Yesterday was a special day. It was my boy’s birthday. It is so hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that he is already 6 years old. I can still remember coming home from the hospital with him and thinking “what do I do with him now?”
It was a scary, exciting, wonderful, amazing time in my life. A true turning point. It was the first time I felt like I had knew what my purpose was. As soon as that sweet little 6 lb 10 oz ball of joy entered the world I knew that this was why I was here. To be a mother. It was a very emotional, life changing time in my life. It is quite a wake up call when you realize you are responsible for another humans life. That they depend on you for everything. But it was one responsibility I was honored to take on.
Sometimes I have a hard time remembering what it was like before we had kids. All the free time, sleeping in, leisurely dinners and spur of the moment movies. Now that was a different life all together. Today my life consists of cleaning up after little walking tornadoes, settling arguments over who touched what toy first, early morning wake ups with an energetic little guy snuggling up next to me in bed, and a schedule that is centered around who has eaten when and who needs to sleep. And you know what I wouldn’t trade it for the world. I feel so blessed to have these little people living in my house.
So I wanted to take a moment to share my sweet guy with all of you. He is a joy to photograph most days. By far one of the most photogenic kids I have ever pointed my camera at. I can say that since I am his mother you know.
And when I think of Garrett these are the things that come to mind….
-funny
-sweet
-silly
-friendly
-compassionate
-happy
-sensitive
-emotional
and most of all wonderful!
Happy Birthday Buddy! We love you.
And for those of you who are interested I took this shot with my 50mm 1.2L – wide open, it is an in camera crop and I took this shot in the late afternoon/ early evening. It is my most recent favorite of him.
to view this and all images in my blog larger simply click on the image itself.
2 comments