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3 years have passed for all our families!

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THE CLEMENTS FAMILY
DH [31] Samuel Howard ‘Sam’ Clements
DW [31] Anna Corinne [McLeod] Clements

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DS [6] Harvey Kerouac Clements
DS [4] Stanley Thoreau Clements
DS [3] Arthur Beckett Clements {Polyxena}
DS [exp] ____ ____ Clements

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After Arthur was born, Sam and Anna realized that juggling three young boys and two teaching careers was perhaps more than they could handle, but since Harvey’s in all-day kindergarten, now, and both Sam and Anna have positions as professors at the same university, they’ve decided to add to their family once again. Both Sam and Anna were hoping for a little girl to balance out their brood, but the most recent trip to the doctor’s office revealed that they’re having another boy! They like old-fashioned, “fuddy-duddy”-type boy names, and -- as a nod to their mutual love of literature -- they would like their son’s middle name to be the surname of a writer (i.e., an author, a poet, a playwright, etc.).

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THE FORRESTER FAMILY
DH [38] Gilbert Vincent Forrester
DW [33] Penelope Jane ‘Penny’ [Hendrix] Forrester

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DS [3] Noel Nicholas Forrester {SugarPlumFairy / molly / Weirwood}
DD/DD [exp] ____ ____ Forrester / ____ _____ Forrester

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Gilbert and Penny were certain that Noel (born on Christmas Eve) would be their only child, since they’d had so much trouble conceiving him in the first place, but were they ever surprised when Penny went to the doctor’s with “a bad case of the flu” and came home with the news that she was pregnant again! With twin girls, no less! Though the girls aren’t due near Christmas at all (the middle of July, actually), they’d like at least one of each girls’ names to be Christmas-themed. They’d like the other of the girls’ names to be summer-related.

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THE PEDRETTI FAMILY
DH [32] Dominic Fabrizio ‘Dom’ Pedretti
DW [33] Olivia Agape [Papadopolous] Pedretti

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DD [4] Gardenia Marie ‘Gertie’ Pedretti
DD [3] Hydrangea Nicole ‘Heidy’ Pedretti {Bee}
DS [exp] ____ ____ ‘____’ Pedretti

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Dom and Olivia were shocked to discover that Heidy was such a different baby than Gertie was -- where Gertie had been quiet, Heidy was loud; where Gertie had been content to spend hours in one spot, Heidy was crawling as soon as possible and constantly on the move. Heidy demanded a lot of Dom’s and Olivia’s attention, which was why they were even more surprised to discover that they were expecting again! Gertie is excited to be a big sister again, but Heidy...not so much… Despite that, Dom and Olivia are excited to be welcoming their first son. They’d like his first name to be an unusual saint’s name that can be shortened into a “cute” nickname and for his middle name to be a “filler.”

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THE DURANTE-SUTHERLAND FAMILY
DW [29] Claire Juliet Durante-Sutherland
DW [30] Edith Marianne ‘Edie’ Durante-Sutherland

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AD [5] ____ ____ ____ Durante-Sutherland
DD [3] Morgan Blair Durante-Sutherland {Polyxena}
AS [2] ____ ____ ____ Durante-Sutherland

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Dcat [5] Fred
Dcat [5] Ginger

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After Morgan was born, Claire and Edie had many long talks about whether or not they wanted to expand their family. Eventually, they decided they wouldn’t mind becoming foster parents, and were placed with a three-year-old girl and her newborn baby brother only a year after Morgan was born. Going from a family of 3 to a family of 5 was certainly an adjustment, but Claire and Edie made it work, and now, two years later, they’re officially adopting their foster children. Their daughter’s first name is “tryndeigh” and her first middle name is a color; their son’s first name is an unusual word name and his first middle name is a month. Claire and Edie decided to use their adopted children’s former surname -- from this list: http://surnames.behindthename.com/top/lists/100uss1990.php -- as a second middle name for them both.