As promised, Brass upheld his word and paid for everything that would create Sara's dream wedding; set for after the baby was born because Sara did not want to waddle down the aisle. He was thankful Gil and Sara were not extravagant people. The details were simple and the guest list was no more than fifty people; mostly people connected through their careers since neither had a lot of family. Sara only allowed it because it was important to Brass. She and Gil would never in a million years admit it, but Brass' plan had warmed their hearts. The vows in the restaurant surrounded by their closest friends meant more than this wedding they were currently planning.

Sara's friends were ecstatic and arrived in Vegas to throw Sara's own bachelorette party. Needless to say, they were shocked to see a baby bump on Sara's body. Amy volunteered to throw the baby shower. Sara advised her to coordinate with Catherine and proceeded to hand over the other woman's phone number.

At the combination wedding and baby shower, Sara had gone into labor; surprising everyone since the baby wasn't due for three more weeks. Catherine particularly enjoyed seeing Gil lose control over his emotions and Sara remain calm and collected. The hospital staff was overwhelmed by the large group of people awaiting the birth of the Grissom baby. Sara and Gil had refused to learn the sex of the baby; wanting to be surprised. They were the only ones, but there was nothing anyone could say to convince them to change their minds. Ten hours later, Michaela Grissom entered the world weighing in at seven pounds even. This is when Gil sprung his news on everyone that he was going to retire and be a stay at home dad. No one was more shocked than Sara.

Michaela had been blessed with dark curly hair, piercing blue eyes, a gap in her teeth and a thin athletic frame to go along with her clever natural intellect and curiosity. Gil and Sara were just as proud of her as they were of the other two children, John and Nicole, to join the family over the next six years.

The End

A/N: I know this is short and I apologize. I could have drawn it out to include the wedding details and the pregnancy, but that was not the focus of this particular story. Plus, Sara's friends throwing her a bachelorette party wouldn't be much fun because Sara would be forced to remain sober due to the baby. I debated for weeks on how to lengthen this without adding more chapters.