A Little Game of Photographic Catch-up: When Isaac turned 6

We were able to celebrate Isaac's birthday with him during one of his weekend visits.  We took birthday cake to a park, and had a really fun time!  He got a new bike, as well as some other toys, and we took a couple of family pictures that I absolutely loved.

The following weekend, when he came to visit, he saw one of these photos on the fridge and one in a frame, and his whole face lit up.  I think seeing photos of him up with all the rest of the family photos was another step on the way to feeling like he belonged.

A Little Game of Photographic Catch-up: Gardening

We started a garden this year, and though I often went to gardening when I missed Isaac between weekends he stayed with us, he sometimes would help us on the weekends too.

Dave gave him a spade, and they dug all the way around my garden so they could put up the fence.  He loved being able to "work" right along with Dave!

A Little Game of Photographic Catch-up: First Mother-Son photo, correction

I thought that this was the first Mother-Son photo.  But I was wrong.  I had forgotten about this one, taken the weekend that we met.

A Little Game of Photographic Catch-up: Isaac & his peeps.

This is from Easter weekend, and Isaac was so excited to get his Easter basket.  I love Peeps, but but hate having that sugar all over the house, so he took his Peeps with us when we went to the park.

He actually ate all of them while at the park, and his mouth was covered with marshmallow and color sugar.  I was glad he was able to run off all that sugar on the playground!

A Little Game of Photographic Catch-up: First Mother-Son photo

This is the first photo I ever had with Isaac, on Easter weekend.  It was the second weekend that we'd had him. As the photo was being taken, I remember thinking how amazing it was that I got to give him a hug.

I was in love! (and still am).

A little game of Photographic Catch-up: The weekend we met.

I have had to use only words to tell one of the best stories of my life, up till July 15.  As a writer, that has been so much fun to share.  As a photographer, that has been excruciating.

And so, part by request, and part due to my love of my son and photography, I am starting a new series on the blog, in which we are going to play a little game of photographic catch-up.  I'll share a few photos to show you all the fun I've been writing about.

If any of my readers enjoy it even half as much as I do, then you'll have a great time!

Today's photo is of the weekend we met.  He was so excited to create an "Isaac" on the Wii.  I'll never forget him telling Dave:

"Ok.  So when we make my Wii character, remember, I my favorite color is red, and I have brown hair. And don't forget my glasses!"

After he went back to the place he was staying, I probably looked at this photo 100 times in the 5 days before I saw him again.  He was so little, so adorable.  And every time I looked at the photo, I just knew I was looking at my son.