I read on the internet that if you simply turn your normal lens around on an SLR style camera, you can get a cheap macro lens. This is Nina’s eye up-close and personal! See this image larger.
May 12th – Ian is rewarded with candy for good bathroom etiquette… blue M&M’s in this case, which gave him this creepy azure grin! See this image larger.
Time has not been on my side lately. Trying to sell this house, trying to find a new house, deadlines magically syncing up to some of our most involving “normal life” deadlines, baptism stuff… and totally dumb random explosions have set my entire world upside-down. So this is me turning back the clock to when we last left off, picture-wise, and catching us up to present. (Note that I did write another entry, just below this one, talking a little bit about our old house here — not an important read, but it does set us up for what will happen in just a few weeks, if God’s hand continues to play a part and all the stars align. More on that soon.)
Without further ado…
Two months ago, to the day… May 5th, 2010. Those of you who saw the really nice picture of Nina after a bath (the same one that was later to be featured on the big screen at her Baptism…) the following pictures took place the next day.
Chillin’ out in one of those u-shaped pillows that is supposed to help during breast-feeding.See this image larger.
So this was also the day that Nina first started daycare! I snapped this shot while Melissa entered in a pass-code and I wrangled Ian. It was also the day that Ian first asked to be put in big-boy underpants, and pretty much never looked back. See this image larger.
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139 Highlander is one closing (and just under a month) away from being a thing of our past now, and it is hard to swallow. Walking around I find it difficult to conceive of letting go of a place that held so many beautiful memories. The many adjustments we’ve made for Seth… thinking back to the very first days we moved in here. The difficulties we’ve had – like me getting laid off, and not knowing what was going to happen next. And oh so many wonderful, positive things. This will always be the house I remember when I think of “baby” Ian. His first steps. The way he’d run around and around. His first words. His proud shouts of accomplishment.
Of the actual building, I’d say more than anything that this house has had a tendency to be focused and intimate. So if the person you want is somewhere in the house, you have but to lightly call for them, and you could find them very quickly. Also if Ian wanted to leap off of the fifth step on the stairwell, everybody in the office, kitchen, dining room and living room would be able to scream “STOP!!!!” before he did so. Good, right? The flip side of that is that if Ian just wanted to sing, or bang a drum… if Melissa wanted to watch TV, or I wanted to jam my music during a deadline crunch… or if Nina wanted to cry all night… none of that is possible in this house without everybody experiencing it.
Nina has changed everything dramatically. She can’t help it, things have just shifted away from what they were. In a way I think it is fitting to say good-bye to the house that represents our lives before two kids, and embrace a new era. If you happen to have a glass handy, please raise it and wish us good luck.
May Continues…
Finally, Back to Some Pictures
Time has not been on my side lately. Trying to sell this house, trying to find a new house, deadlines magically syncing up to some of our most involving “normal life” deadlines, baptism stuff… and totally dumb random explosions have set my entire world upside-down. So this is me turning back the clock to when we last left off, picture-wise, and catching us up to present. (Note that I did write another entry, just below this one, talking a little bit about our old house here — not an important read, but it does set us up for what will happen in just a few weeks, if God’s hand continues to play a part and all the stars align. More on that soon.)
Without further ado…
Two months ago, to the day… May 5th, 2010. Those of you who saw the really nice picture of Nina after a bath (the same one that was later to be featured on the big screen at her Baptism…) the following pictures took place the next day.
139 Highlander Drive
139 Highlander is one closing (and just under a month) away from being a thing of our past now, and it is hard to swallow. Walking around I find it difficult to conceive of letting go of a place that held so many beautiful memories. The many adjustments we’ve made for Seth… thinking back to the very first days we moved in here. The difficulties we’ve had – like me getting laid off, and not knowing what was going to happen next. And oh so many wonderful, positive things. This will always be the house I remember when I think of “baby” Ian. His first steps. The way he’d run around and around. His first words. His proud shouts of accomplishment.
Of the actual building, I’d say more than anything that this house has had a tendency to be focused and intimate. So if the person you want is somewhere in the house, you have but to lightly call for them, and you could find them very quickly. Also if Ian wanted to leap off of the fifth step on the stairwell, everybody in the office, kitchen, dining room and living room would be able to scream “STOP!!!!” before he did so. Good, right? The flip side of that is that if Ian just wanted to sing, or bang a drum… if Melissa wanted to watch TV, or I wanted to jam my music during a deadline crunch… or if Nina wanted to cry all night… none of that is possible in this house without everybody experiencing it.
Nina has changed everything dramatically. She can’t help it, things have just shifted away from what they were. In a way I think it is fitting to say good-bye to the house that represents our lives before two kids, and embrace a new era. If you happen to have a glass handy, please raise it and wish us good luck.