Smiley Baby Nicholas

I didn’t have to work again today. I was over the moon and having already prepared my studies well ahead of schedule, I had the time to visit my close friend, Bonnie. It was nice to see how little Nicholas has grown.

The little guy was lying on a sheepskin in the living room when I got there. He looked like he was about to doze off. As soon as he saw me when I got down to his level, he suddenly sourced some spare energy fuel hidden somewhere in his little body to greet me with beautiful smiles. He watched us as we chatted next to him. He stared and tried to join in the conversation by making gurgling sounds. After I excused myself to go clean my hands, I heard him fussing. Well, I did say that I can be quite a clean freak and I really hate to transfer germs to someone else. When I got back, Bonnie was changing his nappy. He focussed in on his mum, ‘talking’ to her and kicking his legs vigorously. I saw that Bonnie was still using the cloth nappies as planned. After the nappy change, I got my chance to cuddle him. Nicholas almost fell asleep in my arms as we chat. Just as he was about to dozed off, I was asked to place him back on the sheepskin. He slept right there as we continued to chat. I have to admit that I wanted to place him in his cot. He was not bothered by us at all. At some point, we walked over to the kitchen to make drinks and for something to eat. Our footsteps on the floorboards didn’t wake him either. He just carried on sleeping blissfully.

Bonnie has decided to not return to work for now. She had been doing consultation type work on the side for a couple of years and has now decided to continue doing that rather than to go back to work. She reckons that being a consultant is far more flexible than the commitments required at work. She wants to spend as much time as possible looking after Nicholas. This means that they have to live pretty much on a single income while she has no work. Luckily her parents are able to help look after Nicholas if she has to see a client. I hope that her plans work out. It is not easy to see where we are all heading in the current financial climate. The interest rates rise over here and the collapse of the Mc Mansion market over in the US are all turning life pretty precarious all of a sudden.