August has been a month of so many ups and downs for us! We're definitely settling into life together as a family of four now - the day to day is becoming easier, and it feels like Ben has always been a part of our family. He's such a little ray of sunshine, and is just such an easy going little guy. He's really developing into a little character now - you just have to smile and him, and you get a flurry of smiles back at you. And although he's always done this funny little squawk laugh, this week he's started laughing properly and it's just the best sound in the world! At the start of the month, John took ...

Despite both my husband and I being decidedly not morning people, we seem to have created an early riser in our son. 6am is a good start for us, but often he emerges in our doorway somewhere between 5 and 6. Very definitely not what you want when you have a newborn and have been up half the night anyway! When I was sent Zazu's Pam the Penguin to try out, my original intention was to use it for the new baby's room - it's so cute and looked so sweet sat in the nursery! But when Max saw it, he was really keen on it, so I thought we'd give it a go and test out it's sleep training abilities - anything ...

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth – Kahlil Gibran Last week was a bit of a disappointing one if I'm honest. It was my husband's second week of paternity leave and we had so many things planned, but both Max and my husband came down with a nasty cold last Sunday which continued all week and pretty much wiped out all the plans we had. Yesterday Max was feeling a bit better, so we headed to Loseley Park - which I thought was a good choice as it's not too big, in case Max got exhausted quickly. He loved running around, but one of my favourite shots was this one of him with this little ...

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth – Kahlil Gibran   Every now and again I snap a photo that just makes my heart leap and this one definitely did that! We were walking along and Max was being a 'naughty fox' and was pretending to eat Daddy! I love watching these two together, they have such a close bond.