Yesterday I was lucky enough to be able to photograph little E, a gorgeous baby girl who was only 7 days old. It was my first time photographing a baby that young and she was a lovely introduction to the world of newborn photography.
My favourite of the bunch is the third one, where she seems to be practicing her crafty smile. Thanks Sarah & Dave for introducing me to your gorgeous daughter.
I’ve wanted to post these for ages but as they were taken as presents for people I haven’t been able to show them until now.
First up was little A, I know him and his Mum through NCT so it was a nice, relaxed session and I came away with two CF cards full of photos.
Then it was M and his Dad, they were great to photograph, Dad knew exactly what he wanted and M was all smiles and giggles so it was a really speedy, fun shoot.
I didn’t realise it had been so long since I posted here and even though lots of things have happened I’m having trouble finding things to write about or photos to post.
We had a massive amount of snow that refused to leave, I got further with my crocheting, Annie’s stopped eating solid food for 4 or 5 days but it turned out she was teething again so wasn’t as scary as I was imagining. We took two trips to Ikea (my happy place!), I bought Niblet a fantastic sock monkey hat from Etsy, she then thanked me by giving me her cold, I turned 30 and was on the receiving end of my first surprise party!
My birthday was lovely and I want to say thanks again to JB and my family who made it a fantastic weekend long event. I got spoilt with lots of awesome gifts and having all the family together again so soon after Christmas was brilliant :)
Now onto the photos…
jb gave me an early birthday prezzie yesterday, this super cute strawberry hat…
Now I have yet another reason to stick Niblet in front of the camera and generate more photos that she will hate me for in 16 years time – yippee!
The bad news though is that this hat has inspired me to try knitting, or crochet, one last time. Family and friends will know that this idea is a very bad one, one that usually ends with me in tears surrounded by lots of unravelled wool, cursing the hook or needle lying beside me in pieces on the floor.
And yes, it will probably end this way again, but maybe not, maybe this time I will tame the wild wool and actually create something – but don’t hold your breath folks!
Niblet has never been that interested in learning to sit, however since we changed her to the magic, lactose free formula, she has, amongst other things, started sitting up by herself. I assume that her tummy was sore before and didn’t appreciate being scrunched up, but now the pain has gone away she is busy making up for lost time.
It opens up a whole new world of photo possibilities for me and I’m sure it won’t be too long before she’s wishing she could lie down and escape all the attention ;)
To help with teething we have started giving Niblet carrot sticks to gnaw on, it’s been a surprising hit…
With any luck she’ll be far less picky than me, though I’m not counting my chickens just yet!
Today we discovered, as Niblet bit down on my thumb, that she has started sprouting teeth!
Her lower two teeth have had a growth spurt, one is fully broken through and the other is waiting just under the surface taunting us.
I’ve been very proud of the Niblet, she hasn’t been crying or acting up, her face isn’t red and she’s not pulling at her ears or suffering from terrible nappy rash. Admittedly she hasn’t really been herself for the past 2 days, but it was the sort of little signs only JB and I would pick up on, slightly grumpier after a feed, not as happy to sit in the jumperoo and throw her toys for us to fetch – tiny things like that.
It’s a very odd thing to realise just how quickly she is growing up, I’ve told her to stop but I don’t think she’s listening, pesky baby ;)
Another exciting first, her highchair arrived today, so she finally got to play with the suction toy Uncles Benno and Maff got her, she seems quite chuffed.
Christmas is all over and I have annoyingly few photos to show for it – grrr. Turns out that helping a six month old open her presents (and keeping her from poking pointy gift tags into her eyes!) is quite time consuming.
We did the evil parent trick of dressing Niblet in a Mrs Santa outfit for the big day and in years to come she will stumble across the the photos and have grounds for emancipating herself. To stop her feeling alone, Uncle Funny Hair dressed as Father Christmas and my brother (briefly) dressed as a Christmas tree – but we were banned from publishing any of the photos. Luckily Maff was far more easy going…
Now I’m left with those post Crimbo blues, I shall take the tree down on January 1st, the Christmas cards are already piled up for the recycling and I’m ready to get on with 2010 and whatever that may throw at us.
It seems we’ve found Niblet’s kryptonite. It too is green and reduces her to a helpless wreck within seconds, it’s name…
…avocado!
Annie tries Avocado… from eM on Vimeo.
For a baby who will eat just about anything you can think of, this is the strongest (and most amusing) reaction I’ve ever seen.
Today has been a very relaxing day where I feel like we’ve achieved a lot, the most notable being making chilli jam!
We saw Nigella Lawson’s Christmas on the iPlayer last week and she made an amazing looking jam which I was drooling over, so today JB decided he’d whip up a batch which we will taste test tonight with some nice cheese and french bread, I cannot wait :)
We had Niblet in the kitchen in her jumperoo, JB cooking and me at the table working, it was perfect. I finalised my watermark as seen below, created a lazy lady action for automatically putting it onto my photos, and started the horrible task of writing the ‘blurb’ for my professional website, if only I could just take the photos and have someone else write it for me!
After the cooking JB played Assassin’s Creed 2 while I took photos of Niblet (because I don’t do that very often!). She loves the new chairs because she can sit up in them, slouch in one corner or lie down across the seat, a whole world of relaxing, and photographic, possibilities.
Here she is watching JB leap across the rooftops of Venice.
Tomorrow I have another job but because it’s a Christmas present I won’t be posting a sneak peek until after Santa’s been, watch this space…
