The next several months flew by. As Laurel had predicted, once Reid had adjusted to the idea, he was thrilled that he was going to be a father again. And, as for Tovah's parents, they were over the moon.
"Another grandchild so soon!" her mother had proclaimed. "A true blessing. My friend Rachel is going to be so jealous."
Morgan had just smirked. "I don't know how you did it, Man," he proclaimed. "But, you definitely have nothing to be ashamed of!"
Hotch, for his part, just smiled knowingly.
JJ, meanwhile, gave birth to her second son. "Who wants a girl anyway?" she questioned brightly. "Michael here is exactly what we had in mind. I just love my men!"
"Besides," Laurel told her with a smile. "When you go out to eat as a family, you won't be the one who has to interrupt their meal to take them to the restroom!"
Jessica went away for a long weekend with her beau, Norris Williams, and came home flashing not only an engagement ring but a wedding ring as well. It seemed that she and Norris had decided that they didn't need or want an involved wedding and had decided to quietly elope.
"I'm still not sure I trust that guy!" Hotch had growled.
"It's a done deal, get used to it," Laurel counseled him. "Besides, you would never totally approve of any man who married Jessica. And, don't worry, I have already told her that her apartment above the garage will still be there waiting for her if it doesn't work out."
Garcia, meanwhile, was again planning a wedding – Hers! As she told Rossi, "I have learned so much from planning other peoples' weddings that I am going to get everything right the first time for mine."
Rossi just smiled and handed her a list of the various vendors he had used for his parties over the years. Laurel and Hotch strongly suspected that he had made arrangements with the vendors to cover any charges that exceeded Garcia's budgeted amounts.
Morgan, on the other hand, was wrestling with a problem of his own. "When I restored the house for Savannah and me, I knew exactly what we wanted," he told Laurel. "But, with my Baby Girl, her personality is just so exuberant that I don't know where to start. Definitely not with a Victorian."
"Suggestion – ", Laurel told him.
"Anything," Morgan replied.
"How about a cookie cutter 60's ranch house?" Laurel suggested. "During that time period, the lots that the builders were building on were considerably larger than they are today. You'd have plenty of room to go up, down, out the back, or out the sides. Also, with such a plain vanilla house, just changing out the front door will change the entire vibe. And, then, when you get around to refacing the exterior, it wouldn't take much at all for you to create your own little hobbit hole just for the two of you."
"Does your husband know just how lucky he is?" Morgan asked as he bent over to plant a kiss on Laurel's head. "I know just the place!"
"Remind him for me, won't you?" Laurel replied with a laugh.
When the skating competition season began in earnest, it immediately became apparent that Paige and Ian had indeed stepped up their game. Regionals flew by with Paige easily taking first place, and Divisions went by almost as quickly. Before anyone realized it, they were all headed to Boston for Nationals.