The 52 Week Project – A portrait of my son, once a week, every week, for one year. 10/52 — “Helping” his Papa during a late afternoon workout. The setting sun making a perfect frame around his sweet head.
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Ten-Month-Old Roman James
Read moreA couple of weeks after Roman was born, we received a gift — a large picture frame containing twelve circles, one for each month of baby’s 1st year. At the time, that frame seemed irrelevant to us. Twelve months — ONE YEAR! — it will…
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Taking Stock :: Currently…
Read moreMaking :: plans for Roman’s 1st birthday party! Cooking :: eggs for breakfast every morning. Drinking :: a big bottle of H20 — hydrate me. Reading :: recently finished The Secret Life of Bees and now reading Burial Rites. Wanting :: an early spring. Looking…
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There is only what is.
Read moreThere is only what is. The what-should-be never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. —Lenny Bruce There is so much that I love about this set of photographs. Roman is wearing my favourite pants and his onesie is my favourite…
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Pizza Party!
Read moreLast week we celebrated my nephew Brian’s 5th birthday and his brother Aden’s 1st birthday. We had a pizza party at Chuck E. Cheese on Friday night & a birthday bash at my sister’s on Saturday. It was a weekend of fun festivities to celebrate…
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Questions on Eating & Sleeping
Read moreHow did you introduce solids? Also, does Roman sleep in his own room? And does he fall asleep during the night time feeding? Or do you put him back in bed drowsy? (As you might guess, I am trying to figure out the feeding and…
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A life you’re proud of…
Read moreFor what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can…
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Baby’s Been…
Read moreLast week, we had Roman’s nine-month checkup. He is 31 inches tall (above the 95th percentile) and 22.5 pounds (in the 75th percentile). The doctor gave him a thorough check and he’s right on track as far as development goes. Bath time is his new…
