddy. She had heard him tell Nevaeh about the first time mommy and daddy met, some of it anyway.
"Uncle Horatio told all of us that there was a new ballistics expert starting that day; that's mommy's job. I didn't think much of it. I had to go to ballistics lab to drop off somethin' and there I saw your mom for the first time.
"Well, daddy walked through the door and there she was. She had her hair in a ponytail and she wore a pink shirt under her lab coat. She was gorgeous, and that hadn't changed. When she said 'hi' to me and introduced herself, daddy could barely talk. She had the most beautiful smile. I never got like that with anybody before. I had to think to remember my name and tell her 'I'm Officer Delko. Call me Eric.'
"I got to know her and she quickly became my best friend, someone I could talk to anytime, about anything and who could tell if I was hiding if something was wrong. "
Eric smiled at the expression Nevaeh put on her face.
"Let me explain. I know that I told you before that I love Uncle H and that he can do the same thing. But that's different. He is like my big brother. That's part of the reason he's your godfather; we know how much he loves you and that he would take wonderful care of you..."
It wasn't news to her that her husband loved Horatio like a brother. Horatio felt the same about Eric. Calleigh stepped away from the nursery door. This was daddy and baby time she didn't want intrude on. Some time she would tell their daughter about meeting daddy and how she never expected to find a best friend in someone she worked with.
Calleigh thought a child was never too young to start watching Winnie the Pooh. After the baby had a clean diaper she put in the DVD The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Calleigh still enjoyed the episodes The Honey Tree, A Day for Eeyore and Pooh's blustery Day. She sat down on the sofa with Nevaeh in her lap, just enjoying the simpleness of the animation and enjoying the feeling of her daughter in her arms.
Although the first day away from his daughter had been a struggle for Eric, moments before he signed out to go home something happened to make his day and cause his sides to hurt with laughter.
A young mother had come in to thank Ryan for figuring out and arresting the guy who had been stalking her and who had broken into her home. The woman had her three-year-old child in her arms. The little girl had a very runny nose. The sight of this was making Ryan uneasy as the woman stood talking to him just inches in front of him. It would have been rude for Ryan to step backwards to put space between the woman and himself. Ryan was always polite and professional, Eric had seen that.
Eric was standing a few feet behind the three. Seeing the girl, who was very cute, with her running nose Eric hid a smile. A few seconds the moment Eric had been waiting happened. The little girl named Abby sneezed, snot getting all over Ryan.
A horrified Ryan had to hide it while the woman apologized and till she left. Eric had to see the end of this. He followed his co-worker as Ryan practically sprinted to the locker room.
"Shut-up, Delko," Ryan said seeing Eric come into the room close behind him, laughing so hard he shook. "This is not funny!"
"No," Eric gasped between fits of laughter. "It's hilarious! You should see your face! You wouldn't know if the kid covered you with something radioactive!"
Even Tripp got in on the fun, being near the door when Ryan went in removing his blazer and shirt at a near frantic speed.
"Ya know Wolfe," Frank said. "They've done studies on this; that stuff washes right out and is non-toxic."
"Thank you, Frank," Ryan said with a sarcastic glare. "I didn't know that."
"I don't think he believes you, Frank," Eric told the detective with a grin. "You'd better have Horatio call hazmat just to be sure."
"I'm on it," Frank said, turning toward the door.
"Go to hell, both of you!"
"It was beautiful!" Eric told his wife after work.
"You're so juvenile!" His wife replied, but she was smiling. Secretly she wished she had to see this.
