From the World of Self-Absorption
Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.
-Paul Reiser
Last time: G3 heiress, Palia Floosby, had a beautiful tribal wedding on the beaches of Twikkii Island and married the love of her life, Twikkii local Turtle (by slyndsey). They had a nice time with their family on Twikkii Island, and then left for a very romantic honeymoon to the Far East village of Takemizu. Palia completed another 14 vacation mementos and came back from her honeymoon with a little surprise.
This time, Turtle and Palia are forced to settle down due to an unexpected surprise. They spend some time focusing on their careers and building a family. Will they ever get back to traveling?
Featured sims:
G2 spouse: Cicada Pollen by wooden_badger
G3 spouse: Turtle by slyndsey
After their wonderful honeymoon in Takemizu Village, Turtle and Palia moved back in with Celder and Cicada. But just for a short time. Palia had to go to work right away, so Turtle took the opportunity to learn as much charisma as he could from the very charismatic G2 Floosby's. He would need it in his life of politics.
Like I said, Palia had to go to work almost as soon as she stepped out of the taxi from her honeymoon. She came back with a promotion, so it was worth it!
She also brought home her Aunt Vesper, who is a Celebrity Chef. Palia dreams of becoming a Celebrity Chef specializing in foods from around the world. Cicada and Turtle had just been "hanging out" while waiting for Palia to get back home. It just takes Cicada a little longer to get up, due to her elderliness.
Palia got one last promotion, and then the couple moved into a little house of their very own.
They had to get their own place because Palia found out that she was pregnant! It seems that their honeymoon was very romantic indeed.
Both Palia and Turtle were dying to get a puppy. They both had 2 wants dedicated to getting a pet and getting a puppy. So for the first time in 3 generations, the Floosby family has a pet!
He's a cute little guy and his name is Porkchop.
Turtle finally got involved in local politics. He wants to eventually run for Mayor, but he'll definitely have to take some time to work his way up to that point.
Life was pretty normal for awhile, for this adventuresome traveling family. Turtle worked his butt off in his career, while Palia took care of the house and got ready for the birth of their first child. She would rather have been traveling or working, but she knew she needed to take it easy for the baby's sake.
The big day finally came and Generation 4 has finally arrived! Meet baby boy, Emrick Floosby.
At this point, I didn't know what color hair Emrick had. These aliens always trick me, so I have to wait and see on that one. But he definitely has Turtle's skintone and eyes. So far, every generation has taken after the spouse when it comes to skin color. The heir/heiress has never passed on their skin color. Not even in the spares' families!
Palia finally got back to work and got another promotion. Turtle continued to work his way up the Politics career ladder.
Time flies by when you've got two working parents, a baby, and a puppy. Emrick had his first birthday and his great-Aunt Vesper was able to make it to the party. Also, it turns out that he has the yellow hair which comes all the way back from G1 spouse, Ois Nenemos (by maranatah). That's neat! Other than that, he looks so very much like Turtle. He even has Turtle's freckles, but they don't show up until childhood.
And with toddlers come training. The parents had to take turns with the training since they both had to work so much. Go smart milk!
Palia's potty training faces, since I've made it a tradition: G1 - Ahryl and G2 - Celder.
Another promotion for Palia!
Porkchop had his birthday and became a very handsome doggy.
I just love how the face the doggies make when they get their belly rubbed!
Since all the other adults had jobs, they figured Porkchop should get to work too. So Turtle got him a job in Show Biz and helped him learn some skills to get a promotion.
Palia got another promotion too. She'll be a Celebrity Chef in no time.
Emrick loves sleeping in Porkchop's bed. Poor puppy!
And then he has to have a bath. This just isn't a fun time for poor Porkchop.
Could it be? Another G4 baby, finally? These two were quick to get pregnant with their first baby, but they waited until right before Emrick became a child to try for their second. (I let ACR decide when they want more kids, I don't make them try for babies!)
And as mentioned, Emrick had his childhood birthday while Palia was in her 2nd trimester. He finally gets those freckles from Turtle. And man, he really does look like his daddy!
Speaking of Turtle, he is getting closer and closer to the top of Politics.
Being on maternity leave again, Palia takes over all the childcare and household duties. She makes it a point to help Emrick with his homework. She can't help but remember how hard of a time her brother Dexel had with homework when they were younger.
Porkchop and Emrick are best buds. They like to play space explorers together in Emrick's alien themed bedroom.
As playful as he might be with his family, Porkchop does not get along well with other dogs! He's gotten into about 4 or 5 fights with random dogs and wolves that wander onto the lot. But so far, he's won every time.
Palia finally goes into labor and has another baby boy for generation 4! Lefle joins the family and brings some different genetics than his big brother. It looks like he's got Turtle's green skin (no surprise there), and Palia's pink eyes which come from G2 spouse Cicada Pollen by wooden_badger. So far, it looks like he might have Turtle's brown hair, but I won't know until he grows up!
Accomplishments:
- Generation 4 born!
- had baby boy, Emrick
- had baby boy, Lefle
- adopted puppy dog, Porkchop
- lots of promotions
Generation 3 Goals:
- visit all holiday locations (still need Three Lakes)
- get all holiday mementos (progress: 28/45)
- marry a local (completed)
- have a kid (completed)
- optional: bring home Big Foot