Anniversary Date & Baby 90!

 Jesse and Sommer are a perfect couple, and when he asked her to go steady with him, instead of answering using words, she held his hand gently, and kissed him. I had to be that awkward mother that accidentally walks in on your first kiss though… so… Jesse was mad at me for a little while, but eventually forgave me.

 During the time that he WAS mad at me though, I walked miles down to the beach… it was night time when I got there. I made myself a drink, and called Marc to come pick me up. We slept well that night, after Jesse had apologized for being mad at me.

 The next morning I worked on more paintings and sculptures to sell at the consignment store so that we can bring in more income… 

 I repaired the multiple broken electronics in the house (clumsy teenagers and children…) and then showered quickly before heading out to sell my artwork.

 Once again, Colt was more than willing to help me find buyers, and complimented me on my "much improved" work. 

 When I got home, Jesse had Sommer over ONCE AGAIN. I love the girl, but its almost as if she lives here! I was glad that they at least did their homework together.

 It was our anniversary today too! Marc came home early from work, to take me to an early dinner. I was thrilled when he asked me out on a date to the bistro.

 We pulled up and I noticed that he had rented out the entire place. I asked him why he would spend so much money to do that.

"Catherine. You and I have been working so hard the last few years that we haven't had a chance to celebrate our anniversaries yet… I figured I could make that up to you tonight."

I smiled. Of course, it would work.

 We ate together by candle light, and then took a drive in Marc's convertible with the top down to the beach.

 I hadn't realized that the wedding arch from our wedding was still here. (Or maybe Marc had it set up again) Whatever the case, I loved seeing it. It brought back such wonderful memories!  We kissed in front of it, where we had said our vows years earlier. 

 And he surprised me with beautiful white roses! The man never ceases to surprise me. I love him profusely! 

 After a while of kissing and giggling, we sat back on the sand to gaze at the beautiful stars… Of course, we kept our wedding arch in perfect view, so as not to let the memories fade. After a while it got late, and we headed home to bed.

 The next morning, being a saturday, Marc and I decided to have some fun on the new slide that we got the kids! (although it seems that we like it more than they do!)

 Marc slid on his stomach, but I was afraid to slide on my stomach, in case I were to maybe damage something, and not be able to have children again.

 It was the girls' birthday today, and Gianna asked me if I would allow her to make her imaginary friend, Patrick, real. I said yes, whipped up the potion and sure enough, he appeared in front of my eyes! 

 They hugged, and both the girls, and Patrick celebrated teenage birthdays! 

 Gianna looked stunning, and decided that she would wear a bit of blush and red lips… to show off her facial structure, now that she has shorter hair! 

 Dana is stunning as well, she decided on only eyeliner, and a cute layered hair cut with bangs! 

And Patrick was handsome as well! His blue hair makes me think back to the older days in the challenge, when my children would have funky hair colors (thanks to their fathers!). But I am happy as can be now!  

 I worked on a Young Again potion, because I was nearing those OLD days… I wasn't looking forward to that, besides! I still had 11 children left in my challenge! 

 Later that day, Marc and I taught all the teenagers to drive,

 which took most of the afternoon, and evening.

 I was the faster teacher, and ended up having some daylight left to play catch with Sommer. I really was enjoying her company, and looked at her like a daughter! ( I really hoped that she and Jesse would end up getting married someday!)

 Prom night came quickly, and of course, Jesse asked Sommer, and Patrick asked Gianna. Dana went without a date, but I think she would have preferred it that way anyway.

A few interesting things happened at prom:

~ Gianna asked Patrick to go steady

~ Gianna and Patrick have their first kiss

~ Jesse wins Prom King

~ Dana used her popularity to win Prom Queen

~ Jesse and Sommer win cutest couple at prom!!

Jesse and Sommer

Gianna and Patrick

Dana

 Of course, Jesse and Sommer had been A students for a week or so- and I had allowed Jesse to remain a teenager until Prom was over (they so desperately wanted to go to Prom together). Sommer had asked Matthias the same, and he was more than happy to allow it. He loved Jesse. 

Jesse aged up with the traits:

~Slob

~ Virtuoso

~ Lucky

~ Angler

~ Perceptive

 Sommer was stunning, and aged up with the traits:

~ Flirty

~ Hopeless Romantic

~ Green Thumb

~ Nurturing

~ Artistic

 I looked out the window after Jesse and Sommer moved into their own house together and saw Gianna and Patrick making out at the slide. As much as I wasn't the most approving about this, I had to let it go… He was her Imaginary Friend after all, and I didn't have much say over what he did… 

 Dana and Gianna came to me and asked if they could age up and move out too. I was in shock, but they reminded me that they had been in school for weeks, and had been A students and had also waited until prom before aging up. I had to allow it.

Gianna changed her hair style, and I liked this one much better. She aged up with the traits:

~ Hates the Outdoors

~ Friendly

~ Good

~ Savvy Sculptor

~ Flirty

Patrick also aged up handsomely, and had the traits:

~ Brave

~ Slob

~ Virtuoso

~ Bookworm

~ Great Kisser 

 Dana aged up the most beautifully in my opinion. She was the popular girl in school, and will continue to be that way as an adult. Her traits are:

~ Nurturing

~ Lucky

~Natural Cook

~ Couch Potato

~ Genius

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Sadly, since our anniversary date, Marc and I hadn't had very much time together… I was desperate to get another child into the house, and I called up the adoption agency. Now I know that normally in baby challenges adoptions don't count… but who is to say that the child I adopt isn't MY child?  

Here is baby # 90!!!!! 

 His name is Marcus Barker! I think he is just the sweetest little man!! 

 And we already have a bond! The only thing left to do… Is see how Marc reacts to him.

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Update & Babies 88 and 89!!

Well, I had a whole lot of an update for you, but the pictures got deleted…

Quick synopsis: 

Lorena & Loretta aged up, and their links are here :  

Loretta ~ Athletic, Artistic, Hopeless Romantic, Adventurous, Light Sleeper

Lorena ~ Athletic, Artistic, Good, Technophobe, Clumsy

Catherine and Marc taught Jesse his skills, and he aged up into a cute child!! 

The post continues (with pictures!) now...

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 After Jesse aged up, he took a nice long nap… Marc and I decided that it would be the perfect opportunity for us to get pregnant with baby 88, so we climbed up into the treehouse with a sleeping bag, and went at it.

 After his nap, he woke up and went to school. Even though it was his birthday, and we would have allowed him to stay home, he wanted to go anyways. He said he wanted to make some new friends.

 After Marc went to work, (he got promoted to principal!) and Jesse went to his first day of classes, I decided to repair the stereo in the back yard that had been broken for months. It was extremely easy, since my repairing skill was fairly high.

 I then decided that I should bring in some more income… we were still struggling with buying all of our children houses. The economy wasn't the best, and house prices were through the roof. We were okay though.

I had to stop sculpting suddenly, and ran to the bathroom. I was nauseous, which was a good sign when it comes to being pregnant!! I hoped for another boy, so that Jesse wouldn't be lonely, but something tells me it will be a girl.

 As I walked out of the bathroom, I noticed that Jesse was sound asleep on the couch. I sighed. This is exactly why we normally let our children stay home on their birthdays… aging up always makes you tired.

 Marc was getting very good on the piano, and was now level 8!! He was very pleasant to listen to, and even if you were across the house, you could hear the beautiful sounds drifting through  the walls.

 Since Jesse was still sound asleep, Marc and I had a pleasant "date" dinner of cheesesteak. For some reason I had been craving it for days, and finally decided to make it, even though we STILL had leftovers in the fridge.

 As I walked out of the kitchen, I felt the first movement! I cheered and giggled and was so excited that I was almost at NINTEY children! I was so proud of each and every one of them!  I was sad though, that so many had moved away to China, Egypt, or even Twinbrook… I had lost contact with many of them as well. It breaks my heart that my children could so easily forget me.

 I went outside, since in Sunset Valley it is always beautiful outside, and began a painting. It ended up being "brilliant" and I knew it would bring in some money when I took it to the consignment shop with a few other sculptures and paintings.

 Colt was still working there, and I greeted him with a hug before asking if he would sell my stuff for me. He smiled, and said "Mom, you know that I would be more than willing to help out! I will buy that lovely painting there, and sell the rest for you!" I smiled. My son was helping me now…

 As I left, I went to the spa for the cheapest massage I could get… My back had been aching, and no matter how many massages Marc gave me, it wasn't as good as a professional chiropractor. He adjusted my spine, and told me to do some yoga poses to stretch, and that I would be just fine.

 When I got home, Jesse was working hard on his homework. I was very interested by him. He was not interested in his Imaginary Friend, and the doll still remained a doll. It wasn't child-form like he was. He hadn't made any friends at school either… I was worried.

 As I stared at the crib in the nursery wishing that whoever was in my belly would join the family SOON, I heard giggling and a loud "WHOOOOSHHH!!!" I looked out the window.

 Jesse was more than entertained in the sandbox, not even building anything, simply tossing sand into the air… Most of it landed in his hair! I knew he was slobby, but I didn't know it was that bad!

 I called him over, and we played hopscotch together. I didn't get very far, because I could hardly see over my very large stomach.

 Jesse didn't get very far either! We laughed, but he suddenly ran into the house leaving me alone. I sighed… I figured I may as well go spy on the neighbors.

 I was spying on the neighbors through the telescope when suddenly I looked up into the sky with it. I had no idea that I could actually see the stars during the day! I discovered a large yellow star! I named it Lasola! The scientists down the road donated a good sum of money for finding the star!

 As it got darker, I walked around to the front of the house, and saw Jesse  (wearing a suit for some reason - and no, he's not insane) telling a beautiful little girl a ghost story! It turns out her name is Sommer Meadows, and that she is Matthias Moonbrow's daughter. I walked inside, and suddenly went into labor. I walked quietly to the car so as not to scare Jesse or Sommer.

 I came home a few hours later with a beautiful pair of daughters! I knew I would have girls! This is Gianna! My 88th Child!

 And this is her twin sister, Dana. Baby 89.

 The girls get along very well, and talk to each other in what I like to call "baby talk" which consists of a lot of "goo"s and "gah"s…

 I fed them both and peered out the window again…

 Jesse was playing on the playground with Sommer! Something tells me this might be a crush! I hope so! She's a very sweet girl!

 They played all over the playground together! But finally, she had to go home.

 Gianna has her father's hair!  She is so sweet! And loves to cuddle more than anything!

 She was difficult when it came to learning, though. It took her around 8 tries before she got the potty chair concept down. Maybe I should have started with talking or walking first.

 And Dana, she is a handful! She is always whining about something! Even if theres nothing wrong with her.

 I have adorable little toddlers!

 Dana loves to be tossed in the air and tickled, but snuggling is not her thing.

 When it came time to teach her to talk, she was always in a far away land. I guess thats what I get for telling my babies stories all the time! She learned it fairly quickly though!

 I went back and taught Gianna to walk. She picked this up a lot easier than she picked up the potty chair. The good news though, is that there are no more diapers on her end that need changing! Only on Dana's.

 But that was about to change. Sure enough, two tries later, and Dana knew how to use the potty chair like a champ! All of a sudden I heard Jesse screech, and start shouting for me. I responded quickly with a "WHATS WRONG!? ARE YOU OKAY!?" Of course he was okay. It was a false alarm. "Mom! Sommer is a teenager already! I have to age up too!" I smiled, asked him how his grades were, and when we responded with "I have an A…" I agreed to have his birthday early.

 And he is handsome! Sure enough once he has finished changing into his new "teenager approved" clothing, he calls Sommer and invites her over to show her the new him, and to check out his teenage best friend.

 And she was beautiful. He was immediately head over heels in love with her, and to show her without being TOO obvious, he gave her some precious  pink flowers. She loved them!

 They headed outside to look at the stars for a little while, and then came inside when they heard Marc playing the toddlers a lullaby on the guitar.

 Of course, once the whole household was in the nursery, the music changed to something appropriate to dance to! I danced with Dana, and Jesse and Sommer danced together (kind of awkwardly too!)

 After the music party broke up, I taught little Dana to walk. Skills were almost done, and that meant that birthdays were just around the corner!

 Jesse and Sommer did their homework together, and then he asked me if he could have a sleepover with her. When I told him I wasn't sure that it was appropriate, he reminded me that Marc and Mia lived together, and are married with a daughter now. I gave him a stern look which I intended to have the "Its not the same" tone to it. I sighed, gave him the ground rules that she would sleep in the girls room, he would sleep in the boys room, and that there would be no sneaking around in the middle of the night. He agreed, and asked her to stay. She giggled and of course, agreed to the rules as well. I called Matthias to let him know, and to assure him that I would keep a very close eye on them.

 Marc finished the toddlers skills up by teaching little Gianna to talk! She once again, picked it up a bit slowly, but eventually she got there!

 Before going to bed, Jesse flirted for a little while, and then told Sommer he had a surprise for her. He led her to the girls room…

 And immediately began a pillow fight! It was adorable, and of course tired them out. The next morning, we set up the birthdays!

 Gianna is adorable, and looks so much like Marc. She still loves purple!

 While Dana's hair straightened out, so she decided to wear it long and down. She still loves green!

Sommer, Jesse, Gianna, Me, Marc, Dana

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