Sundquist Thursday: Seeley’s First Month

So rewind from last week’s photos of Seeley. I did manage to document a few snippets of his first month, but I must beg you to look at these images knowing the following – I was suffering from the bleary-eyed, zombie brained fog that comes with the regimen of no sleep and early nursing.  I usually didn’t have an opportunity to photograph Thing 2 until Thing 1 was in bed which equals dark and grainy photos, but let’s call them “photojournalistic” and “emotional” and “inspired by 19th century realist painting” rather than dark and grainy.

Seeley at 1 week old:
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Seeley having his first bottle:
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Seeley at 2 weeks old:

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Seeley at 3 weeks old:

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Seeley at 4 weeks old:

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Bowie Tuesday: Addison

Addison and I made a stop on the way to Grandma’s the other day and I managed to snap a few pictures of her.   I love catching her in just her random moments.  Taking in, enjoying and simply marveling at her imagination in action.

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Pretty sure something is funny.  Don’t you want to know what?

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Here Addison is showing me how the fish swim away from the snapping crocodiles in the estuary.  They are so fierce.

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Pretty sure she’s thinking hard on those crocodiles and their wily ways again.

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Til next time. . .

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52 Week: Week 2

The theme was responsibility this week.  I’ve decided that most if not all of the themed photos will be of my family during the week.  One of my goals this year is to live more in the moment.  That means enjoying my family everyday.  Not always planning the next thing or thinking of things I should be doing.  Living with an awareness (while looking for a photos to capture the theme) in what we do in the everyday has been fun so far.  I am confidant that by the years end I will not only have 52 photos that capture our year, but also a solid habit of paying more attention to those most important to me.

RESPONSIBILITY

-Landon was under the weather this week and missed two days of school.  Even though we didn’t get out of jammies and energy was definitely low, we still made sure to work on some homework so as not to get too far behind.  Getting the homework done while sick wasn’t the true test of responsibility to me though, it was completing the task with a happy heart.

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A few more for fun.

Landon’s partner in crime.

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This was the other option on the table for me for the theme this week.  The tides have turned and now Landon is the one helping Addison build her legos.  He has taken on the role of helper.  Love it. If you haven’t discovered the new line of girl legos called Friends, they are pretty much the best idea I’ve seen all year.  I seriously cannot believe it the idea has been this long in coming.

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Sundquist Thursday: Seeley

Look at that sweet old man face.  Simply adorable.  When Rylee was visiting the other day we thought it would be a good idea to get a few updated shots of Seeley.  He’s suffering from second child syndrome.  Meaning, of course, 80% less photo capturing of every moment as the first born.  Sad, but true.  Take heart my cute little blue-eyed man, you already have more photos of yourself at 4 months than I do of my entire childhood.  That has got to count for something.

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B: Senior

I headed to a local park recently to spend some time with a pretty remarkable senior.  Spunk, edge and a whole lot of take-life-by-storm.  B there are many adventures ahead for you to explore and in the words of Dr. Seuss:

‘You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You’re on your own.  And you know what you know.
And YOU are the girl who’ll decide where to go.

Today is YOUR day!

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