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"a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

penny: i hate to be the one to tell you this, but your parents are the ones who take you to restaurants, and stand you up on the tables so as to take pictures of you looking super cute. my apologies for any future embarrassment this brings you.

a first birthday party

last weekend we had penny's first birthday party. we were waiting until MLK weekend so that some of my family could fly down from NY to be here. it was a great little at home party, with just family and a couple close friends, complete with lots of homemade goodness. i was too busy just enjoying the day to remember to take a bunch of pictures, but here's a few i grabbed with my camera and phone. it was a "love" themed (all vegan) snacks and sweets party, which pretty much happened out of the blue when i fell head over heals for all the adorable valentines day decor out there (seriously target, you're killin' me!) oh, and you best believe these decorations are staying up until AT LEAST february 14th!

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"a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

penny: we had your big first birthday party this past weekend, with lots of family and close friends to celebrate. you enjoyed the heck out of yourself, and the cake wasn't too shabby either!

how i've longed for this day...

every since the day we first found out we were having a baby, i've had this image in my head of spending afternoons coloring and crafting. yesterday that image started becoming a reality! i was getting a vibe from penny that she was ready to do more then just eat crayons, so we sat down with a few sheets of paper and checked out this thing called 'coloring'. i showed her that the cute heart shaped crayons mama made weeks ago could also make some really pretty colors on a page, and she got a kick out of it! sure it only lasted about 5 minutes, and sure she also colored on the floor, but watching her proudly walk around holding her drawing was enough to make the art school graduate in me melt into a sappy puddle. people aren't kidding when they say it just keeps getting better...

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"a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

penny: now that you hold the title of 'toddler' it's sweet moments like these, when i still the little baby in you, that i want to hold onto just a wee bit longer.