My little dude is 18 months old now! WOW where has that time gone?
When I found out I was pregnant with baby #4 I just assumed he would “fit right in”. I’d been there, done that. I already had 3 kids, seriously what could #4 possibly throw at me that I hadn’t experienced before?
HA!
Little did I know that Declan Jack aka Baby #4 would turn our lives upside down!
It has been hard. Really hard. HE has been hard work. Really hard work. I used to “suck it up” and smile and say “oh he’s just a tad off today”, “ohhh he’s not normally like this”, “he’s just a baby”. And then cry behind closed doors because he’d done little else than scream for the entire day.
A couple of weeks ago I went and saw Sex & The City 2 with some girlfriends. Apart from the fact that I’m possibly one of the biggest SATC fans (I delayed going to the hospital whilst in labour with Kaity as I wanted to watch the end of an episode) it changed my life. Okay that’s rather dramatic, but it at least changed my way of thinking. (For all of you highly uncultured peeps out there who haven’t yet seen it) there is a scene where Charlotte and Miranda talk about how hard it is to be a Mum. Charlotte admits to having to walk away while her baby screams. Yes I KNOW, it’s only a movie! But it was SO GOOD to hear those words spoken out loud!
It made me realise that I can say he’s hard and it doesn’t make me a “bad mum”, doesn’t mean I love him any less. It just means I’m truthful. Because for every “bad” moment. There is a “great” one! When I look at him and he.is.so.friggen.cute.that.i.feel.like.i.can’t,handle.it.and.am.going.to.explode.
Yesterday I needed to have one of the above moments, so I dressed him up and we went to “play”.
His little overalls are gorgeous OOBI BABY ones. Oobi is by far my favourite brand for baby wear!
Then we went in for an outfit change.
Oh winter sun how I love thee!
“Pussy cat is over there”
And just to show you that it wasn’t all smiles….
But he is my little dude and I simply adore him!
*** Geek Speak ***
All of these photos were shot with my brand new 135mm lens! ISO 100 F-stop 2.0
xxx {Melody}
James & Rachel thank you so much for allowing me the privilege of meeting and photographing miss Ada-Mae. You have such a beautiful family!
So off location scouting it was! And boy did we find gold!
