Both Tiberius and Cadydid make sure to get a good look at the new arrival.
It is ensured Melarkey is not neglected. Tiberius keeps up with her development.
Eskimo kisses.
A third child is to be expected. Tiberius dreams of space, the final frontier.
Melarkey does things.
Cadydid gets unusually chatty one evening while watching TV. Tiberius attributes it the hormones.
Cadydid practices different facial expressions, since Tiberius has told her (kindly) that hers... well, they basically don't exist. It isn't that Cadydid doesn't have emotions - because she does! - she just isn't good at bringing them from the inside to the outside. As seen in exhibit A.
Whatever could this cake be for?
Sincerity ages up! She has her father's hair and skin, and her mother's eyes.
Cadydid, who is very pregnant, eats some cake.
Sincerity, naturally, is drawn to the color green. Much to the delight of Tiberius.
Band-aids.
Halfway through the lesson, Cadydid goes into labor, scaring the bejeezus out of Sincerity.
Tiberius stays home to put the kids to bed while his wife is taxied to the hospital.
Biased much?
A few sim-hours later, Cadydid returns with Tide, their first son and last child. He is excitable and artistic. Good for him.
He also has his mother's skin, which is kind of neat.
The updated nursery, which was rearranged to fit a third crib.
Sincerity and Melarkey sleep peacefully, while Tide stares into the abyss.
It's been a while since Cadydid went out fishing, but she doesn't really mind. Her family keeps her plenty occupied, and even though she could't properly show it to save her life, they make her indescribably happy.
Sincerity gets her turn in the corner booth.
Melarkey's birthday!
She is now clumsy, absent-minded, and artistic.
In the background, Sincerity digs deep.
In the background, Sincerity digs deep.
A short montage of Melarkey's first moments as a child. A previously-vacant room in the house is turned into her bedroom, complete with an ancient desktop computer. Melarkey thinks she'd like to write books one day, too, like her dad.
Speaking of which, Bees? sold ridiculously well, probably by accident. Nonetheless, Tiberius' name is starting to mean something in the world of literature as he begins his fifth book - Landing Among the Stars, a sequel to his first sci-fi novel.
Sincerity learns to walk.
Tide's face may be a bit creepy, but he doesn't glitch, and that's all the Soapberrys could ask for.
Family dinner.
Her parents equipped the bedroom with a bunk bed in anticipation of Sincerity. Melarkey has already claimed the top bunk.
First day of school, and Melarkey is appropriately wary.
Cadydid feeds Tide's chin.
Tiberius finally gets around to filling the fish tank with actual fish. It's three minnows - store-bought, since when he asked Cadydid if she would catch some fish to keep for pets she just shook her head - named Edward, Jerry, and Kyle.
Melarkey seems to like them, so he hopes he can keep them alive.