My Two Monsters
My last post showcased my lovely wife, so for my second post, I figured I should introduce you to my monsters — I mean my kids! Well, they are my monsters, but they’re more of the lovable furry kind — like Elmo!
They were playing on the floor one day last month, and I noticed the light streaming in through the living room window. It was gorgeous. So being the photographer I ran and got my camera; this is the result.
Here’s three-year-old Josiah, playing with his Thomas set:
And his little brother, one-year-old Kefir:
I’m sure you noticed his left eye, so before someone asks me, I’ll explain. Kefir has a droopy eyelid (my wife could tell you the proper medical term — I can’t remember it). Yes, he is fine. If it interferes with his vision, it doesn’t do so badly; not nearly as badly as with some kids with this condition. He’ll have to visit an eye specialist every six months until about the first grade, and he may end up having surgery at that point.
Here’s a few more of the kids (aren’t they cute!):
And my absolute favorite for last:
I love it when my wife walks in while I’m editing a photo and says, “Oh, wow!”
4 Responses to “My Two Monsters”
1 Athena 4 March 2007 @ 7:22 pm
I really do love these images. The bottom one is my favorite of the bunch as well. I’m going to try to convince Aaron to print it out for me on fabric so I can put it in a quilt. I think it would go great in a denim quilt. (Lots of black ink though.) Maybe we could simply have it printed on canvas? He does canvas, you know.
2 Athena 4 March 2007 @ 7:25 pm
Regarding Kefir (pronounced Keh-FEAR)and his eye, he has what is called ptosis or a lazy eyelid. The muscle that retracts the eyelid is simply either too long or not strong enough to completely retract the eyelid. We received the diagnosis about a year ago. There is a surgery that they can do when he is about seven years old, but it is purely cosmetic by then. If the condition was worse they probably would do it sooner to avoid amblyopia, but his condition, ever so gradually, seems to actually be improving. His eyes are beautiful. He tracks well and can distinguish people at further distances than I can it seems. He’ll probably need glasses very early on. As someone who wore glasses at four years old I am relieved that I don’t hear “four-eyes” used as an insult as much in schools anymore. Maybe because glasses are so much cuter now than 20 plus years ago?
3 Athena 4 March 2007 @ 7:31 pm
Permit me one final comment please. Like father; like son. For Christmas, my in-laws bought Josiah a Fisher Price “Kid Tough” Digital camera. (See the image with his tongue sticking out, it’s the blue thing on the sill.) About once a week or so Josiah will remember he has it and snap pictures of just about everything. He actually took a really good one of our ‘76 Toyota Chinook. I may actually use it in the ad when we try to sell it this Spring.
4 Jules 12 March 2007 @ 5:54 am
Beautiful. That second shot is my favorite — so much going on in that shot, so much drama. I’m like, what is he thinking? I love pictures that do that.
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