Oh man. This was one of my favorite days EVER. We were visiting our beloved friends, the Colton’s, in New Orleans and they had the great idea that we hop on the trolley and let it take us where it may. They have a son just a few months older than ours so they had …
We loved our days soaking in the rays with our little ray of sunshine on Ipanema Beach in Rio. Magic 338/365, Sunshine and the Light, Ipanema Beach, November 29, 2018
Dasan poses, bored, on top of his father’s head on Ipanema Beach in Rio. Magic 332/365, Dasan the Redeemer, Ipanema Beach, Rio
We took our son on his first helicopter tour over Rio de Janeiro. This face pretty much sums up his feelings about it. And no, he didn’t calm down and begin to enjoy it, but we did. This is pretty much my favorite photo of him yet. Is that mean? He just looks so adorable …
My son, Dasan, sat up for the first time on a day like the one pictured here. Beautiful sunshine and blue skies and his cute little booty sticking out of his shorts. The only thing missing was my camera. I snapped a photo with my iphone and it was great, but we had to at least try to recreate the scene with the good camera in hand. These are our family booty shots.
Magic 303/365, Family Booty, Playa Guiones, Costa Rica, October 7, 2018
That about sums up the look on Dasan’s face. We have recently become kind of obsessed with unicorns. It was a long time in the making but we fell over the threshold to obsession when we dressed our white Nissan Xterra with a rainbow tail and unicorn horn. It is my favorite care. EVER. So …
Father and Son was the first song I ever learned on guitar. I was 15 years old and my father bought me a guitar for Christmas. I wasn’t really into it because what I really wanted was a surfboard. I know, what a spoiled freakin brat. So I let it gather dust and continued to sweat …
This is one of those things that has been very present in my mind lately. The Middle Way. I always say the truth is in the middle and this has never been truer than now while I am raising a child with another human being. I want to protect him and my partner wants to …
This is a photo of my Aunt Faye with Dasan on our most recent visit to Florida. She is my father’s sister and she is someone that I am so grateful for. My father’s family is very close and when any one of them calls the others come running. Well, my Aunt Faye has come …
I gotta say, this whole parenting thing. It’s AWESOME. It is the best thing I have ever done. Today we celebrated Dasan’s four-month birthday on our favorite beach. I am cherishing every moment of this. Every touch of his soft skin. Every open-mouthed smile. Every snuggle. Every thing. I am told it goes fast. Well I am not going to let it. I am keeping every moment in my heart so that when I look back, they are there and it will feel like an eternity of joy that I have spent loving this little being. My brightest Day.
Magic 205/365, Four Months of Bliss, Playa Guiones, July 24, 2018