You say it's your birthday, October 2046

October 2046 (Spring)

Colin and Gwen Lachance are turning two just as mum Lucy is entering her third trimester.

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You say it's your birthday, February 2045

Round 37: February 2045 (Summer)

Connor and Lila’s place is too small for any sort of large family gathering - which Connor sees as a huge plus - so Lila’s parents Kirstin and David hold a little party for Jonathan's first birthday at their house.

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You say it's your birthday, January 2045

Round 37: January 2045 (Summer)

Seeing the kids have a few weeks before they go back to school and Ethan has some vacation time saved up, he and Maia have decided to take the family on their first holiday.

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You say it's your birthday, October 2044

Round 36: October 2044 (Spring)

It’s Kirstin Sitko’s 60th birthday and husband David is taking her out to The Claudette to celebrate.

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The Novak-Sitko wedding

Round 36: October 2043 (Spring)

Connor Novak and Lila Sitko are 30. 

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When doves cry

Round 36: June 2043 (Winter)

last update/next update

Veronica Moretti is 26 and Adelaide Sitko is 25.

(David is 61, Kirstin is 59, Camilla and Lila are 30, Chris is 28 and Sebastian is 27)

Narrated by Adelaide Sitko

I like my job now but I still have the occasional day where I just can’t face it. 

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A little soul

Round 35: August 2042 (Winter)

last update/next update

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David Sitko is 60 and Kirstin is 58. 

(Cordy is 49, Charlie is 30, Camilla, Lila and Connor are 29, Sebastian is 26, Adelaide is 24, Tim is 22 and Grace and Everett are 12)

Narrated by Kirstin Sitko

We have my colleague Cordy’s son Tim working for us part time now, as a legal secretary and despite my reservations, he’s doing well.

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You say it's your birthday, January 2042

Round 35: January 2042 (Summer)

Hope Novak is now in her second trimester. It’s an exciting but also a nervewracking time for Hope and her husband, Malcolm, as both are praying for a happy ending this time. Hope’s first pregnancy ended in a late term loss.

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Amity

Round 34: April 2040 (Autumn)

last update/next update

David Sitko is 58 and Kirstin is 56.

(Charlie is 28, Camilla, Lila and Connor are 27, Sebastian is 24, Adelaide is 22, Grace and Everett are 10)

Narrated by David Sitko

Kirstin and I are really pleased with the neighbourhood we live in these days. Anyone would say it’s a lovely place to live and it’s close to so many things we like to do as well.

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Change

Round 34: January 2040 (Summer)

last update/next update

Charlie Benton is 28, Camilla is 27 and Grace and Everett are 10.

(David is 58, Kirstin is 56, Wade is 50, Lila is 27, Sebastian is 24 and Adelaide is 22)

Narrated by Camilla Benton

Last year, Charlie and I moved into our very first house. We were happy in our apartment but there’s something special about living somewhere that’s all your own.

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Day for night

Round 34: January 2040 (Summer)

last update/next update

Veronica Moretti is 23 and Adelaide Sitko is 22. 

(David is 58, Kirstin is 56, Zane and Chloe are 29, Chris is 25 and Sebastian is 24)

Narrated by Adelaide Sitko

Veronica recently decided she just had to have a dog. This apartment is pretty small but she said she couldn’t be without one any longer.

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Every day should be a holiday, 2038

Round 33: December 2038 (Summer)

last update/next update

David Sitko is 56 and Kirstin is 54.

(Charlie is 26, Camilla, Lila and Connor are 25, Sebastian is 22, Adelaide is 20 and Grace and Everett are 8)

Narrated by Kirstin Sitko

Sometime last year, David and I decided that two people living in a five bedroom house was more than a little ridiculous. So we sold it and we bought this house instead.

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The Benton-Sitko wedding

Round 33: July 2037 (Winter)

Charlie Benton is 25 and Camilla Sitko is 24.

Narrated by Camilla Sitko

The morning of the wedding was a bit more hectic than I would have liked. Charlie stayed at his parents’ place the night before, so it was just me, Grace and Everett. Who decided to get up before dawn to check out the snow.

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You say it's your birthday, April 2037

Round 33: April 2037 (Autumn)

Narrated by Lia Nott

I’m sure I’ve been driving Dr. Sitko crazy with all my fretting but he has, as usual, been so helpful and reassuring.

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The meantime

Round 32: May 2036 (Autumn)

last update/next update

David Sitko is 54 and Kirstin is 52.

(Amar is 35, Malcolm is 26, Connor, Lila and Camilla are all 23, Adelaide is 18 and Grace and Everett are both 6)

Narrated by David Sitko

After months of convincing, I finally managed to talk Kirstin into taking a holiday.

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You say it's your birthday, February 2036

Round 32: February 2036 (Summer)
Josie Clarke is 34 and Troy is 33.

It's been boiling hot for the last few weeks here, so Josie was even more relieved to be giving birth than she was with Jude.

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You say it's your birthday, October 2035

Round 32: October 2035 (Spring)

Narrated by Maia Novak

Right as Ethan was leaving for work one morning, Baby Novak decided to let us know he/she was ready to enter the world.

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This heart attack

Round 31: April 2034 (Autumn)

last update/Adelaide's next update/next update

David Sitko is 52, Kirstin is 50 and Adelaide is 16.
(Kendal is 58, Charlie is 22, Camilla and Lila are both 21, Sebastian is 18 and Grace and Everett are both 4)

Narrated by David Sitko

I thought things might be quieter for our family now that it's just the three of us at home but that hasn't really been true at all.

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Kids, February 2034

Round 31: February 2034 (Summer)

Principal: Tatiana Lachance is 51
Teachers: Pamela Gray is 49 and Finn Romilly is 33

Students: Caitlin Romilly and Brendan Lachance are both 11, Annabel and Georgina Nott are both 10, Matthew and Simon Lane are both 9, Aurora and Bianca Moretti, Alice Jacobson and Sylvia Draper are all 8, Ruby Lane, Ramona Nihill and Gabriel Nott are all 7, Charlotte and Marcus Lane are both 5 and Everett and Grace Benton and Jacinta Nihill are all 4.

Narrated by Tatiana Lachance

I can stand up in front of a whole school full of children without the slightest of jitters but speaking in front of adults still makes me incredibly nervous.

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All at once

Round 31: May 2033 (Autumn)

last update/next update

Evan Moretti is 44, Ione is 37, Justin and Xavier are both 12 and Aurora and Bianca are both 7.
(David is 51, Josie is 31 and Lauren is 12)

Narrated by Ione Moretti

Xavier came home from school recently and asked Evan if he could ask Lauren Carmody out on a date.

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