Piglets

Okay I promise this is the last baby animal blog post for a while. But I just wanted to show you the new piglets from next door. They are 3 days old in these photographs, and they are SO CUTE!











A happy pig:



I've got lots of barn conversion photographs coming up too!

Two lovely doggos.

Meet Nails the dog:



And Nana the dog:



4 weeks ago I was saying to my husband " We are DEFINITELY not getting a dog". I didn't want the hassle of looking after one, organising for when we go away etc... I love dogs - I just didn't want the responsibility. Steven didn't either, although he has always wanted a dog. He likes the idea of a dog who follows him around, a clever type who shares jokes with him and fetches him his shoes. Kind of like a better version of me.

So 3 weeks ago we agreed to look after these two random dogs whose owners were going on holiday. Oh and we were told that after that the dogs needed a new home. Hmm.

Nana and Nails arrived, and for two weeks they would sit and look up at us with big doggy eyes that said "We love you. We really love you." So after about 3 hours we gave in and decided to keep them. We're such softies.

Now every morning I take them down to the beach and they run in and out of the sea, I watch the sun come up, and I spend the rest of the day doing chores and working on the computer and they watch me. How romantic! Its so much fun having them about. And there's nothing better when you're a bit down than having a nice dog around to cuddle. And they always want a cuddle.

Sometimes it isn't the right time for something, or you weren't planning for it, but you just have to go with your instincts. Now we have two gorgeous dogs that we love, and we'll just work through all the other stuff.













Nails is a real boy. He loves play fighting, running about, guarding the property, looking after his sister, being beside you all the time, and a good tummy rub. He gets SO excited when you come home that his whole body wags and he does the funniest little smile with his front teeth! He's my favourite.

(I bought them new collars and tags.)



He has lovely soft fur.







Nana is Steven's favourite, she's a real girl, and is much calmer and softer. She likes to nuzzle her head in your arm for cuddles, she loves napping, chasing birds, swimming, burying things and driving in the car with her head out the window. She's a real dreamer and goes off sniffing by herself, getting Nails all worried because the three of us might be SEPARATED!!





And at night they have a lovely bed to sleep in. We made it using wooden pallets, a single (human style) mattress, covered with a layer of fluffy pillows, a soft-feel bed protector (for children who wet the bed), and a duvet cover....what?? ha ha. Nana is pretty much in here all day dozing. When she's not burying things.



And here is a huge rainbow that appeared over the sea one day after a rainstrom. We were sitting in the barn having a nice cold beer from the fridge!





I love a good rainbow. I swear we get about one a week out here.

Right, I'm off to buy some dog roll and more beer. In my gum boots! I feel like such a New Zealander.

New baby Matthew

This is our new nephew Matthew at just 2 weeks old - isn't he gorgeous! We've been enjoying catching up with Alice and Bradley, his older brother and sister who we haven't seen for 3 years. They're great fun. Oh, and their parents too - Liana (Steven's sister) and Nigel, who are almost as much fun as their kids, ha ha. Although for some reason I didn't take any photos of them! Plenty of time for that though..









Steven has two children stuck to his arms:



Alice is such a character. Lush!



Bradley is soo cute. And already really good at art.



Alice showing me all the stuff in her little house in the garden.







We picked up the van by the way - I will take a couple of photos to put on here. It's so tall!

Nia

This is Nia who is just 8 months with her parents, Simon and Kate. We did a photo session in the house and then ventured out to the park. Nia was struggling with a cold but was such a little trooper, now and again she would find something random really funny and have a little giggle.











Reading about ducks, which can be worrying of course:



Getting ready to out - how cute is the green coat?!





Hanging out with mum and dad. I love these, and hopefully in years to come Nia can look at photographs like these and see how much her parents loved her from the start:











Bye!



What a gorgeous baby - I think she looks so patient here - "thanks camera lady, I've put up with you long enough but now I need a nap." Thanks guys x

Annabel and Isabella

These two are cousins, Annabel is 18 months and Isabella is 2 months old. Isabella has the cutest little active fists - she has older brothers so good job really- and loved being photographed (well, I presume anyway). Annabel was a little shy at first, but soon got into the photos with peekaboo games, which is a good job because look how lush they both are!






You can't get much cuter than a baby in a basket:








Right, I'm ready for my brothers now, where are they?




So cute!






All babies love the feathers! (before they try and eat them that is..)




Phew, all this modelling is hard work.




Annabel with her family blanket:





A bit of a cute overload on the blog recently, which is good - imagine how boring it would be if I was a heavy machinery photographer...