Full House:

Stephanie's Diary

Introduction

Stephanie Tanner is a sixteen-year-old living in San Francisco, California with her widowed father, Danny Tanner, a talk show host on Wake Up, San Francisco, her maternal uncle, Jesse Katsopolis, lead singer of his own band, Hot Daddy and The Monkey Puppets, Jesse's wife of seven years, Rebecca, Danny's co-host on Wake Up, San Francisco, their twin almost seven-year-old sons, Nicky and Alex, her dad's best friend Joey Gladstone, a stand-up comedian and impressionist, Donna Jo "D.J." and Michelle Tanner, twenty and ten-year-old sisters, and the family Golden Retriever, Comet.

The story of this unusual family is a painful story: nine years ago, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle's mother, Pamela Tanner was killed in a car crash involving a drunk driver. At her funeral, Danny arranged for his brother-in-law, Jesse, and Joey to stay with him for three months to help him raise his daughters. Before they moved in, Danny's divorced mother, Claire Tanner stayed with Danny and the girls for a few weeks, then returned to her home in Tampa, Florida.

Once it had been three months, Jesse and Joey had become members of the Tanner family. In his third year in the Tanner home, Jesse married Rebecca Donaldson. The two planned to move into Rebecca's apartment, but decided to stay with Danny, Joey and the girls, wishing their keep the family together.

Two weeks after Jesse and Becky settled into the attic/apartment of the Tanner home, a stray pregnant dog named Minnie arrived at the house. Minnie had her puppies the day before her owner, David West came to take her back home in Seattle, Washington (how Minnie got to San Francisco is still a mystery). The Tanners were allowed to keep one of Minnie's five puppies, a male dog, whom Michelle named Comet after the story of Hailey's Comet Jesse told her the night before.

Several days later, Becky discovered she was pregnant. However, Jesse was about to go on tour with his current band, Jesse and The Rippers. Rebecca told Jesse the day before he left, and gave him her blessing to go on tour.

Jesse returned at the end of that summer. After getting a sonogram, Jesse and Becky found they were expecting identical twins.

After about five more months, Rebecca gave birth to her healthy twin boys, Alex (named after Alexander Donners, Becky's high school teacher who inspired her to get involved in journalism) and Nicky (named after Nicholas Katsopolis, Jesse's father). When Becky was on maternity leave, Danny fell for his temporary co-host, Vicki Larson. The two soon began dating.

One year after the twins were born, D.J met Steve Hale, and the two shared a long-lasting relationship. During this time, D.J. was distanced from her best friend since kindergarten, Kimmie Gibler and her family, mostly her sisters. Donna and Steve continued to date for three more years, until she broke up with him due to his controlling attitude and a suspected lack of faithfulness to her while he was on vacation in New York City. D.J. then grew closer to her family again.

Stephanie also started a relationship during D.J.'s second year with Steve. Her boyfriend's name was James Miller, who was three years older than Stephanie when the two started dating. This relationship, however, only lasted one month.

Later that year, Danny and Vicki arranged to be married. The engagement lasted until late December, then Vicki broke it off, feeling the two didn't have enough in common, and should remain friends. Danny, however, wasn't interested, and politely said he didn't want to see her again.

Early the next year, Stephanie's friends from third grade, Jennifer North and Jennifer Lopez moved away. Stephanie then met Mickey, a gril known to be involved with a "bad crowd". After refusing to smoke, Stephanie got off to a bad start with Mickey's friend, Gia Matthews, the "leader" of the crowd. However, after a fight, the two explained their opinions, managed to see from the other's perspective, and became friends.

This is where the story begins...