I feel like an entire season has passed before I even looked around to notice. Having a new baby sends you into a kind of alternate universe, doesn't it?

I've been on a bit of a photography/blogging hiatus as I've been settling in on this second go-round of the mama thing. I'm slowly getting used to saying "boyS" as a plural. As exhausted as I am, I'm remembering that nighttime interruptions for feeding and rocking offer some of the most magical moments of feeling all is right in the world. And I'm already marveling at the changes in the baby's face: his expressions, his attention, his antics.

With a few remnant maternity leave days this week, I am savoring the extra mama and baby time with my little man. Everyone says it: it goes so quickly. And, of course, you just don't want to miss anything. I am grateful for my camera, because I can hardly believe that this face:

is already growing into this face: