Winter beach awesomeness and my little one and a half year old

I have been meaning to post some photos of Alia since she hit the one and a half mark, but the month has come and gone, and she runs so fast it's hard to even get a shot of her in the first place! 

So instead I thought I'd do a summary of the last month in photos - including our beautiful (cold) winter beach holiday. 

(mum took this one of me!)

Crystal

With daughter number two due in a few weeks, Crystal is looking beautiful. It was a little bit harder to capture daughter number one quite so well - Morgan certainly is full of energy and determination and a whole lot of cheekiness!

Note to self: 19 month olds are really really hard to photograph in a group shot when they don't want to be photographed... or in their pretty skirt they were put in... or anywhere near mum's bump at all! But maybe ok to get a photo driving in their sweet new car.

coraliebee photography is ONE!

It has been exactly one year since my first professional photo shoot. I can't get over how fast that went! Here is Quinn, my first little client, and one of the first photos I took.

Thank you all my families who I've had the privilege to hang out with over the last year - it's been amazing!!

My growing belly - 21 weeks

Sleep? I have been a little restless. Waking with dry-mouth and achy shoulders.

Food? Still eating lots. Might try to cut down on the pies now... maybe. I suppose that's why I'm so huge so suddenly! Need new maternity tops, all my old ones are so worn out (I mean my set of about 3 old ones that I have to rotate... or wear 3 or 4 days in a row).

Movement? Lots of little kicks at random times of the day. I notice them more when I'm lying in bed or sitting at my desk, but I'm sure when I'm busy doing stuff they're still happening, I'm just not noticing them as much. They're not strong enough for husband to feel them yet, but then again, he doesn't have much patience.

Weird Stuff? I've started liking and craving hot drinks again so have started drinking tea or milo a lot. I went completely off hot drinks at the start of my pregnancy. Don't know if that's really that weird.

Looking forward to? Being a millionaire. I have SO SO much I want to do/buy. I have heaps of energy and motivation but no money to do/buy/make the things I want for the house and Alia's room, let alone new baby stuff. Same old story I suppose.

Names? No middle name yet.

Thanks husband and Dairy Flat for the photo.

My growing belly - 20 weeks

I have been writing a personal blog for about four years now, taking photos of my life and sharing them with my family. I did a pregnancy series when I was pregnant with my daughter Alia, and this time thought I'd put some photos up on this blog too! 

Half way there...

Sleep? I've been really pushing it with sleeping on my belly... now it's morphed into a weird side-belly position. But he's starting to kick be a bit when I squash him too much, so I guess it's sideways sleeping from now on. Some nights I wake up, but mostly sleeping fine. As long as Alia doesn't wake me up.

Food? Eating everything! I have craved takeaways SO SO SO much this pregnancy. I'm sure with Alia it was all fruit and sweet stuff. Now I wants burgers and pies... oh and the sweet stuff too.. and fruit too. Mmmmm food.

Movement? Started a few weeks ago, and is very busy kicking my bladder at all times.

Weird Stuff? Nothing weird I don't think.

Looking forward to? Bed time.

Names? BOY names (we found out last week). But yes, we have a name. Not a middle name yet though.

Thanks Orewa beach for a beautiful morning walk. And thanks for my beautiful girl who cuddles me lots. And thanks to husband who took the lovely photo (with me yelling at him about how to compose it).

Major and Lilly

Say hello to these cute old balls of fluff! Super duper full of personality and also very sleepy. Major and Lilly have been a big part of this family's life for the last 13 years, so they definitely deserve their very own photo shoot!

This is my favourite photo - what happens whe you dangle a toy right in front of a cats nose!