New Year's Resolution: Do Stuff

2011 was a pretty awesome year. Time had seemed to be speeding up, passing by so quickly. But Abby's emergence as a little person helped to slow things down. Sure it seems like just yesterday she was born but New Year's last year feels like a long time ago. That New Year's was one of the few I spent at home doing nothing since I became an adult. It felt like a waste. I didn't want to do the same this year. So I dragged Mir and Abby down to Fort Baker, on the Marin side of the Golden Gate, to watch the fireworks over the SF city skyline. A strong breeze made it impossible to keep the cameras still enough for the super sharp photos I was hoping for. But the real point to going out to take photos was to get out and do things.



And that will be my main New Year's resolution for 2012,

1. Get out and do stuff. I wasted too much of my youth sitting around doing nothing. And not only do I want to get out for my own sanity, I need to set an example for Abby to grow up active and adventurous.

That leads into resolution

2. Spend more time with Abby. Not that I don't share almost all my time outside of work with her, but I want more quality time. Too often I'm doing chores or working on photo orders when I should be guiding her on an amazing start to her journey thru life.

Spending quality time with Abby and getting out to do things can combine into resolution

3. Take a cute photo of Abby everyday. Believe it or not there have been many days when I haven't pointed the camera at my baby. This year that won't happen.

Mir and I were both really tired on the way down to watch the fireworks. We almost didn't go and I was yawning before we got out of town. But we talked a lot on the ride, both there and back, and it made the drive fly by.

4. Strengthen my bond with Miranda. Before she came along I would quit on relationships too easily. She's forced me to make decisions and stick with them more than anyone else ever has. For that I'm very grateful. Even though I'm trying to slow down time I want her and I to make time fly like on new year's more often.