Hello, it has been a little while and as always life is never dull around our house. For the past 5 months or so I have been meaning to do a post dedicated to each of our children to give you a little bit of insight into their personalities. Tonight I have decided if I never start this process or I will never finish so here it goes...
Addison Rose the first of our trio to see the bright lights of this amazing world is certainly our little diva. Up until a few weeks ago I had nicknamed her ice maiden, as it was hard work to get her to crack a smile, but thankfully she is a little grinner now. Her father is completely smitten and that love is returned and her face lights up every time he enters the room. She watches her big brother with joy and somewhat uncertainty as to what he will do next.
She is still our smallest little pixie weighing in 2 kilos less than the boys, at about 7 kilos at nearly 8 months corrected age. Addison was the last one to roll but once the boys started she was quick to get going, however she is the first one to sit unaided and has been doing so for about a week now. Addison doesn't tend to move unless required and once she has reached what she is after will stay there or roll back on to her back. Her most favourite toy at the moment is this funny little soft toy pig that grunts and her little face lights up the moment she sees it.
When Addison is hungry and you pop her down to heat up her bottle she cracks it, big time! Her little bottom lip sticks out and then she cries. A lot.... She is still not a real fan of solids especially the savoury or meaty foods, but give her sweeter foods like banana ,or other fruits, or custard and she gets stroppy if you are too slow.
Addison's dresses take up all the hanging space in their shared wardrobe and then some, thanks to some lovely friends who have passed on some clothes. So we all have fun dressing her up... She still has a gummy smile and her hair is so fluffy that it stands up. She loves a good cuddle and would be a perfect singleton baby, actually they would all be easy babies on their own. Addie loves a good cuddle and has recently discovered the joys of jewellery whether you are wearing a watch, earrings or a necklace she loves it all and will spend a long time examining it.
So I will leave that there and that is what makes Addison Rose unique...
Well this darling little boy lights up the room. Hudson has the largest personality and such a cheeky smile. Our youngest son has such twinkle in his eye and loves to interact with people. He is always touching faces, including his siblings and has an infectious giggle. He was the first to get 2 little teeth
Hudson has quickly mastered the commando crawl and now will beat Spencer when we decide to race them. He is often found rummaging through handbags in the hall way or trying to escape through the front door.
Happy Hud as he is affectionately known as lurves his food, in fact if you take too long to feed him his solids he grunts at you until once again the spoon is headed in his direction. Hudson has always seemed like an old soul to me. Quite often whilst he was in hospital or even as a sleepy newborn he would be wide awake looking around. He was also the first to smile at us when he was about 3 weeks old corrected.
Hudson has always been the heaviest on the three and also the loudest. Whenever he cries (which unfortunately used to be quite a bit). It was ear piercing! Thankfully now he doesn't cry as much but his laughter is just as loud. He has this crazy leg kicking that he does which at bathtime that gets everyone soaked and I think his brother and sister swallow a tiny bit of water too.
This funny, generally happy boy apparently resembles his father as a baby. His hair is quite fair in comparison so I imagine it will darken up one day. Addison and Hudson seem to have a funny relationship with each other and are often sitting just smiling or laughing at each other, so cute! Well I think this will do for now I am sure I will add more soon as I think of it
Well where do I start with my sweet little Spencer Pie...
My beautiful third born has such a sweet, gentle, little personality. Spencer is such a cuddly sweet boy and is more than happy to snuggle. He loves to suck his thumb when he goes off to sleep, when he wakes up and in between if he is feeling low. This darling boy loves to suck his thumb so much his left thumb is often red raw.
Spencer is our first proper mover, and was the first to roll. In the past few weeks he has begun commando crawling and loves chasing things across the floor or climbing over his siblings. This darling boy loves to examine things and spends a lot of his time exploring the wooden floorboards and is always chasing the remote controls or the iphone. In fact if Oliver is watching television and we are trying to get his attention all we need to say is "Spencer has the remote" and we have his attention in a flash. Since I first started writing this post Spence has also added sitting to his list of skills. His smile is no longer 'gummy' as both of his bottom teeth poked through together.
Much to my delight in the last two weeks both Spencer and Hudson have begun holding their own bottles. Hallelujah! Spencer loves his food, and always opens his mouth for more. He somehow manages to make a big mess though, I think partly because he is always moving and seems to have a small mouth.
In many ways Spencer will always be my little baby Ollie as he looks so similar to him so brings back many memories. This beautiful boy has a lovely sweet smile which is almost a little lopsided that we find completely endearing. He also has this weird thing that he does when he is happy or sad that is like a pelvic thrust kind of motion. This seems to happen a lot in the bath and then water splashes over the others, in fact bath time is messy period.
Spencer also seems to have crazy thick dark hair on top. I think the reason it is so thick on top is because one of the crazy nurses who gave them their first rubbed the tops of the boys heads so hard all the hair on top came out. I imagine Spencers hair battles will continue for much of his life as the dear boy has a double crown and a double cowlick.
So that will do with Spencer for now.
