a boy and his cars

Judah was playing with his cars and being adorable one day last week so I pulled out the camera, and he went to work posing for me.

He came running to see each picture after I took it, and once he saw his car in this one, he wanted his car to be in all the pictures.
(This was his 1/52 portrait, I just love it!)

Making sure his car gets in the picture...

Putting the car in the cupboard (he hid his entire car collection in here last week)

Judah just loves his cars.

I just love that he [currently] loves to pose for momma and her camera :)

1/52

... And here we go again!

A portrait of Judah once a week, every week, in 2014.
{And Baby #2, when he/she arrives, too!}

1/52 - You are always a happy little boy when playing with your cars. We are trying to make the best of this cold weather and find things to do indoors. It was 4F today (-16C), so cold that our heating could barely keep the house at 65F! You have so much energy that the cold doesn't faze you but momma was freezing.

I thought it might be fun to compare each week's photo with the same week last year - here's Judah's 1/52 portrait from last year. He was just a baby!

Joining in with Jodi's Project 52, for the second year!

Christmas Day 2013

Of course, every single one of the pictures I took was of Judah... ha.

Actually, this was Christmas Eve... we showed him how to open a present, so he would be all excited to open the rest in the morning!

He loved the chunky animal puzzle pieces :)

The next morning he was indeed excited, but he only wanted to open one present at a time and then play with it for a long while! We spent a good portion of the day Skyping with our families and just hanging  out. I didn't take pictures of everything but I got the camera out a few times during the day. It took until bedtime for Judah to open all of his presents!

His very own watch (he has been obsessed with clocks/watches since he was a baby)

An airplane from Uncle James!

First glance at his big present (train table)...

... and he was completely absorbed!

"choo choo!"

Oh look! I did take a picture that didn't involve Judah. Our Christmas roast lamb feast, with perfectly roasted potatoes (if I do say so myself), roasted butternut squash with red onions and garlic, roasted brussel sprouts, and steamed broccoli, with plenty of gravy and fresh mint sauce for the lamb.

And back to the train table.

Underneath the Christmas tree...

Christmas is magical all over again when you have kids!

52/52

"A portrait of Judah once a week, every week, in 2013"

52/52 - You are so delighted with Christmas this year, which made it all the more exciting for us. You love lying under the tree and looking at the lights and making the little sparkly balls swing. We had such a fun Christmas Day with you - it took you all day to open your presents because you just wanted to play! 

The very last portrait of the year! I have so enjoyed capturing you in photos every week. Fear not, I will be starting over in the new year :) And come June there will be another sweet baby to take pictures of!

To see all of Judah's portraits from this year, click on the image below:

Joining in with Project 52 over at Che and Fidel.

My favorite portrait from last week is little Chloe playing in the snow... it snowed here too but it was just too cold for me to muster up the courage to take Judah out to play! Ah well, there will be more snow.

Merry Christmas!

First, I'll share our Christmas card out-take. We had pictures done by a photographer but it was so cold that Judah was crying and grumpy the whole time! We just about died laughing when we saw this "JOY" picture and Judah's face, and I knew we had to use it as an announcement...

I realized I posted it on facebook, but never announced on the blog... we are expecting baby #2 in June!

And here's the picture we used for our card, taken with our tripod in our backyard!

And the back of the card...

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!