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Weekly Winners, Jan 24-30

jenbshaw — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:02:22 +0000

Well once again a whole week has gone by and I’ve failed to post anything besides my monthly letter to my son (that I had to FORCE myself to write). Actually it’s been almost a MONTH since I’ve written anything. Eeep! I’m working on it I swear. Until then enjoy this weeks round up of Project 365 pictures, then hit up Lotus over at her place for everyone else’s weekly winners.

Baby laughs...better than belly laughs

Playing with long exposures

If I get out of the bath so do my toys

Can't get enough baby laughs

Obsessed with monster clothes

Yoga baby sleeps

Family heirloom

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Chase – 8 Months

jenbshaw — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:08:59 +0000

Chaser

Last week you hit the 8 month mark, and I know I have said it every month but WHERE did the time go. When did you stop being a baby and start growing into a toddler. Everyday it seems that another little piece of your baby-ness slips away. You no longer want to be held when you are sleeping, in fact you usually won’t go to sleep if you are being held. I’ve spent a lot of time in the past few weeks sneaking into your room at night to watch you sleep. You still look like my baby when you are curled up and sleeping.

You are so much like me when you sleep. You rarely fall asleep and stay that way, it takes several tries every night and a few rounds of music. You seem to have the same sleep twitches that I have and they frequently wake you up. You usually start the night swaddled in a blanket but you always manage to wiggle out of it in your tossing and turning. It never fails, I lay you in the middle of your crib every night and less than an hour later you wake up and when I go to investigate I find you stuck in a corner with your blanket stuck and binky lost. We go through this straightening out routine at least 3 or 4 times a night. I have absolutely *no* idea where you would get that from.

I’ve been prodding you for weeks now to start sitting up on your own and now that you’ve finally got the hang of it you have NO interest in anything but being on your tummy. Figures. You lay on your stomach and wiggle with all your might just trying to figure out how to move. You can spin in circles and occasionally you scoot backwards, which really just pisses you off because you end up further away from your toys. I figure you’ll be crawling by the time I write next months letter. However I was also sure that you would have teeth by now but alas you are still my little toothless wonder.

I’m going back to work today, just part time and only temporary for now, but I’m so nervous I could cry. I probably will cry when I drop you off at the sitter’s today. I know that this will be good for both of us, just like I know we need the money. I know that you will enjoy being around another little boy. I also know that spending a little time away from me will be good for you. Lately you cry whenever I walk away from you or leave you with someone else, even your dad. I’m sure the time apart will be good for both of us and I’m sure it will make me a better mom when we are together. I’m just afraid I’ll miss something big and I know it will make me sad the first time you don’t cry when I leave you.

Looks like this month there will be a lot of changes for both of us.

Love Mama

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Weekly Winners: Jan 17-23

jenbshaw — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:35:40 +0000

Here are my week’s pictures from project 365. Enjoy.

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Weekly Winners: Jan 10-16

jenbshaw — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:49:50 +0000

Wow I just realized that this is my third post for Weekly Winners with NOTHING in between. I’ve got some stuff in the works I just need to find a few minutes to organize my thoughts and polish them up. Anyway here are my shots from Project 365 for the week.

Mimosas on the beach with friends

On the flight home

Serious bed-head

A boy and his tractor

His best imitation of @barefootfoodie

Something pretty

A taste of lime

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Weekly Winners: Jan 3-9

jenbshaw — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:02:25 +0000

Here is this week’s roundup of Project 365 photos. Enjoy.

He isn’t always a happy baby…sometimes he is quite cross with me

The little hands that hold my heart

Totally set up but still totally cute

Papa and Chase

My most favorite LA Bitches Alli and Heather

Taken with my phone because…well just because

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Something New – Weekly Winners, Dec 27 – Jan 2

jenbshaw — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:44:29 +0000

Since I’m trying to take my photography more seriously this year I have decided to do the Project 365 Challenge. Instead of posting a picture on my blog everyday (well lets be honest, I just couldn’t figure out how to do it in a way that wasn’t obnoxious or time consuming) I’ve decided to just do a roundup every week. I’m sure most of my pictures will be of Chaser, but I’m going to try to learn some new techniques both with my camera and in Photoshop. Heather (she’s so smart) told me I should link up with Lotus’ Weekly Winners because I could get lots of awesome inspiration. So that’s the plan, here is the first roundup (hopefully of 52).

Day 1/365

Day 2/365

Day 3/365

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Chase – Month 5 (and 4)

jenbshaw — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Chase -

Today you are 5 months old, I can’t believe how time has flown. Clearly it’s been a whirlwind since I never did write you a month 4 letter. Most days it’s 3:00 before I realize that over half the day is gone, of course it doesn’t help that we sleep in every day until 9 (or later). You are still so happy in the morning, I honestly have no idea where you get that from, it’s surely not from me.

You found your voice sometime in the past two months. You love to shriek, it’s funny because you go so high pitched that your voice cracks and almost no noise comes out. I would take a video of it but every time I pull out the flip you go completely blank and just stare at it. You are completely mesmerized by the video camera and refuse to perform for me when it’s on.

You’ve learned a lot of new tricks in the past two months. You, of course, put everything you can get your hands on straight into your mouth. You rolled over onto your stomach once while you were at your grandma’s, you obviously didn’t like it because you have yet to do it again. In the past week you have gotten a little more comfortable with tummy time and have learned to flip yourself over when you are tired of it.

I’ve had a lot of people question whether or not I’m getting bored with being at home with you. I can honestly say there has yet to be a truly boring day. There are days that I want to cry, there are days we both cry, there are days when I yell at you. I’m guessing there will always be those days. There are also the mornings we lay in bed and sleep away the morning haze and I wake to you cooing at me. There are afternoons that we nap on the couch together. There are hours spent trolling the aisles at Target playing with the toys and entertaining the shoppers. There isn’t anything I would trade all these little moments for.

I’m getting ready to leave on a trip this weekend. I won’t see you for seven and a half days. I’m going to miss you like crazy. A couple of people have asked if this is my first time away from you or if I’m nervous about leaving you. I almost feel guilty for saying no to both questions. I left you for the weekend when you were barely 2 months old, your dad and I went on a mini vacation for 4 days last month. I guess it seems odd to some people that I’m so comfortable being away from you. I want you to know that my being away from you isn’t about not wanting to spend every day and every night with you, it’s about staying true to myself. I don’t want to completely lose myself in being your mom. I want you to be able to look at me someday and see everything I am. I want you to love me as your mom and be proud of me for me.

I love you with every piece of my heart
Mama

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Look at me grow

jenbshaw — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:55:52 +0000

I don’t have much to say today, hence the picture post.

Before Chase was born I read an article suggesting that you take a photo of your baby each month next to the same toy or stuffed animal to chart their growth over the first year. It took me weeks to find the right stuffed animal and I actually ended up with two. Anyway here are the first three months of pictures. I can’t believe how much he has grown.

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Family Photos – Finally

jenbshaw — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:23:15 +0000

Twitter can be a powerful thing…that is obvious and yet I’m still surprised at the ways it affects me. A couple of months ago I put a picture of my newborn up as my avatar. While I got lots of compliments on it people wanted to see me too. I complained that I had no recent pictures of myself and didn’t want to use an old one. Out of the blue Heather emailed me and mentioned that she was going to be in my area and would love to shoot my family. I cannot even begin to describe how happy I am with how the pictures turned out. Getting a decent shot of my hubby and I can be hair-raising, add a baby in the mix and I have no idea how she managed to capture us. Here are a few of my favorites. Check out the rest of Heather’s work on her Flickr stream or her photography website. If you ever manage to get in her area I highly suggest wrangling her for pictures.

Thank you a thousand times and then some Heather!

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Sometimes you just need a smile

jenbshaw — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:57:00 +0000

It’s no secret that I’ve been a little down lately. I’m just really tired all the time and work is tough and blah blah blah you know the drill. This weekend I went home for a quick visit and I finally had a chance to play with my new camera. I admit I still know nothing about it and I’m treating it just like a point and shoot but I promise to get better and learn how to use it right. At any rate the “small smiles” I captured were enough to brighten my spirits tonight and that is what I really needed.

not bad for my first go round with the new camera, the only adjustments I made post shooting were cropping and color saturation.

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