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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!

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February 2083 - Welcome to Lakeside Heights: Naomi and Lillian!

Delilah Gibson contemplates a fat blue block with fierce attention at the precise moment she's about to become a big sister, wondering what are her parents going on about back there?

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August 2082 - Welcome to Lakeside Heights: Willow and Quinn!

Stephanie Day thinks she just might have been pregnant forever! Of course, that's not realistically possible, but it sure does feel like it. So when Stephanie goes into labor at 2:00 in the morning, she doesn't mind one bit. She just wants this baby BORN! But happy as she is that this is finally happening, she thinks maybe Jeremiah could smile just a little less. It's kind of annoying, given the pain and all.

this rustic life

March 2082 - Jeremiah Day is 25, Stephanie is 22. (via phone, Bella Bradshaw is 25). Welcome to Lakeside Heights, baby Skye. Last update, March 2080.

Stephanie is talking to her brother, long distance, while Jeremiah sets lunch out on the table. Lara had the baby - it was a girl, and they named her Skye. Stephanie can't even believe how much she's missed. She has four little nieces and nephews now, who aren't so little anymore. Liza is in junior high now, Shaun just started preschool, and Raine is starting preschool next year! Stephanie says, "The last time I saw Raine, she was still in diapers!" Oh, Patrick mentions, Raine still is in diapers, they've got to get that potty training done before the fall. Still potty training at three and a half! Sheesh! And they say girls potty train faster?

Stephanie says, "I can't wait to meet Skye!"

"Are you coming home then?" Patrick asks.

"Well, we kind of have to, I think. I'm kind of pregnant."

"Well, either you are or you're not," he says. "There's really no kind of about it."

"I am then," she says. "Yeah, I guess I am."

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November 2081 - Welcome to Lakeside Heights: Aaron, Emily, Hunter, Flint, and Delilah!

Jack and Nessa Phoenix had a very romantic final date last month, while they waited for their son to make his much awaited appearance. And it's a good thing, because romance is going to be the last thing on their minds for a while!

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October 2079, welcome to Lakeside Heights: Julia and Elaina!

Jodie Larson arrives at the Lind household, and there's some time to spare since Allegra's labor is taking longer than expected. So Allegra makes some small talk to pass the time.

"Nice weather for having a baby," Allegra says. "You know, cloudy, you don't want to hurt the baby's eyes..."

Lind family rules?

March 2079 - Joel Harris is 37, Aurora is 33, and welcome baby Zachary!

Joel has been taking these last few months before the baby comes to learn physiology, and to be quite honest, he is baffled by it. Meanwhile, Aurora reads book reviews for her brother's debut legal thriller, which honestly aren't that great. Though, the critics are still praising her debut short story collection that came out a couple years ago. She thinks maybe she'll consider starting work on her next book once the baby is born.

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August 2078, welcome to Lakeside Heights: Raine and Felicity!

Patrick composes an ode to baby Nova, hoping to encourage her to come on out into the world. At the insistence of his father, Patrick did finally find a more respectable shirt to wear.

oh babies!

July 2077, welcome to Lakeside Heights: Bianca, Connor, Elliot, and Shaun!

There were a lot of couples cozying up as the weather cooled off last fall... this is what happens when you get too cozy ;)

lighter times for a cursed family

December 2076, Maxwell Shaw is 31, Valerie is 36, Angelo is 5, and welcome baby Devon!

Maxwell Shaw lives with his wife Valerie and son Angelo in the old west end of Lake City, and they are actually just around the corner from his mother, Nina Shaw-Gothier. Things have been quiet for this family lately, which is strange since their family is supposedly cursed, and it only makes them all wonder if they're about due for another tragedy.

It is winter now, and little baby Shaw is keeping everyone waiting. Angelo started kindergarten just this fall and any day now, he's going to be a big brother.