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Round 19: Summer 2009

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Brandon Kirby is 74, Leontine is 67, Trent is 39, Megan is 37 and Claudia and Victoria are 8.

Narrated by Megan Kirby

Brandon and I are still working hard for the market, looking up new recipes for the bakery section. Brandon would like to retire and he's very keen to get everything perfect before Trent takes over.

Trent and I have been working on something too. We discussed it for what felt like forever and finally decided we'd try for one more baby. Maybe we discussed it too long because I'm still not pregnant. I'm only 37. It shouldn't be this hard to conceive yet, should it?

We're lucky than Brandon and Leontine are such involved grandparents because they often take the girls out without us even asking. Brandon took Claudia and Victoria to the creek while he went fishing last week. It's just across the road from our farm, so it's very convenient for us.

The girls aren't very interested in fishing but they have some play equipment there and they played on that for a while. Until the lookout was taken over by teenagers using it as their hangout.

There are plenty of other things to do down there anyway, especially for Claudia.

We had Brandon's old friend, Galen, over the other night. Brandon's been a bit worried about him, as he's been so depressed since the death of his son.

He didn't end up joining us for the actual dinner though, probably because the smell of Victoria's awful muffin was a little off-putting.

She was very sweet to Galen when she invited him to play her video game with her. She even let him win, which is a pretty big deal to her. She's quite competitive with anything game-related. I don't know if she was being polite or if she knew he needed a bit of fun but it made me smile, regardless.

Trent and I qualified for fertility treatment last week, so now we're waiting to see if that helps us at all. Brandon has backed off a bit in pestering us about another grandchild, thank goodness.

I would love to be able to give them one more grandbaby though. Maybe a boy. I know I say it all the time but they really are wonderful grandparents. Brandon is out with Claudia every evening teaching her all about farming.

Leontine works until very late but I hear her go in to kiss the girls goodnight when she finally gets in each night.

Just yesterday, I took what seemed like my millionth pregnancy test and it was positive! We're both thrilled beyond belief. I really think this baby will complete our little family.

Trent couldn't wait to tell Tate our news but Tate seemed a little put off at first. He and Zelda want another child too and have so far been unsuccessful. I don't think Trent meant to be insensitive - he was just really excited!

The rest of Tate's visit was spent with Trent patiently listening to all of Tate's cooking anecdotes. Trent doesn't care about cooking at all (I should know!) but Tate listens to Trent talking about cars and tools, so Trent is obligated to return the favour.

Our niece Josie came over with Tate too. She's a year younger than the twins but she seems to have matured a bit since the last time we saw her. She was very sedate yesterday and the girls are all becoming really good friends.

Random pic:
Whatever Asha is involved in, it's certainly a juicy piece of gossip for the primary school set! I wonder how long this rumour will keep flying around.

Notes:

• My not-calendar is based on the southern hemisphere, so imagine this takes place around January 2009 and not in the middle of the year. This round will end with Summer 2010, so think of that as around December 2010.
• So this was my first family under the new system and it's working really well for me. I turned off aging and just bumped them all up 2 days when I was done with them. Except Leontine. I didn't age her at all so she's finally in line with Pascal's age (her twin) and not Georgette and Vivienne's (her older sisters). I played them for 3 days but it was nice to know I could go longer or shorter if I wanted to. There's a lot more freedom for me this way.