I get up early to prepare a cake for Mase’s birthday. Me-Me has to be at work, and Dub has school today, so we want to get the celebrations out of the way early. We light the candles on the cake and wait for Mase to come downstairs. Meanwhile, ma uses this opportunity to bond…
Me-Me doesn’t want to have this baby at home, and when I ask why her explanation is straightforward. Melisa: Drugs, Kai. I can’t do this again. I need drugs! I don’t argue. I abandon my sandwich and head upstairs to change while she texts her parents to let them know the baby is on its…
A heavy Tartosan thunderstorm dampens our last day of summer vacation. Luckily, there’s a family game room in the rental, so we spend our time in there playing Don’t Wake the Llama after breakfast. Dub loses the first round but immediately wants revenge, so he sets up the game for a second time. I bow…
It’s Mason’s birthday. So when I wake up to change him early in the morning, I figure it’s an excellent time to help him age up (with the Inquisitive aspiration). It’s hard to believe that our baby is already a toddler. Without bothering to wake Me-Me, I give him a quick early morning snack and…
It’s Dub’s birthday. So Me-Me wakes up early to dress him and Mason while ma prepares cakes and pies for Dub’s birthday party. Meanwhile, I complete a few tasks on the farm, then join ma in the kitchen for breakfast. Kai: I can’t believe Dub is already about to be school-age. Prosperity: The time goes…
I wake up confused and dazed when I hear Me-Me groaning early in the morning. It takes me a minute to realize what’s happening. The baby is coming! I hurry over and pull her into my arms. Kai: Are you okay? Is it time to push? Melisa: Not yet. My contractions are still too far…
I manage to quickly treat the bee hives and collect honey and wax before Dub becomes too tired and cranky to remain outside. But with the help of the gardener, this day didn’t turn out so bad after all. I managed to get most of my work done. I would have loved to have some…
Merit, Roni, and their girls arrive at City Hall in Tartosa. They have chosen today, the first day of the new year, as their wedding day. But rather than have a big wedding, they have decided on a small ceremony with just their immediate family. So they go inside, exchange vows, and exit the building…
Wade is a toddler now, and he has my eyes (and the Fussy aspiration)! Kai: Happy birthday, little Dub! Melisa: Dub? As in “double u”? Kai: Yeah, it’s what I’ve been calling him – you know, as a nickname. Since I never really had one. Melisa: *considers it* I like it. I lift Dub in…
Waddell spends his time downstairs while Peri gets to know her grandson. He loves Kai as if he were his child, so he can’t help but think of Wade as a grandson. But knowing that he’ll never actually father a child still brings him some pain. Waddell has some things to work through before he…
