1.2: One Boy, One Girl

Hey everyone! Welcome back to Roots! As always, I appreciate everyone's patience during my (super super super long) hiatus. Sorry it's been so long, real life had to take priority.

So let's jump back into this thing! As a recap, our founder Lauren is a farmer, she is to live off the land and not get a job. She married a super hunky dude named Markus who has a job in the entertainment career. I'm not honestly sure if the "do not get a job" rule applies to the spouse as well or just the heir, but meh. I don't really care. When we last left off Lauren & Markus had just brought their first child, a boy named Ryllo, into the world. And then Lauren promptly passed out from exhaustion! Here she is seen making her way to the bedroom to get some much needed sleep!

Once she got some rest, she and Markus decided to get to work on baby number 2. The rules require that they have one boy and one girl.

Their woohoo was successful meaning Abernathy baby #2 was officially on its way! Mama was super thankful this pregnancy didn't take 4 tries like her first one!

Dad made sure to get some time in with his little man. Markus is a great daddy, this has been one of my favorite families to play.

After tending to Ryllo's needs, Markus decided to try out the new ice cream maker. This was, obviously, taken when I installed Cool Kitchen Stuff way back when. I think he made vanilla, but I can't remember.

Markus & Lauren made sure to keep the love alive. They autonomously love on each other more than any other save. I love how into each other these two are! It's just so darn cute to watch <3

Of course Lauren's pregnancy was coming right along! She made sure to give some love to Ryllo before baby #2 arrived.

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm thinking this photo was taken to highlight the fact that this family has gone through, like, 5 tvs by this point. They just have no luck, their tvs keep breaking!

Trimester 3 came really quickly! It seemed like I blinked and suddenly it was almost time for the baby to arrive!

Lauren passed much of her pregnancy playing a little Sims Forever. I love watching my sims play The Sims. It amuses my soul <3

It was in the middle of her morning gardening that Lauren went into labor! Up to the nursery she went to welcome their second child!

And baby #2 is....another boy! Not what I was hoping for, but oh well. They make cute kiddos so I'm totally ok with trying for another one! This little cutie is Adler!

Speaking of cuties, Ryllo finally aged out of his bassinet. He turned out SUPER cute, one of the cutest child sims I've had in game. Markus & Lauren's genetics create gold together! As I've done with all of my legacies, I used Create a Random Sim to roll his child trait and his child aspiration. He ended up with the Rambunctious Scamp aspiration and the Bookworm trait.

Lauren is in love with her newest little addition!

After giving Adler some attention, she needed to tend to some cleaning and repairs around the house. It was getting pretty grody in spots.

Back on the gardening grind. I realized that one of the goals of the founding generation is to create a garden with every type of plant. Knowing me....I don't think I see that happening lol.

Markus was rolling in the promotions! This came after he had a super day at work and he came home looking confident as f*ck.

One of my favorite aspects of TS4 vs. TS3 is that family dinners are a real thing. Yes it could happen in TS3 but half the time, by the time everyone got to the table, at least one sim was already done or not everyone ate at the same table. I love watching my families sit down together and talk about their day. Tonight's topic was Ryllo's day at school!

Seeing that there was a matter of a girl still needing to be born into the family, Markus and Lauren happily got to work on making that happen!

Ryllo kept himself occupied by practicing his typing. 1/4 hours down, 3 to go!

And baby #3 is on its way! Once again, this pregnancy was immediate - yay for no sad moodlets!

Mama couldn't wait to run and tell dad the news! She couldn't wait to welcome another little Abernathy into the family!

Meanwhile, in Ryllo's room, poor little man was having a panic attack!

Which, of course, could only mean one thing. *Sigh* This feature is getting old really fast.

As is customary, Ryllo ran into Markus & Lauren's room to ask them to spray the monster under his bed. And like every good sim daddy, Markus went to the rescue!

I've determined the hug is an automatic response to the parents spraying the monster. Which I actually love. It's a nice touch and makes the obnoxious constant monsters slightly less painful to deal with. Only slightly.

Markus wasn't going to let Lauren hog all of Adler's time! He was pretty smitten too!

The pee pee walk is still one of my favorite features of this game. So cute! :)

Lauren loves using her harvest in recipes when she cooks for her family!

Ryllo: It was pretty cool, mom. The monster had tentacles and was huge. I tried to talk to him but he didn't wanna be friends. I'm really glad dad came in to spray him, he was pretty stinky.

Lauren: I think it's time to return your bed, sweetie.

This pregnancy was pretty rough for Lauren. She had some pretty wicked morning sickness. Poor thing was cleaning toilets constantly.

Part of Markus' aspiration required him to practice either guitar or violin. By the look on his face, it seems like it's going...well...

He also had practice his comedy. I noticed him bonk himself over the head multiple times with the microphone. I laughed out loud.

Lauren passed this pregnancy the same way she passed the previous two. Lots and lots of Sims Forever. It's totes her fave!

Ryllo was being a boss and progressing right along with his aspiration! I love the playground equipment in this game, I just wish there were more than those couple of items.

Surprise! Child Adler! He rolled the Artistic Prodigy aspiration and the Perfectionist trait. He went right to work on that art table, he was anxious to get his aspiration going! He also turned out adorable, I love his combination of dark skin and light hair. *Tries not to play favorites...*

Adler and Ryllo became quick friends. They chose to eat dinner together that night and catch up on the busy goings on of their childhood days.

*Gasp* What's wrong, Adler?!

Oh. Wow. Would you look at that. A monster under Ryllo's bed. How unexpected. 

Ryllo: Mom! It's back! The monster is back! You've gotta come see it!

Adler: Yeah! It's slimy and gross and wicked cool! Come look, mom!

Lauren: *Gottapeegottapeegottapee* I'll be right there, boys...I just need to go to the bathroom and get the spray first...

Lauren went to the rescue, after taking care of her bladder, and received her thank you hugs in return.

The next day baby #3 decided it was ready to come out! An exhausted Lauren slept most of the pregnancy away before heading to the nursery to welcome her new little one, excited to have another baby to care for!

They finally got their little girl! Therefore, this will be the last baby for Markus & Lauren. Everyone say hi to Kelsey Abernathy! Lauren is ecstatic to have a little girl to coo over!

Meanwhile, in the boys room...

Uuuggghhh. Thanks for taking care of it so Lauren could focus on giving birth, Markus. Maybe someday you can get through a full night's sleep. At least I'll never get tired of the cute hugs.

And that's where we will end this update tonight! Again, thanks to all for their patience during the hiatus! I am glad to be back! Hope everyone is having an awesome summer, happy simming!