Personality Traits

The babies are getting bigger and bigger and will be nine months old this coming Wednesday. They are all so different and each have their own personality that it is sometimes hard for me to remember that they were all born at the same time and lived so closely together in my womb (then I just have to look down at my saggy, flabby belly and oh yes, I remember it all very well).
I always thought that multiples would have this bond, this special link, that even though they are different they would kinda be the same. But this could not be father from the truth.
It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that they even started to acknowledge each other. Quinn and Claire seem to have developed this really cool little bond. They get so excited to see each other. They are always "talking" to each other, especially when they should be sleeping but Jake really doesn't seem to notice the other babies expect for when they are in his way.
I have nick-named Jake the "Bulldozer." For Jake, the quickest way to something is to plow over anything and anyone in his way. He would rather go through the changing table than around it or under the chair than along side of it.
Quinn on the other hand needs to climb on everything. This is his preferred method of getting places. He loves to climb up three stairs and then when he get there is so proud of himself that he lets go, turns around and ultimately falls, cries and then tries to get right back up there. He also has become a bully. When he wants something he doesn't let anyone stand in his way. He has even been known to take things away from Hayden. I don't how long this will last; I keep waiting for one of the other kids to "fight" back. Watch out Quinn, your bullying days are numbered.
And then there is Claire, the baby of the family and the only girl and let me tell you that she has taken the role quiet seriously. She seems to always be in Jake's way and get bull over or she is constantly climbed upon by Quinn and let me tell you, God blessed her with a good set of lungs. She, at the young age of 8 months, had perfected the "somebody's picking on me" cry (actually it is more like a screech). For anyone out there who has girls, I am sure you know what I am talking about. This is a new thing for me, a mother of mostly boys. Boys don't have a cry like this. I am told, by a girlfriend of mine, that it only gets worse as they get older (Yeah, something to look forward to). Anyway, the other girly thing that Claire loves, is talking on the phone and for this I blame her aunt. Claire knows the sound of the phone, she will stop playing and look for the person on the phone. When you hold her and are on the phone, she smiles at it, tries to hold it and talks into it. I hope this is not a preview of years to come but I am sure that as soon as is able, she will have a phone glued to her head or being using whatever communication device that is popular at the time.
They all, including Hayden, amaze me. Each little personality, each little like and dislike, each little quark. I know that this is going to make for a very interesting, to say the least, road ahead.