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Sweet baby bathed in sweet sunlight.

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Thanksgiving Eve. We usually eat at my grandma’s house, but she broke her leg over the summer and it is still tough for her to get around. Thus, I had the honor of hosting Thanksgiving this year. It was potluck, so my only food responsibilities were a pie, fruit salad and rolls. However, hosting afforded me a chance to pull out the wedding china and use decent table cloth. When you live with all boys, using fancy things is kind of a big deal and the table setting deserved its moment in the photographic sun.

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Thanksgiving! Poor Baby J woke up with a fever and a cough. He was quite the grumpster during the daytime, but seemed to rally just in time for Thanksgiving dinner. I think he particularly enjoyed the dessert portion of the evening, where he successfully conned my grandma and my aunt into feeding him way too much pie.

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This should really be Day 326.5, as it occurred in the wee overnight hours. Poor Baby J’s cough got much worse overnight and turned into croup. Charlie and I spent two hours up with him overnight. We spent a lot of time making the bathroom into a steam room to help clear Judd’s lungs.

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Miles, our Elf on the Shelf, made his return for the Christmas season. Holden was thrilled to see that Miles brought powdered donuts straight from the North Pole. Baby J wasn’t really sure what to make of the elf, but those donuts did a good job of winning him over.

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Nothing says Christmas light children fighting over the Nativity.

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‘Tis the season of packages arriving on the daily.

H Parker Photography is a DFW Baby Photographer with a residential studio in Roanoke,TX. She specializes in classic, timeless studio baby photographs.

Has it already been a week since my last DFW baby photographer Project 365 installment? I guess it has been. This past week I feel like it rained..or looked gloomy and rainy almost every day. I am completely certain I could never live in the Pacific Northwest…or anyplace regularly rainy..because it puts me a major funk. I am so lethargic when it is like this outside. I think it’s because of the lack of variety, every day looks and seems the same. I generally thrive on routine, so my life is as structured as possible. But something about the rainy days and being FORCED to choose boring, quiet, indoor activities gives me a case of the grumps.

Let’s see what Week 36 was all about.

DFW BABY PHOTOGRAPHER | WEEK 36

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Received some flowers from my mom and her husband for my birthday. They kept going strong for a few days after my birthday, and they added a nice touch of cheer to the otherwise gloomy atmosphere.

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Baby J watching jealously as Rufus got to go outside. Ignore the disgusting finger prints all over the glass. I live with animals aka children, soI pretty much give up on that door being sparkling unless I know we are having people over. #reallife

kiwi crate tops boy and father work together

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Our monthly Kiwi Crate couldn’t have come at a better time. A perfect rainy Friday night activity for Daddy and the boy.

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Is it just a second born thing that they want to grow up so fast? Baby J tries to reject the traditional baby straw sippy cup in favor of stealing his big brother’s school water bottles. I think I’m going to give up and just toss all the sippy cups and transition to the big kid bottles, but it breaks my heart. I know it’s just that Baby J wants to be exactly like his brother, but his brother is 6 years older so I wish he would just stay babyish a little longer.

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H’s soccer game was rained out. I already had a sitter lined up for Baby J, so I figured that instead of canceling on childcare I’d go ahead and have a Mommy/Boy date with the big kid. We went bowling. It was so fun spending solo time with him, but OMG I did not realize bowling was $45/hr. Holy cow y’all. I swear back in my day it was like $15 to go bowling. Maybe I’m just glorifying the good ol’ days, but why in the world is bowling so expensive!? It wasn’t even peak time–there was hardly anyone in the joint.

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When brother is away at school and you steal his Hot Wheels cars.

H Parker Photography is a DFW Baby Photographer with a residential studio in Roanoke,TX.
She specializes in classic, timeless studio baby photographs.