Chloe and Eva

Just a "few" of my favourites from my photoshoot with Chloe from Bella Buttercup!  Chloe and her sister wanted to get photos as a surprise gift for their mum - such a lovely idea.

Her beautiful daughter Eva is almost four months old, and as cute as can be. And we had a perfect morning at the beach so her little toes could have a wee dig in the sand. Love all of these photos x

Three generations of beautiful girls

My growing belly - 35 weeks

5 weeks to go!

A little visit to Orewa again this morning for my photo (between rain showers).

Sleep? I need to go to bed earlier! But I have so little time to get computer stuff done, I've been staying up far too late.  This means I'm not really getting enough hours with Alia waking still... grrr!

Food? Lots of snacking on baking/biscuits/fruit mostly. 

Movement? Still lots n lots of big kicks and stretches. And not staying in one position, but twirling around lots (head down though). 

Weird Stuff? Hmmm can't really think of anything weird this week. It kinda looks like I'm carrying a basketball in front of my tummy though.

Looking forward to? Being able to roly-poly or run real fast or cuddle Alia super close. This big belly lump is getting in the way! Weeding the garden is annoying, and I crouched down last weekend and got off balance and fell backwards haha. so silly looking.

My growing belly - 34 weeks

We went on a camping trip to Raglan over Labour weekend. I was so looking forward to getting some west coast sunset photos, but it was SO WINDY! The light is just so stunning! 

Sleep? Still ok, though waking with achy legs due to having to sleep on my side. I have leg pillows now! It's super annoying when I have to get out of bed to tuck Alia back in or pee. 

Food? Still not craving anything in particular. But eating lots of baking and chocolate still... I have no will power.  I think I balance it nicely with lots of apples and tomatoes.

Movement? So much! He really is testing the limits of my belly space. He doesn't wake me up at night... I think it's the other way around. When I get up, then go back to bed, he moves around like he's trying to get comfortable again.

Weird Stuff? My belly button is so weird looking. 

Looking forward to? The weekend. I feel like I might gets lots done this weekend with no photos scheduled!

Thanks lovely Raglan and husband for the photos. One day I'll get to the west coast when it's not so windy and get some good west coast sunset photos.

Hello Halloween

I kinda forgot it was Halloween until it was Halloween, so no cool cakes/candy/decorations or anything in our household. Just a little costume I put on Alia that I borrowed from a friend last year (it was too big then and is still big now). The trick-or-treater kids loved seeing her come to the door as a pumpkin to give them lollies! 

This set of photos is classic... Alia turned away from the camera is the most usual shot, then the Alia cheese-ball smile is the next most common (I think her Aunty taught her that one), then Alia-cute-face is next common. 

My growing belly - 30 weeks!

30 weeks already! The weeks go so fast, I didn't even notice I'd missed last week. Alia really wanted to just run into the water and pick up shells today. I think my belly is super weird shaped 'cause she keeps sitting on it and squishing it down!

Sleep? Was quite exciting when Alia came into our bedroom this morning and I looked at the clock and it said 6:30am! Yay for daylight savings and making me feel like I've had more sleep haha.  She's been sick the last few days, but not quite as much wakefulness as I've been dreading luckily. If Alia slept all the way through the night, I think I'd probably be sleeping pretty well.

Food? Not craving anything in particular. Just chocolate, but that's probably not pregnancy related.

Movement? Sometimes his movements are really big and his head is engaged in my pelvis, so when he twists around it's super weird and uncomfortable feeling. Sometimes it really feels like he's trying to break his way through my skin, or just stretch as far as he possibly can.  One strong wiggly baby.

Weird Stuff? Got the blood test results back and I was really low in iron (I should have remembered that from last pregnancy). So on iron tablets now. I think i have more energy, but hard to tell really. I still want to sleep lots.

Looking forward to? Just booked a camping holiday at end of October to Raglan - the weather better be good! Sleep will be interesting on a blow-up mattress, but I love camping holidays!  Oh and looking forward to Alia not being sick again - it's never nice having a sick bub.

Are these shells why it was named Red Beach??

Finlay

Two week old Fin was super relaxed for his first photo shoot! Big sis had a bit of a cold though so wasn't her usual smiley self. Such a beautiful family!!!

Ella

A new wee girl. She wasn't very keen on sleep and just wanted to keep feeding. By the time I left she was exhausted and fast asleep. She was listening to some pretty cool music too!

Her little head gets a bit lost in dad's hands.

I LOVE baby yawns!