I love these!
Year 0 (2017)
DH [23]:
Caiden Luke Waters
- Hair: Wavy blond
- Eyes: Black
DW [23]:
Jaye Zelda (
Wolfe) Waters
- Hair: Wavy black
- Eyes:
GrayCaiden and
Jaye live together in a 2 story family home in Northern
Ireland.
Caiden is a political journalist for a local newspaper, while
Jaye is a French teacher at a nearby secondary school.
Year 1 (2018)
After a year of marriage,
Caiden and
Jaye have welcomed a son!
DS: Tyrian "
Ty"
Daniel Waters
- Hair: Straight blond
- Eyes:
HazelHe's a very energetic child right from the get-go: he never stays in one place, and absolutely hates bedtime!
Year 2 (2019)
Only a year after
Ty is born,
Caiden and
Jaye have a baby girl.
DS:
Ophelia Josephine Waters
- Hair: Wavy auburn
- Eyes: Blue
Ty seems delighted to have a playmate, but no one's really sure because he's 1.
Caiden and
Jaye are certainly overjoyed, but they sometimes struggle to balance work and caring for two small children.
Year 3 (2020)
The new decade brings something totally unexpected for the Waters family!
DS:
Alexander "
Alex"
Ronan Waters
DD:
Viola Guinevere Waters
DD:
Rosaline "
Rosa"
Cassandra Waters
- Hair: Straight blond
- Eyes: Blue
With 5 children all aged 3 or under,
Caiden and
Jaye are really beginning to feel the pressure. They're both very tired, but they love their family nonetheless, and they both enjoy their jobs.
Year 4 (2021)
A week of constant rain in February hits the Waters' area hard: many homes are flooded, including their own. The damage is pretty bad: they have to move in with
Jaye's sister,
Zoe, for a few months, and none of the small children enjoy the change. However, thanks to a few kind neighbours whose homes survived, they're up and running again by
June.
Year 5 (2022)
After the stressful events of 2021,
Caiden and
Jaye decide to take a family holiday. Everyone piles into the car and heads down to Cornwall, where they enjoy two weeks of relaxation before
Ty starts school.
Year 6 (2023)
2023 is a pretty dark year for the family. They live on a busy main road, and in the middle of a tantrum one day 4-year-old
Ophelia runs out onto the road and is hit by a car moving at 40 miles per hour. She's lucky to survive, but as a consequence, she's paralysed from the waist down, and her family is told that she will never be able to walk again. As a result of
Ophelia's changed needs, they move into a bungalow near
London, where she'll be able to receive the care that she needs, which just isn't available in a small town in
Ireland.
Caiden gets a job with an online newspaper, while
Jaye keeps on teaching French at a secondary school.
Year 7 (2024)
Jaye receives a pay rise after several teachers at the school complain that they're overworked and underpaid. It lessens the financial weight resting on their shoulders, and everyone is grateful for it. They're able to move to a bigger bungalow, and the triplets no longer have to share a bedroom.
Year 8 (2025)
Just when things had began to calm down, a new burst of craziness is released into the Waters' lives when the twins are born:
DS:
Isaac Orion Waters
- Hair: Curly black
- Eyes: Green
DD:
Eden Francesca Waters
- Hair: Curly Auburn
- Eyes:
GrayTyrian's always been an athletic kid, and this year his Under 10s football team win the local cup. Everyone's delighted for him, and
Caiden and
Jaye celebrate by redecorating his bedroom - and while they're at it, they build an extension so the twins won't have to share a room with anyone but each other.
Year 9 (2026)
The whole family loved Cornwall in 2022, and it was a great decision to go and visit again 4 years later. It's lovely to see
Ty and
Ophelia rediscover the places they discovered when they were younger and show them to their younger siblings. It gives
Caiden and
Jaye some much deserved time to relax, too.
Year 10 (2027)
There's just no peace for the Waters family - my rolls are ridiculous!
DS:
Sebastian Noah Waters
DD:
Constance Paige Waters
DD:
Rowan Elizabeth Waters
- Hair: Wavy brown
- Eyes:
HazelCaiden and
Jaye have decided 10 kids is definitely enough! In all the chaos, they decide that a pet probably wouldn't change too much, and so the kids are all delighted when they adopt two labradors - 3-year-old
Hettie and 4-year-old
Max.
Year 11 (2028)
The bungalow is getting pretty crowded, and
Caiden's grandmother died at the grand old age of 97 this year. He's heartbroken, but she also left each of her grandchildren a fair bit of her money, and combined with much of their savings, the Waters family move into a mansion somewhere outside
London. Both children and parents are thrilled by the new space, and
Hettie and
Max are grateful for the large garden. In fact, they're so grateful for it that they end up having a litter of 5 puppies:
Lucky,
Lily, Pepper,
Jackson and
Gus!
Year 12 (2029)
In 2029,
Caiden,
Alex and
Constance get into a car crash.
Caiden gets a few pretty bad cuts, and
Alex breaks his arm, but overall they're okay.
Constance, however, takes a blow to the head, and as a result losing all her hearing in her left ear, and 85% in her right. She's young enough that learning sign language wouldn't be too much of a challenge, but as her parents don't know any, communication is extremely difficult. They're sure that they'll get through it though, and with support from a local charity, they begin to train
Gus as a hearing dog for
Constance.
Year 13 (2030)
Ophelia's grown up to be an incredibly intelligent and dedicated girl, and it's recognised in 2030 through an award which commends her "focus, creativity, diligence and ability". Two of the puppies have been sold (Pepper and
Jackson), but
Lucky,
Lily and
Gus are staying with the Waters.
Lucky is being trained as an assistance dog for
Ophelia,
Gus as a hearing dog for
Constance, and
Lily as a guide dog, who will be sold on to someone in the future.
Constance and
Jaye are picking up sign language well, as is
Rosa, who has a knack for languages.
Caiden's struggling, however, and it frustrates him that he's largely unable to communicate with his daughter.
Year 14 (2031)
Caiden decides to go back to university to pursue his dreams, and begins a 3-year degree in veterinary medicine. He keeps his job at the newspaper in the meantime. Perhaps after celebrating this,
Jaye ends up pregnant again. And, goodness me, it's triplets again!
DD:
Athena Meredith Waters
DS:
Romeo Theodore Waters
DD:
Esme Willow Waters
13 kids is definitely enough! (I'm really concerned for
Jaye's health, 13 kids in 14 years can't be good for you?)
Year 15 (2032)
The stress of 13 children is too much for
Caiden and
Jaye. They've fallen out of love - they don't hate each other, but they don't want to be together anymore. They get a divorce and
Jaye resumes her maiden name of
Walker. However, they keep living together - neither wants to leave the children.
Caiden stays single, focusing on his studies, but
Jaye finds a boyfriend.
Dbf [36]:
Cyril Alex Elwin- Hair: Straight blond
- Eyes: Brown
Year 16 (2033)
Cyril lives very nearby to
Caiden and the kids, and so
Jaye moves in with him.
Viola breaks her arm playing hockey, and her restless, athletic nature is very frustrated by this - she's furious when she misses out on the final match of the year!
Year 17 (2034)
Cyril and
Jaye get married this year. She becomes
Jaye Zelda Elwin, and
Caiden couldn't have been happier for her. The children all attend the wedding, with
Ophelia and
Jaye's sister
Zoe as the bridesmaids. Mr & Mrs
Elwin adopt a little girl from Brazil the same year!
AD [2]:
Amélia Liliana Elwin - Hair: Curly black
- Eyes:
HazelIn addition,
Caiden gets his degree, and begins working as a veterinary surgeon.
Year 18 (2035)
Although
Jaye visits regularly and many of the kids stay at hers often,
Caiden naturally finds it hard to raise 13 children, especially when he's not great at communicating with
Constance, who's now 7. To provide some support, his youngest sister moves in:
Tamzen Julianne Waters [34]
- Hair: Curly brown
- Eyes: Black
Year 19 (2036)
Sadly,
Max and
Hettie have both died. However, the Waters have since adopted a snake! She's called
Jolene (after the
Dolly Parton song, naturally!) and
Sebastian and
Athena in particular love to play with her.
Ty is 18 years old now, and headed off to university. He's studying sports science at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, and there he's met a girl!
Dgf [18]:
Kirsty Mairead McAdam
- Hair: Wavy red
- Eyes:
Hazel
Year 20 (2037)
2037 is a great year for Tyrian! He wins a trip to a sports camp in Spain in the summer as a result of his excellent performance at university (let's just pretend that's a thing that happens) and he becomes a father too.
DD:
Innes Violet Waters
- Hair: Straight red
- Eyes:
HazelTamzen is still living with
Caiden, but recently her girlfriend moved in as well. She really doesn't mind all the kids running around!
Dgf [32]:
Floriane Lucie Monet- Hair: Curly blonde
- Eyes:
VioletJaye and
Cyril have had twins:
DD/DD:
Pallas Cara Elwin &
Elizabeth Bianca Elwin
That's all I have time for tonight, but I'd love to continue this at some point!
Caiden &
Jaye: Tyrian,
Ophelia,
Alexander,
Viola,
Rosaline,
Isaac,
Eden,
Sebastian,
Constance,
Rowan,
Athena,
Romeo,
Esme
Tyrian &
Kirsty:
Innes
Cyril &
Jaye:
Amélia,
Pallas,
Elizabeth
Tamzen &
FlorianeThis message was edited 3/14/2017, 2:11 PM