July 2012
Kids' Ages
Jack Hotchner - 6
Henry LaMontagne - 3
Ellie Hotchner - almost 4 months
Garcia
Penelope smiled down at the baby cradled in her arms. Like her mother, Olivia had curly, golden blonde hair and soft brown eyes. Currently, her eyes were closed as she partook in an especially peaceful slumber. She wasn't the only one in the room sleeping. Spencer was lying in an odd position, his long limbs stretching over the ends of the small couch he had set up camp on. His hair was matted down and sticking to his forehead in the front and sticking up on the sides. Soft snores floated through the room.
It had surprised Penelope when the resident genius insisted on staying after she had the baby. All of the others, including Emily and JJ who had been in the room whilst she delivered, had long since left to care for their own families. But Spencer was adamant about sticking around to help. And so Penelope had let him.
It was getting late now, the sun having long since set. There was a knock on the door. A nurse stepped into the room pushing a cart stacked with a laptop and papers. She smiled at Penelope.
"How's your girl?" She asked, her voice quiet in order to not wake up the baby or the sleeping genius.
"She's wonderful," Penelope answered.
"Perfect. Now, I've got the birth certificate here to fill out. Do you mind answering a few questions?"
"Not at all."
"Alright! What's baby girl's name?"
"Olivia Jennifer Garcia. O-L-I-V-I-A J-E-N-N-I-F-E-R G-A-R-C-I-A." Unlike her first name which had come to her almost instantly, the middle name gave her some trouble until she decided to name her after another badass woman. The first woman she told about her pregnancy.
"Got it, and we already have birth weight and length. Next question: Mother's name."
"Penelope Grace Garcia. P-E-N-E-L-O-P-E G-R-A-C-E."
"Great! And father's name?"
Penelope hesitated for a moment. "No father," she answered finally. "It's just me and her."
Hotchner
"I can't believe Olivia is here already," Emily quipped, a couple of days after the birth of her goddaughter.
"It seems only yesterday you were the one in that position," Aaron agreed.
The two of them were sitting on the floor in the living room. Ellie lay in front of them on her stomach. In two weeks, she would be turning four months. JJ informed them that she should begin rolling over from her stomach to her back, and ever since then, they had increased tummy time in hopes that she would perform the task.
Jack was also lying on his belly, facing his little sister. He demonstrated a series of rolls. "See, just like that. It's easy."
Ellie watched her brother, lifting her tiny head off of the floor. Her face broke out in a gummy smile as if her brother was the funniest thing in her world.
"Come on if Jack-Jack can do it, Ellie can do it," Jack told her, continuing his rolls.
Then miraculously, Ellie flailed her arms and legs over one another and flopped onto her back.
Jack stopped rolling and Emily and Aaron froze. "Emmy, Daddy, Ellie rolled!"
"She did!" Emily gushed. "Good teaching Jack-Jack!"
Aaron snatched up his daughter, lifting her in his arms and attacking her with kisses all over her face, causing tiny giggles to erupt from her. "You did it Ellie-Belly! Daddy's so proud of you!"
Reid
Two weeks after Olivia was born, Spencer wanted to go to the bookstore and Penelope decided to tag along. After picking up a few books for Olivia, the trio headed toward the poetry section.
"What exactly are we looking for?" Penelope asked as she wheeled her daughter behind her best friend. A blanket loosely lay over the car seat part of the stroller, protecting the infant, who was napping, from as many germs as possible.
"I'm buying a gift for a friend," Spencer answered her, not making eye contact as he scanned the shelves.
Penelope raised an eyebrow, a grin growing on her face. "A friend? Would this friend happen to be of a female variety?"
Spencer smiled slightly at his friend's antics. Clearly, she had been hanging around Derek too much. "If you're asking if my friend is a female, the answer is yes. If you're asking if I like said female, the answer is I think so." He pulled out a large book and scanned it over. "This is it. We can go now,"
Penelope pushed the stroller in front of him, blocking him from leaving. "Woah, woah, woah. Did, Boy Genius just admit to having a crush?"
Spencer blushed at least four different shades of red.
"Oh! Oh My God! You do! Dr. Reid is in love! I have to tell Derek."
"Pen, the whole store is staring at us," Spencer told her, deflecting the attention.
A cry came from the stroller. Spencer moved the blanket and placed a hand on Olivia's head, stroking her hair. "It's okay, Livvy, Mommy's just excited because Uncle Spencer is in love."
Morgan
Derek was running around his house, gathering different items as he prepared to leave. He was interrupted by a knock at the door. Opening it, he found Savannah standing there.
"Savannah, hey! I was just getting ready to head to Reid and Pen's. You can come along if you want, I'm sure Pen would love to see you."
Savannah didn't look happy. In fact, she looked like she was about to cry. "Uh, Derek, we gotta talk."
Derek's smile fell. "Oh. Okay. Come on in."
They took a seat on the couch.
"You're not going to break up with me, are you?"
Savannah took his hand. "No! Of course not! Well, not exactly."
"Babygirl, what's going on?"
"Derek, my job is transferring me. I have to move to Michigan."