this little house

taking pictures of this little man

i'm no photographer. i'm a point, shoot and pray kinda gal. trying to capture caleb can be so hard and frustrating at times. click and the moments gone before the shutter even goes, and if the camera is not handy...forget about it. so my solution, click away like a maniac and pray for one decent shot, and when i say decent, i mean claire decent not photographer decent. you guys will always be in a different league.

so as caleb napped and i caught up on my blogs, (yes housework i know you're still waiting for me) i came across this post. shaneen is one half of the lovely blog, breathe happiness, and the talented lady behind the pictures in her post. see what i mean about professional photographers?! different. league.

if you're after tips on how to photograph little ones, she's your lady.

so shaneen after your great advice, with my trusty little camera in hand, i took to the floor and let caleb do his thang. you know what i found...the boy who usually turns away from the camera (hard to believe i know, but true) all of a sudden was intrigued and couldn't get enough of sneaking up on me when i was meant to be sneaking up on him!! caleb reminded me today why i've always enjoyed taking pictures, because it's FUN.

so thank you shaneen for the tips, and thank you caleb for reminding me to have fun with photography and stop taking it so seriously. for me there's never going be the perfect shot, perfect moment however, different story.

Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Comments: 1

rain, snow, sleet, hailstone, more rain, more snow...well you get the general idea. not exactly baby friendly weather. so with a quick pop to the shops, where i may or may not have purchased donuts :p it was a day confined to indoors. here's a few of my favourite moments in this little house today.

honestly the positions i kept finding this boy in today. this had to be my favourite. do you think he learnt from the first, the second, or the umpteenth time?? of course you guessed right. that would be a NO.

oh and the donut. that be so nice :)

Monday, 18 March 2013 Comments: 6

this little guy has been...

crawling, dragging, climbing, kneeling. we literally can't keep you still. movement central over here!
getting his first knock back from a girl. it was at soft play. caleb non-plussed. me...who the hell do you think you are missy?! seriously it took all my strength not to say that, err protective mother alert.
talking non-stop. we have whole conversations with you, and i'm starting to think you're the one talking more sense.
to the museum. well the outside of the museum to be more precise, we arrived to find they'd had a power cut. next time buddy.
loving quesadilla's. one of daddy's favourites too.
napping A LOT. definitely another growth spurt we think. we can't keep up with you tall boy.
highlighting that we need to keep on top of the hoovering. you will eat the tiniest speck on the floor. maybe we don't need to hoover after all ;)

i feel like you've been doing a lot of changing of late my little man. you are so aware of everything around you. you sit taking it all in. i sometimes wonder what you think of this world you've been brought into. you're fascinated by everything which in turn i find so inspiring, you continually give me fresh eyes to the simplest of things. for someone who is not yet one, you have taught us so much caleb ♥

Sunday, 17 March 2013 Comments: 6

yay it's friday!! i have to say being a stay at home mum does kill the friday buzz a little at times, but with a free weekend ahead of us, i've got it. since christmas we have had a jam packed calendar. that's how we like it but i've also been craving some long overdue, 'just the three of us' time. i'm thinking lazy morning, poached eggs and well whatever we fancy doing.

have a lovely weekend everyone, whether it be jam packed or chilling :)

oh and i was totally chuffed when i rediscovered these leopard print boots collecting dust in my wardrobe. i had totally forgot about them with them not being the most mamma friendly boots. ever do that? think i might keep some time aside this weekend to have a little root to see what other treasures i've forgotten about in there. if i'm posted missing you'll know where i'll be ;)

Friday, 15 March 2013 Comments: 8

bye bye sunny days, hello snow! scotland never fails to surprise me with its 'all seasons in one week' weather. so out came the snowboots, mikey's ridiculously warm north face jacket, and caleb's uggs for some good ole snow fun.

the last and only time it snowed this winter caleb had croup, so we were so excited to see his little face! unfortunately teething had other ideas. gone was our happy, giggly boy and in his place a complete mess. it's crazy how quick it can come on, as soon as the cheeks go scarlet, you know you're all in a whole lot of trouble. it turned out no amount of snow was going to distract this little guy from his pain. teething you are officially our nemesis.