He was so sweet and is adored by his parents and big brother.

Meet beautiful baby Violet and her best buddy Chester. They say dogs and babies are the hardest to work with – well these two were an exception, perfectly posed in just minutes!

Lots of laughs, silly faces and bribery!!

Thankyou Lisa for allowing me the pleasure of photographing your gorgeous family!

She is such a sweet little thing, and doted on by her grandparents so it was lovely to be able to take some pictures of them all togther.

But, I love it, wouldn’t have it any other way and still cant get the thought of a 4th out of my head much to hubbies disappointment!

I remember my good friend Mel, whom I look up to immensely for motherly tips, telling me that people with 3 children always complain the most (she has 5 and makes it look easy) and I remember thinking I’m sure I can juggle it. Hmmmm, well that smug smile has now been removed from my face! I know why they complain a lot, it is a big change!

Id be lying if I said it wasnt a hard adjustment, were still all adjusting to the juggle. Mama only has two hands, and these three little people each want their needs met, and often all at once. There are moments when I think; what was I thinking, but those moments are passed over by the sweetness of seeing Byron, Mason and Indiana interacting together, the delight, the joy, the admiration in each of their faces for one other.  Having not had brothers or sisters, I feel so happy for them, that they have this blessing that will be with them for life.

Ive learnt that my kiddies take about 4 months to adjust to the new addition. Mason has just started sleeping in his own bed all night again, and I have my bedroom floor back. We had to move Indi out into her own room, and once we did that, he seemed happy that she was out of our room, and so he needn’t need to make his presence known there each morning at 2am. I am very thankful for the advice from my Aunty to move everyone around, and sleep is now occurring here finally.

And I can see that we are getting into the groove of 3, I now have eyes on the side of my head as well as the back, and my multitasking skills are getting upped daily, who knew you can make school lunch while feeding the baby and dealing with suppliers on the phone at the same time!:)  Im reminded when I look at these 3 beautiful kiddies, how quickly time is passing by, how the little daily moments are passing by in a heartbeat, and how important it is to just stop, put everything down, and enjoy them. 

Byron said to me tonight as I was tucking him into bed, ‘Mum, when are we going to have another baby?’ I replied, ‘Not for a while hunny.’ The instant 4 year old response – ‘Why?’ I replied, ‘because babies make mummy tired’. ‘But I want a brother’, he replied. We started talking about other stuff and as I walked out of their bedroom, he yelled out to me ‘Mum, go and eat lots of things and then you can give me my brother!’. Mmmm gotta love the 4 year old mind!!

This room is really small, it used to be my photography storage/craft room but its also the perfect nursery.

The 3 prints I bought 4 years ago when I was pregnant with Mason, for ‘one day’.  They are made in memory of this beautiful Mamas little girl.

The white chest of drawers is extra special to me, they were my Mum’s, I remember them in her bedroom many years ago with all of her beautiful things on top, and then in mine during my teen years, many afternoons spent looking in that mirror as we prepared for going out, restored for me by my Dad, originally a beautiful treated wood, and now I have given them a makeover for Indiana. The doll on the suitcase was mine, Arabella, given to me for one of my birthdays, she is beautiful and went with me everywhere.    

The tutu I couldn’t resist, luckily my bestie is getting married next year and Indiana is flower girl so I had an excuse to buy it! The cot bedding was the first thing I came home and purchased when we found out this baby was a girl. I had been eyeing it off for years.

The chair was my Grandads, and was in terrible condition and years ago Dad gave them away to a dear friends parents, who lovingly restored them for me, and when I found out we were having a daughter I had them covered in this beautiful print. 

The babushka, ballerina tutu and music box was mine when I was little, as well as all of the books, and all of the things on the shelves have been gifts over the years to either myself or for Indiana.

I dont think I showcased this incredibly beautiful work of art that I had made of my belly when I was 38 weeks pregnant.  Sally from Estomac Art is incredible, I first saw her work when I was photographing a beautiful new little baby and I decided I would love to have one of these. It is such a beautiful keepsake, and the detailing is stunning.

And here is our little gorgeous one, just on the cusp of 5 months weighing in at more than her brothers did and the size of a healthy one year old:)

My favourite stage, when they find their toes, and play with their feet all day.

She is just starting to sleep through the night which is like wining the lotto after 7 months of broken sleep!  She is still very chilled, until you don’t give her what she wants and is rather serious. Smiles are given if you try hard, giggles are few and far between, I think Gareth and I have made her laugh twice between us, however her brothers have her in hysterics daily. The other week I heard her giggles and ran into the other lounge room to see what she was laughing at. She was on her floor mat, and Byron and Mason were jumping off the couch and over her. I watched half in horror (at the thought of them landing on her) and half beaming with pride as I saw her looking up at them with such happiness.

Daily I count my blessings that she has entered our family, and dream of all of the fun we will have together.

Ten whole weeks.

75 days since you changed my world.

Having a daughter is every bit as wonderful as I had dreamed it would be.  Watching her big brothers lovingly talk to her and make her smile makes my heart skip a beat.

It makes every bit of sleep deprivation(from Mason not Indiana!!) and exhausting moments slip away into insignificance.

She is a fantastic baby, sleeping well at night time and going with the flow in our busy daily life. 

I just wish I could hit the pause button on our busy lives, so I can soak her in for longer, I know now how fast these days go by and before long she will be chasing her big brothers everywhere.

There is nothing quite like it.

I met this gorgeous family on a wintery, wet day. We’d already had to reschedule once, but just as we arrived down to the beach the sun came out and it was magnificent.

I love photographing families. The connections. The sibling love. The obvious joy and intensly deep love Mum and Dad have for their beautiful children. The little bits and pieces that Mum tells me about her children throughout the shoot.

Just as we ended this session Mum turned to me and told me she was glad we chose an afternoon at the beach where the children collected shells and played as Grandma has a special collection of shells all through her house.  Im sure these images will be extra special then.

Amber, he is gorgeous and it is beautiful to see you so happy and in love with your new little guy, motherhood is wonderful isnt it?!!!.

I was prepared this time, the ideal time to photograph a newborn is between day 4 and up to day 14, as they are usually nice and sleepy in this time, and they change so much in those first few weeks.
On day 2 I got the beautiful photos in the post below of my husband Gareth and Indi. On day 4 I tried to do her photos on her own. I had the room prepared to a toasty temp of 35 and eased her into some poses.

No chance. The minute she was undressed she cried. The only time she ever cries is still when shes undressed. (Daddy’s rather pleased about this!)  I tried wrapping her, but to no avail. I did this every day for the following 9 days till I decided its just not going to happen. On day 7 I tried to take the perfect shot of my 3 gorgeous children. I have about 30 hilarious photos of many face pulls and outtakes. I managed to photo merge one to something I like and the rest I will forever laugh at, and remember that day – the pleading, distracting and bribery, none of which worked!

And a few of the fantastic outtakes!