A Year at a Glance

Something I knew I wanted to do long before we had any kids was to do a monthly photo. Watching them grow is weird when you're a parent. They wake up from a nap and you think to yourself 'your nose is different!' or 'those fit yesterday!' but sometimes it's hard to actually see. You live life everyday and suddenly you have a one year old.

I've seen a lot of different ways to go about this project, but the lying down pose was my favorite. By five months it was near impossible to keep this girl still long enough to get a picture though! And it's hard to see how tall she's gotten since there's nothing to compare her with. So next time around I'll be doing something a little more...adaptive. High chair, laundry basket, crib...I'm up for suggestions. 

Some months were a bit rushed, a few were even with my iPhone, but I did it. And I love that I have this record. It reminds me of some of the bigger things (the major hair loss at two months) and some of the sweeter little things (camera face at four months) and I feel like I was able to capture a bit of her every time. They're all my favorite for different reasons.

And can I just say? I love her. 

june | july

august | september

october | november

december | january

february | march

april | may

first picture by the incomparable CioCo Photography, all the rest by me.

The Runaway Baby

This is a tale of a runaway baby.

Every 9th of the month, give or take a day, her Mom would set up a white linen blanket and snap a few  pictures of her smiling and generally being long.

And on her golden birthday (nine months old on the 9th, to be exact) this little baby decided she had had quite enough of being on her back. There were much grander ways to be in a picture, she thought. Maybe more abstractly...less about her face and more about her cute toes. She really likes her toes, after all.

And maybe one like she's snuck up on her Mom. She liked doing that, too.

And she thought she might explore other kinds of poses if Grandma was going to make her stay on her back.

But then Grandma pulled out a video of that runaway baby herself. She was mesmerized.

Only for a second though.



and then she was off again.