me and mine {january}


Daddy is loving
* having time with the wifey in Somerset.
* listening to the Royal Blood album.
* eating mini eggs by the bag load.
* how excited the kids got at the sight of some snow.
* playing Call of Duty multiplayer.

Mummy is loving
* watching The Vampire Diaries and Scandal.
* having an amazing night away courtesy of i-escape.
* reading The Mortal Instruments series.
* doing yoga.
* going on weekly adventures.

The beautiful boy is loving
* telling everyone that it's going to be his birthday soon.
* having 'proper big boy reading books' from preschool.
* dipping tortilla chips in Mummy's speciality mexican soup. 
* playing Disney Jr Play on the iPad.
* visiting the castle in Colchester.

The beautiful girl is loving
* singing and dancing to Shake It Off by Taylor Swift and Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars.
* her new big girl bed.
* eating "chocat eggs".
* wearing her wooly hat because it "really windy".
* playing hide-and-seek under her towel after bath time.


I am so excited to be starting another year of the Me and Mine photo project. I'm sure that I sound like a stuck record about it now, but there is something so beautifully addictive about collecting photos of our family together. All perfectly imperfect, but all us... just as we are right now! Not waiting for that special occasion, or that big event, or that amazing setting, or the best lighting, or perfectly put together outfits. 

This month I took quite a few Me and Mine photos when we were out on one of our adventures, and practically all of them were out of focus. I was a bit gutted to be honest, because I can tell that it some of those blurry photos there could have been some little gems. So note to self.... two years into this project... I should know by now to check the back of the camera before we go home!!!


We have an updated Me and Mine team for this year, with three of us original cohosts and three new ones joining us. We are all so excited to have a great year of taking family photos, and we are so excited to see all the photos linked up from you guys too. 

This month I am going to urge you to go and visit the lovely Alex at her blog Bump to Baby. Alex is one of our new cohosts and I'm so excited to have her on board because this year is going to see some big changes for her family as they go from three to four later in the year. She'll send you on to see another cohost and you can travel around all the cohosts in a little circle until you get back to where you started. And of course make sure that you link up your own family photo too.

This year we have started a Facebook community page for Me and Mine, so that we can help and inspire one another, and also so that we can give you a little nudge when the time is coming and you can get your photos taken in time; so do stop by and give us a like. And excitingly, this year we will also be offering a prize every month to one person that has linked up in the linky. The lovely people at PhotoBox are going to give one of you a beautiful personalised photo cushion, and all that you have to do is link up with us. We will announce the winner once the linky has closed in mid February and they will be contacted by the email they give when entering the linky.

dear beautiful




59 comments

  1. I'm joining I'm for the first time & looking forward to being "made" to take a regular portrait! Your photos are gorgeous x

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    1. We'll happily "make" you! It's great to have that little excuse and prompt each month I think. Welcome!!! x

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  2. So excited to take part in this again this year and see all the beautiful portraits linked up. Gorgeous photos :)

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    1. Excited to have you back again. It's always so nice to look through all the gorgeous portraits isn't it? x

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  3. Oh my there matching coats are adorable, looking forward to another year of photos :) x,

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    1. YAY!!! Ready for another year, it's exciting isn't it? I love their coats too, they aren't exactly the same but really similar... I said I wanted a navy duffle coat too and my husband looked at me like I was insane. x

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  4. They're gorgeous photos and it sounds like you're having a great start to the year. And I know exactly what you mean about knowing you took some great shots that went fuzzy - my best one is leaving the focus set to the middle so it looks straight between us and focusses beautifully on the background!!

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    1. HAHAHA! That is exactly what happened here. I set it all up focusing on the hubster and then he must have moved fractionally and BINGO, lots of photos of a beautifully infocus bandstand with us looking all blurry. x

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  5. I've never watched Vampire Dairies! I'm sorry hehe. Lovely photos as always. So glad Me and Mine is back for another year. Excited to complete the next few months and have a year of family pictures from when Parker was born :) xxx

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    1. It's so nice that you'll have Parker's whole first year recorded in family portraits. They will be so lovely to look back on. x

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  6. Nothing "Stuck record" about it... I think we all feel the same way! Lovely wintry outdoor photos this month! Looking forward to stopping round everyone! Thank you so much for hosting again... your photos are beautiful as always!

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    1. I'm glad to hear that other people feel the same way. It's just such a lovely thing to invest our time in doing, it makes me feel really emotional. x

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  7. Lovely photos! My lens has broken on my 'proper' camera so had to opt for the phone selfie this month xx

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    1. Thanks lovely. Selfies always work, I always love the fact that everyone has to get close and cosy to be in them. x

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  8. Oh Lucy I love your photo, caught in the fun moments. I know what you mean I have done it a million times having fun with the kids out and go home only to realize they are mostly blurry photos. Bless you. But your photo is you and them and him so perfectly in your element and I love that too. All seem to always match anyways! lol I am so excited to be a part of your amazing team and I hope I get better with my family shots and more creative each month. It's such a great project and I already can't wait till the end of the year to see them all together!!!! :)

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    1. Thanks lovely, we were definitely having a lovely day, even if a load of the potential portraits had to go straight in the trash can. Ah well... you live and learn. It's going to be such a good year, I'm so excited to see what we all come up with. x

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  9. Actually, I kind of love the blurry not-quite-perfect pictures. I never share them because nobody else seems to, but they seem more real than the ones where everybody (even the tinies!) are smiling at the camera. Perhaps we should all make a point of sharing a behind-the-scenes picture every once in a while.

    You all look beautiful, as always.

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    1. That's it exactly, I wouldn't share them, but I actually really like them. I should definitely share some of my disasters one of these days, even if it's just to prove that getting monthly family photos isn't as easy as we sometimes make it look. x

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  10. Thank you so much for hosting the lovely link-up, I'm too exited to join in. Your photos are just gorgeous and you really capture you all so well - Ps, I love your little mans coat xxx

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    1. Thank-you, and welcome. We're excited to have you joining us. x

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  11. Gorgeous photo's Lucy, I'm joining in again and hope I can carry on till the end this time

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    1. Woohoo. You can do it. I'm so glad to have you back giving the whole year another try. x

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  12. I always look so forward to seeing your Me and Mine posts, you always have the most beautiful photos of your family. And January's is no exception. Thank you for linking to me, I'm so excited, as you know, to be a part of the team this year :) xx

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    1. You always have gorgeous photos of your family too Alex, and it's going to be lovely seeing all of yours this year. x

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  13. Ahh lovely, fun photos of your family. I'm excited to be joining in for the first time; it's such a lovely idea xx

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    1. Awww, thanks so much. And welcome, so glad you like the idea and are going to join in with us. x

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  14. Gorgeous photos! Sounds like you've had a great month. I love Mini Eggs, I'm so happy they are back! x

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    1. My husband is obsessed with mini eggs... every time I borrow his car, it's just full of the empty bags. Hehehe. x

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  15. Lovely pics, I'm loving that vampire diaries is back on again. And Z is turning into a huge Taylor Swift fan :)

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    1. I love The Vampire Diaries, although having watched all the previous series on Netflix I'm not doing very well with having to wait a week between episodes. x

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  16. As always such lovely photographs! We was only in this park the other day :) So looking forward to doing me and mine this year

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    1. Aww thank-you. I can't believe we haven't take then children to that park before, it' so lovely isn't it? So happy to have you joining in with us. x

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  17. I've just linked up for the first time! My pics aren't very good (blurred selfies haha) but the tripod will be out next time!! x

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    1. Welcome!!! Blurred selfies still count, it's the fact that we take them at all that really matters. x

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  18. Beautiful photos and a lovely new line up of cohosts! My post is late this month as my and Troy aren't very well but I'll be joining in asap x

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    1. We'll let you off for being late... thats a very good excuse. Hope you're feeling better soon. x

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  19. Lovely pics Lucy!! Hurrah — it's so nice to be back for another year! It was lovely looking at the set of 12 from last year — and I know there will be so many more changes again as the boys get bigger! X

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    1. There is something really powerful about seeing those 12 images together, it just makes you want to take more I think. It's just so nice seeing all those subtle changes that are so much more noticeable when you are all grouped together. x

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  20. I am so excited to be joining in with this for the first time. Lovely photos- thanks for hosting x

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    1. Ahh, welcome to Me and Mine then. So pleased to have you. x

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  21. Really lovely photographs Lucy, thanks for letting newbies join in. Looking forward to seeing photographs from everyone each month and seeing a years worth at the end of the year x

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    1. Ahh, newbies are always welcome. We're all about family round these parts, so come and join the madness. ;) That year's worth of photos is such an incentive to work for isn't it? Such a nice record of a year. x

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  22. Gorgeous photographs Lucy. I've decided to join in this year (thanks for hosting!) and it will be just the nudge I need to ensure we have lovely family photos throughout the year to look back on and treasure. x

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  23. Hiya, Wow, I can't believe how many people have already linked up! I've just published my 1st post in months ... What better way to get back into blogging than a me and mine post ;) Looking forward to reading everyone else's :) x

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  24. I'm joining in for the first time - I love the idea of a family portrait each month as I don't take enough photos of us together as a whole family. Love your photos of your gorgeous family :) Thank you for hosting x

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  25. gorgeous photos. im linking up for the first time. i love this idea! thank you for hosting x

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  26. Beautiful photos of you all together - love this project and looking forward to joining you in 2015 :-)

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  27. Exciting to be joining in for the start of a new year even though I am quite disappointed with my January photo, still hopefully I'll see an improvement as the year goes on. Lovely photos of you all as always xx

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  28. Excited to be joining in although like Hayley I wasn't so happy with January. I must make more effort to get out to take them throughout the month so that we have a selection! Such beautiful pictures of your little crew. I love how your little boy looks like his legs are just dangling. x

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  29. I've linked up for the first time this month. Got my OH on board and he loves the idea of having a family picture of all 3 of us each month, so hopefully we can improve on this month's photo as they're definitely not of your quality!

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  30. I have just joined in for the first time. You have some lovely photos. I am hoping to get more creative with mine next month, and although Mr R likes to have a moan about photos of him, I can tell he is excited by this project too, it will be so nice to look back on at the end of the year. x

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  31. Oh my goodness my girls are obsessed by 'Shake it off' we have to dance to it at least three times a day!! Great family shots, we need some practise but good to hear I'm not the only one who has blurry picture disasters. It's so annoying when you think you've captured a great shot only to realise later that it's all blurry.

    Thanks for co hosting this fab project and persuading me to join in. I'm going to love it! Promise to be on this month xx

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  32. I find some times that I look at the camera and think it's not blurry, it actually is, my camera lies to me! ;0) But you are right, it's not always about the photo but the sentiment and happiness behind it. Excited to be joining in again this year, here's to another year of happy family photos. xx

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  33. Attempting to join in for another year, I will stick to it this year! Thanks for hosting x

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  34. Lovely photos, I'd love to know what BB is pointing at with such wonder on his face! I'm so excited to be joining in again this year, can't wait to challenge my photography and get some great family photos :)

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  35. As always lovely photos, you have inspired me to take some photos in castle. We always say how much we love where we live but never really capture it in a photo x

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  36. Yay another year of Me & Mine! Lovely pictures, you all look wrapped warm in this cold spell :)

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  37. I promise to make it through the year this time :) Any excuse to take family photos really...

    I love your January post. Such lovely, wintery photos. The photos do not have to be perfect in order for them to mean something - my post is a prime example haha xx

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  38. I've just posted - phew just made it before the linky closes!
    Thank you so much for hosting this lovely project again - I really appreciate having something to prompt me to get my family portraits in.
    Your photos this month look very natural. They don't look out of focus to me but I'm a snapping novice! All I see are four happy people cuddling up on a winter walk. xx

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