Smile for the Camera

Jan 3, 2013 by marie5k

A while back I posted about my failed attempt at taking pictures of Jake every month during his first year. As you may recall, I was totally on top of it for the first three months. (Which conveniently coincided with my being at home on maternity leave). And then I went back to work, and the wheels fell off. Sure I still took tons and tons of pictures of him on my iPhone, and captured holidays and first teeth like a champ, but those obligatory once a month shots were donezo.

I’m now on the once a year plan. It’s a pretty good plan! I love looking back at pictures of Jake from “a year ago today.” It’s amazing to see how much he’s grown from one holiday to another, and from one milestone (going on family vacations) to another milestone (visiting my office on Christmas Eve). While the pressure’s off me taking those once a month onesie shots, I am still constantly snapping away at my little Spud.

Jake at the Tour de Noank 5K last year (2011)

Jake at the Tour de Noank 5k this year (2012)

Jake on Election Day last year (2011)

Jake on Election Day this year (2012)

Jake on New Year’s Day last year (2012)

Jake on New Year’s Day this year (2013)

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Marie and her husband are enjoying all of the fun and exciting things being a parent has to offer, thanks to the Valentine’s Day arrival of Jacob Michael Schweitzer on February 14, 2011. She has been keeping up as best she can post-baby with my running, baking, and sewing. Now, the running, baking, and sewing is done between nap times, with Jake strapped into the Baby Bjorn, or jumping around in his new favorite, the Jumperoo. She says it’s funny that the baking is now making pureed veggies in the Beaba, the sewing is diaper bags and play quilts, and the running is done with an iPod shuffle on one side, and the baby monitor on the other while on the treadmill. Oh, yes, and she works full-time as a lawyer for the House Republican Office in the Connecticut General Assembly.