Baby 47 - Part 1

As I snuggled my new baby, I thought about the kiss I had shared with Simon (okay, okay!!  I mean the kisses I shared with Simon).  How he had watched me with such passion.  How we had danced together.  What kind of situation had I put myself in?  I had no idea how to deal with my predicament.

Before I could think any further, Mason's cries startled me, bringing back into reality.  I calmed him with a bottle.

I wanted to go a bit faster through the challenge since I had taken so long for baby Mason.  I called Zack Lights' brother, Cody Lights, over for baby 47.

We wasted no time in getting pregnant, but I didn't hear anything that indicated that I was pregnant.

"I guess we can try again tomorrow."  I promised.

"Yeah.  Sure.  I guess I'll go then."  Cody sounded disappointed and hurried.  I hoped it would work tomorrow.

I went outside and right as I walked out I noticed the Grim Reaper had come.  I was puzzled.  No one had died.  I looked around and my eyes laid upon a ghostly figures lying on the ground.  The ghost looked like Cody.  I screamed.  What in the world had happened?

He floated up and faced the Grim Reaper.

I wanted to shout something to him.  Unfortunately I couldn't do anything because the Grim Reaper had silenced my voice.  I felt helpless just watching Cody on his knees, begging for mercy.  He had done nothing to deserve this.

All I did for a long time was cry.

I kept his grave out in the backyard until I could bring it to the cemetery.  I called his brother and we cried together.  I next morning I called Simon.

Calista: Hi, is anyone there?
Simon: No, baby, no one's is here.  They (his family) went to the beach for a day out.

Calista: Don't call me that Simon.  I'm not in a good mood.

Simon: Why ba- Calista?  

Calista: One of the potential fathers of my challenge just died on my doorstep (Wow, that sounds weird).

Simon: *gasp*

Calista: Simon?  
Simon: Oh my GOSH!  How could that happen?

Calista: I don't know.  He seemed kind of rushed and then the grim reaper came.  I was inside while it happened.

Simon: Should I come over?

Calista: No, I don't want to upset Alicia (Also, I think he wanted to do more than just console me).

Simon: Oh, okay. (pause) I could be a father for baby 47.

Calista: Simon!  You were already a father.  It's not necessarily against the rules, but....

Simon: Alright.  But whatever you want, I'll do for you.   Just ask, okay?  I'll be there for you.

Calista: Alright, thanks and uh... bye then.

Simon: Bye, love you-

Reginald was all ready to start concocting potions and fiddling with the elements.


He managed to create a Liquid Horror potion.

He was about to show me his potion when I realized that it was time for Mason to grow up.  I imagine in my head what he might look like with his father's eyes and my hair or vice versa.  Maybe he'll have all of his father's looks.  That would be great!

Mason  ended up with a very popular look, blue hair and blue eyes.  None of his father's looks were present.  His was definitely a cutie!

Reginald finally drank the potion.

"Here goes nothing," He said.  Sparkles flew around him but none of us were even sure what it had done.

"Oh, well," he said.  "At least I was able to make something that at least looked cool."

The older kids and I had a family fun night outside with the new water slide

Penelope shot through first.  "Wheeee!!!!!"  she shouted even though she got a face full of water.

While the kids had been at school that day I went out and bought a new dress up set for the girls and boys.  I placed it in the hallway with a brand new wall-to-floor mirror.

After the family fun night Amber and Penelope were the first to try it out.  Amber choose to be an ice princess.

Penelope chose to be the evil "Queen of Red Stuff and Blood."

They played in front of the mirror for quite a while.  I could hear them from the other room.  They had quite the imagination.

They took their game outside and played on the new hopscotch court my mom had sent us.  Reginald was still in his swimsuit looking through the telescope.

"Ha ha ha!!!  You magic is no match for my evilness!" Penelope cackled.

"Oh yeah?  Well watch this!" Amber exclaimed as she started to twirl her wand.

Penelope pretended to freeze herself as Amber pointed the wand at her.

"No!!!" Penelope wailed.  "You cannot defeat me!!"

The scene seemed to have changed as Penelope chased Amber up the treehouse which looked like an enchanted castle.

Then the game ended and Amber and Penelope gossiped in their little girl ways.

"I think Aurther McNally was checking me out in art class the other day!"  Amber announced.

"What?  No WAY!  He definitely likes me better.  He said my hair was pretty."  Penelope retorted.

And so on.

The next day I took Mason out on a stroll for the first time.  They had never really sold strollers in the stores before.  There had been a ban on them after their had been an accident involving a pond, a dog, and a baby in a stroller.  Since then and until now they hadn't allowed strollers in Sunset Valley.  Mason was the first in my challenge to experience the ride.  He seemed cautious and nervous at first.

Then he got used to it and I finally got a smile out of him.

"Faster, faster mommy!" he exclaimed.

It took me forever to convince him that we had to stop so I could make lunch.  Thank goodness for dinosaur fruit snacks.

Later, I was in the backyard drilling with my miner when I found a magic gnome.  As you may know, I don't really like these things but after a little research online I found out that the gnomes can apparently have gnome families!!!  I kept this gnome in hope of finding another one and having an entire gnome family.  That would be so cute!

The children played on the seesaw giving me a change to snap a picture of the remodeled backyard.

I drilled with my drilling machine and discovered a secret tunnel.  It glowed brightly as I took a tentative step toward it.

"Ahh!"  I  screamed as I lost my footing and nearly fell in.  Fortunately I found a step and continued to climb on.  I found nothing much so a few minutes later I crawled back out and happily filled it in.

Here's the gnome now.  It seems as though he has spotted something under the deck.

The next day I picked Mason up and set him on one of the bouncy ride things.

Like with the stroller he was a little whiny and didn't want to got on some strange object.  He finally let me place him on the seat of the rocket.

Again, I managed to get one of those heart-melting smiles out of him.

He looked at me for reassurance and when I told him it was safe and he wasn't going to fall off he got much more into it [Sorry, the video got deleted.  Long story].

I decided to start a garden.  I had read the books but I had never actually gotten down in the dirt.

With my miner I managed to dig out a gigantic space rock.  I called Simon over to help me lift it out. We managed to roll it over to the side of the house.  Now Mason would be able to look at it when ever he wanted to from his crib.

I finally found another gnomes for the other.  I placed them next to each other but nothing really happened. I guess I'd have to wait.  I wasn't really sure how gnome reproduction really worked but I was willing to wait and see (hey, maybe the gnomes could start a 100 baby challenge of their own!).

The teens worked on their homework in my newly redecorated dining room.

That also reminds me, I redoecorated some other rooms too.  Here is the new kitchen and living room.

The new toy room.

My new bedroom.  You can see that I like blue.  Of course!!

I walked outside to water the plants when I saw Cody's ghost appear.  I walked over and fearlessly said hello.  An idea instantly occured to me.  I'd have ghost children with Cody.   That way, he'd still be a father.  I wonder what the town would think about ghost vampire children.

Unfortunately, he hadn't been able to choose when to come and it was nearly dawn.  I told him some ghost stories and asked him it he would still like to be in the challenge.   His ghostly eyes lightened up as he exclaimed that it was a great idea.  The next time he was able to come he would although he didn't know when that would be.  I'd just have to wait around which was fine with me [Sorry, there was a video of the ghost stories but it got deleted, same long story as with Mason on the bouncy ride].

I dug millions of holes in the backyard.

Finally prom rolled around for the teens.  Reginald and Kimberley hopped in but Destiny was still fiddling around getting ready.  She took so long that she had to find her own ride to prom.  She rode in the black limo.

There were so many teen at prom.  Many of them were our relatives which makes it hard to find dates in this town.  Fortunately, Destiny made it on time!

They had a great time.  A few fights broke out but other than that it was fun.  Kimberley made prom queen and Reginald made prom king.  They hadn't actually asked anyone out but Kimberley met a really nice guy there named Dominick Shirley and Reginald met a nice girl named Lisa.  He didn't get a chance to ask us her last name.  Destiny just hung out with a group of some of her closets friends and she said that Reginald had mostly made out with this Lisa person and couldn't keep his hands off of her.  Reginald blushed and denied it.  I just laughed.

I had planted some plasma fruit so I got a few vampire gnomes.  I found all of them and they haven't reproduced or anything but it's just kind of cool to have them.  I'm sort of trying to see how many I can get.  In this picture it kind of looks like the gnomes are waving to the one.  They seem to move all together as a big group.

A lot of time had passed and Cody had not come out so I agreed to let the kids age up.

The triplets first!  Reginald grew up to be a handsome man.  His light blond hair and blue eyes look along with his squarish jaw and stuble was enough to set any girl off.  Maybe Lisa would regret not going steady with him.

Destiny grew her long brown hair into a clip.  She was sophisticated and fun when she needed to be.

Kimberley definitely got most of her father facial shape especially with the shape of her eyes.  She looked a lot like her grandmother Destiny Rose.

The triplets agreed to pose for me!  Cheese!

Amber and Penelope aged into teens.  Amber looked loveley in her turquise top and blue braids.  The headband really added some flair to match her white capris.  Penelope wore pink to match her pink hair which she also pulled into two braids.

Mason grew up into a sweet little boy.  He loved wearing shirts with funny sayings on them.

Family portrait.  We had a proffessional come and take the photo.

I decided to look for more gnomes by inventing (for a gnomes of invention) and Amber and Penelope agreed to sculpt to find the sculpting gnome.

Penelope sculpted a barstool whereas Amber made regular dining chair.

It was getting dark and I had to rush everyone home.  It was after 11 and I had to see if Cody had come out yet.  HE HAD!!!!

We kissed and then tried to conceive.  We tried multiple times.

I was beginning to think that I'd have to go find another challenge father.  Light shown through the windows and Cody had to return.

I went outside to tend to my poor parched garden when I heard sipping noises.

It was my 4th son, Casper.

He seemed quite at home next to that gnome that was lounging on my newly designed deck.  I joined Casper and we talked about life.

"I'm just worried that I might not be pregnant.  This wouldn't be a bad thing except for the fact that I've wasted so much time already and I'm not getting any younger."  I told him.

He just nodded and drank.  There really wasn't much he could do for me so I flipped out my cell and called the one person I knew who would listen to me.

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SIMON SIMMONS' POINT OF VIEW

I was sitting on the couch watching a wedding show with Alicia, my wife, when my cell rang.  I peered at the caller I.D.  My heart jumped.  It was Calista.  What did she want to talk to me about?

"Gotta take this call."  I told Alicia.  "Business."

She just nodded and said, "hmmm."   She was too immersed in the show to care about a phone call.  I walked out onto the deck of our house and flipped open my phone.  Trying to hide my excitement, I said "hello?" as calmly as I could.

Calista:  Hey, Simon? (She seemed rushed)

Simon:  Yep, it's me and Alicia's not here so feel free to talk.

Calista:  Okay... I need to tell you some... things.

Simon:  Go right on ahead.  If you want me to come over...

Calista:  No, I'll just tell you now.  I'm worried that I am moving too slowly with my challenge.

Simon:  I could speed it up for you.

Calista:  Simon!  You know what I mean.  I just wanted to say that I have wasted a lot of time waiting for this one challenge father.

Simon:  You mean the one who died on your doorstep?

Calista:  Yes, of course.  He was a ghost so I came up with the idea that I could still have a child with him.  Since I didn't conceive a child while he was alive, why not when he was dead?  So I kept his grave in the backyard and he finally came but still I didn't hear the lullaby or any indication that I was pregnant.

Simon:  So, why are you telling me all of this.

Calista:  Because my son is here and he doesn't want to hear it.

Simon:  Oh, that makes sense.  Anything else?

Calista:  No, I think I just dumped the biggest problem of my problems on you.  I feel so much better.  How's Alish (Alicia)?

Simon:  Oh, she's fine.  Great.  

Calista:  Have you found a way to give her the news?

Simon:  You mean, you want to be with me (She still hasn't given me 100% of what she thinks about our relationship).

Calista:  Yes... and no.  Whatever, I'm not in the picture.  I'm just talking about you and my sister.  What I do know is that you don't love her, therefore you should not hurt her by staying with her. 

Simon:  (I grumbled)  I'm still thinking about it.

Calista:  Well, keep on thinking.  I have some ideas though.

Simon:  Bring it on!

Calista:  Well, you could find a more attractive guy than yourself....

Simon:  Hey!

Calista:  I meant someone she'd just be more attracted to.  If you hook them up together, then she will be the one to break up with you.

Simon:  Hmm...  not a bad plan.  Hey, I've got one.  How about I tell her a totally made up story.  Like, that I'm growing an enormous tumor and that I'll die soon and that it's contagious so she'd better leave me or else.

Calista:  Or else what? (She laughed)

Simon:  Well.... (I smiled, it felt so good to make her laugh)

Calista: ...Or you could just tell her the straight up truth.

Simon:  Yeah, I guess, but then won't she hate you or something like that?

Calista:  Hmmm, well, let's not dwell on this.  I have to go anyway.  Besides, maybe a miracle will turn up.

Simon: Yeah, I hope so.

Calista:  Well, bye Simon. 

Simon:  Bye-  WAIT!

Calista:  What!?

Simon:  I- I- I love you.

Calista:  Oh!  I... love you too Simon.  Bye for now.

Simon:   Bye-

My phone blinked at me.  I was nearly out of battery.  As I looked at that, I realized that I had been on the phone for quite a while, nearly thirty minutes.  Gosh, I hoped Alicia hadn't noticed.  Now where was that charger... [BTW, the quote in the picture would be in Alicia's point of view].

I arrived back to the T.V. to watch more of that show.  It had already ended and Alicia was flipping through channels for a more decent show than what was programmed to come next.  Although I hadn't thought she had noticed she asked "Who was on the phone?"

I pretended to be interested in the commercial that was playing on the channel she had stopped at.

"Simon, I know you.  You never like to talk on the phone for more than a few minutes.  Who was it you were talking to?"  She asked again. 

I straightened up.  "I told you, it was business."

"Are you sure..." she said, reaching for my cell.  Before I could stop her she had it open and was opening up my call log.

At the same time I reached for it.  "Hey!  That's private."  I snapped.  "Why do you want to know anyway!"

An answer from God came because then my phone went dead.  Thank goodness for that low battery.  I would make sure to delete my calls from now on.  Alicia set the phone down.

"It's alright," she said.  "I have something I need to tell you.  I'm...I'm.... I'm cheating on you."

She said what???

Were my ears hearing her correctly.  Calista was right.  Thank goodness for her miracle blessing!  I pretended to act all surprised and sad but inside I was throwing a party.  This was so much easier than I had originally thought.

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ALICIA SIMMONS' POINT OF VIEW

It was finally time for me to tell him the truth.  I couldn't hide it forever.  My conscience was too weak to keep such a secret.  I glance behind me, nervous, at my little boy playing in the background.  Our little boy.  His twin was playing next to them.  They were so innocent and not burdened with such terrible things.  Simon laughed as though he couldn't understand what I had said.

"What?"  He said so innocently.  I know, his soul was so pure.  He had done nothing as bad as I, an adulteress.

"I cheated on you."  I repeated more clearly. 

He stood up and I as well.  Here goes.

"Alicia, why would you do that.  I though you loved me.  I thought we would be together always.  I just don't understand why you would do such a thing."  Gosh, he sounded so hurt.  Of course he didn't understand.  He wasn't like me.  He had probably never even cheated on anyone in his life.

"I'm sorry."  I pleaded.

"That... that's not enough." 

I closed my eyes, bracing myself for the yelling.  I heard him walk away, and then I heard the front door click shut.  He took it so well.  When I had found out that my ex-husband had cheated on me for some runway model, I had nearly wrecked the entire house.  I fought and harassed Kendall for who knows how long.  Even after a year I had still been mad at him.  In fact, I'm still mad at him to this day.

I didn't deserve anything.  I didn't deserve Simon or anyone like him.  From down the hall, a toddler cried.  I sighed and walked to the bedroom as though nothing had happened.  I would deal with Simon later.  I had noticed one thing though, he hadn't asked who I had cheated on him with.

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NOTE

And... that's as far as I've gotten. :(  Sorry this half-post is a little long, Cody just wouldn't show up for a long time.  It's probably a good thing I split the post up because then it would have been really long.

Also, I only re-did the house because at the time my game was working it had been going really slow so I took out a lot of CC.  And yes, I finally installed Pose Player.

Anyway, a big thank you to Amber Lights for letting me use Cody Lights (as well as his brother) in my challenge.  I'm so sorry Cody died.  It just happened.  I think he starved to death because he kept saying he was starving until finally he left.  Then I saw the grim reaper and I was just as surprised as Calista.  It's sad that he died but it made for an interesting story! :D

Sorry for not putting up FAMILY UPDATES for a while.  I will also do those as soon as my game starts working again.

My computer is still messed up and I hope I can get it fixed soon!  I'm guessing that it will be a while but while I'm waiting to play Sims, I will definitely have more time to look at other peoples' challenges, so yippee!

I will and have been updating my other older posts so check them out!