Hi Mum, it's Sammy (clone 59 - part 5)

Poor Sunny. I wish we could afford a maid so someone else was responsible for keeping the house clean. But we haven't that kind of money to throw around. If we did happen into some cash, we should look at moving first. Something a bit nicer than this little place.

The least I could do was make sure that her efforts were properly rewarded.

Charlie may not have a room of his own, but he has all the love he needs. Because someone is there when he needs attention.


I check up before heading off to work. At very least, he gets a goodbye cuddle before I go out the door.

Sunny keeps a close eye on him the rest of the day.

"Sam! What part of 'I am not ready for another baby' did you fail to understand?"

"What, Sunny?"

"The last time I threw up like this was when I was pregnant with Charlie."

"Sunny, you know it takes two to make a baby. You didn't exactly refuse."

"Well, no..."

"And I know you adore Charlie."

"But Sam, two? How are we going to cope with two? There's no space. There's no money. We can't do it."

"We'll manage Sunny. Trust me."

I think Amelia will do fine, even if there is another little one soon to arrive. She's been cuddling and caring for Charlie a lot since my hours tend to be long.

If only my work was just the basic maintenance around the station, it wouldn't be too bad.  I could keep the alarms and the truck in good nick fairly easily in a day.

The problem is that we have a lot of fires in the late afternoon. By the time they are out and I've done the paperwork, it's another day with unpaid overtime. A lot of unpaid overtime.

Someone has to do it, I'm not really complaining. It would be nice if I felt as though I were more appreciated though.

This has to be absolutely the best part of the job. Sliding down the poles to jump in the fire truck. It's way more fun then stairs or something.

I've never been in this part of town but I would know that red hair anywhere. The Tomasi house is on fire. Thomas and his son Jacob are worried about the flames.

Oh my god, it's the nursery that caught fire. Didn't Sunny tell me that Marta and Thomas had a toddler?

I double checked the room, it was empty. The baby must be somewhere else. I'm glad for that, it wouldn't take much smoke to damage young lungs.

Since the baby isn't here, I'll tend to the fire.

It took a couple of hours to put out all the flames, the fire was advance when I arrived.

God, the nursery is nearly as big as our house. I wish I could afford a room like this for Charlie.

The furnishings did get a bit scorched but it's mostly fine.

Amelia must be right. She's been worshiping the porcelain throne frequently in the last little while. We better prepare for another baby soon.

I was in a rush to get home after the fire. So I drove the fire truck straight there.

The reason for the rush? It was Charlie's birthday. Our baby was growing up.

We decided not to throw a party. The house is so small that guests would all trip on each other.

So it was without any fuss that our baby grew into the most adorable toddler.

He has my hair but his mother's eyes and mouth. I think that's her nose too.

He was very happy about having a birthday. Attention, a few presents.

He has decided that odd doll is the best plaything ever. He sings to it a lot, then bites it for awhile.

Funny thing, we looked and the card said it was great-aunt Ethel. I don't have any aunts or great-aunts. Sunny doesn't remember anyone called Ethel in her family. Who did sent that toy?

I picked up Charlie to take him to his big present. He's a bit young to appreciate this one yet though.

Charlie's big present was that we invested in a proper room for him. It's not very big. It's not very fancy.  It will be good for all of us though that he has some space of his own.

I was just going to take Charlie out for a stroll around the block. He was thrilled, and I was happy to be doing it.

My timing was off and we were only halfway when I noticed I had to leave for work.

So Charlie got to come to the station with me.

I rang Amelia the moment we arrived to let her know what happened and she should come by to pick up Charlie before lunch.

While waiting for Sunny, I encouraged Charlie to take a few steps. We didn't get very far. Sunny came quickly and a fire station isn't very safe for someone so small. Not dangerous in any real sense but Charlie was in danger of being stepped on accidentally. You don't look for toddlers when the bells ring. You grab gear and go.

Once Charlie and Sunny were gone, the rest of the day was normal. Updating the truck, fixing the alarm, putting out a fire. All just part of the routine.

Whenever the baby is asleep, Sunny still loves to practice her guitar.

Sometimes I swear she'd rather lose a leg than the guitar, if she had to choose between the two. I was about to say a limb but losing an arm might make playing a bit too challenging.

When I'm home, I spend as much time as I can with Charlie.

He's definitely bright but he'd rather play with that funky doll than learn to walk or talk.

Sunny's pregnancy is progressing quickly. Before we quite knew what happened, she was in her third trimester.

She's been taking it slow and easy. Still, Sunny and Charlie love to visit the newly developed kiddie park.

Charlie adores the little rides. His favourite for the moment is the rocket ship. He wants to be an astronaut, though he can't say the word.

Next week, it will probably be the pirate ship and he'll want to sail the Sim Seas.

"Sam, Sam! We have to go now honey."

I was a wee bit distracted at this point to remember what I was doing. "Now, are you sure?"

"Positive, Sam."

"Just a moment."

"NOW SAM!"

Sunny decided I was taking too long. So she popped into the drivers seat while I called for a sitter.

What Sunny had distracted me from was dinner. As in I was in the middle of cooking, it was on the stove and nearly done.

Soon overdone.

After that, well, thank god we got a good baby sitter. He put out the flames before the fire truck arrived.

Of course, that doesn't surprise me. That a fire truck left the building when I wasn't there, that surprised me.

After the fire, he remember to put Charlie to bed.

If we get him again, I am definitely giving him a bonus.

Now there are two ladies in my life. The newest one is Donna Grant.

Aren't they both beautiful, Mum?

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This round of play had a couple of glitches. One was a fire that Sam couldn't get to and wouldn't go away. Then Amelia got stuck trying to change to preggy clothes. Finally Charlie somehow jumped out of his crib without the IF. And then the crib was unusable.

The first I finally fixed by changing households and back. Pity I forgot to use DreamCatcher because both Sam and Mia wanted a girl but their wants were dumped. At least the fire went away.

I reset Amelia and she could move again. But she lost her extra maternity leave, which means if they don't have a third *really* fast, someone has to take unpaid leave from work so the toddlers learn skills.

The last I fixed by using Twallan's MC and resetting the crib. Then the IF was the way it was meant to be.