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2010 – a look back

Rhiannon recently informed me that the middle of March is not an appropriate time to start thinking about putting together a photo slideshow for the previous year. This came as a bit of a shock to me considering I seem to put off computer projects like that for at least a few months after they should have been done. (Next up: Brooklynn’s one year old book – I figure I’ll get to it by the time she’s 3 or so.)

So I went back through the photo archives and picked out a few or 300 that seemed to summarize our year. All presented for your viewing enjoyment in chronological order. Less than a week in to the new year. I’m going to get around to making those 2010 resolutions any day now at this rate.

Before we had a kid of our own, I thought that people who had a baby and spent all their time talking about their kid and taking pictures of their kid were kind of obsessive and weird. Seriously, get your own life, right? If you feel the same way, maybe you should skip the video.

I didn’t count how many of the pictures Brooklynn is in, but I’m guessing that it’s around two-thirds. And of the few thousand pictures from the year that I didn’t pick, she’s probably hovering somewhere north of 90%. I guess that makes me kind of obsessive and weird.

Major highlights of the year: a week in the hospital with respiratory issues, a trip to California, Oregon, and Washington along the pacific coast, going back to North Dakota for my 10-year reunion (add old to obsessive and weird), a trip to Minnesota to visit grandparents, going to a cross country meet, and a trip back to ND again for Christmas.

As always, head over to Vimeo to see the larger HD version.

2010 : A Year in Photos from Chris&Rhiannon on Vimeo.

good luck wishes

Good Luck Sarah on Vimeo.

We’re just hoping the weather holds for one more week before it gets cold. A cross country meet on a cold day doesn’t sound like the most fun. But we’ll be there regardless. Brooklynn will see to that.

a four-hour tour

From the way-back department, a couple of video clips I took on a jet boat tour we went on out in Oregon. The weekend we were in Grants Pass, the “Boatnik Festival” was going on. It’s a carnival in the city park and boat racing on the river.

While we loaded the boats, there happened to be drag boats racing just upriver. Rhiannon, Tricia, and I ended up on the one jet boat that took the drag course. It was slow and gentle compared to the drag boats that had to be towed around using wave runners, but I believe that our boat with around 60 people on board high 50mph heading upriver.

The boats can operate with a full passenger load at full speed in the just a few feet of water, and since they are flat bottomed vessels, they can spin around pretty well. No promises were ever made about staying dry, and yes, my camera survived the trip.

Jet Boat Tour from Chris&Rhiannon on Vimeo.

a little more mobile

We’ve had this video on a camera for a couple of weeks now.

Freestander from Chris&Rhiannon on Vimeo.

She can walk. She just doesn’t want to. It’s to the point we have to put something in her hands to distract her and make her forget about the fact her feet are moving.

I keep waiting for her to stand up on her own (which she can do), balance for a while (does it all the time), and casually stroll across the room (not so much). She still knows if she sits down and yells loud and long enough, we’ll eventually come get her.

Wrapped around her little finger, we are.

the mobility in the house is getting serious

Brooklynn on the Move from Chris&Rhiannon on Vimeo.

Music: White Sky by Vampire Weekend

Last time, we saw Brooklynn walking behind a scooter. Well, she isn’t walking on her own yet, but she’s getting more mobile all the time, which means she’s getting in to more things than ever.

It also leads to many an instance where I turn around for a minute, look back, and wonder, “Hey, where’s the baby? I swore she was just right here.”

We actually got serious enough to buy some childproofing supplies for the house this weekend and we now have some of our cabinets containing hazardous chemicals a little better protected.

Now, I just have to figure out how to get in the cabinets myself and life will be ok.

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