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Saturday
May142011

the details

As a new mom, the days and nights tend to blend together into a constant flow of diapers, feedings and laundry. I am one month into the job and am realizing that taking care of a newborn is a much bigger task than one can ever prepare for, but the bright spots are also much brighter than I could have hoped for. I am learning how important it is to capture the details of my baby boy during these days where my memory seems a little foggy. I don't want to forget the tiny toes, soft skin and perfect lips of my little one because he already seems to be growing so fast.

I'm enjoying every tiny part and piece of my little guy these days. What kind of details are you focused on in your life?

Reader Comments (24)

That's so precious. What a beautiful picture. That little face just asks to receive little kisses on the cheeks :)
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKarin
What a precious image of your beautiful baby boy!!!
Today - I'm focused only on that we've had our first day of sun in over a week. I don't want to forget how bright and dazzlingly bright it is:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/home/2011/5/13/sun-shine.html
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMarcie
Focusing on my unborn child this week.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suki_fotografiert/5716712450/
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSuki
Very cute picture it is. The Baby looks so sweet. Thanks for providing us this nice pic of the baby. This time is really very hard but after seeing the child all the tiredness will gone easily.
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDownload Keylogger
Awww! He's BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations! In my experience, it got a lot easier after six weeks. (Order The Happiest Baby on the Block via Netflex!)

I'm focusing on all the lovely changes and milestones as my little guy leaves the baby stage and moves steadily towards Big Boy. On a recent vacation, all I had was a point-and-shoot camera, but the last photo in the bunch held some magic...
http://journeyleaf.typepad.com/journeyleaf/2011/05/i.html
and
http://journeyleaf.typepad.com/journeyleaf/2011/05/southern-green.html
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterValerie
When my first grandchild was born, I had been watching a baby at church grow and grow and grow.
After having three children, I knew that a newborn is so very very different than a one-year-old.
I made (in secret) a first-year album for my grandson seen here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/107927780260364367087/Album20072008IanSFirstYear#
There are only two words for a baby's first year: enjoy and photograph.
Enjoy now; use the photographs to remember.
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDeb Crecelius
Beautiful photo of your baby!
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLeanne
I know I've shared these photos here before, but my blog post is so similar to what you've said today. My daughter just turned one, so these photos were taken a little more than a year ago and I was feeling much like are. Even though we were tired and everything was chaotic, I felt like I had to stop and take photos of her little fingers, toes, and folds. Congratulations on your newborn!

http://jenniferkrafchik.typepad.com/jennifer_krafchik_photo_b/2011/03/our-baby-girl-newborn-photos.html
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJen
This is such a sweet and beautiful image, what a perfect baby face.
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSusan
congratulations mama!!! i know the road to your sweet boy was a long one. he is perfect and capture all those lovely bits becasue yes, you blink and they are at senior prom, like my girl was yesterday... so click click click away.
XO!
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterkristin
What a beautiful baby photo! I regret that I knew nothing about cameras or photography when my four year old was a baby. I can only hope that one day I'll have another one to take pictures of. Regardless, it's never too late to capture details :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58821554@N06/5568342410/in/photostream/

I also love to capture details in nature:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58821554@N06/5718286967/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58821554@N06/5718286339/in/photostream/
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKelly
oh paige, this is absolutely beautiful and so tender. those early months are a whirlwind. i've been thinking of you! glad you have your camera to help you through. xo
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered Commentermeredith winn
What a perfect baby face! I like the picture very much.
led stage lighting http://www.translite.cc
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterled stage light
Precious!

We're waiting for our own little miracle - our newest granddaughter is due to be born any day now.
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSandee
My nine-month-old daughter's chubby baby thighs, her toys on the floor, the baby food stuck to her face...things like that. :)

http://flickr.com/gp/sweetgreenpea/S9KHU8

http://flickr.com/gp/sweetgreenpea/02C22g
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterrobyn L
That is a wonderful photo of your baby! Those early weeks go by too quickly for sure...
We celebrated my daughter's 4th birthday today (time really does fly by...)
Thanks for sharing :)
IA
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterIrene-Ann
What a precious picture! I wish I had been a better photographer when my babies were so small! Enjoy him - they grow up so fast!
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLori M
He is so precious and perfect. sigh.
I don't have the opportunity to focus on little babies anymore, but I'm still enjoying the little details, even on the blades of crabgrass:

http://www.shirleybehindthelens.com/2011/05/perfect-spheres.html
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered Commentershirley
This is a wonderful photo. What perfect little lips. My focus today was to make my third real client happy. Please keep your fingers crossed. I want to be good at this so badly.

http://jessicavescera.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-focus-for-today.html
May 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJess
Hard to say what I am focusing on at the moment, mainly my studies...
May 15, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterChantal
My boy will be 16 this week - as he stands 6'2 (and still growing), it's hard to remember that he once fit neatly between my elbow and hand...

Like his mom, he loves discovering the natural world, and yesterday we discovered where dandelions get their magic.

http://humbirdhum.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/dandelion-close-up.jpg
May 15, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJill
Oh such a sweet image and you've captured the details perfectly. It looks like babies are an on-going theme with everyone's response. But, my kids are almost grown. So, I don't have a great baby image to share. But, I will share an image I photographed not too long ago. These are some buttons that belonged to my grandmother. For some reason in her sewing box where there were lots of other buttons, she had these tied together. As if saving them for a special purpose. I love the detail of the string holding the buttons together.

Just a little something that belonged to someone I love and miss dearly.

http://dorisrudddesigns.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/button-jar/
May 15, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDoris

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