Long time blog readers will know that my family got bigger a while ago. Quite a while ago.

Almost a year, even.

James turns one in a few days. He has grown into a hell of a handful. A beautiful, scruffy, adorable, gung ho, loving, fun, happy amazing boy.

I just picked him up from childcare. It is a perfect autumn afternoon.

And sometimes, I have to remind myself to take photos of these things just because they are so fleeting. And so beautiful.