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He was named, "Muscle," by his oldest cousin, Taylor before he was even born. Who would have known it would be so self-fulfilling. Above: doing pullups and showing off his muscle car tattoo. Above: A spider tattoo...his alter ego. He's sucking his gut in to look tough. Above: Another in the 52 Weeks Series. Credit to Choua, again.

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{{Photo deleted}} For his birthday, I decided not to take his picture, which was probably the best gift ever from me in his eyes. We went low key because we plan to have a party in a few weeks. He also had a party at school and then attended a friend's birthday party on the 3rd. It's funny because at the birthday party [of his friend], one of the moms told me that her husband said he couldn't

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It's been three full years since you blessed my life with your arrival. I remember it like it was this morning. I love you the best! {{Insert Picture}}

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I am so torn right now. I don't know what I want to do, photographically. I don't even know if I want to go into business, formally. I truly feel like newborn and maternity are my calling, but I also love wedding, which I have not yet done. Lately, I've been thinking about seniors too, but again have not tried it yet. I feel like such a mess right now regarding my photographic goals. I suppose I

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It was a cool weather weekend. We didn't mind so much. We still got the opportunity to get outside. The weekend started with a dinner out at Uncle Julios where Roan got to watch tortillas in the making and was given a ball of dough to play with. We've had a couple of weeks now, in which Roan has not been 100% well..."well". This weekend was very different. It's as if the stars aligned he just

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I'm putting myself out there. Someone once said to me that when she turned 30 (I was 25 when she told me this and I stupidly thought that 30 was so much older than I was--rolling eyes at self), she suddenly started to love herself more. I have to honestly say that I've been in my 30's for three years now and I am almost as unsure of myself as I was when I was 25. The only things I'm sure of are

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I hate to sound like I am complaining because Lord knows, I am beyond blessed and feel that I am in a good place right now; but between my day job, home life, buying a new car (bought broken so it's in the shop), pre-school screening, photo sessions, therapy, trying to keep up with Cto5k, and planning a birthday party, I can't seem to keep this blog updated. Not to mention the numerous family

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Feels like I'm always bribing my kid with "special treats" to get photos of him, but it never works. The minute I put the camera up to my face, he looks away. It's very frustrating. Anyways, we had a lot of sun yesterday (and today too) and so I tried to get some pictures with full sun. Above: eye contact...good, but dang those pin lights. I need to get him to look up at me. Still trying to

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It rained pretty much the whole day yesterday so we had to be creative about playing. I know most parents don't let their kids jump on the furniture, but since Roro does have some sensory seeking needs, we tell him he can only jump at home. His therapists have suggested that we buy him a mini trampoline. Below: This is my current favorite picture. I love his stinky little expression! Below: A

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Another rainy day today. I'm not going to complain about it because I realize it's all just a part of God's plan. And it helps everything to bloom. I was so happy the other day because I went outside and saw our bulbs starting to bloom. I made a mental note to get pictures, but forgot...as usual.Rainy days are notorious for leading to reflection. I've been thinking a lot about friendships lately.

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Yesterday was Choua's last day working at the same company as me. He starts a new job on Monday. I feel like another chapter in my life has closed. Most people say they couldn't work at the same company as their spouse, but I would have to say, that for the most part, it was wonderful. We worked on completely different floors and in different departments so we hardly saw each other, but it was

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My blog is now a victim of spam and possibly someone is trying to spread a virus with my blog comments. I am now moderating my comments. I have also tried to delete the comments thus far, but have been unsuccessful. Please do not click on the commenter, Shakadal. It is bad! My sincerest regrets if you already have. Kaosong

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We had Easter brunch with our friends. As usual, Roan did not eat anything, but sweets, but he had a very sweet time. Luckily, my friends' home gets amazing sun! These pictures turned out so fun. With the exception of the B&W, I didn't do any post processing on the pictures. I just resized and sharpened for the web. I am so used to my child running away from me that I was almost stunned that my

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I've been loving my days off. I think it seriously helps to keep my sanity. It's the day of the week that I get to pretend like I can have it all. We start off the day with Roan's speech therapy and then leisurely go to daycare. When I come home, I start cleaning the house and any special projects I may have for the day and then run errands. I also make dinner and then we get to spend the evening

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Yesterday, Choua and I were talking and Roan was in the room with us. Anyone who knows me, knows that I say "Shut up" a lot; and most times, it's not meant in the mean way. So as we are heatedly talking, I hear a little voice say, "shu up." I look at Choua and we are both very aware that Roan has just said what we both thought he said. So to diffuse the situation, I quickly tell Roan that we

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I had the best birthday ever! Choua and I took Friday off and took Roan to see Horton Hears a Who and then we all went for a walk. We took Roan to his favorite restaurant, Nordstrom Cafe, and then got a sitter to watch him so that we could go into the city for dinner. It was wonderful. Choua tried to get me drunk. It was funny. I have no pictures from the day, but here are some of RoRo playing

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We got almost up to 60 degrees today! It was wonderful! I always say that Autumn is my favorite season, but deep down inside, I think Spring really is my favorite. Roan was so excited to go for a walk after daycare. It's amazing to me how we haven't been out playing on a playground for about four or five months now and how his development had increased. He is such a little dare devil and wants

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Our friends moved to Africa in October and they returned for a visit. While they were here, we were lucky to have spent some time with them. Ainsley turned one and started walking. We attended her party as guests, but I took out my camera to capture some snapshots of the party and birthday girl. It was absolutely adorable! So wonderfullly girlie. Roan did not eat any of the dinner, except a few

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I just submitted our taxes this year. It wasn't as difficult as I had thought it would be. I'm relatively pleased with our refund. I know you are supposed to minimize the refund, but we are not good savers so we like getting a little back during this time. I usually get our taxes done by the first couple weeks of February, but this year, I slacked. Oh well, it's done now and checked off of my "To

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The new computer is almost built and I'm almost back up and running. I was able to start editing photos again, but it's a pain to have to get all of my preferences back. Along with a new computer, we also got a new LCD flat screen monitor, which is really sweet! To my pleasant surprise, Choua bought it for me as an early birthday present. We never get each other presents anymore so this was

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I don't understand it. I've been walk/running now for 1.5 weeks and although I feel great about it, it seems that my appetite is uncontrollable! I can't seem to stop eating! So now, I'm wondering how I'm going to lose any weight if I continue to keep up the exercising? I need some major willpower. Oh...why do I love food so much?

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Last Saturday, I joined a running club. They help us train for a 5K in April. Yes, I am starting off small as it has been well over a year since I've done any sort of running. I don't know if it's age or just being overweight now, but I am really feeling it in my body. I like to think it's the weight. I just need to work on my food and nutritional intake now. Things have been so wonderful lately

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I went and did it! These are amongst some of the first shots from my D300! I accidentally changed the settings to JPEG on the following two so I couldn't do as much to my WB, which was set to Auto. They both look a bit cool on here, but I promise they are not. I realized I was not being very nice to my child in the middle of a frozen field as I told him to look up at me so I could get

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Just one for now.

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They say bad luck comes in threes. Well, this is the third time Choua's Jeep has been in the shop. So does this mean that we are in the clear now, or does it mean that we should cut our losses and get a new car? We are trying desparately to not have to buy another car as the thought of car payments makes us cringe, but I think it may be time to bite the bullet. Of course, we've spent a chunk of

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