it's your day: December birthdays

first, some quickie notes: It appears that this is Danielle's blog debut? I don't know how that's possible, since I've been blogging about her on Tumblr for ages, lol! 

In other dimensions (TS3), Danielle was not conceived until April was 25, which made a lot more sense for April's story, considering the time it would have taken her to deal with some personal issues and feel ready to have a baby. But in TS4, Danielle was already in my game as a sim from the 2091 timeline, and has been paused as a baby FOREVER, and I didn’t want to keep her a baby any longer. 

So if it feels sudden to think that April and Beau had her so soon after college, then that’s why. We’ll just imagine that everything is fine and nobody is traumatized by it.

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December 2086.

*briefly NSFW


This December, after a dreadfully long babyhood, little Dani Jackson is finally working on her wobbly first steps.



So far, she seems to take after her daddy almost completely, but they suspect she'll inherit a lot of personality from her momma.

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December 16th, Stephanie Nova celebrates a lazy 27th birthday. Lucky bonus, she has the day off, which means she has time for a long afternoon nap.


After finally making some painfully slow progress on losing that stubborn baby weight, she thinks she might skip the birthday cake this year. But her family has another idea.

"It’s a true fact that donuts don’t have calories on your birthday," Lily tells her.

"Did your daddy tell you that?"


So she indulges, just this once. The best kind of donuts are calorie-free donuts!


And after the kids are asleep, Justin proposes another birthday treat that is super indulgent and definitely calorie-free!



It was a very happy birthday.

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December 18th, Tyler Jackson's lady friend was a little stingy with his birthday lovin'. He was hoping for a round two, but she didn't offer anything more and fell asleep instead.


So he finished off the night by catching up with some sports scores. He needed to study the moves of an opposing team before their next big game.


Beau and Tyler both turn 23 this month, but to little fanfare since they both have to work on their shared birthday. Beau takes care of their mother's business interests while she works out west as Treasury Secretary. Tyler pops over in the mornings before practice to watch his niece for a couple of hours while Beau tends to the properties. Sometimes Tyler needs to be reminded that Dani is a baby and not a basketball.


Making good use of his dual chemistry and business degrees, Beau intends to start up a little apothecary shop here. It will be a while still before it's open to the public, which is fine because he needs some more time to perfect and test his formulas. He'll continue to manage his mother's businesses for the rest of her term as Treasury Secretary—with help from April in the hookah bar and ice cream cafe—and in the rest of his time, his main job is to take care of Dani.


Which is very hard work, of course.

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December 27th, Devon Shaw turns 15. Her brother might not have completely scared off her boyfriend, but it seems he did scare the boy enough to find a shirt to wear.

Despite that embarrassing encounter, these two continue to hang out together around the neighborhood, dodging parents and prying eyes whenever they are able, sharing laughs and photos.

Whatever photo he sent her, she doesn't look impressed! And he looks rather put off that she isn't impressed.

Why do boys think we want to see that? Devon thinks.

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On the 28th, grandma Aura turns 54 years old.



Aura takes the week off to fly back to Potomac Heights to visit her kids, to make sure her boys haven't run the family businesses into the ground, and to cuddle this little bundle of giggles.

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December birthdays: 
1: Aurora Harris is 41
2: Kelsey Huffington is 12
3: Toby Harris is 47
5: Beth Tyler-Trudgen is 6
6: Jeremy Nova is 71
9: Alana Fortney is 55
12: Tessa Morton is 39
14: Christian Sanders is 40
16: Stephanie Nova is 27
18: Beau Jackson is 23
18: Tyler Jackson is 23
21: Ashley Deppiesse is 47
27: Devon Shaw is 15
28: Aura Miguel is 54

December anniversaries: 
(none)

Health Strike: 
Robert Kim, from 0 to strike #1

Lot Deterioration: 
Fort Palmetto, public (Janie Trudgen, The Old Market House)

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gameplay notes on: 9 months is my new toddler age-up // the Jackson family business plaza // TS4 donuts really are calorie-free! // baby whims

Beau & Tyler's mom, Aurora, takes the nickname "Aura" because of name tags, since Aurora Harris is likely to have more stories and already claimed the name.