siblings {december}


One of the loveliest things about having three children is that overnight we doubled the siblings that our children have. Instead of just one person to grow up with, share history with, drive crazy, push to the limit and love unconditionally; they now have two.

It also means that there are so many more sibling relationships to watch and love. There is the big brother and big sister twosome, my original pair of siblings; so often mistaken for twins, completely thick as thieves and the very best of friends. Then there is big brother and little sister; he is so terribly protective of her, so gentle and careful with her, and in turn she stares at him adoringly and gives him some of her best smiles. Then there is big sis and "little sissy" as she keeps calling her, my girls; who I'm sure will be quite a force to be reckoned with in time, at the moment their relationship is a muddle of copious cuddles and generally finding the other one fascinating. 

And then of course there is the three of them together; my three little loves; a little gang. The three of them together means a lot of smiling and a lot of laughter, a fair amount of us reminding them to calm down and to quiet down and to be gentle, and a hefty amount of me feeling like I need to pinch myself.


One thing I am very quickly learning about life with three, is that while I'm finding the logistics of three relatively easy, photographing three is HARD. When you're dealing with three little people your chances of someone screwing up the shot by moving or pulling a weird face or looking away are pretty high. And newborns aren't really that versatile when it comes to getting in a photo with the big kids too, so this month they're all lying down... again. I think you've got a few more months of these lying down sibling photos to look forward to from me, but maybe by the spring we can get a bit more adventurous again. 

It's crazy to think that this post brings another year of Siblings to a close. 2015 Siblings... done! At the beginning of this year I really didn't think there would be a third little face featuring in my photos this year, but I really could not be more glad that there is. And I love that I have monthly photos of this little team of three, right from the very start. And it's actually really exciting to think how this dynamic will change over the coming year and how different they'll all be when I sit down to round up Siblings for 2016.


And because I simply cannot finish off a year without a little collage to show for it, here is our 2015 sibling story...


This month I'm sending you to visit Carie's three lovely children; another two girls and a boy combo, but this time with the boy in the youngest slot. It's so lovely to see the dynamics between her children shine out of her photos, and she has such a beautiful way with words when describing them too.

dear beautiful



25 comments

  1. Sounds like they all have such wonderful relationships with one another and together. Beautiful photos x

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  2. Aww I remember this! It's so awesome seeing all those different relationships emerge, especially as I only had a sister so I had nothing to compare it to, and it just gets better and better as they get older and the littlest one gets a bit more interactive!

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  3. Oh Lucy these are so beautiful, it's amazing seeing their journey. I love all of your photos, and little girl is so cute. She looks a lot like you the littlest one. What a beautiful family you have. You're so blessed. Gorgeous xxx

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  4. They are so gorgeous ano there is clearly a lot of love there. Glad to hear all is going so well even if the photography is a bit challenging 😊 xx

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  5. So, so adorable! And yes, I can well imagine the logistics of photographing three being tricky, as I find 2 challenging enough!

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  6. Wow - can't believe that's the siblings done for 2015, how crazy! I love coming over to your blog to see your little ones, they are just the cutest and we can't wait to see how they develop next year!

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  7. What an exciting year it has been! I love looking back over the photos and seeing the differences each month. Gorgeous photos this month too x

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  8. They look like they have always been a three. They have gone from two to three seamlessly and as an observer it feels like the littlest has always been there. You have a beautiful family Lucy - it's an honour to watch them grow. Thanks for hosting this lovely linky, it's one of my favourites x

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  9. I happen to love the lying down shots! They are very cute. And love all the yellow. Your littlest lady is looking so grown up in these. x

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  10. Oh Lucy its truly amazing to see the year in review, I loved looking back at all ours too. It just shows you how much they grow up and change month to month and I love see Flump in the photos at the end watching your beautiful family literally grow. So lovely to see. Gorgeous end of the year Siblings. Thank you so much for hosting. Can't wait to do it all again next year.

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  11. I've loved writing and taking photos for Siblings since my second baby arrived in March! Lok forward to joining in next year too. I do love that first photo of your three!

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  12. Gorgeous photos of your little trio this month - love the expression on your littlest lady's face when she's being kissed by her big brother and sister. I can imagine that trying to get a photo of all three is quite challenging! Lovely to look back over your year of siblings photos too and see the little changes (and one big one) that this year has brought. Thank you for hosting #Siblings during 2015, it has been so lovely to join in and I hope you and your beautiful family have a wonderful first Christmas as a quintet :-)

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  13. Lovely ending to a wonder sibling year. Little lady is growing up so quickly and getting so big. I love the laying down shots. They are very handy when babies are so young. I can't even imagine photographing three, two is hard enough xx

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  14. Isn't it incredible to watch their relationships grow. With my three a little further down their road than yours I'm so excited for you knowing what's to come! Next year is going to be amazing for you to watch x

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  15. Aww this makes me well up thinking about the changing dynamics for my own boys this coming year! So lovely to look back over the year. I cant wait until March when I can look back at our first year of photos :) xx

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  16. Beautiful! You're making me broody with your gorgeous photos of 3! I think our first few months of siblings involved mostly lying down too xxx

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  17. I love the lying down pictures! They're adorable. So lovely to see the collage of your children also! You have such lovely photos of them! x

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  18. This is so lovely, I cannot imagine life with 3 but the way you describe it makes me wish I had another - to make a gang. xxx

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  19. I love the lying down pictures! They are so adorable, love the yellow!!
    Also such stunning photos in your yearly collage - I only wish for mine to be that good.

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  20. This is so lovely to read. The logistics of three is definitely different, but I love it too. Beautiful photos x

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  21. Gorgeous photos. They do look like twins indeed but the little girl is awfully cute. #siblings

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  22. It is lovely to see them all together. It is different having three, but so lovely. Gorgeous photos and lovely piece xx

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  23. I was one of three (2 brothers) and I can just imagine my mum wanting to have photos like this of us :)

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  24. Just gorgeous! I love the ones with the three of them on the bed, so cute xx

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  25. Lovely photos Lucy! Amazing that we've completed another year already. I have a photo for every month the boys have been alive, taken on the same day. It's certainly getting harder as they're getting older!! Love seeing the pics of your three together — just lovely. Merry Christmas to you and yours, from me and mine! X #Siblings

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