self portrait: january 2010

On the last day of each month I plan to post a self-portrait. Here's the one from today:



I can't believe it's me. I never thought I'd ever look fairly attractive. I was always the ugly duckling growing up, awkward and trying way too hard to fit in. I followed too many fads. I'm over that now. Maybe that's why I look confident here.

I'm excited to catalog myself monthly and see how much I change in the course of a year - physically, that is.

[For those of you wondering where my last few days' photos have been, I have been taking them but my internet at home has not been working. They are uploaded now and can be found listed chronologically by date in the archives.]

01/30/10: heart is where the home is

This is the house where I grew up. I wanted to include two photos today, one of the house itself, and one of the driveway where my brother Mitchell and I signed our names when we first moved in with our parents over twenty years ago. We haven't lived here in years, but this is always going to be home for us. My dad is in the process of selling it and I understand his reasons behind it and I support his decision - it's all the memories I'll miss. Thankfully, I can carry those with me forever.

01/29/10: baby boy bliss

When Betsy goes to bed, that's when we have our best times with Ben. He gets to feel special, like he's the only baby in the world. And we get to truly enjoy him and all his unique personality traits.

01/28/10

Ben can hold his own bottle now!

01/27/10: lights out

Curse you, AT&T!

1/26/10: diaper genie

I am going to have to retrograde my missing blogs - something is wrong with our home internet so I'm updating the past several days at my dad's house. This is Wednesday's photo:



Ben had just gotten a diaper change and the sight of his baby nightshirt piled atop his head reminded me of a turban.

shoulder peekaboo

Just having some fun family time after dinner this evening. Ben, like his sister, loves the camera.