You say it's your birthday, February 2045

Round 37: February 2045 (Summer)

Now that Aaron’s mother Madelyn has reached retirement age, his dad James is fulfilling his promise to finally retire for good.

He had hoped one of his sons would want to take on his business, Novak Motors, but seeing that didn’t happen, Aaron’s husband Calvin will take over instead.

James was initially disappointed but truth be told, none of his sons have an entrepreneurial spirit. Calvin does and is the best person to keep growing Novak Motors. 

Calvin is totally inexperienced at selling cars or running a business but he’s determined to continue James’s hard work.

He’s finding sales a tad challenging…

…but he’s also feeling like he’s improving with every pitch.

Once he has everything running smoothly, Calvin is expecting to be making a ton of money, especially coupled with what he still gets from all of his endorsement deals as a Hall of Famer.

A holiday would be really nice! Ethan and Maia haven’t yet stopped raving about their recent trip to Cape Elizabeth. They’ve been urging Aaron and Calvin to take their own trip. 

They’d love to but both agree that a new house is probably more important!

With Amy, Natalie and Curtis getting older, they are quickly outgrowing the small bedrooms.

On top of that, two bathrooms between five people is probably not going to work for too much longer. 

They’re not looking seriously yet but they are looking. They want to know what’s around and think about what they really need before they take the leap and put their house on the market. 

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Lila Novak goes into labour in the evening and it’s well past midnight by the time she and Connor arrive at the hospital. 

Lila’s main concern is that they’ve left the house in a huge mess and they’ll definitely need to hire a cleaner with the baby coming. Connor agrees, even though he thinks a cleaner is a huge waste of money.

The cleaner is well out of her mind when it comes time for her to push. Dr. Moretti is present as always to deliver.

And it’s a healthy baby boy for Connor and Lila!

Jonathan William has his dad’s dark hair - not that you can see it, apart from his eyebrows! He also shares his dad’s fair skin and his mum’s brown eyes.

After a couple of nights’ rest in hospital, Connor and Lila can take little Jonathan home and start their new adventure as parents.

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Francesca Moretti’s 11th birthday is fast approaching and she’s been very insistent on how she wants to spend the day. 

Her brothers and sisters will be coming over for dinner but during the day, Francesca wants to go swimming with her best friend Catherine. Catherine’s birthday is 3 days after Francesca’s, so it seems like a pretty perfect idea, as far as Francesca is concerned.

That’s a pretty easy request, so Evan and Ione have no problem fulfilling it. Francesca gets on the phone to Catherine immediately!

A day by the pool doesn’t sound like such a terrible idea to Evan and Ione. 

Most importantly, the two birthday girls have a fantastic time.

It’s a shame school has started back and they can’t go swimming more often.

Other birthdays this month:
Oscar and Stella Lachance turn 5
Wren Novak turns 5
Andrew Clarke turns 9
Willow Novak turns 10
Daphne Kirby turns 14
Edward Lachance turns 30
Lucy Lachance turns 30
Zane Hamilton turns 34
Maia Novak turns 43
Corbin Gray turns 60
Pamela Gray turns 60
Claudio Jacobson turns 64
Jonas Lachance turns 67
Tate Benton and Trent Kirby turn 75

February wedding anniversaries:
Daniel and Susannah Halmi - 1 year
Nathan and Rebecca Collins - 4 years
Aaron and Calvin Clarke - 13 years
Troy and Josie Clarke - 15 years
Finn and Victoria Romilly - 19 years

Notes:

• As you may have gathered from the screenshots from Calvin's chance card, he and Aaron are doing very well financially right now. Seeing their house is small and also one of the many in my hood that don't have space for a driveway, this seems like a good excuse to move them. All up, they've got about $110,000 now, so they should be able to easily afford something decent.
• Lila rolled the want to hire a cleaner as soon as I got her and Connor on the lot and she fulfilled her want to talk to Connor. It has not rolled away now that the baby is here! It seemed like a very Lila thing to be concerned with, even at such a time!
• Legitimately forgot I had that pool lot! I'll have to use it more often, though I'll have to get rid of that bubble bong thing. It's hidden in all the pics but it's between the pool and where Evan and Ione were sitting.