DH: Noah Francis Batting
DW: Courtney Sarah (James) Batting
DD: Hannah Mary James-Batting
DS: Eli Benjamin James-Batting
DD: Rachel Anne James-Batting
DD: Eve Nina James-Batting
DD: Noa Sally James-Batting
DS: Isaac Joel James-Batting
DS: Daniel Frederick James-Batting
DW: Hannah Mary (James-Batting) Reyney
DH: Jaden James Reyney
DD: Madaline Anna Marie Reyney "Maddie"
DS/DD: Jacob Benjamin John Reyney "Jake" / Isabel Sarah Tabitha Reyney "Issy"
DS: Matthew Joe Samuel Reyney "Matt"
DH: Eli Benjamin James-Batting
DW: Emma Josie Smith
DS: Caleb Ben James-Batting
DD/DD: Hannah Abigail James-Batting / Rebecca Ruth James-Batting
DS/DD: Ruben Jack James-Batting / Molly Stella James-Batting
DS: Nathan Ty James-Batting
DW: Rachel Anne (James-Batting) Daniels
DH: David Beau Daniels
DaD: Elise Martyna Daniels
DaS: Isaac Rolan Daniels (from Russia)
DaD: Celeste Avani Daniels (from India)
DaD: Kate Izabela Klaudia Daniels (from Poland)
DaD: Ashley Macy Daniels
DW: Eve Nina (James-Batting) Szimy
DH: Andrew Troy Szimy
DS: Raphael Tomas Szimy
DS: Griffin Brady Szimy
DW: Noa Sally (James-Batting) Vinnie
DH: Malachi Drew Vinnie
DD: Amira Jael Vinnie
DS: Avi Zack Vinnie
DD/DD: Ayana Brooke Vinnie / Aaliyah Paige Vinnie
DD: Aurelia Sage Vinnie
DD: Angelique Ivy Vinnie
DH: Isaac Joel James-Batting
DW: Davina Skye (Hillison) James-Batting
DD/DS: Madison Hallie James-Batting / Cody Zane James-Batting
DS/DD: Landon Reece James-Batting / Payton Kelsey James-Batting
DH: Daniel Frederick James-Batting
DW: Stella Emily James-Batting
DD: Claudia Juliet James-Batting
DD: Marina Ingrid James-Batting
DD: Victoria Sylvia James-Batting
All of our children officially have their own children now! Within the last four years lots has happened to this family.
I will start with my oldest child, my daughter Hannah and her husband Jaden. They now have four Maddie, Jake, Issy and Matt.
Maddie is now ten. She is excelling in school and her favourite subject is art. She takes tai kwon do lessons twice a week and absolutely loves it. She has been seeing a psychologist for a year now as a year ago one of her best friends was killed in a car crash. She was completely devastated and was crying for days. She still is very depressed but is definately getting better. Her psychologist is a girl called Ellen and Maddie completely adores her.
Jake and Issy are now seven and are ecstatic to be in 'big kid school'! Jake loves sports and plays Soccer and football. He also has swimming lessons which he takes with Issy. Issy loves music and plays the piano and violin, which is part of a school orchestra program. Issy absolutely idolises Maddie and loves her to bits, whereas Jake prefers to idolise his daddy, who regularly takes them both out to Daddy-Son fishing trips.
Matt is now four and loves big brother Jake. He can't wait to be able to go fishing with Jake and his dad. He as a big bright smile which just lights up a room perfectly. He loves playing with trucks and in Sandpits.
Eli and Emma had two sets of twins just like that! They recently bought a new house and the kids love it.
Caleb, their oldest, is now eight. He is having a bit of trouble making friends at school, so Eli and Emma decided to take him to musical-theatre classes once a week to help him make friends, and that is definately helping. He loves singing and loves giving performances to the family.
Hannah and Rebecca are now five. They both are identical twins, and both have brown hair and brown eyes. This year they entered Kindergarton and they both love playing with dolls. They have also both been enrolled in a modelling company since they were four months old, and have had acting jobs in advertisements and their agent, Harry Lochear , is now saying that he is planning for them to audition for a major movie coming up, called 'Too many children'. Eli and Emma are thinking about it and I personally hope that they say yes to the idea because I think it would be lovely to have two famous people in the family. Hannah and Rebecca really want to do this because they love acting.
Ruben and Molly are two. Molly wants to do dancing but her parents think that they will consider it when she is a bit older. Ruben isn't doing well with speaking so they have him in speech pathology where they are teaching him to say more words more clearly.
Nathan is the newborn of the family. He was born on Dec 15 at 7.18am and weighed 7lbs 5oun. He tends to cry quite a bit but loves being with his siblings and mummy. Grandpa Noah just loves him to bits.
Rachel and David have adopted three more children since last time, and they are absolutely part of the family.
All of her children are currently at school but Isaac, Celeste and Kate need tutoring in english, and Elise and Ashley need tutoring in maths, since they do not understand it. Elise has red hair, green eyes and a bright smile. Isaac has brown hair and brown eyes. Celeste has black hair and dark, almost black, brown eyes. Kate has light blonde hair and blue eyes and Ashley has brown hair and hazel eyes.
Eve and Andrew win the prize for the smallest family in our family with only two boys, Raphael, 5 and Griffin, 2. They do not want anymore children.
Raphael is a boy-boy. He is tough and doesn't understand why you shouldn't hit or push people just because you don't get your way. Eve and Andrew never noticed how aggressive he is, but they are now starting to realise and are planning to send him to basketball. Raphael loves playing with water and he seems to be always in their pool. He doesn't go to swimming lessons yet, but he is pressuring his dad to take him.
Griffin is very different to Raphael. He is very sweet and patient. He just loves having a cuddle from any person he knows. He loves playing with trains.
Noa and Malachi now have six chilren: Amira, Avi, Ayana, Aaliyah, Aurelia and Angelique. They've built special house. They built a 'house' for each of the children. Each 'house' includes a bathroom, bedroom, kitchen and loungeroom/playroom. They believe that this will teach the children how to be individuals. I personally think it is a great idea. The kids are allowed to style their house anyway they want. They can use their pocket money to buy stuff for their house, with mummy and daddy's permission. In their little houses none of the children have a stove, or anything dangerous. They each have a 'front door' with a doorbell. They are only allowed to actually live full-time in their house until they are seven. So basically the children now all live in their own house since:
Amira is eleven
Avi is ten
Ayana and Aaliyah are nine
Aurelia is eight
Angelique is seven
Amira's bedroom is blue, since that is her favourite colour. She has her own tv in the lounge room which has one big comfy couch. She also has beanbags in her lounge room. Her bathroom has a shower, bath and a toilet in it. She is the only one allowed to stock her own fridge, and in it she stocks lots of fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat (which she gets daddy to cook). We are extremely proud of her for keeping so healthy.
Avi's bedroom is red. In his lounge he has a tv and lots of beanbags. He doesn't have a couch because he doesn't think he really needs one. His bathroom has a bath, shower and a toilet in it. His bathroom is always clean because he hates cleaning stuff afterwoods. With his pocket money, he often buys games for his XBox. He absolutely loves his house, as it gives him a lot of privacy from his five sisters.
Ayana's bedroom is green. Her lounge room has a tv and a couch. She also has a small table and chairs so she can eat dinner without getting it all over the couch. Her bathroom has a shower and a toilet. She loves decorating her bathroom. She has colour co-ordinated all of the towels and refuses to buy anything for the bathroom that isn't green or doesn't go with green.
Aaliyah's bedroom is yellow, and it has a desk and a radio in it.
This message was edited 1/15/2008, 10:17 PM