Chapter 7

The surprise party for Merrick was a hit! Everyone had a great time and Merrick really enjoyed his cake.

After Merrick finished eating his cake he headed straight for the chess table. I think he may be a bit of a genius but then I already knew that. 

This pregnancy has been just s easy as the first except that my back hurts a lot. Jace is always giving me back rubs. I just love him to death. 

Jace is also always to talking to, listening to, and feeling my belly. He just says that he wants his baby to know him before she arrives. Yes that is right I said she, we are having a girl! We are both ecstatic to know we are getting what we wanted. 

Merrick just loves to soak up as much knowledge as he can. He has Jace read him bedtime stories from skill books instead of the children stories I bought. After school instead of coming home he always sits right outside the schools door and does his homework. I just know he is going to great things with his life. 

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Well I have come to the end of my pregnancy. I should be having our girl any day now and I am scared. Jace has really pulled away from me in the last few weeks. He is always off ridding his motorcycle. Most of the time he doesn't come home after work and I don't know what to make of it. When I try to talk to him about it he just says I am worrying for nothing. He blames it on work saying that he has to do a lot of appearances to get his name out there and blah...blah...blah. 

Well here it is another night and Jace isn't home. I am drinking some coffee to try and stay up so I can speak to him when he gets home. I can not keep living like this! He said he had to stay late at work again......

Ahh....ohh....it's time, it's time. Crap he is not going to be here for the birth of our daughter that ass. 

Well she is just a doll, she looks exactly like Jace. We had picked out the name Melody for her when we found out the we were having a girl. The name fits her!

 I can't believe that he would work late knowing that I was so close to having her. Well I am not going to wait up all night, I am to tired after this. 

When I woke up in the morning Jace was still not home. I got Merrick off to school and took care of Melody's needs as well. Then I plopped down on the couch and waited. When Jace did finally come and saw that I wasn't pregnant any more he ran straight for the room and picked her up. 

I was right on his heel. There was no way he was going to dodge talking to me and explaining himself. So I cornered him in front of the crib and asked him what the hell was going on. 

He stuck to his story of working late and said that he feel asleep at the studio because it got so late. I was not impressed with that answer and I have a feeling that he is lying to me!

He walked away with a smirk on his face.... I have no clue what to make of all this. I just wish I really knew what was going on!

***Just an FYI***

* This is what Jace was up to while he was gone all night. 

After she kicked him out at 3am he just stayed in her yard and in when she got up in the morning they both started playing the guitar at the same time, her inside and him outside. 

I thought he was never going to come home on his own. They didn't do anything other than sleep but then again I wasn't watching him the whole time because Sita went into labor. 

Chapter 6

By Jace:

Merrick has had his birthday, he has my hair and his mother's eyes. He is such a handsome boy, I can see trouble brewing when he is a teen.

It is amazing being a dad and seeing my little boy doing things on his own. When I walked in his room and saw him picking his nose I just about fell over laughing. I sat on the floor of his room and just watched him to see what he would do next. I think his favorite thing to do is chew on the dolls when he plays with the doll house. 

Sita has really been trying to snap herself out of this funk she is in. She has been spending more time with Merrick and even taught him how to walk straight away. I can tell he loves spending time with her just by the look on his face when she is playing with him. 

She still hasn't changed out of her pajamas, even when she showers she puts her pj's right back on. When she decided to take Merrick for a walk in the stroller she still didn't bother to change her clothes. 

When they got back from their walk I went out and grabbed Merrick. The neighbors were staring and Sita had a look on her face that said she just realized that she walked around our neighborhood in her undies. I hope that will shock her out of this funk.

By Sita:

I can not believe that I just took my little boy for a walk in my undies. What was I thinking! Jace is right I have not been myself lately. That sad thing is I don't even know what is wrong with me. Jace has really been great picking up the slack and doing damage control. Him and Merrick have gotten really close since half the time I couldn't be bothered to get out from in front of the t.v. 

I can tell that Merrick has been wanting more of my attention and my relationship with Jace has been strained as well. It's time I start acting like myself again. First thing first.....go give my little man a kiss and feed him before bed. Then it is time for me to apologize to Jace and make it up to him. 

Now I feel more like me again and being dressed feels so good. Jace and I have made up many times in the last few weeks. I think he has forgiven me. 

Merrick has been getting so big. Jace taught him how to talk and we both worked on potty training him. He loves to play with his toys but I think the thing he likes the best is to listen to his daddy play the guitar. Jace even plays for him while he is eating. 

With Merrick's birthday just around the corner I have been planning a surprise party. While sitting on the couch going over the guest list I started feeling very nauseated and had to go throw up. Oh boy I think all that making up has ended up with me pregnant again. 

Well it is confirmed I am pregnant! I feel very excited and happy, I am ready for another baby. I just hope me hormones don't get out of whack and I don't go crazy after this one is born. 

This time around I am nervous to tell Jace for a different reason. I don't want him to worry the same thing will happen to me again. Well I can't hide it from him so here goes nothing. 

Just as last time, I had nothing to worry about. He is very excited to be having another baby. We both want to have a girl this time. It will be like the perfect little family! 

I sat and talked with Merrick about him being a big brother soon but I think he is still to little to understand. He just gave me a blank stare that said none of it was getting through. 

Wow.....we have a lot going on right now. Baby #2 is on the way and Merrick's birthday is in one week! So many changes coming and so little time to prepare. 

Chapter 5

The pregnancy was really a breeze, I am so excited to be starting our family. I got to reading a couple of pregnancy books right away.

Jace was always talking to my tummy or putting his ear to my belly trying to see if he could hear the baby. When he wasn't smothering my baby bump he was playing music for me. He thought that it would help relax the baby and me. Sometimes though he would start playing while I was sleeping.....that is not exactly the best way to relax me. 

I went into labor while Jace was at work so instead of calling him to the hospital I decided to just stay at home and give birth. It was painful but in the end I got a beautiful baby boy that I named Merrick. 

Jace was a little upset that I didn't call him. He really wanted to be here for the birth of our child. I felt really bad after he said that. But what's done is done time to get over it and move on. 

Merrick woke up a lot during that first night. I tried to get some sleep but it was like he would forget that he was tired and would wake up crying for attention. So I would get up and play with him for a bit then I would sing him back to sleep. I think my little man may be absent minded. 

After I got him back to sleep I had a craving for cookies so I set to work in the kitchen and made a fresh batch. I think I was a little to tired to cook because they didn't come out very good. I actually choked on the cookie. After I threw them out I thought coffee sounded good so I made myself a nice strong cup. It tasted wonderful. 

When I finished the coffee I was to wired to sleep so I decided I would go work in my garden. It is coming along nicely, I already have 4 perfect plants. 

When Jace woke up he came outside and asked me how Merrick had been through the night. I just about bit his head, I told him he would know if he would have managed to get up and help me. 

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By Jace:

After Sita bit my head off outside I got in the shower to get ready for the day. Sitting on the couch I started thinking that something just doesn't seem right with her. I know she just gave birth to our son but she has never stayed up all night before. I had the baby monitor on in the room and I only heard him cry once through the night. It seems strange to me that she should be behaving this way. 

While I was sitting here I heard Merrick wake up and I headed off to the nursery to give him his bottle. When I finished Sita came in and I was in the middle of telling her how much I just loved our little guy when she started yelling at me again! I told her she needed to go to bed and get some rest, she is just to exhausted and doesn't know what she is saying. 

She turned around and walked away not looking to happy with me.

That night she didn't sleep again and she kept stuffing her face with food. I came down and thought it would be good if I stayed up with her. But when I got downstairs she was looking at the t.v. with the most evil look I have every seen on anyone's face before. It made me a little nervous. 

She then proceeded to play one of our video games and she just kept shouting at the t.v. I think she is going insane!

I cornered Sita in the bathroom and told her that she was behaving like a mad woman. I explained to her all the things she was doing and told her that she needed to get her act together for our son. His birthday was today and he didn't need to see his mom running around exhausted and screaming at inanimate objects or me for that matter. 

I think some of what I said got through to her because that night she came to bed. She only took a little nap but it was a start and better than nothing. I hope this means that things are going to get back to normal. 

*Sita really lost her mind after the baby was born. She didn't sleep a full night or change out of her pajamas until Merrick was almost a child. Maybe she had a bought of a sim version of postpartum depression! Poor Jace he was worried about her. He kept dreaming about her and trying to talk to her but she was having none of it.