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I have taken approximately 30k photos of this #baby since she was born. 5% of those are good enough to share with the public (sharp, eyes open, no slack jaw etc), the other 95% I still cherish because they give me a good laugh. . . . . . . #Afrisa #frilly #frillyDraws #Clara #newMom #babyPhotography #flower #15months #photography #portraitPhotography #toddler #xperiaxz1compact #chins #parenthood #hamontArtist #hamont #artist

Her cheeks make me think of milk. They're so soft that they might just disappear if you touch them. . My brain still can't comprehend that I personally, directly, created her myself. She is full of mischief and sass and strong opinions. I have none of these qualities. . I'm better than her at using a fork though. . . . . . #Afrisa #frilly #frillyDraws #Clara #baby #newMom #artistMom #parenthood #artist #hamontArtist #CanadianArtist #photography #portraitPhotography #babyPhotography #fujifilm #fujifilmxa1 #dad

More #goldleaf experimentation! . . . . . #Afrisa #frilly #frillyDraws #acrylics #painting #artist #hamontArtist #CanadianArtist #hamont #gold #liquitex

Trying my hand at #goldleaf. Thank you to all the tutorials I read for warning me about the mess! . . . . #Afrisa #frilly #frillyDraws #hamontArtist #CanadianArtist #hamont #craft #gold #whale #handlettering #calligraphy #currysartstore

Collaboration with my husband. Our downstairs neighbours have three #dogs. We made them a #leashHolder for Christmas. . . . #Afrisa #frilly #frillyDraws #acrylics #painting #artist #hamontArtist #CanadianArtist #hamont #craft

My first #painting of 2018 was pre motherhood, and it was a gift for my mother. My second painting of 2018 was after becoming a mother myself, and it was a gift for my tiny sassy human (granted I meant to finish it before she was born, but she came two weeks early!). . I was stuck on a background for a long time until my interest in lines guided me into painting our back deck. I thought it so appropriate to include #Clara's backyard from her first #home. We spent many long days and nights wandering in that backyard when she was feeling uncomfortable and unsettled. That was where she first touched nature, first saw stars, first felt the wind in her sparse hair. . Wherever she may end up in life, I hope this will become a reminder of the first nest her parents built just for her, so that she may have somewhere warm and loving to rest her angry little head during her baby days. . . . #Afrisa #frilly #frillyDraws #acrylics #artist #hamontArtist #CanadianArtist #artistsoninstagram #artwork #colourful #stego #stegosaurus #artistLife #makeTimeForArt #dinosaur

Finally able to bust out the #semiDSLR and do a creative #photoshoot! . Clara's finally ready for solids. To celebrate, people have been giving their babies food/milk baths. I thought it was funny and definitely didn't want #Clara to miss out! . (#Cricket was too weirded out to sit close. She decided belly rubs were safer) . . #artistLife #photography #momLife #baby #milestone #makeTimeForArt #hamontArtist #CanadianArtist

Every time I think I'm getting the hang of having Clara around, she changes things up. Lately she's been taking tiny cat naps which make it super difficult to work on art! . Here's a sketch I did over a month ago. It was back when we were watching so much Magic School Bus that I dreamt I was sketching it. . . . . Left hand: #WinsorNewton #cadmium #red hue Right hand: #FaberCastell #venetianRed #BreastfeedingSketches are done with my free hand as I alternate between breasts. . #Afrisa #frillyDraws #frilly #CanadianArtist #hamontArtist #watercolour #artistMom #artist #sketches #makeTimeForArt #artistsoninstagram #sliceOfLife

The most liberating feeling I've ever had in my adult life was when I admitted I was miserable to my husband. People tell you that babies are tough, but still to cherish the #newborn months because it's so fleeting. So I tried hard to cherish all the cute fingers and toes, the baggy outfits, the sleeping faces, and to ignore the exhaustion of around the clock feeds, the achy arms and back, the feeling that my personal space was not mine anymore. At one point I was at the end of my rope for breastfeeding and complained on my Mommy Facebook group. Someone mentioned hating the newborn phase and I realized that it was possible to both cherish the good and not enjoy the newborn months, and to feel frustration, worry, love, and pride all at the same time. . I think the #cSection positive movement is a good and necessary one. I like the message that #cesarean births are still births, and that they aren't "the easy way out". And for the first two months I felt guilty about being sad that #Clara had to enter the world that way, so I ignored my thoughts about it. A couple of weeks ago, I was fluffing then smoothing out her hair when my fingers brushed over her front fontanelle. I sobbed. It was a silly thought, but I sobbed because her body was prepared for a vaginal birth, but she never got to use all the neat features designed for it. I sobbed because she wasn't ready to leave me yet and arrived needing some help breathing. I've only recently been able to accept that I did not enjoy my #birth experience, that thinking about it made me sad, and that these feelings were as valid as the messages the c-section positive movement was sending. I'm more at peace now, having wrapped my mind around the notion that just because I'm grateful for something so necessary and life saving doesn't mean I have to like it. . And finally, I'm starting to accept that my most favourite #hat may be Clara's least favourite hat. There's nothing to accept here except to make her keep wearing it until she tolerates it. :p Mummy loves you. . . . #Afrisa #frillyDraws #frilly #pineappleHat #WinsorNewton #CanadianArtist #hamontArtist #watercolour #artistMom #artist #makeTimeForArt

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