Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Day 129


Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Day 128


Monday, July 29, 2013

Day 127


Sunday, July 28, 2013

Day 126


Saturday, July 27, 2013

Day 125


Friday, July 26, 2013

Day 124


Thursday, July 25, 2013

Day 123


Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Day 122


Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Day 121


Monday, July 22, 2013

Day 120


Sunday, July 21, 2013

Day 119


Day 118


Saturday, July 20, 2013

Day 117


Thursday, July 18, 2013

Day 116


Day 115


Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Day 114


Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The Stairs

P_________,

Last night your mother (my yin) and I had a moment on the stairs outside your room You were playing in your crib, staring at your mobile, and she and I sat outside, waiting to see how long you would entertain yourself, hoping that you might accidentally soothe yourself to sleep. We leaned against each other,  and it seemed the first moment that we fully shared as both a couple and a family. It was one of those moments whose hazy image becomes etched forwards and backwards in time, and I was overcome by the realization that years from now, this image of us - tired and satisfied, youthful and aging, two and three - would be one that expands beyond those few minutes on the stairs and becomes a synecdoche for these first months of your infancy and our life as parents.

I woke the following morning (this morning) at 4 a.m. thinking these things and how I wanted to share with you how amazing that single moment was before it balloons and colonizes those that came before and after. It has been such a gift to have you join us, and I still find myself struggling to put into words what it has meant to me and your mother... but at least this is a start.  Love,

D__

Monday, July 15, 2013

Day 113


Sunday, July 14, 2013

Day 112


Saturday, July 13, 2013

Day 111



Manicure time...

Friday, July 12, 2013

Day 110


Thursday, July 11, 2013

Day 109


Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Day 108


Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Day 107


Monday, July 8, 2013

Day 106


Sunday, July 7, 2013

Day 105


Saturday, July 6, 2013

Day 104


Friday, July 5, 2013

Day 103


Thursday, July 4, 2013

Day 102



Generations...

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Day 101


Day 100


Monday, July 1, 2013

Day 99