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[JENN2688]

Heres another CAF. Have fun and add any extras- pics, stories, pets.

LN: http://nameberry.com/list/120/Irish-Surnames

DH:

FN: http://nameberry.com/list/235/Author-Names

MN: http://nameberry.com/list/20/Antique-Names-Ready-for-Restoration

DW:

FN: http://nameberry.com/list/20/Antique-Names-Ready-for-Restoration

MN: http://nameberry.com/list/211/Bad-Girls

Roll dice here: http://www.random.org/dice/?num=1

1st Birth (roll dice)

1- DD/DD
2- DD
3- DS
4- DS/DS
5- DD/DS
6- DD/DD/DD

Boy Names:

FN: http://nameberry.com/list/196/British-Names-for-Boys

MN: http://nameberry.com/list/246/Colonial-Names-for-Boys

Girl Names:

FN: http://nameberry.com/list/197/Cool-Girls-Names-From-Around-the-World

MN: http://nameberry.com/list/23/High-Energy-Names

2nd Birth (roll dice)

1- DS
2- DD
3- DD
4- DS
5- DS/DS
6- DD/DD

Boy Names:

FN: http://www.babynamesgarden.com/unusual-baby-names.aspx

MN: http://www.babynamesgarden.com/victorian.aspx (26-50 only)

Girl Names:

FN: http://www.babynamesgarden.com/floralbabynames.aspx

MN: http://www.babynamesgarden.com/preppybabynames.aspx

3rd Birth (roll dice)

1- DS/DS
2- DS
3- DD/DS
4- DD
5- DD/DD/DD
6- DS/DS/DS

Boy Names:

FN: http://www.babynamesgarden.com/unisex-baby-names-2007.aspx

MN: http://www.babynamesgarden.com/shakespeareanbabynames.aspx

Girl Names:

FN: http://nameberry.com/list/193/Coolator-for-Girls-Names (must be from the COOLER list)

MN: http://nameberry.com/list/212/Good-Girls

4th Birth (role dice)

1- DD
2- DS
3- DS
4- DD
5- DD
6- DS

Boy Names:

FN and MN: Your Favorite Combo!

Girl Names:

FN and MN: Your Favorite Combo!

5th Birth (role dice)

1- Single (Gender your Choice)
2- DD/DD/DS/DS
3- DS/DD/DS
4- Single (Gender your Choice)
5- DD/DD/DD/DD
6- DS/DS/DS/DS

Boy Names:

FN: http://nameberry.com/list/210/Place-Names-Off-The-Map

MN: http://nameberry.com/list/209/The-Exoticizer (must come from MORE EXOTIC or MOST EXOTIC)

Girl Names:

FN: http://nameberry.com/list/13/Italian-Names-Beyond-Rosa--Rosetta

MN: http://nameberry.com/list/4/Names-That-Mean-Beautiful

[callumbibumbum]

LN: Gallagher

DH: Rhys Tobias (33)
DW: Letitia Scarlett (33)


Rhys and Letitia (Titch) met when they were 14. It was a Love/Hate relationship where they both hated each other at school because they were so in love with each other. The truth came out when they were 18, and have been together ever since. They married at the age of 22 in a very small private ceremony in Barbados with just their family.
Rhys is a Lawyer who deals with Corporate Law. Titch is a Teacher of Geography.
Shortly after they married, they found out they were expecting Twins, Fleur and Callum. It came as a big shock to them as they hadn't planned to have children just yet.

1st Birth

DD/DS: Fleur Piper/Callum Rufus

Fleur and Callum are 10 years old. They get on very well, which is surprising for some siblings. They are both keen learners. Fleur's favourite subjects are Music and Geography. She plays the Piano and the Flute. Callum loves Music also, playing Piano, Cello and Sings.
After the twins were born, Rhys and Titch moved house into a house that could accommodate all of them.
They didn't have children until a 4 years after Fleur and Callum were born, when they were shocked to hear they would be expecting another set of twins.

2nd Birth

DD/DD: Daisy Courteney/Violet Lindsey - (Prefer that spelling of Courteney.)
L to R: Violet, Daisy

Daisy & Violet are 6 years old. They are very small for their age, which comes from Letitia's side of the family. Daisy loves reading. She is also a keen dancer. Violet is the quieter of the two, keeping herself to herself. She loves her little brother Rupert as they are always playing with each other in the garden.
When the girls came along Rhys & Titch had to upsize again as Fleur and Callum couldn't share a bedroom.

3rd Birth:

DS: Riley Sebastian

With there being a significant age gap between the two sets of twins, the couple decided to try for one more. And so along came Riley. Riley is four years old and is old before his time. It is almost as though he has been here before. He is very funny and every face he pulls is a new one that makes anybody laugh. He doesn't always see eye-to-eye with Rupert being so close in age, but he gets on very well with Daisy as they have very similar personalities.
This was due to be the last birth in the Gallagher household. But there came a big shock when Rupert came along --- unplanned!

4th Birth

DS: Rupert Callum

Rupert is a little sweetheart. He is the cutest three year old you will ever meet. He is very curious about everything. He loves animals and is not afraid to pick anything up. He will go out into the garden and pick up slugs and spiders and not be phased by them at all.
What with the lastest arrival, Rhys & Titch had to move house again, causing much disruption to the family lifestyle. This would be the last move now, until the children were slightly older. And they were not wrong ....

Continued later ....

[callumbibumbum]

Continued from above ....

5th Birth

DD/DD/DS/DS: Lia Rosalind, Emilia Naava, Sydney André, Caspian Matthias
L to R: Emilia, Sydney, Caspian, Lia

Indeed, Rhys & Titch were not going to have to move house. However, they were going to have to build an extension to house their latest arrival, and biggest shock of them all. Quadruplets. Two girls & Two boys.
Lia, Emilia, Sydney (Sid) & Caspian (Caspa) are 10 months old and great fun. They are of course a lot of hard work and do make their lives a nightmare at times.
Rhys & Titch had to employ a Nanny to help out with the kids at home with Titch, whilst Rhys went out to provide for the family.
The Nanny's name is Molly.

[~Nadezhda]

You'll probably wonder if I have absolutely nothing to do.
In my effort to procrastinate as much as possible today *grin* I'll go and make yet another time-consuming picture CAF.
What can I say, I'm bored like that *grin*

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The Redmond's

DH: Blake Phineas
DW: Eliza Monique


High school sweethearts Blake and Eliza attended college together, she studying liberal arts and Blake pursuing Architecture.
They were dating for four years, since the both of them were 18,when Eliza found out she was expecting their first child. They were married soon, and balancing college with marital life and a baby on the way.
Shortly after Eliza got her Bachelor of Arts, the couple welcome a son, whom they named Gregor Phineas in honor of Blake and his father.

DS: Gregor Phineas

Greg is now 17 and hoping to get a very prestigious scholarship for his academics. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his girlfriend Hailey, and he recently started doing some modeling for a family friend who is a photographer.


By the time Greg was four, Eliza was working as an art teacher while Blake finished his internship as an architect. After a few months, they started trying for a second baby, and were blesses with a beautiful girl.
They named her Dahlia Elizabeth, so they could honor Eliza as well.

DD: Dahlia Elizabeth


Dahlia is 12 and a seventh grader. She enjoys school, but her greatest passion is music. She loves all kind of instruments, she plays the piano and is learning to play the violin as well. She is very talented and is always involved in her school's musical productions.



Three years later, with Greg being a third grader and Dahlia in preschool, the 29-year-old couple decided to try for a third child. Halfway into the pregnancy, they were surprised but thrilled to discover they were expecting identical twins boys. Teagan and Harley were born four weeks premature, tiny but healthy.

DS: Teagan Julius
DS: Harley Sebastian


The boys are 9 year old, and they both love sports. Teagan is really into baseball right now, while Harley has loved basketball since he was a little kid. They also love to compete with videogames and go to see sport games with their dad.


Now with four kids, two of whom were infants, Eliza decided to cut back on her work hours, and eventually quit the job as a teacher. She stayed home with the kids until the twins were two, then she and her friend Shelby started to design their own jewelery, which gave her the opportunity to stay and work at home as well.

{Continued in the next post}

[~Nadezhda]

When the twins turned five, Eliza and Blake found out they were expecting again. With three brothers already, eight year old Dahlia really wanted a sister this time around.
Her wish came true when they welcomed their fifth child and second daughter, Grace Moriah.

DD: Grace Moriah {I didn't use my fave combo, 'cause I don't think the whole combo fits with these names that are less traditional. So I only used my fave first name }


Grace is 4 years old and she's got everyone wrapped around her little fingers. She is an absolute sweetheart, and she plays the role of little sister very well. She especially goes along with Dahlia, and they spend a lot of together despite the age gap. Gracie loves to dance and dress up, often imitating her mother and sister in her behaviour.


Eliza's fifth pregnancy came as a shock to the whole family, as they thought Grace, at three and a half, would be their last child. But life doesn't always unfold as you plan it, and Blake, Eliza and their five kids prepare d for the arrival of the latest bundle of joy, a little girl named Amalia Jolie.

DD: Amalia Jolie


Baby Lia is now three and a half months old, and a source of great delight to her parents and sibilings. She just started sleeping through the night, much to the family's relief, and she loves having her bath and being carried in the baby sling.




Life with a newborn was not an easy adjustmen for Quinn, the family cat which was adopted two years prior, and thus had never experienced an infant in the home.
It took a little while for her to understand the baby was going to stay, and now things seem to be going smoothly for the pet.

[HollyRae]

LN: Rafferty

DH: Bronte Felix
DW: Clarissa Tempest



Bronte and Clarissa have always known each other since kindergarten, they were best friends from 6th to 8th grade, until Clarissa started to develop feelings for Bronte. He actually liked her back, they began dating in 10th grade and have dated ever since even when attending different colleges (she attended USF in Tampa Florida and he attended UofMiami.) Two weeks before senior graduation, Bronte proposed to Clarissa. She accepted, and they've been married 22 years. They both currently live in Miami.


DD: Raquel Tatum Rafferty (age 17)


Raquel is the "theatre god" at her high school, she's appeared in over 20 professional productions in the Miami-Dade County area and 8 productions at her school. Raquel plans to be on Broadway before she dies and plans to attend NYU Tisch School of Arts. She also plays piano, writes sheet music, and is currently composing her own musical "More than Memories"

DD: Violet Elizabeth (age 15)


Violet is the cheerleading queen at her middle school. She's a rising freshman at her high school and plans to try out for JV Cheerleading. Violet is also an honor student, with 3 honor classes- English, Math, and Science. When she goes to college she plans to attend her mother's alma matter, USF.

DD: Cassandra Hope nn. Cassy (age 13)

Cassy is a perfect straight "A" student and interested in journalism, Cassy has steered away from drugs and alcohol unlike her brother Bailey. Cassy is in the gifted program, which she has earnd 3 high school credits from 6th and 7th and is a rising 8th grader. Cassy wants to attend Carnegie Mellon University for a major in Engineering.



TO BE CONTINUED....

[HollyRae]

DD: Garnette Elise (age 11)


Garnette is your average 11 year old--addicted to her iPod and wants to be just like her older sister Raquel. Garnette is trying to become a model, but also excels in her schoolwork. Though not like Cassy, Garnette makes A-Bs with an occasional C on some worksheet.

DS: Raleigh Tomas (age 9)


Raleigh is already interested in rock music and writes his own songs for his one man band "Accidental Arsony" , also he is an avid fan of photography and wants to become a paparazzi and a rock star when he grows up. He also is the only boy in the family.

Family Pet

Daisy Rae


Daisy Rae is Bronte and Clarissa's oldest dog. They got Daisy as a 1st year anniversary and has had ever since, at 21 years Daisy Rae is still alive and kickin'

Dolce



Dolce is Bronte and Clarissa's second dog. He is a papillon puppy and is 3 years old, his name in Italian means "sweet".

Papi


Papi is the youngest dog of Bronte and Clarissa. Papi is short, cute, adorable and VERY playful.

[Permanent Rose]

LN: Donovan
DH: Morrison nn Morry Felix (37)

DW: Cora Scarlett (35)

Cora and Morry met in college. They were both in a crowded coffee shop when Morry accidently spilt his coffee on Cora. After Morry profusely apologized, they began to talk and one thing led to another. The red headed couple married only a year after meeting one another. Morry was 23 and Cora was 21.
DD: Livia nn Livvy Piper

Livvy is 14 years old. She was a honeymoon baby. Livvy loves art and music. She’s happiest when she’s painting or playing her piano.
DD: Violet Makenzie

Violet is 11 years old. She loves sports, especially soccer and she hopes to makes the middle school team next year.
DS: Logan Sebastian

Logan is eight. He is an energetic little boy and he loves to annoy his older sisters. Like Violet, he’s loves sports, though his forte is basketball.

CONTINUED IN NEXT POST

[Permanent Rose]

DD: Monica Faith

Monica is five. She’s convinced she is a fairy princess. She loves to dress up and make up stories.
DD/DD/DS/DS: Gemma Belle, Lia Rosalind, Hudson Nico, Charleston Tomas

The newborn quadruplets were a shock to the whole family, but they couldn’t love them more. So far, it looks like all four babies might turn out to be red heads (:
Pet:

Ruby is a seven year old golden retriever who loves the kids as much as they love her. Even her golden red fur fits in with the rest of the family

[Alexis!]

LN: Tierney

DH: Austen Tobias [48]

DW: Genevieve Scarlett [45]

http://farm4.static...._cc097d468c.jpg

Austen and Ginny met at age 18, just before graduation. The two dated till graduuation, before splitting up during their college years. And the age of 25, the two remet by chance on a blind date, set up by their married colleagues. The two married 2 years later on June 3rd. The couple decided to put off child to establish their careers. Austen, a surgeon, and Ginny, a photographer. As Ginny's 40th birthday began to draw closer, the couple decided on their 7th anniversary to start trying for a child. They were struck with infertility and finally, with the help of fertility medication, they welcomed triplets -all girls - on their 11th anniversary.

1st Birth: DD/DD/DD

Amélie Pippa/Elodie Poppy/Gemma Piper [6]

http://upload.wikime...ipletsGirls.jpg
l->r: Elodie, Amélie & Gemma

The girls are now 6 years old and active, beautiful girls. Amélie, named after her grandmother, holds true to her namesake. She's quiet, the quietest of the bunch and motherly to all her siblings. She's an avid reader, starting very early on. Elodie is the adventurer, always the first to try every challenge. She's loud and outgoing, and adores her her baby brothers and sisters. Gemma is the perfect mix of both her sisters. She's outgoing, yet motherly to her baby siblings. A year after the girls were born, Ginny and Austen decided to try for anotherm hopefully a son. Instead, they ended up with another bouncing baby girl!

2nd Birth: DD

Violet Elizabeth [4]

http://karenhunter.t...43464970c-800wi

Violet is now 4 years old and is a reserved child. As a baby, she never made a peep, frightening her parents at time. As she grew older, she became a bubbly girl, more content with sitting on her floor playing with her dolly than playing around outside. A year later, the couple welcomed another daughter via IVF.

3rd Birth: DD

Patience Catherine [3]

http://acx.prospero....1874994912.icon

Patience greatly lived up to her name. She was a patience child, and a kind and caring one as well. At just 3, she always takes care of her little sissy, Aile, whom the couple welcomed into their family 2 years later, again via IVF.

4th Birth: DD

Aile Jelaine [1]

http://farm2.static...._9430a970df.jpg

Aile was the baby of the family. She filled both of her parents hearts with love. She was a loud baby, always making her presence known. Deciding to trying one last time for a son, the family was blessed with not one, but 2 boys along with 2 more girls -quadruplets!!

5th Birth: DD/DD/DS/DS

Aurelia Belle/Luciana Jolie/Hudson Matteo/Camden Willem [nb]

http://www.novanewsn.../DSCF1858_1.jpg
Starting at top left, moving clockwise: Aurelia, Camden, Luciana & Hudson

Only a few months old, the babies have each developed their own personalities. Aurelia is the happiest of all, always smiles and giggles. Camden is the silent observer, taking in the world around him. Luciana is the sleeper. She can sleep through the cries of all her brothers and sisters and hardly makes a peep during the time she;s awake. Hudson is a mommas boy, always having to be with his mother. He's a happy baby, but also very serious.

The family has recently adopted a puppy for the kids, a bearded collie they've named Lady. He joined Ginny's teacup chihuahua.

http://puppydogweb.c...ollie_testa.jpg

http://images03.olx..../14521754_1.jpg

These are fun!

[PaperHeart]

UNDER CONSTRUCTION!


LN: Kennedy

(39) DH: Cooper Felix nn. Coop
(37) DW: Emmeline Ruby nn. Emme



Cooper and Emmeline's brother Theodore (Teddy), were best friends since the age of 4. Cooper always saw Emmeline as a little nuisance! But when Emmeline was 14, Cooper started to have an interest in her. When Emmeline turned 16, her and Cooper started dating. They weathered through all the good and the bad. They lasted through High-school, University and at the age of 24, finally tied the knot.


They started trying for a baby (Coop secretly wishing for a boy ) 3 years after the wedding and got pregnant after 2 years!

Emmeline gave birth to a beautiful baby boy! -Leo Jonas.


(9) DS: Leo Jonas



Leo, named after grandpa Leonard, is the oldest of the Kennedy clan. He is into sports, surfing and video games! A real daddy's boy. (; When asked what he wanted to do when he's older, he said that he wanted to become a farmer and own a pet pig. (; -That's kids for you!


When Leo was 2 1/2, Emme and Cooper thought that he should have a brother or sister. They didn't want him to be lonely! They started trying, and after a mere 2 months, Emmeline became pregnant! 8 months went by, and she gave birth to Violet Amanda!


(6) DD: Violet Amanda nn. Vi



Vi is a creative soul. She LOVES colouring in; her favourite colours are Red and Violet - and baking with her mummy -She's the best cookie maker in the house!! She wants to become a Chef when she's older -Like uncle Teddy..


Emmeline and Julian wanted to expand their family even further! So when Leo was just 5 and Vi was 2, they decided that they wouldn't use protection, and see what God would give them. Emme got pregnant after 4 months, and at her 14 week scan, discovered that she was pregnant not just with one baby, but THREE! On January 24th 2003, she gave birth to triplets -Bronte Faith, Juliet Honor and Serena Mercy.


(4) DD/DD/DD: Bronte Faith, Juliet Honor and Serena Mercy.



Bronte is the oldest of the triplets. She is the trouble-maker of the lot and has an addiction to raspberry flavoured lollipops. She is sly and bright, but lacks common sense. (; When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she answered: "I want to be a baby, because no one ever tells them off!"

Juliet is the honest and motherly child. Every night before she goes to bed, she puts her dollies to sleep on the floor next to her, and tucks in her sisters. When asked what she wanted to do when she was bigger, she said she wanted to become a mummy, and have a house and 9 children. ;D

Serena -The hyper child and family entertainer. This little thing, never fails to make her siblings laugh. She is always running around and dancing! Her favourite colour is pink and she loves red flavoured skittles! When her mother asked her what she wanted to become when she was big, she answered that she wanted to become "Sportacus from Lazy Town".

[continues in next post!]

[PaperHeart]

[Carried on from last post..]


Emme and Cooper decided that 5 wasn't enough, and decided to try for a baby one more time, when the triplets were just 1 years old. after 6 months of trying and 2 month of giving up, they decided to try ovarian stimulation medication and got pregnant within 3 months! After a further 8 1/2 months, Emmeline gave birth to a bouncing baby boy -Noah Alexander.

(2) DS: Noah Alexander



Noah was named after Great-uncle Xander. Unlike Leo, he's a mama's boy. (; He loves fairies and dragons, and got these fairy wings for christmas, which he refused to take off for a week! If there's one think about this kid, it's that he's stubborn!! Noah's favourite colour is yellow, and he decided he wants to be a police-man when he's as old as his daddy.


They thought that was the end of their baby-making days; But little did they know.. Coop and Emmeline were using protection -just incase- but the condom decided to split.. and 7 months later .. out popped -Alessia Jolie, Niccola Shaina, Gemma Rosalind and Livia Belle!


(2 months) DD/DD/DD/DD: Alessia Jolie, Niccola Shaina, Gemma Rosalind and Livia Belle. nn. Ali, Nicci, Gem and Liv.



Ali, Nicci, Gem and Liv are too young to say what they think, but they're the sweetest kids alive. Ali and Liv are quiet, Gem is loud and Nicci is smiley! That's about it from these four!



Cooper and Emmeline Kennedy w/ Leo, Violet, Bronte, Juliet, Serena, Noah, Alessia, Niccola, Gemma and Livia.




This was fun Jenn! ;D

-Yas <3

[Lish4042]

LN: Redmond

DH: Blake Jasper
DW: Violet Lola

DD/DD: Amelie Piper / Laila Rory (14)


DS: Tallyn Richard (10)


DS: Ryan Arthur (8)


DD: Kara Rosalie (7)


DD/DD/DD/DD: Gemma Rosalind / Lia Alana / Aurelia Linda / Alessia Belle (3 months)

[JENN2688]

LN: Branigan

(29) DH: Beckett Phineas
(28) DW: Millicent Yasmine



Beckett and Millicent met their freshman year of high school and dated throughout. At the age of 18, shortly after graduating from highschool, Beckett proposed ant they tied the knot 3 months later. They then began their journey through college together at Brown University. 2 years into their married and college life, Millie became pregnant and 9 months later gave birth to boy/girl twins, whom they named:

(8) DD/DS: Gemma Piper and Luca Emory



When Gemma and Luca were 2, Beckett and Millie graduated from Brown, Beckett with a Business degree and Millie with an International Studies degree. They then decided to try for another baby and along came a handsome little boy:

(6) DS: Kieryn Leo



2 years after little Kieryn's birth and moving to Germany for Millie's work, they were suprised to find out that Millie was expecting again, and yet another set of twins were born. This time identical twin boys whom they named:

(4) DS/DS: Rowan Sebastian and Kendall Adrian

{TO BE CONTINUED}

[Katie-Nana]

LN: Tierney

DH: Austen Judah
DW:Celia Ruby


DS/DS: Alastair Isaac / Luca Isaiah (9 years old)
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DD: Iris Elizabeth (7 years old)
http://www.cheynehor...u/younggirl.jpg

DS/DS/DS: Avery Sebastian / Micah Julius / Quinn Arthur (4 years old)
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DD: Anna Charlotte (3 years old)
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DS: Caspian Francisco (2 years old)
http://www.carters.c...erBoy_play1.jpg

[JENN2688]

When the twins were 2, they decided to try for another baby and a beautiful baby girl was born:

(2) DD: Philippa Adele



When little Philippa turned 2, Beckett and Millie decided to try for one last baby. After 6 months of trying to conceive and being unsuccessful, they decided on Invitro Fertilization. Boy were they ever shocked when all four embryo's implanted took. Their beautiful quadruplets girls were born 2 month premature.

(NB) DD/DD/DD/DD: Aurelia Rosalind, Violetta Calla, Livia Bella and Emilia Jolie

[~Nadezhda]

Hey, I managed to translate two whole chapters of Caesar's work from Latin to Italian, so I feel like I earned the right to indulge in another round of CAF's


---

The Finnegan's


Emmeline Raven Bogart, also known as Emme to her friends, comes from a large, Catholic family, and she used to live in a big home with her parents and 8 sibilings, 3 brothers and 5 sisters. She met Carson after Mass one day, but didn't talk to him for more than two weeks, as he was new in the neighbourhood and she didn't know him at all. When he showed up at the youth group that week, though, she learned he was a very pleasant boy, and they began a strong friendship.
They remained friends all through highschool, and during the last year they began to understand they had feeling for eachother that went beyond simple friendship.
It was Carson who made the first move, by asking her father permission to date her. Andrew Bogart wasn't surprised in the slightest, as he had caught how Carson looked at his daughter, and he was actually very pleased-- he had gotten to know Carson and his family, and he knew he was a great guy.
They dated all through college, and after graduation Carson proposed. They got married seven months later, when Emme was 24 and Carson was 25, in the same church where they had first met each other.
Seeing as they both had many sibilings, they both had the desire to build a large family themselves, and made a commitment to raise all of their children a loving, christian enviroment.

DH: Carson Nell
DW: Emmeline Raven




Only one year after the wedding, they welcomed their first children, identical twin boys Jasper and Ben.

DS: Jasper Ezekiel (10)
DS: Rupert Benaiah (10)




They were loving life as parents, and as the twins grew also grew the desire to add more children to the family. They started to try again when the babies were only fourteen months old, thinking they would get pregnant shortly after. Things, however, didn't go as planned, and Emme and Carson had to wait another whole year to give the twins a baby sister, Lily Caroline.


DD: Lily Caroline (8)



After two boys at once, having a girl was a blast to both Carson and Emme, who got to dress her in all kind of cutesy dress and pink bows. If their desire was to raise her as girly as possible, it had the exact opposite result-- Lily grew up with two older brothers after all, which contributed to her becoming a little bit of a tomboy-- and Emme wouldn't have it any other way now.

Unlike last time, Emme got pregnant shortly after the birth of Lily, when the girl was only six months old. They didn't expect to concieve so quickly, seeing as it had taken longer with Lily, but they were thrilled to add another little boy, Tyler Robin, to the bunch.

DS: Tyler Robin (7)

[~Nadezhda]

When Tyler was three years old, Tara and Jack, Emme and Carson's best friends, came back from a 6-months-stay in Liberia, Africa. At the welcome-back party they threw in their honor, the couple got to witness the life of the Liberian orphans, through the numerous pictures and videos their friends brought home with them. They were touched, and felt a really strong pull toward adoption, international not being their only option. After pondering the idea for a couple of months, they decided they were ready and after nine months, they became certified foster parents. They cared for a few children that were placed in their home for a short period of time, but their heart were still heavy with thoughts of those African children in need. They decided to pursue international adoption as well, and they sent all the necessary documents to a christian adoption agency. I took a bit to get them licensed, but after five months they began the process of adopting a 3-year-old girl from Monrovia, Liberia. The whole situation was a bit stressful, as the wait was very lenghty. After two long, full years, they were finally able to take their little girl, Eshter, home.


DD: Esther Joy (5)



Whilst in the process of adopting Esther, a one-year-old boy named Camden Matthias was placed through foster care into the Finnegan home. Matty found a loving home with the family, who adopted him after 9 months, one year before Esther came home.

DS: Camden Matthias (3)



The Finnegan children love living in such a fun, noisy home and they immensely enjoy the company of their sibilings, although there are the ordinary moments of chaos and arguments.

Emme and Carson have started the process of yet another Liberian adoption, and are currently waiting for a little boy's documents to be approved. His middle name will most likely be Isaiah, but they have yet to decide a first name for him. They hope the process will not be too long, because they are all already in love with their little brother and they can't wait to bring him home.





As absorbed as they were in the hopeful but stressing process of adoption, they were a little shocked to discover that Emme is pregnant again!



The news couldn't bring more joy to the family-- they recently learned they'll be welcoming a little girl in the summer, and her name will be Grace Marian. Esther can't wait for her little sister to be here!

[Lil' Linds]

LN: Murphy

DH: Cooper Thaddeus
DW: Genevieve Monique

DS/DS: Jasper Abraham/Callum Jeremiah
DD: Marilgold Charlotte
DD: Juliet Virginia
DD: Jamie Margaret
DS/DS/DS/DS: Hudson Andreas/ Camden Christo/ Caspian Matteo/ Jersey Piet

[Gwyneth]

Last name: Tierney

DH Dylan Thaddeus
DW Beatrice Dominique


DD Natalya Rosie 17
DD Elodie Juniper 17
DD Amélie Pippa 17




DS Caelen Andrew 13
DS Phinnaeus Jack 13




DD Gwyneth Violet 8 (sorry I had to do it, it's very rare to find my name on a baby name list, lol)
DS Teagan Romeo 8




DD Isobel Cadence 2




DS London Matteo 1 month
DD Niccola Rosalind 1 month
DS Rio Andreas 1 month