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The Maverick Stampede began full speed with the MavsMeet Convocation on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at College Park Center. University leaders and guest speaker deejay Edgar "Shoboy" Sotelo inspired students to do their best in the academic year ahead. The AfterParty provided a fun time before classes started the next day. The Welcome Week extends into September with social gatherings around campus so students canget to know each other and UT Arlington.
I have so much to be grateful for! I am grateful for these little wrestler’s. I am grateful that they are healthy and happy. I am grateful that we are able to provide a warm home that is filled with love and food. I am grateful that we are surrounded by a community of family and friends who offer unconditional love and support. I am grateful to have found this wonderful and talented group and project that have allowed me to grow my photography hobby and give me the opportunity to take photo’s of my family that I will be able to forever look back on and be reminded of all of the things I have to be grateful for.
Sitting with me in the garden. I think she must have been creeping through the greenery to get all that stuff on her face.
Week 129
This is a love letter to my friends, who also happen to be moms. I have never been a friend collector. Since childhood, I’ve always been more comfortable having a few close friends as opposed to being part of a big group of friends. I like solitary hobbies like reading and photography. After a long day at work, I liked to go home and work some more. My social life was comfortably sparse.
After having Olive, when I found out I wasn’t going back to work, I knew it was time to venture out and meet some other moms and find some babies to invite to Olive’s inevitable first birthday party. I had read a local blog that mentioned the South Charlotte Playgroup on meetup. I'm not sure if Olive was even a fetus at that point, but I tucked that nugget away and when Olive was about four months old, I looked up the group and attended my first events.
I can remember meeting some of my now closest friends for the first time. Some I knew right away that I would be friends with, some were harder to read and some I met later, when our kids were a bit older. We were all not ourselves: still sleep deprived, wrong-footed and second-guessing all of our decisions. It was so refreshing and empowering to meet other moms and observe other babies. Sometimes we would gather together for three or four, maybe even five hours, and it was so nice to not be stuck at home wondering what to do next during those times.
I found myself looking forward every week to those meet ups and then going to more meet ups until my whole week was filled with mornings and afternoons spent with other moms.
We’ve all read about how hard it is to make friends as an adult but I can honestly say that never in my life have I had an easier time making friends. I realize I am so, so lucky. I can’t imagine raising Olive without the friendship of other mothers. It was a rare moment that I felt alone in motherhood. There is almost always someone else going through what you are. During the first year, there was almost always someone else up in the middle of the night and willing to text and offer a little company.
On bad days, my friends are there to commiserate. When my toddler is melting down, someone is always trying to make things better. When things are going great, someone is always glad for me. Olive is loved by these women. You can see it in their genuine smiles, feel it in their concern and hear it in their interested voices. And I love their little ones, too. I sniff their new babies’ heads and kiss their toddlers as they run by. I want them to succeed and find traits that their parents might find challenging, endearing.
Reciprocal relationships are rare and I feel lucky to be part of this amazing circle of moms.
The benefits aren’t just mine; they’re Olive’s, too. She has grown up with these kids. She gets to practice friendship in a safe place. She asks to spend time with them and wonders what they’re doing when we’re not around them. She is so in love with Cait’s little sister. She always wants to hold her and check on her. She’s named her favorite baby doll at home “baby Emma.” Her friends are part of the stories she and her dad make up and even get incorporated into her songs. I’m grateful she gets to learn about friendship from such a young age and that my friends are raising children who Olive will learn so much from.
Like all friendships, there are times when we see each other often and times when our lives are so hectic that a moment together is rare. But they never feel far away. I know that as we inch closer to kindergarten and individualized interests that our play dates together will become increasingly rare. There will be a time sooner than we think that filling up an afternoon isn’t our job anymore and that we will crave days on end to spend in our home instead of feeling driven crazy by them.
I hope that when our kids want to dye their hair blue, wear inappropriately short skirts and go out on dates for the first time, we will be the group of ladies eating brunch at 11am on a Wednesday wistfully thinking about how easy it was when they were toddlers.
I love you, ladies. You have been one of the greatest, most joyful surprises of motherhood.
Only 2 weeks to go!
We went down to Hemmick while the Sun popped out for a bit and before Tracey popped too:)
Canon 500D
Canon 18-55mm
F/5.6
32mm
1/125 sec
ISO 100
On mature 'reflection' !!! I decided I preferred this image to the one I originally posted, so apologies for adding confusion! . Several months ago I bought a small ornamental crystal ball for a couple of euro. It has remained sitting in its box on a shelf until this week, when I thought I might use it for our 'GLASS' theme. A cold miserable start to the day thankfully gave way to some blue skies in the afternoon, so a trip to the local beach was called for. I put the crystal ball on my tripod, and then as the image reflected is inverted, I later inverted the photograph.
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Esta foto hace unos meses que la hice, y creo que es el momento de subirlo,.... realmente dice mucho de como estoy ahora...
Pero aun sigo pensando que quiero un kit kat, estoy con otras cosas que me distraen más, no se porque pero mi mente necesita un descanso y cuando hago eso sinceramente NO PIENSO.
Si os gusta las cosas hechas a mano, mirar que apaña que soy jajajaja...
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Esta foto la subo con intencion de seguir con el el 52 weeks, pero de momento sigo como estoy...
Un beso a todos
week of May 22nd, 2011
Sorry for the late upload and the crapiness....
Also this is super similar to something else I have done look~
Project 52 2013, Week 15
Strobist Info: Nikon SB-26 @ 1/4 inside a Westcott 28" softbox camera left. Two Nikon SB026 @ 1/16 power behind subjects for rim light.
EP Project Week 28/52 ~ "Pair"
Back home today from an amazing vacation. Weddings, Family Reunions, Photoshoots galore and just good ole family fun.
This is a shot of one of my very favorite bridges in Texas. The Fred Hartman Bridge. I love the to pair of peaks that always looks to me like a Big M. When my nieces and nephew were little they used to call it the McDonald's Bridge. LOL
On the trip back from Texas yesterday we stopped by the Ellenburg Photography (FABULOUS) Studio and Don and I got to FINALLY meet Daphne in person. We had such an awesome time. See, I am turning the Big Six-O next month and I wanted to have some photos done to commemorate the event. Daphne sure did make me feel fabulous and glamorous. Thank you again Daphne for the amazing experience. Your studio is absolutely perfect and I know you will have many years of continued success. (hugs)
Wishing all a very Happy and Fun Weekend
Irela
xoxoxo
Branch Week at West Point - Cadet have the opportunity to learn more about the various branches in the Army - what the future may hold once they have completed their training and education at West Point.
I just got back from my week away in Kuala Lumpur so I have a lot to upload. This one has been up on my website for a week but I forgot to upload it before I left.
This guy was hard to keep up with when I was trying to take this shot. I also had to get quite close since I was using a 35mm so I wonder if he knew how close I was behind him…
Our warm wet weather has the clover in our backyard growing like crazy. It just seems wrong to mow in February (or maybe I'm just lazy!) so it grows on.
For the monochrome theme at 52 in 2013.
To get the full clover goodness, press L and view on black.
The local Mexican restaurant at the end of our street goes all out for Halloween. We walked down for lunch with Jenny and Dani 15 minutes before they opened today, otherwise, it's a 45 minute wait to get in during this time of the year.
For the group 52 in 2013.
The 66th Security Forces Squadron hosted several events May 16 through 20 as part of this year's annual National Police Week. National Police Week pays recognition to federal and local law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
Last weekend we had snow and sunny weather with minus degrees and now we have sunshine and plus degrees and all the snow is gone. Crazy weather.
The Maverick Stampede began full speed with the MavsMeet Convocation on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at College Park Center. University leaders and guest speaker deejay Edgar "Shoboy" Sotelo inspired students to do their best in the academic year ahead. The AfterParty provided a fun time before classes started the next day. The Welcome Week extends into September with social gatherings around campus so students canget to know each other and UT Arlington.