Starting 'em early...

I didn't realise how much is missed taking pictures of my little guy. And he is a little GUY now, not a baby anymore. When did this happen!?

A love list

Its been a while... The love list thing AND the blogging thing.

I've been feeling a bit down about alot of stuff and total exhaustion was starting to take its toll this morning. Things always seem 100 times worse when you are dog tired.

I got sent to the bedroom to lay down and watch Castle reruns until I fell asleep. Ended up sleeping the entire afternoon!

So, without further ado, a love list.



♥ Pulling all the couch cushions onto the floor, dog piling with the boys and watching crap TV
♥ Baby giggles
♥ That lock of curl on the left side of ZJ's head
♥ Pancakes on Saturday mornings (courtesy of Julian)
♥ Being organised and ready to go
♥ Quiet time with a milo, some bikkies and photos to edit
♥ Watching my cheeky monkey explore, engage and get excited

The "Baby Space".

My due date community on LJ are posting pics of their nurseries and 'baby spaces'. Compared to the others this is so freaking bland and boring...but I'm loving our bedroom and 'baby space' in the afternoon light and I was busy processing photos anyway...so hey, pictures! ;)



The cot is a hand me down teethed on distressed beauty from my brother (as ZJ is still in his one) and the duvet and cot border is a Peter Rabbit hand me down from my partner's sister in law.

While Evie is little we will probably use the bottom half of the cot as a changing station. We did have a change table (aother hand me down from Simon's sister in law) but to be honest we usually always changed ZJ on the bed or on the floor of the lounge.. so it was pointless. What you can't see in the pics is the Safe-T-Sleep under the duvet and the hundreds of swaddle blankets and nappies at the bottom of the cot :)



Sheldon and Jermaine - Evie's cot protectors ;)


And thats it ya'll! Seriously... Mondo Budget.

Oh and here are the pics on the wall (click for a bigger view) - These were taken by me of my partner and I each holding our son when he was 8 days old. I LOVE these two pictures.

Meet Cooper!

A Little sneak peak from a shoot I did the other day. Such a sweet little baby!








P.S Sorry about the AWOL-ness lately! its been a busy and stressful month.

Beautiful nieces

It was my niece Heidi's second birthday today... Which involved lots of cupcakes (with dinosaurs on top!!!), party food and good company - which is pretty much what the doctor ordered for us. Its been a crap few weeks and it was nice just to chill and watch the kiddos run around with food on their faces.

I also let my brother loose with my camera. Here are a few pics he took, and i processed in Lightroom, of my beautiful wee nieces.

Birthday girl Heidi


     

Grrr! Says Amelia

Little boys like to eat dirt and rocks

I have been dying to share these pictures from a client shoot a month or two back, but since the pictures were for a birthday present surprise, I didn't want to upload them to the internet just in case the birthday boy came across them somehow.

This was a fun and easy wee shoot, Zach got a bit sick of staying put and looking at a camera when all he wanted to do was little boy things such as eat rocks & dirt/explore/get the car keys etc etc but otherwise is was lots of fun.












Big big thanks to Anna for letting me share these with people!

My mucky faced cheesy smiling big boy

<3

The Pine Cone Adventure

There is only one way to the pinecones in our yard. It requires getting out a shut door, down some steep stairs, over some little rocks and across some damp mossy ground. Then reverse that to get back to the warm lounge.

Apparently 16 month olds find it fun to go adventuring without mama or daddy noticing.

Parenting Fail. But he was ever so proud of himself.

Busy bees

I've been given some enforce 'bed rest' (im choosing to ignore the 'bed' part of this) by my midwife this week so I'm using my time wisely on doing stuff to this place that I've been meaning to do for months.

So as you can see, ive created a new header and menu bar along the top. I had so much fun doing this stuff and wish i could do more of it.

As well as cosmetic stuff, I've been busy coming up with photography packages and redoing the way I offer my photographic services. Here is what is on offer right now, if you know of anyone who may be wanting some photography work done, please please please, pass on my details - it would be greatly appreciated!

Click to see larger :)

My brain is utterly bursting with ideas of where i can take my photography and graphics and I'm just itching to get started.

16 months

Its hard to believe that my little man is 16 months old.



I have a walking, giggling, guilt tripping, adorable and hilarious child, and sometimes I sit back and wonder how this all came about.