motherhood

  • 18/52

    Dena May 3, 2014

    The 52 Week Project – A portrait of my son, once a week, every week, for one year. 18/52 — On yesterday’s walk, I took Roman out of the stroller and put him down in the grass, as I often do, so that we could…

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  • a day in our life // 04.23.14

    Dena April 28, 2014

    ^^^ bedhead & breakfast face I always love when bloggers do “a day in our life” type posts. I like them even more when they show an average day. The big, fun zoo trips, beach days, and other fun days are nice — but I…

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  • 17/52

    Dena April 27, 2014

    The 52 Week Project – A portrait of my son, once a week, every week, for one year. 17/52 — “Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your…

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  • Baby’s Been…

    Dena April 24, 2014

    This is my eleventh edition of Baby’s Been. Next month we will have run out of months and started counting the years. I’m not certain about how I’ll be handling these updates going forward but I’m fairly sure that they’ll be a lot more casual.…

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  • Eleven-Month-Old Roman James

    Dena April 9, 2014

    Oh my sweet, little Roman. The past few weeks I’ve been looking at you and thinking — you are not a baby anymore, you are becoming a little boy. Last week you took your first step and since then you’ve taken a few more. You…

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  • 10/52

    Dena March 8, 2014

    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

    Dena March 7, 2014

    A 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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  • 9/52

    Dena March 1, 2014

    The 52 Week Project – A portrait of my son, once a week, every week, for one year. 9/52 — Here he is, pleased as punch to be celebrating his big cousin’s 5th birthday at Chuck E. Cheese. Lord, does this boy make me smile.…

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  • A life you’re proud of…

    Dena February 26, 2014

    For 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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