My name: [name_f]Teresa[/name_f] [name_f]Aura[/name_f] {[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]} [name_u]Aspen[/name_u]
Hubby: [name_m]Luke[/name_m] [name_u]Howard[/name_u] [name_u]Aspen[/name_u]
Year1: [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and I adopt a 6week old puppy from a rescue home. He is a rough crossbreed with collie and Labrador in him. We name him [name_u]Cam[/name_u].
Year2: [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and I are thrilled to find out that I am pregnant. Unfortunately when I am 13 weeks along I miscarry our baby. We are devastated.
Year3: After the miscarriage last year I am yearning for a baby but am finding it impossible to get pregnant, [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and I decide to look into adoption and we are accepted as suitable! A few months later we are gifted a young baby boy who’d been christened [name_m]Henry[/name_m] by the hospital staff. We decide to give him a new first name; [name_m]Tobias[/name_m], and keep [name_m]Henry[/name_m] in the middle.
Year4: [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and I move house. We move to a more family-friendly area where there are lots of parks and good schools. The house has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a middle-sized garden for [name_u]Cam[/name_u] to run around in.
Year5: Despite only just moving home, [name_m]Luke[/name_m] wants a new challenge. We buy a farm just out of the area and along with it we get 3 horses - all female palominos - called: [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Sapphire[/name_f] and [name_f]Garnet[/name_f].
Year6: With all of the space on the farm, we decide to adopt another puppy. It is another crossbreed boy (we have no idea what’s in him), [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] names him [name_m]Brooks[/name_m], and luckily he becomes best friends with [name_u]Cam[/name_u].
Year7: [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] is now four and starting school soon, I would love another baby but decide to not try to get pregnant after all the disappointment we have had. Instead [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and I adopt a baby girl from [name_f]China[/name_f] who has been the victim of the ‘One [name_u]Baby[/name_u]’ regime. She is unnamed and we call her [name_u]Leigh[/name_u] Ling.
Year8: [name_u]Leigh[/name_u] isn’t a fan of [name_u]Cam[/name_u] or [name_m]Brooks[/name_m], and cries whenever they go near her. [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and I decide to adopt a cat for her to befriend. It is a silver and white female moggy, whose name is [name_f]Shadow[/name_f].
Year9: [name_m]Luke[/name_m] persuades me to try IVF because he would love biological children despite loving [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] and [name_u]Leigh[/name_u] as our own. I go in with reservations but am thrilled when I am pregnant! My excitement turns to panic however when early on I am told that I’m carrying triplets! [name_u]Seven[/name_u] difficult months later, a C-section delivers my miracles. There are two girls and a boy, we name them: [name_f]Arianna[/name_f] [name_f]Hope[/name_f], [name_u]Addison[/name_u] [name_f]Faith[/name_f], and [name_m]Atticus[/name_m] [name_u]Justice[/name_u].
Year10: Despite having very young triplets. [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and I adopt a baby girl from [name_f]China[/name_f], again she is unnamed and we christen her [name_f]May[/name_f] Xue.
Year11: Something amazing (though slightly terrifying) happens! [name_f]Shadow[/name_f] gives birth to five healthy kittens, and we decide to keep them all on the farm! They look and are named as follows:
- black with three white socks - [name_u]Dusty[/name_u] (boy).
- white with grey stripes - [name_f]Luna[/name_f] (girl).
- white with large black splodges - [name_u]Sky[/name_u] (g).
- white with black freckles - [name_f]Snow[/name_f] (g).
- black with a white bib - Sooty (b).
Year12: My sister, [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Raine[/name_f], and her three daughters; [name_f]Annaliese[/name_f] [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Odette[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], and [name_u]Blaire[/name_u] [name_f]Millicent[/name_f], move in temporarily when their house is flooded. After five months it is habitable again and whilst I loved having my sister and nieces closer to me I am more than happy to see the farm slightly less cramped again.
Year13: With the triplets in school and [name_f]May[/name_f] at nursery for three days a week, [name_m]Luke[/name_m] gives a hint that we should try for more children - using fertility help of course. But before we can get in touch to put us on the programme a miracle happens… I am pregnant naturally! With no less than identical twin boys! They are born via C-section at 36weeks and are as healthy as can be. We name them [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] and [name_m]Jacoby[/name_m] [name_m]Arthur[/name_m].
Year14: [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and I adopt a baby from [name_f]Russia[/name_f], he is 7months old and is called [name_f]Aleksey[/name_f], we decide to change the spelling slightly to [name_m]Alexei[/name_m] and give him an English middle name; [name_u]James[/name_u].
Year15: Something amazing happens… But don’t worry, there’s no more kittens, or puppies, or horses, or even children… What is amazing is that, after 15 years, I have a gorgeous husband, nine brilliant children, eleven pets, and I couldn’t be happier! 
The [name_u]Aspen[/name_u] Family =
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f] (40) and [name_m]Luke[/name_m] (38) with: [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] (12), [name_u]Leigh[/name_u] (8), [name_f]Annie[/name_f] & [name_f]Addie[/name_f] & [name_f]Attie[/name_f] (6), [name_f]May[/name_f] (5), [name_u]Jem[/name_u] & [name_m]Jac[/name_m] (2), [name_u]Lex[/name_u] (19mo); [name_u]Cam[/name_u] (14), [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] (12), [name_f]Sapphire[/name_f] (12), [name_f]Garnet[/name_f] (11), [name_m]Brooks[/name_m] (7), [name_f]Shadow[/name_f] (9), [name_u]Dusty[/name_u] (4), [name_f]Luna[/name_f] (4), [name_u]Sky[/name_u] (4), [name_f]Snow[/name_f] (4), and Sooty (4)!