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Spending the last day of 2010 with my two favourite people.

When I started this 365 Project, and commited to taking a photo on my phone every day for an entire year, I had no idea that what I thought would be a record of our life here in Shanghai would end up documenting such a personal journey instead. It has been a wonderful, bizarre, challenging and rewarding year, and I am so glad to have this photographic record of it.

Farewell 2010, let's see what 2011 brings!

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She has more friends than I do...

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Baby, that's no way to treat your mother!

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Her first bottle with Papa.

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Photos to show her first boyfriend.

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It's a wrap!

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Santa came!

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Christmas Eve at home in Shanghai.

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My little Christmas Elf

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Another hideous Christmas tree- this particular over-grown toilet brush costs AUD$180!

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Splish splash! The French conjugations written on the wall are for me to learn, not her.

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Look what Santa left under our tree!

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A cheeky face at bathtime!

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Anaïs is less impressed by the toys than the fish tank.

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Anaïs and I with Yolanta, the fantastic Doula we had asa labour support person for her delivery.

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Hideous Christmas trees for sale in Shanghai- these trees cost AUD$500 each!

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 You can tell new parents by the size of their coffees!

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Watching tv with her Papa

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a week after she was born, Anaïs and I made it out to a cafe for lunch... it was quite the achievement!

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the 12th of December was a rare snowy day in Shanghai. We enjoyed it from the warmth of our window seat.

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receiving her first mail- from Max and Emil, her baby friends in Beijing.

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All rugged up to go out.

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Anaïs enjoying a morning nap in the sun.

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Her Chinese birth certificate... pretty cool.

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Bundled up ready to leave the hospital

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First weigh-in from the day she was born.

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Anaïs and I having some skin to skin contact time.

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First photo with mama and papa from the day she was born

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4 days and 16 hours after my water broke ahe finally arrives! Anaïs Emilie was born at 6:01pm, Friday the 3rd of December in Shanghai China, weighing 3.16kg and measuring 49cm. This is her first photo.

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Still in labour- second day of induction, 4 days after my water broke. This is the hospital hallway I paced between contractions.

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The fetal monitor measuring contraction strength and frequency and the baby's response to it. This is after starting Pitocin induction 3 days after my water broke.

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My water broke on the 29th November and I was admitted to the hospital tostart the process of induction on the 1st December. This photo was of monitoring my contractions to see if I was in labour or not (I was only in pre-labour).

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Being silly with our ultrasound scan