Mom and Dad Moments

I admit it. I take a DANG lot of pictures. But honestly, that baby of ours is so irresistible, and I am so nostalgic and memory-centered, that every moment begs capturing. I mean, what if I FORGET that look or those matching hats or that feeling when he looked at me like that??
So I pull out the camera and strive to capture the perfect essence of that particular memory... subsequently snapping about seven or eight shots of the same thing (to make sure i have at least one PERFECT one)... and end up falling in love with most of those seven or eight shots. Leaving me with computer folders FULL of great images numbering in the HUNDREDS.

I don't even want to THINK what I'll have to do with all of them someday. For now, I just have a LOT of really great pictures. Too many. But oh well.

So in order to really get the most out of my recent ones, I'll be cramming lotsa pics in the next few posts. So like it or not, you'll be a part of this obsessive memory-capturing. Today's theme? Pictures of Joe and I, being parents. Fun!

{#1: Noah's perfect little nap...}


{#2: ...so perfect, in fact, that Joe has to join in!}


{#3: At the Mall: Joe burps a zoned-out, fuzzy-headed Noah}


{#4: One of our not-so-calm moments.}


{#5: Where's Daddy? Look behind the camera, Noah!}


{#6: Now look up at the cool toy Daddy's holding up!}


{#7: Now look at Mom!}


{#8: A Mimicking Moment}


{#9: A Mimicking Moment Part 2}


{#10: Is that a smile?}


{#11: He's so small that he sleeps in his pack-n-play horizontally!}


{#12: Except when he's sleeping with his dad... Awwww!}


{#13: Lookin' content after a big loud burp}


{#14: Two stocking caps on two cute boys}


{#15: Ta-da!! We're surviving this new madness! And we're still in love! }

...And there ya have it: December moments of us trying to be good parents. Noah makes it pretty easy, what with him being so cute and all. As long as we keep working as a team, and keep God in the mix, we'll make it through this wild adventure!