52/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

nursing by the glow of the Christmas tree has been my favorite these past couple weeks.

i can't believe this series has come to an end. 

it's been a year since i posted marlowe's first portrait

which was really just a portrait of her first home.

it's amazing to see how much can change in just 52 weeks.

2013...

what a year it has been.

i'm sad to see you go

but so excited to see what's in store for us in 2014.

51/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

having the best time in chilly nashville

50/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

sleeping in on a saturday.

49/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

flower child. she'll be a year old a month from tuesday.

48/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

trimming the tree. she loves christmas, but i mean, she is my daughter after all.

47/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

toes up on the highchair tray. always.

46/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

the swings are her favorite. her eyelashes are mine.

45/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

bath time is the best time. she crawls back and forth, from one end of the tub to the other, splashing and yelling.

44/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

marlowe the puppy. the sweetest puppy there ever was. minutes after i took this photo we realized she had bitten a hole in the snickers wrapper and was sucking all the chocolate out. sneaky little pup.

43/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

we spent the past 5 days in Nashville with my family. the weather was perfect and we got our fall fix.

42/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

i look at her and i cannot believe how perfect she is or how lucky i am to be her mama. being a mother, being her mother, is so much more amazing than i ever could have imagined.

41/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

right after nursing at an elevation of 2,480 feet in chimney rock, north carolina. the view of the blue ridge mountains from exclamation point was as breathtaking as marlowe's sweet face.

40/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

this will forever be one of my favorite photos of my sweet marlowe. those rolls! that bum!

39/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

the messiest of eaters.

38/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

this girl's personality is about the size of the moon. she is such a ham.

37/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

a rare moment where she's not crawling around at lightening speed getting herself into everything.

36/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

light of my life.

35/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

i spend a good amount of time each day kissing and squeezing those thighs. 

34/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

when I'm in the car or driving, i stick my phone camera in her carseat every once and a while to see what she's up to. usually, she's asleep. but every now and then i"ll check my phone to see her smiling right into the camera.

33/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

her hair. her eyelashes. her cheeks! i can't get enough of this girl.