9/365: Kewpie, holiday style

So Christmas has already come and gone but since it's still technically winter, here's a photo to celebrate the season. I bought this Kewpie figurine when I was living in Japan. I became mildly obsessed with Kewpie after hearing a jingle for a food product, tarako (fish egg) spaghetti. A little quirky, a lot strange, and a teeny bit disturbing, Tarako Kewpie is also unexplainably charismatic and likeable. He's got a bit of a cult following and is probably one of the most awesome characters to come of out Japan.




Oops, perhaps I should have cautioned you that the song may be stuck in your head for the next few days....

8/365: Working on a Saturday afternoon

This is what glueing 500+ little glass marbles to magnets begins to look like after marble #368.

7/365: iPhones make great baby toys

I love my iPhone and so does little John. He will grab for it if he sees it within reach on the bed and will bring it up to his face so that he can gnaw on it. How is it that the spots that he always ends up gnawing and drooling on are the exact spots where the little outlets for the cables are supposed to plug in?

6/365: Thank God for puffs

This is what helped us survive our trip back home to Hawaii across the continental United States AND the Pacific Ocean with an 8 month old. There was a lot of turbulence on our flights so standing up and walking around with the baby was not an option. Rice puffs saved our lives and the sanity of all of our fellow passengers on our flights.

5/365: Teefs!

The reason why we were getting sleep in only hour increments while on vacation...

Guess who made it into a magazine?

1.4.2011 - "Little John's Magazine Debut!" Okay, so it's really a teeny tiny picture of him but if you look through the current issue of Hawaii Skin Diver magazine, you'll see him. =) And if you look extra hard, you'll find another tiny photo of him somewhere else in the magazine!

Project 365? Ready, set, go!

I've been thinking and talking about doing a 365 project for the looooongest time. What is it? It's a commitment to take and post/blog a picture every single day for an entire year. It's a ridiculously crazy time to start now since we JUST got back from a two week vacation to Florida and South Carolina and have tons of One Breath Photo work to catch up on. We also have an almost 9-month old little boy who is starting to show signs of being independently mobile... But hey, life wouldn't be fun without a bit of craziness, now would it? So, here I go! Project 365 has officially begun!

Since we were traveling, I wasn't able to post my 1.1 and 1.2 pictures so here I am playing catchup already on day 4. Oh, we're off to a lovely start, aren't we?

1.1.2011 - "Acorns" Did you know that those acorn tops fall off pretty easily? Well, I had no clue until I picked one up, wanting to use it for my picture. I think it was the first time I actually touched an acorn. We don't have them in Hawaii and the only time I get to see them is when we go back to South Carolina for the winter holiday. =)

1.2.2011 - "First Snowfall" Okay, so this picture wasn't technically taken on the 2nd but we were traveling for most of the day so I'm allowed to cheat and post a picture from another day. Here's our little boy, fascinated and enjoying his first snowfall ever.

1.3.2011 - "Swoon-worthy" We came home to an abundance of mail and this little treasure was in it. A letterpressed holiday greeting card from a fabulous designer friend, Kristen of Cry Baby Ink. =) I know I'm being a tease by only showing a tiny portion of the ornament-shaped card, but trust me, it was fabulous!

Nostalgia....

Gah, he used to be sooooo tiny! Can't believe he's already 4.5 months old!

And he's here!!!

Our little bundle of joy, John IV. =) Born on April 18, 2010 at 3:42 in the morning. He weighed in at 6 lbs. 3.2 oz. and measured 19 inches long.

It's funny because both John and I are huge procrastinators but this little boy doesn't seem to share that trait with us. He was born 8 days early AND only needed 6 hours of active labor to join the outside world.

The sleep deprivation hasn't been as bad as I feared but some nights are tougher than others. John IV got his first real bath this morning at 4:30 a.m. Why? Because what should have been a quick and easy diaper change went horribly horribly wrong. =P Ah, the joys of being a brand new parent......

Oh boy....

Yikes, it's been a while since my last post. Why the looooong long absence?

The title of this entry pretty much sums it up.

Oh. Boy.

Here's another hint:

Yes, I know those adorable little monkey shoes don't come in my size. But they do for our soon-to-be-born little boy. =)