You say it's your birthday, Summer 2023

Okay, this might be my biggest birthday post ever! I've decided to do my graduation posts in the summer instead of in the middle of the year in winter, so that added an extra 5 people to the roster!

As with birthday posts though, it's pretty much all pic spam so it only looks long. ;) Why don't we start with the pregnancy updates?

Tatiana is awake because she's uncomfortable and very pregnant and Jonas is up because he's being a worry-wart again! Not too much longer to wait though; Baby #4 is due in Autumn!

Over at Suffolk University, Victoria has just gone into labour, not that 2 year-old Declan cares at all.

It would be more of a concern if Finn was so disinterested but fortunately, that's not an issue.

And it's a baby sister for Declan! Welcome Caitlin Siobhan Romilly!

Mitchell Carmody is now 4 and has developed his dad's propensity for freckling.

Julia Gray, daughter of Corbin and Pamela (playable NPCs), is now 12 and ready for high school. Oddly for a 12 year-old, she's already thinking about grandchildren! She'd really like to have two of them one day.

Hope Collins will be joining her friend Julia at high school this year. She wants to some day be an ecological guru.

Sarah Carmody is 18 and now living on campus at Novak Hall. Unlike most freshmen, she's already chosen her major; Sarah will be studying History.

Liam Weaver is 60...

...as is Araminta Romilly. She already has 4 grandchildren - how many will she have by the time her kids are finished?!

It's shaping up to be a big year for Victoria. She's just had her second child and is fresh out of university to boot. She wasn't sure what to do with her biology degree but has finally decided to go into Oceanography. Victoria is beginning with the prestigious position of Dolphin Tank Cleaner.

It's a big year for Finn too, for the same reasons. Finn is still planning on getting his master's but he's decided to wait on that for a couple of years. In the mean time, he'll be working at Sullivan Primary School. He, Victoria, Declan and Caitlin have set up house at Harcourt Lofts in Exeter.

Claudia Kirby is staying with her parents until she can sort out her living situation, which is more expensive than she realised. Thankfully, she has the job situation sorted out at least. She's a campaign worker.

Claudia's boyfriend, Jacob Weaver, has also graduated. He's not sure what he wants to do (or what he can do) with his literature degree, so he's washing dishes until he thinks of something better! He's living in a share house with Gordon Nott, until Gordon moves out to marry Lia.

After that, Jacob will be stuck in the house with Amar Hamilton, his other room mate and our final graduate. Amar has an art degree but is quite happy to work at a convenience store. For the rest of his life? Maybe! Amar just wants to rack up some more girls.

Olivia Nihill has taken the big step of moving in with her long-time boyfriend Steve Rider. They are living in his unit (now their unit) in Sullivan.

And now for some graduation pic spam. I may have gone a little nuts but I don't think me going crazy with posing will be earth-shattering news to any of you.

First of all, Claudia and Victoria totally blew my mind! Their noses are different! How have I not noticed this before? I never realised how similar Megan's nose is to Trent's. It looks like Victoria has Megan's nose and Claudia has Trent's, as does Rebecca.

It's harder to tell from front on though but I think Victoria's nose is slightly narrower and Claudia's is a little longer.

Here's the whole Kirby clan. Rebecca is such a Trent clone.

Photo session was moved inside, due to very heavy rain.

I think Finn is the cutest graduate ever. I love him.

Here's the lame family portrait.

And here's the awesome one, except it's with Caitlin V1.0 (see notes at the end), who had blonde hair. If I put it in a frame with the antique camera, I think the eyebrows will be even less noticeable, so I'm probably going to use this one anyway.

Finn with his parents and sisters.

And just so you know, I think Declan is going through the terrible twos.

Then I headed over to the dorms to do grad pics for Amar, Claudia and Jacob.

Amar, obviously.

Claudia, who is so hard to pose. Her mouth goes funny when she smiles. Victoria's does the same thing but not to the same extent.

And here's Jacob.

Aw, bless! He's still not moving in with you yet though, Claudia!

I know they're only half-siblings but do Tatiana and Jacob share even a single feature? They both have brown eyes and I think that's about it.

Notes:

• I crashed while I was on Finn and Victoria's lot and of course, had not saved after she had the baby. I had to reload the lot about a million times before they finally had a girl again. I would have just let them have another boy but I'd already grown attached to the name. Caitlin V1.0 was a blonde though, and this Caitlin is a redhead. If I've interpreted the simDNA pop-up correctly, I think Caitlin will end up with Finn's nose.
• Hope has Emil's nose! I never realised it when she was a child, though I should have because Anna's nose is so different from his. Hope is Family/Pleasure, by the way and Julia is Knowledge/Family.
• After moving into their apartment, Finn and Victoria have about $11,000 left. That's enough to pay for Finn's master's up front but I'm going to hold off on that for a little while.
• Claudia will be in her own place by the time you see her next. I was having trouble finding a place for her but I'll have her all moved in in time.
• I've updated the playable NPCs post, if you're interested. I've been forgetting to note when I've updated it lately so it could be quite different from the last time you saw it!