M4H P52 “Motherhood” Winner and Eye Candy

I knew that this week was going to be so inspiring and so touching and I was completely right! Going through the gallery looking for images to feature was amazing! I am completely in awe by all the gorgeous images in our flickr pool this week! The winner’s image really touched my heart. To say I am blown away was an understatement. As always thank you SO much for sharing your glorious images with me and the wonderful participants of this project!! Lets get right to it!

Winner:
By: HeartfeltMemoriesPhotographybyCharlotte~Anne

Caption:
Week 20 ” Motherhood”

The remnants of what is left from being thrown into the throes of “Motherhood”, My “Medals” from 4 pregnancies; And I cherish every single one of them!!!! Now the torch of “Motherhood” is being passed on to my daughter, who will be having her first child in just a few short weeks…:o)

And lots of favs!!

By: Essential Life Photography

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20-52

Motherhood/ Watching her closely and making sure that she will be okay.

By: mkmpics

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Made happy…{20/52 Motherhood}

I thought I would add this one since it does show mom making her happy. She still has the red eyes and a small tear on her face but she is smiling.
{First picture mom stopped walking then in 2nd picture mom started walking again!}

I know I put the top one up already but it was before I was done with this and I think this tells the whole story.

By: alison may photography

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20/52 motherhood

By: Izzy Joe Photos

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Mothers hold their childrens hands for a short while, but their hearts forever… unknown

M4H Week 19/52 … Happy Mothers Day!

By: JPphotog

Caption:
20/52 Motherhood.

Because my days are filled with kisses of all sorts. Eskimo included. 🙂

By: Angela Allan

Caption:
Week 20 – Motherhood

Our house is crazy at the moment.
My FIL is in is final days with us as he continues to fight his brain tumor.
As a mother we try to protect our children from harmful things in life but we also must remember that they are part of what is going on too.
Today while having a bath my daughter goes “look mummy I am an octopus with my hair – grandad likes octopus'” and there I was reminded just how much they are thinking of him too.

By: Shawna Lyn Photography

Caption:
Project 52: Week 20 {Motherhood}

I love these hands. My son has been handing me flowers since he was old enough to crawl across the grass and pick a dandelion. He has a very sweet heart.
Motherhood to me is wrapping my arms around him tight enough to make him feel safe and loved yet loose enough to let him explore and grow. 🙂

By: mjryckman

Caption:
Motherhood

Motherhood – Expect the unexpected!

My middle daughter and I were making cakes for tomorrow’s cake walk at school. As a mom, baking is something I do regularly. It actually relieves stress for me. In any case, I was having her pat her hands together to make a bit of “dust” in the air. I wanted to capture the idea of motherhood being “messy, but sweet”, and she turned toward me and blew the cake mix at me instead! As I said, if there is one thing 15 years of motherhood has taught me, it’s to always, “expect the unexpected!”

By: cheng bee

Caption:
slice of life

20/52: motherhood

my daily dose of self reminder:

enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back & realize they were the big things.
robert brault

By: lindy*pfaff

Caption:
pretend motherhood

This is my four year old. She watched me go through my pregnancy last year and this year is watching two aunts go through theirs. It is so so sweet to watch her play this. She will stick a ball up her shirt and waddle around the house. She has watched me do maternity shoots in the past and was totally posing with her “bump”, soooo funny! After her baby “arrives” she mimics all the things I do and say to take care of her baby brother. It’s pretty amusing to hear some of the things come out of her mouth and the tone she uses. In the photo she is feeding her baby a biscuit from mcdonalds (she calls it “old mcdonalds” ha!) because thats what babies apparently eat. 🙂 Some day in the faaaaaaarr away future, she is going to make a great mama!

By: Dawn Blomquist

Caption:
P52: Motherhood

Becoming a mother to this little boy, has taught me a lot of things. I honestly can’t remember life prior to having my child. He is the love of my life, my reason for living, and my everything. Having to leave him in the hospital after he was born, was heartbreaking. I’m his beautiful and pretty Mommy(that’s what he tells me daily). Just like the quote says above, having a child, is having your heart walk around outside of your body for the rest of your life. Some girl is going to be extremely lucky to have him one day. Being a mother to him, is the best thing God has done for me. I am beyond grateful that I was chosen to be his Mommy.

By: Catcurrie

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20/52 – motherhood

These flowers (now drooping) were from my 3 children on mothers day. Motherhood is this amazing journey, an indescribable feeling of love and adoration for these little people who bring so much to my life ♥

By: cmichael1

Caption:
m4h 20/52 motherhood

This is just a small sampling of what motherhood means to me….these are mothers day cards and gifts from years gone by, when my boys were just little guys. They are both young men now and I guess I did a good job, sometimes you just don’t know if you’re doing everything right….they tell me I did anyway! When we’re together we laugh and talk and i’m reminded of all the good times they had growing up…..how can they be in their twenties already….wasn’t this just a few years ago?

By: miss melaniez Three Turtles Photography

Caption:
Motherhood

It is the simple parts of being a mother that make me happy – something as simple as meeting my children at the bus stop on a rainy day, knowing they will feel the comfort of having their mom be there for them. Providing comfort and a sense of security is the most important job a mother has –

By: Meg.M.Thomas

Caption:
20/52 “Motherhood”

My Little Mother

By: wallybee33

Caption:
Wk20 – Motherhood

Sometimes I think motherhood is about trying to solve the puzzle and figuring out exactly what they are thinking.

By: Sarah Cusano

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20/52 ~Motherhood~

Nothing makes my heart more happy than the way my baby loves his big sister, No one makes him laugh like she does 🙂

By: heatherstockett

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20/52

Remember my quote from yesterday?…

There’s nothing like a mama-hug. ~Terri Guillemets

Now I have 2 photos for M4H: Motherhood

Still don’t know which one I like better, so I am entering both (hope that’s okay!)

You can view our afternoon here, which includes a “fight” with dandelions 🙂 www.hcsphotography.com/blog/?p=391

By: laura★su

Caption:
20/52 ‘Motherhood’

It’s been a busy week (isn’t it always busy when you’re a mother?!) and I realised I was running out of time for M4H52 project! All the kids were getting ready for bed and I saw scattered shoes all over the house. As I was tidying them away this image came to mind for motherhood. Motherhood to me is ordered chaos, with my heart ruled by the little people in my life.

By: sunshine.photography

Caption:
Motherhood #2

As I uploaded my submission for this week’s theme, I couldn’t help but think of those dads who are ‘mum’… and so, here is another submission for this week (sorry) that I dedicate to them, because for some little ones, when they think of motherhood, they think of their dads xx

By: Felicia.King

Caption:
20|52 “Motherhood”

Being a mother is the hardest most rewarding job a woman can have. I became a mother very early on but I don’t regret it one bit. It has taught me patience, kindness, love, and laughter. I couldn’t imagine my life without my girls. They are my everything.

Even though my hair looks like crap, I’m in my “comfy clothes” and it’s slightly out of focus, I don’t care because it represents motherhood to me.

Edited with M4H fool proof scratch, and filmy feel

By: Vintage Rain Photography

Caption:
Motherhood!

In motherhood we like to compare, compare to other mothers if we are being the best mother we can be to our children. We question ourselves and look at our mistakes. But then those special moments come when you discover that you are being what your children need. You are in fact doing your job and they see all the love you have for them. They just need us to be us! They need OUR smile, OUR laugh!

By: ItsStillLifePhotography

Caption:
Motherhood – 2

Saturday we celebrated my nephews life with an after-the-baby shower. As my mom cradled her newborn grandson in her lap I snapped this shot. I couldn’t help but imagine how my mom cradled me like this 30 some years ago. How she comforted me, and found the perfect place where I felt peace and love. A vision of God’s faithfulness through the generations (she’s wearing her mother’s ring) and an appreciation for her past mothering and her perpetual mothering as her care and love continues to abound.

By: Jacie H

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week_20_motherhood

Motherhood to me, at this stage in my journey, is those little hands that circle my neck and the little voices that whisper “I love you Mommy”.

By: photography by anika alonzo

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silly face

big dude really is the master of weird faces in this house. And he started doing this every time he sees a camera….

By: image421

Caption:
Motherhood 20/52

This is a self portrait series that I recently made with my children. I am always behind the camera and never in front, so there are only a few images with me in them. I don’t want my children to look back and wish they had more photos with their Mum. So, I have stepped in front of the camera more recently and I am enjoying the experience.

By: pigqueen

Caption:
Motherhood 20/52

I thought a picture of my daughter and I would be perfect but one joy of motherhood that I love is just watching her. Watching her develop, watching her watch things, watching her face light up when she sees her mommie or daddy, watching her show love to the cats, watching her try to interact with other kids, watching her sleep peacefully, watching her giggle, and so much more! I just love Mommyworld so much and am so blessed to have this sweet, little miracle in my life!

By: Wendy Rakvica Photography

Caption:
20/52 Motherhood

I always try to get my cuddles in with my 2.5yr old. He is growing by the minute and I cherish it all. He is only this young once and i know that day will come when he is too cool to kiss me or hug me. Im not going to miss any of it

By: this little sparrow

Caption:
M4H 52/20: Motherhood

This face. This sweet fabulous little face changed everything in my life almost five years ago. She was not planned, she was the sweetest, unexpected surprise. Before her creation I had nearly given up on the idea of ever becoming a mother. The day her life started, my life began. She is my joy, my hope, and my greatest lesson in life, I could not love her more.

By: 24Feet

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24Feet – Motherhood

P52/Week 20 – This is motherhood for me. There are certainly parallels between raising dogs and raising kids; I haven’t slept through the night in 7 years. I’ve been peed, pooped and puked on repeatedly. Been up all night with a sick baby. I Worry incessantly about their well being, happiness and their nutrition…and they are the best part of every, single day. It’s a good day when I go to work with dog fur stuck to something.

By: lassb

Caption:
Motherhood

Motherhood is like a dandelion. Our entire job is to prepare our children to fly away from us. To be able to bloom where they are planted. For that brief, glowing moment we harbor them at home, growing them and watching them tiptoe toward the day when the wind of life will pick them up and carry them away. We give roots and wings. And we teach them to dig down deep and root themselves in healthy soil and flourish. Motherhood is like dandelions. We might feel like weeds somedays, but when the light hits just right, it’s glorious!

By: Kate T. Parker Photography

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motherhood

to me? means days (years) spent drawing hopscotch games, watching to make sure the littlest one gets a turn, a no one stubs a toe and if they do (and they will) that they get a band aid and a hug.

By: purephotographbylisa

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Motherhood starts even before the baby is born

This is her first baby and she’s very excited and nervous all at the same time. I just met her this week, but I have a feeling she is going to be great!

By: itzdawns

Caption:
20/52 Motherhood

Watching my daughter’s discovery & sharing mine too.

“A miracle is a shift in perception. It’s the moment you choose to perceive your life with love. It’s the moment you choose to forgive someone. It’s the moment you choose to shift your mind, and therefore, change your experience. And when your experience changes, a miraculous outcome occurs.” -Gabrielle Bernstein

By: michelinaphotog

Caption:
20/52~Motherhood

As a mother, I live for these moments… the simple things in life…watching the joy on my children’s faces, even from just a trip to the beach for a little sandcastle building. This is my almost three year old after being there for 5 minutes saying, “Yaaaaaay!” (The cute kiddos in the background are mine as well 🙂

By: Racheal Trahan

Caption:
{week 20} “Motherhood”

This week I chose pictures from our little art project (thanks Pinterest!) that Ethan had a blast doing. To me, a huge part of motherhood is getting to do fun stuff like this with my children!!

By: sherrily16

Caption:
motherhood 20/52

Although the mothers at my nieces birthday party were being silly wearing their children’s superhero masks, they are essentially what I believe motherhood means to me!

By: arolfe2

Caption:
Week-20

I have to admit that this week’s challenge was the hardest one for me, but then I came across a blog (I wish I remembered whose it was). It said that most people assume you get to choose to have more kids or not. Well for some women, myself included, it’s not our decision. If it was my decision, I would have had another child years ago. For a longtime I struggled with feeling broken, but now I have come to realize that this is just our path.

So for right now Motherhood to me is needles, pills, and more doctor’s visits than I care to remember. All in the hopes that I can one day give my daughter the sibling she and I both want.