We started the year pretty well!
Last minute we decided to leave the city and drive down the coast to Jervis Bay for NYE and and New Years Day. Best idea ever!

Getting up super early we had a breakfast stop in Berry, such a pretty little town, we found the greatest bakery there and I had a very good feeling about this trip!

We saw the first Sunrise of the year over the ocean by the beach, had the best coffees and watched the local fireworks with a take away pizza picnic.

It really doesn't get much better than this.
We also got a deep tan on the way and spent a lot of time in the water!
Happy 2014 you all! Here is to a year full of fun, happiness and miracles.

I am super proud of Dave he is such a good puppy Dad! And Dalston? Well he learns super quick and we are deeply in love with him.
Her just a few snaps of things we have been up to lately.
For example Gaby's birthday part, from This Little Port, Dalston meeting her baby girl Clementine and him hanging out at the beach and at home.
If you enjoy puppy photos you might want to follow Dalston's Instagram here: http://instagram.com/dalstonsdiaryDalston loves kids and all other humans!
We can't stop playing with him. He is growing so quickly...
I really have to catch up and do a few posts in a row, to keep this blog up to date!
Dave had 2 weeks off work over the holidays and while I was still working on weddings over the weekends I tried to unplug and do no email work or blogging etc for the time being...
It felt very good to have so much time together.


More to follow!

Christmas day was just a rainy as last year, so we celebrated indoors at Dave's parents house with a nice big brunch! Dalston was super sleepy and slept in crate almost the whole day.
As a new dog mum I got pyjamas with puppies and "must love dogs" writing: I wear them when taking Dalston out at night time. I think we didn't even take any pictures this year, we were just too bugged.  We also got a fantastic pop maker, and we are already trying out all different kinds of delicious homemade fruit juice & froyo pop's! At the end of the night Dalston fell ill, he got a stomach bug and kept us awake for the next few nights as he had to constantly go potty...
No fun for any of us. We were zombied out without sleep!
By now he is absolutely fine again.

Boxing Day was amazing, we had the most relaxed picnic with everyone at Nelsons Park.
The sun was out and it changed everything.
Just what we needed. David played soccer with strangers, Alex & Adrian climbed trees,
our little nephew chased birds and I was just hanging out getting some rest and enjoying the sun.

Christmas in Summer is def weird for me but it is very nice too! I don't think I will ever get used to it, but that's ok.

How was your Christmas? I hope you all had a relaxing and wonderful time!

photos by Twoguineapigs - Pet Photography

We might be slight biased but I think we got a super pup!
The last week has been so much fun, hanging out with this little guy.
Of course it takes tremendous energy to look after and train and puppy, they need constant super vision and are learning all the time, so we are in charge of making sure he learns the right stuff.

While being busy with work I made Dalston the main priority and for now I have to arrange things around him.  He sits, comes and lies down on command, which is awesome, I could teach him stuff all day and night, he is so much fun.
It's really hot here at the moment and I can't wait to take the little guy to the beach soon.
He is meeting new people everyday and loves it too.
His latest friend is the very awesome pet photographer Julianna from Two Guineapigs.
I have met her on a photo-shoot we both worked on a little while ago and last week we finally met up again. Of course she brought her pro camera, and snapped the great photos of Dalston that I have posted here. She is a true artist and captures real portraits of pets, not your average "shopping-center-style" pet photos. Check her out! If you are in Sydney and have a pet, book her in ;)

From next week we are on a little holiday and the puppy pre-school starts. So exciting.
I am still booked with weddings during my "holiday" but have the days during the week entirely off,
to hang out with Dave & Dalston. I can't wait, we have lot's planned, including some family photo sessions.

Puppies grow up way to fast, so we will try our best to capture this precious time.
On popular demand Dalston now also has his own Instagram account,  I gave in after friends begged me to open up his very own Instagram. It also helps to not puppy spamming my own account and followers so much, although I bet most people don't mind : ) Feel free to follow him, if you enjoy endless puppy pictures.

Dalston is home. And he is totally awesome!

He wanted to come with us straight away when he picked him up, he loved the car ride home and was peeking out of the window the whole time.
At home he wasn't shy for a minute and simply loved his cozy crate&bed and all his toys.
He slept really well too, no whining or anything and he woke us up when he needed to go potty.
Yep, so I don't get that much sleep these days but it's well worth it and we haven't had any accidents either. I mean, that's really something for a 8 week old puppy.

On his second day home he already knows his name, comes when called and sits.
He is a little genius. Can you tell I am totally in love? One proud mommy, I guess....
So my social media of course turned into a puppy spam already and I enjoy every minute of hanging out with this little guy.
I am really proud of David too, who did a big deal of reading up on puppy education and he is doing amazing.
Dalston also responds to both of us, which is wonderful.
And he is very adventurous and likes meeting & greeting all sorts of people of all ages and dogs.
No noise or anything has managed to scare him yet, he's just being one happy chap!
Fingers crossed he will keep this attitude.
I thought I just post a little update, all pictures are iphone only snaps, but we will be back with some "real" photos soon.

We love him to bits!

We are overly excited here tonight.
One more sleep and we are bring our new additon to the family home:
Havanese puppy Dalston!

We met him and his siblings the other week and visited before, he is now old enough to come with us.
On our visit we snapped a few pictures. We will be back with more very soon.

The next few weeks, will be filled with puppy fun: pre-school, training, socialization prob. some lack of sleep for all of us and lot's of time, for establishing a new little routine.

We have been waiting for this day for almost four years.
The house is puppy proofed and we got everything set up.

I noticed that most people don't know the breed. Ha-va-what? How do they look?
So I thought I include a link to a video about them here:



One more sleep!

Has it really been a year?
I guess so, when I think of how much we done, seen and achieved in only a year here, I can only sum it up as having been amazing.
Only very recently we got into a routine that makes us feel somewhat at home.
With morning runs, making nice dinners at home and feeling a little more settled work wise.
It feels good. I feel things are getting balanced and while the first year in a new place is always super exciting it's also especially challenging.
I am so happy and grateful about how well my business went over here in my first year.
I have met so many great people and have worked with inspiring people.
The weather, the food the beach...and on top of that I am super amazed by the beautiful nature here. And I am sure that time will make our life down here only better and better.
We are excited for our 2nd year here in Sydney,  are now looking to finally add a puppy to our family.
I did a little happy dance today as I got so many good news and I am just so excited to welcome a dog into our lives. It's one of these days were I want to just hug everyone I come across. You know?