The obligatory “I’m sorry for reacting the way I did.  I am thrilled that you will carry yet another child of ours.” conversation. 

Translation:  This mortgage is kicking my ass and although you’re making crazy dough selling masterpeices, and even with my promotion to management, I don’t know how the fuck we’re going to feed another mouth sweetheart. Love you boo.

Tells your roommate about a really good lookin woman you met on the other side of town.  Roommate is like…

“But does she have a sister tho?”

Indya needs a man.  So she’ll just wait on this here bench until one of the male sims I made SPECIFICALLY FOR HER decide to generate themselves on the block.  Seriously….. it’s been several sim days…. Really Maxis?

Randoms.  Getting these two ready to go camping.  I’m so happy they can actually EAT the food in their inventory now!  And studying herbalism…. first thing that came to mind was …. you know… Snoop.

Things I missed out on while I was Simless

1) Poses! 2) Stuff pack (camping, yay!)

My favorite thing to do has always been making sims, but i’m about to check out the gameplay with Outdoor Retreat! 

About the poses…. do they only work in CAS with the traits?  I haven’t downloaded any yet but my lookin’ self is lookin….

Another random game shot.  They just started arguing.  Apparently Helen is not impressed with Marion’s painting.  Doesn’t match the decor….

We all knew this would happen right?  Number four is officially on it’s way.  Will it be a son for Joey? Or another daughter looking exactly like Eloise?  We shall soon find out…

Meanwhile, El has been quite busy in her garden.  She’s got mushrooms, sage, basil, grapes, onions, carrots, potatoes, dragonfruit, plantains, lemons, apples, strawberries, blackberries, pears, lillies, blue bells, chrysanthemums, even some hybrid plants like bonsai berries and orchids!  Her roses are immaculate.

All this while managing to make it to the top ranks of her career as a chef and taking care of three beautiful daughters and one amazing husband.

You go girl. You just go.

Lola has been working on her collection.  There are several more not pictured.  She loves the outdoors and collecting is something she is certainly, VERY interested in.

Things in the Markham household went on as usual with the exception of Eloise’s ever-growing bump.  Seems like this time around her belly was much larger.. Isn’t there a thing about second babies showing bigger and earlier than the first?  Well, it was definitely happening…

But Eloise is a trooper and she kept her garden in immaculate condition.  She would even talk to her plants which was nice when her husband was at work or Lolaboo was at school.

The first thing Joey did when he came home was go directly to El, he almost always found her in the bathroom. 

After dinner, when everyone was getting ready to sleep, the baby would kick poor El right in the crotch… all the pregnancy websites called it “lightning crotch”.  El didn’t remember those kinds of kicks with Lola, but this baby was making bedtime an extremely difficult situation.

She loved talking with Joey about all the different girly names she was thinking of but Joey just sat there with the side-eye.  Joey knew damn well there was a penis on his fetus,  Or at least he hoped anyway.

El could get no relief no matter what she did.  Showering only helped so much, eating never did.  It seemed as if this baby would be coming any day now…..

Baby number two is officially on the way and Joey couldn’t be happier.  He was absolutely THRILLED.  Two down, three to go.  He could have peed right in his pants when El broke the news.

His boys he had to calm down a bit.  They weren’t so thrilled.  In unison they chimed “Already?  Didn’t you just HAVE a baby?”  But they knew Joey and they knew he was a family man.

And Lolaboo? She was so happy she couldn’t stop singing about her little baby sister or brother.  She sang to her pet tetra Gilda, she sang to that damn frog she hated, and she sang to the gigantic dino her daddy won at the fair for her.

All was well in the Markham household.

Seriously.

Fixing shit around the house without being asked.  Reading to his daughter every night.  Taking her to the park on his days off and still managing to find time to make out with his wife after a hard day’s work.

Perfect husband, perfect father.  Is Joey really that perfect?

I mean really…..

Ahh yes, Lola finally grew up.  It’s almost as if she skipped right through the toddler years and straight into elementary school…. how odd.

El was so much in love!  Every time she hugged little Lola it was as if she was hugging herself.  She wanted to do it all over again.  Funny how that works… as soon as they grow on ya, you start missing those teeny weeny babies again.

But I digress….

Lola loved her new room!! Frogs? Not so much… but daddy found it and thought it would be a nice touch.  Speaking of daddy, he and Pete built that fancy addition onto their house.  You see, there was no way Joey was giving up his office.  That’s the only he was able to bring home $800 a day!

Took about a week (and more of Joey’s savings than he would care to discuss thank you very much) and some intense labor (bazinga!) to get everything ready for Lola to grow up.

Lola got her smarts from her mother.  After checking out her room, she sat right down at her desk and started her homework that magically appeared in her box of stuff and coincidentally needed to be completed before she started school… how odd.

Joey spent most of his time in her room.  Lola was the love of his life and the best doll house player, like, ever.  She totally had the doll game down.

She got her amazing personality from her daddy and she just LOVED chatting it up with ‘ol uncle Pete! 

Bedtime approached, but since it was her birthday, El and Joey decided to let Lola stay up late.  I mean, it was a celebration!  Eloise baked cookies and everything!

Peter teased her about changing her stinky diapers, and she teased right back about wearing no socks and bright blue shoes. 

She gets that wild sense of humor from her dad.  After all, he brings home the bacon from his sense of humor!

The Markhams ladies and gentlemen…

Life as a new father was going pretty good for Joey!  He had started working off all that baby weight and it was starting to show!

Go Jo-eeeey Go Joey GO!

He even built up the confidence to try and sweet talk El into having another baby right away.  Now, listen… El loved her some Joey but she would be damned if she went through labor again so soon. 

Stop playin’ Joey.  Sit down Joey.  Take several seats Joey.

Besides all that pressure, Joey was happy with the one he had already.  He took over night time feedings.  When El woke up for the day, she just stared and admired her sweet daughter Lola, knowing she would be a big girl soon.  Joey and El even showed Petey how to feed her!

Eloise nursed as much as she could.  She was so amazed by the life she and Joey created.  She was sure that in no time, Lola would be running around and wouldn’t be this tiny any more.

Awwwww Lola

Well…

Joey and Eloise were released from the hospital just this morning with a little someone new.  After 37 hours 7 minutes and 8 seconds of hard back labor, Lola Marie Markham made her way into the world.

Joey and El were so happy to be home with her.

El couldn’t sleep in the hospital with all the adrenaline she had been experiencing but the warmth and familiarity of her bed put her right to sleep.  And that’s when Joey took over. It took him a little while to figure out what to actually do with babies.  He wasn’t sure how to hold little Lola and he was afraid he’d break her.

Awwwww Joey…

Things came natural to Eloise.  Lola nursed like a champ and was a very easy baby.

Peter came over bearing gifts and well.. he didn’t know the first thing about babies…

Poor Petey.

Joey had been working long hours leaving Eloise to fend for herself around the house.  This was fine with El since her patience had been wearing thin.  She only found solace in her garden.  Basically what i’m saying is, Joey was getting on her damn NERVES!  He was too clingy, too lovey and the bigger El got the less time she had fo’ dat.  So yeah, there was a bit of a strain on their relationship but honestly who can blame Eloise?  She’s 9 months pregnant, first baby, she doesn’t even know if her internal organs are still there, she’s always uncomfortable and any time she lays down she…..

Oh shit… I think her water broke!  Where the fuck is Joey?!?!

Eloise tried to labor as much as she could at home.  She walked around, tried to eat but couldn’t, tried breathing techniques but all that shit they taught her and Joey in childbirth class went out the window when that pain hit.  Felt like a semi-truck and godzilla were having sex in her pelvis…

She decided to get dressed and ready for the hospital. Her bag had been packed about 2 months ago. The contractions were coming back to back as the sun rose.  Joey had the nerve to come home from work and put his pajamas on talkin’ bout “What’s wrong baby?"  Poor Joey was clueless.  So El proceeded to show him the growth protruding from the front of her and replied "Hospital… NOWWWW!”

So Joey did what any man would do when his wife is in labor: He called his boy Pete over for moral support. 

Damn it Joey!

By the time Pete arrived, El was half way to the damn hospital….

Get in the CAR JOEY!

I mean, she wasn’t sick ALL the time.  Most of the time she could still work in her garden and enjoy feeling little wiggles and squirms in her belly.  Joey simply could NOT keep his hands off of her or the life growing inside of her.  He was head over heels.  Always asking if the baby was kicking, one hand always on the baby.

He tried to pretend like it was a joke when he told her he wanted five children… the look on her face said it all.  She loved the idea of a big family, just not carrying all them babies.  It was bad enough she was being stretched and pulled in all different directions already.

Maybe she would though, who knows.  She loved the way he loved her and she loved the way he couldn’t keep himself away from her.  It was a side of Joey she hadn’t seen and knew in her heart he was going to be an amazing father.

Awwwwww Joey

Pretty sure I mentioned that El was an amazing cook.  Her skills only got better the further along she got in her pregnancy.  Cooking wasn’t the problem however, eating was…

She often found herself having to settle for tea even after all those fancy trick moves in the kitchen. 

She couldn’t even keep the tea down!

Poor Eloise…..

Speaking of Cherry…..

While Pete was chatting it up with Joey asking about baby names and what not, his cell starts buzzing and it’s Cherry….  When she asked if he’d like to come over for dinner he hollered out “DEUCES!” to his bro and ran out of there like Usain Bolt getting caught shoplifting…

He dug her place, learned that she lived there with her sister Chessa.  Everything was pink which made Peter itch.  Cherry seemed pretty cool.  She had great conversation but the first thing he noticed?  Come on now ya’ll…

Dat ass

The usual get-to-know-you convo ensued with a little flirtation thrown in for good measure.  She flirted, he flirted back.  It took every thing he had to not grow wood…

As they headed back to the kitchen to put away their dishes, Peter could feel her eyes on his back, he turned to look and caught those big brown eyes…. he stopped, forcing her to almost run into him (this is an old playa move, take notes). 

He caught her gaze…..

He held her hands….

He wanted to go in for the kiss but nah… not Cherry.  She seemed classier than what he was used to.

She hugged him (her fro smelled like cherries.. fucking SERIOUSLY?) and told him that she had to leave for work but she appreciated having him over for dinner.

Peter thinks he’s in love ya’ll…

Ahhh Joey if he only knew about all the good things Eloise has been growing in her garden.  Literally and figuratively (wink)

But soon he would learn that all the nastiness, stank and filth that went down on his wedding night would pay off. 

Eloise surprised him with the good news.  She took a pregnancy test that morning after auntie flo skipped over her house that week.  Auntie flo… hate that bitch.  But I digress….

Joey’s reaction was priceless!  He squealed like a pig, ran through the house at full speed stopping periodically to do the dougie, did a back flip and started singing “Who run the wooooorrrrrrrrrrld”… it was crazy, you had to be there.

He had to break the news to his best friend so he dusted off the grill, seasoned up some chicken and called him over.

“I got big news man, big news”

Peter, with a smirk on his face and a swell in his heart was so happy for his homeboy.  In fact, Peter was a little jealous.  He better start getting to know this Cherry chick soon.  He’d never admit it, but he loved Joey’s family values and how, growing up, he was never on that player shit.  He kept all this to himself and simply replied:

“So all those years of shooting blanks into your gym socks while watching "Back Door Sims Vol. 69” finally paid off huh?“

Peter’s crazy ya’ll….

So what does Joey do after he scores himself a girlfriend?  He heads to the bar to brag to his bros!!! 

He ended up having them over the next day to watch the game.  Turns out ‘ol Pete just met a new lady too.  Some girl named Cherry…..

Pete’s main concern as always “Bruh.  Can she cook tho? Is the ass right?”

If you answer yes to both questions, please proceed to the altar.

Downloaded this nice little starter from the gallery.  Placed it on prime real estate along the river.  Working on a family to play out.

Russell moved in.  Clearly, he and Danica are going to take a while to get used to each other.  In this case, opposites do NOT attract.

Oh well.

Soooo…. I opened up Four this evening and look who comes c-walking up out of CAS…

I call him Tree…

Maybe he’s tall? Dunno…

Shout out to blvcklifesimz because, facial hair and waves. Wow!

Paulette is in the BUILDING!

She moved in with Loo who is just grinning and bearing it wondering what the hell i’m doing because, just, no. 

Paulette is either a female Chris Brown or Amber Rose. Can’t quite put my finger on it…. Anywho,

What I do know is, Loo does not approve of my shenanigans.

More to come….

Thanks for a good time …

*a little bit later*

“So… you’re just gonna sit right there and eat that whole burger like that? Just, like, all in front of my face n stuff?”

Chuck and Charlene “Charlie” just moved in.  Now that these tiny ass worlds in S4 are almost full, I think i’ll go back to S2 for a bit…

Whoa.  Four is crazy. 

So I named her Danica… she’s Evil, Hot-Headed, Insane and wants to be a criminal mastermind. Can’t cook for shit.