I’ve added hundreds of new photos to my online albums, with special thanks to Annette for taking many of them.
Click on the photos below to see the albums or click on the link in the caption to order prints.
Annette and Tina — Kim’s mom and sister — were our designated Saturday night babysitters and we got out on the town, for the first time since welcoming Marshall into our lives.
Annette brought her camera and let me copy all of the photos she’s taken of Marshall so far, and I’ve inserted my favorite shots in the appropriate photo album online.
Here’s some of my favorites:
According to the photos’ meta data, Annette’s new camera is a Canon PowerShot SX150 IS — she said she found it on sale at Office Depot — thus bringing her gear into the 21st century. (Sorry.)
It takes great photos, affirming my position that the next camera we buy will be a Canon — even if we’re still too hesitant to plunk down for a DSLR.
Every time I would change his diaper, Marshall would look up at a hat rack above it, and stare at his hat collection. So, I put one on him.
What other kind of hats does he need?
When I mow the lawn, the toad needs to find a new hiding place because I need my shoes.
I took this photo with my Google Nexus S while feeding Marshall.
His hand had rested on mine while he was eating.
The photo was taken a few days after my father told a story about a memory he has of me doing something similar.
It’s moments like this that remind me it’s worth it, and to slow down and enjoy it. All the wiser parents I run into every day tell me it all flies by too fast.
Yesterday, Marshall celebrated his first full month in the outside world and Kim posted a photo to commemorate the occasion on Facebook.
Here’s the photo I took of him on June 18 after he had gone to sleep for the night (3~ hours).
Which means I have finished the Meet Marshall album, which marks his first month. I might upload more photos from other people (Kim) to it at a later date, but for the most part, what is in there is what I have from his first month. Except for the videos which I have taken but haven’t posted yet.
On Friday, in a whirl-wind week of WordPress updates and announcements, a new commenting system was released as part of the WordPress.com Jetpack plugin update.
The new commenting system, which I have enabled on this site, continues to allow users of this website to leave a comment by simply adding their name, their e-mail address (which stays confidential) and an optional web address to a simple form at the bottom of the page.
As it always has been, if you have a Gravatar and sign in to leave a comment this way, the photo you uploaded to Gravatar will display.
For example, see this comment here: https://brandonmoeller.com/blog/2012/06/09/recent-pickings/#comment-885
The new commenting system also allows you to comment on the posts by signing in with your Facebook, Twitter or WordPress.com accounts. If you’re like me, you’re likely already signed into one of these accounts, so clicking the icons for the service you wish to sign in as is somewhat seamless, once you agree to install the new wordpress.com facebook app on your profile.
As of this writing, two of my friends apparently have already done this for other wordpress.com sites.
Lemme know what you think about the new commenting system below in, you guessed it, the comments section. Especially if you can’t tell much of a difference.
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