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It was Sunday morning.  Little Luke went down for his nap like any other day.  He’d had his birthday a couple of days previous so had no reason to suspect this day was going to be any different.  He had no idea that while his head lay on the pillow, and he dreamed of his mummy’s sweet coos and cuddles, and the strong arms and gentle voice of his daddy, and perhaps planning his next escape from the lounge into the back garden, when his mummy wasn’t looking, that his back garden was being taken over.
When his nap was done, and he cautiously joined the rest of us, he would have been very surprised to hear a bleating noise coming from the other side of the door.  The one he’d planned to escape through. And every now and then another noise that sounded a bit like an oink.  Then a quack.  And a cluck-cluck or two.  And where did all these balloons come from?

Just under a year ago I photographed little Luke as a newborn. It became one of my favourite sessions, as I loved the interaction I’d witnessed, and caught, between Luke and his mummy and daddy.  They were both totally smitten with him, as they should have been – he was an absolutely divine little baby boy. And at one year of age not much had changed.  He was still absolultely divine, and they were still smitten. More so.
His mummy had been planning his first birthday for a long time, making sure to book me in a good three months in advance.  (I hope that I can be as organised as her when I grow up.)  So I knew it was going to be a very special party. And it was.  Not only had she called in the services of a mobile farm and petting zoo, Animals on the Move, but she’d spent an incredible amount of time behind the scenes, making sure this was a 1st birthday to remember.  If she ever grows tired of her current job, I know there will be a long line of people chasing her for her event management skills.  Not to mention her talents in the kitchen – having made all the amazing animal-themed treats herself. I was totally blown away. I hope my own children never find out that there are mothers like Melissa out there.  

Thank you so much, Melissa and Shane for asking me to record this special event in your little boy’s life.  We only get to turn one once in our lives, and whilst little Luke may not remember it personally, he’ll always have a reminder of it, and evidence of the your desire to fill his life with all the things a little boy could ever want.  Make the most of the baby animals and biscuits, before too long it will be beer, pizza, and Playstation 46.

Look at this gorgeous little just woken up face. 

I LOVE this one of Luke and his daddy

And these ones with his mummy

And check out these treats – Luke has one talented mummy. I think I might ask her to move in with us.

Oink oink

Isn’t this little guy such a darling. I could have packed him in my camera bag and taken him home

Mummy and Daddy would have missed him though, for sure. No doubt about that

For more of Luke’s incredibly special day, feel free to click here for a slideshow. It make take a few seconds to load.  And be warned, if you’re looking at work and need to turn your speakers off , it has got some great music attached (by the incredibly talented, fun, and funky Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem – LOVE these guys!).

Narrelle x

{ Baby and Child Photography, Melbourne }

A Strawberry Quick Latte – I think Jaedon might be on to something.

He’s definately a boy after my own heart.

I know a few of you already follow this blog, as I’ve seen the name pop up in various discussions over time.  It’s one of my favourites, and not just because it’s all about orange. Though that’s good enough reason in itself.  It’s one of the first blogs I check when I open up Google Reader each morning.  It’s like christmas – as the page loads, kind of like unwrapping a present in reverse, there’s always a gorgeous surprise waiting for me.  Patterns, creative inspiration, diy ideas, twitter backgrounds, cool websites, printable graphics, downloads, and all sorts of fun quizzes.  Bits and pieces for anyone and everyone really.

A couple of days ago Jessica mentioned a quiz she’d taken, which helps determine, via your preference for various colours, what kind of career you’re most suited for.  Sounds kind of odd to me.  But I can never resist a good quiz, so I clicked on her link and jumped right in.  I was surprised, but only a little bit impressed when it told me I was a Creator. It then revealed a list of occupations that I would be suited to, Photographer of course being one of them.  But also listed was an Architect, which I came very close to studying for at Uni, and an Interior Designer, which I did study, via correspondence, while living in England.  Not bad.  And apparantly my personality traits were nonconforming, impulsive, expressive, romantic, intuitive, sensitive, and emotional.  All of these could have been hand-picked specifically for me, apart from the noconforming bit.  That doesn’t describe me at all.
So then I got Matt to take it – I was curious to see just how accurate it was.  As a Project Manager / Aerospace Engineer his results came back as an Organiser, very closely followed by a Doer.  Adjectives to describe him were  self-control, practical, self-contained, orderly, systematic, precise, and accurate. Along with emotionally stable, reliable, high energy and persistent.  Add the further description of: These adventurous types prefer action-oriented, concrete problems rather than dealing with thought-provoking, ambiguous, abstract dilemmas. Fields of interest include mechanical, construction, and outdoor careers. They might also enjoy working with machines, tools, and equipment to repair or build something and you have yourselves my husband. In a nutshell.  This is so scarily true.  We were laughing so hard reading this, as they may have well just tacked: and your name is almost always Matt to the end. 

I’d love to know how they work all this out by simply analysing what colours we prefer to look at.  Are we, as humans, that predictable?  Or just very cleverly engineered.

Go on, you know you want to.  Take the test for yourself. Then let me know if you’re so easily boxed as well. 

Narrelle x

I finally made it to bed at 3am this morning. Never mind the second item on my list of ways I’m committed to looking after myself.  So I’m too tired at the moment to feel excited about the new look of my blog, and the new website I’m so totally in love with.  It’s funny, because I’ve been looking forward to this day for so long. I’d often leave the temporary blog, where I was working on the design, open on my desktop so, as I passed the computer taking a load of laundry from our bedroom to downstairs, or picking Jaedon’s entire collection of Take-Along trains off the loungeroom floor, I’d catch a glimpse of it.  Inevitably I’d take a few seconds out just to stare at it, make sure it felt like me. And it always did. It felt like home. It felt like the kind of place I could look forward to going back to each night, after a hard day’s work.  The kind of place I could put my feet up on the coffee table if I liked, just because I was comfortable enough being there, and I knew the people around me wouldn’t mind. Because they were family after all.  So much more than a sense of excitement I feel comfortable. I feel satisfied. I feel the peace that comes with making a great decision. A right decision. And, oddly enough, I finally feel like a real photographer. Funny what a facelift will do.

OK. I confess that I lied. I am excited.  I have such a great feeling about things at the moment.  About having a blog and  a website I just adore.  About feeling that they’re both so totally me. About plans that are just falling into place.  About the beautiful people that have come into my life. And just about life. It really is good. And it’s great to be home.

Narrelle x