Eventually I suppose ...

        Unfortunately ... well I guess that's somewhat relative.

        Anyhow, adjusting to life as a father has limited my ability to get onto a computer and blog. In fact, I really haven't been able to get much of anything accomplished.

         With that said, I'm behind in EVERYTHING. Most notably, WEDDINGS! Ergh!

          I guess, in an effort to make myself feel a little bit better about being a poor blogger, I've posted 4 other blogs below this one. Enjoy! And if anyone is still out there, we'd love to hear from you!

        Oh, and before I forget, HUGE thanks to all those who prayed for us throughout the pregnancy! Everything went nearly as smooth as possible! We are thoroughly enjoying this crazy life as parents!

        I hope to be back on here soon!

Debtors to Mercy,

Dean, Bre, & Ava

                   In the months, weeks, and days preceeding Ava's arrival, my mother's affection her first grandbaby rose to ridiculous heights with every happening that reminded her of our pending little one .                   

I knew this ... and I cherished it ...

It was evident from every phone call, email, and gift ... (she even went as far as picking out Ava's 1st birthday present! Not only that, but she would go on to take part in a whole array of other in-over-their-head-in-love-with-their-grandbaby-grandparent activities!)

So when it came for the big moment ... you know, the one that involved her actually meeting our Ava for the first time ... I knew I had a rare opportunity to document a truly priceless event for not only my wife & I, but for my mom as well.

And I did ...

               and really, i felt it was my best imagery.  hands down ...

The images were full of sooooo much emotion ... I could not write enough words to describe what each image portrayed. They spoke what I knew deep in my heart to be true ... and I treasured them!

So imagine my uneasiness when I discovered that in the good intentions of preparing for a wedding shoot that I had that weekend, I ended up deleting EVERY ONE of the those images when I was formatting my memory cards. I did this, thinking that I had already backed up the images. Blegh ...

  I have never felt that level of "gross-ness" in my life ....

   Oh well, what can you do ... I'm still hoping that they turn up somewhere ...

   Fortunately, I do have some photos of my mother on her last day here with our Ava ... these were taken well over a month ago on the day my mom a.k.a Ava's Nani left for the airport.

  The two sparkling G-mamas ...

   Be sure to back up your memory!

Debtors to Mercy,

Dean, Bre, & Ava