my dude... | Mornington childrens photographer

comming to visit me while I work away in the office. He popped on the Superman/Clark Kent glasses so he was all dressed and ready to be my assistant :) My little buddy who brightens my day doing his crazy little things. His Ethy-isms.

Still here... | Mornington childrens photographer

So where have I been? Just here, balancing the mummy and photographer thing as best as I can :)

August is a crazy month around here. We've had so many birthday parties (seriously FIVE the past weekend), plus Amelia's dedication. There's been school things on, everyone's been sick so I had to be a mum first again, and updates here got put to the back of the to-do list. :) Anyway, we still have a few more birthday parties to get to over the next two weeks, but it's all fun, fun, fun.

I also have had lots of deliveries of yummy, yummy things including albums. I've never shared photos of the gorgeous albums I use. They're all custom made for my gorgeous clients and they are just delish. Seriously (insert another word besides gorgous here LOL), and amazing quality. Swoon, swoon, I just love them. I'll take some photos tomorrow and share before they go out to their excited owners. But organising all of that has taken up a fair bit of time too.

I've also been organising photos to update around our house... seeing as there's a new little person in the family, what better reason for new photos hey. I love decorating with photos and creating galleries of gorgous shots that visitors as well as ourselves love to look at.

So here's a few designs of the latest updates:

These will go above our TV unit (obviously)

These will go in our bedroom. I get to lay my eyes on my gorgeous kiddos first thing every morning. Reminds me how lucky I am every day - awwww.

Miss Millie's own little gallery in her bedroom. I love this one, and just ordered the frames today so can't wait for them to arrive.

And this last one is still waiting of photos to put in it. I have ideas, I just need Melbourne's weather to co-operate with me now.

And then I still need to do the family room, boys room, enterence hall, studio, office and viewing room. Hmm I felt like I was making a dint in the list until I just typed that out LOL.

What do you think. Like them?

And upcomming this week - Jay, Toby and Julijana

Angus' first birthday party | Mornington childrens photography

Angus' first birthday party | Mornington childrens photography

Angus' first birthday party | Mornington childrens photography

Angus' first birthday party | Mornington childrens photography

About a month ago I visited Angus at his home to photograph him as an almost-one-year-old. This past weekend I had the pleasure of photographing his first birthday party. His mum Nicole did such a fantastic job with all the little details. It was a fun afternoon, I'm sure he had a ball. He was totally exhausted by the end. Here is the start of his sneak peeks - there will be more to follow over the next few days.

(like the tags for the goody-bags?)

Millie's morning

Way back in January, and I think on the other (family) blog I did a photo a day challenge, adding a photo every day for the whole month. Well that was the aim, but a certain little miss and her very early arrival caused a bit of a hickup half way through the month and that was that. I loved that way of documenting our lives though, so thought I'd share a little of our family life over at this blog... a little peep inside our home. Here are a few little moments that made up our rainy, wet Friday. (This one's a bit Amelia heavy, but I'll do some more with the boys soon).

[who's bed is it anyway?]

She does this adorable little thing... sucking her two fingers, and then holding that hand in her mouth with the other hand. It makes me giggle.

She's teething and a bit unwell, so she was just not a happy girl today. She just would not crack a smile for me...
... but then Ethan walked in and she just lit up for him.
I enjoyed doing this, so I hope you enjoy seeing them too as there will be more.

Ollie and Co | Mornington Peninsula family photography

Ollie | Mornington Peninsula toddlers

Happy, happy, smiley boy! About 10 mins later those balloons were up up and away :( Lucky he was still happy with his truck. He's just the spunkiest little man, and I just adore the way Cath dressed him! No wonder he's a spunky little monkey, his mummy is over here :) Lots of yummy stuff.