Another Baby

I have two DreamhighStudio baby elves, but they arrived more than six months apart. The first one was always going to be Agnes and Matias' baby, and then when DHS offered the baby elf again with different face plates, I couldn't resist ordering another, thinking the second one might just become a baby for the regular House Elves.
So Mika, the first baby elf, was introduced as Agnes and Matias' baby....

....and was featured in lots of beautiful photos with her family at Christmas.

When the second baby elf arrived, it was clear that she wouldn't work with the smaller House Elves. First of all she was way too big, and then what would explain their baby looking exactly like Agnes and Matias' baby?
So, what to do? I didn't want to sell her, since they looked so adorable together.

So I finally decided that Agnes would just have another baby, right after having had the first one. She'd have a really quick pregnancy, so the two babies could stay together, looking like twins, even though they were almost a year apart.
The second baby would have a permanent home and I could get on with my stories.

So, I needed something high-waisted for Agnes to wear, and considered making something brand new. But I was too busy and overwhelmed with a lot of other things already on the go, so decided to see how she looked in Limhwa Lily's green Spring Goddess gown. I added a 'baby bump' and she looked perfect.

Expecting Again

Elf Agnes was expecting again....

It would be her and Matias' third child.

They hadn't really planned on having another child quite so soon...

But they were a beautiful young couple...

...and passionately in love.

...and....well...um....

...things just happened....

Still, they were both only too happy to welcome another baby.

"It won't be too much longer now."

Family in the Garden

Agnes was the Elf King's daughter, and she had fallen deeply in love with Matias, and he with her. But knowing that her Father would not approve of her marrying a mortal, the two of them had secretly married. Her Father did eventually come to accept his daughter's choice, but he demanded that Matias go into service for him as a knight in his Elvin army for several years. Even so, Matias tried to be home with his ladies as often as he could.

"Do you really have to go away again so soon?" asked Olivia...

"Yes, I do..."

"But I'll be back as soon as I can."

Agnes felt the baby kick and took Matias' hand and placed it on her belly. "Do you feel that?"

'Yes, I do..."

"Well, that's your new little son or daughter..."

"I would love a son,"

"...but I'd be just as happy even if it is another little girl."

Then he turned to Olivia,

"I have to leave again for a few days..."

"And I trust that you'll help look after your Mother and little sister while I'm gone."

Yes, of course I will, Papa."

"Well, it looks like I'm leaving you in good hands."

Friends

Naomi and Agnes had become the best of friends. Not only were their husbands half brothers, but the two women had formed a deep sisterly bond as well.