Babies 1 and 2: I'm a Mother!

A few months after moving out from mom and dad's, I was looking at the art in the art museum when a stranger somehow familiar, yet no one I knew, came up to me.   He introduced himself as Caleb Sierra and he had familiar pink blond hair and grey eyes.

I thought for a second, Caleb Sierra... Caleb Sierra....  Then I remembered, standing right in front of me was the first "baby" of the famous Cadence Sierra, a courageous woman who took on the 100 Baby Challenge, succeeded, and passed it on to her daughter Mikolaj with the help of her many fans.  We started chatting and Caleb told me that his mother had been having a hard time recently trying to teach Mikolaj, a girl who just wanted fame and money, about how to take care of children and how to be a great mother.

"So, what's your family like?"  He asked.  I told him all about my siblings, my parents, and Kendall, my current boyfriend.

"Do you have any kids?"

"No!"  I exclaimed, shocked.

"You could try doing a 100 Baby Challenge like my mum."  His face looked excited.  I was so surprised I almost fell backward.  Do a 100 baby challenge?  Me?

"I'm sorry but that's not really my kind of thing..." I tried to say, politely.  I was, in fact, horrified by the idea.  I thanked him for the suggestion, gave him a friendly hug, and wished his mother well in her new adventure with Mikolaj.  Then we both went our separate ways.

As I was driving home I thought to myself, I am an educated woman with a perfect boyfriend whom I am going to marry, have three kids with, and live with for the rest of my life.  We  are going to be with each other forever and I would never, in a million years, want or need to take on such a strange challenge.  Don't listen to him Calista, he's just a stranger anyway, I told myself, but Caleb's words still lingered in my thoughts.

And, oh, I forgot to introduce my handsome and charismatic boyfriend Kendall.  He has shiny red brown hair and deep blue eyes (some say they are grey but it really depends on the light).  He also has the cutest mole under his right eye.

The day after meeting Caleb, Kendall and I went to the beach after having a lovely dinner.  We were walking along the shore, our arms entwined, as I casually hinted that my parents had, in fact, gotten engaged on this very beach.

"It was the most romantic thing I've ever heard them talk about."  I explained to Kendall.

He seemed to get the hint because a week later, he brought me out to the beach, got down on one knee, and proposed.  There was even the beautiful setting sun in the background.  This is it.  I was right, we were made for each other.  There is no need for a 100 Baby Challenge I thought as I leaped into his arms and kissed him.  He kissed me back until I attempted to make love to him right then and there.  He pulled away and politely turned me down.

When he saw my puzzled face, he nearly tackled me with an empowering kiss.  Together, we fell down and rolled in the sand laughing and kissing.  I was happier than I had ever been, but looking back at that time from now makes me wonder if I really was as happy as I had appeared.  When we got home, only then did Kendall allow us to get a little more intimate.  I had some of the best moments of my life.

Not long after our engagement, Kendall said that he had to go run an errand and it sounded pretty urgent.  He had to go deliver a package to my sister, Alicia.  I found it kind of annoying but I just assumed that he was secretly going to buy me an engagement gift.  After he left, I decided to pay a visit to my sister Alicia after showering, I hadn't seen her or little Buster for quite some time.  I couldn't wait to show her my engagement ring! 

So, without mentioning that to Kendall, I drove over to her house.  I was a bit dissappointed to see him there and not buying me a gift, but I was even more dissappointed, in fact downright angry, when I spotted Kendall kissing Alicia in the right in the living room!  I screamed.  I could not believe he would do such a thing.  That explained why he had left so urgently.  How long had this been going on?  I was fuming mad. 

I broke our engagement right away.  Then I kicked him out of my house.

"I don't understand why you're so mad."  He acted so idiotic sometimes.  I couldn't believe why I had even liked him.

"I can't believe I fell for your charm.  All those nights together, every kiss and caress a LIE!!!!!!!"   I shouted at him every insult I could think of at the moment until my voice was hoarse.

He tried to make up with me and even attempted to kiss me but I shut him down.  I couldn't believe he thought I would fall for such an act.  Who did he think I was?

He followed me as I stormed out of Alicia's house.  I screamed and slapped him (I quite enjoyed it actually).  Then I dashed off the property.

Later that very same week I found out that Kendall had proposed to Alicia just as he had with me and to make things less stressful for everyone they had a private wedding (now I'm related to him!).

Then Alicia came over to apologize to me and she had said on the night of the proposal, he had cried on her shoulder about me.  Apparently, the break up had been as hard on him as it had been on me even though he should have known the consequences of his actions.  

I told Alicia it was all right.  Then she took out the trash and cleaned up a bit as if to say sorry even more.  After a couple months, she came to tell me that she was pregnant with Kendall's baby.  Even though I was very mad at Kendall, I kind of wished I was the one with his child.  Fortunately I was able to control myself from getting too emotional.

After she had left, Caleb's words worked their way into my thoughts.  I had my decision on what I wanted to do with my life.  I called up Caleb and told him that I had decided to take on the 100 Baby Challenge and if he could be my first father.  He said yes. 

"Am I crazy?" I asked.

"Yes, but in a good way," he responded.

We laughed and hung up.

Caleb came over to my house that afternoon.  We talked about what had been going on.  He was the one who talked most of the time because I was afraid I would start crying in front of him.

The he leaned over, grabbed my arms, and kissed me.  He said that he had wanted to do that for a long time because he had liked me ever since he laid eyes on me that day in the museum.

Of course he knew he'd never marry me with me doing the challenge and all but it was a nice thing to say (plus, isn't he married??) and I thanked him by kissing him even more.  I hoped I was doing this correctly.  It's one thing with your boyfriend and a totally different thing with a complete stranger.

Then we tried for my first child.  After we were done he started to get ready to leave and rather quickly, I might add, as he knew the drill from how his mother had done her challenge.  I caught him at the door frame and led him back into the room.

"Stay." I commanded.  "Stay for dinner."

He paused, then smiled and accepted my offer.

We had a great time that night.  We played on my GUGA Joytoy 3 and talked.  He made me forget the pain that had been hurling inside of me over the week.

After a few hours he said he had to go.  We hugged and kissed (I couldn't resist) and I thanked him a million for helping me through.  I wasn't feeling too well after he left and I vomited in the toilet, I was sure that I was pregnant.

Then he left but we promised to stay in touch and he said quite excitedly that he wanted to be there for every step of his child's life and even his child's half-siblings.  I thought that was really sweet and kind of him (even though I knew it wouldn't happen) and I told him I was glad that he had been the first father.  It was a great way to start the challenge off.  Then I went for a walk in the park.  I played my guitar to earn some money and then spent it on some cupcakes made by Elisha Dumas.  She was such a sweet girl.  I hoped that the baby inside of me was a girl.  Then I could raise her to learn to bake cupcakes.

Suddenly I felt that first kick of my newborn baby.  It was a joyful and thrilling sensation.  I decided to purchase and read some pregnancy books, so I knew what I was up against.

Then, I practiced ways I could introduce myself to men when explaining the challenge.  I came up with very interesting methods.

Then the backaches kicked in so I checked myself in for some pampering.

A few months passed and my stomach was growing.  I had also been furnishing the house for the new baby.  Here are some photos I had taken of it.  First, the crib, I bought sheets that matched my bigger bed.  Then I bought a very cute little toilet that was a miniature to the regular one.  Along with some toys, I bought a highchair.  Lastly, I bought a new car for myself.  It's a blue 4-Everything Van, perfect as a family car with its seven seats.

The next week Caleb came over again.  He touched my stomach and felt the baby kick and had quite a conversation with the little guy (or girl). 

I told him he was going to be a great father just like his mother.  He surprised me by kissing me and I was immediately content and couldn't stop myself from kissing back.  I realized that I was actually enjoying this. 

After a few minutes, I managed to pull away.  

"You know Caleb," I said, "I'm not supposed to get too attached to any of the fathers during the challenge, you know that." 

He pulled away and blushed a rosy pink. 

"I do," he replied and then he left.

I felt kind of bad and wanted to make him stay but it was getting late anyway and being pregnant made me very tired and I craved toast with cranberry jam.

While watching TV, I felt a sharp pang in my abdomen.  The baby!

As I walked into the hospital people across the street shrieked and screamed (now this sounds familiar...).  Moments later, Caleb arrived.

I was getting nervous but I tried not to show it.  The labor wasn't too long but it didn't feel at all how I thought it was going to.  The pain was terrible until the meds kicked in.  If this is what it was going to feel like every time, I wasn't sure if I could get through this challenge.  I might have broken a few of Caleb's fingers from holding onto his hands so tightly as I pushed.  I gave birth to two beautiful twin boys.  I named the first twin Cal Landon, a shorter version of Caleb.  Caleb came out with the other baby, a pink-cheeked boy we had decided to name Brendan Caleb, after Caleb's father, Brendan Vine.

I couldn't wait to see if Cal or Brendan would look like Caleb.  I so wanted at least one of them to have Cadence Sierra's signature pink-blond hair.  Otherwise, I wanted mom's recessive blue hair to show itself.  I was secretly hoping they wouldn't get dad's dominant blond gene that all my siblings have.  Of course, I'd love my baby regardless but I was hoping.  I guess I would just have to wait and see.

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FAMILY UPDATE

Alicia and Kendall had their new baby around the time that I had had the twins.  Alicia gave birth to a bouncing baby boy named Bryce.  He has our mom's blue hair and strange purple eyes.

For months I would get a sad feeling in my gut when I saw him because he could have been my son had everything turned out well with Kendall.  Fortunately, he is Alicia's son because then I wouldn't have my sweet little boys.  It is interesting to think about how life could have turned out for one, but as mom says, I should just love how it turned out and not focus on the "what ifs" in life.

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NOTE

Thank you Harmony/Cadence Sierra for letting me use Caleb Sierra in my challenge!