Generation 2: Baby 1: The Beginning of Bonnie's Challenge

Well, after much thought and deliberation and thanks to all your wonderful comments, I have decided to pick up the torch from my mother, Hadley Reed-Pope, and do my own 100 Baby Challenge.  I enjoyed taking care of my little siblings when I was growing up, and I am anxious to have a big family.  Even though I always imagined having my children with a husband, that hasn't worked out so far and I don't see why I can't do both anyway...my mom did after all.

Well, first off, I suppose I should refresh your memory about me.  My name is Bonnie Reed, as you all know...I was born in my mother's first set of triplets with my sisters Illena and Caroline.  I effing hate Illena, even today...we never got along.  Caroline and I get along okay, but we both have completely different lives now.  You can learn more about me on the biography page.

Oh, and another thing...know how my mom used a sperm donor most of the time with her challenge?  Well, I'm not going to do that.  I think I'm going to go about this the old fashioned way.  That's half the fun anyway, right?  At least I think so.

Also, I was contemplating moving to Butterfly Acres to be close to my mother, but I really do miss the beach since Winston Sergo ran all of us out of Cornucopia forever ago...so I found this city called Legacy Island.  It's gorgeous...and I found the most perfect little secluded area to put my house...a house my Meemaw Zoey designed.  It's so beautiful, and it's right on the beach.  I'm an outdoorsy type, so this is perfect.

Here it is.  Isn't this absolutely gorgeous?  I don't have a whole lot in it as of yet, but let's take a closer look.

Right inside the front door, there's a living room.  I have purple couches and I'm thinking about eventually putting in a bookshelf.  You will never see televisions or computers in my house...I can't stand that kind of stuff.

Anyway, directly to the right is a little kitchen and dining area.  Like I said, there isn't much to it as of yet, but it has so much potential.

Past the living room are stairs to go up where there is another bathroom and two other bedrooms.  Nothing up there is decorated yet, so we'll go back to that later.

This is my bedroom.  There's basically just a bed in it right now...of course when I start having babies, they will sleep in here with me as infants...at least that's the plan.

Here's my bathroom.  I love it...there's a guest bathroom that isn't done down here and another bathroom upstairs.  I figure when my family starts getting really big we'll either add on to this house or move to a different one...I do love this location though.

Here's the best part...out the kitchen door is a beautiful little deck with a GORGEOUS view.

Isn't this just breathtaking?  Ahh, I just love being outside...which is why the first thing I do when I get here to Legacy Island is register as a professional angler.  Now I can be outside even when I'm working!  That's what I'm talking about!

Well, since I'm broke-broke, I start fishing to get some cash before I go looking for my first baby daddy.

The first thing I catch is a minnow.  Well, at least it isn't a boot.  I'm pretty excited about it.

After fishing behind my house for awhile, I realize I'm not going to catch anything, so I really need to look for other arrangements.

I start wandering around and this is the first fishing spot I see...and I am completely amazed.  This fishing hole is called Waterfall Park and there seems to be a ton of fish in this little pond.  

To beat it all, I have some better luck.  It's just a goldfish, but it's better than nothing.  Once I make a little bit of money, at least enough to eat for a bit, I head toward a sign that says "Mystic Beach" where I see this dude playing on the water slide.  Well, I guess now is a good a time as any to get impregnated.

Guy: Well hello there.  Are you new in town?

Bonnie: Is that a line? (Okay, so I suck at flirting, shoot me)

Guy: Ha, no.  I'm sorry, let me introduce myself.  My name is Caleb Crawford.  And you are?

Bonnie: Hey, I'm Bonnie Reed...I just moved in...

Caleb: on that little secluded beach past those rocks?

Bonnie: Yeah, how did you know?

Caleb: Well, I grew up here...my friends and I used to go to that beach and throw parties during high school.

Bonnie: Huh...well, they're not going to be doing that now...

Caleb: Wait...someone told me a celebrity was moving there.

Bonnie: Um...I think you've been misinformed.  I'm not a celebrity.

Caleb: Oh wait a minute...Reed?  Hey, are you related to Hadley Reed by any chance?

Bonnie: Um...that's my mom...she's kind of a local celebrity...but I can't imagine you all have heard of her...

Caleb: Oh sure.  This is Legacy Island.  We know about all the different challenges people put themselves through.  She gave birth to 100 babies, right?  So what brings you here?

Bonnie: Well, I'm actually doing the baby challenge as well...

Caleb: Oh wow!  Really?  I don't want to be presumptuous, but I would love to take part.  I can also probably get some of my buddies to do it too.  Which baby are you on?

Bonnie: Um...I'm actually just starting...I haven't even had a baby yet.

Caleb: Oh...really?  Do you have someone lined up?

Bonnie: No...that's kind of why I came over here...to ask you...

Caleb: Wow!  I would be honored!  So how are we doing this?

Bonnie: Well, I'm actually going about this the old fashioned way, so if you have a girlfriend or a wife, it might not be the best idea for you...and you do realize that the baby is going to be living with me, right?  You can visit and everything, but at my discretion only.  I will also need you to sign an agreement waiving any and all parental rights along with the responsibilities...basically I'm not going to come after you for child support either.

Caleb: Um...wow...that's...really thorough...

Bonnie: Yeah...my great-grandmother is a lawyer...I think that's where I get it from.  So, are you up for it?

Caleb: Um...well, I do have a fiance', but I don't think she will mind.  Let me give her a call.

Bonnie: Yeah, I'm prepared for that as well.  She needs to sign a document basically saying she agrees to allow you to do this.  Just call it the "Psycho Bitch Clause"

Caleb: Rriight...ok...

Okay, so I sound crazy...but I know I need to be careful with these people...especially psycho girlfriends, wives, or fiances'.  Hel-lo, do you remember what happened to my mother?  I want all my bases covered.

So as Caleb gets the okay from Brittny, I happen to spot a beautiful man.

Bonnie: Who is that?

Caleb: Oh...that's Curt Klein.  He's kind of the quiet poet type...boring.

Bonnie: I think he's beautiful....

Caleb: Yeah, so are paintings...and they have more in common, they both just hang on the wall and collect dust...

Bonnie: Okay, whatever.

So after everything gets signed, stamped, dated, etc.  Caleb and I go about our business...and I swear I think I hear a faint lullaby.

Bonnie: Thank you so much for doing this!  You could be my first baby daddy!

Caleb: Yeah, thanks for letting me take part too.  Let me know how everything goes, and I'll be in touch with more fathers for you.

Bonnie: Yeah, thanks.

Well, I certainly worked up an appetite, so I try my hand at cooking hot dogs.  I don't have any cooking skill, but now is as good a time as any to work on it.  I just hope I don't burn my eyebrows off.  That would not be a good look for me.

I watch these things like a hawk.  I'm bound and determined to not let them burn.

I actually manage to fix a plate of hot dogs without burning them or setting myself on fire...thank God for small miracles.

And Mr. Hottie (aka Curt) is checking me out.

Bonnie: Ya' know, if you take a picture it will last longer.

Curt: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare...

Bonnie: It's no big...who am I to turn away a friendly face...

Curt: I don't think I've ever seen you before...

Bonnie: Oh, I just moved here.

Curt: Oh, ok.  Very nice to meet you, Bonnie.  I'm Curt.

Bonnie: I kinda knew that already...

Curt: *looks confused* Really? How?

Bonnie: Caleb told me.

Curt: So you were asking about me?

Bonnie: Maybe just a little bit.

Curt and I chat for a little bit longer until he has to go...but before he leaves...

He leans in and gives me a quick peck.

Da-am!  I'm good at this...only been at it a day and I'm finding men all over the place!

The last trip I make before I head home is to The Orchard.  It has a lot of plants growing and I need some starter seeds, so I pick some tomatoes, apples, and lettuce.  I don't have any gardening skills either, but I figure it'll be good to have some supplemental income...and I'll be able to stay outside too.

I get home late...did I show you this...talk about privacy...I have this huge rock wall that separates my property from the road.  How awesome is that?  Well, it's pretty awesome until you have to walk forever just to get home.

But I get there soon enough and crawl into bed.

Of course, I am startled awake by an insatiable need to puke.

Ugh, this is terrible!  Am I going to have to deal with this side effect 100 times?

Thankfully the morning sickness has subsided enough to allow me to work on my garden.

After doing some gardening, I got an offer to bring in three fish to the supermarket, so when I bring them in I get $260!  

On the way home, I have to pee (the joys of pregnancy, right?) so I stop off at this building that has a sign out front that says its the Community Center.  They have bathrooms, right?

Sure enough, the first thing I see when I walk in is the ladies room!  Yay!

There's also a little gift shop to my right...

And a little library area to my left...hmm, I might hang out here a bit...

While I'm in the bathroom, I get a baby bump!  Yup, I'm definitely pregnant with my first child!

I decide to do a little reading to learn a little more about cooking.  I was lucky the first time, but I don't want to blow my house up, especially not with my baby in it.

When I get home, I buy the baby a crib...and it basically uses up all my money...and I did this before I realized my bills are due...I need to hurry and make $230...

I decide to take a bath while stressing over money.  What am I going to do?  I can only fish so much...and my garden certainly isn't going to be ready soon...I am so screwed...

So I go to bed worrying.  How in the hell am I going to raise a baby with no money?

Day 2 Baby Bump Watch 2.1!  (Get it: I'm Generation 2, this is baby 1!)

Clever as I am, that ain't paying the bills, so I have to get to work.  By the time I get done, I'm lonely and bored, so I decide to go to the library.

When I get there, I meet a woman named Mary Sue Pleasant.  She seems nice.

She talks to me about gardening...

Mary Sue: You have to be careful on this island...especially trying to plant anything in sand.  Make sure you water everything.

Hmm, good to know.

I learn that she is Family-oriented like me and she has twin daughters, but they don't get along.

Mary Sue: Oh, what a calm little one you have.  Do you know the gender?

Bonnie: I want to be surprised.

Mary Sue: I felt the same way when I had my girls.  Although they were balled up on opposite sides of my uterus, so I really didn't have a choice.

Bonnie: My sister Illena and I are like that...

Mary Sue: Oh, that's a shame...siblings are gifts...

Bonnie: Ha, well, I'm not hurting for any, trust me.

Mary Sue: Oh, do you come from a big family?

Bonnie: You could say that...

Mary Sue: How many siblings do you have?

Bonnie: 99.

Just when I think she's going to choke, she just looks up at me and smiles.

Mary Sue: Ah, so you're the product of a baby challenge.  Which one?

Bonnie: Hadley Reed....have you heard of her?

Mary Sue: We've heard of all the challenges on Legacy Island.  It's kind of our thing.

Wow.  Interesting place I've moved too.

I suddenly get a massive hunger pain and need to go in search of food...and if this craving is any indication, I want something greasy and really bad for me.  Where can I possibly find something like that?

Of course...The Longview Mall!

I walk into the first food shop I find and get a big order of hot wings...

I would have taken a picture, but I ate them too fast...ahh, they were soooo good.

When I get home, even though I'm exhausted, I do some fishing.  I have some watermelon and onion that I have been using as bait.  I figure out watermelon attracts clown fish...

...and onion attracts tuna...still very cheap fish.  I only have $100 and I get a call from the bill collectors saying I only have one day to come up with the money and they refuse to take any less than what I owe.  Awesome...assholes.

I wake up the next day still worried. 

Check out this baby bump...whoa!  I had no idea I would get this huge!

So anyway...I was outside about to head to the ocean and commit to a day of fishing when I look right next door to my property.  It looks like a bunch of rabbit droppings or something, but upon further examination, they're gems!

I'm able to find $500 worth of gems...

So I was able to pay my bills and buy some baby stuff!

I got this baby swing.  Apparently these swings are godsends.

Then I get this high chair.  I know my child won't need to use it for awhile, but I want to be prepared.

I also get a stroller and a bookshelf.  

Now that I'm sure the repo man won't show up, I work on my garden before hearing about an eating contest.  A pregnant woman eating?  Hell yeah I can win that!

Unfortunately, the baby wants to make an appearance at this point.

Whoa man, this hurts a whole lot more than I expected it to.

I go into the hospital...I know my mother got to where she gave birth at home, but I don't think I'm ready for that yet.

Dr. Chris Lauder meets me at the door.

And soon I give birth to Baby 1: Houston Reed!

***THANK YOU ALL FOR READING!  FATHERS AND NAME SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME AND APPRECIATED!***