Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Fin's First Moments and His "reject" button

Video one is of Fin's first hours in the hospital. He was so calm even then. He is a sweet baby, and we were so proud to add him to the family. He was so little, squirmy, and sneezey. It kind of sounds like I am describing the cast off 8th dwarf, but most little newborns sneeze a lot. We have been trying to make an effort to get similar footage of Fin to what we had of Ella. For photos it was a heck of a lot easier to have photoshoots with one child, but having 2 children means that you nearly always have one that is in the mood for some form of photography.

Video two has a back ground story to it. My father had a chin cleft that was VERY prominent, and my mom used to tell a funny story about how when God was inspecting babies coming to earth he would poke the cheeks of the perfect babies, thus giving them dimples. When he came across a not so perfect baby, he would push on their chin and say reject...
She may not remember telling this story, in fact he may have been the first to tell it, but regardless of who originally told it, the story stuck with me. That said, we all loved my dad's reject button very much and it is a good story now that Griffin might have a slight chin cleft. We will have to see how his face develops as he loses the baby softness over the next few months and years. Right now, I just looking at him and his little smile makes mine wider!!!




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Video 1-bottom

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