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a portrait of river, once a week, every week in 2013.


'off to the park!'

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a portrait of river, once a week, every week in 2013.

the backyard: adventureland

where we make mud-pies, point out the passing motorcycles and semi-trucks, play fetch with petra, watch daddy till the garden with great eagerness, chase bubbles, go mudding in our mini four-wheeler, sway in the hammock...

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a portrait of river, once a week, every week in 2013. 

quintessential boy

nothing is as satisfactory as scrubbing off the layers of grime and dirt; knowing it was a good day.

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a portrait of river, once a week, every week, in 2013.

spring! we are so happy to see you. but none are happier than river - according to him we shall spend all-day every-day outside, from here on out.

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a portrait of river, once a week, every week, in 2013. 

my sous chef. 

i was a bit hesitant to let him stand on the chair but he proved himself able-bodied. so intrigued with the food prep process was he and watching it bake?! oh, my heart.

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a portrait of river, once a week, every week, in 2013. 

classic boy. 

already handing me rocks he's collected, crawling in the puddles, what-have-you. i realize now you can never have enough play clothes.

this was shot from my phone mid week when we were venturing out daily. now? i don't want to talk about it. piles of the white stuff, wind, sleet, winter storm warnings...

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a portrait of river, once a week, every week in 2013. 

that smile is contagious.

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a portrait of river, once a week, every week, in 2013. 

 

i can usually predict what books he will bring me to read aloud to him, he definitely has his favorites. lately he's been bringing the two japanese board books we have stuffed in with all the others. often i will try to encourage him to pick another rather than stumble through making up haphazard adventures for the varied characters in these foreign stories. but for now, river is none the wiser - although i better stash them away soon before he's onto me and my misdirected plots. ;)

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a portrait of river, once a week, every week, in 2013. 

once he sees me monkeying with the camera i have exactly 0.573 seconds before he's by my side poking and prodding at the vass array of buttons. thus - a blurry portrait this week.

i set up the circus tent in the dining room in hopes of distracting him from the four molars that have been making their entrance into his poor mouth. it's been a rough week, not to mention cold and snowy - we are in the midst of severe cabin fever. but i am happy to say that two slivers of white have appeared on each side of his upper gums. two down, two to go.

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a portrait of river, once a week, every week, in 2013. 

he doesn't sleep like a baby anymore. when we tip-toe in to check on him at night we always find him in the cutest positions but rarely do they include the classic "baby butt in the air".