DW: [name]Anna[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Mills[/name]
DH: [name]Desmond[/name] [name]Christopher[/name] [name]Mills[/name]
Year 1: (1,6: You have B/B/B triplets) [name]Anna[/name] & [name]Desmond[/name] enjoy their married life. As newlyweds, they spend almost every spare minute with each other. All of this alone time leads to a very welcomed surprise a few months after their honeymoon. [name]Anna[/name] is pregnant. After visiting the doctor, she learns she is having triplets. The doctor tells her that this is rare, but that she and [name]Desmond[/name] are incredibly fertile. By the end of the year, [name]Anna[/name] and [name]Desmond[/name] welcome [name]James[/name] [name]Frederick[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Vincent[/name] & [name]Christopher[/name] [name]Hugo[/name]
Year 2: (5,2: Something amazing happens! what happened?) [name]Anna[/name] & [name]Desmond[/name] could not be happier with their new additions, but their living space was growing cramped. On his way home from work one day, [name]Desmond[/name] notices a large, vacant house. He is sure it is out of their price range, but has [name]Anna[/name] call the realtor. It turns out the home is a foreclosure, and [name]Anna[/name] and [name]Desmond[/name] (with a little help from their parents) manage to close on the home. Their new spacious house even has room for their family to grow! The house: http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/98938/2/stock-photo-98938-classic-american-home-victorian-mansion.jpg
Year 3: (2,2: Your husband gets a new job! what is it?) [name]Luck[/name] continues to favor the [name]Mills[/name] family when [name]Desmond[/name] lands a new job as a college history professor in a nearby [name]North[/name] [name]Carolina[/name] town. The family keeps their home and [name]Desmond[/name] commutes to work. [name]Anna[/name] takes this opportunity to stay home full time with the triplets (she returned to her job as a librarian shortly after the babies were born), who are now in desperate need of disciplined and structured learning.
Year 4: (4,4: You go on a road trip with DH! where?) [name]Desmond[/name] declines offering summer courses so the family can take a road trip across the United States. This is something that [name]Desmond[/name]'s family did every year when he was a child, and something [name]Anna[/name] had always wanted to do. Their final destination was Seattle, where they spent several days enjoying the scenery and shops.
Year 5: (4,6: You miscarried a baby) With the triplets nearly 5 and starting school, [name]Anna[/name] was excited to learn that she was pregnant again. The doctors warned her that it would be a difficult pregnancy, but everyone felt confident that she could handle it given her previous experience. Unfortunately she miscarried.
Year 6: (2,3: You go on vaction! Where?) [name]Anna[/name] suffered from some depression after the miscarriage, so [name]Desmond[/name] decided it was time for another family vacation. Since [name]Anna[/name] had never left the United States but had always dreamed of a European vacation, [name]Desmond[/name] surprised her with a trip to [name]Ireland[/name]. The family vacationed there for 2 months during the summer, and [name]Anna[/name]'s spirits lifted.
Year 7: (1,5 You have B/B twins) The family vacation gave [name]Anna[/name] and [name]Desmond[/name] plenty of time together, and just a few weeks after their return, [name]Anna[/name] discovers she is pregnant again. She and [name]Desmond[/name] take all of the necessary (and sometimes even the unnecessary) precautions to ensure the pregnancy goes smoothly, and a little over 7 months later, they are blessed with twins: [name]George[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] & [name]Dominic[/name] [name]Liam[/name]
Year 8: (3,1: You get a puppy! what kind?) The triplets ([name]James[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name] & [name]Christopher[/name]) are no longer getting as much attention from [name]Anna[/name] as they’re used to. They’re now well into school and the new babies ([name]George[/name] & [name]Dominic[/name]) are occupying a lot of her time. [name]Desmond[/name] decides it’s time for the boys to get their first pet. Not only will it teach them responsibility, but it will also help occupy their attention. The family decides on a puppy, and soon [name]Gus[/name], the Great [name]Dane[/name], joins the family.
Year 9: (1,1: You have G/G/G triplets) [name]Anna[/name] recognizes the symptoms of pregnancy early in her 9th year of marriage. She and [name]Desmond[/name] had discussed having more children, but did not intend to do it so soon after her last pregnancy, especially with the physical and emotional stress of multiple births. But pregnant she was, and with more multiples. The doctors tell her it is a record, and everyone works overtime to make sure the pregnancy goes according to the book. [name]Anna[/name] and [name]Desmond[/name]'s triplet daughters are born 3 months premature. Everyone is tiny and delicate. After several months in NICU, the girls are allowed to come home. [name]Agnes[/name] [name]Elinor[/name] & [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Clara[/name] are healthy little babies. [name]Rose[/name] [name]Harriet[/name] is deaf, but otherwise healthy.
Year 10: (2,3: You go on vaction! Where?) With 8 children, the [name]Mills[/name] house becomes hectic. [name]Desmond[/name] wants to take another family vacation, but [name]Anna[/name] isn’t comfortable taking the girls too far from home. In the end they decide to take an hour drive to the beach, where they spend a weekend relaxing in the sun and playing frisbee with [name]Gus[/name].
Year 11: (4,6: You miscarried a baby) [name]Anna[/name] is helping [name]James[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name] & [name]Christopher[/name] with their homework when she begins to feel sharp abdominal pains. She calls [name]Desmond[/name], who returns home quickly. They leave the children with [name]Anna[/name]'s parents while [name]Desmond[/name] takes her to the hospital. She learns she has miscarried an ectopic pregnancy.
Year 12: (3,5: You adopt a baby girl from [name]China[/name]) After her second miscarriage, [name]Anna[/name] battles another bout of depression. She struggles with the thought of losing a living child, even though she knows how blessed she is to have as many children as she does. [name]Even[/name] with 8 children, [name]Anna[/name] still feels she has so much love, attention, and care she can give. She approaches [name]Desmond[/name] about adoption. By [name]December[/name] of their 12th year of marriage, [name]Anna[/name] and [name]Desmond[/name] welcome a baby girl from [name]China[/name] into their family. They name her [name]Mei[/name] [name]Louisa[/name].
Year 13: (4,1: You have a baby girl) [name]Anna[/name]'s happiness at her full family puts her in better health than she has ever been. She feels younger and brighter than any other time in her life, and by mid-year of her 13th year of marriage, [name]Anna[/name] is pregnant for the last time. She learns it is her first single birth. [name]Anna[/name] and [name]Desmond[/name] (with their 9 children) welcome the 10th and final [name]Mills[/name] child: [name]Vivian[/name] [name]Greta[/name]
Year 14: (3,1: You get a puppy! what kind?) As [name]Gus[/name] gets older and less playful, he retires to being [name]Desmond[/name]‘s companion as opposed to the boys’ plaything. The family decides to adopt a new puppy, partly to give the kids something to play with, and partly to help [name]Gus[/name] feel young again. They adopt [name]Norman[/name] the Great [name]Dane[/name].
Year 15: (3,2: You buy a horse! Name?) [name]Dominic[/name] comes home from school one day and says he wants to join the horseback riding club. This is the first year he is eligible for the sport, and is incredibly excited to participate. It is not required that the students have their own horse, but he manages to convince [name]Desmond[/name] to get one. [name]Dominic[/name] receives [name]Ichabod[/name], the young buckskin.
The [name]Mills[/name] Family:
[name]Anna[/name] & [name]Desmond[/name] (39) with
[name]James[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name] & [name]Christopher[/name] (14)
[name]George[/name] & [name]Dominic[/name] (8)
[name]Agnes[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name] & [name]Rose[/name] (5)
[name]Mei[/name] (3) [adopted]
[name]Vivian[/name] (2)
[name]Gus[/name] the Great [name]Dane[/name]
[name]Norman[/name] the Great [name]Dane[/name]
and
[name]Ichabod[/name] the Buckskin Horse