A new baby and 2 birthdays

I was so excited, Antoinette found out on her way home from work one night that she was expecting my first grandchild!

Shorty after her announcement Jamaal and I had our birthday, turning us both to elder

This got me to thinking who was going to be our heir, Warren or Sheridan. I hope I can figure this out before it is time for me to move on to the other side.

On a happier note Antoinette went into labor and Warren called with the wonderful news, we had a granddaughter!

Welcome to the world Merideth DeMorin!

We decided that since we redid the house to build Warren and Antoinette their own room we would redo his old room for Merideth.

A Remodel and a birthday and a whole lot more…

We finally got around to remodeling the house again, to give us more space as a growing family.

Shortly after this it was time to celebrate Warren turning into a man. He was not very happy with his looks though.

And he took it upon his self to do something about it, I never had the will or the energy but I am sure glad he did.

He now looks very nice and trim.

This gave him the confidence he needed to go out looking for someone to spend his life with.  He met a young woman named Antoinette Gary who was out on a jog one night.  When he questioned her about her job she informed him she was working at the Bistro with me, and that she had herd all about him from me.

It did not take them dating for long before Warren knew she was the one, the one to help him carry on the family. So he proposed right there in the house one evening.

I was so delighted that she said yes, and they had a private ceremony there at the house for the family.  I am so happy for my son!

We got another surprise after that, it was Sheridan’s birthday and time for her to make that leap to teen!

She has turned into a beautiful teen, and luckily got her fathers metabolism!

updates postponed

Sorry there have not been updates for like a week.  I have been dealing with some RL issues and am moving back to KS from AZ this week so there will not be any story updates for at least another week, I have pics but they are not sized for me to do the story and I am stopping to visit family on the way so playing with my new baby niece is my top priority for the week lol.

Teaching Sheridan

It seemed like the time flew by and we were watching our little girl grow up! We decided to make sure to have a party for her with the cake and all!

She was now a bonafide toddler, with all the curiosity that goes with it!  I only had a little more time before I had to go back to work at the Bistro so I focused on the potty training, because well honestly none of us like changing a stinky diaper!

Jamaal had the craziest schedule working at the hospital, there were many nights and days where he would just get to sleep and a call would come in that there was massive trauma and they needed him.  How that man managed to work and teach Sheridan to talk I will never figure out.

I worked with her every day making sure she was learning how to walk.  It seemed that fate was against me as I had a few incidents at work that left me frozen and covered in ketchup!  Finally on my days off I could really focus with her.

Warren loved his baby sister and helped out when ever we needed him. He rushed home every day so I could go to work and he would feed her and play with her while doing his homework.  He is such a good boy!

She also loved her xylophone and seemed content to sit and play it for hours, maybe she will grow up and do something in the music career.

It seemed like time flew and we were ready to celebrate Sheridan’s birthday again! This time my youngest baby would be headed off to school and making friends.

This again lead to some redecorating on my part and gone were the baby toys and in came a big girl bed and desk, and the doll house that her daddy and I wanted her to have.

Warren becomes a man, well sort of.

Shortly after Sheridan arrived it was time for a little boy to start his trek into manhood. As a child he loved to paint and I hoped that would stay with him even as a teen.

I was so happy that even with his raging hormones he still loved to paint and play chess with his dad.

He also doted on his baby sister, picking her up and snuggling her when ever he could. He had made many friends that would go on to high school with him.  I just can’t believe my little boy is almost all grown up! *sob*

And baby makes 4

Tasking the time for maternity leave was nice.  It allowed me to get the baby’s room set up.  I went to see Jamaal at work and one of his co-workers was able to confirm that we were indeed having a baby girl!  So with that knowledge I was able to get the new bedding for her and get an addition put on and decorated before she arrived!

I was also able to give us our own room and a bigger kitchen and dining room. Gosh I hope she likes pink!

It seemed as soon as I was finished with the remodel my water broke and Jamaal was rushing me to the hospital.  There we had our beautiful little girl and named her Sheridan DeMorin.

Now our little family was complete.  I knew there was not much longer before Jamaal and I would be elders and would have to figure out who was going to carry on the family name and raise their family in this same location.

Warren grows up

Jamaal and I were working very hard at our jobs, getting promotions and moving up the career ladder.  Jamaal had gotten called in to work 2 night in a row to help with emergency’s and the Bistro had me learning new recipes and working late so that when they day approaches for Warren’s birthday it has slipped both our minds.  I came home from work that night to find my little toddler was now a child!

Jamaal and I felt so bad that we had missed this day! While he was sleeping that night we redecorated his room, even with us both having lack of sleep so when he woke up he had a brand new toy box and a desk to do his school work at.  We both promised him that soon we would be doing some remodeling and we would then let him help redecorate it.  Despite us missing this important day he still was very happy and seemed to love  being outdoor and playing chess with his daddy.

Jamaal and I started talking about how we did not have much longer and we both wanted another child.  We decided to make one attempt at it and if it was to be then that would be it for us.  The next night we were both home and had the energy to try and the next morning I knew!  I woke up with that familiar nauseous feeling and spent the morning tossing my breakfast and getting household chores done.  That evening at work I let my boss know I was going to have another baby, that this was our last one.  She was ecstatic for us and happily game me maternity with pay again.  That night while eating dinner I felt the kick and sure enough there was that bump! (Now why do my kids like to do this every time I am eating my dinner?)

Jamaal was thrilled the next morning when I was able to tell him, Warren was very happy as well.  This time we all wished for a little girl, that would complete our perfect little family.

Baby Warren

With our beautiful baby boy home life was quite crazy.  But it wasn’t long  before it was time for his birthday! I managed to run out and buy the balloons and cake before Jamaal got home.  Then we had a nice little family celebration.

It seemed like it was before our very own eyes that he changed into this little crawling babbling toddler!

Jamaal and I both knew we needed to teach our little boy some vital skills during these toddler years.  Jamaal worked with him everyday before work on his walking, making sure our little munchkin would be able to navigate this world on 2 feet.

We both also worked on getting him potty trained, because the sooner we didn’t have to change any more stinky diapers the happier we both would be! Very soon I was going back to work but I wasn’t worried, on my maternity leave I took the time to really interview and research some of the high school kids in the neighborhood, and found a few we really liked to look after him in the hours between my going to work and Jamaal coming home.  I also took the task of making sure our little Warren could talk.  I sat down with him every day before I went to work to practice our chatting skills.

Soon our little baby was able to run though the house and chatter at us in words we understood!  His babysitters adored him, the played with him every chance they got, and never minded if Jamaal had to work overtime, we truly had been blessed.

Hello Baby!

Well we both got promotions fairly quickly and were able to buy the materials to build actual walls.

Now we could focus on starting our family!  Our first attempt was very successful, I woke up the next morning tossing my cookies and knew instantly I was pregnant!  Jamaal was super excited and was hard at work raising his logic knowledge so we would be able to afford all the baby supplies we would need.  I went to work that evening and after my shift was over the boss informed me that i was going to be on maternity leave.  She told me noway did she want me falling in the kitchen and hurting myself or the baby, that they would do the best the could until after I had the baby.

I told Jamaal this upon arriving home and he heartily agreed, as I would still get maternity pay we would be just fine financially.  So I took it easy and just worked on my little garden and made sure we both read a pregnancy book at the library.  We didn’t want to  spend any money on books so that was the best place for us to read it.

One night while eating a salad my water broke, I screamed fro Jamaal, who luckly had just got home from visiting a co-worker.

We called a cab and rushed to the hospital.  Hours later they informed us we had a healthy baby boy.  We decided on Warren DeMorin. (Ya I know it rhymes with the last name just hush! It’s our baby!)  He was so beautiful, we were sent home a few hours later.

We had a Family and we were both so happy and fulfilled.

Family

I woke up the next day so excited, I mean hello I was going to see my true love today. Yeah I know what your thinking, she’s crazy, she just met him, well whatever all you non-believers in true love take note!

I was very apprehensive about inviting him over to my “home” as so far I had only additionally purchased a stove and counter and toilet.  Then I remembered true love doesn’t care if you live in the gutter, which I most certainly did not! So I called and invited him over and just as I expected he didn’t care he thought it was very cool that I was willing to live outdoors until I could start building the home of my dreams.  We continued getting to know each other and then it happened! We had our very first kiss!

Then everything was on a roller coaster!  He asked me to be his girlfriend and I happily accepted.  After a few more hours I couldn’t wait anymore so I got down on my knee and proposed (yeah so what if the guy is suppose to do it, I’m romantic not chauvinistic!)

Of course he said yes, he was soo excited and neither of us wanted to wait any longer to be together  (we had both saved ourselves!how perfect is that?)  That we had our own private little ceremony right there in my front yard!

With the money I had saved up and that he brought into the home we were able to purchase a bigger bed to share, our wedding night was magical!  But we decided we both wanted to advance in our careers more before having a child.  He quickly joined the science career and I was on my way to a promotion at the Bistro.  Jamaal worked very hard on his logic to get promoted quickly.