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a portrait of my son, once a week, every week, in 2015

photo taken December 29, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

Tuesday morning art class with Asher.

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a portrait of my son, once a week, every week, in 2015

photo taken December 21, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

Raffa's first visit to Santa at the mall.

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a portrait of my son, once a week, every week, in 2015

photo taken December 15, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

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a portrait of my son, once a week, every week, in 2015

photo taken December 11, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

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a portrait of my son, once a week, every week, in 2015

photo taken December 1, 2015 // Phoenix, Arizona

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photo taken November 27, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

Ask Raffa if he likes sunny weather or snowy weather better and his answer is SNOWY!

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photo taken November 19, 2015 // Phoenix, Arizona

Papago Park hike - poor Raffa was sick, so he didn't quite have his usual amount of energy. But he loved the hike nonetheless.

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photo taken November 11, 2015 // Phoenix, Arizona

We have been to the Desert Botanical Gardens twice now, and both times Raffa has loved it. It is really beautiful there.

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photo taken November 6, 2015 // Scottsdale, Arizona

The fountains at Scottsdale Quarter kept Raffa busy for a long while. Despite temperatures in the 60s and in the shade, he didn't mind (literally) getting his feet wet - soaked actually.

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photo taken October 3, 2015 // Erie, Colorado

This years pumpkin patch experience was awesome. Raffa was talking about going to the pumpkin patch all week previous, specifically, " I am going to eat my pumpkin."

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photo taken September 22, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

Raffa loves "macaroonies."

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photo taken September 19, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

Soaking up the last bit of summer weekends in Denver with soccer and a BBQ (Saturday), and a hike, brunch and backyard play (Sunday).

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photo taken September 13, 2015 // Lakeside, Colorado

We went to Lakeside Amusement Park and Raffa had SO MUCH FUN. Before going, I wasn't sure if he would want to ride the rides, with or without me. However, I was pleasantly surprised that he loved all the rides - he rode the boats, horse carriages, race cars, etc. alone or with Asher and Liam. And, we even rode some of the "bigger" rides together (two different flying planes). He even wanted to ride the dragon roller coaster, but unfortunately he doesn't pass the 48" height requirement.

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a portrait of my son, once a week, every week, in 2015

photo taken September 5, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

My best friend in the whole wide world.

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photo taken August 30, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

Bike rides are always a favorite!

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photo taken August 22, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

Partying it up at Asher's third birthday party!

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photo taken August 15, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

This is Raffa's "hey Raffa, look at mama and smile so I can take your photo" face/smile.

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photo taken August 8, 2015 // Durango, Colorado

Raffa and I went with Mimi to Durango this weekend. It was a quicker trip, but as usual we had a wonderful time.

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photo taken August 2, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

Sunday is pool day for us. Raffa loves playing in the water which mostly consists of just bouncing around in as deep of water as he can barely touch.

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photo taken July 21, 2015 // Denver, Colorado

We had our first turd in the toilet this week, completely unprompted by me. I have no illusions that this will be a regular thing, but it is a milestone nonetheless.

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