Hannah & Jessica

My beautiful neices. Brett's sisters bubbas. Hannah is Ethan's bestest friend in the whole 'massive' world. Jessica is 3mths to the day, younger than Amelia (hehehee I said younger, not smaller!) I love that they are so close together in age. I'm sure they'll grow up with such a special bond. xx

Leoni & Grant | Mornington Peninsula Wedding Photography

Sneak peek part two of Leoni and Grants wedding day.

Leoni & Grant | Mornington Peninsula Wedding Photography

Leoni and Grant married on 31st of October at Dromana Foreshore. Because of the date, they decided to go with a 'touch of halloween' theme for their special day. Although the weather predicted rain and thunderstorms, in true Melbourne style, we got the total opposite. The bright glary sunlight was a bit of a challenge, but we got through it and captured some beautiful shots of their ceremony.

So here is part one of their sneak peek:

Grant and Leoni congratulations!

Liam's 8th birthday

Melbourne Cup day was more than just a horse race in our house. It was also Liam's 8th birthday. EIGHT! Wow, I so clearly remember my own 8th birthday and here I am now celebrating my sons.

Each year the preparation starts early. The boys choose the theme of their party themselves, and this year Liam chose Monsters Vs Aliens. We finally found an oline party supply store that had Monsters Vs Aliens goodies in stock and sat together selecting what we needed and placing the order, followed by both Liam and Ethan stalking the letterbox for the next two days until that magic package arrived. We send out the invitations, made up party bags, baked a 'Bob' cake (thankyou soooo much Liam for choosing the easiest character!), made Bob jelly's and cut out a huge Bob figure to play 'pin the eye on Bob', and we decorated the house in blue, orange and green. Oh and there was also a little birthday pressie organising going on too.

And finally the big day arrived.

Poor Ethy didn't stand a chance, he couldn't even reach his donut - hahahaaaaa.but a helping hand from Daddy made all the difference :)

I didn't get a whole lot of photos as I was busy being a mum and didn't want to miss the day because I was behind the camera all the time. Happy 8th my gorgeous boy. You are the best and we all love you dearly. xx

Mel and Andrew | Mornington Peninsula Wedding Photography

Part two:

Was such a pleasure to meet you Mel and Andrew, and capture your special day. xx

Mel and Andrew | Mornington Peninsula Wedding Photography

A few weeks ago I teamed up with fellow photographer and great friend of mine Connie Hatch to shoot our first wedding as 'Sweet Love Wedding Photography'. Our gorgeous couple of the day, Andrew and Mel, gathered all of their loved ones together at Hickenbotham of Dromana winery for their special day, and it was just perfect. Even the weather played along nicely. These two are so madly in love, and it was such a pleasure to capture that love and their special memories in a way that can be treasured forever. I've had lots of trouble trying to narrow down their sneak peek (to a peek LOL), and in the end just decided I had to share a mammoth post - I'm sure that won't bother anyone though :)

So here is part one of my photos from the day:

Andrew and Mel, congratulations on your perfect wedding day. xx

Ella | Mornington Peninsula Family Photographer

Meet miss Ella and her beautiful mum and dad. Ella and my Amelia were both born the same day in the same hospital! Hows that for coincidence! We started Ella's shoot in the studio and her (four legged) 'big brother' Boris came along. Well he is part of the family :) I have to say he was THE most well behaved dog I have EVER met! After a few shots we headed down to the beach to finish off the session. Ella just loved being in the water. I thought she might have found it a bit cold, but she's a true little water baby. What a gorgeous little girl she is.

Pam and John it was lovely to meet you. Thankyou for brining Ella (and Boris) to me for your session. Enjoy your sneak peek. Your full gallery will be up very soon.

My boys | Mornington Peninsula Childrens Photographer

I'm so overdue for an update. So where have I been and what's been keeping me busy? Well I've photographed two weddings in the past two weeks with my beautiful friend and fellow photogie Connie and I've been a busy little bee editing lots of pics for those, some of which I will share soon. Then Liam had his 8th birthday (more pics I will share soon). Ethan's started orientation days for school (he's also doing pre-prep next year, like Liam did). And to add to it all that gorgoeus girl of mine is not sleeping a whole lot during the day anymore :( Life is busy, but busy is good.

Now it takes me a while to get personal photos edited and up here. They always get put to the back of the line (I don't get paid for doing my own kids LOL). But back in August I took the kids up to my favourite park for a quick little session. Unfortunatly afternoon sessions do not work well for Miss Amelia, so I mainly just got the boys, but that's what I needed anyway. Amelia gets lots of photos taken of her while the boys are at school and kinder, but I don't often get the chance to do them. So... long story short - here are some (kind of) recent pics of the boys. (They've both since had haircuts too).

Tanner

Remember Nikki's beautiful baby belly from a few posts back, look what it turned into. Delicious little Tanner. This little man had my heart from the minute I arrived at his home.

Nikki and Dale, thanks for welcoming me into your home for your session. Congrats again on your sweet little man, he really is just adorable. I will have your gallery up ASAP. Thanks for being patient with me while I nurse sick kids and sick self :)

Bede & Marli

CUUUUUUUTE!! What more can I say.

Was great to see you again Fiona and Keith.

Amelia | | Mornington Peninsula baby photographer

My Amelia in her Baby Chilli nappies. Yep, we're a cloth bummed family, and these are some of my favourite nappies. She thinks they're pretty cool too ;)

Matisse

Sweet little Matisse. My good friends darling little daughter. Happy 1st birthday princess.

Thanks Relle. xx

Sophie & Danny | Mornington Peninsula childrens photographer

Another Saturday morning, with another gorgeous family. Meet Sophie and Danny and their mum and dad :)

Was so nice to meet you Nicola and Tim. Will send through the details for your gallery very soon.

Archer and Hugo | Mornington Peninsula childrens photographer

Meet Archer and Hugo, and their gorgeous mum and dad. Archer was one of the first newborns I photographed and I've had the pleasure of photographing him quite a bit since then, including when his gorgeous baby brother was just a bump in mums tummy, and then when he was newborn. We met up for an outdoors session and had a lot of fun. Not sure who had more fun, me or the boys :)

Tara and Rob it was great to catch up with you again and see how your beautiful family has grown. Your boys are just beautiful and it was such a pleasure to spend the morning with you all. Enjoy your sneak peek. I will have your gallery up for you very soon.

Belle and Georgie | Mornington childrens photographer

Aren't they just adorable. Dee and Trevor it was great to spend the morning with you and your beautiful girls - even if it did have a chaotic start, it turned out well :) Thanks guys, your full gallery will be up very shortly.