Here I Am

Round 5: November 2011 (Autumn)

Edna Blackwell is 67, Glen Stevens is 51, Jeanette is 50, and Darren and Dana are 16.

(Alicia Stevens and Kyle Bryant are 19)

Dana's next update / Darren's next update / last update

Narrated by Edna

We visited Alicia and Kyle at their new apartment a few weeks ago. I'm so excited that I'm going to be a great-grandmother in a few months! I can't wait to meet the babies.

I think I'm more excited than everyone else in the family. Ever since Kyle and Alicia announced that they were expecting, I've been hoping the next announcement would be that Kyle popped the question. I've always wanted a big family and I'm looking forward to that happening even more now. I'm not getting any younger.

It has taken Jeanette a little longer to get used to the idea that her 19 year-old daughter is pregnant with twins. But I was younger than Alicia is when I had Jeanette and Jeanette turned out fine. She hates when I bring that up, though.

I just ignore her when she gets like that. But I made sure I let Kyle know that I expect him to propose to my granddaughter soon. Alicia's pregnant, they have their own apartment and they seem happy. So, in my book, marriage is the next logical step.

Jeanette has been coming around, though. She loves her family and can't stay upset forever. She talks to Alicia nearly every day now making sure she is doing ok.

I can definitely tell she's getting more excited as Alicia's due date gets closer because she started making a bunch of clothes for the twins. Alicia and Kyle will definitely be surprised and pleased.

With everything going on with Alicia, it feels like we've been neglecting Dana and Darren lately. But they've been keeping themselves busy. Darren more than Dana, though. Darren worked his way up to lab assistant at his job at the university and he just looks so handsome in his lab coat.

He really likes working in the lab but decided that he's definitely going to go to medical school to become a doctor. It's great that he's so focused and already has his career plans figured out at 16.

And even after being at school all day and his part-time job in the evening, he still has the energy to help out around the house. That boy rarely sits.

They may be twins but Dana is the complete opposite of Darren. Half of her weekends are spent lounging around the house in her PJs and the other half is spent in front of the computer doing goodness knows what.

I've tried to find out what she'd like to do with her life and she really has no idea. She has no career goals and she's not particularly interested in any of the boys in school. The only thing she ever shows any interest in is video games.

Sitting around all day just isn't healthy for a teenager, so I brought Dana to my job to see if she'd want to work with me. My boss was looking for another waiter and even though Dana has no experience, I thought she'd catch on quickly.

Dana was a little hesitant but agreed. This will at least get her out of the house during the week and she'll be able to meet a lot of people.

Will was thrilled to have her and put her to work the next day.

As I thought, Dana did a great job her first few days with the help of the other waiter, Josh. She had a smile from ear to ear when she received her first tip.

Dana was never particularly shy but she's really opened up a lot more now that she has constant contact with people. She's meeting a lot of new folks now and runs into her friends a lot more now. This job is going to be great for her until she figures out what she wants to do long term.

This year Jeanette decided to prepare the meal for Thanksgiving and I agreed to make the desserts. We were going to have a few more people for dinner than we have had in the past, so we decided to tackle the meal together. Of course, Alicia and Kyle were coming over and I also invited my friend Victor to join us.

Everyone arrived shortly after the food was done so we headed straight for the dining table and dug right in.

Naturally, the topic of pregnancy and babies came up and we asked Kyle and Alicia if they were ready to have a ton more children after these 2 are born.

Alicia quickly said that she was done with having kids after these 2, which, from the look on his face, took Kyle by surprise.

My guess is that Kyle would eventually want more children but they haven't had a chance to discuss their plans for future children yet.

Alicia's still young though, so she may still come around to the idea of having a couple more kids when they're a little older.

No matter what they decide, these 2 babies coming in February and any children born after that will be spoiled rotten by all of us.

Notes:
-Dana's turning out to be another one of those unmotivated sims I have (kind of like Camille). She didn't roll wants for anything interesting, not love, not school, not work.
-Dana seems to enjoy being a waitress though. Has anyone else noticed when there's a waiter who seems really animated and excited when delivering food? She's like that.
-It's been a while since I've been in the bakery Edna works in (owned by Will Robinson) and I forgot just how blah it is! I hope they have some extra cash because it's in desperate need of a makeover.
-Kyle's ideal family size is 3 and Alicia's is 2. So as far as Alicia's concerned, she's done. But who knows if her mind will change when she gets older. Or they could end up with another birth control failure ;).