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ALL MY CHILDREN Feature

WHAT A BABE

— By Mara Levinsky

As AMC prepares to say good-bye to Babe — at least the Babe played by Alexa Havins (Amanda Baker takes over the role on October 8, the same day Havins exits), we’ve prepared a photo tribute to her four-year history in Pine Valley.

2003:

— ABC

JR (Jacob Young, r.) couldn't wait to show off new wife Babe (Havins), who celebrated her first night in Pine Valley by bedding his brother, Jamie (Justin Bruening). ABC

2003:

— STEVE FENN/ABC

Shortly after Babe's arrival, she was joined in town by mom Krystal (Bobbie Eakes).

2004:

— VIRGINIA SHERWOOD/ABC

A very pregnant Babe helped Bianca (Eden Riegel) deliver daughter Miranda while they were stranded in a cabin during a terrible storm.

2004:

— VIRGINIA SHERWOOD/ABC

Babe went to get help for Bianca and ended up giving birth herself, to a son.

2004:

— ABC

Thanks to Babe's nefarious ex, Paul, and the baby switch he orchestrated, Babe's son ended up in the arms of OLTL's Kevin and Kelly. Babe, meanwhile, was raising Bianca's daughter as her own ("Bess") while Binks mourned the presumed death of Miranda. Bianca had no idea how close her child was when she served as Babe's maid of honor at her wedding to JR (their first union had been proven invalid).

2004:

— ABC

As her marriage crumbled back in Pine Valley, Babe spied her son in OLTL's Llanview and, with Jamie's help, went on the run with him. She intended for Bianca to get her daughter back, but that would take a while longer.

2005:

— JEFF NEIRA/ABC

Babe was devastated when JR caught up to her because she and Jamie had to relinquish her son. Also pictured: Tad (Michael E. Knight, c.).

2005:

— ABC

Babe stood trial for kidnapping and lost custody of her son (now known as Little Adam) to his dad.

2005:

— DONNA SVENNEVIK/ABC

Jamie and Babe got engaged, but she decided he'd be better off without her and accepted new pal Josh's (then-Scott Kinworthy) help to make Jamie believe she was cheating.

2006:

— DONNA SVENNEVIK/ABC

When Babe and Little Adam's lives were in jeopardy thanks to unstable Janet (Kate Collins), JR realized he still loved Babe.

2006:

— HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC

Babe and JR joyously remarried.

2006:

— STEVE FENN/ABC

JR went off the deep end when he discovered that his mom, Dixie, wasn't dead after all but had instead abandoned him. In a drunken rage, he set a trap intended to kill Babe, but pregnant Kendall (Alicia Minshew) fell victim to it and nearly died.

2006:

— HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC

Despite the chaos in her personal life, Babe found great satisfaction working for Fusion.

2006:

— LOU ROCCO/ABC

Babe and Josh's (Colin Egglesfield) friendship turned to passion.

2007:

— HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC

With her second marriage to JR falling apart and a serial killer on the loose in Pine Valley, Babe still found time to forge a special friendship with Zarf/Zoe (Jeffrey Carlson, r.).

2007:

— LOU ROCCO/ABC

Babe and Krystal celebrated the birth of Babe's baby sister, Jenny.

2007:

— HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC

Life at Fusion was never dull for Babe with (from l.) Ava (Leven Rambin), Di (Kelli Giddish), Amanda (Chrishell Stause), Annie (Melissa Claire Egan) and Greenlee (Sabine Singh) around.

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