Favourite Photo Friday 29/11/13

This weeks photo is one from February this year when we were visiting my parents in Queensland. Astrid rediscovered the joys of the beach and was so happy playing in the water......

I was going through some photos last night and found this one and remembered how much I love it!

D7000 with Nikon 50mm f1.8

ISO 150 focal length 50mm 

Exposure: 1/1250 @ f/4.0

Andrew and Alison's Wedding.........

My not so little brother got married at the start of this month. I've been meaning to post some photos from their wedding but have had my hands full, so am only just getting around to it now.

Andrew and Alison got married on a Friday, in a lunchtime wedding down at the Cotter (a local river).  After some very strange weather in the lead up to their wedding the day was a beautiful and sunny 27 degrees!  The wedding ceremony was a very casual ceremony under a tree, followed by a spit roast lunch under a marquee.

Soren was 2.5 weeks old when they got married, so Anto and I were pretty tired and I spent a lot of the day feeding. Soren was an angel though, and aside from getting a bit warm under the marquee, he mostly just slept and fed for the whole day and got passed around for cuddles. Astrid had a ball, running around in her pretty dress and playing with the other kids, eating the food........ and of course getting lots of attention!

I'll share a few photos from the day. Some were taken by Anto, some by me, and the odd family one from my dad (we are slowly getting him used to using our camera). We didn't try to take too many of the ceremony and bride and groom since they had photographers for that job!  We did grab a few shots here and there though. We were very restrained though and took only a fraction of our normal amount. Something about being tired and constantly holding a newborn, perhaps?

Us all dressed up and ready to go.....

Astrid showing off her pretty dress with Granny.........

Alison has a nephew, Flynn, who is a few weeks younger than Astrid. Despite having never met before they had a ball together. Hugging, kissing and playing. Flynn was also determined to photo bomb every shot we took, but he is oh so cute! ...... and yes that is Flynn hugging Anto's leg, even though he had never met us before :) We thought we were going home with 3 children at one stage!

Now onto the wedding........

the boys waiting for the bride.

The lovely bride entering........

The ceremony..........

The Cake

Soren spent the ceremony sleeping in my arms........ a theme he followed for most of the day when he wasn't feeding. Everyone was more than happy to cuddle him!

Astrid on the other hand, spent most of the afternoon running around and being cheeky!

Finally, a few family pics.....

Our family

 

The four generations - 

Nan & Pa, my Mum, my siblings and my kids. The photographers took a shot of this grouping so hopefully theirs is better! 

 

Me and the kids with my parents 

(love all the stupid faces we were pulling!) 

Astrid, Astrid how did you get so big?

Astrid is 2 years and 5 months....... when did that happen? Everyone warned us that when we brought the new baby home from the hospital she would seem enormous, and they were right! There was already very little 'baby like' about her before Soren was born but now she seems so grown up.  She also legitimately gotten bigger in the last couple of months, piling on the height and weight.  She seems to be growing as fast as her newborn brother.

Here she is this time last year, when we were in the middle of our European trip....... still very much a baby, even though we thought she looked so grown up at the time!

So what has she been up to in the last month?  Well mostly stuffing her face with food (this is how she has gotten so big recently!)......

Eating scones she made with Grandma......

Eating cake, at yet another birthday party (she is somehow always first in line when cake is getting cut!)

Eating chocolate crepes 'just like she had in Paris' but this time made by her dad....... You can see she is a fan of cheeky faces at the moment.

I swear she does eat fruit and vegetables too, we just don't get cute shots of that!

Astrid has also been a big help with her brother.  She loves help bath him.......

........ and give him cuddles!  He looks a bit grumpy here but that was because he was hungry he normally loves it when Astrid is around.

She is also good at looking after Soren. Fetching him toys to amuse him when he is grumpy and telling him to 'shhh, mum is coming' when I'm fetching something for him.

Now the weather is finally warm, Astrid is loving being back outside all the time and playing with her water table.  Let's face it toddler + water = fun!  She uses any excuse to play with water......

Astrid has also become quite the fan of picking random outfits for herself. The cat ears are a popular addition to any wardrobe, as are pipe cleaner tails!  She did go to swimming the other day in her swimmers, with a pink hoody over the top, fluffy boots, and a purple crocheted hat. If only I had of gotten a picture of that :)

Astrid is still the master of silly faces. Here are my favourite photos from the last few weeks......