February

February 2043 - Patrick Seiff is 29, Clara Seiff is 24, Molly is six months (Viola Cameron is 51, Alison Cameron is 17, Bella Cameron is 18 months).

Clara and Alison try to get their daughters together at least once a month. Since Clara is seven years older than her baby sister, they were never close when they were growing up, but they've gotten closer over the last year, and they want their daughters to be close.

happy birthday to you!

August 2042 - Patrick Seiff is 29, Clara Seiff is 24.

Clara may have learned all about childbirth in medical school, but going through it is a lot harder than she had expected.

you ruined everything

March 2042 - Viola Cameron is 50, Alison Cameron and Toby Wright are 16, Bella is six months.

Alison's days begin before dawn with the sound of Bella's cry through the baby monitor. A year ago she would hit the snooze button on her alarm clock over and over until her mother insisted she get up, but now she gets out of bed before her eyes are fully open. After six months of parenthood she's perfected the half-asleep stumble from her bedroom to Bella's for the first diaper change of the day.

Santa baby

December 2041 - Benjamin Long is 50, Elizabeth Long is 44, Patrick Seiff is 28, Clara Seiff is 23, Christopher and Margaret are 14, Charlotte is 4 (Will Gray is 15).

Next year the child care arrangements will be a lot easier; Charlotte will be in kindergarten during the day, and Christopher and Margaret will watch her after school. But for now Benjamin and Elizabeth do their best to arrange their schedules so that one of them can take care of her.

all you need is love

September 2040 - Patrick Seiff is 27, Clara Long Seiff is 22, Benjamin Long and Viola Cameron are 49, Elizabeth Long is 43, Christopher Seiff is 27, Anjali Ramaswami is 22, Alison Cameron is 15, Christopher and Margaret Long are 13.

As if weddings aren't stressful enough, Clara's wedding is the first time her parents have been in the same place since the divorce. Luckily the aisle provides a natural buffer - her dad, Elizabeth, and their kids on one side...

her mom and Alison on the other. Since her mom's family is so much smaller than her dad's, they even things out by having their friends sit on her mom's side.

Lowell College: Spring 2039

Spring 2039 - Seniors: Anthony Cooke, Paul Ottomas, Brittany Parker; Juniors: Clara Long, Anjali Ramaswami, Padma Ramaswami; Freshman: Phoebe Centowski.

The Lowell College campus is beautiful in the spring, and Brittany has been spending as much time outside as possible.

Lowell College: Fall 2038

Fall 2038 - Seniors: Anthony Cooke, Paul Ottomas, Brittany Parker; Juniors: Clara Long, Anjali Ramaswami, Padma Ramaswami; Freshman: Phoebe Centowski.

Phoebe Centowski is so excited to be in college. She moves into Cabot Hall, and right away she starts making friends.

Lowell College: Spring 2038

Spring 2038 - Juniors: Anthony Cooke, Paul Ottomas, Brittany Parker; Sophomores: Clara Long, Anjali Ramaswami, Padma Ramaswami.

Anjali has always been studious, but now that she's officially a physics major, she's studying even more.

Lowell College: Fall 2037

Fall 2037 - Juniors: Anthony Cooke, Paul Ottomas, Brittany Parker; Sophomores: Clara Long, Anjali Ramaswami, Padma Ramaswami.

Anthony and Anjali spend a lot of time studying together in the Goode Observatory. Anthony is a physics major, and Anjali is planning to declare physics in the spring.