I was at the hospital having pitocin-induced contractions and could only make it through them standing up. At 6:20 pm Ezra Chalmers Hales came into the world via c-section. Happy first birthday son! It’s all been worth it.
For fun. Feel free to consider yourself tagged if you’d like to do it.
1. Ashley (”Ashley’s eye”) 2. hot dog 3. 1999 4. blue 5. None 6. Cabernet 7. New Zealand 8. Sticky toffee pudding 9. a court judge 10. husband and son 11. conflicted (”The math of conflict”) 12. 5 solas
Here are the rules:
Here’s how it works:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker. Choose 3 columns with 4 rows.
The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to? (or, What year did you graduate high school?)
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name. (kid version: favorite animal?)
Ezra turns one on the 29th, but we had his party on Saturday.
My dad was the resident photographer, so check out other pictures here.
Here’s some pictures from my Dad’s Flickr of us at Balboa Park:
Here’s me rockin’ out on Guitar Hero with Ezra strapped to me and fast asleep. 
(Just kidding, I was absolutely awful at Guitar Hero; it’s right up there with bowling! It’s literally amazing how I can do so poorly on both!)
So, we have begun to start Ezra on solids. His first attempt was a banana; although he looks very interested in it, it came back up on both attempts. Next food: sweet potato!
Here’s the progression:
Then:
Now:
