1.3 The Bloom LEPacy

Brent came home from the lounge, with a buzz and thought he couldn't quite let go. When he saw Bella he knew what he needed to do for his own sanity. 

"Hey,  Bella I need to talk to you about something." 

Bella perked with joy on Brent wanting to start a conversation, and she quickly pulled a seat next to him. 

"Oh, sure Brent! Oooh! Did I tell you what our little Bob did today? You know how he's the cutest thing ever."

"I think we should break up."

"What the Plumbob Brent?!"

"I don't think this will work anymore Bella."

"Well, you could leave then Brent."

Bella felt blindsided, as she felt her dreams had crashed down to have a big happy family. 

"Oh... plumbob. I didn't even get to tell him I'm pregnant again." 

"Momma!" Bob had cooed as he waited for lunch.

"Right, Bob I have you and the other little one will come along." Bella smiled through her tears as she found some papaya for Bob to try. 

(And Brent is the first sim I've ever had that had wished to break up with a Sim... understandable as he might have heard "Legacy Challenge" And didn't realize it was the first generation... lol.  I moved him out with a money cheat of 20k for a small bachelor pad in Oasis Springs.)

That evening as Bob was sleeping, her morning sickness subsided. She felt a strong urge to flirt with someone comforting. 

Maybe she could get Antonio back?

"So Antonio, what are your thoughts about me and you getting back together here and now?"

"Well Bella, I am glad you asked but I don't think Brent would appreciate me not even seeing you in this state," Antonio blushed. 

"You don't have to worry about that Antonio, he left. We can get back together again. " 

"Bella, if you can remember clearly I wasn't the one that broke up with you."

Antonio left not looking back at Bella. With a stir in her belly, Bella finally realized that any hope of Antonio to forgive and love her would never happen. 

Bella took a deep breath and discussed with the Mac and Cheese she had a sudden craving for. 

"Being a single mother wasn't my plan, but Bella your dream was to have all the children to give love to. Bobby and I will just be fine!"

With Brent gone, Bella sold all the collectibles that Brent left behind, which helped Bella make a home with 4 walls around her. 

Sadly the motivation of being alone with a pregnant belly would sting when she accidentally fried the Mac and Cheese into inedible crusty bits. 

Along with a toilet that seemed to break at the worst times with her stomach continuing to do flips with her growing belly.  

The next day Brent arrived at the house with Bella, where Brent had a flash of anger when he saw Bella's round belly. 

"Do you want to be a part of this child's life, because you didn't want to be part of my life with Bob?!"

"Bella, you didn't tell me you were pregnant!?"

"I had found out, right after you broke up with me." 

"Is it mine?"

"Of course!"

"Whelp, I was going to be around here for Bob. But I'm not letting two of my children live in this squalor of a home."

 

Brent left out his bare-bone bachelor pad that had made him angry and weep.

"Bella, I don't want to be in a relationship with you anymore. I, however, will be here for these two babies. As they do bring an amount of joy I have never imagined."

Bella sighed in relief and joy. She quickly caught him up on Bob's growth and the renovations she decided to do. 

When they finished talking, Bellat told Brent he was always welcome, and she asked if he could help her with Bob. Brent smiled with a nod and wandered into the bedroom. Finding the book he didn't finish underneath the mattress. He didn't agree with everything Bella had done to see it as a home, but there was something comforting about reading a book in the home she created, despite the lack of elegance in the home. 

With Bella knowing Brent was cleared to hang with Bob, she found the perks of her stylist career she was able to work from home. With a bouncy baby boy, and another baby on the way. She was relieved to make an income and be at home. 

She was able to be there for every laugh.

And every cry. 

When it becomes overwhelming. 

Brent would appear. 

Giving a hand or two. 

Despite Brent having several mean bones throughout his body. He had followed through on loving and raising his beautiful son. 

Soon a new Baby Boy Braxton came into the world. Brent fell again in awe with the 10 fingers, toes, and pinchable cheeks. 

"Bella, I know I ended things with us. But for the sake of both our sons, would you be willing to let me move back in to help raise them?"

"I will consider it." Bella sighed, internally relieved Brent wanted to come back. 

Brent moved back in with his own room. To be there for both the boys, but able to live the lives they both dreamed of. 

1.2 The Bloom LEPacy

 

As Bella had hoped in her first week, she was able to announce the big news to Brent, the Bartender: she was pregnant. Brent cheered with joy. 

Bella wanted Brent to move in immediately to help her turn her home into a real home for their future children. 

Brent told Bella before he could move in. Maybe they needed to get to know each other better first. So Bella and Brent had their first date, while Bella was dealing with morning sickness. 

The date was a success! Brent was more than willing to move into the partial lawn living life after a golden museum date. 

Bella found that Brent had a need to clean soon as he moved in to her home that was still under construction. 

While also some of his quirks had appeared rather quickly. As he was Mean Snob that was an avid Bookworm. With the aspiration to be a Collector, that would leave a desire to fill the house with pretty things. 

Bella didn't seem to be fazed by any of this new knowledge, as she was captured by her growing belly. Giddy with the joy of awaiting the little one she so badly wanted to meet. 

Bella and Brent had no desire to get married, Bella loved showing off her belly while Brent enjoyed working as a freelance collector. Slowly their home was going to be ready for a little one. 

(Okay just a cute selfie as we leveled up Bella's photo skills and gave her a small makeover). 

The type of love that Bella was looking for. 

Was he a totally different person when Bella was around? 

100% yes. 

But he worked hard on his goal... 

Played hard for enemies... 

Found his heart to completely melt when he held his firstborn son, Bob. 

A joy he felt, though he did have to escape more than once to a finer place. 

As Bella didn't see the need to decorate their barely built home... the lack of her decorations left him disappointed. Sending Bob to daycare while Bella was at work was a perfect time to enjoy a good drink in  place that was closer to his standards. 

1st generation heir, Bob Bloom, with the Wiggly trait. 

"Enjoy your sleep little man."

"This is exactly... where I met Bella before I said yes to all of that."

"Who's the cutest little monster that can eat all of his yogurt?!"

1.1 The Bloom LEPacy

Welcome to my Sims 4 LEPacy, where every generation I will add a pack (of any kind) to my game after the Founding with the Base Game. I will not be going in order of release and each generation might not highlight an expansion pack. I hope to enjoy layers of the game I might not have noticed otherwise. Goals are to play every trait at least once, along with aspirations/careers. 

Anyone can have the new traits or play the aspiration to check it off as long as they live in the house while finishing aspiration (had some unexpected fun playing the game that led me to modify the rules out of the tradition (which I found out are on the official rules). 

To the right of this photo is our founder Bella Bloom. 

A "Big Happy Family Sim" with the traits Cheerful, Erratic, and Family Oriented. 

A young woman who wants to start a family right away even though she is living on a large lot with no essentials. 

I went with the old rules of buying the set of armor that will stay in the family inventory to give us a real "riches to rags" feel (not starting at 0... though I wish I did when I figured out the cheat). 

As you see above Bella had found a perfect romantic match within a few hours. (As her first wishes were to find a romantic partner, and have a child). 

His name was Antonio Harlow, and he was ALSO a Family Oriented Sim... 

(And to me a very handsome man to start off the legacy right away). 

Right away their friendship blossomed being able to move in right away. 

However, when I clicked on move in I found Antonio had a daughter. Going by the old rules I sighed and decided it must not be. 

So we broke his heart..... and mine. 

(Later I would find out that the new rules state "One can move in anyone as long as you money cheat the money away". After this heartbreaking breakup, I decided I would follow that rule forward.

(To give you an idea I debated on restarting the game to try to backtrack... but a last I decided to stick with the drama). 

Even though Bella had no home to call her own outside of a vacant lot, she herself had to have a few drinks to help the pain of heartbreak.

After regrouping with a good sleep after many drinks, Bella socialized in the park. 

If it was easy to find true love the first time, the 2nd time should be easy right?

Bella even was excited enough to have the two actually go on a date to help them become serious!

However, it felt like things became uncomfortable as complete strangers joined the two in the Museum Gardens. 

Bella's heavy heart put a damper on things, as she saw the long brown hair at the corner of her eye. 

But Bella was able to achieve a kiss and a cuddle with help from the man who seemed to be interested in her now. A young man named Sean Linder who left her first date fully hit with a Gold reward!

Bella didn't leave the museum quickly though as she decided to be intrigued by a piece of art someone else was eyeing... 

The pleasant conversation had Bella's erratic heart swoon despite the pain. Would Antonio still be interested in getting back together right away? 

When Antonio brought up the breakup, Bella had to cut him short. As he needed to be able to go with the flow like her. 

Antonio was angered by the conversation, making it clear he didn't want anything to do with her as she had broken their hearts as quickly as they had fallen. 

Feeling the sting, Bella returned home... and gave some a call. 

Sean was so interested in Bella he arrived quickly. However, Bella noticed that Sean wasn't so keen on moving in with her right away. Or talking about kids gave a look of awkwardness. 

Bella was ready for her family now! Why wasn't Sean ready? 

Despite the new love interest, something didn't feel right in Bella. Being left alone at home with a desire to start her large family didn't agree with her. 

With a little self talk in front of the mirror, she found herself overly Flirty. Ready to Flirt with any man that had any interest in her. 

By the end of the night she did feel more of a burn than a help from her endeavors. 

The burnout did give Bella the need to do something outside of finding a romantic partner. 

She joined the Stylist career, finding the job to be amusing enough to keep her busy for a while. 

Things seemed to fall into place with the new job. The job brought joy to her life, while also helping her have more cash to enjoy the town's fun. 

She found herself catching the eyes of a handsome Bartender at the local lounge. He made it clear they shouldn't speak while he was working, and Bella left without speaking to him. Bella figured he wasn't that into her. 

Until she saw him passing by the Library next morning. 

This wasn't true love, but Bella had enough money for her new job. She was able to start her dream of a new family, even with a man she barely knew.