Snapshots

I finally got my camera last week and I have been toting it around nonstop taking pictures of everything.  I think I am driving Taylor crazy. I am by no means a great photographer. I am really just learning and I know it will take a long time before I am even taking well composed photos by the photography worlds standards.  But, I don't want to miss a minute of our lives, a minute of Gideon growing up and I think that is what I am trying to capture.  I realized that I can't keep every memory alive in pictures so I am storing them away so I never forget them.  I am beginning to see our days, although many times uneventful, in snapshots. If, I blink each time I want to remember something, maybe it will embed itself and stay with me?

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Gideon trying his hardest to suck his thumb and drink his bottle at the SAME time before bed.  I keep pulling his hand back but he wants them both so bad.

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Taylor and I staying up for several hours after Gideon goes to bed, just talking about where our life is now and where we see it going.

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Rocking my baby at two in the morning.  Something is bothering him, but he is content in my arms.

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Nala rubbing and purring all over Gideon.  He thinks it is hilarious.

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Taking our sweet boy to the zoo for the first time.  He didn't really look at the animals, but we loved it anyways.

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Just woke up hair.  I mean, blonde, fuzzy chick-like, sweet hair on a sleepy, smiley little face.

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A squash-covered Gideon and highchair.

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Taylor playing with our son.  He is really good at making him laugh.  I don't know what they are playing but all I hear while I am making dinner are high-pitched squeals of laughter.

Pictures will never be able to capture how I feel about these moments, but I know I want them while I can get them.  I am already all too aware of how fast time is going and I will regret it a million times over if I don't just stop and enjoy it and breathe it in as much as I can.  Because all too soon, my snapshots will change.

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First day of Kindergarten.

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Lost tooth.

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No more kisses for mama in public.

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Driving.

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Prom.

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College.

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Mother-son dance (lump in my throat).

I just don't want to miss it.