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long time between posts!!

So....a quick catch up of what we've been up to.

Max - commando crawling. He's been semi-mobile for months now (combination of rolling and nose diving forward cos he was getting his knees up under him!!) but now he's worked it out. And getting quicker by the day. We've moved his cot into Sam's room...and lo and behold but he started sleeping through!! I missed his specialist appt for his feet - thought it was at 2pm but it was at 11.40am. Whoops. It's now this week. He's a hoover....god help you if you aren't quick enough shovelling food into his mouth. Eats anything.

Sam - still coming into our bed almost every night!! It's generally not until the early hours of the morning..and to be honest, I quite like it, and I figure it's a phase. He'll grow out of it just as Max starts it!! No day care - have met 2 day care mums but not sold on either of them (when the first referred to breastfeeding as "booby juice" I knew I didn't want any son of mine going there!! Latest conversation with Clydey that made me pee myself laughing :-

Clydey: Sam please don't do that, you will hurt Max. Sam...SAM

Sam: (storming off, then spinning around to face Clydey) Just forget it dad, YOU are cranky and I am naughty...so just forget it

(Sam slams door)

And the latest conversation with me that made me laugh too. He's started calling Clydey Clydey instead of Dad.

Sam: Where are we going Mum?

Me: Into the city to pick Daddy up from work

Sam: (hesitates) Which Daddy?

Me: Ummmmm....your Daddy?????

Sam: You mean Clydey?

Me: Yes honey, I mean Clydey

Sam: Ok, cool.

He's cracking me up. He can frustrating, adorable, cheeky, loving all at the same time.....but I'm loving him!! Check out the photo of Kya....Sam got to her with a permanent marker! I laugh every time I look at her...but Clydey thinks it's pet abuse!!

Clydey - working, working, working. Got a nice bonus this week though!!

Me - Well, I'm working, working, working too! After my last post where I had done a maternity shoot and a christening in the one weekend...the pregnant one had her baby a month early!! We only just made it with the photos - how lucky was that? So since then I've done a newborn shoot (it was a boy byt he way - Sebastian James), plus a family of 3 and an engagement/housewarming/30th party for a friend of a friend - in exchange for hair cuts and colours for the rest of the year! Great bartering I say!! This week I am photographing the board of a company for a brochure....but that's a freebie job. More to get my name out there. Have another shoot on Friday too with a little girl Sam went to day care with and her little brother. Next week we are heading out to Dalby for the week to see mum and dad. On the way I'm stopping in Toowoomba to take photos of Nickers who is 28 weeks pregnant. I also have to arrange to take maternity shots for Lindsay too. Good for business having all these pregnant friends, isn't it? I'm trying to work out which lens to get next.....but can't for the life of me pick one! I want to upgrade my camera too...but that might have to wait 6-12 months I think. I want a 30D, but there is rumour of a 40D coming out next month...so will wait until that comes down in price I think.

Now to send out some messages -

A big congrats to Rob and Tiff on the birth of Sebastian James (23/7/07)

A big congrats to JC and Thommo on the birth of Sebastian Samuel (26/7/07)

A huge happy 3rd birthday to Rach Harris - wish we could have been there to celebrate with you

Think that's about it from us for now. I really must try to do this more often. I'm only here now cos I woke up at 4am thinking of this photo shoot I want to do, and couldn't get back to sleep. Typical. Max will sleep until after 8am now!! Enjoy the photos....