Gen. 2: Babies 41 & 42: Sometimes We All Get the Blues

After getting the girls in their cribs, I look around and notice my gorgeous, blank gray walls, dreary broken down bed, and shabby carpet...so, I guess a bedroom redecorate is long overdue.

So I go with a tranquil green...hmm...soothing...

Unfortunately, I can't just relax...even though the babies are content and asleep, I go into the kitchen and feel a drip on my head followed by "MOM!!!"

Ugh...that can only mean one thing...

Annnd...I was right.  Wonderful.

Thankfully, I get the shower fixed and take care of the leak in the ceiling...all before bedtime.  

My days are all running together...combined by taking care of kids, this house, pets, broken things, screaming things, whining things...I'm thinking I need a vacay soon...

...buuuut, that's not happening today...so back to work...

I'm finishing the job of feeding the animals and cleaning cages when someone comes up behind me.

"Excuse me...Ms. Reed?" a timid dark blue man asks.

"Hi...I'm Bonnie...what can I do for you?"

"A-a-re you doing the baby challenge?" He has a bit of a stutter, but he's still cute.

"That's me," I reply.

"I...I...I..I'd l-l-like to be a part of your ch-challenge."  Yeah, that took forever to get out.  Thankfully baby-making doesn't require talking.

His name is Alvaro Downey and he is a paparazzo, but I won't hold that against him.

Although I do install a fence all the way around my property to keep paparazzi out...at least of the back yard.

Overnight, we get a visitor - Mr. Snuggle's astral form is coming for a visit!

Of course, I wake up with nausea...but since I'm up and it's 5:30 am, I figure I ought to start my day.

I get Karli & Addie up and in their swings and let Gemma know that I am going out...

...and I go for a jog...I haven't ran...probably ever...but a good habit can always be started, right?

When I get back from my run, I hear cats fighting...

...but then I realize it's my daughters.

"I can't believe you, Cleo!  You are such a moron!"

"What are you talking about?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about..."

Oh, brother...

Gemma is in a mood and giving Cleo crap...which is not good...Cleo rarely gets mad, but when she does..it's on.

"Quit acting like a crazy person!" Cleo starts yelling, but I interject.
"Girls!  Cut it out and get ready for school!" I yell up the stairs.

"But she started..." Cleo yells down probably the most common response ever.

"I don't care, hop to it, if you're late for school, you're both grounded!" I yell in reply.

Sometimes I wonder why I even decided to go into this challenge...

But the rest of my day is surrounded by good things.  First I start showing, then I get to age Karli & Addie up.

Karli has my hair color but looks a lot like her father, including the golden-orange skintone.

Addie also has my hair and looks a lot like her father, but she doesn't have the orange skin like her sister.

Thankfully this pair of sisters get along.

Either way, when Gemma and Cleo get home, it's time for them to age up, but Cleo pulls me aside beforehand.

"Mom, I have been thinking about something...you know how we are all supposed to go back to the other world?" She starts.

"Yeah..." I reply.
"Well, I have been thinking about something...and actually talking to Rhevenge (her father) and I have told him about my abilities, and he thinks it might be a good idea for me to stay here." She hits me with this.
"Wasn't there an issue with being able to follow bloodlines?"  I asked her.

"He thinks that if I turn into a human, it will dilute my blood enough to make the trail cold." 

"Well, it's up to you honey, you know you don't need my permission.  Are you sure you want to be human?" I ask her.

"I'm certain of it."

"Okay then."

Gemma doesn't have any interest in becoming human, and she looks stunning with jet black hair and violet eyes.  She has dreams of becoming a Private Eye like some of her older siblings.  Maybe they can start a group business or something.

Cleo becomes human and is beautiful and just as keen in her senses about people. 

Even though she frequently is subject to the negative thoughts of people, she wants to help the ones she can and become a doctor.

Once they're aged up and gone, it's time for the J triplets...

Jonah has the long-haired guitar-picking look going on...who cares if he can't actually play the guitar, right?

Though he is kind of a jerk.  He points and laughs at his siblings as they age up.

Jolie is a spoiled red-haired cutie with an air of self-assurance around her.

...and Jaiden is quiet and sullen.

As my due date gets closer and closer, I work with the Karli & Addie so that I won't be driven crazy with toddlers and infants.

As over-dramatic as my daughters have been, my sons are certainly good at antagonizing each other.  Jonah frequently makes fun of Jaiden because he is a little quirky, and Jaiden gets back at him by playing practical jokes on him.

Jolie stays out of the line of fire by staying on the computer.  I believe she is a bit of a computer whiz...something she most certainly did not get from me.

After Karli & Addie learned everything they needed, I aged them up...and forgot to take pictures of them...

Mostly because we had another death in the family...our gecko died!

Karli is devastated.

"Why are you crying so hard for?" Jolie asks her, "You knew him for like, five minutes?"

"It's still sad." Karli replies through sniffles.

"Jonah, do you think we can get another one?" She looks up at him with pitiful eyes.

"Sure thing, little sis." He has to reply.

Hmph.  Over my dead body are we bringing any more animals into this house.

Although before I get the chance to veto that, my water brakes.

Man, can't I get a break?

That would be a no...

Thankfully, it's over soon...

And I have Baby 41: Taber Reed, a little boy

and Baby 42: Zivah Reed, a girl.