Love, Death, Birth

 Little Max aged up!  Look at those chubby cheeks!  He's Angelic.

 Teaching him to talk.

 Why hello, next father Timothy Wetzel.

 We were invited over to Baby 7, Hadley's birthday party.  Here I am with Baby 3, Bonnie - she's now an elder too.

Well, Timothy and I decided to get cracking whilst at the party... oops.

 Hadley and her longtime friend, Zach LeBlanc - I think there might be something going on here...

 Zach has proposed!  My baby is getting married!

 So sweet to see Sage and Hadley hugging.

 Look at me, I'm pregnant and using the treadmill... at my daughter's wedding.

 So sweet.

 You may kiss the bride!

 Ah, the cake pic.

 Felix was so dapper in his suit.

 Simon saw his dad Amos going past so ran to say hello!

 I went to visit Lachlan (#8) and Reid's (#9) house because Reid just had her baby - twins!  A girl called Shirley and a boy called Hayes!  My grandson Ricky, who is Sage's (#5) eldest walked past and felt my tummy!

 Aww, Felix (L) and Simon (R) are BFFs!

 Well, it's time for Baby 10, Oscar Zachary, to move out!  He's moved in across the road with Hadley and Zach (and Hadley's dad's cousin).

 Well, we struck a tragedy at poor Simon's birthday party.  Baby 1, Arlo, fell to the ground.

 Then the grim reaper showed up - he was dying of old age.

 Then his twin Asher started doing the same.

 They were both dying!  My heart couldn't handle it!

 I was distraught!

 I pled with the grim reaper for Arlo's life!

 And, strangely, he accepted!  He was brought back to life!

The whole family was distraught.

 When you come back to life, you eat cake, apparently.

  I pled with death for Asher's life too but he rejected me.  To make matters worse, I went into labour at the same time!

 I was heartbroken!  Heidi (L) was losing her dad whilst Oscar (R) was losing his big brother.

 I was in emotional pain from the death and in physical pain from the labour.

 Poor Arlo.  Not only had he cheated death when his brother hadn't, but he had lost his twin!  He said to me, "We should have both gone together." My heart!

 I couldn't handle it.

 Poor Simon was becoming a teen at the same time this was all going on.  He is now a Serial Romantic with the Romantic trait.

 Then it was time to give birth.  Poor Angus in the background was so upset, despite not being that close with Asher.

I thought this was a powerful photo.  As I held my new daughter, Baby 16, Tessa Lorelei, in my arms for the first time, Asher was watching over us.

And then along came her twin sister, Baby 17, Zara Adelaide.  If they were only boys, it would be Arlo and Asher reincarnated.  I truly felt like Asher was watching over us at that moment.