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DFW Newborn Photographer | Week 26

June 29, 2016

Last week was an important week in the life of this DFW newborn photographer, because last Saturday was my little sister’s wedding!! I so wish I had more photos to share from that special date, but I was a bridesmaid and decided to focus on living in the moment rather than photographing it. Plus, my sister chose an amazing wedding photographer—shout out to Simple Moments Photography—and I can’t wait to see the images from that big night.

Truthfully, the week got off to a rough start. I was unloading the dishwasher and dropped a large ceramic bowl, which actually punctured my hand and sliced up the juncture between my thumb and palm horrifically. I was home alone with my son at the time, struggling to get him ready for his first day at Vacation Bible School, so I cleaned out the wound as best I could and then did a shoddy gauze job to get through the morning. I was debating whether to go see a doctor about stitches, and never did. It was in such a painful spot, and I was really freaking about having an unsightly bandage on my hand for wedding pictures, but in the end my cut healed uber quickly, so there was nothing to worry about. Apparently when you cut yourself with something super sharp like ceramic, it heals more quickly. So, fun fact.

The other bad part of the week was that I pulled my back out Thursday morning. I did the same thing about a year ago this time while applying sunscreen, so I am not new to the whole back sprain game. I was doubled over like Quasimodo with only hours before I had to pick up family from the airport and begin a lot of wedding festivities. I desperately booked a chiropractor appointment and then a massage. I made it through the rehearsal dinner on Friday a little doped up on muscle relaxers, but my back was doing much better by the actual wedding ceremony. I am still in some pain and don’t have full range of motion at all, but I think that’s probably because I over-did it dancing and wearing heels on Saturday. We have another round of company coming to visit for the 4^th of July holiday, so I am trying my best to heal, but I think it will just take time. Old people problems y’all.

Anyway, in spite of that rocky start I was super excited to witness my sister get married and to officially have her new hubby, Chad, become part of our dysfunctional family. Everything went great, she was a beautiful bride and the night was spectacular.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 26

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173/366: My boy working on his reading lesson for the day. We started doing this thing called, “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” a couple months ago. My son is only 4, so I really didn’t have the expectation that he would read this early, but I felt like I needed something guided to help get him on the right path. Well, this book has proven me wrong. We are on Lesson 60-something and this little dude can officially read. He is reading stories with paragraphs, not just lame sight words like ‘cat’ and ‘bat’. I am beyond impressed with this little program, and considering all I had to invest in was the book and about 20-30 minutes a day, I’m giving it an A+. So, if anyone out there is looking for a good way to start teaching your preschooler to read, I can’t say enough positive things about this workbook. Disclaimer—I would be lying if I said that some days this book doesn’t make me want to pull my hair out, but overall the success we’ve had and the pride my son has in his accomplishments makes it well worth the effort.

174/366: My hand boo boo. Do you know how difficult it is to take a photo of your own injured hand? I basically only had the ability to use my one arm all week, and I think that’s what contributed to me pulling my back out. I think I overused the one side of my body and strained the muscles in my back. Anyway, a look at my whack gauze job.

175/366: Playtime in my son’s ‘office’. Yes, he calls his playroom an office, and it melts my heart.

176/366: Dog days of summer means that my Rufus spends a lot of time on the cool tile.

177/366: Wedding day!!!! Sorry for all the lousy phone pictures, but, like I said, I wanted to live in the moment and leave the photography job up to the photographer. Sadly, I don’t have one of me and the bride together, which is a huge bummer because I really wanted to show off how spectacular she looked all dolled up. I know the real photographer got plenty, so I will definitely point y’all in the right direction once she puts up a preview.
Oh- did I mention that my lil’ man was the ring-bearer? Isn’t he handsome?? He made a fast friend in the flower girl as well, and those two had the moves on the dance floor!!

178/366: My bridesmaid bouquet cheering up the kitchen table.

179/366: We had to drop off my mom and her husband at the airport. I knew my little guy would be in tears after that, so my husband and I tried to cheer him up with a visit to the splash park.

180/366: There was a lot of delicious, yet carb-loaded food consumed over the weekend, so I was excited to get back in the kitchen and have something a little healthier for dinner. Love this southwestern inspired salad with homemade chipotle ranch dressing and grilled shrimp. It looked so pretty, but then my husband tossed the salad before I got my photo taken. So, now you’re just looking at what appears to be a generic salad in a bowl…but I promise this dish is delish.

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Heather of H. Parker Photography is a Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer also specializing in baby photography in Fort Worth, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Dallas, Trophy Club and Roanoke.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Week 25

June 20, 2016

Welcome back my friends! This DFW newborn photographer has been in summer mode with the nicer weather—hooray!! There has been a lot of swimming and a lot of sweating, but so much better than the Noah’s ark situation earlier.
This past week was super busy—we had friends visit from out of town; lunch with my grandma, Father’s Day celebration, a dentist appointment, a splash park visit with friends and a date night for the adults. So, it was fun and busy. This week my boy is at Vacation Bible School, so I am kind of reveling in the 2 and a half hours of alone time I have today. Catching up on work, emails and watching some background Netflix. It’s kind of amazing.
Ok, on to Week 25.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 25

166/366: Helping hands. My Mr. Fix-It and his little boy working on a project together.

167/366: Lest from these photos you think it’s all rainbows and unicorns over here, I snagged this gem of my son moping and throwing a fit.

168/366: All we do is swim, swim, swim.

169/366: It as our turn to make snack bags for soccer, so I put Holden to the task. He was super precise about everything, just like his daddy.
Sidenote: As I started editing this week’s photos, I noticed that my son is wearing the same Paw Patrol shirt three times. I promise I took these photos on different days, but I guess he was just in a Paw Patrol shirt-wearing mood last week. Oh wait, that’s every week. #battlenotworthfighting #youcantwinthemall

170/366: Date night! We usually go with the tried-and-true movie/dinner combo, but this time we switched things up…just a teensy, tiny bit. Instead of opting for a new release, we visited the historic Palace Theater in Grapevine and watched the original Ghostbusters. Seriously, I’ve seen that movie at least 50 times and it never stops making me laugh. #icollectsporesmoldandfungus

171/366: Father’s Day! So, like 99 out of 100 days my son wakes up at the crack of dawn and jumps into my bed. Since it was Father’s Day, I decided to set my alarm extra early and get Holden up before my husband woke up too. That way, we would have time to make a special breakfast together and let Charlie sleep in. Well…turns out both boys decided it was a good day to sleep in, and I ended up making the Father’s Day Feast solo. Magically, the boys woke up in time to consume the waffles.

172/366: We’re a few weeks into this summer vacation now, and there is only so much swimming I can do in one day. So, things are getting creative around here. Enter shaving cream party. This lasted for 5 minutes, but now my counters smell so manly.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Week 24

June 15, 2016

Summer is in full force for this DFW newborn photographer and family. We finally had a break from rain, although it sadly returned for the weekend. The weather forecasters are promising that this is the last of the rain we will see for a while, and I’m cool with that.

With the unspeakable tragedy that occurred Orlando over the weekend, I would be remiss not to say that I am so thankful for each and every moment I spend with my loved ones. I am reminded how precious it is that I am able to document our lives, because nothing is ever a guarantee.

I typically shy away from politics, religion and all the other opinion stuff in this forum. I am not hiding my feelings, but I feel like technology allows humans to easily misconstrue information and, in many cases, offers more division than reconciliation. With that said, I didn’t want to just post all the happy things that happened last week without an acknowledgment of the Orlando nightclub massacre because the truth is that not everything is all happy. My heart is heavy for the victims, families and friends. All people are created in God’s image. Period. End of story for me and my understanding of God. Hatred and divisiveness are all a part of this world’s story. I am just thankful to know that this is not the end of the story.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 24

159/366: Not the best photo, but I only had my phone with me. This was definitely the most important thing that happened on this day, so that’s why even though the photo is horrible it is getting chosen as my daily picture. This is my son posing with two of the characters from Paw Patrol. If you don’t have a kid between two and seven, then maybe you don’t know about Paw Patrol, but it’s a cartoon and the characters are basically like celebrities to preschoolers. We had to wait in line to have 1 second with these characters, and it was so worth it to Holden.

160/366: Waiting to go swimming is tough. Now that we’ve cracked the seal on swimming, my son begs to be in the pool starting at 7:30am.

161/366: A trip to the pool store. While Daddy bought the pool chemicals we checked out the fun pool toys.

162/366: Any restaurant that offers a cookie as big as your head is a winner.

163/366: My sister came over and we all planned to get in the pool, but a random thunderstorm popped up and just sat over the house for hours. So instead of a pool day it ended up being a laundry and movie kind of day.

164/366: Another washout of a weekend. Everyone was in a grumpy mood after being stuck inside for the weekend, so we tried to cheer up with a trip to Dairy Queen.

165/366: Summer reading. Apparently my son is into history because he checked out this “Goofy Visits the USSR” book that has probably been sitting on the shelf since the early 90s. I love reading stuff like this, it’s a window back in time.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Week 23

June 7, 2016

This DFW newborn photographer would just like to title this week “that time we almost built an ark.” It was the first full week of summer break for my son, so I had high hopes that we could welcome summer with open arms—swimming, going to the splash pad, hanging at the park, etc. Yeah…not so much. First, I came down with a cold. Plus, we had the Biblical deluge to deal with outside, and also my husband was gone for work 5 days in a row meaning I had the joy of being the sole cruise ship director for the majority of the week. The thing is, there is only so much you can Play-Doh and paint inside before your kid starts to turn on you. It was bad…real bad…and I’m sooooo thankful the sun is out and we can resume regularly scheduled summer programming.

Want to see how bad things got– let’s review with a look at Week 23 of my Project 365.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 23

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153/366: Hey, I made an effort. It was the beginning of the week, and despite the frog strangler conditions outside and my stuffy nose, I schlepped us over to an indoor playground. Gold medal mom.

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154/366: Captains log – Day 8 of rain. Losing my mind. Everyone is losing their mind. It’s time to go outside, rain or shine.

155/366: Apparently, after being forced to play indoors for the millionth day in a row, my son had worked his way through his 1,000 toys and decided to play with nail clippers and some dental floss instead. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

156/366: Finally, some respite from the rain. If there was only one day last week for it not to rain, this was a good one for Mother Nature to pick. My sister had her bachelorette party so I left the munchkin at home with Paw-paw and got to go to downtown Ft. Worth for a little girl time.

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157/366: More sunshine!! Celebrating with a swim in the pool, burgers for dinner and an after meal Popsicle.

158/366: Snack time is serious business y’all.

Heather of H. Parker Photography is a DFW Newborn Photographer also specializing in baby photography in Fort Worth, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Dallas, Trophy Club and Roanoke.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Week 22

June 1, 2016

Hey y’all! Last week was the final week of school for my little guy, so for the next 13 weeks this DFW newborn photographer will be engaged in mommy/son bonding time all.the.time. I love that little munchkin, but I remember that by the end of last summer he was begging to go back to school…and the feeling was mutual.

Plus, all this rain…ugh. It’s feeling like a repeat of the deluge from last spring, and I’m all like—what’s going on?? This is Texas, the land of sunshine and 100 degree days in summer. I know I will likely be a grumpster by the end of August about the heat, but as we close out May I am yearning for a summery day.

Here’s a look into last week.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 22

144/366: My lil’ Bailey Boo soaking up her last few days sans Holden. Once that boy returns, she will spend a lot more time on alert.

145/366: We weren’t brave enough to attend the Buccee’s opening the day before, but the lure of cheap gas couldn’t keep us away for long. For my out of state readers, Buccee’s is a Texas-sized gas station/convenience store. They have around 100 gas pumps and the convenience store sells your obvious gas station staples like chips and candy bars—but goes so far beyond that with homemade fudge, jams, jellies, bbq sandwiches, fresh fruits and veggies, pies, baked goods, a huge plethora of trail mixes. I allowed Holden to choose a snack, and from the amazing array of options he walked away with….Cheeto’s.

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146/366: My boy is four now and this was his first “official” haircut. Up until now I had always snipped the crazy ends myself. However, this time I asked his babysitter—a lovely young lady who is also part of a cosmetology program in her high school—to trim his hair. We walked over to her house after school and 10 minutes later Holden walked away with a fresh ‘do. Truthfully I was a little nervous to turn over my babe’s locks to someone, but she did a great job and now his hair isn’t fuzzy at all and is nice and even. 1st haircut for the win!

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147/366: Last day of preschool for the year. I try my best to save Holden’s outfit from the 1st day so he can wear it again in last day photos. Such a fun way to see his growth over the past year. Next year Pre-K!!

148/366: End of School year program. My mom and her husband were in town for the weekend, so they got to attend his program as well. This lil boy was super happy! Crazy story—a storm rolled through the morning of the program and our power was out for the entire morning. This meant the whole clan of us had to prep for the program in darkness. Good times.

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149/366: Here I am in front of the lens at my sister’s bridal shower. Can you tell we are related?

150/366: A slippin’ and a slidin’. Y’all—slip and slides always look so darn fun when you’re a kid, but those things never work. This is a PSA to never buy a slip n’ slide. Thankfully this was an Aldi slide so like $5 down the toilet. Holden had a blast making other people push him down the slope, so I guess it was super fun for him and a good arm workout for everyone else.

151/366: My little man was pretty upset after Gigi and Grandpa Devin left for the airport. There were lots of tears. An early bath and some ipad time in the bed with Bailey dog helped smooth out his mood.

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152/366: Another rainy day. Here’s hoping some summer sunshine is in the near future.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Week 21

May 25, 2016

There’s never a moment too dull for this DFW newborn photographer to capture! I’m full steam ahead going into week 21 of my Project 365 trying to snap all the little slices of life.
This past week was one of the last before summer break, and soon my boy will be home with me 24/7. There is a lot to look forward to this summer—my sister is getting married; swim lessons; Vacation Bible School; Spanish camp; lots of newborn babies visiting my studio. I love the summer, but sometimes it can be a little overwhelming to see the long expanse of days stretching before you. I keep trying to imagine the summer in little chunks of time—a few weeks of this then we go to Spanish camp; a few weeks of that and then it’s swim lessons. I am the kind of person who prefers to accomplish something each day, so for all that the summer offers it can also be very challenging to my psyche.

Okay, let’s dive in to Week 21:

DFW Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 21

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138/366: Just found out about this gem of a park from a friend. It’s got covered awnings, so it will be a great place to go during the 100 degree days of summer. There were two other little boys at the park that afternoon, and I guess they were already friends. My son tried to join their game and they were very, very rude to him and told him repeatedly to go away. These kids were all in the range of 4-6 years old, so all the children were in the same stage of life and could have played together fabulously. I felt so bad for Holden, who was just trying to make friends and have fun. I know kids are kids, and they can and will be cruel. This is just one of the first times I have witnessed children of that age being so exclusionist. It made my heart sad, and I think you can see from the photos that it made my little boy too.

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139/366: Smore’s night! Holden definitely inherited my genes in that he is wary of sticky things. I love me some smore’s, cinnamon rolls and chips…but there is definitely a certain cringe factor when consuming sticky stuff. He told me that next time he just wants his smore not cooked. Hehe

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140/366: A busy Saturday. Started with the last spring soccer game, then straight to a cake decorating party with friends. Frosting, frosting everywhere.

141/366: Boys will be boys. A game of indoor catch in action. You think the older one would know better.

142/366: My favorite piece of mail, a Stitch Fix box! Go check out my reveal post here.

143/366: Stick ‘em up.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Week 20

May 17, 2016

Hey y’all! Life has been good for this DFW newborn photographer. My husband was home multiple days in a row last week, including the WHOLE weekend, which is pretty fantastic. My son was at school for a few days, so it was just me and my partner in crime a handful of times, and we got so much accomplished around the house. The big kitchen/laundry room tiling project is finally complete (total credit to the hubs on that one as I didn’t do anything except help with dust cleanup). I’ll post pictures soon. I also caught up on editing my DFW newborn photos, and now I’m just trying to get as much done as possible in the remaining days where my kiddo is at school before summer vacation.

Okay, here’s a look into the week with us!

DFW Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 20

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131/366: A splashpad visit to burn off energy after Taco Tuesday. I love how the splash pad is only about 3 minutes from our house—it is always a hit with the little one.

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132/366: I had to drop off my bridesmaid dress at the tailors in Southlake, so we couldn’t leave without visiting the pond and water feature. Again, this boy is obsessed with water, fountains, waterfalls, etc. I am not sure if that classifies as normal behavior, but it’s his thing so we always make time for watching water fountains.

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133/366: A bowl of ice cream to finish off the day.

134/366: Window washer.

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135/366: Saturday was such a busy day! We started by attending a birthday party for my son’s classmate. It was at an indoor water park and he tried his first big-boy water slide! He absolutely loved it and went down the slide probably 20 times. I see a great time at Hawaiian Falls in our future this summer. The only downside to the morning is that I neglected to bring my camera– wahhhh. I did have my phone though, so I got some of the conqueror posing with his slide conquest.
Later that afternoon we drove over to Graham for a couples shower held for my sister and future brother-in-law. The shower was hosted by some family friends of my sister’s fiancée, and so our side of the family got a chance to meet many of his family members. They had some great food (and wayyy too many desserts!!). Here we have photos of the future bride and groom, as well as a pretty photo of a flower in the hostesses’ backyard just because it’s fun.

136/366: Planted some carrots and zucchini in the backyard. We used to have a legit garden at our old house, but there is so much landscaping to take care of at this house that I just can’t see myself adding a veggie garden to the list. Instead, we are doing a little container veggie gardening to test the waters.

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137/366: Relaxing…and snacking. A favorite Parker pastime.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Week 19

May 10, 2016

Sunday was Mother’s Day, and I try not to let myself get overly excited about holidays in general, because so often my husband is called to work, and we end up celebrating on a different day than what the calendar dictates. That might sound pessimistic, but in my 9 years as a pilot wife I have struggled to accept that fate and live in that reality. It is what it is. With all that said, I am excited to say that our whole family was able to celebrate together last weekend, and it felt really nice.

I also wanted to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all my Mommy readers out there. As a DFW newborn photographer, I have the great privilege of meeting lots of new (and veteran) mommies, so an extra special shout out to all my client Moms, hope you had a perfect day with your littles.

Okay, on to the show—Week 19 of my Project 365.

DFW Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 19

124/366: Anyone remember these—they’re Scholastic book order forms. I used to love picking out books and then receiving them weeks later at school. I am not sure how this system still exists with Amazon Prime around, but I guess they help the school fundraise, so I occasionally let Holden order from them. He always loves going through the leaflets and making a wishlist of books. He can spend 30 minutes doing this activity, so it’s pretty awesome for all involved.

125/366: A game of chicken.

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126/366: More tales from the grocery store. This time, our weekly Aldi excursion.

127/366: My boy is 4 years old, so he still needs a little help from Daddy when it comes to Mother’s Day. They got me these flowers a few days in advance, trying to surprise me.

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128/366: Searching for one of those daytime/nighttime kiddie alarm clocks so maybe Holden can be convinced to stay in his room later than 6am. Our search was futile. I ordered one through Amazon Prime, and of course it is backordered until who knows when, so I guess we are getting up at the crack of dawn for the foreseeable future.

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129/366: Mother’s Day! There were donuts for breakfast, church and then hanging in the hot tub out back and having a small family crawfish boil for dinner. It was really nice to have some plans on the books that we were actually able to follow through with. A big thank you to my boy (and his daddy) for all the food and fun.

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130/366: Someone was excited when UPS dropped off a package. I guess he thought it was for him?? He was a bit disappointed to find out it was only some clothes.

Ft Worth Baby Photographer | Week 18

May 3, 2016

I closed out April this week with my Project 365. I will be posting a collage from all of April later on, as I love seeing a full months’ worth of photos together. There is something so gratifying about having it altogether in one piece like that. As a Ft Worth baby photographer, it is so neat to have this outlet for my personal photos.

Anyway, this week was kind of ho-hum. Nothing terribly outside of the ordinary. My little guy had a cold, so that kept things kind of slow around here. Also, I randomly had an allergic reaction to some antibiotics and was covered in a crazy itchy rash for the majority of the week. I’m sure that’s TMI, but seriously–did you know that you can randomly have an allergic reaction to antibiotics that you’ve previously been fine with?? I did not, so that’s info to know my readers. I got bitten by a tick while in Arkansas a few weeks ago, and the spot wasn’t healing. So, the doctor put me on some preventative antibiotics to reduce the likelihood of a tick-borne illness. As it turns out, I am allergic to that particular medicine and I was clawing my skin off all week. So, so miserable and I was in a Benadryl haze for much of the week just trying to function. I promise I didn’t include any rash photos in my 365. You’re welcome.

Okay, on to Week 18.

Ft Worth Baby Photographer | Project 365 | Week 18

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118/366: Weekly grocery trip.

119/366: It’s the little things in life. My boy getting himself some ice water. Don’t mind the ridiculous amount of fingerprints on the fridge. Could I have Photoshopped that out—yes, yes I could. But, I’m feeling lazy and I bet your fridge has finger prints too.

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Ft Worth Newborn Photographer | Week 17

April 26, 2016

Another week, another Project 365 entry. This week was blissfully less busy than the last one, so that was exciting! Sometimes the weeks where I have less going on end up being my favorite for this photo challenge. Even at Week 17, I still struggle to find something to photograph each day. When I’m having a routine, mundane day I tend to start freaking out around 5pm because I haven’t yet taken my daily photo. So, I’ll put my camera on and decide, “Oh well, I guess I just have to take a picture even if it sucks.” What I end up getting is totally random photos of our every day lives. For example, at some point this week I was stuck without a photo as the sunlight was fading so I took a photo of my son and husband checking the pool chemicals. That’s real life y’all. Well, that series of photos is probably my favorite from the whole week. It’s not shiny or fun– no one is wearing nice clothes…or even shoes. We are just being us, going about the everyday simple tasks that make up the bulk of our existence. If I wasn’t doing this Project 365, there is no way I would have felt compelled to take a photo of my son helping his Daddy with pool maintenance. But, I know that even though this is a part of our daily lives right now, I will forget how tiny Holden’s hands looked and how pleased he was with himself for helping Daddy every week with the pool. Now I have actual, physical evidence to take me back to that moment, and it is a beautiful thing.

Ft Worth Newborn Photographer | Project 365 | Week 17

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111/366: My first attempt at shrimp etouffee. I was getting tired of the grilled chicken merry go round, so thought I’d try something different. Food photography is most assuredly NOT my forte, but I did spend 45 minutes making this concoction so it wasn’t getting away without a photo.

112/366: Paw Patrol forever. This little boy LOVES dogs (could you tell from his t-shirt and the movie in his hands??). Right now we are going through a serious Paw Patrol phase.

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113/366: Had parent/teacher conference at my son’s preschool this morning. He got a glowing report and graduated to transitional kindergarten for next school year. My husband and I have been doing a lot of reading and phonics exercises with Holden and he can now read some simple sentences. As a treat for all his hard academic work, I took him to the Barnes & Noble to purchase a book of his choosing. We are big library people, so Holden really had no idea what a bookstore was. At first he thought we would have to return the book back to the bookstore after 2 weeks. It took awhile to convince him that this book would be his forever. He was in awe of all the choices, and settled on a robot book and, of course, a Paw Patrol tome as well. After the bookstore we went to the park and played for almost 2 hours! Then, after dinner, Holden got to do some painting. I was really ace-ing the mom thing last Thursday.

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114/366: It’s getting toasty out, and this little guy is impatient for our pool to open. He loves helping Daddy check the chemicals, and he observes the water temperature every day for signs of improvement.

115/366: My sweet lil pup, Rufus. Not such a pup anymore at 9 years old, but he is definitely a pup at heart forever. Just look at this adorable face. Beagles are the best!

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117/366: Backyard in bloom.