Baby, it's cold outside.

More snow this year. You have to love snow!

Do You Wanna Build A Snowman?

We had snow on Boxing Day. So we made the most of it! What better way to round off another year on the life of a very happy little boy?

Gingerbread House

As Christmas approached, little Ro was more than thrilled to make his first gingerbread house.

Christmas is coming...

As we approached his second Christmas, I took little Ro to Gulliver's Kingdom, near Matlock - where he fell in love with a snowman. (Technically, that photo was taken on the 'baby camera,' as it simply isn't always practical to carry around the heavy DSLR. It still seems to capture the moment, though). As always there were several festive outfits, though this elf suit is the only one to make it onto my blog from that year.

First Christmas

Time goes too fast, and before I knew it, he was almost one. Being a huge fan of Christmas, I couldn't wait to recreate the magic of the festive season with my son, and he had a number of exceedingly cute Christmas outfits to get into the spirit. But the Santa suit made the nicest photos, as he opened his gifts on Christmas Day.

From a photography perspective, I only ever use natural or available light, so the winter months are generally difficult to photograph (snow being the exception), as there is so little light, and so few hours of daylight. Hence, I have many photos of this special season, but very few of them have made it onto this blog for public consumption (and most reside in my private yearbooks). I did love this 'Santa set,' though.