
Spring has sprung and Iâm so pleased! Weâve managed to get out and about so much more this month, and on the whole itâs been a good one for us.
Our family portraits this month are from Motherâs Day, when we headed out for a low key trip to Bushy Park. When I was asked what I wanted to do for Motherâs Day, my one request was that I didnât want to go to a restaurant - Iâm finding it far too much like hard work these days and a low key walk and trip to a cafe is a much better bet.
We took out my new tripod - a proper one now rather than the GorillaPod we were using before - and set it up amongst the daffodils. As usual, Max loved running to press the button and then running all the way back. Unfortunately with the new tripod being higher, he needed more help to press and seemed to manage to tilt the camera by mistake a few times. Next month weâre taking the remote shutter in the hope that this will fix the problem!
I think these photos sum up the eternal dilemma of the family photo - having everyone looking at the camera at the same time and smiling is a very difficult thing to achieve! And I can imagine all hope of that going out of the window when we add another member to the mix in a few monthsâ time!
Max was so taken with the tripod and his budding photography skills that he really wanted to take a few of me and John - I love what he managed to come up with! Not the most flatting angle, but I think he has a great future as a photographer!
March has been a month of two halves for us - the first half seemed to be filled with illness and difficulty. John was away in the US for a few days on a business trip, which was difficult for me back home, and came down with a nasty bug on his return which wiped him out for a couple of weeks. But the second half has brightened up - just like the weather! Weâve all been back to full health (pregnancy sickness aside), and weâve enjoyed trips to RHS Wisley a few times, as well as discovering Painshill Park, and a trip to Legoland for the first weekend of opening (which was actually such a nightmare that Iâm reluctant to go again - but Iâm sure Iâll be convinced!)
Roll on April, when Iâll no doubt be looking even bigger!
March 31, 2017
Beautiful photos amongst the daffodils. We took ours on Motherâs Day too, Alice wanted to take me for coffee and cake and I wasnât complaining. A restaurant on Motherâs Day does not appeal to me at all, far too busy! I love that last one that Max took x
April 5, 2017
Thatâs so sweet that she took you on a little date! Glad itâs not just me who doesnât like the thought of a restaurant - meals out are a trial at the best of times, not my favourite choice!
April 2, 2017
Gorgeous photos Katy, glad you had a lovely mothers day. Bump is looking beautiful! Wonât be long until your me and mine photos have 4 of you in the frame! how exciting x
April 5, 2017
I know, getting so close now! Iâm looking forward to having one more person to worry about whether theyâre looking at the camera ð
April 2, 2017
Lovely photos amongst the daffodils. Youâre looking amazing. #meandmineproject
April 5, 2017
Thank you!
April 4, 2017
Glad that things picked up in the second half of the month for you! Lovely photos as always and I love that Max enjoys helping take the photo. Those ones of you and John are so much fun. Iâm with you on finding that a low-key walk and a trip to a cafe is preferable to going to a restaurant for Mothersâ Day. #meandmineproject
April 5, 2017
Thanks Louise - you can see where Max gets his exciteable-ness from!!
April 4, 2017
Lovely photos, I find it so hard as the remote never seems to work for us either so I usually get ones of me with my arm up pressing it! Good luck though I hope it works for you! x
April 5, 2017
Haha - we have two - one thatâs wireless and one wired in, but the wireless one weâve never had any luck with! I blamed Max as he liked to pretend it was a car key and played with it for ages, but it sounds like theyâre just not great!
April 4, 2017
My two love taking it in turns to press the button on the timer and then running back over, but we have the same problem with then knocking the camera down sometimes. Lovely photos x
April 5, 2017
Itâs the only reason he cooperates for these sometimes, I swear!
April 5, 2017
You look amazing!! I adore that last photo - he did a fab job! #MeandMineProject
April 5, 2017
He really did, didnât he! More in focus than the ones of us all together anyway!
April 7, 2017
I think you look amazing with your bump. Making me all broody I always miss my bump. He did a fab job! Hire him! lol #meandmineproject