Well, the time has come for me to write this blog. I have been putting it off, actually, because I still am processing the fact that our sweet baby boy is one. When I was pregnant, I decided that I wanted to not only document my growing pregnant belly, but my growing baby boy from the time he was born to the time he was one. I wanted to take on this personal photo project, no matter what obstacles we faced. We faced those obstacles, that’s for sure. For his two month photo we literally had to run in our house and take the photo really quick as our house was being treated for mold. It’s been a wild ride this past year.
For those of you that have children (and even those that don’t), you know how quickly it goes by. Yes, the nights and days seem long as you wake up every few hours to feed, change, or console a newborn babe. Your body is exhausted and you feel like a zombie. You would do anything for sleep, yet you want to stay up and stare at this miraculous creature that came out of your body. Your hair is a mess, piled into a bun on top of your head. You feel like your body isn’t your own yet you feel so empowered that it grew a human being and got it into this world. One morning, you wake up. You baby is one and you find yourself wondering how it all went by so quickly. I wrote a song when Micah started crawling, talking about this very thing. It applies to our experience with sweet Jojo as well. In fact, I think any mother can relate to the message of the song. I am going to share the lyrics below, and you can also listen to the song if you would like.
TO THE MOON
Could you please slow down
I’ve barely met you can you let me take it in
Your smile, your fingers
the way you look at me just takes my breath away
Could you just stay
How could I love someone so soon
I love you from here to the moon and back
Almost a year now
Soon you’ll be taking steps away from me
Then you’ll be running
I’ll try and catch you before you slip away
Could you just stay
How could you grow up so soon
I love you from here to the moon and back
That time is coming
I’ll have to let you go set you free
This world is scary
I’ll entrust you to the Lord above for now
Gotta figure out how
Cause here in my arms you’re safe from harm
I like it that way
But I know I’ve got to let you go and find your own way without me
And when that day comes
It comes too soon
I’ll still love you from here to the moon and back
Could you please slow down
I’ve barely met you can you let me take it in
Happy Birthday my perfect Josiah Salar Tioaquen. You are so loved. And now…what you have all been waiting for…the photos…
IT BEGINS. Josiah Salar Tioaquen’s life begins at conception and we are ecstatic
9 MONTHS PREGNANT. We will meet our sweet baby boy very soon.
NEWBORN babe.
ONE MONTH. Mama has classic Mom bun hairdo without any apologies.
TWO MONTHS
THREE MONTHS
FOUR MONTHS
FIVE MONTHS
SIX MONTHS
SEVEN MONTHS
EIGHT MONTHS
NINE MONTHS
TEN MONTHS
ELEVEN MONTHS
ONE YEAR
