Part 11: A Time For Firsts

When we last visited the (all new) Montari Manor Nathaniel and Hailey had celebrated their marriage, and of course their honeymoon. Now they were starting to look forward to their future.



Which seemed at first to involve clothes shopping; both Hailey and Nathaniel got new clothes.

A couple of days later Hailey had her suspicions that something entirely different was about to change the way she looked. She didn't think there was anyway she could be pregnant, apart from that one time... as she suffered the morning sickness she realised one time was really all it took. Now to tell Nathaniel.

Luckily Nathaniel had absolutely no problem with the idea of little Haileys or Nathaniels running around. He proceeded to go out of his way to make his wife as comfortable as possible during the early stages of her pregnancy.

The couple however chose to keep the news a secret between the two of them for a little while, at least until they could fully understand what was about to happen.

It couldn't be a secret forever though - Hailey started to show. Casting his mind back to before the birth of his twins Alexander managed to come to his own conclusions. Andrea had always been tired and Hailey kept falling asleep in her lunch. He couldn't wait to be a grandfather.

However Hailey tried to come up with some elaborate story involving handcuffs as to why she was getting bigger. Nathaniel decided this was the point where he should come clean and told his parents about the impending arrival.

It wasn't an entirely happy time in the Montari household however. Alexander and Andrea both caught the flu from some evil bugs outside the house. One of the neighbours was obviously annoyed as the rubbish bin kept being kicked over in the night. Alexander's symptoms mainly involved a lot of coughing...

...Andrea's symptoms were more serious. She began having strange dreams and hallucinations. In one of these she was told of a possible cure.

A company downtown had been marketing Energisers to help accomplished Sims feel better. However Andrea wasn't as lucky as most of the other Sims who had tried the contraption.

Alexander had in the meantime recovered from the flu using the time tested method of relaxation. As such he decided to spend time with his unborn (and first) grandchild.

After her stint in the energiser Andrea was left in the exact opposite condition to energised. She was so exhausted she collapsed on the lawn.

Waking up briefly she realised the she was absolutely starving - attempts for her to make food however failed when her body - already weak from the illness gave up.

It was then that the grim reaper paid his first ever visit to the Manor. Alexander and Nathaniel could only watch in horror as the Andrea was taken from them at an age of only 68.

Grief around the household continued for much of the next few days. All three remaining members of the family reacted badly to Andrea's death.

Alexander in particular spent a lot of time in the family graveyard - mourning the single grave of his beloved.

Hailey could barely sleep - despite the fact her pregnancy was making her more tired than ever. She realised however that she could not stay in such a state forever - her baby's safety was at stake. Rubbing her stomach Hailey hoped that when the little one arrived that it could help to fill the rift in the family.

As it turns out she wouldn't have to wait long to find out. The next night she woke in agony - waking Nathaniel up with her cries. It was time