The Sims 4...?

Hello everyone (if there is anyone there). 

I have recently (finally) acquired The Sims 4!

... And I think I might do a 100 Baby Challenge on The Sims 4!

I absolutely love the Blooms.  I can still name all 44 children in order, and I feel so connected to the family that I created.  So, I'd love to try it out with TS4.  

I only have the base game at the moment, but I think I've got the hang of it.  Being a pro at The Sims 3, The Sims 4 took a little bit of adjustment but now I've got it. 

So, here it is: Arden Westbrook's 100 Baby Challenge

Check it out! 

An Ending and a Beginning

Hello everyone.  I am here to deliver some bad news.  

It appears that my world has become 'stuck'.  It seems that for now I will not be able to continue on with my Baby Challenge.  After more than three years and 44 beautiful babies, I may not be able to continue.  

We had a cracker of a time, and it was a great achievement!

44 babies

18 boys

26 girls

15 singletons

11 sets of twins

1 set of triplets

1 set of quadruplets

25 pregnancies

3 babies born outside my body

2 PlantSims

2 vampires

1 half-alien

1 fairy

1 genie

1 ghost

1 pet dog

1 family Plumbot

5 grandchildren

3 family holidays

2 lots

1 forever home

However, don't fret!  You will still see me over at my creator's new challenge.  I am the host of 'Let's Renovate', a series where two teams will go head to head in renovating The Sims 3's famous and loved towns, starting with Sunset Valley.  Head over there now to check it out!

Thanks for following me and my children through all of this.

Love from: Blanche, Rose, Matilda, Hunter, Evie, Everly, Savannah, Darcy, Charley, Jagger, Ryder, Parker, Thomas, Heidi, Liam, Gemma, Teddy, Jack, Monet, Rory, Effie, Bryony, Andromeda, Flynn, Drew, Sloane, Paris, Lila, Willow, Isaac, Daisy, Holland, Rudy, Finlay, Marlowe, Sam, Wren, Ryan, Eden, Ashby, Timber, Monroe, Briar, Patrick, Henley and Ladybug

Blanche's Pregnancy Files

Hello.  I'm back again for another sit down blog.  This time, we are taking the time warp back through my challenge, right back to before Baby 1, Rose, was born.  Yes, we are revisiting each and every one of my 25 (so far) pregnancies, in commemoration of this milestone.  Let's see the differences, similarities and fashions!  Let's get cracking, shall we?

Ah, here I am right at the very beginning of my challenge, pregnant with Baby 1, Rose Clarissa.  

To make ends meet, I took up painting as a job - and it still is my job!  I didn't document a lot of this pregnancy as I mainly painted and visited the library most of the time.

Turns out this is the only photo of my second pregnancy.  

I was pregnant with my first set of twins here: Babies 2 and 3, Matilda Violet and Hunter Phlox!

My third pregnancy took place during our first winter and Christmas.  

I was pregnant with Babies 4 and 5, Evie Olive and Everly Jade.

My fourth pregnancy resulted in my third set of twins in a row:

Babies 6 and 7, Savannah Tansy and Darcy Maize.

A fun memory from my fifth pregnancy, carrying Baby 8, Charley Alice. 

I remember playing in the snow with my three sets of twins at this moment.

Here's my everyday outfit from that same pregnancy though (Evie listening!).

My first (and one of only two) pregnancy carrying twin boys!

Here I was pregnant with Babies 9 and 10, Jagger Chase and Ryder Joel.

The first baby born on the new (and current) property, I was in labour with here.

It was Baby 11, Parker Russell! 

It was difficult for me to get pregnant with this set of twins - 

their father evaded me for quite some time!  

Nevertheless, we ended up with Babies 12 and 13, Thomas Indigo and Heidi Skye.

I was tanned for most of my ninth pregnancy. 

This brought Baby 14, Liam James, into the world.

Jagger was transitioning into a werewolf during my tenth pregnancy.

Nevertheless, Baby 15, Gemma Davina, came out mostly fine *wink* (she's mean spirited)

The computer thought I was smokin' hot when it found out I was 

expecting my only other set of twin boys!

And thus we had identical Babies 16 and 17, Teddy Kenyon and Jack Alexander.

My twelfth pregnancy was a big one.  Not only was I a lizard for a few hours, but...

I was expecting TRIPLETS!  Here's the outfit and the trio all snuggled in the basket:

Babies 18, 19 and 20, Monet Vivienne, Rory Madden and Effie Kaydence.

I was never pregnant with Baby 21 (Bryony Elizabeth is a PlantSim) 

but my pregnancy with half-alien Baby 22, Andromeda Xena, was quite eventful! 

I channelled Jesus by walking on water, I had renos and a problematic child *cough* Effie *cough*

Here's the outfit - identical to the previous pregnancy's!  BUT the first repeat!

Jack looking quite unconcerned but Rory in hysterics.

We had visited China just before I became pregnant for the fourteenth time.

I love this photo of Darcy feeling my tummy - you'll find it above!

This little bubba turned out to be Baby 23, Flynn Ethan.

So, I got pregnant to my best friend, whom we met in China.  

Do I look worried by this?  It resulted in Baby 24, Drew Qiang. 

(No everyday outfit pic for this pregnancy unfortunately) 

I was pregnant with my first fully supernatural child here. 

Then came Babies 25 and 26, Sloane Arabella (a fairy) and Paris Olivia.

 There are actually two versions to this pregnancy (read through the blog to find out why!). 

But in the end, Babies 27 and 28, Lila Madison and Willow Jean (a genie) were born.

Helping cutie Paris with her homework here.

I was never pregnant with Baby 29, Isaac Neel, as he was genetically engineered in the future!

During this pregnancy, I had a brief stint as a resort owner.  And don't worry... lying like this did absolutely nothing to affect Baby 30, Daisy Nickole - she ended up building a PlumBot!

A genie wish gave me the biggest pregnancy yet - QUADRUPLETS!

Babies 31, 32, 33 and 34, Holland Grace, Rudy Edward, Finlay Joy and Marlowe Anne came along!

Don't ask me why I had a jet pack on, I have no idea.

A long time after the quads, and after a romp with my uni friend, 

I was pregnant for the twentieth time!

And thus I had Baby 35, Sam Cody.

There's another set of girl/girl twins in there!  Holland's there as I deliver evil/good twins:

Babies 36 and 37, Wren Esmerelda and Ryan Zelda.

 Only when I went to the hospital did I find out my every day maternity outfit included camo!  This was an exciting pregnancy as it brought about my first set of girl/boy twins in 25 babies: 

I gave birth to Babies 38 and 39, Eden Lilliana and Ashby Bryce, BOTH of whom are vampires!

After another PlantSim of Baby 40, Timber George, I became pregnant with a ghost baby!

I then had Baby 41, Monroe Tyson (a girl, despite the name!). 

Another set of girl/boy twins in this pregnancy:

Babies 42 and 43, Briar Louise and Patrick Zane.

For my 25th pregnancy, I had a massage when pregnant with this little girl:

Baby 44, Henley Jae.

And that's current, peeps!

Baby 44

I was wasting no time in getting pregnant again.  So I used the Sim Finder App and they sent me over this pudding face with severe eyebrows.  Excuse me but I already have enough children with pudding fathers.  I will have to change you. 

After some dice rolling, Jay Hendrickson was no longer a pudding (he looks similar in this photo though).

 The first sibling to tend to the new babies - Timber with Patrick!

 Ashby made it onto the Honour Roll again, but this time so did Timber!

 It was now his turn to have his favourite food - Lobster Thermidor, that I had only learnt the day earlier when I maxed out the cooking skill.  He's excited, even though he can photosynthesise!

 The three skilled teens - Ashby, Eden and Timber.

 Uh-oh - tan gone wrong!

 Monroe became a teenager!  She gained the Avant Garde trait.  I changed her to a human briefly so I could see what she actually looks like - it's hard when she's transparent.

 "Dumb Dumb - you give me gum gum."

 Little Patrick and Briar aged up too - here they are playing together.  How cute!

 Cute family moments in the nursery.

It's a party!  Daisy (Baby 30), who's the Bot Fan who built Kang, donned this.

That moment when your daughter and 13th child, Heidi, greets you with a handshake.

 Timber ran into a few of his older half-sisters at school.  Charley (Baby 8), who's Proper, was complaining about his lack of formalwear.  He didn't like it very much.  Holland (Baby 31) was nearby.

It's time for the one and only vampy twins, Eden and Ashby, to become young adults!

Go, Eden, go!

Go, Ashby, go!

There she goes...

Wow!  An acceptable ageing up outfit!  That can stay!

Baby 38, Eden Lilliana Bloom, as a Young Adult.  Her sixth trait is Avant Garde, though I meant to give her Artistic.  Her LTW is Major Master - highly achievable for this vampire!  She was offered a job as a video game developer straight away, which she took, quitter her level 3 teen job at the mausoleum!

 Handsome Ashby's turn!

 What are those?!  Cowboy boots with board shorts?

 Baby 39, Ashby Bryce Bloom, as a Young Adult.  His sixth trait is Lucky.  His LTW was already decided as a teenager - Physical Perfection.  He too is the top of the Nerd group and received the same job offer as Eden.  One of them should be the top of another group, which will super easy for them to do (as an indication of how easy, Ashby just took ONE photo on his phone and jumped from level 1 to level 10 of the Photography skill instantly)!  My children (and myself) mostly level up in the Nerd group - probably due to us having a science machine, whiteboard and video game system, and not many Rebel or Jock items.

 Hey, Starsprinkle!  He's the dad of Sloane and Paris (Babies 25 and 26) and he's with my daughter Charley (Baby 8).

 Wow, a coincidence that my two PlantSim babies, Timber and Bryony are next to each other.  With Ashby and Starsprinkle.

Ashby (#39), Timber (#40), Starsprinkle, Ryan (#37), me and Eden (#38).  I told Eden and Ashby that  they would get sick eating cake now that they're adult vampires.  They said "Yolo it's our birthday" and ate it anyway.

This is what we like to see in a baby challenge.

I don't want to shame him, but here's Ashby graduating high school (with highest honour).  He was Valedictorian and voted Most Likely to Fulfill their Lifetime Wish.

And here's Eden also graduating with highest honour.  She's most likely to take over the world.

Playing frisbee, Ashby not only reached the highest level of Jock and got a new job as a Sports Agent, but he maxed out the Athletic skill and completed his LTW!  Is there no challenge for these vampires?

 Eden finishing her first book!

 Oh look, I guess I forgot to mention this development...

 My back hurt and I was going stir crazy so I went to have a massage!  I don't think I've ever gotten one before.  It was free anyway, thanks to my celebrity status!

 I haven't really shown you Briar and Patrick that well.  They're real cuties!  

Briar has purple eyes and dark hair.  Patrick has my hair and eyes.  They both have Zane's darker skin.

 In their adorable outfits!

 Who knew Ashby could DJ?  Well, what can't he do, really?

Timber's goldfish Gaea died.  He named it after the Greek goddess of the earth and it's personification which I thought was adorably very fitting.

 On Spooky Day, Timber took me to the hospital.

And out popped Baby 44, Henley Jae Bloom - another girl!  Her traits are Grumpy and Loves the Cold. 

 A successful trick-or-treating experience for Timber the rockstar - he got three pieces of candy and an evil gnome!

 The next day Eden cleans the entire house (she's neat).

 And Briar has aged up!  She gained the Animal Lover trait.

 Therefore so has Patrick!  He now has the Party Animal trait.

 The next day it was time for Timber to become a young adult! 

Blow out your candles sweetie!

 Oh my, a leaf-beard!

Baby 40, Timber George Bloom, as a Young Adult.  He chose the Angler trait and his LTW is Presenting the Perfect Private Aquarium.  We finally have proof that my other identical sons are perfect facial copies of me - Jagger, Parker, Thomas, Liam, Drew, Rudy and Sam - as they are identical to Timber, who is supposed to be an identical copy of me.

 It was also Henley's birthday - the other birthday boy brought her to the cake!

Here she is as a toddler - she has brown hair and eyes like her father.