The Chilling Gorilla In The Sky

Yes, what a crazy title for my post today, but hey, I hope you can see what I am seeing in this photo—the 'chilling' gorilla.

When I was little, I used to stare at the sky a lot and, at times, dream how much I wanted to be out there in the clouds, or more specifically, 'chilling' in the clouds. Yes, I was a vivid or crazy dreamer, and my dreams often seemed impossible. However, one day I came across a little boy on the plane when I was flying to Europe, and believe it or not, he had the same dream.

I wrote about him once on my story blob, so if you are interested in reading it, here it is: "The Honest Hand Shake."

On the other hand, since I am spending so much time with my son Matthew, my photography trips are limited, but I still cannot believe that limits actually make me more creative, and I find that even when I am confined to small spaces, I will find a subject to photograph no matter what. I remember when I was in my last year of university and trying to come up with a topic for my thesis, all we (the team) could think of was building some kind of machine. For some reason, we always came up with a very complicated project. So one day when we went for the approval of our project, our supervising professor said, "This project could take years", but then he also said something very interesting that stayed with me for years: "You know I could write a hundred-page thesis on this little crack on the table." Over 10 years later, I could do the same, and I could do the same with my photography projects too.

And now my favourite subject to talk about is my baby Matthew. Yes, I could write and write about him so much, not including how many photos of him I already have. Many of them are not the greatest ones, but they are my memory snippets of the new things Matthew did. Lately, he has started to be more comfortable on his belly and lifting his buttocks, probably almost ready to crawl. Oh, it is so much fun to watch him, especially when he gets so excited, as you can see on his face in this photo. However, it has been hard to get him to smile at the camera lately. As soon as I take my camera out, he puts on his serious face. Matthew also started to talk more, obviously in his own language, and he started to do that around my husband's birthday, September 11th. What a nice birthday gift!

Matthew had his baptism last Sunday, September 14th, and he did so well. He was baptized in the Ukrainian Catholic Church; the ceremony was beautiful and very personal. The priest liked Matthew very much; it was so cute to see a priest kissing and snuggling him at some point between each session of the ceremony. I was worried the whole week that he might cry because we know he can.

By the end of the day, we were very proud parents, and it is hard to believe that my baby is growing and maturing every day.

All I can say is, God Bless Him for being so good.

~ Anna