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Kai is 1 year old

Kai is 1 plus gifts

Kai is officially 1 year old.  His first birthday was a small celebration with an extra-large amount of love, and gifts.  Unfortunately I decided that I was going to be the host and photographer for the event, but that didn’t go well at all.  I was running back and forth like a chicken with its head cut off, and I was not able to take the shots that needed to be taken.  Lesson learned: Hire a photographer the next time, or delegate the hosting to a third-party service provider.  This shot is actually the gift opening after-party.  But for what is worth he was very cranky and not all that happy at his party.  There were just too many people in his way; even though we kept it very small, and he didn’t feel like talking nor being touched by anyone that day.  Hey, it’s like that some times.  Deal!

Luke Kai Walker

And just like that, Kai decided it was time to start stepping.  Of course his first walking missions was to venture into the kitchen and make sure things were in order.  Open this, close that, make suggestions, and move this around a little bit.

Panamanians and “The Baby’s Hair”

Panamanians, and I’m sure other cultures throughout our planet, have this mystical “thing” about when exactly you should cut “The Baby’s Hair”.  Some of these myths may or may not piggy back ride on the biblical character Samson.  Now, if you’re not familiar with Samson this most definitely confirms that you were raised in a cave by wolves.  Somehow “The Baby’s Hair” holds some kind of power which must be harnessed for as long as possible in order to prevent certain things from happening to the baby.  Here’s an incomplete list of those things:  Coarse/Nappy hair (as if this is punishment straight from the devil), stunted growth, speech impediment, bad luck, etc., etc., etc.  For now, I have to be honest and admit that I don’t want to cut “The Baby’s Hair” because it’s wild, I love it, and I’m living my hair fantasies vicariously through him.  One day I will have such beautiful hair… again.

Kai Opens Wide….r

Kai opens wide

So by now it should be obvious that my “Project 52” failed.  Posting a picture a week for a year began to feel more like a job, when in reality all I want to do with this is have fun.  Anyway, I’m switching it up to a different format of basically posting whenever I feel like it.  I will do my best to try to catch up with the old flicks and “moments” in Kai’s growth, instead of just skipping about a year of pictures.  Because of this I will back date the posts based on the date the pictures were taken.

This is how wide Kai opens when it’s eat-eat time.  He’s serious about his food.