To continue to challenge myself I am doing a 52 week challenge with some friends with a different theme each week.  We are only on week 8 and I’m determined to make it to the end!!  This week’s theme was low light and I thought I’d share my entry here because 1) I haven’t done much of anything this week since my germ-monger of a son so nicely shared his cold with me and 2) this is not my typical style but I could totally see myself becoming more of a moody light person.  Let me know what you think – good, bad, indifferent??  My favorite part is the grain on her legs which make them look dirty and remind me of my favorite frames from O’Brien Schridde (actually her legs may actually be dirty – did I mention that I was sick?  I don’t know that baths were my top priority this week.   Ewwwwww……)

Hello, My name is Nicholas but my friends call me Nicky.  I was born roughly 2 weeks ago and my mom somehow thought it would be fun to have this beautiful lady (edited by author) come over to take a few pics of me.  I’m no dummy though, I know she wants me to sleep and it’s not gonna happen!

Does she actually think that converting me to black & white will make me sleep.  I’ve seen the old movies – not much sleeping going on there.  They don’t even show us their bedrooms.

Don’t think that the thumb-sucking is going to make me nod off.  I’m just waiting for something better to come along.

Now they’ve fed me and bundled me up, they really think I’ll sleep but I’ve got news for them.  Could you sleep with your feet poking out like this???  You would think that after 4 kids my mom would know how to swaddle me!!!!!!!!!!  Actually, now that I think about it – it is warm and comfy in here.

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They finally got me to sleep so they wouldn’t dare let my big brother lay on me, or would they?!?!?!?

Now they are taking me outside?  What’s wrong with these people???  I’m only 2 weeks old for Goodness Sake.

Little Nicky has to end his tirade here because the “beautiful girl” that came to photograph him finally decided to call it a day so she could go home and take a nap of her own!  Nice meeting you Nicky!!!!!!!!

I have to make a confession and it is that I’m a complete clothing snob – children’s clothing that is.  It’s so hard not to be with all of the options we parents have today.  Our parents had Sears and Sears to choose from (with the occasional trip to Bloomingdales for special occasions where I would cry until I got a new Esprit outfit) so it’s no wonder that they dressed us the way they did.  We have no excuse and there are just so many options from Matilda Jane (my current passion) to Mini Boden to Oilily and my list of favorites could go on so……………………………yesterday at Target (yes Target is where 90% of my wardrobe comes from – I can’t afford to dress myself AND my kids in all designer clothes) when I saw this little sweater I thought “wow, Rowan would look really cute in that and it doesn’t look like I bought it at Target” and then I immediately reprimanded myself for being a snob and decided that I would come out and tell everyone that I bought it at Target thereby releasing some of my snobbery and feeling better about myself for not being materialistic.  Afterall, it’s all about how I feel, right?  haha.  Okay, I’m now going to get off my high horse (or chair in this case) and go get the mail because I can smell the Chasing Fireflies catalog decomposing in my mailbox.  Enjoy the pic of my little guy and his beloved lolli.  It’s not a coincidence that every picture I have of him involves a lolli – little bugger won’t sit still otherwise!