Proximity to cuteness causes fatigue

Apparently the human nervous system can tolerate cuteness for only a short period of time before becoming overwhelmed. The body in response to periods of prolonged exposure to the super cute retreats into a sleep like hypnotic state.

AV Club

As a new dad I had no idea how much responsibility was going to fall upon my shoulders. I have become a one man AV club. Pictures with two new cameras (a 35mm digital SLR and a Cannon digital point and shoot), and video with a new video camera. Documenting important baby events and getting these pictures to friends and family has been a great responsibility and a great joy. Jenna takes her share of pictures and is much better at it than I am but she quickly changes her priority when baby cries or fusses. I am the only one that can uphold my duty to document baby events even through baby's cries and fusses. It is a tough but rewarding job.

Leave the house?

Sofia is a little over 1 month old now and we have been leaving the house occasionally on qick excursions. The pictures above are from a trip to Target, Sofia's first trip to the beach and a trip to an informal mexican resturaunt. It has been difficult for us to know if we are trying too go out much or too little. We are so worried about having a crying baby in public.

Aunt Megan

Jenna's sister, Megan was in town for a few days from Portland. She was a huge help. We didn't know how much help we needed! Sofia and her Aunt are now BFF. She seemed to really respond to Megan's crazy songs. They were a nice mixture of nutty camp songs and her 'own version' of tv commercials. We have discovered the magic left with Meg. We sound like the totally lame parents who 'just don't get it' when we sing them. oh well. We try....

Sleep when you can

As new parents we were so proud the first few days when Sofia would sleep for 3 or 4 hours at a time during the day. We used this time to get things done. We learned our lesson later those nights when Sofia fed more, sleept 1 or 2 hours at a time and was awake longer inbetween . We now sleep when she sleeps. This means that we usually nap with her in the afternoon.

First attempt

Sofia

Jenna and Sofia

Jenna Sofia and June

Paul and Sofia

We are new at this. This is a test to see how easy it is to add photos to our blog.