Newborn, Baby and Children's Photography in Melbourne :: Kristen Cook {The Blog}

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children.}

Day 31: So… here we are. The end of the month, the end of the photo-a-day project. I had wanted to get a photo of the two of them together quite a few times over the month, but it just never seemed to work out. So, I kept putting it off, putting it in the too hard basket, saying that I would do it on the 31st. But when the 31st came around, try as I may, they were both just not in the mood. I was just about ready to call it a day when all of a sudden, I snapped this last frame. I could almost cry. It’s like their little personalities were frozen, in that hundredth of a second, just as I know them. My happy little bright-eyed man and my shy, cheeky little girl – together, loving one another as only they can do. I couldn’t ask for anything more from them than be themselves, and this is what they gave me.

Thank you to everyone who as been following along this year’s project with me. It’s been a blast, and I hope that you have enjoyed it just as much as I have.

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children.}

Day 29:  There’s the saying that if you can’t hear what your children are up to, then they’re always up to no good. I had just finished giving Charlie a bath and there was silence the house. No singing, no chatting, no toy noises. I could however, hear some very faint rustling noises coming from the studio. I was all ready to walk in expecting to see her looking through all of the albums that are in there (as she always does, it’s one of her favourite things to do) and instead found her conducting her own little photo session. When I asked her what she was up to, she put her finger up to her mouth and said ‘Very quiet. Baby sleeping mummy!’ and then proceeded to pick up her camera we had bought her for Christmas and take some photos. I almost melted on the spot. She had even gotten out blankets like a good baby photographer and put them over her dolly (who was on her tummy and had her arms up under the face, of course…). I asked her if I could take some photos too. She nodded. “Mummy, sit here” as she pointed to the space behind her. “Be very quiet”. If it weren’t for my uncontrollable giggling, I might have been very quiet too.

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children.}

Day 27: Because sometimes you need to laugh… loudly.

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children.}

Day 25: Oh what a cruel world it is when mummy won’t let you have those yummy, sugar-filled, heavenly tasting treats that are sitting on the supermarket shelf just out of your reach…

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children.}

Day 23: Mia loves it when I feed Charlie. She often sits beside me just watching him, stroking his hair or giving me a cuddle. Like most toddlers with new siblings, she’s now bestowing the same lovely attention on her dolls. She sits down on the couch and feeds each one (making sure to burp them before switching sides, of course), and then if they’re “still hungry”, they’ll have some more. Watching the look on her face is the nicest part though. It’s the beautiful look of concentration and care that seems to come over her – she is a beautiful, sweet soul. So enamoured with her baby brother, and everything that goes with it.