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UN: Bárbara
LN: Hillman-Burgess
DH: Ian William Burgess (41)
DW: Batilde Sophia "Bat" Hillman (32)
DS/DD: Jonas Caden / Eva Carolina (10)
DD/DD: Helena June / Lux Isabella (8)
DS: Zeal Robert "Zero" (4)
AD: Alice Mathilde (4) (adopted from France)
DS: Hugh Adam
Story:
Bat and Ian hadn't closed the possibility of having more children, but they weren't expecting to have more soon after Zero's birth. Although lately they were thinking to adopt a child, probably from their own country. Zero was just 3 years old when they found Alice. Or better yet, Alice found them.
Even though they are still together and making music, Ian's band doesn't tour much these days, they just do some concerts once in a while. They were giving a concert in Lyon and so the whole family decided to stay for few days, as a mini vacation. They were staying at an antique hotel, which the kids loved to explore. One day, they were playing hide and seek and Lux was the one seeking. She managed to find everyone in no time, except for Zero. All the kids started looking for him and after a few minutes without finding him, Bat and Ian began to panic. Hotel security garanteed he hadn't passed the doors, so he had to be inside somewhere. About five minutes later, a woman apperead in the lobby. The manager, who had been searching with them, immediately yelled, "Of course!". She ran up the stairs and after a moment or two, she came back with Zero and a little blonde girl in each girl. The woman who had walked in started rambling in french as she ran to the little girl. Bat, relieved, instantly picked Zero up. Ian asked him what had happened - he just stated he was playing with his new friend.
The lady approached them with the girl, apologizing for the trouble. Ian lowered down to the girl's level and asked her name in french (one of the few things he knows how to say). Her answer was, "My nom et Alice." He and Bat frowned at that odd mixture. As Alice played with the rest of their children, the woman told them the story: she worked at a nearby orphanage, where Alice lived since she was 2 years old. Her parents had died when she was just a few months old, and so she went to live with her grandmother. She worked at that hotel and took her there everyday. But one day her grandmother also died, and so she had to go to the orphanage. Only she kept escaping to go there and always hid in the attic. Apparently, her grandmother was english, so her speech was a complete amalgam of both languages, including words neither of them shared, which was a bit of an impediment to her adoption.
The story Bat and Ian tell is that they only needed to look at each other once before deciding to adopt that little girl - who, on top of everything, had the name they always wanted to give their daughter. And so, after some time of burocracy, they were able to bring Alice back to England. She is making some progress with her proper english, and all of her new siblings absolutely love her. Only, she gets a little mad when people mispronounce her name - she bats her foot and says "It's a-LEES! aaaa-LEEEEEESS!" They have vowed to go back to that hotel once a year, so Alice can revisit it.
Almost immediately after getting back to London, Bat had a gut feeling she was pregnant - after three pregnancies, it was all it took. And she was right! Nine months later, Hugh Adam was born. Hugh was named after both of his grandfathers. Jonas and Zero were very happy, even though they are still greatly outnumbered by the girls!
(I might have stretched a bit - hope that's ok! =)
LN: Hillman-Burgess
DH: Ian William Burgess (41)
DW: Batilde Sophia "Bat" Hillman (32)
DS/DD: Jonas Caden / Eva Carolina (10)
DD/DD: Helena June / Lux Isabella (8)
DS: Zeal Robert "Zero" (4)
AD: Alice Mathilde (4) (adopted from France)
DS: Hugh Adam
Story:
Bat and Ian hadn't closed the possibility of having more children, but they weren't expecting to have more soon after Zero's birth. Although lately they were thinking to adopt a child, probably from their own country. Zero was just 3 years old when they found Alice. Or better yet, Alice found them.
Even though they are still together and making music, Ian's band doesn't tour much these days, they just do some concerts once in a while. They were giving a concert in Lyon and so the whole family decided to stay for few days, as a mini vacation. They were staying at an antique hotel, which the kids loved to explore. One day, they were playing hide and seek and Lux was the one seeking. She managed to find everyone in no time, except for Zero. All the kids started looking for him and after a few minutes without finding him, Bat and Ian began to panic. Hotel security garanteed he hadn't passed the doors, so he had to be inside somewhere. About five minutes later, a woman apperead in the lobby. The manager, who had been searching with them, immediately yelled, "Of course!". She ran up the stairs and after a moment or two, she came back with Zero and a little blonde girl in each girl. The woman who had walked in started rambling in french as she ran to the little girl. Bat, relieved, instantly picked Zero up. Ian asked him what had happened - he just stated he was playing with his new friend.
The lady approached them with the girl, apologizing for the trouble. Ian lowered down to the girl's level and asked her name in french (one of the few things he knows how to say). Her answer was, "My nom et Alice." He and Bat frowned at that odd mixture. As Alice played with the rest of their children, the woman told them the story: she worked at a nearby orphanage, where Alice lived since she was 2 years old. Her parents had died when she was just a few months old, and so she went to live with her grandmother. She worked at that hotel and took her there everyday. But one day her grandmother also died, and so she had to go to the orphanage. Only she kept escaping to go there and always hid in the attic. Apparently, her grandmother was english, so her speech was a complete amalgam of both languages, including words neither of them shared, which was a bit of an impediment to her adoption.
The story Bat and Ian tell is that they only needed to look at each other once before deciding to adopt that little girl - who, on top of everything, had the name they always wanted to give their daughter. And so, after some time of burocracy, they were able to bring Alice back to England. She is making some progress with her proper english, and all of her new siblings absolutely love her. Only, she gets a little mad when people mispronounce her name - she bats her foot and says "It's a-LEES! aaaa-LEEEEEESS!" They have vowed to go back to that hotel once a year, so Alice can revisit it.
Almost immediately after getting back to London, Bat had a gut feeling she was pregnant - after three pregnancies, it was all it took. And she was right! Nine months later, Hugh Adam was born. Hugh was named after both of his grandfathers. Jonas and Zero were very happy, even though they are still greatly outnumbered by the girls!
(I might have stretched a bit - hope that's ok! =)
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