The sibling adoration is still going strong........

From the moment Søren was born Astrid was his biggest fan. She loves him to bits, constantly kissing, cuddling and playing with him. Søren is also besotted with his big sister and giggles at the mere sound of her voice, annoying when you are trying to get him to sleep! I have quite the collection of cute photos of them together, but really you can never have too many.

They have grown a bit since I posted these when Søren was 4 months. I'm pleased to say that another 5 months down the track and they are still best friends. These days though, Søren can move, which allows for toy stealing but also provides endless opportunities for games. Astrid wishes he was a little better at hide and seek but he is still a fun play mate!

Aside from the odd hair pulling and face scratching Astrid can't get enough of her brother. To be fair he pulls my hair and scratches me too. Lucky he is cute about it.  The downside of an older Søren is his boundless energy.  Mr wiggle worm never stays still and is much harder to take photos of these days.  Luckily big sister Astrid is happy to lend a hand......

It's pretty obvious these two adore each other! What are the chances they will still feel this way in a couple of years?  Probably not high, so best to gather all the photographic evidence now :)

I am very biased but I think they are the 2 cutest kids going around......  and yes everyone loves their big blue eyes, and we are all a bit jealous of those eyelashes Astrid!

The 9 month Søren........

Just a quick one for today....... I'm still recovering from all those long Victorian blog posts, so not too much rambling this time.

Søren is now rapidly approaching 10 months. Out longer than he was in!  He is super quick with his commando crawl. Never stays still. Climbs all over everything. Loves puzzles and pulling things to bits. His favourite (and only) words are Mum, Dad, bub and cat........ they can be said a hundred different ways, with so much feeling and passion! He also purrs like a cat whenever he sees his feline siblings.  He is absolutely the cheekiest boy going around. Still only has two teeth but knows how to use them :)

At 9 months he is still on the bottom of the chart for weight and height but starting to chub up nicely. We are getting great value out of all our baby clothes. We can't figure out how is still so small given he eats and eats and eats. If it's food he loves it, we haven't found a food he doesn't like. His sister is teaching him the fine art of 'dipping' his food into condiments.  She was at least 15 months before figuring that one out!

Aside from his favourite pastimes of eating and commando crawling at high speed, Søren loves to butterfly with great force and excitement - in the shower, the pool, the bath or on the floor.  Water is constantly everywhere!

Enjoy some photos from the last week or two..... a 9 and a half month Søren being cheeky, chatting to the camera, making funny faces and trying to talk to his reflection in the floor and giving us his signature grin!

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Favourite Photo Friday - 8/8/14

This week it's back to my favourite subjects, Astrid and Søren!  I have a ton of photos of kiddy cuteness to post in the next few days but here are a couple I liked as I was sorting through them......

So cute that rainbows appear.....

D7000 with Nikon 35mm f1.8G

ISO 640  focal length 35mm

Exposure: 1/200 @ f/1.8

Ahhh they kill me with the cute.......

D7000 with Nikon 35mm f1.8G

ISO 400 focal length 35mm

Exposure: 1/250 @ f/2.2

Yep, I'm adorable and I know it!

D7000 with Nikon 85mm f1.8G

ISO 320 focal length 85mm

Exposure: 1/320 @ f/1.8