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UPDATE: So my son turned 1 on February 12th, 2016. I reached my goal and had an amazing year with him. I still want to continue taking his photos but it is taking too much time from my other work. So for now the plan is to continue monthly instead of weekly.
So here is the reason why I've been so silent for the past year. I had a son! He is almost 9 months now and takes up most of my time for now. I may not have the time to paint watercolors but I couldn't stand still either. This is how this series of photographs came to happen.
First it was just a fun thing to do for memories. My son was born on a Thursday. Until his birth I bought so many funny onesies but when you give birth to a child in the middle of a winter storm (biggest in years in Boston) you have no place to use them. So I started taking his picture every Thursday with a funny onesie with my iPhone to post on Instagram. Quickly this became my Thursday ritual. Unfortunately when I tried to get them printed I realized they were really muddy and low-res pictures. Oh no! So things started getting serious. I took out my Canon and started to take this a bit more seriously.
After a while I ran out of funny onesies to buy online. Since we moved back to Turkey, either the shipping was horrendously high, or they didn't even ship to Turkey. I started designing my own onesies, and the concepts...
We're currently on onesie #45. I hope to continue this until he is 1 year old :) We'll see...
Week 52. DIM DIM DIMDIM DIMMM DIMMM, DIM DIM DIMDIM DIMMMM, DIM DIM DIMDIM DIMMMM DIMMM, DIM DIM DIM DIMDIMMM (Insert Chariots of Fire melody here) 🎶🏃🏻🎶👆🏻🎶🏅🎶🍾🎶🏁🎶🎉🎶
Week 51. Come and play, come and play/ Forget about the movement/ Anger is a gift 🛋🔨
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Week 50. The white woman knows how to buy shoes but she does not know how to put them on. ✋🏼👶🏻👞
Week 49. At this point every non-blurry picture is a bliss 🙏🏼 💨🌪🏃🏻🏁
Week 48. Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O and on his farm he had a rabbit E-I-E-I-O 🐰🐴🐘🐓🐶
Week 47. Wake me up before you wake up 🎉💤🐓🎺🚨⏰🌄🔨📢
Week 46. A heartfelt thank you to all our friends and loved ones for making 2015 so joyful and happy despite all the dark stuff happening around the world. Hope to see you around in 2016 too 👪🎉
Week 45. Trail Rated®
Week 44. "A masterpiece of modern horror!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (All pain and no teeth makes Timur a sad boy.)
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Week 43. Better than... 🏆 🏅🍫
Week 42. Fifty-fifty. 👩🏻👶🏻👨🏻
Week 40. Itsy bitsy spider... 🕷👶🏻🐛
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39. Hafta. Dunyaya nasil geldigini sordugunda cikletten ciktigini soylemeyi dusunuyoruz 🍬🐣 @batteurtoulousain
Week 38. When Timur is getting sleepy he asks Sam, "It's 21:12 on my iPhone and 20:12 on my Mac. What time is it supposed to be?" (Turkey is still not in sync with the rest of the world on daylight savings...)
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Week 37. Advice from Dr. T: "Don't forget your vitamins and fiber this winter!"
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Week 36. Wooord!
Week 35. Level 8 unlocked.
Week 34. Yeah it's hard to take care of a little person who can't clean his own bottom, who can't feed himself, who wants to reach out to everything but can't walk, who can't express himself and his needs but I wouldn't dream, even for a moment, of a life without him...
33. Hafta. Uykusuz gecelere devam...
32. Hafta. Iyi bayramlaaar...
Week 31. Nom nom nom. 😁
Week 29. Where Number 2 is Job #1!
Week 28. Home grown heirloom Timato.
Week 27. In this case Scotty is me, of course 😁🛁💦
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Week 26. Welcome to Hell's Kitchen. Timur started solids yesterday and so far he is not entirely satisfied with my performance.
Week 25. Looking for a translator. Please call or send DM. Thank you.
Week 24. Das Baby (2015). The claustrophobic world of an Istanbul summer day. Humidity, unimaginable heat, a baby and sheer terror.
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Week 23. Ba-ba-baaa ba-banana, ba-ba-baaa ba-bananaa, bananaaaa potatooo-naaaaa...
22. Hafta. Turkcesi "Aglamayana meme yok!" 😂🍼
Week 21. Fart and furious.
Week 20. Ectoplasmic residue samples. Check! Poop processors. Check! Saliva stream. Check!
Week 19. Happy Birthday and a big Thank You for making this little guy possible @batteurtoulousain May your love be with us even after it's inappropriate 😆😍🎉👪😘
Week 18. From Lilliput with love.
Week 17. Fire at will!
16. Hafta. "Ya, süt bende gıdı yapıyo."
Week 15. Never underestimate the power of the Brown Side.
Week 14. Expecto Patronum (veya Şeytan Kulağına Kurşun).
Week 13. Ah ha ha ha stayin' alive, stayin' alive... (Many thanks to this week's t-shirt sponsor @fetspot 😁)
12. hafta. "Gülüm beniiim/gülüm beniiiim/derdim aşkııım/canım benim/Ayırmasııın Mevlam biziiii/budur inaaan teğk dileğiiim" (For my English speaking friends: Week 12. "Horribly terribly cheesy arabesque love song lyrics")
Week 11. Once a Bostoner, always a Bostoner!
10. hafta. Timur'un ilk Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayrami :)
Semana 9. Todavía no hablo. Naturalmente.
Week 8. Hi! My name is Timur and I'm a milkoholic.
