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So we did the whole cake thing... took pictures and.. wait, did I take pictures..


Heck I don't think I even introduced you to the little guy... here he is, the heir to the Strickland home. René Strickland... aka Spanky.


Yup, I was right. Lets just hope this pregnancy isn't as rough as her first one. You know... a little girl would be nice... maybe another boy.. Spanky could use someone to boss around.


I am totally using this picture for blackmail when he gets a girlfriend. Have you ever seen a bigger drama queen?

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Tuesday, Fall Year 7

I got that promotion, just like Randolph said I would. Just in time too. It paid for the small nursery off our bedroom.


Allyn wanted a crib and changing table. I told her she could have the nursery and a crib... or the crib and the changing table. We weren't getting all three...


So she picked out the matching crib and changing table she wanted and I put it in the nursery... and the matching high chair... it went in to the kitchen... I learned something... when the wife wants something.. she gets it and there's no point arguing.


According to the Mrs... babies are precious little things. They can make a grown man act a fool. They can make grown women a puddle of goo. Or something like that.


Personally I don't get the hype. All they do is smell funny, sleep, eat and poop... and let me tell you.. those diapers are toxic. What is she feeding him?


I can fix any plumbing problem in the house. Quantum physics? I can hold my own in a conversation. Games? Name one and I can probably tell you the cheat codes and hidden areas. But women? I will never figure them out.


Empty nest syndrome? Really? Isn't that when they move out? I think she has empty womb syndrome. She wants another one... Spanky aint even a year old yet and she's talking about another one.


She brings up the subject so often I think she's trying to tell me she's already pregnant. I figured after the first time of trying to hide the pregnancy she would just come out and tell me.


Then she went and ordered Chinese. She hates Chinese... I on the other hand love it. So I figured today would be the day she told me... nope.. still waiting.


Naturally I didn't let all that good food go to waste... maybe to waist.. oh that was bad.. even for me.


Every day I check to see if my rèsumé has been accepted.. and finally it was! I got an offer letter from none other than Plumbbobware! Eat that Maxsims. There was a catch.. isn't there always? I had to prove myself again. No sweat, get me in that door and I'll prove myself. I don't care if I do have to start from the bottom again.


Baby is restless. I think Spanky's birthday coming up has something to do with it. She's really feeling the pressure to have another baby. Personally, I think our family is just fine as is... she seems to think he needs a baby sister or brother.


I came home early from work for Spanky's birthday and found her hitting the contraption again. I guess she got her wish.

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Him. Rudolph.. wait no.. Randolph.. Randolph Kendell. Nice guy. Funny. Smart. Better yet, he knew how to play chess. Did you know that little castle thing is a rook? Ya and that horse is a knight. Well, I obviously didn't...


Anyhow I thanked the man for finally showing me how the blasted game is played and for that odd contraption he gave my wife. That's when he sprung it on me.


Turns out he's my boss' cousin... I never even told the dude where I worked. Apparently Allyn did. Anyhow, he said he's gonna put in a good word with him and next time I go in, I'll be promoted. Can't beat that with a stick.


That odd contraption I told you about? Yup, that's it. It saved Allyn. She was at her wits end. She was too tired to eat, too hungry to sleep and as I mentioned before, miserable. I just don't know how that thing can be safe for the baby... but I think its addictive... because she's done it a few times... I'm starting to get concerned.


Randolph claimed it was safe... I had to try it. I had to see what the fuss was about and lemme tell you.. I had to change my sock. That thing.. dayumn... it will rock your world. Its no wonder my wife is always so flushed when she's done. I may have to break it down and get rid of it. I don't need that replacing me!


One night, it was late. Man can talk your ear off. I think it must have been 1 in the morning when I was ready to crawl in bed... and Allyn said it was time.


You got that right, its time... time for bed... time for some Zzzzz's...


Then she starts wailing and screaming...


Kind of hard to sleep through that.. yanno?


So I got up to ask her what was wrong... she said her water broke. Water? That was more than just water, it was down right disgusting!


I don't know what happened next, it was like a flash or a spin or ... I just know I was left there holding our baby and she was staggering off to the bathroom.

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Saturday, Fall Year 4

Allyn has been sick.. a lot. She says its the flu. The only thing she seems to be able to keep down is jello. She eats tons of it. Man, for someone as beautiful as she is, she sure is a slob.


She says not to worry, its a virus. What kind of fool does she take me for? A virus does not make you look pregnant. A virus doesn't kick me in the back when she snuggles up to me cause she's cold... and let me tell you, that kid knows how to aim for my kidneys.


She's always hungry, sleepy, peeing, stinky, cranky, in pain, or throwing up. Basically, my baby is miserable.


I finally eased her mind by telling her I'm looking forward to meeting our virus and asked her how many months do I have to get ready for his arrival. She corrected me, said 'her' arrival. Ya we'll see.


I got myself a new toy. What? Just cause I'm a geek doesn't mean I can't have non-computer games. It was cool... I heard a lot about the game. I sat many days staring at it.


Trouble is... I had no idea what I was doing. The little pieces were set up according to the matching pictures on the squares but then what? That little castle thing and the little horse.. ya I was in over my head.


What I didn't know how to tell her.. I lost my job. I don't know how they did it, but those Ogres cheated. I swear it! We had that hill, we pwned... until... well I didn't see that rogue and... ya it doesn't matter. Maxsims will be sorry they fired me. You'll see. I'll get another job. They're not the only software company in Founders Folly! *sighs*


Of course the timing really sucks. The baby is due. So I had to get another job. Anything until I could get a break with another software company that wont hold that ogre-hill fiasco against me... and I was desperate... desperate enough to join the Folly Reserves. It was odd. The Company Commander told me I could take Allyn's place until she came off maternity leave. This is one weird place.


That's about the time Allyn met him... no not him..

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