Clearly I have been playing far too much Sims 2 in my spare time.  I’ve begun seeing all of my needs in little green meters.  When Tom woke up this morning and said he was feeling rested I asked him how full his sleep meter was.  At least it’s a game we can play together - he just got the version for the XBox and it has a two player setting so we’ve had fun setting up house in virtual reality too.  I suppose it might get scary if our Sims interact more than we do.  We’re not there… yet.

Today I went over to visit Lisa and her son.  He’s just a few months over a year, but he’s already becoming a real little person rather than a baby.  I haven’t seen him in a couple of months and the changes were amazing in just that bit of time.  He’s walking all around without needing to hold anything.  He says a few words, like “meow” when he sees a cat, “ut” when he wants to be picked up, “dadn” for “dada”… and he’s learning sign language too.  He can eat real food (though fig newtons were giving him trouble today) and he wants some of whatever anyone else is eating.  He totally enjoyed his bath, even daring to put his hands in the running water and almost stuck his face right in.  He has discovered the delicious treat that is bath water, too.  He loves to smile and laugh and his eyes just shine.  He’s such a sweet boy.  Lisa kept saying that he was grumpier than normal, but I sure couldn’t tell.  He was a bit clingy, but he’s cutting new teeth.  And everyone is entitled to an off day or two.

Even though we didn’t do anything in particular - simply kept B. occupied and spent a lot of time playing with him, laughing, and chatting I had a wonderful afternoon and evening.  It felt really good to catch up with Lisa and it’s just amazing to watch B. grow.  Sometimes when I think of having kids I get stuck on the more difficult things like poopy diapers and losing sleep and getting sick and forget all of the wonderful stuff that overshines all of the harder things.  B. is an amazing boy and I love kids.  They have so much joy and excitement, even over the simplest things.  I could use a little of that myself.

After B. went to sleep, Lisa and I had our dinner and caught up some more.  I’ve laughed more today than I have in a while.  I can’t believe I don’t hang out with her more often - we always have a good time.  At least we’ve made an arrangement that I’ll babysit for her every other week or so… and give her time to spend out with her husband.  So I won’t end up going another four months between visits.

Tonight I am full up with socializing and food.  It’s a good feeling.

Posted on May 31st, 2006 by Kat
Filed under: General