January 2011
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52sq • Week 5 • "Slippery Slope"
This week, Isla chose my birthday to show just how much she is growing up. After a few tries down the big-kid slide on my lap, she rounded off our visit by sliding down all by herself. It’s a slippery slope from here on out; she’s using cutlery, she’s started on the potty (not exclusively, but has started) and she has developed quite… *gasp* an opinion! My baby girl...
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WatchVideo of Isla • “Lazy Saturday”
(I just posted this on Mamarazzi + Co. too but, for posterity’s sake…)
I’ve started playing around with what I’ve half-heartedly dubbed “hybrid video”… Basically, video clips weaved into a photo slideshow. Amateur stuff to a videographer, I know, but a very new way of thinking and execution for me.
I love this, I do. I’m not trying to be down on...
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52sq • Week 4 • "Fading Habit"
She rarely falls asleep in my arms anymore, but I live for those rare occasions when she does.
A Manhattan kind of litter
“The value of water is proportionate to one’s thirst”
My grandfather used to quote this saying all the time and I often find myself applying it to both major and trivial things because, really, it’s so very true.
Take this litter, for example.
Some people would covet this box, ribbon and bag just as much as its contents. Some would take their purchase home and put...
We're not helping the sleep situation...
This was Isla and Hamish approximately seven minutes before bedtime last night.
Yes, after her nice calming bath. Yes, after her bottle of bedtime milk. They came to say ‘goodnight’ as I was clearing away my studio equipment from the day.
Clearly, we bring the smarts to the situation.
When I opened it up, I suddenly realized…
We’re not helping the “fall to...
Question for the mamas...
Is 15 months old too young to be afraid of the dark?
Is “Isla is afraid of the dark” a reasonable sentence to cross my mind right now?
I’m running out of variables to figure out this current sleep rut. And the nightlight I just set up for her worked so it’s clearly got me thinking…
My post was lost...
… just when I was telling the Internet what a horrible mother I am. The NERVE!
Basically, I was lamenting how Isla had been brought into our room at around 4am thanks to teething and some battle war cry mixed in. Then, when Hamish left for work we both stirred but I thought we both went back to sleep.
When I woke up 45 minutes after Hamish left the house, Isla was gone. GONE. Not in my...
52sq • Week 3 • "Risky Business"
••• This was a week full of calculated risk, for better, for worse and even for no reason at all. Completely last minute I booked Isla and I a train ticket to New York City after finding out my mum would be down there anyway, and we could drive home together. The timing was quick but I needed to visit the city sooner than later; as it was, there were more than a handful of relevant errands I...
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52sq • Week 2 • "Busy Staying Calm"
••• This photo sums up our week perfectly, Isla and I. Housebound thanks to a fractured foot, I’ve also had a few things going on in the studio in terms of getting ready for sessions and generally organized for the year ahead. Unfortunately for my loving cohabitants, I’m the sort who needs to make a mess even bigger before I can tidy it successfully. Neat/organizational freak? Yes,...
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12:21 am is *not* the time to (re)learn video...
But there’s a reason I’d like to…
I finally decided what I’d like my 365 project to be. It’s actually a 52 project done two different ways — 52sq, if you will — rather than a daily one. Some could say I’m trying to be different. My mother would say I barely have time to do the 52 one! We’ll see :)
Here’s week one and week two, with Saturdays...
WatchIsla goes to bed with the hiccups every single night. I feel so bad, but we just have so much fun *getting* them!
Last night’s video is a fair representation of every night. After dinner, I “chase” her up the stairs, she plays in the tub, then we both chase her around the top floor in a part fun/part get-her-jammies-on mission. After getting a belly full of milk, she waves...
A Canadian note on 'practical shoes'
I purchased new boots this past week. It’s a good thing too because the second thing the doctor said after he told me to stay off my foot for a while was, “Well, at least wear practical shoes.” *blank stare* Those would be…? Well, I kind of knew. It had been eight years since I last bought boots. Well, last winter I bought these but with gold details.
But that note in...
2011? Off to a banging start!
I’ve fractured my foot. I went to leave Isla’s nursery and a few of my toes staged a sit in, opting to assert their rights to stay put. Blech. Ow. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
This was last night; Hamish made me ice thanks to the instant swelling but life got back in the way and sitting in the middle of the floor feeling sorry for myself wasn’t in the cards. I woke up this ...
