Ethan Leopardi 9- Newlyweds

Ethan (33) his wife Noelle (32)
Narrated by Noelle.

Now that we are living together I decided to spruce up our apartment. I really have no idea how Ethan continued to live here with all grey walls. Seriously it was depressing. I wanted to get some color in here. I am not sure if Ethan is actually happy with my change.

After that change I also had to tell him that we were pregnant. He sat there and was actually shocked that we got pregnant so fast. We both knew that it happened during our honey moon. I just hope that I have an easy pregnancy.

Beatrix (ethan's sister) and her husband Chris came by to see the new furniture. Beatrix loved it and wanted to know if I would do their apartment in the future. They have only been living in it for about 2 years so they are not changing anything for now.

Now that I am showing it amazes me how people are always looking at my belly. Its like they do not even see the whole me anymore. All I ever get asked is if I know when im due or if im having a boy or a girl. I do not know these things...what I do know is that I want for us to be parents to a healthy baby.

after I visited the doctor's office I decided to come home and cook a great dinner. After the doctor's news I figured Ethan would take the news on a full stomach. He suspected something was wrong and this is when I announced that I was pregnant with quads. Ethan was now speechless but not that shocked. His brothers and sisters were part of a quad so he knew it was in the family. Now we just needed to decide whether or not we could make this apartment work.

After much thinking we decided to move. We are going to look and buy a house that would suit our babies. I hope we find something soon because these babies are coming pretty quickly.

Jake Leopardi

Name: Jake Leopardi
Generation: 3
Age: 2
Parents: Ethan and Noelle Leopardi
Sibilings: part of a quad: Carter, Dexter, Zienna
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Dexter Leopardi

Name: Dexter Leopardi
Generation: 3
Age: 2
Parents: Ethan and Noelle Leopardi
Sibilings: part of a quad: Carter, Jake, Zienna
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Carter Leopardi

Name: Carter Leopardi
Generation: 3
Age: newborn
Parents: Ethan and Noelle Leopardi
Sibilings: part of a quad: Dexter, Jake, Zienna
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Zienna Leopardi

Name: Zienna Leopardi
Generation: 3
Age: 2
Parents: Ethan and Noelle Leopardi
Sibilings: part of a quad: Carter, Dexter, Jake
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Laurel Barillas

 Laurel Barillas
Generation: 3
Age:5
Parents: Justin and LaShawn Barillas
Sibilings: Cameron, Candice and triplet siblings Emeline and Parker.
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Last Updated: Round 17
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Parker Barillas

Name:Parker Barillas
Generation:3
Age:5
Parents:Justin and Lashawn Barillas
Sibilings:Cameron and Candice triplet siblings Emeline and Laurel
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Last Updated: Round 17
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Emeline Barillas

Name:Emeline Barillas
Generation:3
Age: 5
Parents: Justin and Lashawn Barillas
Sibilings: Cameron, Candice, triplet siblings Laurel and Parker
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Justin Barillas- Ch 9

Justin (35), his wife Lashawn (44) their kids: Cameron and Candice (8)
Narrated by Justin

Our sex life is more alive now than ever! If I would have known that her studying for her master's would turn us into industrious lovers I would have made her do it earlier. For now I am a happy camper getting a lot a loving from my wife.

After our um love sessions I tend to let her nap while I get breakfast ready for the family.

The kids are getting older so they know why mommy is not at the breakfast table. They giggle every time the other always asks, "where's mom?"

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LaShawn has been complaining about ignoring the kids while trying to finish her masters. She is trying to finish to get a promotion at work. I guess she has given herself a timeline so all I see is a lot of studying. My store is picking up so its harder for me to spend a lot of time with the kids too.

I guess you can call this a release of guilt. I actually went out and bought us a little kitty. She is a tabby I think. I honestly do not know. I just want the kids to know that we love them and want to see them happy.

The kids loved the kitten so now they spend all the time with it. I am left alone to fish. I love when its fish season. This is why I love my house so much. The small lake is a perfect breeding ground for fish and I am a semi perfect fisherman. I know a bit conceited but hey im allowed!

LaShawn came and told me that we are expecting. This was totally out of left field. We have been trying for a while now. I guess we both settled on just having the twins. Now we are both wondering how this new baby will affect our currently lives.

With the baby also comes family attention and the joy of a baby shower. LaShawn did not really have one with the twins. Now my family wants to give us a shower and I could not say no. LaShawn just laughed and said it was fine.

I think its cute that Lashawn is trying to finish her masters while pregnant. This pregnancy has been harder on her so I always have to tell her to rest. The minute I go back to the store and come back...who do I see on the pc? Yup LaShawn.

The baby shower was a success. I still could not believe that there were so many women in our family. I think everyone actually came.

Amarilis was joking that we might have twins. She wished she were having another baby too..now it seemed that her next baby would be a grand child instead.

My niece Shaila was there and everyone was happy to see that she had completed her BA and getting married soon. That would be our next get together. Shaila has grown up so much since last time I saw her.

LaShawn is finally warming up to the kitten we got. She has even stopped doing her thesis...which is a good thing. She went into labor that night and gave birth to three beautiful babies. We named them Emeline, Laurel and Parker. Now we have to figure out where we are going to put the cribs!

Suki Dominguez-Bruenig Ch 9- business is all good.

Suki (35), her husband Toby (37), Their kids: Madison (10) twins: Donatella and Annatella (5)
Narrated by Suki.

I think Toby had enough with one of my employees. He fired one of them on the spot and I was a little upset. I am the boss of my business and only I should fire my staff. Toby said that he had told him several times to stay out of our living room and he did not pay attention. He won the argument with that and I could not stay mad that he had fired my stylist.

My salon clientele is really picking up. my sister-in-law Laci came in and well I offered her a job. I think she was a little insulted but hey she needs money right? She politely turned me down and asked if I could clip her ends.

Men have also been coming more and more to our salon. I think this is great because I run this salon for both male and female. I always feel alive when I get access to new clients hair!

I added some more candles and other romantic items to sell. Mostly its bath salts and what not. Maybe one day I will actually buy a building in downtown Viramontes and build a spa. For now I do not have the capital for it.

I talked with Toby about my ideas of opening a spa in the future. He thought it was a great idea and asked if he could use my salon space as a law office. I was hurt because he was looking at my space with such glee. I got over it and started planning on how to get some space for a spa in the near future!

Atani Dominguez Ch 9- 11 years and counting...

Atani (35) her husband Alec Rainer (40) their kids: twins, Hitoshi and Kanji (8) and Jah-Khan (5).
Narrated by Atani and Alec.
Atani~~~~

I come home from work and it warms my heart to see Alec there reading. Some girls at work were talking about how their husbands would not be home or they were cheating on them because of our demanding schedule. Yet I did not feel that bad because when I come home I see this and its beautiful.

We have been married for 11 years. Breakfast at our house is always a busy time. It seems that Alec and I can barely get a word in. The kids have a lot of activities going on. Being boys they love their dad's attention. It gets lonely sometimes because I only get to bond with them when they get a scraped knee or a hang nail.

On my off time of work I still have to maintain my body fit. I am 35 and as I see it, I am lucky to even still be a ballerina. Most say that I have barely five more years before I am "retired". Its hard to think that but in reality I have to think of the next best thing.

During summer the boys love our pool. I swear they are half aqua boys. I take in some rays while they play marco polo. The bad thing is that I get so relaxed and then I feel drops of cold water being splashed on me. I look up and its one boy running away from his brother. These boys are so active.
Alec~~~~~

I have no idea what is going on with Atani lately. I came home and she just wanted to talk about our marriage and if I was happy. After 11 years I am more than ecstatic. I sometimes think that remodeling the house means to her that I am bored or I want to stray. I do not want to stray. I look at my wife and I am still so in love with her. I can not imagine it being any other way.
I think our life gets a little too routine when she is home from work. I think that she needs to be reminded that I still love her...so thus my planning has developed.

I had Atani's twin sister Suki and her husband over for dinner. Atani thought it was just a regular dinner. I sometimes love the way I can plan these things and she has no clue. Suki could barely keep her mouth quiet. Atani had enough and asked her why she kept smiling at her so much. I finally broke down and told everyone that I was taking Atani out for a night on the town. Atani was so shocked.

I could barely get time in the bathroom because she needed to make sure she looked good. She looks good all the time so I am not sure what she was talking about.

We got to the club and Atani let out a scream of joy. She was so into it that she even won a dance contest.

I finally got her to settle down and dance with me. I told her that I loved her and this would be one of many nights on the town. Now that the boys were older they could be left with a babysitter.

The best was when she hugged me and told me that she was so in love with me.

We finished the night and it could not have been more like a movie ending. I dipped her and gave her the biggest romantic kiss ever. We both could not wait to get home.

The next morning we both could barely keep our eyes open at breakfast. The boys had so many questions but our brains were so groggy with sleep to answer. Thank God we were off that day and managed to go back to bed the minute they went to school.