:: Violet ::

When it comes to nieces and nephews I am pretty darn lucky. I have the cutest little people to spoil. Last year my younger sister gave birth to my niece on my nephew's second birthday which was pretty funny! Four months later I was blessed with another gorgeous niece. We have a special connection because we both have purple flower names - her name is Violet.

I don't care if it's from wind, this is the cutest ever.

I just love her chubby cheeks!

:: Fruit Pregnancy Photos ::

Some of you might remember when I announced that my sister-in-law was pregnant by showing you some photos of her at 11 weeks. It still blows my mind to think that a baby is the same size, weight or length of a piece of fruit. It kind of puts things into perspective.

Since I posted those photos back in July, my gorgeous little niece has been born. I have some super cute photos of my niece to share, but I thought I would share these photos from November, when my sister-in-law was 31 weeks (and my niece was the size of a pineapple!) first.

This photo was a take on the pregnancy photos you see of the male holding his stomach like he's pregnant.

I adore this photo. It was completely unposed, I just happened to have the camera up to my eye when this happened.

My brother and sister-in-law had their wedding photos taken in these same spots, so we plan to take all pregnancy and family shots here so they can create an awesome montage of photos showing their progression as a family. I love that idea!

:: Scarlett ::

Back in 2010 my nephew was born on the 21st of September. Fast forward two years and my other younger sister gave birth to my niece on the 21st of September! The first two grandkids in our family share the same birthday, you really can't plan that. Her name is Scarlett and she is just divine. She is so teeny tiny (just over 6 pounds when she was born). I took these photos when she was 10 days old.

All headbands, bad the bright red one, were made by the gorgeous Alyssa from Red Bow Designs.

Being cute is tiring work.

:: Photography ::

Last week I had the pleasure of shooting the lovely Little Miss S. Little Miss S is turning one soon and her Mum wanted some photos to use for her birthday invitations. She was an absolute delight to be around, I fell in love with her cheeky smile and gorgeous long hair.

She's super cute, right?

It felt so good to be out and about again and not cooped up inside. I'm slowly recovering and slowly getting back into my old routine.

:: Ballerina Baby Shower ::

How awesome are baby showers? I love them. I mean, I love all sorts of parties, but there's something special about baby showers.

Two weeks ago we hosted a baby shower for my little sister. She is having a little girl, and since she has been doing ballet ever since she was little, we figured it would be perfect to have a pretty pink baby shower with ballet undertones - tulle ruffles and little ballet food labels.

We had a pretty pink lolly table filled with all sorts of delicious lollies. Strawberries and cream, raspberries, milk bottles, musks, red heart lolly pops ... yum yum! My sister also made adorable floral hair pins as thank you gifts for her guests. Cute, right?

We ate yummy food like pink rocky road (bark, I think some of you call it?), mini sausage rolls, mini quiches, mini pies, yummy cheese and dip platters, a Dreamy Donut cake, and cute cupcakes! All in all it was a fantastic day!

I'll do another post soon about the fun games we played!

(Gorgeous rosette made by Alyssa of Red Bow Designs)

:: Future Niece Update and a Giveaway Winner! ::

Hello lovelies!

It would seem I am overdue for a blog post! Life has been crazy busy lately with the painting of our house well underway. I cannot wait to show you before and after photos! The house is nowhere near finished yet, but the difference is already enormous! It's amazing how much difference a clean coat of paint can do! Our lovely red trims are still in place at the moment, and I cannot wait to see them go!

As you all my know my little sister is pregnant, and let me tell you she is HUGE! She is currently bigger than every other pregnant lady on our floor (we work for the same company), but they are all due before her. Girls in our family carry quite large, so I can't wait to see how big I'm going to be one day as I am the shortest!

Here she is at almost 27 weeks.

Massive, right? She is a lot bigger now! I can't wait to show you just how big she gets by the time she's full term!

And, exciting news! My sister-in-law is also pregnant! She is due three days after my birthday (early January!). It's definitely baby season in our family. I will share some photos of my sister-in-law very soon.

And now for my giveaway winner - congratulations Rachael! I'll contact you for your postal address soon.

Thanks to everyone who entered :)

:: I'm Going To Be An Aunty Again ::

Exciting news! My younger sister is pregnant! SO exciting! This time two years ago we were celebrating my other little sister's pregnancy, and now I am all excited to become an Aunty again. My sister is due a few days before my nephew's birthday, so my nephew could get a baby cousin for his second birthday!

And here's the best bit ... they're having a ...

Little girl!!!

Look at those little ballet shoes! Couldn't you just die? My sister is obsessed with ballet. Obsessed. She has been dancing since she was 12 and has spent most of her time either dancing or working at her ballet school. Needless to say, she's over the moon to be having a little ballerina.

They decided to have a cupcake gender reveal party to tell all the siblings what they were having. Such a cute idea!

I love all the creative ways to let people know if you're having a boy or a girl! I first saw the cupcake/cake gender reveal party idea on Pinterest. There are so many creative people out there!

Would you find out? How would you let everyone know? I'd definitely find out. I take my hat off to people who decide to wait 'til their baby is born - I couldn't stand the suspense!

:: Snail Mail ::

I have definitely been spoilt this week with lovely snail mail. I received three packages, one letter and some beautiful flowers. These lovely parcels have come at a perfect time as I am sick once again. I can't wait for Summer to officially be here!

Incoming:

 This cute card arrived from Jess in New Zealand. Love the flowers!

This awesome 90s stationery arrived from Perth with two CDs of lovely French music from Jenn. We had been talking about the hilarous 90s stationery we still had in our collections and now I can't wait to send her a letter on some of mine!

Mr LG turned up at my place with these lovely flowers for me. Immediately my sister asked him what he'd done wrong, haha! I absolutely love them and even more so because they were 'just because' flowers. So lucky!

This absolutely adorable card and onesie arrived for my new nephew. Gracie, you are incredibly sweet! Thank you so much!!

I also received the most amazing package full of green goodness as part of Jess's 'Colours of the Rainbow' swap, but I will post about that next time!

It's raining here, so once again my plans for swimming have been foiled! I took Mr LG to his first ever scrapbook store experience ... I think he may be scarred a little, ha! I hope you're all having a fabulous weekend!