The Macintyres

Meet the Macintyres, a thouroughly upper-middle class family.  He's a surgeon, she's a budding politician, 2 kids and a nice house. They're living the Simmy dream! Ella and Tucker Macintyre met at some ritzy summer camp their parents sent them too when they were teenagers. Ella is trying to get noticed by the Democratic Party over at City Hall, while working hard and paying her dues. Tucker is the youngest surgeon ever at Rosedale Memorial at 30.  They have a son, Max, 8, who's outdoorsy and sweet, and a little girl Addison, 2, the spitting image of her mother.

Ella and Tucker are currently working opposite schedules: Tucker works nights as a Trauma Surgeon and Ella works 9-3 as a Ballot Counter over a City Hall.  The upside is that Tucker is home to watch his little Princess Addy during the day, which saves money on a babysitter- not that money is really an issue here.

Tucker is such a hand-on Dad. Here he trying to interpret her baby chatter.

Once school is out, Max and best friend Audrey Washington decide to take the bus to the park together.  His mother always teases him that he's sweet on her, which of course, he vehemently denies.

Here they are arriving at Romper Recreational Playground.

Ella arrives home from City Hall, and isn't feeling well at all! She's so sick to her stomach, maybe she should go lie down....

....but not before hubby Tucker surprises her with a dozen red roses!!

Over at Romper, Audrey and Max play in the treehouse until it gets dark.  He knows he better head home before his parents get upset.  He says goodbye to Audrey and head home....

Back at home, Ella calls her aquaintance Rishelle Glenister over for dinner. She doesn't have many girlfriends in town, and hopes to befriend her.  She seem to be getting along...

....until Ella has to cut the visit short when she starts feeling nauseous again.  Rishelle is totally understanding, but Ella feels embarassed.  She throws up most of the night, and before Tucker leaves for work, he decides to take a small blood sample...he tells her he wants to make sure she doesn't have anything serious, but he has his own suspicions...

Before leaving for work that night, Tucker grabs some leftover autumn salad...there's plenty since sick Ella didn't eat much.     

Tucker's blood tests confirm what he'd been thinking. Ella is pregnant.  They've talked about maybe having more kids, but he's still not sure how Ella will react- she's really focused on her career right now, and Addy is still so young....

He arrives home in the morning to a much better looking Ella, and tells her that he has some news.  She's pregnant, and based on his neato-superior-awesome-doctor skills, and some complicated formulas based on time of conception, he's determined that they're having a boy, although they should get an ultrasound to confirm it.

He hope she's not upset with him for not telling her why he was taking her blood, but he wanted to be sure before he assumed anything.

But Tucker is worried for nothing. Ella is so excited to be pregnant again, and even more excited to be having a little boy again!  She rubs her tummy and says "Let's go tell the kids!"