jothirteen

I actually started this challenge a couple of weeks ago, but decided not to get any chapters uploaded until I was sure I was sticking with it.
Well, I ended up really enjoying it (makes for a more interesting challenge than the TS2 version, in my opinion), and got all the way to baby T - then my game got hopelessly glitched. The challenge is now temporarily (I hope) on hiatus, as playing goes, until I find a way to fix the problem.
Meanwhile, I thought it couldn't hurt to get some chapters out, so here it goes. I'm writing a non-plotty challenge story, and it is as refreshing as it is terrifying.
Also, a minor warning for silly naming of sims, gnomes, Imaginary Friends, etc. and also for my terrible fashion sense and resulting bad sim makeovers.
Sims' stats and info will go at the end.

Here is my CAS-created mother, Sophie Seventeen, who just moved to Sunset Valley in the hopes of finding 26 guys to have dozens of children with. Lucky girl.

Not having that many simoleons to her name, Sophie moved to one of the smallest available houses in Sunset Valley. As of the point I am at now in this challenge, she is still living in this tiny house, either because I'm horribly lazy or wanted this to be more of a challenge. Maybe both.

The Charisma skill points will come in handy. I've found that most of these TS3 guys are nothing like the ACR-crazed ones of TS2, and may need some extra persuasion.

Leighton Sekemoto was the only guy in Sophie's welcome wagon (after all this time, I can't remember who the 2 women were - but it doesn't matter, anyway). We have our first potential father.

Got to start keeping track of the zodiac signs, too. I can see this is going to be a fun ride.

Luckily, Leighton was not reluctant to accept Sophie's advances. No baby yet for this day, but he did become a romantic interest, which was good enough.

Sophie was starving (and exhausted, and in desperate need of a bath, etc.) after this first day of the challenge, but I can't care much right now. She has many potential fathers to find still, so off she will go the next morning.

After a visit to the park (where I love to send my sims to meet new people all the time) she meets a repairman, Clark Sauer. Possible future husband material here, as I don't really want her to marry a playable premade.

With even less money in her bank account as the previous day, Sophie gets some fish, which are better off sold than eaten. She can't cook and there are plenty of free quick snacks in the fridge, after all.

Later that day, she invites Leighton over to get started on baby A.

They conceive after the very first try.

Leighton is also sweet enough to give Sophie some flowers before leaving. Which means some extra simoleons! I'm sure Sophie is very happy about that.

Without anything of interest to do at home during her pregnancy, Sophie goes to the park once more, where she works on her Logic skill (going to need those Young Again potions in the future).

She also starts to feel the first symptoms of pregnancy, leaving her in a somewhat miserable mood. Too bad that she will have to do this 25 more times.

After getting home, she finally reaches the 2nd trimester, thankfully putting an end to that wretched morning sickness. When she wakes up, it will be off to the park for her again.

She ends up meeting Stiles McGraw. Due to his Gemini zodiac sign, he joins the list of potential fathers.

Along with Cycl0n3 Sw0rd, the guy whose name is a pain to type. Sagittarius and Journalism career. He might just have earned a place at the top of the list.

Sophie stays around just long enough to meet Thornton Wolff, who acts like a complete jerk to her. His name is on the list as well, though. I'm sure he will come around if Sophie tries hard enough.

A bunch of wild horses wander by while Sophie is once again asleep. Can you tell that I was getting bored by this point?

She has a very enthusiastic conversation with Cycl0n3 over the phone the next morning. Though I suspect he won't be as interested to hear about her soon to be born baby as she thinks.

(Un)fortunately, their conversation is cut short by Sophie going into labour.

Leighton, who apparently became a vampire during Sophie's pregnancy, is already at the hospital, and way too calm about the whole thing.

And he's not the only one, as oddly enough, no one is panicking as it is usual when a sim is at the hospital giving birth. Huh.

Finally, Sophie returns, with her newborn son, Allen Seventeen.

Who seemed to have been born with pink skin, but turned out to be a vampire like his father. Which is strange to say the least, because Leighton only became a vampire when Sophie was already pregnant.
So I won't count Leighton as the vampire father for the Occult cluster. It would seem wrong since he was still a normal sim at conception. Another potential vampire father will appear eventually, I'm sure. This town is crawling with them.

Sophie doesn't have enough money for a crib, so poor little Allen has to sleep on the floor. I made sure she interacted with him frequently, though, so that he wasn't too neglected.

Sophie called Cycl0n3 over shortly after giving birth, as they had already become friends. However, he was quick to reject her when she started to flirt, and then left. Hopefully he will be more reasonable soon.

I couldn't have Sophie raise Allen and future kids with so little money, so she got a job in the Culinary career. Who knows, she might even meet some more potential fathers.

And while she was away, this creepily cheerful babysitter arrived to look after baby Allen. I was going to have him as a future father candidate at first, but he ended up disappearing from Sophie's contact list after aging, so no luck there.

Finally, Allen became a toddler, and not a moment too soon. Sims 3 babies are quite annoying. Much worse than TS2 ones, I think - the toddlers are much more likable.

He looks a lot like his father, though I'm sure those are Sophie's lips.

And he is just adorable. :) Better have Sophie spend some quality time with him now, as this will probably be the only child to ever get her full attention.

After Allen's birthday, Sophie finally managed to successfully woo Cycl0n3, and he agreed to try for baby with her. Once again, we got a lullaby on the first try.

And this seems like a good place to end the chapter, so there you go. Chapter 1, A is a toddler and B is on the way.

SIMS' STATS

MOTHER: Sophie Seventeen
TRAITS: Family-Oriented; Hopeless Romantic; Charismatic; Lucky; Friendly
ZODIAC: Aquarius
LTW: Surrounded by Family
FAVOURITES: Violet; Grilled Salmon; Classical

"A" FATHER: Leighton Sekemoto
TRAITS: Frugal; Good; Ambitious; Brave; Family-Oriented
ZODIAC: Scorpio
JOB: Sports career
CELEBRITY STATUS: 0 stars

"A" CHILD: Allen Seventeen
TRAITS: Athletic; Good
ZODIAC: Libra
FAVOURITES: Green; Autumn Salad; Indie

"B" FATHER: Cycl0n3 Sw0rd
TRAITS: Genius; Computer Whiz; Inappropriate; Absent-Minded; Couch Potato
ZODIAC: Sagittarius
JOB: Journalism career
CELEBRITY STATUS: 0 stars