Chapter 3: New and Old Family (Babies 2 & 3)

 Welcome to your new home Benton! Boy you have your job laid out in front of you! You’ll be the older brother of 99 siblings!

I couldn’t even wait until morning to get my challenge underway. I loved Benton and I knew I wanted to have more and more children. I called a man I had met on the internet who said he was interested in becoming a father. 

 I made sure Benton was fed and his diaper was clean before the possible new father came. Good thing it was time for his nap! 

 I waited outside so that I could greet him before he rang the bell and woke Benton from his nap.

Lucy- “Hi! Are you Kraig McCall?” I asked as I held out my hand.

Kraig- “Uh, yeah. Are you Lucy Conway?”

Lucy- “The one and only! Thank you so much for coming over so quickly! I know it sounds strange that I want to have a baby this quickly, but I guess I am in sort of a rush! Having 100 babies is a lot of work!”

 Suddenly he pulled me into a warm hug.

Kraig- “I totally understand. I am just happy that someday I will be able to have a child of my own. I am very grateful that you are letting me be a father.”

I couldn’t help but feel a warm sensation about this guy. I leaned in for a kiss because at that moment I was just so happy to have someone so willing to help me with my challenge. And for the first time I felt like I was helping a man in my challenge as well. 

 Even though I was pretty tired I decided to try and have my next baby. Kraig followed me up to my bedroom and we made love until we heard the lullaby. I slept soundly knowing I was soon going to be a mother of two…or maybe more.

 In the morning Kraig woke me up to say goodbye.

Kraig- “I have to go to work now, but I just wanted to say thank you so much for helping me be a father. You are an amazing woman.”

Lucy- “And you are an amazing man. With any luck our baby will be amazing as well!”

He laughed and kissed me and left on his way. 

 …and soon after that I was nauseous all the time.

As time went by I got word that my brother Lex was dating a girl named Ursula Alto…

What Lex saw in her I’ll never know…but I guess I am being too harsh. I just thought a rockstar like Lex would end up with someone way too skinny and full of makeup. She probably has the best personality around. 

 Before I knew it, it was Benton’s birthday! I was a little worried about not having a fireman present, but I was as cautious as I could be.

 Benton as a toddler. He obviously did not get my hair color! But he did get the color of my eyes. 

I spent most of my time with Benton while I was pregnant.

 I would spend hours with him teaching him how to talk

Lucy- “Say it with me, R A I N”

Benton- “W A N E”

When Benton didn’t want to sit and talk we would work on his walking. He is getting really good at it! 

Lucy- “Oh Benton I am so proud of my handsome little man!” 

And while Benton was taking naps I worked on my paintings. I wanted to make sure I have enough simoleons to care for all my children. 

 One day while I was watching Benton play with blocks…

 I suddenly got the horrible feeling of contractions. Oh my simgod! I am going into labor! I thought about going to the hospital, but decided on a home birth. I didn’t want to leave my only son with some strange babysitter.

I pushed and pushed until finally out came my first daughter, baby #2 Kennedie Conway! After I put Kennedie down I realized my contractions hadn’t gone away! Oh my gosh! Two babies???

 I pushed and pushed until I had my third child in my arms! Welcome baby #3 Maizie Conway! After they were both in their cribs I called Kraig to tell him the good news.

Lucy- “Kraig! You’re a father of two beautiful girls!”

Kraig- “Oh wow! Two? That’s amazing!”

Soon after it was Benton’s birthday.

Lucy- “Happy Birthday to you Benton!” 

 Benton grew up with the traits genius and bookworm.

 And boy was he a book worm! Right after his birthday he was reading up on logic!

 I on the other hand had to fix a clogged toilet! 

The next few weeks I decided to go visit family. I hadn’t seen them in a while and I thought I should.

 I first visited Walt and his family.

Lucy- “So after I had Kennedie I realized I was still in labor and out came Maizie! I can’t believe I had twins!”

Walt- “Haha, yea when we had Shelbie and Lovetta it was such a surprise!”

Walt gave me some really good advice about raising twin girls. He let me know how important it was to let both of them be individuals and not group them together all the time. I love Walt, he is by far my most favorite brother. 

 I also got to see Lovetta, I couldn’t believe she was already a teenager!

 Next I visited my twin sister Scarlette. I have never been over to her house, I didn’t realize how different it was from other houses.

 She met me outside.

Scarlette- “Lucy! What are you doing here? I thought you’d be at home with your babies!”

Lucy- “Well I wanted to see my sister! Scarelette you’re house is so beautiful outside!”

Scarelette- “Yea, well I wish I could say the same for the inside.”

 Scarlette- “Working as a writer isn’t the most glorious lifestyle I have to admit.”

Lucy- “Hey, at least you’re doing what you love.”

Scarlette- “Well that makes two of us! How are your babies?”

Lucy- “Oh you know, burping and crying as always!” we laughed. “Honestly though it is the best feeling ever to be a mom.”

After I said goodbye to my sister I made one last stop at my brother Harvy’s house. When I made plans before Havry was very excited for me to come over, saying he had a big surprise for me. 

 Harvy- “There’s my baby sister! How are you?”

Lucy- “I’m great Harvy! So what’s this big news you had for me?”

Harvy- “Well…”

 Harvy- “We’re pregnant!”

I was so shocked! Harvy was going to be a dad? It was so crazy that he was having such a normal life! Laquita was very pregnant!

 I got to coo over their baby. Laquita was so happy that she was pregnant. It made me think about how I felt when I was pregnant.

I wished them luck as parents and left for home. I knew I needed to find the next father for my challenge soon. Good thing we had two computers! Benton was working hard on a book he was writing called “1 out of 100” I thought I was pretty good. I on the other hand started looking up possible fathers. 

 Oh darn! See this is what I get for having such outdated computers! I guess I’ll have to wait a bit for the next father!