Caren Barry

Photographer + Writer + Surface Designer

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  • :: a beautiful, sunshine-filled coastal walk through the Heather at Dunwich with this guy; taken two years ago to the day. 💛
  • :: those eyes 😍❤️
  • :: who else has watched the tv series Grantchester? I recently started watching after years of being recommended it by friends and felt especially compelled to after James and I visited with a little newborn Emilia 💛 I must admit I am finding it quite bizarre recognising so many of the places being featured! . During Emilia’s first few weeks and months, I rather quickly worked my way through all of my favourite programmes on Netflix and catch up tv... seriously there we SO many series’ saved on my lists that I’ve now ticked off 🙊 . Of course now that Emilia is no longer such a sleepy newborn I don’t have the time for as much tv, but I do love a good drama and I’d love to know what your favourite programmes are at the moment. So please, send your recommendations my way! 😊
  • :: my sweet little girl. Her smiles, giggles and beautiful blue eyes melt my heart daily. 🧡 . Last night Emilia graced me with 7 hours of unbroken sleep - only her second stretch of solid sleep since birth. I’m normally awake for twice nightly feeds, so this felt like such a treat! . I’ve been trying my hardest to make sure she gets at least 4 hours of nap time during the day since she recently dropped one of her naps, and I *think* we’re slowly getting into a better routine, bedtime especially. So I’m curious... what are your nap-time/bedtime routines like? . #emiliahannarose #emiliahannarosemilestones
  • :: wintry walks, making memories with my little love ✨ . Emilia has taken to only napping in the sling (this beautiful linen ring sling is from @mezayababysling). I’ll be honest and say that it’s becoming increasingly more challenging for me, physically – I still feel like my postpartum recovery has been quite slow and I’ve become distinctly aware of my lacking core strength... but this is all temporary and one day she’ll no longer need these sling naps. So I’m embracing this wonderful phase and gosh how I really love these extra moments where I get to hold her close to me. ❤️
  • :: Emilia’s nursery. A lot has changed in this space since I first took this photo eight months ago... I completely switched around the furniture (much to James’s dismay as there are two solid oak chest of drawers that needed moving! 😆🙈) and instead chose this spot to become home to THE comfiest armchair from @loafhome. It’s where I often nurse Emilia and where we read her stories before bedtime too - it quickly became my favourite piece of furniture for those reasons alone. . I’ve always had a passion for interior design and it’s far more than just a hobby for me, so I’ve been wondering, if I were to share a tour of this room and my ‘nesting’ process on my blog... would this be something that you’d be interested in reading? . I haven’t published anything since shortly before our house move and before I became pregnant and so now I have ‘the fear’ of facing it all... especially now that my content will naturally show the shift in which my life has taken. I’m also still writing my birth story and I intend to publish on my blog – although I never anticipated it would take me almost 6 months to finish! It’s so very personal, but I’m really looking forward to sharing it with you all when the time is ‘right’ for me to be that vulnerable. 💛
  • :: this girl 🧡 becoming her mama is by far my greatest achievement of 2018. A year filled with so many challenges, transitions, growth and overwhelming love. . I feel incredibly blessed to have this girl in my life. I’ll always be so thankful she made me a mother and for how much she has taught me already. Here’s to another year full of many more firsts and those simple everyday moments together that make it all so special. 💫 . Happy new year you lovely lot – I also want to say how much your friendship, kindness and support means to me! Forever grateful. . . Oh and these photos may be super grainy... moody autumnal walks in the woods will do that, but they are still some of my most treasured captures of us.
  • :: my little sleeping love. 💛 . A special moment from yesterday that I’m so happy I was able to quickly capture... this was the first time she learned how to soothe herself to sleep without any help from her mama. ✨ I couldn’t be any prouder of this sweet girl. #emiliahannarose

 

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