There was no doubt that Sophia would have a very protective father, brother and uncles. Not to mention Natalia and Jessica would spoil her. Calleigh promised to teach Sophia how to shot as she got older and Alexx how to hide bodies, at which point Eric also decided to teach her how to hide evidence. Of course, this was all jokes and even though the team would never teach her how to not be caught for a crime, they would protect her with their life. The only person who did stand by her word was Calleigh, she swore to teach Sophia how to use guns when she got old enough to understand it all.

The team was visiting Horatio, Jessica, Kyle and Sophia after their shift. Sophia was only two days old and had come home yesterday. The team had planned to visit earlier, but a case had kept them busy for many hours. Now they were finally able to say hi to the new member of the family.

"Hey baby girl!" Calleigh grinned as she got to hold Sophia.

Sophia squirmed and looked at the smiling blond with wide eyes.

"I think Sophia might believe you're an alien." Jesse teased.

"Just wait until she sees you." Calleigh smirked.

Jesse chuckled and said that there was no way Sophia would cry when he held her. Unfortunately it didn't go as he wanted, because as soon as he held Sophia in his arms, she started crying.

"Told you she would react differently when she saw you!" Calleigh laughed.

Jesse tried to calm Sophia down and failed hard, after a while he handed her over to Frank and Sophia calmed down immidiately.

"Hey! No fair." Jesse smiled.

"I have three kids so I'm a professional." Frank smiled, "Hey there little one!"

Sophia looked so small in Frank's arms. She yawned and made baby noises as Frank held her and Frank remembered what it had been like when he had held his children like this many years ago. Next it was Ryan's turn to hold the baby and even though he was the most nervous one of all, he managed to keep Sophia calm. She looked at him and then glanced back at Frank.
"She misses me already." Frank grinned.

"Wow, she's tiny. Can't believe we've all been this small once." Ryan said.

"She's so cute!" Natalia smiled and gently caressed Sophia's cheek.

After Ryan, it was Natalia, Eric's and Walters turn. Sophia started to whimper when Walter held her and to calm her down Walter began to sing a little song. The team grinned and believe it or not, Sophia started to fall asleep.

"I don't have kids and I'm already a professional." Walter smiled proudly.

"Beginner's luck." Frank said.

When it was Alexx's turn to hold Sophia, she became alert and decided that Aunt Alexx was the one to throw up on.

"Oh how nice baby girl!" Alexx chuckled.

Alexx was, of course, used to babies and all they could do, so she had no trouble going with Jessica to change Sophia's clothes and borrow one of Jessica's shirts.

"Sorry Alexx." Jessica said.

"It's no trouble sweetheart, my kids did the same when they were babies." Alexx smiled.

Sophia was not happy about having to change clothes. She cried aloud and Jessica spoke softly to her to calm her down. Alexx noticed that the crying bothered Jessica little and she knew why. It was always hard to see your child cry and probably even harder for the first child.

"It's okay Jessica, she has to communicate somehow and this is the only way she can tell us how much she dislikes changing clothes." Alexx smiled.

"It's just so sad you know." Jessica said.

"I know the feeling."

Once Sophia had on fresh clothes she was happy again and liked to stay in mommy's arms as Jessica and Alexx went back to the team in the living room.

"So how's Kyle handling this?" Jesse asked.

"He basically never leaves Sophia alone." Horatio chuckled, "He loves to hold her and sing her goodnight songs."

"Not like my older sisters were towards me then!" Eric laughed.

Eric had told the team stories from his childhood when his older sisters had done everything they could not to have to babysit him and help change the diaper or hold him. It all changed as they got older, but his sisters enjoyed their privacy. Eric couldn't blame them though, the older he got the more of an annoying little brother he became.

After the team had left, Sophia got hungry and while Jessica fed her daughter, Horatio made dinner for himself and her. Kyle was at his mother's place and even though he had found it difficult to tear himself apart from Sophia he had decided to sleep over there. No one had any doubt that Kyle would be home bright and early the following day to spend more time with his little sister. He was really adamant on having a tight bond with Sophia.

Once Sophia was done eating, she fell asleep and Jessica put her in her crib while she herself ate dinner with her man.

"This feels so strange. Suddenly we have a little baby in the house." Jessica grinned.

"It's a good change though." Horatio smiled.

"Absolutely. It's just that, I mean… wow!" Jessica chuckled.

She couldn't believe that she was really Sophia's mother. That she had a daughter with Horatio. A baby to raise and to love. It was definitely a change that would take some time to get used to, but she couldn't imagine being without her daughter. Both Horatio and Sophia were adapting to parenthood pretty quickly and they trusted their ability to take care of their daughter.

"Anybody home?" A male voice called from the doorway.

Jessica and Horatio had been so busy thinking about their baby that they had completely missed that Henry was visiting from Orlando. Unfortunately Irene and Clark couldn't go with him because they had booked a flight to Canada months earlier and had to take it. Of course they had already been sent several of the hundreds of photos that Kyle and Horatio had taken of Sophia.

"Henry?" Jessica asked, "Oh I'm sorry, I completely forgot ou were coming!"

Henry grinned and gave his sister and Horatio a hug.

"Don't worry." He smiled, "So where's the little girl?"

Horatio and Jessica lead him their bedroom, where Sophia's crib was placed for now. She would move in to the nursery in a few weeks.

Henry grinned and actually got tears in his eyes as he looked down at the sleeping baby girl.

"She's adorable." He whispered and gently caressed her cheek, "I see she's got some red hair."

"And blue eyes." Jessica smiled.

"She has more of your facial features though sis. Your nose and lips."

"And ears." Horatio smiled.

When the time came for Sophia to have a diaper change, Henry was glad to do it. Horatio picked his crying daughter up from the crib and gave her to Henry, who had never held a baby before.

"She's so small." He grinned.

Horatio and Henry went to the bathroom and Henry was now faced with the task of changing diapers on Sophia, which wasn't easy since he had never done it before and he worried that he was taking too long. Sophia whimpered and glanced at Horatio the whole time.

As Henry took off the dirty diaper he grimaced at the smell and Horatio laughed and pointed at the trash can next to him.

"Oh god what a smell!" Henry said and then held up a new diaper.

"Is this the front or back?" He asked himself as he looked at the diaper.

Horatio silently laughed as Henry put the diaper on the wrong way, he realized his mistake after it was on and chuckled at himself.

"Ops, sorry baby girl. Wrong way." Henry said and put the diaper on right.

Sophia stopped whimpering when Henry picked her up carefully. She just made some baby noises every now and then as Henry sat down in the living room and Horatio took the opportunity to snap a photo of the uncle and his niece.

"This makes me want to have my own kids." Henry grinned.

Jessica chuckled. Henry was a man who enjoyed living on his own with no long-time relationships. He would be a great father if he found the right girl and decided to settle down.

"You can always babysit." Jessica said.

"Really?"

"Well, not now. Maybe in a few years." Horatio smirked.

Jessica chuckled and ruffled Horatio's hair. The thought of letting someone babysit his daughter did not sit well with the Lt. at the moment. Jessica also knew it would take a few months before they decided to take some time for themselves and let someone babysit Sophia.

"I guess me and Kyle will be fighting over her." Henry chuckled.

"Without a doubt." Jessica grinned.

Henry held Sophia for a long time before she cried and didn't settle down until she was in mommy's arms. Being an uncle fit him well. Henry stayed the night at Horatio and Jessica's home and slept so heavily that he didn't hear Sophia cry in the middle of the night for food.

Even though Jessica and Horatio were tired when they had to wake up, they loved the moments when they sat together in bed and just watched as Sophia fed.

"She will have a temper with that red hair." Jessica smiled as she fed her daughter.

"Oh yes. I think she'll become the most popular girl in school too." Horatio said, "And everyone will be afraid to meet her father."

"Of that I have no doubt." Jessica chuckled and then gave Horatio a kiss.

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