Chapter 4: Let the babies begin!

Love is not all you need, not if you are a family Sim. You also need babies. Luckily the two can be combined. And luckily Marius and Tosha agreed completely on this. And so the two of them were also combined, which I trust I do not need to illustrate further.

Time passed, and Tosha became visibly pregnant. Despite her long university education, she had never even applied for a job. Then again neither had Marius. It is not like they would ever need to, with all the simoleons Magnus and especially Margaret had dragged home over the years.

And then little Maritza was born. Everyone was quite excited, since this was the first childbirth in the house for a long, long time. Naturally Magnus took to referring to the baby as "version 3.1". What do you expect from someone who always wears a Linux shirt?

Apart from the baby, life went on pretty much as us usual at the Reinboe mansion. Nothing special or memorable ever happened.

Soon Maritza (3.1) became a toddler, with a toddler's natural sympathy for scattering itty bitty pieces of paper all over the place, just like her father had at that age.

Speaking of her father, the two of them got along great. You could practically see her glowing with happiness when they were together!

But eventually she got enough of all this toddling. "Someone has to stop this, and that someone is me!"

"Yeah! I made it! I'm a CHILD! Go me!!"

Everyone else was also happy. As the first child in the family for a generation, Maritza (3.1) was the Main Character in everybody's eyes. To the point where her father actually forgot to put on clothes, just to come and cheer for Maritza the Miracle Mite. Luckily it was Sunday, their family day, so there were no guests to witness the somewhat unusual celebration. Marius, you shouldn't take the expression "birthday suit" so literally.

But Marius (2.1) and Tosha had the good old things going on, and nobody was surprised when Tosha once again started to feel changes to her physiology. It was around this time they first started joking about having 10 children. Don't joke about things like that when your guardian angel is listening, kids. Just a well-intentioned advice.

Marius put his heart into raising his daughter so Tosha was free to take care of herself during her pregnancy. She was often asleep when Maritza came home from school, but Marius would help with the homework. It was not like he was worn out after a long day at work or anything... he had still not found "the right job" for him. With his parents still bringing home bucketloads of simoleons every week, it was not like they could spend it all anyway.

It was obvious even from grade school what course Maritza's life would take. She was at her best when entertaining guests. No matter that they were often much older than her, Maritza was never out of her depths. Her father recognized a popularity Sim in the making, no doubt.

One morning Tosha was in the bathroom when the familiar pains began. Was it already time for the baby?

"Definitely a baby" confirms Elise, an expert on these things. What a change from the cheering crowds from last time. Wanna bet against us not having a popularity Sim this time? OK, perhaps a bit early to decide yet...

At least little Martin (3.2) Reinboe is popular with someone. Congratulations, you have just been granted Immunity to Cowplants!