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September 2083 - Welcome to Lakeside Heights: Ian, Ingrid, Jacob, Catherine, and Rebecca.

It was a rainy day, early this September, two weeks shy of her due date and not even the slightest warning when the Thompson twins decided to make their sudden appearance. Adam was just about to help Heather down the stairs when her water broke there at the landing. Adam is a mathematician, and he didn't really take many health classes in college, and it's been four years since Laney was born, so he's not really sure if he remembers this all very well.

Regardless though, these babies are coming!

And Amy, their eighteen year-old nanny, doesn't think she was prepared for all this to start so soon! Or in a darkened upstairs hallway! But she gets on the phone, and luckily, their doctor is right here in town.

Jodie shows up just in time to make the deliveries, which happen right there in that very hallway, on some spare bath towels.

Ian was born first, at 5:30 in the evening, with his sister Ingrid following promptly seven minutes behind.

Heather is doing just fine, but she goes to bed for some well deserved rest. The babies are cleaned up and brought downstairs to meet their big sister. Both babies have their mother's brown hair, and their father's gray eyes.

Heather and Adam Thompson, and big sister Laney, would like to welcome babies Ian and Ingrid!

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It's three in the morning when Charlotte feels the first signs of labor. She wakes up Paul and they call the doctor out to Bluewater.

Charlotte's labor is quite a bit slower, as is usual the first time around. So Paul plays the babies a concerto on the violin hoping the music might lull them out into the world. Or at least Charlotte likes it, if nothing else.

But sitting around, listening to pretty music, isn't going to get these babies born. When Jodie arrives, she orders Charlotte up onto her feet, and gets her walking laps across the big open living room. Paul carries on with the music though, because Charlotte likes it.

Jodie is thinking, as she looks on with sleepy eyes, My god, it's like five in the morning, how is he even awake???

It's nearly seven in the morning, and only when Jodie leaves the room to use the bathroom do the Gallagher twins finally decide to show up. Paul also finally decides to put down the violin.

Jacob is born first, at 7:23 am, followed soon after by his sister Catherine. Jodie checks them out, cleans them up, and says, "They're lovely, congratulations, I'm going back to bed now."

Both babies have brown hair. Jacob has his parents' blue eyes, and Catherine has brown eyes like her grandpa Orlando.

Charlotte has some rest and a shower, and by about ten in the morning, their living room has filled up with the friendly faces of neighbors and family, eager to meet the new little ones.

Audrey says, "Wait, right there, now that's a fine-looking baby if I ever saw one!"

Charlotte and Paul Gallagher (and the whole Centowski clan, plus neighbor Leila) would like to welcome Jacob and Catherine.

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The arrival of Aurora and Joel's little one is a little more bittersweet. Aurora is happier than ever to add another baby to their family, though she wishes Joel could be here to meet her. Instead, Aurora's mom, and her good friend Clarice attend the birth, while Zach spends the morning with his grandpa Brady.

Aurora thinks her mother could stand to look a little less excited about meeting this new grandbaby. And Clarice could stand to calm down a little, having been through this twice herself already.

Though Clarice doesn't calm down, and Meadow still can't contain her excitement. And in her reserved state, she just doesn't know about this doctor, who looks so very young! Meadow says, "Are you sure you're licensed, honey?"

Rebecca makes her debut at almost eight in the morning. Jodie checks her out and brings her over to meet her mommy. She has blonde hair and brown eyes like her great grandmother Rebecca Harris whom she was named for.

Joel's parents stop by a little later that afternoon to meet the baby. Grandpa Tad was just never very comfortable with the really little ones, so he entertains himself with a video game for now, at least until she gets a little bigger.

And Zach is most excited of all to meet his brand new baby sister, who he's been wishing for for a really, really long time!

Aurora and Joel Harris, and big brother Zach (and all of the Harris and Lind families) would like to welcome baby Rebecca!

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notes: it feels like forever since I had any new babies :)

Okay, so maybe I have a bit of a crush on Ingrid Michaelson right now, so if that's why one of my babies is named Ingrid, then so be it, lol!

Amy is one of my playable townie girls, by the way, and she's most well known for deflowering herself in a photobooth at her junior prom ;)

She's a senior at Lakeside Heights High School this year, and rather than find her a "foster family," I decided that she might like to be a nanny for a year, and earn a little money for college. And the Thompsons need the help anyway.

Adam thinks he likes this... He'd like to have ten of the little buggers! Maybe we might wonder how Heather likes being a baby factory?

Sorry Adam, request declined! Why can't they ever want like, three babies, or something? Seriously!

This is Joel's grandmother, Rebecca Harris. And yay, I can't believe little Rebecca was born with blonde hair and brown eyes! How cool is that? And what are the chances?

But I guess both of them might have blonde recessive genes, Joel from his grandmother, and Aurora from Meadow. But awww, that makes me stupidly happy, lol!

Joel picked her name, by the way, back in this story. I didn't know if they'd have a girl then, of course, but I hoped ;)

And note to Tosha: grandmothers aren't supposed to play favorites!

Lucy is by far and forever her favorite grandchild! Those wants, "talk to Lucy" and "invite Lucy over" are ALWAYS there! No matter what lot she's on!

Also, 20 grandbabies is declined! She has 6 now though, not too bad. Not that I even understand why she wants 20 grandbabies when the only one she cares about is Lucy! :)