Mama Grace and her Boys

Some years ago I met Grace and Ewan at a mutual friends 40th birthday. Since then we have only seen each other on the internet. In the past months I have been avidly following Grace's blog "Musings of Mama Grace" where she eloquently talks about daily life as a mum to gorgeous twin boys. You may ask yourself why a single girl like me would follow a blog about kiddies, simply put, Grace writes so well that I can relate to something I have not experienced yet.

A little while back she contacted me to take some photos of the brood and I jumped, very excited about getting to see her again and head over to the Eastern Suburbs for some fun and to meet this family I felt quite close to but had not met.

The morning started out with some bottles for the boys, a coffee for me and even toast on arrival. Talk about feeling at home in an instant!

So here is a preview of this wonderful fun family. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed my morning taking them, Nat.

Rose Annabelle Taylor

Born 10th June 2011

Stylist - Mum and Dad

Posing - Just being myself

Loved - by all

Mia Rose - Christened 19/6/11

And all in all the day was an enthusiastic thumbs up from Jordyn..

A long weekend in New Zealand

Jules and I met when we worked together in London, a long time ago, feels like a lifetime. I grew up going to New Zealand with my mother to visit her Uncle so I am no stranger to our pacific cousins and always love going to visit.

I try to get over once a year to see the Herlihy clan and on this occasion I got to meet the newest member Lily, gorgeous girl :) My friends live in a wonderful village and I spent some time driving around looking at this most relaxing area just outside of Auckland. The rest of the time was spent cooking, drinking lovely wine and spending time with special people both big and small. A perfect weekend away all in all. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed my mini break.

How is this for a lovely vege patch! I want one...my city courtyard may not suffice though...

Charlie and the special camera :) He really is the budding photog.

Village life and the land of the long white cloud

Fun times with the kids on the new trampoline, clearly we should all get on a trampoline regardless of our age ;)

The diversity of New Zealand always strikes me and I love the mix of country and seaside so close together.

"my nana loves me to bits and pieces!"

Thank you Air New Zealand for not cancelling my flight home, although I do wonder about the picture of my plane coming in sideways...should I have been worried?

We like to party...

Ok so that is a really lame song, but was played on the night...I do wonder about some DJ's. Needless to say, it was a great night, all the girls dolled up to celebrate with Michelle at Hotel Realm in Canberra and then have a dance after despite the cold. Can't wait for Cairns and the big day!

Double the Love

I worked with Mike for just over 4 years and was filled with joy when he and Maryanne announced they were expecting twins. Alex and Adelaide were born 28.3.2011 to very excited and loving parents. This past weekend was a chance to get some family shots, these little ones are adorable. The Packett family I am sure are complete with their "pigeon pair".

Baby Shower

Rachel has some serious style and with the help of a very talented sister who arranged some wonderful flowers! The house and garden looked liked something out of Vogue living on this gorgeous Sunday afternoon as a great group of girls descended upon the house. Lots of sweets and chatter as we celebrated the impending arrival of "baby Taylor"..