How do we have\u00a0 a one-year old?\u00a0 And how am I supposed to sum up a year’s worth of joy in one solitary blog entry.\u00a0 Whatever it is they say about the joys of parenthood is true.\u00a0 I can corroborate that a lifetime of joy has already been infused into our lives, concentrated into one little 21lb package we named Eli about a year ago.\u00a0 With every day comes a new noise, a new babble, a new gesture, a new look, a new skill, a new something that he’s either figure out on his lonesome or that we as parents have imparted unto him.\u00a0 But these new discoveries are outrageously exciting to behold and I pinch myself every other minute that I get to be involved in something as sacred and beloved as parenthood.<\/p>\n
Eli turned a year on Thursday and the celebrations lasted three full days.\u00a0 On Thursday we celebrated rather privately with immediate family.\u00a0 On Friday, the celebrations continued with a smash cake.\u00a0 We dressed Eli in a simple onesie with ONE printed on his chest.\u00a0 And we let him at a cake decorated by my expert sister and I snapped away the equivalent of two rolls of film watching him explore the squishy goodness of cake and frosting all over his fingers.\u00a0 What a joy this was to capture and to clean.\u00a0 Then Saturday came the house party where he could continue the party with his new cousins and other close friends.\u00a0 What a fun ride one year has been.<\/p>\n
In one year I found that I’ve snapped no fewer than 2,500 pictures of my little Eli and our gallivanting.\u00a0 I’m comfortable with that number, I am.\u00a0 In fact, I estimated I’d taken more than that before I actually did a brief audit.\u00a0 What worries me to some extent, however, is being able to keep up that frenetic pace should my wife and I be blessed with more babies.\u00a0 How will I ever be able to maintain that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How do we have\u00a0 a one-year old?\u00a0 And how am I supposed to sum up a year’s worth of joy in one solitary blog entry.\u00a0 Whatever it is they say about the joys of parenthood is true.\u00a0 I can corroborate that a lifetime of joy has already been infused into our lives, concentrated into one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n