Our nephew, Hudson Glenn Durham, came into the world on Wednesday, July 1 at 10:26 p.m. weighing 8 lbs 3 oz and measuring 20.25 inches long.
His cousin might have been a little jealous during our first cuddle. He kicked a little to remind us that he was present the entire time.
By day three, my mom and sister had already captured Hudson smiling. Doesn't he look like he heard a really funny joke?
He's absolutely perfect in every way. Our family is so, so blessed.
It's probably obvious, but I love old family photos and feel passionately that they should be preserved for future generations. For that reason, I decided to offer preservation as a Gerald & Joan service line in September 2013. In addition to creating photo books, I also scan and edit photographs and film slides. My scanner isn't the fanciest machine on the planet, but it does a great job when coupled with Adobe Photoshop and an observant eye. It can be painstaking work, but it's fun and rewarding. Once these images become digital files, they can be shared with family and friends to ensure family stories live on forever. I love keeping those stories alive.
Here's a great example of the sort of work I can do.
My mother-in-law has very few photos of her father Clovis Geno, and I'm pretty sure this is the only one she has of him as a boy. The photo is in decent shape when you consider it is almost 100 years old (Clovis would have been 100 on October 3, 2014), but it had a couple of bend marks that I knew I could remove.
Clovis Yates (before preservation services)
Clovis Yates (after preservation services)
I love digitizing these old photos, and when I can help restore a photo to its former glory, it totally makes my day! Learn more about preservation services by contacting me here.
Happy (early) Birthday to my person. These photos capture my silly, serious, sensitive, sweet and utterly adorable husband then and now. He really hasn't changed at all.
We love you, Jonathan.
In the very near future, our family will be expanding as we welcome my sister's son Hudson. On September 24th, 29 years will have passed since she joined our family. I have been present for all 29 of those years. I don't really have memories before that day, but I remember the morning of her birthday and meeting her at the hospital. I vividly remember life after her arrival, so I think it's pretty safe to say she changed my life forever.
Almost 29 years later, I suspect this next generation will have a similar effect on our lives. We are ready, waiting and very excited. Please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers over the next days, weeks and months. They will be greatly appreciated!
Lauren and her grandma Joan.
Me, my mother and Lauren as a baby bump in front of the Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor, England where we were both welcomed into the world.
Meeting my sister for the first time.
me, my dad and my sister in the hospital on Lauren's birthday. Notice my LA Dodgers hat in the foreground.
My grandma Joan and my mother Julie shortly after her birth in Anchorage, Alaska.