Saturday, 19 October 2013

Lights! Camera! Action!

Having a portrait done has been an idea we've had for a while now, but we wanted to wait until Dexter was a little bit older and more active as we felt that we would get a better result in the end. So a couple of weeks ago we took Dexter for a photo shoot at Capture Portraits in Sowerby Bridge.

And what a lovely experience it was... it took Dexter only a few minutes to get past being shy in a strange place and in the company of a strange person and once he was off, boy was he off! Half an hour of 3 adults (the photographer, Shane and myself) crawling around a studio floor trying to keep up with 1 small boy must have been quite a sight and I think me & Shane found it more tiring than Dexter did haha


But it was lots of fun and the end result was definitely worth it....




 These are just a few of the selection, but there were so many brilliant shots to choose from on the day. We struggled to just pick one or two and ended up coming away 13!

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Eleven Months Old

Just where has 11 months gone? Every day Dexter seems to somehow look different, like he's changed, or gotten older... which of course he has, but he literally does just grow overnight! and is now comfortably wearing clothes of 1-1 1/2 years.

The most change this past month has been with regards to personality. Over the last few weeks Dexter has become so affectionate giving the cutest cuddles every morning when we get him out of bed, snuggling up to us to watch TV... he is just so lovely to be around at the moment.



Dexter can cruise the furniture like lightening these days, however we still seem a way off those first steps without holding on. Maybe not as far off as we think though. Although there have been no attempts at walking unaided, Dexter is getting braver and quite often let's go when he is up on his feet and can stand well balanced with no help at all! Big boy!

Despite our best efforts to encourage another word into Dexter's vocabulary, we have still had no luck getting that all important dada yet. Or hiya. But he waves lots now (when he feels like it, anyway).

I'm already getting so excited for next month now, planning and preparing! Blimey, it will his birthday before we know it... we've even made a start on buying some presents. Although I'm sure Dexter would be thrilled with just the boxes and wrapping paper :)


Dexter @ 11 months