Settlers of Simtaan 1.03

Week 3

Random Event: Bess, though she is only a toddler, feels that she cannot bear the responsibility of becoming the next Heir. Annie knows that she must, somehow, give her daughter a sibling.

(IRL: I wrote up some new Restriction Unlocks and Random Events for this challenge, which I am now playtesting. Read them here.)

Annie redoubles the effort she puts into her marriage and actually finds most of the plants she needs for her garden. Here she is in a rare moment of peace:

The addition of Blarffy the Bear to the household actually has an unforeseen benefit--it gives James a safe outlet for his anger other than knocking over the trash can. But perhaps inevitably, he begins to aggravate his daughter as well as his wife, lecturing her and denying her requests for hugs at random. He doesn't laugh at her young attempts at humor and in fact only made one attempt at parenting at all:

Annie's continuing attempts to get through to James improve her people skills in general so much that by the middle of the week she is able to convince a new family to join hers in Simtaan! Mara and Steven Kearney move into the nearby 'Rustic Residence' Lot with their young son Jorden. 

Excitingly, Annie becomes pregnant again! Bess has her birthday and grows into a child who loves spending time outdoors, especially keeping her mother company while she works in the garden. Later in the week, James and Annie celebrate their shared birthday and enter middle age.

With a lot of patience, Annie finally finds all of the domestic wild plants she needs for her garden, and begins experimenting with grafting them.

Not long later and after a difficult labor at home, Annie gives birth to a baby boy!
Wait...
Make that triplet baby boys.
The homestead enters hell on earth.