Everyday Moments: This is Our Life Project update

I wanted to update my photos from the different weeks of the "this is our life project". The idea is to take photos each week pertaining to that week's theme and then choose the 1 photo that you like best. At the end of the year, I'll hopefully have 52 photos that accurately display what my life looks like, day-to-day.

Week 1- "evening routine". we always feed Jasper yogurt every night after he gets his pj's on. In this photo, he's making his beloved "motorboat" sounds as Andrew "flies" the yogurt to Jasper. It's a precious routine that we've done every night for over a year.

Week 2- "this makes me want to freeze time". I love watching Andrew and Jasper interact and sometimes I feel as though my heart can't hold all the love I have for these 2 guys. If I remember nothing else from this stage of my life, I always want to remember Andrew's tender love for his son.

Week 3- "this makes me laugh". Jasper goes crazy, absolutely bonkers, in the tub. He gets so excited, he acts like he's on crack. It's absolutely hilarious. He mainly just joyfully shrieks at the top of his lungs and splashes like a crazy boy. If you look closely, you can see that the wall behind him is covered in water due to all his splashing.

Week 4- "a different perspective". Jasper longs, yearns, and begs to do the dishes. He acts like it's the world's greatest activity and I'm not about to correct him. In fact, I use "dishes" as a reward for him (IE Jasper, if you eat all your ham, you can do the dishes!!! And it actually works!!). A typical day here in the Meade house includes approximately 3 different times in which Jasper has done the dishes. Anyway, we have lots of pics of him doing the dishes, but this is the first time we've taken a picture of him doing the dishes while looking down at him.

Week 5- "capture the light". Here, I was just trying to use some natural sunlight to get a creative shot of Jasper looking for helicopters, another of his favorite activities.

Week 6- "a good morning". My bible is the most precious possession I own; I cherish my time in the bible more than life itself and I must spend time with the Lord each morning before Jasper wakes up. If ever I have to miss my bible time in the morning, I feel as though my whole day is off kilter and I just feel so grumpy and crabby. In order for me to truly have a "good morning", I must have read my Bible and centered my thoughts on my precious Lord.

Week 7- "negative light- it's a positive!". The whole idea behind this week's theme as that it's sometimes a good thing to have "empty" space in a photo because it puts the viewer's focus on the primary object. So I intentionally took photos of Andrew and Jasper with some empty space in them.