Baxter's Brood

Professor Cara after her marriage to Baxter.

Baxter and Cara had four children all back to back, but Bax was a family man and would have had ten if Cara had allowed it. Cara loved having children too, but she was intent on learning everything she possibly could. More sim time passed and soon the children were potty-trained, walking, and talking one by one. The years continued to pass by rapidly and soon the children were all teens. Cade became quite the ladies man, Caleb took after Cara in the pursuit of knowledge, Cameron had high hopes of someday being rich, and Celeste was a girl that everyone wanted to know. Each of the teens worked very hard and went away to college with §9,500 in scholarships.

Cade continued to pursue the ladies, while Caleb absorbed knowledge like a sponge. Cam studied finance furiously and Celeste tried to befriend everyone she met. Cade was too busy romancing people to fully concentrate on his studies. Caleb had met a very attractive young woman named Jasmyn and right away he knew that he would spend the rest of his life with her. The young couple soon found a modest house they could share and lived there until their graduation. They became engaged while living together, moved in together immediately after Jasmyn was finished with college, and were quickly married. Cameron moved in with the happy couple to save money after his education was complete. Celeste lived in the dorm until right before graduation. She was a force to be reckoned with. Not only was she the Big Sim on Campus, but she also managed to keep her grades up, even with her endless socializing, and graduated Summa Cum Laude. Cade was the only one of Baxter's brood who didn't concentrate fully on his studies and missed out on the highest honors.

Celeste had met the family's maid, Remington, while she was a teenager. Like many young girls, she had a crush on the man who helped her parents keep their house neat and clean. While in college, she invited Remington to one of her parties. The party was a bust, but Celeste didn't care about that. She had captured Remington's heart. When she returned home from college, she set about making sure the world knew about their love. She was the third generation to be married in the family's wedding garden.

Wedding photo of Celeste and Remington.

Shortly after the birth of their first son, Damien, one of Celeste's mysterious friends had come to visit. The visitor had strange gray skin, was always covering her mouth with her arm, and had an alarming habit of stalking around muttering "Bleh." She called herself Contessa Nikki and she took quite a liking to Baxter. Perhaps too much of a liking, since she bit him. What was most strange was that after Nikki took a chunk out of Bax, he became just like her.

Cara was upset that her husband was of the undead variety and wanted very much to be like him, but Bax refused. Cara was the love of his life and he thought she deserved more than being a creature of the night. She had aged quite gracefully and he hated the thought of her peaches and cream complexion turning gray.
Cara as an elder.

Cara was very upset and turned to her special friend, Rusty the Reindeer, for comfort. Unfortunately, Rusty turned out to dispense comfort of the eternal variety, and Cara was brutally electrocuted. ***Simmers note: Cara was already perma-plat & I was quite ignorant that only sims who die of old age have platinum graves. Poor Cara, it took something like six tries for her to die :( *** Bax was inconsolable when Grimmy came to get Cara and stood outside in the sunlight until Grimmy came for him as well.

Celeste and Remington felt that since they were planning to indulge Remington's desire for a large family there was no way they could raise the children on their own and Bax was resurrected.

Even though Bax was devastated at Cara's untimely death, he was elated that his daughter and son-in-law were going to carry on his father's legacy. He himself wished for six grandchildren. ***Lucky for Bax, his controller decided to indulge him.***

Celeste and Remington had Damien and Daniel before Celeste started fussing. She wanted to be wildly popular as a Hall of Famer. Remington convinced her that she needed a lot of friends to be successful in her chosed field, and he pointed out to her that she'd have more opportunity to make friends if she stayed home with the children. She agreed to stay home for a few more years and before she knew it, another baby was on the way. To their immense surprise, there were two babies in there. Dawn and Debra had arrived. Celeste agreed to have one more baby and soon Dirk was a part of the family as well.

Remington and Celeste after one of their anniversaries.


Bax was over the moon! Only one more and he would have his six grandbabies! Remington on the other hand, was very disappointed. He was also a family man and his dream was dying a slow death. In the meantime, Celeste had managed to score her thirtieth best friend! ***Simmer's note: This is the real reason Celeste's LTW had to wait! I wanted her to score her IW. ***

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