L ining up in the forest, our rabble of six kids all struck a pose.
Used to me, a photographer, organising them for family photos.
Only, now as I snapped pics, I pulled a tiny sleepsuit from my bag and held it in the air.
‘What!?' my eldest, Aubrey, then 12, grinned, twigging first.
‘You're having a baby?' My other two, Tallulla, then 11, and Roux, 10, cheered while my partner Chris' three kids laughed excitedly.
A moment to remember!
It was July 2020 and our happy blended family was about to get one bigger.
Chris and I had been together almost
