Friday, January 25, 2008

say cheese

Why is it so difficult to take a decent picture of a newborn? Everyone wants to see pics of the baby, lots of pics all the time. Well, this always turns out poorly. First, i always choose the worst possible times for a photo shoot. By the time i get everything ready, it is time for him to eat, or sleep, or he is just done for the day.

You never know what is going to fit from one day to the next. An outfit that fit perfectly last week is ridiculously too small today. An outfit that swallowed him yesterday fits great today. So we begin this adventure with a little fashion show. Because it is not difficult enough to get the picture we have to first piss baby off by trying on six outfits.

Babies don't smile on command, either. A parent is left snapping picture after picture hoping for a shot that makes your little angle look like a little angle instead of a weird, red eyed, deformed being. All the while making an idiot out of themselves making endless faces, noises, and babble trying pointlessly to elicit that coveted smile, or even grin, or just something other than that tongue hanging out stare. Which by the way, you have grown to love but don't think others will appreciate equally.

Also, babies cannot hold up their own heads. A nice picture of baby sitting on the couch just does not work. Baby ends up lying flat, which leads to pictures that are just weird looking. How many people lay flat on the bed to take a picture? Maybe baby will look more human if we put him in his bouncy seat or car seat. Well, those things do not match so we must first cover them with a blanket. Get the blanket spread out and set baby down and the blanket is messed up again.

Now, the babbling face making parent is also working to keep baby's outfit lying right and the blanket flat and snap the camera all at the same time. Good thing mom's are multitaskers!

Monday, January 21, 2008

New mom

i'm still getting used to this motherhood thing. my son was one month old yesterday. in some ways it seems as though time has flown by and in others it just seems to drag along. it has been quite an experience to far.

one thing i have always prided myself on is my excellent memory. we had a conversation three weeks ago, i can tell you what you said pretty close to verbatim. lately that has not been working out too well for me. our first outing with ephraim was christmas eve. well, i planed everything out including what time i needed to get ready, pack stuff, start the car, and leave. oops, i failed to plan time to get ephraim ready, we were thirty minutes late. ephraim and i went to target last week. i carried him inside in his car seat and put it on the cart. i unfastened his seat belt so he would be more comfortable while we were shopping. after we were done shopping, i zipped up his blanket cover and carried him to the car and put his seat in. i drove across the street to my next destination. upon getting out to get him, i noticed i had never refastened his seat belt. i have left the house with out wipes, with a dirty bottle instead of a clean one, no pajamas, and no diapers on various occasions. once i even forgot to put ephraim's shoes on him after i got them out and loosened them all up. hopefully i can get it together soon, but i have a feeling it is only going to get worse!