Yes it’s true: as our boy gets bigger, we try to keep exposing him to new and exciting things. Let me clarify, age appropriate new and exciting things — we will not take him bungee jumping or skydiving any time soon.
It was lovely weather here the weekend of March 28th, and so I put the boy in the proper amount of UV protection (we think he kinda looks like a baby mafioso in primary colors, but I digress) given his complete lack of melanin/glow in the dark skin tone, and off we went to the park. He was not completely convinced about the swing at first, but he seemed to grow more fond of it the longer we were there. Perhaps me looking like a manic fool saying, “Wheeeee Jackson, FUN!” helped, or he just got so tired of it he decided to put on a show to get mom to can it. Either way, he was a definite fan of the horsey ride. All of that bouncing back and forth gave big smiles.
I also learned the important fact that professional photographers probably don’t use iPhones when trying to take photos of a rapidly moving baby. Each time I would try to gage how fast he was going, and think, “okay if I push the button when he’s there, he’ll be in the right spot by the time the shutter goes off and this will be a perfect shot.” Right. Let’s just say I was trying to get shots of mostly the building behind him with just a tad of his head at the bottom of the frame as an artistic representation of the fact that he’s but a tiny person in a giant urban jungle and I’m really showing his fragile humanity in a sea of concrete. Yeah, that was my intent.
Photos of our exciting adventure can be found here: AJ’s first visit to the park
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