gorgeous little chubby chops
July 31, 2010 | Posted in that's life.....
Oh my – this adorable girl was so delectable – I could have gobbled her up.
Some gorgeous chuckling, and a good old cuddle from Daddy….
yet another chuckle……
and lastly… a group hug and some tucker…….
It was a pleasure to spend the afternoon with all of the A’s – thank-you for coming to visit!
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squishable
July 11, 2010 | Posted in that's life.....
This gorgeous little boy just blew me away. Check out that hair. And those lips. The eyes. Aww – I just wanted to squish him up and keep him. Little B is 6 months old and is so close to being on the move.
Thank-you M & M for bringing this little package of goodness to visit me. I think he will be keeping you on your toes!
mini mini mini sessions…
June 29, 2010 | Posted in photography, that's life.....
Last Saturday I held a mini mini session day. it was super successful and the gorgeous families that came to see me were fabulous!
here is a super sneak peek for everyone!
Such fun to be had!
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just a quickie…
June 11, 2010 | Posted in that's life.....
Oh golly – life seems to be passing me y oh so quickly. This gorgeous little bean is early six months old. I am not quite sure where those months went. They have been a whirlwind of stuff.
Things are motoring along here at the rate of knots. Mum is doing well – thank-you to EVERYONE for all the strength and thoughts – I truly appreciate it.
My Ms are all wonderful.. the three biggest ones consume 16 weetbix between them each morning. Needless to say i seem to spend alot of time grocery shopping!
xo
crap crap crappity crap
May 25, 2010 | Posted in that's life.....
Sometimes things don’t go as planned. Other times they do. It’s just the way it goes. We all have a crappy moments – you know – you step in a puddle and your shoes get wet and it is only 3′C outside – so now you have a frozen foot, then you drop your keys down a drain and your umbrella turns inside out. You try and use your mobile phone to call for help – but the battery has conked out. Your four little children are having a a puddle party – but are wet to the core and you have no spare clothes. Crap. Things are just not going well. You deal with it.
Things are not quite going to PLAN.
My world came tumbling down on Friday at precisely 3:56pm. Mum called. She gave it to me straight. Livercancer.Monthstolive. If I say it super quickly – it may not be true. CRAP CRAP CRAPPITY CRAP. Saying it quickly didn’t help.
Needless to say, there has been alot of crying. You know what. Get your cameras out. Go and have fun. Drop absolutely everything that seems important (that really isn’t) and go and enjoy it. If your little tribe of people want a lolly after breakfast every now and then – let them.
I am just waffling. I am not looking for massive amounts of sympathy. Sympathy and tears isn’t going to help. (I tried crying. The cancer is still there. ) The cancer is there and it is going to do it’s thing. I just need some strength for my girls. Lots of strength. My Wilbur is out in the middle of the ocean feeling helpless watching and listening to my tears via skype.
We are going to enjoy our time and have fun and just be. BUT I need strength lots of it. Please send me some – and go and love your family.
Having said that – I realised that I have zero to no photos of mum. Definitely none with her and our girls. None with her and myself. We are going to fix that. We started over the weekend and spent some time just being together. They are perfect. Okay – so they may not be technically correct, blurry and overexposed – but they are of US. Enjoy – I certainly will.
murphys law…
May 14, 2010 | Posted in that's life.....
Or in this case Murphy, Milla and Mackenzie’s law…….. ‘if Mum is feeling crook, and she stupidly stays up late to do some work – let’s conspire to keep her awake for the rest of the night’. Well kids – it worked. Not in your favour – coz now I am tired AND grumpy. Will push on.
Today is International Bloggers without makeup Day (as decreed by Jodie over at Mummy Mayhem). In this house it is International bloggers without makeup day EVERYDAY. I don’t have time nor the knowledge to put on makeup. I might splash on a bit of five year old mascara (do those things have a use by date?) if I have a sudden wish to look beyoootiful. Otherwise it’s just plain skin for me. Anyway – I tought I’d play along with Jodie – and post a picture of me right now – sans makeup…. as usual.
I’m also going to play along with Brenda and FLOG MY BLOG! It’s flog yo blog friday today – so I am a floggin’ my blog!
Here’s her little button – play along ……
Today – apart from blog flogging and no make-up wearing, I am going to finish up two clients galleries, bake some cookies for the school market tomorrow, finish up some blog{ART}, turn somersaults with Murph, toss Milla in the air and
not much to not like
May 13, 2010 | Posted in that's life.....
about that picture.
My favourite little people are in it. The ONE is in it. I am hiding in the back there – in all my metal-mouthed glory.
OH WOW – it’s a photo of all of us. At once. Together.
How often does that happen. In the five thousand six hundred and fifty-eight million photos I have lurking electronically around this house – I think I am in maybe 10 of them. I don’t like having my photo taken. Especially not with this mouthful of ugly metal. I hate the way my mouth looks. Oh – and my eyes. I look like some sort of weird rubber lipped googly eyed martian with massive teeth who thinks it is fashionable to wear metal in its mouth. There – I said it. I got my gripe out about myself and just happened to ruin what could have been still will be a beautiful blog post about my glorious family.
As I type – I have Milla feeding from her never-ending supply of milk. She seems to be a little more settled at present – always a good thing – for both her sanity and mine. When she is not feeding or sleeping – she generally just lays around and looks awfully cute. I like that in a child. She does it quietly.
Murphy on the other hand is less quiet. She’s a subtle as a rhino walking across bubble-wrap. “Mummio – hungwy“. “Hello Millaaaacaterpillarrr“. I type in bold – coz that’s how she speaks.Truly. It’s like before she says anything – she selects her words, highlights them, clicks on ctrl-b and then speaks yells. Boldly.
Oh oh oh. Have you checked out MAEVE yet. Specifically my little piece – CARAVAN LOVE. Make sure you check out the whole thing – it’s a fabulous read. Lovely with a nice cup of jasmine tea. (lovely with other sorts of tea I’m sure – it’s just that jasmine is all I have!)
Over the next few days I have a million things to do. I am going to kick this little buggy thing that is starting to make its home inside my throat, and then I am going to work like a banshee. blog{ART} to design. KCP shoots to blog. Fun to be had all round really. Kisses and cuddles to bestow upon my tribe.
totally inspired by this….hoopla!
May 9, 2010 | Posted in that's life.....
Everyone needs to watch the video. Fabulousness.
Let’s give this hooping thing a go. Thanks to Sara for the inspiration…
How to make the hoop, and stuff for decorating, and some general circussy hoopy stuff. Just in case you need some light reading – here’s the history of hooping.
Now – let’s get hooping!
Up up and away
April 30, 2010 | Posted in photography, that's life.....
Ok. So I have been absent. A screaming baby will do that to you. Something had to give. Since I couldn’t give Milla to anyone – blogging had to go. Horrendous choice I know. I apologise.
Milla is doing much better. A combination of medication and excellent chiropractic care seem to be making things manageable.
Currently I am on my way to the airport. This is the up up and away part of the post. Port Douglas here I come. Thanks Canon. (no pictures or pretty links coz blogging from the iPhone won’t let me).
testing testing tested….
April 16, 2010 | Posted in photography, that's life.....
See that little face up there. Those poor little red eyes. That’s what you get when you spend the day screaming.
Yesterday was tough. Super tough. I had a super horrid night’s sleep – both Milla and Murphy tag teamed it through the night – and managed to keep me from sleeping too much. Murphy decided that it was the night where she would like to go to the potty thank you very much rather than use her nappy. At 12:15am. WHAT! Who was the duffer that toilet trained a two year old that still can’t even pull down her own pants? Whilst I was dealing with that – the light woke Miss Milla. Apparently 12:15am is the PERFECT time for a feed thanks mummy. Even though she hasn’t had a night time feed in oh – um – 8 weeks. I tell you what – I whipped that booby out quick smart and she had the quickest feed she’s ever had – threw her back into bed and attempted sleep – only to be woken again by Murph grizzling. She ended up in bed with me. Humpf. Akin to sleeping with Mr Snuffaluffugus.
SO – I started the day all cranky.
I walked off some of the cranks – but then then it all went pear-shaped. Milla spent hours screaming. Blood curdling. I just though she was over-tired – so I kept trying to resettle etc etc etc. To no avail. Happened upon our gorgeous Maternal & Child health nurse (whoops – I unknowingly missed my appointment….) who mentioned reflux as the casue. Quick call to the fabulous Dr L. I am now armed with medication and tools for combat. We will get through today.
Oh – did I mention – my favourite external hard drive also had a case of the cranks. Fixed that up quick smart!
On a fabulous note – I received my travel itinerary for the Canon photo5 trip! So excited. (quick newsflash for new readers – I won the ‘portraiture‘ category in the 2009 Canon photo5 competition. My prize was a Canon 5D MkII, 24-105L series lens and a 3 day trip to tropical North Queensland). It looks to be fabulous! Am looking forward to meeting Chris Bray – awesome adventures he has!
Oh oh oh – on ANOTHER fabulous note……. the fabulous MAEVE magazine will be debuting in 15 days…….. check out this little tidbit……..
Today will be a good day. A little bitty babe is coming here to be captured – looking forward to meeting him. Milla will be restful and happy, Murphy will not be too cyclonic, Madison will have a fabulous day and Mackenzie will ROCK her little world.
