Beautiful girl

She always catches me with one of her big smiles at just the right time.

Yesterday this beautiful loved up couple came into the library, looking fresh yet like they just rolled out of bed after having sex all day. They had that look about them.. you know? Like they had just gotten dressed so they can get some coffee and supplies and had nothing planned except perhaps watching a movie or two, reading a bit before having an uninterrupted meal and going to bed again.
'You want a dvd or something to read baby?' he had said as he passed the desk. They wandered around the library, hand in hand, pointing out books on crafting and the new best sellers. 'I hate you' I grumbled under my breath.

I never get to read, and if I do its usually when i should be doing something else and I'm racked with guilt. I never get to stroll through anywhere hand in hand with my love, since one of us is generally chasing after a toddler dead set on destruction and the other is holding a baby who probably just puked all over her self.

I was thinking about those two this morning, mumbling to myself as I rolled out of bed at 6am for the 8th time since going to 'sleep' (ha!) at 11pm the night before. Evie had thought 10pm was a good time to play and be AWAKE! ...and also 1am, 2:30ish am, between 4-5am and now at 6am she was back at it, squee-ing and bouncing around in her cot. 6am, by all means was a sleep in for us, but I could help but think those two arty gorgeous creatures who didn't look tired AT ALL were probably cuddled up happily in slumber-land.

But then she smiled up at me as I look down into her cot, shes always such a happy baby and always in a good mood. It contagious, it makes everything ok again.

I think about when I feed her a bottle, its so special considering I hardly get a chance to do it. I love the night time bottle the most when I can hear the chaos outside and ZJ banging some toy against the coffee table. But we are sitting in the dark and cool. I have her in my arms and she looks up at me and catches me looking, she will smile and her eyes do this light up thing which makes my heart skip. Her little tiny fingers will curl around my finger and everything seems right, and in its place and that the 5am wakeup calls, the misery of working my arse off... its all worth it.

One of her smiles fixes everything.

Week 6

Thought I repost this with the review of this nail polish I figured I would write but never got round to it. I mean, if I'm going to wear 52 different nail polishes this year I might as well talk about them right?



Smurf blood blue. Thats not actually what it was called -Avon would never call it something like that. Could you imagine the Avon lady trying to sell that?
It should of been though, it was the perfect mushed up smurf colour. I loved it! I'm not entirely sold that blue hues suit my skin colouring, or the hordes of bright pink clothes I seem to have (?? Where did these come from?) bt I still enjoyed it for the week.

It went on ok. I seemed to screw up the first try though. For some reason this always happens to me and I end up taking it off and redoing it. seeming t strip my nails with nail polish remover makes the next load go on better? I don't know.
It was a bit thin and because its fairly fast drying you have to have your wits about you while doing it (i.e not doing it on your cofee table at 10pm when you are meant to be in bed because you have been up since 4 and have had 5904375943 coffees). I got good comments about it though sot he second coat I put on must of hid the crappy application/streakiness.

I was mildly surprised at its staying on power too. I'm as librarian so I'm constantly bumping my nails against books and desks as I check in, shelve and whatnot, so nail polishes (especially considering I never use any sort of top coat, i don't have time for that sort of carry on) has to be pretty good to last more than a day without chipping, and this lasted about 3 days before I saw a real noticeable chunk missing - so it gets ticks for that (honestly, my life is brutal on my nails).

Avon Nailwear Pro in Misty Blue - 3/5 stars.

♥ list

Absolutely adore this song and advert.

'You are Here' print by Hellogoodbyeagain.

I love honest cards ;) This one is by Sycamore Street Press.

Je t'aime.

Anti Valentines day card on Etsy. Especially love the inside!

Better Together by MiniMooshee

Eclair - 6 months

Beautiful girl

My best friend in the whole world's little girl. She takes my breath away.
It was such an awesome experience meeting her for the first time.

New Friends

I hope they grow up to be as close as their mamas. ♥

♥ list

Love these tags by BOiS on Etsy.

Sometimes, I feel i really need something like this hanging around my neck. 

 I want to be able to pull something like this awesome dress off. 

As in, keeping it on and looking good in it. You dirty dirty minded people.

Cute!

Want want want wanttttttttttttt.

So cute, so sweet. Bird Bobby Pin on Etsy.

I will always love that image.

Competition

Paying it forward competition!

I have had some utterly lovely people and families bless me with their support over the past year or two and to help pay that love and support forward, I would like to introduce a new competition.

The prize is a childrens, family or maternity session for one lucky person/family worth over $100!
The winner will receive a 30-60 minute shoot at a location of their choice and will get 30-40 colour and black and white high res print ready images on a CD - to do with as they wish.

You can enter for yourself, for friends and family or even just someone random you think is deserving of a little treat. 

Enter in three easy steps:

1. you need to 'like' the Kate Armstrong Photography page on facebook to become a fan or become a 'follower' below.

2. Tweet, blog or share this competition on your Facebook wall.

3. leave a comment with your name (or the name person you are nominating) and your email over at my website here...

You may enter as many names as you like provided you repeat step 2&3 each time you do it. 

The winner will be announced on the 30th of March 2011.

Please note, the person must be located in or will be happy to come to Auckland to receive this prize. 

Thanks again to all the wonderful people who have encouraged and supported me over the past two years. 

.♥.

Eclair, 5.5 months

The nailpolish thing.

Week 5, yo.



So far, my most favourite of them all.

BYS in Cherry Bomb - 4.5/5 stars!