:: Giggle & Hoot Birthday ::

After a completely unplanned hiatus, I'm back! A whole heap of things have gone on since I last blogged - I shot two weddings, corporate photo shoots, a baby photo shoot, a family photo shoot, two cake smash photo shoots, both my nieces turned one, my nephew turned three, I turned 31, a holiday to the coast, a photo shoot with a very well known Instagrammer, I won a photography competition, lots of online photography features, and my sister is pregnant again (due in July, SO exciting!) ... to name a few! Part of my hiatus was due to the amount of photos I had to edit (over 15,000 to edit in two months, and that was on top of my normal 9-5 job!), and the other part was due to our Internet breaking. I didn't realise just how much I rely on the Internet in my every day life until we didn't have it for a few weeks.

Anyway! I've got some super cute photos to share with you from my niece's first birthday and my nephew's third birthday. My eldest niece and nephew share the same birthday so it was a joint first and third birthday. My sisters chose a Giggle & Hoot theme. For the non-Australians that read my blog Giggle & Hoot is an Australian children's television show that runs for about five minutes at a time in between other shows. It consists of a (super cute) host Jimmy Giggle (I think he was chosen for the Mummys, haha!) and his best friend Hoot (a stuffed owl puppet), they sing songs and do little skits. Hoot also has a friend called Hootabelle, who (as you can probably guess) is a girl owl. My niece is obsessed with Giggle & Hoot and it covers both boy and girl aspects of the party so it was a great choice!

(My sister is still against photos of my nephew being online, but I can assure you he was there and had a great time!)

The birthday girl, in her Hootabelle inspired dress

Party bags decorated to look like Hoot and Hootabelle - so cute! Each bag was filled with little toys for each guest and was later used to hold lollies and prizes from the Hootabelle pinata.

She couldn't stop high-fiving everyone all day, even while we were trying to take photos!

And to prove I was actually there!

:: 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!

:: 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.