Parenting-Our First Year

Parenting...

It's been quite a journey.

My winter project that I've been plugging away at 

is to digitalize my old negatives.  It's a bit tedious

at times, scanning and retouching pictures to fix

the color and get rid of dust.

Despite the long hours I've been spending,

it brings me pleasure.

There were so many happy times.

I've been so fortunate.

Our first year of parenting was full of joy

and oftentimes uncertainty.  After being married

to each other for 7 years,  we knew how to do 

the "couple" thing.  With the birth of our son, Adam,

we needed to navigate entirely new waters.

I'd like to share pictures of our first year as parents.

With only one child,  we were able to take lots of pictures

of each other with Adam.  There was always a set of 

empty hands.  

A mom for only a minute.

A dad for almost a day!

First trip to Burlington.

First vacation.

First visit to the pumpkin patch.

First Halloween.

Baptism day.

First Thanksgiving at Grandma and Papa's house.

First visit to the mall to see Santa.

First Christmas (and 3 months pregnant).

First time at Disney World.

First (and only) speedo bathing suit.

First (and only) tennis outfit.

At a year old,  Adam couldn't have looked more

like his dad!

Kerry would be born 2 1/2 months later.

We were ready to expand our duties

and our love.