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\nwhen i first started blogging 1 year 8 months + 11 days ago,
\ni was certain of a few of things :<\/p>\n
\nwhen i first started blogging 1 year 8 months + 11 days ago,
\ni was certain of a few of things :<\/p>\n
>> i needed a way to document the little things in jonah’s life,
\n>> i love taking pictures
\n>> jon had me convinced that all the cool\u00a0entrepreneur\u00a0wife\/mom’s blog.<\/p>\n
so there i went, i started a blog.
\nbut even i was bored with it after the first month.
\nlet me tell you though, when jonah arrived, it was a new ball game.
\ni had a purpose. a reason.
\ni had a genuine passion for it + i will be the first to admit, i was {and still am} very proud of jonah.
\nwe love him! he is our everything! he made us better + made us complete.
\ni can’t wait to go back + show him how much he has grown.
\nhow much we loved him then + how much we love him now.<\/p>\n
a couple of weeks ago i got an email from jillian capewell {editor for babble.com} only<\/i> all of my favorite bloggers. i have grown to love blogging. i enjoy sharing glimpses of our life with you. i am most honored that my love for motherhood + for my beautiful son, shines in a way that another mother found inspiring. when i first started blogging 1 year 8 months + 11 days ago, i was certain of a few of things : >> i needed a way to document the little things in jonah’s life, >> i love taking pictures >> jon had me convinced that all the cool\u00a0entrepreneur\u00a0wife\/mom’s blog. so there i went, i…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/iamhappy-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5mhS8-QH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18082,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3267\/revisions\/18082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ninforming me that babble had chosen me for TOP 20 F A V O R I T E baby photo blogs for 2012<\/a>.
\nwhaaaaat?
\nyes, i cried.
\n{probably didn’t help that i had just finished shooting my first wedding for the most perfect couple i have ever met}
\ni am truly honored.<\/p>\nrockstar diaries <\/a>| bleubird vintage<\/a> | daybookblog<\/a> | the glow<\/a> | brooke schwab photo<\/a> | smallfry<\/a><\/div>\n
\nall being incredibly talented mother’s who inspire me with their unique style + love for their children.<\/p>\n
\ni also adore all of the friends that i have made from doing it.
\ni have learned lots about myself as a mama + myself as . . . myself?<\/p>\n
\nwhat greater compliment can i ask for?
\nthank you babble, i am very flattered.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/honored.jpg\")
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