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November 2011

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The 5pr46u3s | what week is it again?

I have lost all track of time while staring into these eyes.

 

*Disclaimer for Future Babysitters:*  The force is indeed strong with this one!  DO NOT judge her by her size and make the same mistake I did.  You don’t want to feel the wrath of her flying force kick to the face.  It is not as cute as it looks.

On Life:

So I won’t lie, these last couple weeks have been slightly challenging.  Kate and I are still getting used to life with our permanent 3rd wheel.  Although she is an adoribonkulously awesome third wheel if I do say so myself.  We could not ask for a more perfect child… I mean I would go into details but I am afraid that it would only make other parents angry, so I will spare you.

But…

Do know how people always tell you, “just  wait, EVERYTHING is going to change once that baby arrives.”   I disagree.  To be honest I don’t feel different at all, and neither does Kate.    We are still just us.  Profound right?  There has been no big transformation.  Life has definitely changed but it was a gradual change.  Subtle.  Change stealthily crept upon us and never told us when it had arrived.

It seamlessly changed us from who we once were to who we are now.  And so, I forgot…

…we are never alone anymore.  It’s not like the past when it was only us.  We woke up by ourselves, we went to bed by ourselves.  We traveled through life with only each other.  And it was easy.  Simple.  Now, we need to actively find time to spend together by ourselves.  Everyone was right. Everything has changed.  It just happens so slowly that you don’t notice.   Every second from the day we found out Kate was pregnant seemed the same as the last.  But they aren’t.  They are different, infinitesimally so, but different none the less.  You have to look farther back.  To that second before you found out.  When I compare that second to this current one… the difference is as profound as a hit to the stomach that knocks all of the wind out.

The moral of the story?  An obvious one.  Find time to spend together… alone.  Regardless of how perfectly cute your child is, do not fall victim to her Jedi mind tricks.  Go on dates.  If you can’t get a babysitter, when the kid goes to sleep watch a favorite movie or tv show.  Or just make a nice dinner together.  Like I said, it’s obvious, but somehow even the obvious is easy to miss when you are a new parent.

That is all.

 

Thanks for looking,

daniel. kate. addison.

 

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7
November 2011

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A Lesson in Adorable. | New Hampshire Family Portraits

No doubt about it, this is the best part of my job.

 

thanks for looking,

daniel.

 

 

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November 2011

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Grown Ups Never Grow Up | Massachusetts Wedding Photographers

Peter Pan is Real Life.

Chris and Carol, promise you will never grow up!

 

thanks for looking,

daniel. john.

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November 2011

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Addison Marie | 1 Month

A preview of project Face.

When I say that I could look at these pictures for endless hours, I mean it.  The pride I feel is uncontainable.  It explodes out of every single pour in my body like streams of photons.  It twists my face into a permanent smile that resembles that smile that the Joker put on all those people in the first batman move, you remember that?  I plan to take a picture of her face everyday for as long as she lets me.  Thirteen right?  Ha!  It should be interesting to see how long I actually stick with this.  I hope forever.

It has been so interesting to me so far.  Everyone always says that they change so fast, but now I can actually see it.  And everyone is right.  I mean look at the difference in the GIF below.  The first picture “week 00″ was taken on her 6th day of life, and the second picture was taken today…

Her face is already so much older looking… in 1 month!  Time just slips away from me effortlessly… regardless of how hard I try hold on.  My knuckles turn white at the strength of my grip, but unfortunately for me RateofTime ≠ StrengthofGrip * Time …  more like RateofTime = Fast * Infinity. Luckily I have my pictures to look at.  When time shrinks my bones and greys my hair I will still have my pictures in my albeit weakened grip.

Speaking of grey hair, a little over a month ago I noticed my first colorless piece of hair.  I told Addison that I would accept 1 per year.  So I have met my quota for this year.  If I was going to name each greyed out hair I would name this one Bob.  I am not going to name them, just thought you should know.

She laughed for the first time the other day.  I say laugh only because it was something she had never done before and it seemed to be a laugh like sound accompanied by a smile.  I couldn’t be sure, but either way it was amazing. She did it a few times while I lifted her up into the sky and brought her back down, and it hasn’t happened since.

Anyways… wedding blog and a new family blog coming next.

EDIT:  Oh, totally forgot!  We went to a boobfeeding meeting thing at the hospital because we heard they weighed babies there.  Addison is 9lbs 9ozs!  Yup, she is a beast.  2028 Olympics here we come.

 

the 5pr46u3s.

daniel. kate. addison.

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