To get some perspective, have a glance a the following before and after. (By this, I mean "before" and "after" - aka since - my recommitment to documenting our memories). Note the relationship between the purple "Bumbo seat and the child in/on/beside) it.
It seems that I fell silent mid September of 2008, so this post is a pitiful attempt to catch up.
There was a fun and fabulous trip to Rhett's hometown to give our son some grandparent time. We had a nice time showing him off and around.
We auditioned a range of costumes for Daniel's first Halloween costume, including a witch outfit to celebrate
and a firefighter just because it's cute and our friends had it lying around the house.
But ultimately we settled on a yoda costume,
loaned by some friends from church whose kiddo, H, wore it the previous Halloween. I laughed and laughed as he crawled around getting the robe tangled under his knees. Here's a photo showing off the tooth he'd sprouted in between auditioning costumes and actually wearing it.
By far the coolest historic event in any of the lives of the Punkie Family was Inauguration Day, 2009. It snowed that day so not too many people made it to our celebration party, but Daniel was dressed up in his so, so fabulous "Yes We Can!" onsie. I've almost gotten the smashed-up carrot stains out of it and it's now hung up on the wall.
It's my favorite piece of baby clothing ever. (Yes, we believe in freedom of opinion regarding political issues, but until Daniel develops an opinion, we are shamelessly attempting to indoctrinate him with ours).
Evidently I failed to photograph Christmas and my sister's wedding (oops), but there are photos out there somewhere and I might post them at some point.
On February 8 he turned one. (I'm still in shock!) We threw him a party and asked that folks bring canned goods for the Interfaith Council in lieu of gifts. He raked in quite a haul and got to make his first charitable contribution the next day at church. (Thanks everyone!!!) A few folks also brought him more traditional birthday gifts, including this extraordinary stuffed elephant made by Kerry, whose talents are unnumbered. Isn't it fantastic!?!? I love it almost as much as Daniel does!
Upon becoming "one" Daniel became eligible to start attending Pasitos Felices, a small pre-school in Pittsboro where a team of gentle, loving, well-educated teachers/caregivers speak exclusively in Spanish all day. The one-year-old class's teacher, Monica, is so wonderful!! She is so kind and creative. Daniel loves her, even if he does still cry a little when his papi drops him off in the mornings.
Rhett and I are really happy in our work. I've found myself working mostly in Siler City, with some Randolph County and a couple of Pittsboro clients. Rhett is more spread out - he drives a lot. Below is a photo that one of my 4 year old clients took of me during an art therapy session. It really does constitute progress that she got a portion of my face in this shot, trust me.
Here's a smattering of images I've snapped based on the fact that I had my camera nearby and my kid was present.
This is what happens when your child picks up $8 worth of brie and you say "it's okay, he doesn't know it's food."
Here's Easter Sunday
And here's my Girl Scout Promise to do a better job of keeping up from now on.
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