And the Sim World Welcomes......

After the fiasco of the dishwasher, Rhonda decided to avoid tinkering with it for the rest of her pregnancy..... much to Gareth's relief. Things were running along smoothly.... or as smoothly as possible when you've got a toddler running loose in the house.

And it happened.

Just as Gareth came home from work, and yes, oddly enough.... still wearing his works uniform.
Rhonda had had a decent night's sleep, managing to catch a few hours whilst Alice played with her toys, when she suddenly got up and felt the cramps.



They couldn't leave Alice alone, and having a home birth wasn't an option. Gareth, being the fusspot that he is.... insisted that they went to the hospital.

So Gareth, with trembling hands, called for the babysitter, who came by promptly whilst Gareth and Rhonda rushed off in the taxi.



Or so I thought.

When I looked, the taxi had already gone, and Gareth was speeding along on his scooter!!!!



At least the babysitter was on time anyway.



The poor babysitter didn't know what hit her, as she reached down to empty Alice's potty....
and got a nasty... smelly... surprise!!!!



At least she was doing her job anyway.

Several hours later as the sun was rising over the horizon.....




Rhonda emerged holding in her arms a beautiful baby....

BOY!!!!!



Whose name is..... Joshua.

Closely followed by a rather proud looking Gareth. Finally getting the son he wanted. Although Alice is definitely the 'apple' of his eye.




Welcome to the wacky world that your parents are living in my dear.... you're going to love it!!!!
Unlike Alice, where I could choose both traits.... Joshua had one already designated to him....

... that of Brave.

So I chose Athletic for the second one.

Isn't he a cutie?



But sadly, not for long.

Rhonda was totally tired out after being up all night, and left it up to Gareth to look after Joshua, despite his own fatigue.




Unfortunately, because of lack of space, Joshua's crib had to be moved into their bedroom.




After feeding, fussing and generally settling Joshua in, Gareth crashed out too.....




And right on cue..... Joshua pooped in his diaper and made a hell of a racket, waking Gareth up.

WILL YOU SHUT THAT KID UP AND SORT HIM OUT? I'M TRYING TO SLEEP HERE DAMMIT!!!!




With that, he got back into bed, in a REALLY foul mood.




So much for the 'loving daddy' scenario LOL