:: 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!

:: Pretty Pink French Baby Shower ::

How cute are little girls? I'm about to become an Aunty to another adorable little niece! My sister-in-law is due in less than two weeks and I am crazy excited to meet my niece. A little while ago my sister-in-law had her baby shower and it was divine. Can baby showers be classy? Well, this one was!

My sister-in-law loves all this French-shabby chic, and her baby shower was no different - pink hessian bunting, macarons, coconut macaroons, baguettes - yum!

My sister-in-law's Mum is a plant whisperer and together they put together super cute potted plants as thank you's for all the guests. Mine is thriving quite nicely on my front deck!

Seriously, so pretty, right? We played a bunch of fun games and everyone had a great time!

:: 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)