the 52 project // 03

jenn pierce, atlanta ga family photographer "A portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2014."

penny: we finally got around to exploring this new city of ours a bit this week. the children's museum, a crazy indoor kiddo play palace, and this here little park, were amongst the places you got to blow off some steam. this park didn't have any sort of playground equipment, but you certainly had a blast regardless. your imagination is exploding lately. you pretended to shake apples out of a tree, said that a leaf on the ground was the door to your grandparents house (then proceeded to 'open' it and jump in), and when you found a hole in the ground you were convinced that a rabbit was hiding inside. i am blown away every single day by the way you pretend recently. i'm doing my best to nurture this small gift like a wild orchid. lots of love and tending to. also in this weeks developments is your love for this tutu. your aunt donna gave it to you for your very first christmas, and lately it accompanies us everywhere. no complaints here! it makes for some pretty darn adorable target runs and post office trips. your two year old brain... i love it!

linking up with jodi. and here are just a few other from our afternoon at the park... jenn pierce, atlanta ga family photographerjenn pierce, atlanta ga family photographerjenn pierce, atlanta ga family photographerjenn pierce, atlanta ga family photographerjenn pierce, atlanta ga family photographerjenn pierce, atlanta ga family photographer

a sick day, in black & white

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it never occurred to me...

jenn pierce, atlanta ga family photographer

 

i knew when we moved from charlotte to atlanta that there would definitely be a period of transition for penny. i expected to sleep disturbances, i was prepared for the possibility of cranky afternoons, but what caught me completely off guard was just how much she asks for her best little bud that we left behind. penny has spent the last 9 months watching mr. wiley boone grow up. she saw him the day he was born, spent many an afternoon taking walks (or being pushed) around the neighborhood with him, and when we were moving the next morning, her very first kiddo sleepover was with her best friend, boone. she's named one of her dolls after him, and is constantly telling me which toys and books boone has at his house, as opposed to the ones at hers. ya see, when two mamas are best friends it's only natural that the kiddos follow suit. i knew this, and yet for some reason i am completely in awe at how much her little heart hurts to be apart from him. the first of many heartbreaks i'm sure, and though it kills me that every time we go somewhere these days she says "boone come too?", the ache is a little less knowing that they'll be friends for years to come... and then eventually husband and wife, but i won't get ahead of myself here.