Woohooooooooo one of my favorite days of the year! Whenever it hits! It just so happens that today is ALSO my best friend's birthday. Of course J is having a really rough go of it this year... she's still in the depths of the most gut wrenching grief possible.
She's been waiting and waiting and waiting for the funeral home to call to say they can come and pick up their baby's ashes in the little blue shoe urn they picked out. Every day for a little while now she would mention how she was hoping that they would call to tell her they could go pick him up. So of course, they called yesterday - after they were done running around for the day - to say they could go pick him up.
So they weren't going to go back out right then - so they decided to pick him up today, on her birthday of all days. ...... Happy Birthday! Here is your dead baby! (she said that, I'm not being crass)
But in a way .... it is kinda a gift. I know how much better she'll feel just to have him home, with her. Yeah, it's his ashes, but it's HIM. He belongs with her..... breaks my heart too.
I spent my sleepless moments early on writing her a very heartfelt message of how I feel about her.
"I know you said today was going to be awful, and you basically wanted to forget today was your birthday, so I am here to remind you. Please make sure your seat belt is fastened and remember to keep your arms and legs inside at all times, this may be a bumpy ride. 15 years ago, we met. I shamelessly pursued you, demanding you be my new BFF (the old model wasn't around much and would eventually be abducted by aliens, never to be heard from again, because how could anyone ever want to stop being friends with me?) Like all amazing relationships it feels like we've known each other forever, and feels like we just met yesterday. We have been through major life events together.. preemies, pregnancies, miscarriages, TTC, babies, divorces, Internet long distance dating, marriages, deaths, a fire, crazy drama filled friends, a psycho neighbor, moves, cheating, not-cheating, amazing addictive games, vacations, legal issues, custody issues, child support issues, crazy-mother-fucker ex issues, family issues, medical ups and downs, winning the lottery.....wait, crap, that was wishful thinking....scratch that one off the list... regardless. ... we have been each other's supports through the highest of highs, and the lowest of lows.. we may not always agree, or like the same things.... but when it comes down to it, our bond is stronger than chains made of the strongest metal ten inches thick. You are my rock, my life preserver, my anchor and my (sometimes) voice of reason. You are the arms that hold me tight when I can do nothing but sob, and the voice that cheers the loudest when I am soaring high. I want nothing more than your pure happiness but I am here whenever your knees are weak, holding you until you are ready to try and to stand again, staying right beside you, supporting you, reminding you that you CAN do this, you got it, until you can stand strong fully on your own again. I want nothing but your dreams coming true! Today you aren't another year older, you are just one more day older, just like everyone else on the planet.... today is just the anniversary of the day you caused your mother the greatest pain of her life because you left her womb. Today you are still the most amazing, beautiful, kind hearted, compassionate, soft hearted, intelligent, well spoken, bestestest friend in the whole world. I love you, I would still pick you as my best friend if I had to do it all over. You are and always will be my person. I wish you felt as special today and as you are to me. I could not imagine my life without you. Seriously. Happy Womb Exodus Day."
I sent it to her, I know she doesn't even really want to acknowledge her birthday at all. She just doesn't care at the moment. But I feel as if I need to tell her today - just how important she is to me. I am so honored to be her best friend, and to have her as my best friend. We literally talk about anything and everything. She is my person. (Those who watch Grey's knows what that means.)
So she did end up picking him up and bringing him home to her. She said that her, her hubby, and both my nieces kissed the little shoe urn before they put him in the safe place where they are keeping him and all the little mementos they have at the moment.
Moving on .... Nathan looks so sweet when he's sleeping. Regardless, he's feeling better so he's going to school today. Today is his swimming day, and he loves the days that he gets to go on the bus to the YMCA for swimming.
So today I continued the rest .... and all both of our cats, and Jaxson kept me company.
DB had put the pill case infront of Alyvia because he's like "don't cross this line Jax" ... but really, if he gets near her at all she starts to hiss at him and bat at him with her paw. He totally leaves her alone, lol... but she just doesn't like him. Little hissy. Marshmellow, though, is just like ... you leave me alone, I'll leave you alone. But he makes Alyvia very uneasy. But she tolerates being near him, as long as he's not too close to her....
I sent this picture to DB because their paws are touching. LOL. He had come up at one point and said that pretty soon we're going to find out Marshmellow curled up with him.
DB only has one class today, Cal doesn't have classes on Friday at all. So they are both here helping today. I have Cal getting some cleaning done. Sucks I can't get out of bed much. I'm dealing with the pain from the pancreatitis okay, not taking many pain pills now, just cuz I don't like taking them during the day if I don't need them. So as long as I don't move around much, the busted foot and the busted organs are okay.
I'm really proud of DB ... I just have to say that. He's getting it done. He's following through. He's feeling better (with his Fibro) and is learning how to control it and live with the constant suckass that Fibro is. I did that for 18 years ... and then BAM, I just can't deal very well anymore. This flare up, I'm pretty sure just isn't going to go away. I'm not lazy, I wish I could get up and do things that I want to do - like the cleaning and laundry and everything else. Even just sitting downstairs. It suck that I spend most of my life in bed right now. But it is what it is. I want to go back to school now ... but I'm just not sure I can handle it. I need more spoons and less pain and fatigue.
But there was a lot of SIMMING going on today!
So last night I left Alyvia and her husband with the twin girls, Bella & Bekah. Her and Trace were enjoying teaching their girls to walk, and talk, and potty training .... even Alyvia's sister Aubrey was helping out while she wasn't working on being a straight A student in high school.
But wait...... Alyvia is pregnant again!!
Between taking care of the girls, and everything else, she found a little time to paint here and there.
But you can give the Toddlers a bath or even a bubble bath...
But I discovered that the toddlers could get up on the furniture....
They even get into trouble by playing in the toilet ...
This is when I found Bekah upstairs and thought someone took her upstairs ...(but really she went up there herself)
The toddlers can DANCE too!! It's pretty awesome! We have dance parties now!
Potty training!
Sitting around chatting....
Teaching them to talk ....
So the bigger dollhouse is the one that was in game for the older kids.... the smaller one was added with the toddlers.... but the toddlers (and everyone else) can play with either one.
Alyvia is having the baby!! Oh boy!!!
No really ... oh BOY!! They had a boy, and his name is Boyd.
Needless to say, they didn't wait six weeks ... (cough cough) ....
Look who's pregnant again ......
She tells Trace, and the look on his face.... I could not stop laughing!!!
Daddy and Boyd time!
Getting ready to tuck the girls into bed.
Feeding the girls (peas)
Boyd is aged up. All three of the kids.... Boyd, Bekah and Bella. Boyd has the Charmer trait. Bekah has the Independent and Bella has the Inquisitive trait. Bekah is all over the place, she explores and I will find her in funny places. Like in the girls room upstairs, playing with the big stuffed dragon or the doll house upstairs. She likes to just run around. Bella is really interested in learning and she tries to learn stuff on her own too. However, she gets really sad if there isn't a parent around. When the kids get sad or angry, they do special little things. Like, when they are sad you have the option of them crying because of this or that. When they are angry, the have the option of throwing a temper tantrum.
Alyvia is VERY pregnant...
Her back hurts a lot during this pregnancy. Here she is potty training Boyd.
Here is Bekah coming down the stairs in the house.
All three kids playing outside in their little play area just outside of their room.
So you have the option of hiring a "Nanny" too. They come and introduce themselves as Nanny So-and-So.
Alyvia is ready to have the baby ....
The kids (Bella) asked her to teach her something. Bekah watching and Boyd is running around.
Brynn is born....
And Brooke!
I think I'm gonna have to start up their story on my SIMS blog!! Now that I'm playing again.
So I'll do that now, instead of here.
But that's where I ended for the night.
I am really happy with the way they did the toddlers. It's a lot of fun and definitely more things to do than in SIMS 3.
I did finally download some custom content. I only have the base game at the moment, so I don't have a lot of choices. But something I download make the body invisible. Ha... *sigh* ... crap. So I have to fix that ... So Mom & Dad got some new looks.
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