We are the Stuarts (formerly of Imperial) now residing in Okinawa, Japan.

This blog started from a desire to bridge the miles as we were preparing to leave the USA for 3+ years. It has turned into much more. It's part travel diary, part personal reflection, part "sociology of military life" and part mommy-blog. We hope you read something here that is interesting to you (or at least not a total waste of your time).

Friday, March 26, 2010

Flashback Friday...Patrick


In honor of Patrick's upcoming 16th birthday, I thought I'd share some of my favorite images of his first year with you...






Couldn't you just take a bite out of those cheeks?



















I LOVE this picture. He's only 10 months old here, and look how sure-footed he is. He was my earliest walker. At six months, he used to climb that Little Tikes play structure (in the first picture) and slide down (head first) and repeat. Then, at nine months (to the day), as though he just had an epiphany that this whole crawling thing was SO yesterday, he simply stood up and walked across the room. In no time, he was running.

Is it any wonder he runs cross-country and does all manner of cool parkour* moves?

Next week...more Patrick Palooza. Stay tuned!

*Google it!

3 comments:

Kelly said...

wow! You must have a real athlete there. Cute photos. I love the pram.

Living in oblivion said...

Yay! I am caught up with you guys again! It is just non stop here and i soo miss my kick back days on Oki! I think it is sooo funny how we have all the same pixs!! LOL Loved the lip stick print on Cliff, now i don't have one of those! Well, i do, but not of Cliff's neck! LOL Miss you guys! Your blog always brings back soo many wonderful memories of our 6 years there!! We definately need to coordinate our next duty stations better!!

Mary and Sean said...

He does have a confident spring in his step there