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Generation One: Black

Appearance: Black hair, siren-like clothing style
Traits: Evil, Non Committal, Kleptomaniac
Aspiration: Renaissance Sim
Occupation: Collector/Random careers of choice
House Goal: 10,000 worth

Little Feet

The bus trip to the hospital seemed to take forever, even though the bus driver was speeding, just for me. He clearly didn't want the baby to be born on the bus any more than I did. The pains came and went, which is what they're supposed to do, but it really was nerve wracking.

By the time I got to the hospital, I was more than ready to have this whole thing done with, and was praying for a girl so I wouldn't have to have another baby. The receptionist.. was a ghost.. which was weird. But I wasn't about to argue with it, I just wanted to see a doctor and get this baby born.

They drug me to a back room, had me change, and then stuck me in this hideous machine. I was not impressed, especially when the "doctor" seemed to have trouble remembering what he was going in there FOR. Seeing my heart outside my body was pretty scary, although he put it back quickly, probably hoping I hadn't noticed.

Before long, however, my precious firstborn was here. We named him Austen, and he was adorable. Not a girl.. but we could always try again. After everything was said and done, the labor pains had been worth it. I had an amazing little boy. I quickly changed, and we headed back home before the doctor could try to remove anything else that was supposed to be left inside.

Because we didn't have another room built yet, we put Austen in the living room - there certainly wasn't any extra room in our bedroom, and both of us like our sleep. It'd be best if only one of us had to get up at a time for a crying baby. I, obviously, took the next day off work to recuperate and cuddle my newborn.

Rangi went to work, though, so I was left on my own with the baby. Luckily, Austen seemed the agreeable sort, and he even left me time for reading up on gardening. I didn't want to leave him on his own, so I was just around the corner from him.

After a while, however, reading gardening books gets old.. so I took a chance, left the front door open, and went to build some new furniture. We could use a bigger dining table and the chairs I had were so rickety, I really wanted safer chairs for while Austen was growing up. I had already bought the lumber for it.. I just needed to shape it and put it together.

It turned out to be more than a one day task, however, and my arms got tired.. so I was back to my gardening book. Rangi got home, and needed to learn logic for work, so he played some chess. It was a nice, quiet evening as a family.

It took a couple days, but I had managed to get the local construction crews up here to expand our bedroom, and add on one for Austen. Also, I built a mirror for our room, and finished the dining table and chairs. By this time, Austen had grown into a toddler with a bit of a wild streak. Apparently his calm baby days were behind us.

And then the lava came down again. It terrified Austen, and I spent a couple hours calming him down afterwards, insisting it was a good thing because tomorrow we would have treasure rocks to open up.

Austen, however, was getting into everything. Every time I turned my back, he was into something else. Today it was the kitchen cupboards. Who knows what it would be tomorrow.

The new tables were working out beautifully, though, and family dinners kept Austen at least kind of quiet. We got him to bed early that night, and took some time for just Rangi and me.

Later, while Rangi was sleeping. I found out good news. I was pregnant again! Hopefully THIS one would be the girl I needed. Now.. to figure out how to tell Rangi....

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