This past weekend was one that was largely 'unplugged' for us and it was d-i-v-i-n-e.
I was taking a photo of RF a few weeks ago and RA made a comment that resonated with me - he said, "You know you don't have to photograph everything he does, some things are ok to just remember." In the moment I was a little taken back - I wanted to remember everything and I thought that photographing those moments was the way to remember. But recently I have come to realize that being in the moment - truly IN the moment - provides a memory that is more powerful than a photograph.
Don't get me wrong - we have thousands of photographs of RF (yes, I do actually mean thousands...). Capturing his facial expressions, his movements, and his 'firsts' digitally is extremely important not only for us, but also important for RF. We want him to be able to look back at these times of his life one day and see all the fun, silly, and exciting things that he did. But more importantly we want to be parents who are making memories with our son, not just capturing the memories in a photo, but capturing them as a family, with our presence.
So aside from one photo on Saturday (I have so many photos of RF sleeping, but for some reason I can't not photograph him while he sleeps...it is so pure, so sweet, so...everything), I put down the camera this weekend and enjoyed being IN the moment with my little family.
We spent Saturday working around the house - cleaning and organizing and ordered a pizza for dinner before settling in to watch our family movie of the week - this week's choice Cleopatra. I am quite ashamed to say, as a history teacher, that I have never seen the whole movie.
Sunday we slept in and enjoyed a lazy, rainy morning. RF and I sat on the front porch and watched it rain for a little while before meandering back upstairs and snuggling up for a good ole' nap. RA and I had a first with RF this weekend - the first time in five and a half months that we both have been in a restaurant with him and only the second time since he was born that RA and I have eaten in a restaurant together. Some might find that bizarre, but we are the home-body type and proud of it. We all enjoyed ourselves at lunch and everyone that passed our table commented on either a) RF's cuteness or b) RF's good behavior - proud parents, definitely proud parents. Later Sunday afternoon we made our weekly grocery run as a family and of course, RF handled being out and about like a champ.
We are a bit overwhelmed by the fact that RF is a little over a week away from being six months old, but we are so excited to be able to watch RF grow each and every day.
*My friends who are "Friends" fans will understand the title of this post.
**For those of you who aren't "Friends" fans, do a Google search of 'Friends episode list' and you'll get it. :-)
