When Nathan first arrived, I had visions of hiring a journalistic type photographer to capture his first weeks, etc. It didn't take long to discover that the photographers I found on the internet and liked were way out of our budget. Fortunately, our friend Sam has experience in photography and took the pictures we had when Nathan was three weeks. A week ago or so I inquired whether Sam would be available to take some more pictures now that Nathan was approaching six months. Due to another commitment, Sam was not available this weekend so we took Nathan to a portrait studio to get some pictures of him at six months. The photographer worked hard to make him smile and she did a great job. Jeff and I joined in for a few family pictures as well. We ordered some prints for family and ourselves and our purchase also came with a CD of all the pictures, including the ones she "enhanced" with text or framing, black and white, etc.
Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on Our troubles will be out of sight As a result of the pandemic, the model train festival we typically enjoy this time of year was canceled (thus no pictures with Santa). We missed family and friends this year. The fun energy of the last few school days before Winter Break was not quite the same over Zoom. I missed singing carols in church during month of December. As the season progressed, I couldn't help but reflect on other times in history where celebrations were small and often just a nuclear family. Times and places where travel was too difficult or too expensive to justify leaving home. For those generations of families, the traditions were as simple as reading the Christmas story together or baking a special bread. In so many ways that was our Christmas this year and by seeking the joy in each moment, we found our hearts lighter. We visited our favorite local tree farm to find THE TREE. We...
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