Life seemed to return to normal, Besides the fact that the Nolans had slightly lighter wallets, not that they mentioned that to their boys. Instead, they focused on raising them right.
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However, the funds took an even steeper dip when it came out that in desperation to pay for Clifford's cure, James had dipped his finger in funds set aside for campaigns. James was not a candidate and he lost his job. He would have been blacklisted for any employment if it wasn't for the fact that many of his co-workers sympathized with his predicament since many of them had also lost loved ones to the epidemic. They buried his crime as quickly as possible. None the less it took some time for him to find another job and even then the one he got was a simple clerical position that paid little. To make matters worth the next book Maggie-May wrote, a semi-biographical book dedicated to her mother, flopped. Somehow through all of this, the family managed to hold on to their house and keep a good deal of it from Clifford, although he had questions both James and Maggie-May often had to dodge.
Then, one-day Maggie-May got a letter from a sister she hadn't heard from in ages, her oldest sister, Minnie. Their father had died peacefully in his sleep and he'd left Minnie and her husband a great deal of money since he never had a son live long enough to inherit and she wanted to spread the wealth around a little. The amount she generously gave Maggie-May was enough to bring the Nolans from the brink of losing everything.
James and Maggie-May's first priority was, of course, to pay back all their debts, but they had money left over even after they took care of them. After a long discussion over what to do with the leftover money, they decided that their home was a little too small for their family, especially since both Henry and Clifford were getting bigger each day. They moved in just in time for Henry to age up into a child.
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49396510956_5017bf4db8_c.jpgWhile it would still be a few weeks before Maggie-May knew for sure that she was pregnant, she still went on a nesting frenzy turning their new house into a home.
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49396486406_ab4f28c5fe_c.jpghttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49396689017_3294faf41e_c.jpgFinally, a few weeks after Snowflake Day Maggie-May didn't get her monthlies, confirming that a new bundle of joy was on their way.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49396514441_bac8df39cb_c.jpgAuthor's Note: A Big thank you to theNumbersWoman for the rocking horse and the crib seen in the nursery and evi for the rug. Also in case my readers haven't noticed my modified rules for the 1920s are now up. Anyways Happy Simming everyone. 
