Yep. He’s my builder man!
He. Sure. Is.
shot with my 85mm 1.2L on February 3, 2011
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
2010 was the hardest year the McKeeman family has faced so far. Starting 2011, I felt a little desperate for redemption. I felt this ridiculous pressure to start the year easily and perfectly and that anything less would be a foretelling of continuing failure. I needed to leave the hard times behind, I needed to know our family could fly high again. But we were just off kilter New Year’s Eve. Lack of communication meant that instead of doing one of several good plans we did nothing. The kids were mistakenly put to bed early and when we tried to wake them for confetti and the ball drop they were NOT having it. Ever persistent, I decided to have pancakes, sparkling juice and confetti for breakfast. Everyone just looked at me like I was crazy while I covered the house in handcut confetti. It was such a flop that it was funny and we decided it would be a ridiculous new family tradition. A good way not to take ourselves too seriously. Start the year off with a messy belated, halfhearted celebration, and you can only go up from there! We headed out optimistic about a fun day but everything we wanted to do was closed. Driving home subdued, I pondered about meanings and how I should take a hint and just give up, trust God and meander through the year. I knew that wasn’t my style but I did tell Him I was sorry, it wasn’t up to me. He gave me 2010 and 2011 and I would follow Him. And then we saw the balloons – “berboons” is what David calls them – one of my favorite words ever! Half kidding I told Jesse we should find them. My man who always wants to fix everything and give his family the world, abruptly pulled off the highway and headed off in their direction. We lost and found them again, got out to see them miles away and thought that was it… till the balloon pick up van drove by us and we were off after it. We lost sight of the van but tore through some of the most beautiful Cali country I have seen yet. The light poured down golden all around. We were a family, we were together, we were leaving behind the mundane, we were on a mission, we were risking disappointment even a bit of heartbreak in search of something more… a moment. This “berboon” is just one of the many gifts God has given us over this past year. Gifts that have helped us through the storm and lifted the dark cloud.
Shot on New Year’s Day 2011 with the 85mm 1.2L my husband had just surprised me with for Christmas. If I would have had my 24-70 with me it would have been easier to get more of the balloon in the shot. However it was interesting to be constrained by the lens and it allowed me to shoot wide open in the last bits of daylight.
a little over six months ago he came into our lives we needed him so much and he came bringing gifts I never want to forget… like how he had furry little shoulders and how he constantly whimpered and sighed and stitched (like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch) that he was always content in our arms but he couldnt lay on his back without choking his skinny little legs and arms from being born at 37 weeks before he put on his last bit of fat how much dark, fuzzy hair he had his mullet when his hair started falling out how long he was how perfect he was his long toes and skinny feet his big round tummy with his silly bellybutton how happy my Dr and midwife were that he was here safe with me laying in the hospital, a garden outside my window, him cuddled on my chest, eating and sleeping as I watched him how we never put him down but when we did he loved his little bouncy seat too his Daddy carrying him in the Maya wrap how blessed I felt how relieved our family was how amazed by him his brothers were the wonderful, beautiful drive home how hard the recovery was how worth it everything was how healed we are now how much I have to look forward to snuggling, nursing and napping on the couch the seabreeze through our window golden light on his gorgeous little face carrying him in my K’tan wrap, nuzzling his soft head how quickly he smiled at me how much he hates tummy time how much he wanted to communicate with us kissing his silky forehead how he smelled so good how good God is to us I miss his tiny little body but I am glad he is growing big and strong I am so thankful he is still my little baby and I am excited to see who he will become my California baby ( I took theses photos the day after we brought him home from the hospital. I was barely able to move around and was holding him constantly but I layed him down in the playpen bassinet by the window for a minute and couldn’t stop snapping pics. I was disappointed later, feeling like I had not been able to do nice photo shoots of him as an infant. Now I look back and am grateful and amazed that I did capture his little body and personality amidst the fog of a difficult recovery. ) shot with my 24-70 2.8L on 9-10-2010
1-20-2011 . 85mm there are a couple mishaps in this collage but frankly i don’t feel like fixing them – it’s the thought that counts 🙂 and it’s hard to work a keyboard with a wiggly baby in your arms! several gibberish typing fiascos, a poopy diaper, lots of answered questions to a curious seven year old and one computer crash later . . . it’s just a victory to publish the post with a smile on my face!
there are those moments that are magic you know them in life, art, love… they are what make life worth living they are what tell of the eternal they are gifts given to us this image is straight out of my camera i am not trying to be a perfect photographer i am just hoping to get a glimpse and capture a few of those moments this was one my son, my little man i tried to touch it, to edit, improve and it said let me be you can’t do any better than this he is my little David love
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