Going Solo: Davis Gen 3.13

The longest two weeks of my life! I'd get home from work, Mom would kiss me on the cheek and leave. She would always leave. I honestly thought after the first day or two, she'd cave and just take them again, but she didn't. She would drive off in my car leaving me with two little beings that needed stuff. They always needed stuff and if I didn't get it they let me hear about it.

I honestly didn't know how two things so small could make so much dang noise. And the smells! Oh my goodness the stuff that came out of their bodies was enough to make me hurl and I lived in a frat house!

That place was nothing compared to emptying the potty chairs or changing diapers. Changing diapers...that was an experience especially when I put on the new one wrong and it promptly fell off just as Hope started to pee. Mom laughed when I called her, she LAUGHED like this was all some sort of big joke. Eventually I got into a rhythm with them.

I have to admit it was a pretty good feeling the first time I saw Hope take a step. Cora called me almost daily while they were with me. I could hear in her voice she was worried I'd do something to them.

I assured her we were doing ok, leaving out that they had both fallen down the stairs that first day. I assured her I was not sleeping through their cries at night either.

To make sure I wouldn't, I slept upstairs on the floor. Hope was the more out going one. She'd try to get into everything if I wasn't watching.

Grace would sit quietly playing if I needed to tend to her sister. Between Mom, Sha, and Grams, the girls were well on their way to being spoiled. By the end of the two weeks, I was beat. True to her word, Mom took them again during the week, but only if I had to travel. Weeks I didn't and every weekend they were now at my house since it was equipped for them.

When Cora would come visit, she'd reluctantly stay with me, saying she didn't want to disrupt their routine too much. I'd graciously let her have the bed, well after she vetoed sharing it with me, and slept on the sofa. We'd even spend some quiet time together after the girls were in bed. She told me about how her program was going.

It was harder than she imagined, but she was loving it. In the end, it would be all worth it when she'd be able to provide a good life for her and the girls. I'd never admit this to her, but hearing her talk about life with the girls that didn't include me kinda made me feel strange. Over the last several months I'd gotten used to having them around, even if it wasn't full time. I wasn't sure I liked the idea of her taking them away and me not seeing them.

**A/N**

So Davis is only at level 4 of his job right now since the game gave him days off when the  girls were born. I had no idea the dads got days off...I was slightly annoyed by that fact! On the upside, when he did go back to work he went from level 3 to level 4 that same day since while he was off he moved up using the analyze statics option.

Oh...fun (and gross) facts. Ichelle keeps calling Davis to go out on dates. She's his great-aunt (I think...so hard to remember family relations) either way they are related. She also has sent him 2 love letters. If this is how she acts, I'm surprised she and Graham haven't gotten divorced. Boyd and Bellisma have been for a while now, yet they still live together but are dating different people. SP does some strange things.

Family shots
Jameel Stanley--son of Ichelle and Graham

Kyle Pok (Elise's son)