The Journal of Penny Grant - May 11 - Buddy meets his grandparents

A new day dawns, and I'm finally feeling a bit more like myself. It was time to properly greet our new son. Last night, with all the fuss and bother, well, getting some sleep was all that was on my mind.

So I did the morning baby tending.

While Nick invited the grandparents over to see their newest grandchild. Of course, my parents are old hands at the grandparent business, since Vincent's daughter is nearly a teen.

Stephen and Abbey have two boys, so Buddy isn't anyone's first grandson either.

Still, we're excited and happy and I'm sure our folks will be thrilled to see their tribe of grandchildren growing.

"Good morning, snookums. I hope it's going to be a big day today and you get to say hi to all your grandparents."

It was a Saturday and luckily, not one of the 'rents had made other plans. It's entirely possible that they already had plans to see the new grandchild, which could explain the speed at which they've all turned up on our doorstep.

Still I was very happy they could all make it. It seems like every time we try, at least one of our parents doesn't come at all or leaves immediately.

"I have a little something for you, Nick."

"What is it?"

"You'll find out when you open the box. I hope you and Penny enjoy."

"Hey, Mr Mayor."

"Penny, I thought I told you, it's just Brad."

"Sorry Brad. I was trying to make a joke." I sighed. "No one ever gets them."

Brad leaned close to me. "I know. I have the same problem. No one ever gets my sense of humour either." I almost gave him a hug for that confession.

"Mom, meet Buddy, your newest grandson. Buddy, this is your granny."

"He's lovely, Penny. How are you holding up?"

"Well, I could use some more sleep."

"At least you only had one. You really forget what sleep is if you have twins."

"Umm, should I be sorry about that?"

"Not really dear, it wasn't your fault that we had twins. But why on earth did you and  Nick have a baby so soon?"

"We didn't really intend on starting a family. It's just that we weren't being terribly careful."

"And Buddy was the result. How does Nick like being a daddy?"

"He's working on it but the baby frightens him. I guess he's worried that he'll be too rough, or forget to feed him. We're still learning."

"It never ends dear, until they leave home."

"So Penny, this is?"

"Buddy, meet your other grandmom." Buddy cooed happily on queue.

"Such a handsome little baby. I hope he isn't nearly the handful his dad was."

"MOM!"

"Nick, you were the fussiest baby ever. And no better as a toddler, I might add."

God, if my parents and Nick's parents start exchanging stories, we are so out of here. I really don't want to listen to all the stories about what we did as babies/toddlers.

"Well, Nick, how are you finding married life?"

"It's been pretty amazing so far, Dad. How's having an empty nest?"

"The joys of peaceful living. It had been so long ago that I'd forgotten what it was like, just your Mom and me. Makes me wish you kids had long since gone."

"Dad!"

"Joking, Nicholas. We might think about taking a smaller place now though. Your mother gets a bit sad wandering through your rooms."

"Dad, this is Buddy. Your newest grandson."

"So how are you both?"

"Like I told Mom, I still pretty tired. But Buddy is holding out well, I think he likes having so many faces to see."

"Did we ever tell you about the time that you and your sister..."

"Dad!"

He grinned mischievously. "Gottcha. The worst the two of you did as babies was wake each other up. Your mother and I did have a few bad nights until you slept at the same time reliably." Dad tickled the baby for a few minutes and wandered off.

Thank heavens that's over. I was starting to think that my arm would fall at any moment. The baby has met his grandparents and everyone survived the encounter.

I noticed that Mom and Dad still get flirty when they think no one is paying attention.

It's so sweet that they love each other so much.

"Hey there, Buddy. Having a good time being the centre of the universe today?"

Nick gave Buddy his bottle. "You've had an awfully big day. It's time to put you in a crib."

Our parents actually spent the entire day at our place. Dad and Em danced up a storm together.

Then I convinced Dad to spar for a little. I won both matches but the margin was very small. Dad really hasn't lost his fighting skills with age.

It was finally time to send them all home and Nick decided to open the box from my Dad.

"Honey?"

"Yes Nick?"

"You won't believe what was in that box your father gave me."

"What was it?"

"Umm, a cave man outfit. What the hell?"

I had to laugh. "Dad found it exploring a tunnel one time. He would do cave man for mom from time to time. It was a long time ago now but I think she found it very sexy."

"Really?"

"Might be fun to try, Nick."

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Bonus pic

No Sim can resist the lure of the water slide. They all adore it. So Brad takes some time out to play on the slide while everyone else is socialising.