emily { a newborn session }

Emily was nine days old for her visit to my studio. She is such a cute little bubba. Her mum and I go way back to my uni days.

I have been using my new timber backdrop for lots of newborns session lately, loving the dark tones it brings to the background. Goes beautifully with the timber drawer. I would love about five more of these drawers but they arent that easy to find!

darcy { seven months old }

Darcy and his big brother Jasper came to visit my studio and I think Darcy had the most smiles ever in one photo sessoin. He is such a happy little boy and this is such a wonderful age to photograph as well. They give me lots of great expressions, they can sit up by themselves but they cant crawl away from me yet. You really get a sense of their personality from a photo session at this age. And Darcy is such a happy little man.

leo { twenty one months old }

See that middle pic of Leo, on the trike, laughing? Id like to think it was me because he thought I was funny, but we were right at the end of the session, Leo was over it, and his mum pulled out all the stops to get him to laugh.

Leo's big sister Sadie was there and who could resist getting some shots of this beautiful girl?

miss evie { eleven months old }

What a cutie. After a false start ( can i still blame it on baby brain? ) we regrouped and got some cute shots of Miss Evie, she was a very big fan of the rocking horse, and looked super cute in her pink polka dot bloomers.

kade and bianca

I had photographed Bianca when she was Kades age, so we thought we best get some shots of Kade at about the same age, before their new little brother or sister comes along. Kades loves cars and firetrucks so I incoprorated them into the session. Lets just say that his big sister was a much more willing subject, and Im very thankful she was there doing puppet shows and making him laugh by chasing Barbie around with Batman.

little miss emily jane { twelve months old }

This beautiful girl is Emily Jane. Often known as Emjay. I used to think she didnt like me, which was going to make things difficult seeing as my kids and these two will probably grow up together. But since this shoot I have changed my mind. Emily loves me. She loves my camera. She barely stopped smiling the WHOLE time. She is the sweetest little thing. Love that girl. And look at her big brother smooching up on her.... awwww.

rhys and nate { four and a half months old }

My handsome little men. Just love these boys! The bottom two with their MILK hats was their official shoot, and the other three was just a five minute pop them on the floor type session cause they were being so smiley for me. The past couple of months has been a blur, not just from when the twins were born but the pregnancy too. Then they do a little happy dance when I see them first thing in the morning and you just think it couldnt be possible to have a heart big enough to love that much.

miss emily j.

The sweetest girl. She was born at twenty eight weeks and gave us all a scare,  but she has since shown her determined spirit and come home with her colours flying. She was born Christmas day was meant to be three months older than the twins but ended up about two weeks older instead. Her parents are some of my favourite people in the whole wide world. They would have to be for me to do a shoot at the moment, we had all five kids here, it was total chaos! But i got to snuggle and photograph this precious little girl, and that made my day.

ella & connor

I always appreciate the effort my clients go to for their session, with all their gorgeous clothes and getting everything co-ordinated.  We had to postpone this session from the original date and i think their Mum was worried I was going into labour on the day but we made it through and got some great shots of two amazing kids.

cooper { seven months old }

Hello big brown eyed boy. I bet you are gonna break some hearts.

billy { nine days new }

Little Billy came to vist me and he bought his two gorgeous big sisters with him. Doesnt he have the type of cheeks you just want to smother with kisses? And those squishy lips....

grace isabella & amelia

Recovering from a sick day here at the Rocket Ranch, not really what i need right now, nothing pregnancy related though so thats all good. Thought I would brighten my day with these three gorgeous girls. Arent they pretty?

indy { eight months old }

Indy thought my vintage pram was very cool but I think she was more impressed with Stitches the Bunny than she was with me.

{ Fabulous bunny from the lovely Suzanne Houghton Designs }